episode_0003

“Welcome~”

A plain shop assistant girl with dark brown hair and noticeable freckles on her cheeks greets me with a business smile.

I roughly respond with a nod and head towards the display case.

It is a foregone conclusion that I will leave the party after this exchange meeting.

If that happens, I will be traveling alone for the time being, so it would be good to make some simple preparations.

‘First of all, I need to prepare outdoor sleeping gear and a map.’

I have a good memory of important countries or dungeon gimmicks within the Incompetent Hero Success Story, but I don’t know where to go to get to those countries. If it were during game play, I could know it with the minimap function, but unfortunately, I don’t have such convenient functions for living in reality.

‘If I think about it extremely, I might crawl into an undeveloped region where people don’t even live.’

I became a hero in name, but if something like that happens, I will really die of embarrassment.

“Excuse me….”

“?”

“Are you looking for something? If you tell me, I can help you check if we have it.”

Perhaps because I’m just looking around without thinking of buying anything, the shop assistant who greeted me earlier cautiously approached.

I couldn’t see the camping equipment I wanted, so I was worried, but this is good.

“I need outdoor sleeping gear and a map.”

“We do carry camping equipment, but we don’t have maps….”

“You don’t carry them?”

“No.”

I see.

I thought that maps were precious in the Middle Ages, but I thought that maybe I could get them easily because magic is developed here….

Unfortunately, it seems that’s not the case.

“Then can you get me that, at least?”

“Ah, yes, I understand. The payment is….”

“Please take this for payment.”

“Yes…, huh!….”

When I took out a platinum coin from my pocket and handed it over, her eyes widened.

As if she had seen something she shouldn’t have, she couldn’t even speak properly and looked back and forth between herself and the platinum coin. Then, she handed back the received platinum coin and said.

“T, this is a platinum coin!”

“Just get me good stuff. I don’t need the change.”

“Huh! I understand! I’ll prepare it right away! Mister~!! Mister~!!!”

I could feel that my evaluation in the female clerk’s mind had risen.

Anyway, money is the best, no matter what.

Whether it’s reality or a world based on a game, I realized the unchanging truth that people are treated better if they have a lot of money.

Oh, I’m saying this just in case.

The money I’m using now is not the party’s money.

The currency units here are divided into small copper coins, copper coins, small silver coins, silver coins, gold coins, and platinum coins.

The commonly used currency is small copper coins to silver coins, and gold coins are used for large transactions.

In other words, platinum coins are rarely used, and are a really large amount of money.

“The party receives about 2-3 silver coins when they receive a request and solve it cleanly.”

After performing a lot of requests, 2-3 silver coins per week.

Since 10 silver coins are 1 gold coin, and 10 gold coins are 1 platinum coin, 1 platinum coin is something that you can barely receive after working for several years.

So why do I have this large amount of money?

When I loaded the last cheat file, one of the pieces of information I loaded was information about my holdings.

Thanks to this, a large amount of wealth called up by cheats was literally piled up in my inventory, and thanks to this, I don’t have to worry about money no matter where I go. Of course, I didn’t tell the other party members about this fact.

“As expected, it’s a cheat. Life is easy.”

“C, customer!”

“Did you wait long~?”

A middle-aged man who appeared to be the store owner came running with the previous female clerk, carrying a bundle of luggage.

I wouldn’t leave even if they didn’t run that hard….

Well, it’s too much money to stay still.

“Here are the equipment that the customer requested! Do you know how to use it?”

“Ah…, I don’t know much, so I would appreciate it if you could explain it.”

“Ah, of course. Of course, I should explain it. First of all, this equipment is….”

The owner started taking out the items one by one and explaining them.

After roughly checking how to use the tools, I opened my mouth when the owner’s explanation was about to end.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes, is there anything else you need?”

“I don’t need these items right now. I think I’ll come back in about 10 days, is it okay to pick them up then?”

“You’ll come back in 10 days?”

“Yes. Ah, of course, I’ll pay for storage.”

The most common force that moves people is money.

If you shove money in before the other person says anything….

“Ah, of course it’s possible. Come visit anytime~!”

It becomes like this.

Since I said I would pay, I first handed over 1 platinum coin from my pocket, and then took out 5 gold coins and handed them to the owner.

“This is?”

“I need a map, so I would appreciate it if you could tell me a place where I can find one. The platinum coin is for storage, and the gold coins are for information.”

“Y, you mean a map? Please wait a moment!”

The man hurried inside with the luggage.

Keuh, is this the taste of money?

It’s so thrilling to pretend to hand over small change in a cool manner and see the other person’s reaction.

If I only gave it to the owner, the clerk would be sad, so I gave the clerk 2 gold coins as a tip.

In the meantime, the owner who went inside came back with a black wooden box that was kept in good condition and handed it to me.

“This is?”

“In the past, my grandfather was an adventurer. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but he said that he traveled around various parts of the continent and created maps.”

“Maps…, so this is a map made by your grandfather?”

“That’s right. Ah, of course, don’t worry. I assure you that the accuracy of the map is certain. There was a time when I was able to compare it with maps used by veteran adventurers, and there was no doubt about its accuracy.”

If it’s accurate, anything is fine….

Since it’s my grandfather’s item, I carefully received the box.

“But is it okay for you to hand over your grandfather’s item to me? It looks like it’s not for sale.”

“Hahahaha, it’s useless for a general store owner like me to have it. My grandfather would be happier if an adventurer like you used it.”

“If that’s the case….”

It’s not polite to keep refusing when they say that.

When I opened the wooden box, there was a scroll with a very familiar appearance inside the box.

A detailed map drawn on paper with a unique texture that Koreans couldn’t possibly not know.

“This is….”

“Do you know about the Yeom country in the east of the continent?”

“Yeom country…, yes, I know.”

“Further east than that. This map is made of paper made in a country called the Land of Tranquility. I heard that it’s strong and waterproof, so it’s easy to store. However, the manufacturing process is difficult, so the supply doesn’t seem to be large….”

This is how it connects.

I have some business to do in the eastern part of the Pilgreah continent, but I happened to get a map of that place as well.

‘No, this is…, it’s really like a map of the entire Pilgreah continent….’

After looking at the map slowly, I rolled up the map and pretended to put it in my pocket and put it in my inventory.

“I will not forget this.”

“I would be grateful if you did.”

“Then goodbye.”

I bought all the things I needed.

After leaving the general store, I walked a few steps and stopped for a moment.

When I concentrated a little, the highly sensitive senses through the 999 stats allowed me to hear the conversation between the two people in the general store as if I were listening right next to them.

“Mister, is it okay to give it away like that?”

“Of course it is. Didn’t you see him hand it over like he was scattering platinum coins?”

“I saw it, but….”

“Besides, do you know who that person is?”

“Huh? Isn’t he just a rich young master with a handsome face?”

At the clerk’s words, I carefully stroked my face.

Well, Leon’s face is pretty good. Even if he’s not handsome, he’s the type of character who can be called a good-looking guy.

He has netorare masochistic tendencies, though.

“No. It’s Leon the Hero.”

“Leon? The incompetent hero?”

“Yes.”

Wow, Leon.

How well known is he as an incompetent hero? I only knew it as a derogatory term used among the hero party, but everyone knows it.

‘…Come to think of it, why is he so well known as an incompetent hero?’

I didn’t pay much attention to it when I was playing the game, but now that I’ve actually experienced it, it’s strange.

He’s a netorare masochist and his thing is super small, but his disposition itself is good, and he diligently performs the requests of various troubled people with the help of his companions, so even though he’s weak, he properly fulfills his role as a hero.

But why?

“I heard that you shouldn’t believe rumors as they are, but… after seeing it directly, I understand even better. I really can’t believe the rumors.”

“What does that mean?”

“Think about it. What money would a hero called an incompetent hero have to scatter platinum coins like this?”

“Uh….”

Oh? This is pretty sharp? The owner is smarter than I thought.

I was impressed by the owner’s keen observation that I heard just as I was wondering why (former) Leon was known as an incompetent hero.

“Isn’t it because the hero’s home country supports him? I heard that one hero is not afraid of an army.”

“That’s right. Basically, the hero is the first sword to defeat the Demon King according to the goddess’s will, but… at the same time, he is the strongest force that the hero’s home country can use. That’s why the country where the hero was born does not spare support for the hero. But where is the hero Leon’s home country?”

“Was it the Prune Kingdom?”

Prune Kingdom.

If you look at the map of the central Pilgreah continent, it is a really small kingdom that is marked as small.

It is a small kingdom that is too busy maintaining its territory, let alone representing the five countries of the central continent.

“There’s no way they could provide so much support that they would burn two platinum coins just to buy camping equipment.”

“Um…, that’s true.”

That’s true.

The Prune Kingdom is a really modest kingdom. In fact, the amount of support money that Tyrise brought from the Prune Kingdom was only 3 gold coins.

After buying wound medicine and other necessities, there was nothing left.

“I don’t know why he’s called an incompetent hero, but after seeing him directly, I understand. That person is a big shot.”

“Isn’t that because he gave you a lot of money?”

“That’s also true, but it means that he has something to believe in enough to use that much money without a care. There’s no more profitable thing to do than to get on the good side of such a person.”

Really. As expected, you can’t fool merchants.

I admired the owner’s quick profit calculation to the point of sticking out my tongue, and thought that if I had a chance to visit later, I would visit again and engraved the name of the general store in my head.

* * *

“Well, I got camping equipment and a map, so all that’s left is to spend some time properly?”

“Oh, who is this? Isn’t it Leon?”

Just as I was wondering how to pass the time, I heard a thick and annoying man’s voice.

When I turned my head in the direction of the voice, a man who seemed to be projecting the image of a typical golden sun was walking with women in both arms.

‘Oh…, is that Hero Abel? I met him sooner than I thought.’

A guy who properly pulls off his good looks, stealing the three initial heroines Tyrise, Norn, and Fria from Leon.

His personality is extremely violent and impulsive.

His character is so messed up that I don’t know why he was chosen as a hero, but his combat power is the best among heroes.

Level: 56 Health: 16000

Strength: 82 Magic Power: 7200

Agility: 71

Magic Power: 60

Technique: 69

Endurance: 80

He has much more overwhelming stats and a higher level than the stats I had immediately after possessing Leon.

Looking at the stats, he is a typical warrior type who breaks through based on high strength and endurance.

Well, in any case, he’s much stronger than Leon.

While I was admiring his stats, the guy’s expression distorted as if he thought I was ignoring his words.

“Hey, are you ignoring me now? If someone talks to you, you have to say something!!”

“Ah, sorry. I was thinking about something.”

“Heo…, sorry?”

As if he had heard something he couldn’t hear, the guy let out a dumbfounded sigh and took another step forward.

“Sorry? This bastard, has he gotten pretty comfortable in the meantime? A guy who couldn’t even make eye contact with me properly in the past has become good at talking?”

Ah, what do you want me to do? Seriously.

Anyway, he has a really annoying personality.

His sex scenes with the heroines were pretty good and I used them as a side dish….

“Haa….”

“Haa? Did you sigh in front of someone?”

I saw the guy’s hand twitch.

This guy, he’s really pissed off. Of course, I seriously thought about what was so infuriating in the conversation just now, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come to any conclusion other than the other person being an idiot.

Perhaps reading Abel’s mood, the beautiful women who were attached to his arms slipped back, and the guy’s hand went up to the hilt of the Holy Sword.

‘Should I fight back….’

I checked the guy’s stats.

They’re pretty high, but that’s all. Even if I haven’t learned the Sword King Secret Technique, even if my abilities are applied at a health-proportionally reduced value, my side is slightly higher. And the slightly higher stats are greatly different due to the 999 Technique stat that is not affected by the health-proportionally reduced application.

If we fight, I’ll definitely win.

‘But I don’t think it’s time to get rid of the Incompetent Hero title yet….’

“Abel-nim.”

Just as I was wondering what to do, there was a voice stopping Abel, who was about to draw his sword at any moment.

A nun with her face covered, who had been erasing her presence to near 0 behind Abel, stepped forward with an elegant gait.

….It’s strange to feel elegance from a nun, but I really felt that way.

“Abel-nim. There are many eyes watching.”

“So what.”

“It’s not a good thing for Abel-nim.”

“Ha, do you think I care about that kind of thing?”

The nun’s voice even had dignity.

Abel frowned at the nun’s words.

In addition, Abel’s irritation and anger towards me turned to the nun.

But the nun didn’t care at all and calmly persuaded Abel.

“If he gets hurt, you won’t be able to do what you want, Abel-nim.”

“….Tsk.”

What Abel wants.

I think I know roughly what the guy wants.

He wants to sleep with all the female members of Leon’s party and see Leon despair at the sight.

In particular, since he made his childhood friend Fria provide sexual favors at the cost of my life, he will definitely rebel as soon as he hears that I was injured. He probably doesn’t want to take Level 3 of the rebellion, as the brainwashing isn’t completely finished yet. I guess he reached that point, and let out a sigh mixed with annoyance and spat on the ground.

“Incompetent guy, don’t act up. Unless you want to die.”

“Eat shit.”

“Eat shit?…, what is that?”

“It is one of the snacks from the distant East Continent.”

The eat shit I said was not meant to be that….

Abel looked at me as if he felt uneasy at the nun’s supplementary explanation, but I didn’t have a reason to say anything, so I shrugged.

Abel frowned unpleasantly and bumped into me with a rough gait and passed by.

And the women who were clinging to his sides at the beginning called Abel with coquettish voices and chased after him.

“….”

“….”

Thus, the only people left in that place were the nun who stopped Abel and me.

Isn’t that nun going to chase after Abel?

As I was thinking that, the nun bowed slightly and said.

“Then, I hope you will have peace in the future, Hero-nim.”

“Ah, ah.”

The nun greeted me and passed by me and moved to chase Abel.

After confirming that Abel’s group had all left, I looked in the direction they had disappeared and thought.

“I can’t sleep at the inn now.”

That bastard. There’s a 100% chance that he’ll break into the inn and have sex with Tyrise, Norn, and Fria.

He’ll be even more annoying since there was a conflict with me like this.

The inn itself isn’t a bad inn, but it’s not a good inn either, so there’s no soundproofing function to block the moans of pleasure.

‘Ah, Norn went to the church, so is it 2 people?

….Well, whether it’s 3 or 2 people, the sound will be the same.

“I can’t help it. I have no choice but to sleep somewhere else.”

I have a lot of money, so now that it’s like this, let’s go to a good place and sleep comfortably.

Anyway, this is over in 10 days, so let’s just endure it for 10 days, exactly 10 days.

Just as I was about to find a new place to stay in a luxury inn, something flashed through my head like lightning.

“….Was there such a nun?”

The Incompetent Hero Success Story focuses on Leon’s party leaving Leon for pleasure and other reasons, so there are no detailed settings or sex scenes for the members of other hero parties, but illustrations of what they look like appear in the style of background illustrations.

And among them…, there was no nun with that appearance in Abel’s party.

“….Huh?….”

Is something I don’t know already happening?…