Reincarnated as an affinity-less hero, the quest to become the strongest!

Chapter 53: Stress Knows No Bounds

(AN: Yeah... almost 2 weeks for a new upload...

To be fair, I had anticipated I would be able to write a lot more during vacations, but life had other plans.

Really sorry, please do forgive. I had never anticipated I would go on for over a week without an update.

But oh well, a small break was due... I guess?

On the positive side of things, I have been in deep thought regarding some comments I've been seeing in my story and have decided to pull a LOT more action into the story.

With my regrets out of the way, I'll try my best to bring these chapters to you

Without further ado, the chapter!)

'I regret asking'

That was the sole thought that entered my mind as the demon guard began retreating.

"Just one minute into this undesired job, and we're getting intruders? Seriously? Just how terribly guarded is this place?"

I exclaimed as I became even more frustrated by the sudden news.

However, as much as their unexpected events annoyed me, they provided a convenient excuse to avoid... that.

'For now, I'll just focus on myself and what to do now. To be fair, I'd rather deal with Scarlet's 'words of passion' a little later. Or never, if that's an option'

That thought itself just made its way into my head as I tried to organize my priorities inside my mind. And looking at them, none were pleasing, to say the least.

*sigh*

'That'll be annoying."

"Scratch that, all of this will be annoying"

There was no saving this place and this entire journey from being infuriating. We had literally gotten displaced out of our home for no real or logical reason, I had been scolded by Scarlet and Myria alike, and now we were in the middle of nowhere inside a demonic fortress due to Scarlet's strange plot.

'This day definitely falls into my top 5 worst days ever BY FAR'

In any case, back to the main problem, the intruders or whatever.

'Well, to be completely fair, it's not like I'm going to deal with them anyways. I never asked to become a demon queen or empress-or whatever in the first place. This damned place can fall into ruins for all I care.'

I feel the urgent need to emphasize how much didn't care anymore about the teasing sights of Scarlet or Amanda, and to be fair, I only wanted to go take a well-deserved nap to leave all of this absurdity behind.

But of course, as we should all be aware by now, my luck is by far the most terrible thing in existence.

"So new Demon Empress, Reika-sama~, what will you do~?"

I looked over at Scarlet who stared at me, clearly pretending to be oblivious to my obvious displeasure regarding the entire situation.

*Sigh*

I just rolled over my eyes as I switched my focus over to the demons who kept running rampant.

"REIKA-SAMA! REIKA-SAMA! REIKA-SAMA!"

It was seriously annoying me just how much they kept screaming my name as if I was some sort of goddess to them.

As such, disobeying my previous thoughts on self-control, I turned to the demons and vented away:

"SHUT IT, WILL YOU?!"

"..."

Immediately, silence came over the room, again.