Chapter 64
Chapter 64
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 64
Chapter Title: Carrier from Home
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“Hero!”
The first voice to reach him was Lucille’s, laced with tears.
Cheon-ho smiled at her teary blue eyes, and Lucille threw her arms around his chest as he lay there.
“Oooh!”
“The Hero’s awake!”
“The Hero has awakened!”
“Woooaaah!”
It seemed they weren’t indoors but outdoors. Voices from a crowd reached him, followed by a massive cheer.
“Waaah! Hero!”
As Lucille began sobbing outright, Cheon-ho hugged her back and looked up at the sky. Seeing the open heavens confirmed it was outside.
Instead of black clouds blotting the sun, a blue sky with white clouds and warm sunlight filled his vision.
And then came the beams of light.
These were events that had occurred while he was unconscious, all in past tense.
Cheon-ho stroked Lucille’s pink hair as he surveyed his surroundings.
It looked like the central square of the royal capital, packed with people from the mountain clan and rock dwarves.
Queen Lukana gazed at him with a face full of joy.
King Kurt chuckled heartily while stroking his beard, and the three angels who had been guarding Princess Letisha and Prince Yug—Eizel in particular—were grinning mischievously.
“Hmm.”
A hug from Lucille was always welcome, but now was the time to get up.
With his arms still around her, Cheon-ho lifted his upper body using only his core strength, then asked what had happened.
“After you defeated the Plague God, Hero, the entire royal capital was enveloped in bright light. Once the light faded, the Goddess of Healing gave me a revelation.”
“A revelation?”
“Yes. It said you’d be lying in the capital square, Hero, and that the Plague God had been driven to the deep layers, so there was no more need to worry.”
Her eyes were still moist with tears, but Lucille smiled brightly. Cheon-ho thought once again that her smiling face was prettier than her crying one as he eyed the approaching group, their expressions saying it was finally their turn.
It looked like everyone had plenty to say.
In fact, Cheon-ho had a lot of questions too.
The chronicle quest reward was supposed to come from the Goddess of Healing—how was he supposed to meet her?
It mentioned reaching the lowest layer of the lower floors for the highest level reward—what did that mean?
Had the Goddess of Healing said anything else?
Had anyone in the party been injured or killed?
And then, something a bit removed from those questions up to now, but something he absolutely had to check: his curiosity about that item.
[I’m curious about that too.]
Mitra spoke up, and Lucille nodded. The combat angels, who had watched Cheon-ho’s battle in the capital from relatively close by, reacted similarly.
A carrier that had suddenly dropped from the sky.
Lucille and Mitra, who had been with him when it opened, had some inkling, but to the rest of the party, it was a truly inexplicable miracle.
“Let’s check this first.”
“Yes, Hero.”
Lucille answered immediately and opened her inventory.
Everyone’s eyes focused on the carrier.
[Chronicle Quest ‘Adversary of the Plague God #4’ completed.]
[The Labyrinth World is safe.]
[The Labyrinth World remembers your shining achievement.]
[Chronicle Quest ‘Adversary of the Plague God’ fully completed.]
[The Labyrinth World remembers your shining achievement.]
[Your rank has risen.]
[You have advanced from Apprentice Hero to Hero.]
[You have reached the maximum level possible in the lower floors (45).]
[Maximum level achievement reward granted.]
[The reward can be claimed on the final floor of the lower floors (5th floor).]
[Main Quest ‘Fulfill the Goddess of Healing’s Ritual’ completed.]
[Main Quest ‘Thwart the Plague God’s Ritual’ completed.]
[Main Quest Reward: One Wish Voucher from the Goddess of Healing]
[Main Quest Reward: One Elixir]
[Main Quest Reward: Sacred Royal Sword]
[Main Quest Reward: Staff of Healing]
[Chronicle Quest Reward: ???]
[The final Chronicle Quest reward will be bestowed directly by the Goddess of Healing.]
[Acquired title ‘Exiler of Gods’.]
[Acquired title ‘Savior of the Royal Family’.]
[Acquired title ‘Inheritor of the Hero’s Legend’.]
[Became Ally of Angels Lv3.]
[Became Blessing of the Goddess of Healing Lv5.]
[Became Brave Lv5.]
[Acquired Honorable Lv1.]
[Became Hero’s Aura Lv3.]
[Became Thunder Lv5.]
[Became Chain Thunder Lv3.]
[Became Visible Hand Lv3.]
[You can now use two Visible Hands simultaneously.]
[Became Holy Sword Master Lv3.]
[Acquired Hero’s Sword Imitation Lv1.]
[The Goddess of Healing has blessed your angel.]
[Your angel’s rank has increased.]
[Your angel has become a 7th Rank Angel.]
[The Goddess of Healing has taken note of your angel.]
[The Blessing of the Goddess of Healing has poured upon your angel.]
A room inside the Floren palace.
Over twenty people had gathered closely in this spot, least affected by the battle’s aftermath.
Cheon-ho and Lucille and Mitra, plus Cheon-ho’s combat angels, the five rock dwarves, the three angels, Queen Lukana and King Kurt along with their retainers, Princess Letisha, and Prince Yug.
Cheon-ho had originally planned to open the carrier in the square, but there were too many eyes there.
[Does the carrier have something that shouldn’t be seen?]
“Not exactly… but still, it feels off, right?”
Unpacking a package from home(?) in front of thousands.
[So it’s a matter of vibe.]
“Yeah, a vibe thing.”
Cheon-ho gave a suitable reply and moved to the palace, where he ended up opening the carrier in front of fewer but still many people.
“Hmm… Let’s sort this out first.”
Since he’d ended up opening it publicly anyway, he figured he should explain a bit before starting.
As everyone nodded eagerly, Cheon-ho cleared his throat and spoke.
“This is called a carrier. It’s a sturdy travel bag.”
“Ooh.”
“Indeed, it looks tough.”
Reactions came from around him, and Cheon-ho suddenly recalled various novels and comics from Earth.
‘Ah, so this is the feeling.’
This was why they explained things like, “This is why it’s called XX.”
As Cheon-ho felt a small thrill, everyone’s eyes turned to the label on the carrier. They could tell it was writing, but had no idea what it meant.
“Hm? Can’t read it?”
Lucille and Mitra had read it right away.
When Cheon-ho asked without thinking, Lucille smiled brightly and explained.
“I’m connected to you, Hero, unlike the other angels. That’s why you can understand this world’s language and writing effortlessly—it’s the reverse for you.”
[I’m connected to you too.]
One was his angel, the other his holy sword.
“I see.”
It was a convincing explanation. No all-purpose translation magic—just linking with locals to handle language and script.
“Ahem, anyway, what does it say?”
King Kurt cleared his throat and asked. The others nodded or chimed in, as if they’d been holding back.
“Uh, well…….”
“Well?”
Everyone leaned forward, urging him on. But Cheon-ho hesitated to speak.
Reading something like “Our son, hang in there!” was embarrassing.
But he couldn’t ignore the mood. So he started with the least awkward part.
“It says ‘For Son Search’.”
“For Son Search?”
“Gasp, so it’s from your parents, Hero?”
Eizel quickly caught on and asked. Cheon-ho nodded.
“Yeah, it seems like something my parents sent.”
King Kurt and Queen Lukana exclaimed in admiration at Cheon-ho’s answer, but the angels didn’t. Raguel especially looked flustered.
“W-Wait a minute. Your parents, Hero—they’re from another world, right? And they sent something to the Labyrinth World, to the Great Labyrinth?”
It was hard not to be shocked.
Sending something to another world. Far from easy—it was outright difficult.
“Raguel, is it that hard?”
When Aurael asked, Raguel turned to her with an incredulous look and explained rapidly.
“Summoning heroes isn’t easy for us either. But this is even harder. Because it’s targeted. You know how summoning heroes is basically random—we don’t pick specific ones.”
Yet this carrier had flown pinpoint to the world where Cheon-ho was.
Of course, Cheon-ho himself might have served as coordinates, but either way, it was extraordinary.
Hero summons by angels borrowed the power of the five goddesses and the Labyrinth World—not something individuals could do.
“Wait. It’s… a bit different. This is the 42nd.”
“…What?”
Raguel looked even more flustered as she asked.
Cheon-ho explained quickly.
“It seems like they’re scattering these things across multiple worlds to find where I am. It says ‘42nd Carrier’ here, so… at least over 40 sent out.”
So not pinpoint—it was a shotgun approach.
His parents didn’t know exactly where he was.
Cheon-ho meant it to calm them, but it backfired. Raguel’s face was pure shock, and the rest looked stunned too.
“42?! Over 40 of those?!”
This was shocking in a whole different way.
Over 40 worlds meant items had been sent to.
If pinpoint precision amazed, this was quantity that stunned.
And it wasn’t just inter-world shipping.
“W-Wait, Hero. So the other bags all have those scrolls inside too?”
Lucille’s voice trembled unwittingly, sending a second wave through the group.
Most there had seen the magic Cheon-ho unleashed—or rather, from the scroll.
Raguel looked ready to faint.
Even Aurael, clueless about inter-world travel, was dumbfounded.
42.
Two scrolls per bag made 84.
Each scroll’s power was no joke. Making over 80 like that and scattering them freely?
People who could do that existed?
And they were the Hero’s parents?
“Hmm.”
Everyone but Cheon-ho panicked. King Kurt asked dumbly.
“H-Hero. Are you perhaps royalty? No, imperial?”
Everyone reacted to King Kurt’s hypothesis. Eizel’s eyes sparkled as she asked.
“Then you’re a prince, Hero? Oh, no—crown prince?”
By Labyrinth World common sense, you’d need to be at least a king for this.
No—even King Kurt and Eizel were right; king wouldn’t cut it. Emperor level.
“As expected of the legendary Hero!”
As Queen Lukana exclaimed cryptically, misunderstanding spread swiftly. Everyone seemed to think Cheon-ho was an emperor’s son.
“Hero and crown prince? That’s cheating.”
Raguel muttered oddly, cheeks flushing, while Eizel’s eyes literally sparkled with hearts as she gazed at Cheon-ho.
Lucille instinctively hugged Cheon-ho’s arm, as if guarding him from the two.
Amid this chaotic mess, Cheon-ho cleared his throat and spoke.
It was a fun misunderstanding, but a misunderstanding nonetheless.
“First off, I’m not royalty or anything like…….”
That was as far as he got. Cheon-ho trailed off, tilting his head.
On second thought, he had no guarantee he wasn’t.
His mother, whose identity grew more mysterious by the day.
Noble blood even acknowledged by the Forest Dragon.
‘Am I really imperial? At least royal?’
It was possible.
His initial guess for his mother’s identity had been something like a magic kingdom’s princess.
“Hero?”
As Lucille blinked and asked, Cheon-ho smiled awkwardly.
“I might be imperial… or not. Anyway, my father and mother aren’t emperor or king.”
The vague start drew skeptical looks, but they held their tongues. They were more curious about what came next than the royalty question.