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 4

Alvin-sama gently lifted me up in his arms as if he were handling a fragile object.

At close range, his face turned into one that looked as if he was about to cry. I didn’t think I have ever seen Alvin-sama with such a look of panic on his face. From his appearance, I could see that he had come in great haste.

“Nina, I’m sorry I’m late.”

“….”

“It’s my fault this happened….”

Even though just a few moments ago I was ruled by a bottomless fear, as soon as I saw Alvin-sama’s face, I felt relief.

I found myself clutching Alvin-sama’s clothes tightly, tears trickling down from my eyes.

When Alvin-sama saw me like that, his eyes widened in surprise. Thinking back, I had never cried once in this world before.

“… I’m sorry, Nina. I’m really sorry.”

I wanted to say that it wasn’t Alvin-sama’s fault and that there was no need to apologize, but my voice wouldn’t come out as if it was stuck in my throat.

Instead, all that came out were tears. Alvin-sama bit his lip tightly, wiped my eyes with his fingertips, muttered, “Just wait a little bit,” and stood up.

“Nina, Erica! Are you okay!?”

At the same time, Lara and Theo entered through the entrance. Theo went to Erica, and Alvin-sama quietly informed Lara, who had come to me.

“Take care of Nina and Erica.”

“Yeah, I got it from here. What did they do to you…!”

“More than me…. Erica….”

I managed to open my mouth and tell Lara to take care of Erica first. I was worried about her injuries from being slammed into the wall earlier.

It was said that Theo returned to the royal castle because he couldn’t stop being upset at his destination. I asked him to bring Erica to my side, and I managed to cast a healing spell with my hands, which were still shaking.

It seemed that she was only unconscious and had no serious injuries. Nevertheless, it would be better to return to the royal castle as soon as possible and examine her thoroughly.

When I told them this, Lara looked sad.

“Hey Nina, please, think about yourself.”

“…..”

“You look worse than her.”

She hugged me tightly and I felt relieved again by her warmth, and tears overflowed. I hugged Lara as if clinging to her, and she gently stroked my head.

─I was really, really scared. The thought of dying again made me terrified.

“Who was that man?”

“I… don’t know…”

Meanwhile, Alvin-sama was confronting the man who was picking up his severed arm while humming.

“…. What did you do to Nina?”

“Who are you guys? Don’t get in my way.”

“I ask what did you do to her.”

“What, I just tried to kill her.”

The moment the man burst out laughing, Alvin-sama attacked──I think. By the time I realized it, the man’s left leg had already been blown off.

“Wow, you’re fast! That’s amazing!”

The man stood on one leg and exclaimed in admiration as if he had no sense of pain. The question arose as to whether he was really human. The situation was bizarre and eerie.

“You’re going to have to get serious to win.”

“…..”

Alvin-sama silently moved towards the man and unleashed attacks one after another. The man tried to defend himself, but blood was spurting from everywhere on his body. It was a wonder he was still alive.

Above all, Alvin-sama’s strength was so overwhelming that I could only watch on in a daze. Everything was different from two years ago.

Eventually, the man, who had taken a large distance from Alvin-sama, let out a deliberate sigh

“Ah, today is a bad day. I think I’m going to lose. I only have two more times left, so I guess I’ll just have to run away.”

“I will kill you here and now.”

“Why are you so angry? Ah, because I tried to kill Nina? Hahaha, I see.”

Alvin-sama ignored him and drew his sword, but the man laughed and continued.

“But that hasn’t changed once or twice, has it?”

“What do you mean?”

“Wait─”

By the time I opened my mouth, it was too late. Even if it was in time, it would have been pointless.

“Two years ago, I killed her, you know. So, why is she still alive?”

“─What?”

“I stabbed and burned her dozens of times. It was fun. Nina, you know, she made such a nice voice.”

The sound of his excited voice evoked a sense of fear that threatened to crush me again. My body trembled again.

I didn’t mean to tell them in this way.

“…. Nina, is that true?”

“….”

“Did you go back to your world after that guy killed you?”

“….”

“Hey, Nina!”

Theo asked in an earnest voice. I could feel Lara’s arms tighten as she embraced me in silence.

Eventually, Lara muttered, “I’m sorry,” in a weak voice that didn’t suit her usually headstrong personality. She had nothing to apologize for.

A drop of water trickled from Theo’s eyes.

Alvin-sama, who looked back with a blank expression on his face, must have also sensed from my appearance that it was true.

His beautiful eyes were clearly stained with dark despair.

“Ahahaha, you didn’t know─”

The man laughed out loud, and when I blinked, holding back tears, his head rolled to the ground.

Alvin-sama stepped on it firmly and thrust his sword into the heart of the man’s torso, which was nearby.

“… Hey, aren’t you a little weird? Are you really human?”

“Die.”

The moment Alvin-sama crushed his head, the man’s body slowly turned into a black haze. Normally, I would have been relieved to know that he had been defeated, but even so, I couldn’t stop my heart from pounding.

“Aahhh, I’ve been beaten. See you again later.”

His voice echoed in the room, and soon the man’s body disappeared completely. When he said, “See you again later,” I realized that the man wasn’t dead, and my body trembled with fear.

What in the world was that man? He was definitely not a human being.

“Nina, you’re going to be okay. It’s going to be all right.”

“Nina, I’m sorry…. I’m sorry…..”

But it was all right now. Everyone had saved me. My heart tightened at the sight of Lara gently holding my hand and Theo crying like a child with Erica in his arms.

I wanted to tell him it was okay and that I was sorry too, but the words still wouldn’t come out.

Through my blurry, tear-stained vision, I saw Alvin-sama coming toward me.

“Nina? Nina, Ni─”

At the same time as I felt relieved, my consciousness suddenly broke off.