A Hero's Bond

A Hero In Need

After Naofumi left the castle, he wandered into town with no clue as to where he was going. As he was walking, some people stopped to look at him and whisper to their companion. But Naofumi didn't care what they were talking about because he had only one thing on his mind; find a way to get home. Suddenly, one of the townspeople shoulder bumped with Naofumi and he said in a snarky tone, "Hey, watch it buddy!"

Naofumi looked at him with a sad look and he said while hugging his balloon monster friend, "Sorry. I'm just trying to get home." And he continued to walk down the road.

Before long, Naofumi left the capital and wandered into a field near it. He then stared at the forest and began looking left and right trying to find out where to go. He then said, "I want to go home. But I don't know which way to go. I don't even know how to get there."

Soon, Naofumi sat on a stone in the field and he looked down at the ground all forlorn. Just then, raindrops started to fall and when Naofumi looked up a few of them even fell on his face and ran down his cheeks like they were tears. Sensing his sorrow, the balloon monster rubbed itself against him and Naofumi gently petted it. Naofumi then whispered out, "What am I to do?"

Suddenly, Naofumi heard his name being called and he looked in the direction it was coming from. Almost right where he was, Naofumi saw Ren coming up a hill and immediately Ren noticed him. Naofumi then saw Ren turn around and call out, "He's over here! I found him!"

Behind Ren, Naofumi also saw Motoyasu and Itsuki and the three of them ran straight towards him. When they were close to him, Naofumi tilted his head curiously while looking at them and then he turned away. He then said quietly, "Why are you guys here?"

Motoyasu walked to the front of Naofumi, looked him in the eyes and said, "We were looking for you man. You disappeared from the castle and no one knew where you went."

Naofumi looked at all three of them and he saw their eyes had care and worry in them. Naofumi didn't know what to say as he was looking at them or what to think. However, Motoyasu, Ren and Itsuki had the same thought in their minds from what the king told them just as Naofumi walked away from the castle.

A few minutes earlier:

While Naofumi was walking away, the three heroes were in the throne room in front of Aultcray. For the past couple minutes, Aultcray told the three of them everything he found out about Naofumi and the "something special" that the shield hero has. Once he was done, the three heroes looked at him in silence with slacked jaws and wide eyes. It was then that Motoyasu shouted out loud that even the people out on the castle grounds heard him, "NAOFUMI HAS WHAT?!?!?!"

Ren just stood there in silence not knowing what to say and his hands started shaking openly at his sides and he asked, "It's a bluff, right Your Majesty? Tell me it's a bluff?!"

Aultcray shook his head and said, "I wish it was a bluff Sir Sword Hero, but it's not. Your comrade, Naofumi Iwatani, has a female sex organ along with a male one you gentlemen have. And if he could, he can also produce children given he has someone suitable to do it."

Motoyasu and Ren were both still baffled by the outcome and they both thought that they stepped into some crazy fanfic instead of a game like they originally thought. Motoyasu soon looked over at Itsuki and said, "What about you Itsuki? What do you think?"

Itsuki stood there frozen in place like a statue and Ren waved a hand in front of his face and asked, "Itsuki? Are you in there?"

Little do Ren and Motoyasu know is in Itsuki's mind he's conjuring up different fantasies of Naofumi. After hearing the news that Naofumi can produce children and he has a female sex organ, Itsuki began to imagine himself walking down the street in his high school uniform with pink Sakura petals falling down from the trees. When he turns the corner, he felt something bump into him and he looked down and saw Naofumi wearing the same uniform as him.