I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

2 – Another Prologue

Another Prologue

The lieutenant colonel who was supposed to help me escape was killed by a hero.

He was honestly just one of my bosses whose name I couldn’t remember, but his sacrifice will be forever imprinted in my heart.

“Damn… ….”

He honestly didn’t expect it.

That the hero will follow me. Even if she usually leaves her seat for a while, she is the one who nodded her head straight away.

That way, it was an operation that was decided only after completing several confirmation procedures.

She checked how long she would stay still and under what circumstances she allowed me to go out.

But if I had to…….

“I’m sure he wasn’t caught…” … ?”

It must have been yesterday. It’s strange that I was aiming for yesterday out of many, many opportunities.

It was as if he was seeing through our plans.

“No, this is paranoia.”

Then she has no reason to let me live. We’ve been together for so long, will you forgive me? No matter how comfortable the hero is, there can’t be that much.

No, not at all, but… …. There’s no reason for her to be there pretending not to know.

The hero has already become a powerful being beyond my control.

In such a situation, you pretend not to know and save the demons who have been selling information? There can be no such thing as a good thing.

Yes, if I had been caught, I would have been decapitated by now.

“Grumpy. Irina! There are so many fruits in the forest.”

A blonde, green-eyed girl appears from the forest holding an armful of unidentified fruits and nods her head with the flesh of her fruit stuffed into her mouth.

“Hero… …. The fruit is poisonous. Just by looking at the color, isn’t it?”

“Is that so? But since you won’t listen to me, won’t it matter?”

“No, ha… …. Please sit here. I will perform a purification ceremony. Take the fruit and throw it away.”

Standing in front of her, a girl with pure white hair and blue eyes sighed and forced the warrior to sit down.

The hero’s party’s recovery and support.

I am Irina Saintis, a saint.

Originally, there were five members of the warrior party including me, but now they are separated for their own missions.

Well, even if it’s a mission, I went to my job. It’s not like there was something Esmeralda ordered.

Since everyone is a promising player in each group, there were many cases where the seats were vacated.

Of course, this time around, it’s going to lead to more full-fledged activities, so I’m supposed to join in the middle, but…….

‘I should have beaten him before then.’

No luck, no luck.

How did they gather only the natural enemies of the demons in one place?

Still, there is one good thing.

“…… I don’t think anyone else would have found out about it.”

Heroes are basically innocent.

This is the result of checking after I infiltrated this party and lived together for over three years. It probably means that he is as pure as an apostle who was ordained by God himself. And to be pure means to be ignorant as well.

In short, stupid. But even if you’re stupid, your senses and luck are good.

Isn’t it true that you prevented my escape this time?

“Damn it, I should have thought about the ideal feeling of being chosen by a holy sword… ….”

I didn’t know that it would be enough to catch the fleeing demons and their gang. If that’s the case, would it be nice if we caught it when we infiltrated in the first place?

Thanks to her innocence and ignorance, I’m glad I can’t suspect that I’ve been cheating on her.

“Jim, are you okay? I heard from the warrior. Yesterday, while we were sleeping, we were kidnapped by demons.”

“Ah, gwa, it’s okay. Saintess.”

She was grinding her teeth alone, and then a woman who was working hard to stop the warrior approached me.

With snow-white hair and sky-blue eyes, this girl is the sole conscience of this crazy party, but also my natural saint.

The mere sight of her approaching makes her feel suffocated.

As expected, the saintess of the Celestial Church.

Even the concentration of her divine power that wanders around her is murderous.

If she was a low-level demon, she would have melted into her holy power and turned into mere blood just by approaching her.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to sleep in the same tent when you sleep? If something like this happens again…….”

“Oh, no. That’s a bit.”

“I am worried. Because Jim is weaker than us.”

It hurt her pride.

But that’s not wrong, I was already the weakest in the hero’s party.

Whether you reveal your true face or not.

“Still, doing that doesn’t look good to others and it’s easy to misunderstand, so it’s better to stop. I don’t want to cause a nuisance.”

Just sleeping in the same room as you would give me nightmares.

Surely, baby angels will appear in your dreams blowing trumpets and argue with sweet voices, saying, “Did this bastard lose his coward head?”

“I see… …. I can’t put any more pressure on Mr. Jim.”

“If you’re going to let me out of this party… ….”

“I can’t do that.”

Irina Saintis smiled and refused my request.

Why does this damn party not want to hold me back?

And is this something to refuse with such a glaring smile?

“Still, if you have any difficulties, please tell me. I can do little more than pray for Mr. Jim, but…….”

“No, there are many other things you can do…… Big!”

Irina takes my hand with both hands and poses as if to pray. Pure white light leaks from her palm and burns my hand.

“… ….”

You can’t scream here. It took exactly two years to get used to this act.

Fortunately, her prayers were not meant to destroy the demons, but to pray for well-being, so it’s comforting that even if she hurts, she doesn’t leave any scars.

“Whoops, even though he says he hates it, Mr. Jim always goes along with my prayers. I am very grateful for that.”

“… ….”

No.

When Irina Saintis grabs my hand, her body just shrinks as if she has been electrocuted.

It means that there is no choice but to stay still due to physical damage.

I also want to run away if possible.

It makes me uncomfortable even to be in the same place with a hero and a saint whose head is a flower garden!

“Then shall we go to dinner now? Yesterday, Mr. Jim was kidnapped, so I couldn’t treat him well……. But today, I showed off my skills with the hero.”

Irina Saintis smiles while holding my hand. That smile is really neat and beautiful. Apart from that, I want you to let go of her hand…….

My senses started to disappear.

“No, I don’t have an appetite… ….”

And there is no way the rice will go over.

The lieutenant colonel is said to have met such an end for me.

How can I eat with a normal face after the lieutenant colonel died less than a day ago?

I will honor the death of the lieutenant colonel by refraining from food and drink for three days and three nights. ….

“Jim had a hard day yesterday, so today is Jim’s favorite spicy soup with red pepper powder! Irina woke up early in the morning and boiled it. What is it?”

“Yes, I am going now.”

Let’s eat only rice soup and celebrate lunch.

***

A red stew that seems to contain hell boiling in a pot.

Esmeralda, the champion, didn’t like the stew, but decided to keep her mouth shut for the sake of a depressed Jim.

“Here! Bon appetite! Mr. Jim.”

“Thank you. Warrior.”

“Thank you! Is it my role to be responsible for the mentality of my colleagues?”

“Ah, yes… ….”

It was usually Jim’s job to be responsible for the mentality of his teammates.

The warrior Esmeralda is on the side of being taken care of. She doesn’t seem to have any mental anguish, but since she doesn’t know anything, she has a lot to teach me in many ways.

“Whoa…… Whoa……. Jim really likes this food. I uh…… It’s a bit spicy…….”

Irina, who received the food first, asked with tears in her eyes.

This is the part where you can know that this food was made exclusively for me.

Even in the midst of that, she was a saint as expected not to lose her benevolent smile.

“hahahaha, is that so? Maybe it’s because it resembles hometown food.”

It tastes similar to the purgatory bath in the demon realm.

Since Jim had been dispatched for a long time, he used to feel nostalgic for the rice soup that would replace him.

‘Yes, Purgatory Bath… …. I’m sure he ate with the lieutenant colonel. The lieutenant colonel is no longer able to eat.’

Jim, who suddenly remembered the face of his boss who had been murdered last night, put down his spoon in a gloomy mood.

“Can I have another bowl please?”

“Sure! Is this the dish you prepared for Jim in the first place?”

Jim received a refill of the soup he had scraped all the way to the floor and raised his spoon again.

He did not even eat if he was going to put down a spoon grieved at the lieutenant colonel’s death. Of course, Jim was the only one who could enjoy the spicy soup.

I know he likes soup, but not everyone likes it.

“Ugh… ….”

Irina ate the food under the mission that she should not leave a meal even though her tears were welling up.

“Yum, yum.”

Esmeralda, however, did not choose food.

I’m not here right now, but if the other two in the warrior’s party were together, I’m sure one would have cried and the other would have put down the spoon quietly.

Esmeralda thought so and ate two mouthfuls of soup.

At the end of the meal, Esmeralda looked closely at Jim, who was already eating her third soup.

“Muh, what is going on?”

Jim asked, feeling uncomfortable with that gaze, and Esmeralda, the hero, smiled and replied.

“No, nothing.”

Pure and immaculate. A smile that even makes you look stupid.

But what was reflected in those eyes…….

[Name: Jim]

[Type: Mixed race Demon]

[List of talents]

Common Magic Lv. 32

Dark Magic Lv. 34

Blue Blood Lv. One

Catch the center Lv. 4

Indefatigable Stamina Lv. 2

[Overall estimate: Lv. 274]

[Note: I am satisfied with the food you made. Some of the accumulated stress has been relieved.]

“Then enjoy your meal! Mr. Jim.”

A clear truth above all else.

‘You will go with me to the end. You damn demon tribe.’

The hero, Esmeralda, was watching Jim, the demon spy, today as well.