Rising Of The Shield Hero Web Novel ver

What i Wanted to Hear

"What do you mean by 'win', you coward!"
Our one-on-one duel was interrupted, right!?

"What are you talking about? You lost because you couldn't stand up to my strength."

... You bastard, you're seriously saying that.
What was that crap about heroes! That they shouldn't own slaves!
You trash, acting like a hero while rigging this battle to satisfy yourself.

"Your comrade interfered in the middle of our fight! That's why I staggered!"
"Ha! Is that lie the bitching of a loser?"
"That's not it, you asshole!"

The coward Motoyasu looked down on me, ignoring my complaints while feeling victorious.
Even though there really was an intrusion... that bastard!

"Is that so."

The spectators had their eyes on Motoyasu.
Did they not see what happened..? Everyone was completely silent.

"There is no need to believe the words of a criminal Hero. Hero of the Spear! It is your victory!"

That asshole!
Just like that, the king boldly announced the result.
Even then, some of the crowd were unsure. They looked around as if they wanted to speak up. However, there was no one who would challenge what the king had declared.
Because the king has silenced all dissent.
This kingdom is a complete dictatorship!

"As expected of Motoyasu-sama!"

The bitch who was the instigator of this incident shamelessly rushed to Motoyasu's side.
Furthermore, the castle's magicians only cast healing magic on Motoyasu, treating his wounds.
Looks like they have no intention of helping me.

"Hehehe, as expected of the Hero who my daughter, Malty, has selected."
The king says as he places his hand on Myne's shoulder.

"W-what..!?"

Myne is the king's daughter!?

"Ah... I was also surprised at the time upon hearing that Myne is a princess. She used a fake name to slip amongst us."
"Yes... I wanted to help for the sake of world peace~"

... I see. So it's like that.
It seemed strange how easily I was labeled a criminal with just the victim's testimony.
So that's what it was... The king overlooked his idiotic daughter's selfishness and pushed a false crime onto me using fake evidence. For the sake of the Hero that his daughter chooses, he sacrificed me and reclaimed my money because I was the weakest among the Heroes.
And because Motoyasu saved the princess from me, they ended up becoming closer, more so than all the other girls around him.

This also explains why I received additional funds at the beginning.
In other words, she is able to obtain good equipment for herself as well as to support her chosen hero, Motoyasu.
If Motoyasu alone started off with equipment far better than the other Heroes, then even he would find it suspicious and be wary.
With such meticulous planning, there's definitely no way to find the truth other than from the culprits themselves. In the end the result was a worthless, criminal Shield Hero and the Spear Hero who magnificently saved the princess.

Piece by piece, everything begins to make sense.
There is no evidence other then the blow I received, which did no damage apart from making me stagger. There was no clear evidence that the princess was cheating.
Any objections to this rigged match were probably silenced behind the scenes.
So she could interfere in our duel and cover for her favored hero, Motoyasu.

In that case, it must have been planned from the start for Motoyoasu and I to have this duel.
...Oh, it's so simple. All she had to do was whisper this to him:

"'That girl has been forced into slavery by the Shield Hero. Please save her.'"

A chance to both test her potential husband as well as to show herself in a good light. If it's her, she definitely won't let that chance slip by.
If they do get married in the end, this will become a heroic tale of how they rescued a slave from a criminal.
And in the distant future, her name will be carried on as the wife of the virtuous Hero who defeated the evil Hero.
Shit! This trash king and bitch princess!