"Elemental Hero" (The Rising of the Shield Hero X Male Reader)

Rule Violation

*Y/N's POV*

It was the next day and we were standing in front of the King, once again.

King: "We have gathered brave warriors who will fight the Waves with you legendary heroes."

I look around at the "brave warriors" he was talking about. Cool, I guess. I noticed one person was staring at me. It was a girl, with purple hair and purple eyes. She was wearing a black long sleeved shirt and a black combat skirt. With two daggers at her sides. Why is she staring at me...?

King: "Now, our future champions! Time to begin your journey!"

The "brave warriors started walking towards us. Guessing they will be joining our parties. You would think that would we be the ones choosing who would be coming with us, I guess not. I continue looking forward until they all chose. Once they did, I saw everyone but Naofumi had someone behind them. I mean, I only had one person behind me. It was the girl that was staring at me. Naofumi looked at all of us.

Naofumi: "One... three... four... five... Yo, King!"

King: "I have to admit, I wasn't expecting this."

Oh, really?

???: "No volunteeers? He must have no charisma."

Someone started whispering into the King's ear.

King: "So there have been rumors."

Motoyasu: "Did something happen?"

???: "Well, rumors that the Shield Hero is ignorant of this world have spread around town."

Naofumi: "What?"

King: "Legend says the heroes come with a firm understanding of our lands. And they seem to think he doesn't meet that criteria."

Y/N: "To be fair, I didn't have a understanding for the lands either."

Someone random yelled out at me.

???: "That's why only one person chose you!"

I looked around. Who the fuck said that?!

Motoyasu: "Maybe someone was eavesdropping on our chat last night."

Naofumi: "Seriously?"

Y/N: "Most likely."

Naofumi: "That aside, Ren, you don't need five! Gimme some of them!"

Ren: "I'm actually more of a loner. If any of you can't cut it, I'll leave you behind."

Naofumi: "What do you make of this, Motoyasu? Don't you think it's unfair?"

Motoyasu: "I'm actually surprised that my party is all girls, too."

Y/N: "It is their choice on who they want to go with, but it isn't fair really. Some should split off to be with Naofumi."