episode_0263

“Umm….”

A strange scent wafts from the tip of my nose.

It was somewhat fishy, like fresh soil, or like rotten wood.

Whatever it was, it was definitely not a pleasant smell.

“What is this smell….”

No matter how much I think about it, it’s not a smell that would come from my room.

This was the first time I’d smelled something like this while living in this rented room.

Anyway, bothered by the unpleasant smell, I slightly opened my eyes and got up, only to see a brown wooden ceiling instead of the familiar scenery of my house.

I was lying on a bed that was terribly hard and seemed to be just for show, and the clothes I was wearing were not my usual indoor clothes but shabby, old clothes that I had never seen before.

‘What the heck is going on?’

Is it because I just woke up?

Even when I move my body, I feel strangely like it’s not my own.

In a situation where I don’t know why I’m here or where this place is, I concentrated my dazed mind as much as possible to think about what I was doing, when I heard a knock.

“Hero? Are you still asleep?”

A young woman’s voice.

At least it’s a voice I’ve never heard within my circle of acquaintances.

Since I didn’t say anything, she opened the door and came in.

“You were awake. Aren’t you coming to morning training today?”

“Uh… who was it again….”

“Excuse me?….”

At my question, her expression became blank, and then she laughed and said.

“Hero. Even if it’s been 6 months since we started traveling together, saying ‘who are you?’ is not a funny joke.”

“6 months?….”

The woman, who looked like she had walked straight out of a fantasy game, and applied the law that exposure and defense are proportional, characteristic of adult games, shrugged her shoulders and said.

“You came back late last night, so you must not have had enough sleep. Hurry up and wake up and come down. Noren, Marie, and Piria have already finished eating.”

“Ah….”

Noren, Marie, Piria.

The moment I heard these three names, I realized it.

This was a part of the story from the adult game I was playing until I fell asleep, ‘The Story of a Useless Hero’s Success’.

“…What is this? Is this real?”

Am I still stuck in a dream?

While spacing out, I reached for the sword placed next to the bed.

Even though I’ve never held a sword in my life, the grip felt as familiar as if I had swung it hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times.

At the same time, the cool sensation told me that this was not just a simple dream.

Why did I enter the world of the game?

In a situation where I didn’t know what was going on, I reached for a notebook placed on the table this time.

I could see strange squiggles written on the notebook, in a language I didn’t know which country it was from.

Something strange that looked like English but wasn’t.

But the strange thing was that I could understand the language.

『To the unnamed you who may be confused, this is Leon leaving this behind.』

『To put it simply, you have possessed my body.』

“Is this real….”

Why an adult game of all things, and why possess the protagonist who gets NTR’d….

* * *

After reading all the notes left by Leon, I let out a sigh that came out involuntarily, and grabbed my throbbing forehead.

Anyway, it was a fact that I had possessed Leon’s body, and Leon had intended it.

The reason was his party members….

And he was shocked to see his closest childhood friend spreading her legs for the hero who was tormenting him.

But he wanted to give up everything, but he was also afraid of abandoning his duty as a hero, so as a safety device, he had another world’s existence dwell in his body.

“Why did it have to be me….”

First, I got up from the bed and hung the Holy Sword on my waist.

“…Huh?”

Is it because this is Leon’s body?

Something feels strangely familiar.

I drew the Holy Sword as my body told me to and swung it.

Whoosh

“…Strange.”

Something…. Something is very familiar.

Even really familiar.

So much so that it feels strange.

“Leon, are you still not up?”

“…Ah, sorry. I’ll come down.”

Was that Piria’s voice just now?

I put the sword back in its sheath and opened the door.

There, a girl who was not quite beautiful with reddish-brown hair, but was pretty in her own way, was looking at me.

“Where did you go yesterday that you’re still sleeping?”

“Sorry.”

“….? Leon?”

“Huh?”

Piria, who was staring blankly at me, tilted her head and asked back.

“You’re Leon, right?….”

“Y-yes.”

“You seem a little different….”

As expected, she’s perceptive because she’s my childhood friend…. For now, I’m someone else who’s dwelling in Leon’s body, so I tried to imitate Leon’s way of speaking and actions from the game as much as possible, but it seems like she noticed something different.

“Well…. Maybe it’s just my imagination. So Leon? Do you want breakfast? If not yet, I can order breakfast.”

“I’ll eat.”

“Then let’s go down quickly. The others are waiting.”

I came down the stairs with Piria.

In the midst of several people ordering and eating a simple breakfast, familiar figures came into view.

“Hero. Are you awake?”

The priest with impressive silver hair and golden eyes, Noren.

“Where have you been?”

A small but cute girl with brown hair, Marie.

“Since you skipped morning training today, we will train a little more in the evening.”

A blonde woman armed with light armor, Tirith.

Seeing the heroines who I had only seen in the game come to life and talk to me like this feels very new.

“The information exchange meeting will be held soon, so wouldn’t it be better to quickly handle the requests we’ve been assigned this time?”

In the meantime, Marie, who was reading a book, threw out a word.

Information exchange meeting….

A place where the three heroes chosen by the three Holy Swords wander around each region to train, and exchange information about their achievements or the Demon King.

At the same time, it also has the meaning of praising the hard work of the heroes wandering in remote areas.

‘If my memory is correct, the exchange meeting is once every 3 months…. Tirith said it’s been 6 months since we met…. Is it the second exchange meeting?’

If I recall the story timeline that I remember, as early as the 3rd exchange meeting, and as late as the 6th, the party members leave Leon and join other hero parties. Of course, the detailed route varies depending on the ending….

‘I don’t have any combat ability, will I be okay?’

In the real world, I have never even thrown a punch, let alone held a sword.

In other words, I am someone who has lived a life with no connection to fighting.

There’s no way someone like me can survive in a world full of monsters….

“Then let’s quickly go finish the request after Leon finishes breakfast.”

“…Huh?”

As soon as I finished breakfast, I was quickly dragged out on a request without having a chance to make any excuses.

The request that Leon’s party received was to subjugate a violent monster.

They were chasing the monster to carry out the subjugation request and finally found the nest where the monster lived, and it seemed that they were preparing to enter the full-scale subjugation after preparing for a perfect state through rest.

Originally, it would have been easy to clear without any special variables.

“Leon!!”

“!”

Tirith, who was blocking the monster as a knight at the very front, shouted urgently.

An unexpected variable.

The biggest problem was that there were ‘2’ monsters. Tirith could block up to 1 monster, but the sudden appearance of the 2nd monster destroyed the formation, and taking advantage of the broken gap, the monster rushed at me.

“Hiyah!!”

Piria is shooting arrows from behind, but the monster’s advance doesn’t stop.

The power of the arrows that Piria is shooting is woefully insufficient to stop the monster’s advance.

Sword King Secret Skill

“?”

I unconsciously take a stance.

I don’t know what the stance is, but I take it anyway.

Against a monster with a huge body, I release the excessively applied force and calmly recognize the enemy.

Earth Divide

I swung the sword as it echoed in my mind.

Slash!

“Huh?….”

“…Huh?”

Following the path of the swung sword, the monster that Tirith was desperately blocking was cut down in one stroke.

Seeing that sight, I, Noren, Piria, and Marie, who were behind, and Tirith, who was facing the monster, all looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Wh-what is that swordsmanship? It’s different from the royal swordsmanship I taught you?”

“To cut down with one strike a monster that withstood my magic….”

“Leon…. When did you become so….”

“Um…. Haha, was I in good condition today?….”

Everyone’s eyes are on me.

But I have nothing to say.

I myself didn’t know it would turn out like this.

‘Was Leon this strong?’

If my memory is correct, Leon is definitely inferior in skill or aptitude as a hero to the extent that he receives the derogatory nickname ‘Useless Hero’.

At least, he doesn’t have the power to cut down a giant monster in one go.

But he cut it down in one go this time….

‘I wish I could see the status window….’

Level: 33 Health: 2730/2730

Strength: 19 Magic Power: 1840/1840

Agility: 17

Magic Power: 23

Technique: 16

Durability: 21

Ah, it shows it.

But what’s with these stats. He’s approaching level 33, but his stats are messed up?

‘…Huh?’

There was something that caught my eye while looking at the status window.

‘What is it?…. Status abnormality…, Demon King’s Brand?….’