The rising of the Shield Hero X One piece

The Rising of the Sword Hero part 6

(Naofumi)
A few minutes later, the villagers had come out of hiding and began to mourn. Not for the village, which was now basically in ruins, but for the people they had lost.

As it turned out, even with the help of Zoro there were still deaths. It seemed that neither of them were fast enough at getting to the village.

Not everyone mourned though. Two, in particular, celebrated.

Raphtalia and zoro partner, Rifana, used to know each other apparently, before they were made into slaves that is. They had hugged and cried, so happy to see each other.
He couldn't even think about interfering with the adorable reunion, but he also knew the conversation was best left private, so he helped the villagers of Lute clean up the roads. As much as he could at least.

He also didn't want to test the girl who killed the cerberus so fast that I didn't even see what  had happened.

Zoro seemed to have a similar thought process, going off to clean up any stray monsters around the town.

Zoro. It had been about a month since they last saw each other, and it wasn't exactly the best day.

Naofumi's fist clenched at the thought. That stupid trial. That stupid bitch, Myne. She was the cause of all of this. She was the reason his life was made so difficult in this world.

Nobody even questioned her claim.

No one except zoro.

Naofumi still needs to properly thank him for his efforts and getting him off.

He sighed and looked back at Raphtalia and Rifana. They had stopped their hugging and crying, instead choosing to talk. About what, he didn't know, but they seemed to be having fun.

It's nice to see a reunion like this, don't you agree?" A familiar voice spoke from next to Naofumi.

He turned and saw the so called pirate standing next to him. Naofumi didn't respond though.

I took out the remaining monsters in the village." Zoro said when Naofumi didn't speak.

Thanks for helping." Naofumi finally spoke.

The swordsman nodded, "No need, I'm just doing what I needed to. It's like the others didn't think about defending the people." He muttered the last part.

He found himself scowling, "They even let the boss get away from them." He added to Zoro comment.

They stood in silence for a second, Naofumi breaking it with a question, "Why didn't you believe the accusations against me?" He asked for his own curiosity.

The swordsman answered bluntly without hesitation. I have seen enough injustices in my world that it was pretty easy to see though there her lies.

Naofumi was in awe of what he was hearing. That had zoro seen so many injustices made Naofumi wonder what kind of world he came from.

I should ask him later about it.

Silence rolled over them again.

"It was good seeing you again Naofumi. The Sword Hero stated in a calm tone.

Yeah, it was good seeing you too." Naofumi meant it. The only person who believed him was zoro.

Before they could converse anymore though, the head knight came back into the village clearing. Quickly spotting zoro he waved the sword hero over.

Siad hero sighed, "Looks like I'm going to have to deal with this idiot again." He turned to Naofumi, "I'll talk to you later."

The Shield Hero nodded prompting zoro to leave for the knight. They would talk more later, he was sure of it.