My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

slightly clouded over at my words.

My heart jumped.

Was someone gone.

Who the heck was it?

「I’m going over there right now! …it’s faster to see for yourself.」

My sharp ears caught those words that he muttered.

What was going on?

「Oh! You’ve arrived, good work.」

The big door at the entrance opened, and the hero came out, with Nanase at his heels.

After confirming that it was us, he broke into a smile.

「Ooh.
you too, good work.
…is something wrong?」

Having been on the verge of death, the look on his face was clearly different from before.

However, apart from that, he had become very thin, looking like he was about to die.

Rather than say that it was due to hunger, it was probably because of fatigue.

「…well, maa, it’s faster to see for yourself.」

Nanase said the same thing as the hero and staggered towards the back of the building.

We followed after the hero and Nanase who came out of the building.

「Hey, hey, what’s wrong! That’s all you guys got?」

「Guu!! Gaa!?」

There was a light sound of impact, and then there was a hole in the ground. 

Following that, a human body flew through the air.

The high-pitched voice that was out-of-place here led me to understand something.

Or rather, because of the owner of that voice, Kurou had become a waste.

There was no way I could forget it.

「Why the hell are you here….」

Perhaps the low voice that seemed to be emitted from the back of the throat couldn’t be heard, as she bare-handedly made Kyousuke, who had a weapon in hand, lose consciousness in an instant, and then turned towards us, as if she just realized we were here.

「Ooh, you’re late, my son.
Right now, I’m training the current heroes.
I don’t mind receiving this building as a reward.」

Perhaps she didn’t notice that Kurou was still feeling murderous, as Kurou’s mother said this with a suspicious smile on her face. 

She did as she liked, and completely disregarded Kurou’s question.

And this time, she faced us. 

「Oops, I haven’t introduced myself yet.
My name is Noa.
the mother of Kurou over there.
I hope we get along from here on out.」

Wearing Gothic Lolita clothes that were hard to move in, the young girl had her hair, that was the same color as Kurou’s, done up in pigtails and was obviously more like a younger sister than a mother, but she was the younger girl in the forest who casted magic on Ria.

TN: Lolita clothing is a type of clothing that closely resembles that of dolls’.
There are many variations of lolita clothing, one of which is gothic lolita, which puts more focus on darker shades of color compared to the usual pastel colors.

We stood there, dumbfounded, as Nanase and the hero carried the unconscious Kyousuke into the building.

No matter how you looked at it, they had done this in a practiced manner, and I understood that this situation had occurred a good number of times.

Because of that, I was able to understand why Nanase and the hero were exhausted, and the reason for the gloomy yet somewhat relieved look on their faces

「Saa, let’s end the greeting here.
From now on, if you want to go to the demon territory, do so after defeating me.」

Speaking the lines of a certain villain, the young girl—rather Noa, grinned.

That was the beginning of hell.