Chapter 59: Interrogation
Several days had passed since the monumental incident at the Prodigy Selection Tournament shook the entire Empire.
“...Haa.”
With dark circles heavy beneath my eyes and no time to hide them, I arrived—surrounded by Holy Knights—at the Academy’s Board of Directors meeting room.
‘...I just want to go home and rest.’
More than anything, I wanted to return to the mansion and rest for months, but such peace was a luxury I no longer had.
“...The Saintess and His Holiness the Pope are waiting inside.”
“Please, have a... productive conversation.”
Because now, I had become the official Hero recognized by the world.
‘I wanted to avoid this route more than anything...’
Even after sorting through the aftermath several times, it was clear—besides Robin the doppelgänger, neither Cecil nor Adel was the Hero.
The Saintess had already chosen me... and fallen. The Holy Nation, unaware of that fact, had already begun the process of officially designating me as the Hero.
In other words, I was now forcibly tasked with saving the world in place of the original playable characters who’d vanished.