Is this Hero for Real?

 

We adjusted ourselves to the new order of things after putting a stop to the meaningless 

rivalries.

 

Except for me.

 

“Bring the Saintess right now!”

 

“Give up.
Another Hero took her while you were fighting.]

 

“Kirk! The heal Blessing, at least…!”

 

“I’m working on it!”

 

A Hero that had killed a high-rank demon was dying slowly.

 

Having several Blessings from the gods, the Hero was undoubtedly strong, but the cost of 

putting too much trust in the Saintess and fighting relentlessly was too high.

 

Let’s call it the price of carelessness.

 

[Name] Cain

 

[Level] 38

 

[Blessings] Hero A, Warrior B, Invincibility E, Weapon D, Mercenary S, Fairy D, Grit A, 

Reflection B, Mermaid B, Vitality A, Blessing B…

 

[Curses] Hunt E, Nature F, Demon E

 

[Dividend] 31.51

 

It didn’t matter if one had the power to single-handedly change the flow of a war, the end would 

always come without warning…

 

[A certain god asks if you want to live.]

 

“Of course!”

 

[A certain god warns you will lose everything you have.]

 

“It’s better than dying in vain like this!”

 

[A certain god smiles.]

 

Those moments were my favorite.
I could ruminate on the reason and meaning of my existence 

in a world that was once empty.

 

I was needed in this world.

 

Poof!

 

“I’m alive!”

 

The hero’s body, which was ruined beyond repair, recovered.

 

Technically speaking, I only reverted everything back to its original state, but it gave the same 

results.

 

“Now let’s take back the Sainte… huh?! What is this?! What happened to my level?!”

 

[Name] Cain

 

[Level] 1

 

[Blessings] Hero A, Warrior B, Invincibility E, Weapon D, Mercenary S, Fairy D, Grit A, 

Reflection B, Mermaid B, Vitality A, Blessing B…

 

[Curses] Hunt E, Nature F, Demon E

 

[Dividend] 31.51

 

His level was reset.

 

It was inevitable.

 

[A certain god drills you to remember your warning.]

 

I wasn’t the same as before.
I was sick of apologizing and regretting.

 

“Be prepared to lose everything I have…”

 

The Hero recovered incredibly quickly after his mental shock.

 

That was also my Blessing’s effect.

 

He would never falter from his emotions for the rest of his life.

 

“What’s important is that I’m alive.
I’ll start again from level 1.”

 

[A certain god is at ease.]

 

The hero stopped his adventures and returned to west Fantasia.

 

He hunted every single goblin in the forest he liked to use when he was a beginner.

 

“$# %~?!”

 

“@%#~?!”

 

Thanks to having a lot of useful blessings, he showed very fast progress.

 

But his Hero comrades didn’t wait for him.

 

“Cain.
I have something to tell you…”

 

“I’m sorry.
Forget a woman like me.”

 

“Hero.
I’m sincerely sorry.”

 

Thinking he was hopeless, they all left his side using all kinds of excuses.

 

“Damnit…!”

 

[A certain god is watching.]

 

“How is this a Blessing?! It’s the worst Curse there is!”

 

[A certain god is displeased.]

 

“…Since you did save my life, I will stop the resentment and complaints.”

 

[A certain god is at ease.]

 

“But let me give you a word of advice, god.”

 

Advice, to me?

 

[A certain god says to speak since they are curious.]

 

“Don’t give anyone a Blessing ever again.
This is a Curse that takes away things more valuable 

than life.”

 

[A certain god goes quiet.]

 

“I wouldn’t take a Blessing that takes me back to level 1 every time I use it, even in death.”

 

[A certain god leaves.]

 

I had no more business with a Hero who denied my existence.

 

‘Let’s find another Hero.’

 

But the same thing happened, no matter how many times I tried.

 

“How can I be level 1!”

 

“This is a horrendous Curse!”

 

“Please tell me this is a dream!”

 

Every Hero that got my help was in denial and resented their outcomes.
I couldn’t stay stubborn 

anymore.

 

He was right.

 

[A certain god silently leaves.]

 

I wasn’t needed in this world.

 

***

 

It was truly an uncoincidental coincidence that I came across that Hero.

 

I was lingering around the Temple because I still had unresolved feelings and found him passed 

out from a fairy’s arrow.

 

[A certain god peeps.]

 

“Save me!”

 

[A certain god asks why you’re alone.]

 

“Save me first!”

 

This human was more stubborn than the woman I’d saved before.

 

It was only right to ignore him, but…

 

[Name] Kang Hansoo

 

[Level] 1

 

[Blessings] –

 

[Curses] Hero E

 

[Dividend] 2.56

 

He had the Hero’s curse.

 

He wouldn’t stop leveling up completely, but without any Blessings, he wouldn’t survive long, 

either.

 

If he was going to die anyways…

 

[A certain god ponders.]

 

“Are you an outsider?”

 

An outsider? I’d never heard of such a thing.

 

[A certain god wants to know what an outsider is.]

 

“An outsider is a lone wolf dashing through the wilderness.”

 

A lone wolf!

 

I liked the sound of that.

 

[A certain god likes the meaning of ‘an outsider’.]

 

It fit perfectly with my unneeded, desolate position in this world.

 

[A certain god is certain they’re an outsider.]

 

“Please save me.”

 

[A certain god asks if you’re also an outsider.]

 

“I’m an outsider, too.
That’s why I was dropped here instead of getting summoned to the Temple 

like my friends.”

 

I had known as soon as I saw his odd attire, and as expected, he was a Hero.

 

[Hero]

 

It was odd he had the Hero’s Curse instead of a Blessing, but it didn’t go against the rules if I 

gave him a Blessing.

 

But then again…

 

[A certain god ponders if they should help the poor outsider.]

 

[A certain god looks around and hesitates.]

 

[A certain god…]

 

It felt like he would die, even if I saved him with my Blessing.

 

If he was going to die as a level 1 anyways, wouldn’t it be okay to just give him the Blessing?

 

[Outsider]

 

I changed the name of my Blessing.
That way, I would never get caught.

 

…There was a time when I believed that.

 

[A certain god looks into the far galaxies.]

 

[A certain god says there are a lot of stars in the sky as always.]

 

[A certain god pretends to be asleep.]

 

[A certain god drills in that they will turn down any kind of suspicion.]

 

“…Could it be?”

 

It looked like I was caught after all.

 

[A certain god says the outsider is stupid for getting fooled.]

 

“Yeah.
I know.”

 

[A certain god flinches]

 

‘Why were you agreeing?’

 

That Hero had very little mood swings, thanks to my Blessing.

 

But it was still normal to get mad…?

 

He groaned.

 

“I really am stupid! Levels reset too… It’s obvious if you think about it just a little! I just wasted 

my time exterminating orcs.”

 

[A certain god is quizzical.]

 

That was it?

 

I didn’t know why.

 

“Outsider god, stop making fun of me.
Let’s go pick out some picture books.”

 

He thought of me as a child!

 

But I didn’t hate it.

 

[A certain god desperately prays.]

 

“For my dying soul?”

 

[A certain god says absolutely not.]

 

“Then what did you pray?”

 

[A certain god says it’s a secret.]

 

“Yeah, fine.”

 

‘I wish you would stay by my side.’

 

‘Forever.’

 

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