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

The Lying Betrayal

*Y/N's POV*

We left the weapon shop and I turned to Inori.

Y/N: "Well, now what?"

Inori: "We could go into the fields for some XP."

Y/N: "Sounds good to me. I can see what I can do in this world."

We went into the fields and Inori stood under a tree, watching me. Probably wants to see what I'm capable of. I see something coming at me in the grass. When it jumped up, I saw that it was an orange balloon with a mouth coming at me. I went to light my hand on fire, but nothing happened. What the hell? I tried using lighting, still nothing. What the fuck is going on? What Element can I use? I went to use ice, and it worked. About time, so it seems that I only have one element... Fuck! This sucks. I create an ice sword and sliced the balloon thing. It popped and gave me 1 Exp. Well, that thing sucks. I dropped some of it's remnants. I picked it up and looked at it.

Inori: "That's orange balloon fragments. Maybe you could use it for something, or you could sell it."

Y/N: "Hm, how much would it sell for?"

Inori: "For only one copper coin. That's the most they would sell for."

Y/N: "I see, you could grind these for a long time, just to be able to get a decent amount. Not worth it. But for now, let's continue fighting these things. Wouldn't want to wonder off and get slaughtered by something, like a dragon."

Inori: "That's true."

I saw seven balloon creatures jump out at me. I quickly throw seven icicles at them and killed all of them. Haven't used this element that much. Really should've used it more. I heard one behind me, before I could attack it, Inori already stabbed it with one of her daggers. 

Y/N: "Thanks."

Inori: "It was nothing, Elemental-- Y/N."

I smiled at her, she'll get used to calling me by my name.

Y/N: "Let's keep going. Then, we'll find somewhere to eat, and an inn."

Inori: "Okay!"

*Timeskip*

We were in a pub that also had an inn in it. Inori and I were sitting at a table alone. I just saw Naofumi go up the stairs to his room. Didn't even know he was here. We already ate our food and were just chatting. I decided to ask about her daggers.

Y/N: "So, what's up with the daggers? Anything special about them?"

Inori: "They were my grandfathers. He was very skilled with them, until he died a couple of years ago. He gave them to me before he died. I didn't have my parents around while I was growing up since they had died when I was three years old, so my grandfather took care of me."

Y/N: "I'm sorry for your losses. I know that feeling."

Inori: "What about you?"

Y/N: "Huh?"

Inori: "If you don't mind me asking, you said you know the feeling, are your parents...?"

Y/N: "They are dead... My mom died from a villain, I thought my dad had died too at that moment. But he didn't, he hid from everyone with a cloak to cover him. Later on, I had encountered plenty of times without knowing who he was, that was until our final fight, I had to save others before he could cause destruction. I ended up killing him... He wanted that to happen, to apparently have me get stronger. He wanted me to be a better hero then him and my mother."

Inori was shocked, probably about me killing my father... Not like I wanted to.

Inori: "I'm sorry to hear all of that. It sounds like it's been rough for you."