I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

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"Snapped!"

Accompanied by a loud noise and pain, a young man quickly woke up from his sleep.

"Why are you sleeping again?"

The teacher in front of him said this and flicked his forehead.

"Hey... he seemed a little overwhelmed. He looked around in confusion... everything seemed strange, yet so familiar."

"What's wrong? Did you sleep stupidly?"

"...No, sorry..."

He had to put aside his doubts and suddenly found that his deskmate was laughing.

"Su Daizhi, this is funny, isn't it? Stand up too."

The teacher who had already walked onto the podium saw this scene and asked his deskmate to stand up again.

"...What are you looking at..."

The brown-haired boy in front of him said to him with an unhappy look on his face.

Looking at the inexplicably familiar face, he smiled and shook his head.

"No, it's nothing."

The brave man who gave up

【Special Chapter】 The Brave Man Who Gives Up

The dilapidated state of this city and the ever-present atmosphere of depression reminded me that I had to do something...

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"My dear hero, you've arrived just in time..."

The mayor of this city somehow learned that I was here and came to find me in person not long after I settled in.

"Hmm..." I don't know how to deal with this tone... It always seems troublesome and a bit hypocritical.

"Our city is often attacked by strange beasts... Although we are quite close to their habitat... we usually take precautions... but there are always losses..."

"Don't worry about that, I'm here for this..."

I looked down at the city streets from upstairs and suddenly saw a gathering of people...

"What's with that...the people gathered there?"

"Um...how should I put it..." He looked embarrassed.

"I'll go take a look." I said and stood up to leave.

"Wait, Great Brave Man...Ahh..."

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"Why don't you get out of here?"

As I got closer, I heard these words.

"You bastard..."

"How can you curse like that?"

I shouted down those who were going too far.

"Who are you..." "Wait, isn't he the hero?" "Ah...that's him..." "That's him..."

At this time, the mayor also hurried over and said to me respectfully: "My dear brave man, let's not worry about such trivial matters. Let's..."

"The exercise of justice does not require distinctions between big and small matters. How can a mayor say such a thing?"

He glared at him and looked at the group of people.

"Brave...Brave Master, we haven't done anything bad..."

"Yes...yes, we..."

"Okay, you all can go now." I said to them seriously.

“But…but.”

"Get out of here! Do you really have to make me lose my temper?"

"Did you hear that? Let's quickly carry out the brave man's orders. Do you still want him to help us?"

The mayor also shouted at them, and the group quickly left.

After people left, I realized that the person who was surrounded and scolded... was a little girl with white hair. However, something on her head made me frown.

Those were the ears of a strange beast...although they were very small...this might be the reason why she was scolded.

"My dear hero...don't worry about her anymore..."

"You go back first, we'll talk about those things later."

"Huh? But... okay..." The mayor glanced at the man, sighed, and walked away.

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"Is everything okay?"

I said as I walked towards the girl.

"My body wasn't beaten...but my heart felt more painful than if I had been beaten..." she replied.

"Is...that so..."

I paused for a moment because she had her head down and wasn't looking at me while she was talking to me.

"What's wrong with your...ears?"

I saw her body tremble slightly...Shouldn't this kind of thing be mentioned?

"...It was given to me by my father..."

"Huh?" I couldn't help but be stunned.

"Ah, I think I didn't say it completely... Um..." She hurriedly organized her words, "Um... I didn't have these ears originally... How should I put it... I became like this because I accepted the blessing of the strange beast..."

"A blessing from a strange beast?" I asked, puzzled. "Don't strange beasts often attack your village?"

"It's definitely like that now...ah...well, it wasn't like that a few years ago..."

She suddenly raised her head, with a panic expression on her young face and a pair of shining blue eyes, which made her look particularly cute...if there were no scars on her face.

"...How can you say that?"

"Ah...it's like this..." She thought for a moment, "Let me start with my ears...My father is a forest ranger. My mother died when I was very young, and to make more money so I could live a better life, my father became a forest ranger, a dangerous but well-paid job. Then he discovered that exotic beasts are actually very easy to get along with. Just like treating people around you, if you are nice to them, they won't hurt you...So, my father learned a lot about exotic beasts and became very close to them."

“…” I was stunned.

Why do alien beasts become such friendly species in her eyes?

"Until one day, I, who was already frail and sickly, was diagnosed with a terminal illness... an incurable disease. Desperate, my father took me to see the leader of the alien beasts... Ah, you might not know, alien beasts are also very intelligent. The more mature the alien beasts are, the closer their intelligence level is to that of humans... Well, then I accepted the blessings of the alien beast tribe... It's amazing, I felt like my body had changed, and I was as strong and powerful as an alien beast... The only drawback is these ears... which make me a little scary..."

After saying that, he chuckled twice.

"Is that so..." I couldn't help but feel a little sad for her cheerfulness... She's such a good kid...

"And your father?"

Even though I've realized it...I still want to put an end to it.

"He..." Sure enough, as soon as his father was mentioned, the child immediately lowered his head.

"It's okay... It's okay if you don't want to say it..."

I reached out and stroked her head a few times.

"What's your name?"

"Leah..." she replied quietly.

"It's just a name. I want to hear your full name."

"..." She hesitated, "My last name has been taken away by the church... I'm not allowed to say it..."

Church... Then her father's whereabouts are related to the church...

"It's okay, just tell me." I touched her head again, "I'm a brave man, I will protect you."

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"My dear hero, you are back..."

The mayor stood up respectfully to greet me.

"Well...about the strange beasts...we hope you can kill their leader, and then they will start a civil war among themselves to fight for the throne. Then you won't have to worry about it." He said and showed a number.

"Our city is still a bit poor... This little money is a commission. I hope you don't mind it, brave man."

“…It doesn’t require money.”

"Wha... Oh, so you are indeed the hero. You are not motivated by money when exercising justice, right?"

"Ah...yes..." I took a sip of the tea on the table and felt much more refreshed. "This tea..."

"This is a very expensive tea that can quickly restore one's strength. I know that you, the brave hero, are tired from your journey, so I prepared this tea specially for you..."

"Oh...Is that so..." I took another sip.

"Well, you see... this kind of thing... the sooner you do it, the better..."

"No rush. Although I don't want the money, I want to ask you something."

"You ask."

"Why was Leah Ata's father put on trial by the church?"

His smile froze instantly, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

"Hero...it's better not to ask about this kind of thing...if the church finds out..."

"It's the church again... Was it the church that arrested her father?"

"This... is... but it's a bit more serious..."

"You mean...her father was taught..."

"Hmm..." He showed an embarrassment on his face, "After being tried by the church... and charged with heresy..."

"What happened..." Although I know this won't change anything, I still want to know...what she went through...

"He was burned at the stake..."

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What is faith...

I understood it before, but now I don’t quite understand it.

Facing thousands of strange beasts gathered together, I was alone in my thoughts.

Justice is my belief...that's right.

Destroying evil is justice.

However... in the eyes of that group of churches, Leah Ata's father borrowed the power of strange beasts, which was disrespectful to the God who protected them, and was heresy and evil.

then...

So what? Is killing someone the right thing to do? Is convicting someone without knowing the truth... also justice?

From this, it seems that those demon kings and dragons I have slain are not necessarily evil...

I remember clearly that one time, when I severely injured a demon king and was about to kill him, he seemed very happy and relieved.

"You look relaxed...why?"