I Was the Heroine, and in the Sequel, Even Though I’m a Mob, All of My Stats Are Maxed Out

The Heroine and I 3

I immediately activated my status screen.

“What is this…”

There, instead of the silly two-letter word [Village Girl], the word [Saintess] was displayed.

The black, crumpled mess of letters gave me goosebumps. This was absolutely ridiculous. Erica, who was standing across from me, also had a terribly uneasy expression.

“I-Is it because I’m too clumsy that I’m no longer a saintess….?”

“That’s not true! It’s probably my fault.”

Due to the existence of an alien being like me, there were currently two saintess in this world.

Then, a hypothesis occurred to me.

─What if the game system was starting to get confused as to who was the heroine between the two of us?

It would make sense that I was half-heartedly called to the place of the event this time. Even though the status screen showed the two of us as a [Saintess], it was possible that it was starting to recognize me as a saintess with a stronger power than Erica.

“…. What should I do…”

No matter how I spent my time, this might have been inevitable when I came to this world.

I wasn’t sure why I had come here again in the first place.

“Nina-san, are you all right? You look pale.”

“Ah, I’m sorry, I was surprised.”

I was deep in thought, but I knew I had to get out of this place first. That’s what I thought when I looked up.

“….!”

Feeling a chill down my back, I reflexively turned around and immediately deployed defensive magic. At the same time, a pitch-black flame burst out in front of me.

The entire room shook violently at the deafening sound of the explosion.

“W-What…?”

If our reaction had been delayed even a second now, we would surely be dead. That fact made me instantly tense.

Erica must have realized this as well. I called out to her, who was trembling and said, “It’s okay,” and stood up to protect her.

I thought they were the remnants of the cult, but all the members should have been defeated. Judging from their current power, they must be a very powerful wizard. Was there such a character?

Light footsteps could be heard as the smoke settled. The moment I saw the figure that appeared, I gasped in horror.

“Eh? You look familiar.”

Jet black hair, eyes like the darkness, and pale skin. The pale lips and the large scar on his cheek were familiar. Even if I wanted to forget, there was no way I could.

As soon as I caught a glimpse of him, I stood there, unable to breathe. My arms and legs began to tremble.

Seeing me like that, the man tilted his head and laughed.

“Hey, why are you still alive? I thought I killed you for sure.”

─The man in front of me was, without a doubt, the man who killed me two years ago.

I felt like I had to run away, but my body wouldn’t move. All I could hear was the sound of air leaking from my throat.

“Nina-san….?”

I was startled awake by Erica’s voice, which sounded puzzled. But even though I felt strongly that I had to be firm, I couldn’t muster the strength to do so.

“Ah, that’s right. It’s Nina, right? I remember now.”

“…..”

“I’m lucky to be able to kill you again. I came here today to kill that one, but I’m glad I get to kill you both together.”

The man laughed happily. Apparently, this time he came here with his sights set on Erica.

Last time, I was attacked by surprise, kidnapped, and killed in captivity. I didn’t even have time to ask why I was being subjected to that.

I managed to open my quivering lips.

“Why are you trying to kill us?”

“Because I’m made that way.”

He replied with an answer that wasn’t an answer at all, as if it were obvious. It was as if he existed for that purpose.

I clenched my trembling hands tightly. Then, the man grinned and tilted his head.

“Hey, Nina. Did it hurt when I stabbed you a lot? Was it painful to be burned so many times?”

“─Ughh…”

As soon as I heard those words, I covered my mouth with one hand as a raging nausea came over me. In an instant, the memory of being so brutally murdered came back to me vividly.

I thought I had been able to forget that it was a bad dream. I no longer remembered it. It seemed that the fear of that time was firmly embedded in my body.

Before I knew it, the man had arrived right in front of me, grabbed me by the neck with one hand, and lifted me up lightly. He tightened his grip on my throat with a force that I couldn’t have imagined from his thin body, and my vision blurred from the pain.

I wanted to resist, but I had no strength. I couldn’t move a single fingertip out of fear, as if all the blood in my body was rushing backward.

“Nina-sa──Kya!”

When Erica rushed over to help me, the man blew her away with some kind of wind magic, and she seemed to have lost consciousness after hitting her head.

“Stop…. it…!”

“Don’t worry. I didn’t kill her. I have to save the fun for later.”

“…. Keugh.”

“How do you want to die this time? Ah, shall I crush you?”

Hearing this voice, I couldn’t do it anymore. It was scary, it was really scary, it was hard, I was unable to do anything.

I realized that no matter how proficient I was at magic, it would be pointless if I could do nothing at a time like this.

In such a situation, I suddenly thought of him. If I died again, if I returned to my original world, Alvin-sama would surely be sad.

I didn’t want him to look that sad again. That was what I thought as my consciousness faded away.

“─Eh?”

With a muffled voice, the man’s arm suddenly separated from his torso.

At the same time, my body, which was thrown into the air, was softly enveloped by a warm breeze and gently lowered to the ground.

What in the world had happened? Even after both of my feet hit the floor, I still had no strength, and I collapsed onto the ground.

“Nina!”

I saw the figure of Alvin-sama running toward me at the edge of my blurry vision.