Reborn as the Hero’s Daughter! Time to Become the Hero Once More!

Chapter 17

TL: Yuki

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It was two hours of training before everyone disbanded.

It seems short, but its not good for children to be too be trained more than this and it will just become dangerous, because at this point, both their concentration and physical strength would start to rapidly decrease.

Although its just meant for training, it is still a weapon that should be carefully handled.

If they lose concentration and begin playing around, an accident might just occur.

After the training, I was told to take a bath to wash off the sweat and am now being washed by Finia.

Although Im starting to get used to it, it is still embarrassing for me to be washed by a beautiful girl at her age.

With that being the case, they still consider that it would be dangerous for children my age to be left alone to take a bath.

From before until before this, it was Maria who actually takes care of me, but at those times, I really insisted that I wanted to go alone.

No, you see, about that I was being crushed by feelings of guilt, thats why I insisted so much to do so.

As a result, it decided that Maria wouldnt bath with me anymore, but it was dangerous to leave a child taking a bath alone.

And then, it was decided that I will be taken care of by Finia, and thats how the current situation has come to be. Well, I might probably get used to something like this someday.

I immediately fixed my hair up, then gently rubbed soap on a towel and rubbed it on my hands and feet.

My arms that kept on swinging the sword for two hours was so tired that they were starting to painfully convulge.

Nicole-ojousama, isnt it a little too early for you to start practicing swordsmanship?

But they said it was fine for me to start at five, LyeDaddy said so

Is what I replied to her while saying it in a childish tone.

Mastering the sword was one of my ambitions.

In the end, what the image of a Hero should be is one who wields a sword just like Lyell, I wonder if it really is impossible. But the training to attain that wont really become a waste.

From my point of view, I think Nicole-ojousama is more suited to magic than swordsmanship though? Didnt you have gifts suited for magic?

Certainly, judging based on aptitude, my attribute is certainly more compatible with magic.

I do understand that but I dont want to admit it, and so I diverted the conversation to something else.

First of all, lets see if there are things she would like to ask. This might just be the right opportunity to do so.

I understand that but I would like to give it a try and do my best that to give up, but more than that, I would like to know why Finia ended up working here though?

To this house, isnt it?

She has been working in this place since she was young, and yet Ive never really seen her receiving any form of salary. Maria and Lyell despite their titles wouldnt also be shameless enough to hire someone without giving them a proper salary.

Her existence here is still a mystery to me.

Well, you see. I have an obligation towards the two of them

Obligation?

Yes. It I was the reason that one of their comrades died in battle

That story is a first for me to hear.

No, with those lines, I could recall something. That comrade, wouldnt that be me.

15 years ago, Lyell retired from being an adventurer and applied as a village guard, and Maria who was a priestess had only done the job of an educator, teaching children how to read and write while helping at the church. After that dissolution of the party, they wouldnt be able to be called comrades in arms anymore.

Right, it was from that 15 years ago

Listening to her words as she continues to speak, I was definitely convinced. It was exactly that 15 years ago that I died.

The orphanage I was at was managed by the state. However, the priest managing that orphanage used his position in order to prepare for a demon summoning

E, Eh

The confirmation was then transformed into an unpleasant premonition.

I am very sure now that it was the exact time when I died. In other words, Finia was one of the children that got tangled up in that case.

She still currently look like shes around early to late teen, but this is due to her characteristics as an elf.

Elves would grow at the same time as humans would until they reach 15, then from that point they would slowly age and grow until they look like in their 20s and then stop aging in looks from that point on.

And normally, they have a lifespan of over 500 years.

In other words, Finia who currently looks like a young teen was probably aged at around 5-10 years old at that time.

The plan of that evil priest was initialized, and they were able to successfully summon a demon. Everyone was so scared at that time and wasnt able to move from too much fear, some manage to try and attempted to escape only to be slaughtered by the demon that appeared from the summoning

No, that is

Its fine, you dont have to be afraid about it anymore. The demon was successfully defeated

Well, what I want to say was different but Finia probably assumed that I was scared.

The children were so afraid and couldnt move because they were too intimidated by the demons ability.

The only ones who were able to move in that situation was only me who got abilities of a Hero, and Cortina who was my companion.

Or rather, that girl who to over me after the battle started was more abnormal.

Nn?

In a moment, memories from my past made a flashback.

There was a wounded girl crying, and her face of that girl that I saw at that moment overlapped with Finia.

Then Finia hugged me from behind.

But then although just a coincidence, Reid-sama came

Reid

It was definitely me from my previous life. And that crying girl I found was actually Finia.

He instructed us that he would be facing that demon alone, then instructed the other to flee while they can

Hee, Heee

He should have been able to flee and left us behind, but instead he stood up against the demon all by himself. At that moment, he had the figure of a Hero who would be able to defeat that Evil Dragon.

Well, all I could say is that, at that time, I had no other choice than to do that. So for her to praise me so much was just misplaced worship.

Actually, I only had about 30% chances to defeat that guy even if Cortina and the others who were there are included.

At the same time, if we lose that match, then all of the children would be killed.

On the other hand, even if Lyell or Gadius would have come they might have been overwhelmed and be caught in a surprise attack from such a demon suddenly appearing.

Thats why someone needs to be left behind in order to hold it off.

But, even with a huge disadvantage at that time Reid-sama still tried his best to hold it off in order to protect us who were escaping. And who should have been the who was killed during that fight was saved and in exchange it was Reid-sama who died.

I wanted to argure with her biased opinion, but well I couldnt really do so.

No to mention, to this girl who was hugging me naked from behind, how would she react if I suddenly say that In truth, I am Reid and was reincarnated in this body. Yo

I we only have immediately escaped that place, then Reid-sam might have survived. It was our fault that Reid-sama died so as atonement for that, I approached Lyell-sama who was Reid-samas friend. Because it was our fault that Lyell-samas friend died

No, you see, about that

This is a responsibility for me towards Lyell-sama. Thats why Im currently here serving in this house and those people. But I havent really done anything much for them in comparison

Her background that she spoke of was really heavy, but she only showed me a teehee face to wash it all off.

Despite being an inexperienced babysitter, she was definitely doing her best in ways that she can do with great tension, but all of that was definitely not her fault.

And that determination of hers, it was me who the cause. Somehow, it was quite heart rendering for me.

But, but stillI didnt think that something like that should be a reason not to receive salary

Nicole-ojousama sure is kind. But that is something I imposed on my own. I not getting a salary is for my own atonement. Maria-sama would also sometimes try and give me some allowance though, or more like forces to

I would really like to apologize, that would have been quite awful for Finia.

Ah, this is no good. Any more than this and my character might actually pop out, and its a fact that I cant disclose my current being yet.

Right now, I could only bear all the shame making my face turn red.

bu, butthe other children should have been living normally right?

Certainly, I also cannot deny that Im the only one thinking that much of Reid-sama

Maybe, just maybe, were you actually attracted to him?

I asked that in order to flush away this heavy air.

There was also the intention of joking around. But

UmThat, that might probably be the case

What came back was actually quite a positive answer.