We Defeated The Demon King And Disbanded Without Any Conflict – Chapter 1

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Yuziro
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Rain Garden was a hero.

She received divine revelation in a rural backwater at the edge of the national border and walked the path of a hero.

Not long after obtaining the unprecedented occupation of “hero,” she gained the power of light, surpassing the skills of most adventurers.

Although she hadn’t even mastered the common language, her innate exceptional talent coupled with the hero’s power allowed her to awaken and comprehend language on her own.

She set out on a journey without even the holy sword that was said to be a hero’s partner, saving various countries in crisis from evil and planting the hero’s flag, elevating her fame.

She not only defeated the Dark Lord, the most powerful evil threatening the continent at the time, but also went further, slitting the throats of wise demons who were salivating on the thoughts of seizing human living areas.

To prepare for future evils under the banner of “hero”, she established an educational institution for combat professions called the “Academy”.

In cooperation with the mage who was part of her group, she founded the “Magic Tower” to create magic-related professions, raising the perception of mages that had hit rock bottom.

Additionally, she created occupations that handled missions for rightful compensation under the names of adventurers and mercenaries, and established an association to unite them.

The hero, who had been traveling across the continent leaving her mark, slowly began to reduce her activities with the emergence of those who could replace her.

There were successors who honed their talents at the Academy and showed off their grown abilities, and mages at the Magic Tower who conducted their desired research and created new magic.

The world entered a period of rest.

It was then that Rain Garden realized that her accumulated fatigue had become impossible to ignore.

Not long after realizing this, while dealing with the Dark Lord’s minions, she casually told her companions, as she always did:

“I’m thinking of retiring soon.”

No one objected to her words.

No matter what anyone said, she was the central point of their conflict, and they had achieved many accomplishments centered around her.

They too had suffered too many wounds fighting alongside her against monsters and demon races.

Everyone nodded.

Thus, Rain Garden and her companions, the “First Hero’s Party”, officially disbanded and went their separate ways.

Odrox, who had steadfastly withstood all attacks at the vanguard, headed towards the northern mountain ranges of his homeland.

Al Sola, who possessed magical knowledge that no mage on the continent could surpass, headed to the Magic Tower.

Lian Serwin, who provided a comfortable atmosphere for everyone while handling blessings and healing, headed to Pel Burn, where the largest temple on the continent was located.

The hero, Rain Garden, departed for the Academy she had established to focus on training successors.

The First Hero’s Party consisted of five members in total.

However, only four were known to the public: the warrior, the mage, the hero, and the priest.

The other one was the first person Rain Garden had recruited to her party, and no one except her companions knew about this person.

Because that person had asked for it.

In a way, the other four party members with overwhelmingly strong personalities became united as one.

All because of his request.

Despite receiving such tremendous cheers and expressions of goodwill from all the people on the continent, they never spoke a word about that person.

As if everyone had planned it, without even discussing it with each other, they all matched the same story about anything that had even a slight connection to him.

Ron, who served as the scout within the party.

His place of origin was a region that had disappeared from maps that no longer existed.

A short name without even a surname.

But the members of the First Hero’s Party, scattered across the continent, had planted that brief word deep in their minds.

That’s how significant Ron’s role was in the party.

Not just in terms of combat, but in daily life as well.

Even with his face covered and dressed like a passerby, he somehow managed to negotiate with merchants and perfectly executed evacuation plans for residents in preparation for potential dangers.

He showcased his cooking skills by perfectly preparing even inedible food, and took on the most awkward and undesirable time slots for night watch to guard against attacks.

He was perfect at scouting campsites and being vigilant for enemy presence, finding water sources when thirsty, and procuring ingredients when hungry.

In this way, they had relied heavily on Ron for survival-related matters and received his help.

..

“..Phew..”

Rain began to rub her eyes, trying to clear her blurry vision.

In front of her lay a rather thick stack of documents.

Rain, who had returned to the Academy she founded as the principal, discovered corruption within the institution shortly after her return.

She immediately began investigating all the staff within the Academy to root out the corruption.

She then crushed the existing principal who had committed wrongdoings such as sending promising hero candidates to his own guild or accepting bribes to dispatch them to certain guilds.

She took that position herself and overhauled everything.

The result was perfect.

The only difference was that Rain herself now had more work to do.

Although Rain was accustomed to heavy workloads, she was still human and needed to relieve her fatigue like this occasionally.

She stood up from her seat and stretched while looking out the window.

Having been in the same position for quite a long time, a refreshing yet savage cracking sound could be heard from all her joints.

‘Maybe I should rest a bit.’

Her golden hair tied in a single bundle, along with well-shaped eyebrows that looked good even without maintenance, Blue irises that seemed to wash away the evil in one’s heart just by looking at them, along with pupils that seemed capable of seeing through people’s lies.

Snow-white skin without a single freckle, let alone blemishes, and a nose and mouth boasting harmonious beauty.

She was the very picture of perfect beauty, but lately, she felt like the area under her eyes had darkened a bit due to repeated overwork.

‘I’ve never come down this much before.’

As she was thinking this and about to lightly touch her dark circles, three letters flew in front of Rain.

It wasn’t an owl delivering them, nor was it a messenger running directly.

To begin with, the principal’s office was on the fifth floor, so unless a messenger used magic, there was no way they could come up.

There was a communication magic stone, but she preferred letters, so she often received letters in this way.

As soon as she opened the door, three letters neatly landed on her desk as if they had been waiting.

The first was from the warrior, Odrox.

The neat handwriting, unfitting for his huge build, conveyed content worthy of blessing.

The second was from the priest, Lian Serwin.

The round handwriting matching her personality always warmed the heart, even though she saw it every day.

If that’s a talent, it must be a talent.

..It’s a bit unfamiliar to use honorifics in letters, though.

The third was from the mage, Al Sola.

Rain unknowingly smiled at the content that simultaneously revealed arrogance and cuteness.

This little one always talked like that, but when actually praised, she became shy.

That image, along with the scenes from the past, naturally comes to mind.

Rain took some time to reply to all three letters.

This is how the four members of the First Hero’s Party kept in touch with each other.

‘Still nothing today.’

Of course, Ron was the exception.

No one knew what he was doing or where he was doing it until now.

Although they maintained a warm relationship until the end and said goodbye to each other, he never informed anyone in the party of his recent situation, as if to say ‘We won’t see each other again.’

Not that they thought he was dead.

They didn’t think that.

With his ridiculous survival skills, there was no way he could die easily.

If someone I personally chose were to die so easily, I wouldn’t forgive them.

I’d go to the afterlife or wherever and grab them by the collar.

“Oh, right.”

Rain muttered to herself and slightly unrolled the scroll she had received yesterday.

Come to think of it, today was the day new students were arriving at the Academy.

Since she was the kind of principal who skipped annoying procedures like giving speeches, the bald vice-principal was probably rambling in the auditorium right now.

It wouldn’t hurt to see the faces of the talented individuals.

Thinking this, Rain got up from her seat and headed to the auditorium.

Of course, she still had no idea who was among the new students.

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“Therefore..!! This Academy..!! Directly by the First Hero-!!”

The new hero candidates were listening to the bald man ranting in the auditorium, but their gazes were slightly shifting somewhere else.

That was because, among the many races, there was a man who particularly stood out.

His height seemed to be slightly under 180 cm.

He appeared to have a nimble body, but some students with exercise experience knew that it was a solid body built not through exercise, but through lifestyle.

His hair color was pitch black.

But that wasn’t what caught their attention.

What stood out most about the man was the bandage that covered the area around his eyes.

The bandage, wrapped around as if to say ‘I don’t want to show my eyes,’ actually drew more attention.

Despite having covered his own field of vision, he seemed to see well in front of him, managing to find his seat through the crowd and listening attentively to the vice-principal’s words.

While having such a mysterious impression, he was grinning with his mouth corners turned up, making him look somewhat foolish.

Of course, it was understandable to be excited about coming to this Academy─considered the best on the continent since it was directly operated by the First Hero─but he was smiling too foolishly.

“So we have a long-standing tradition..! Ah, Principal?”

The tightly closed door of the auditorium opened.

At the same time, the vice-principal called out the title of the person who appeared.

The students’ heads turned back simultaneously.

They couldn’t miss the opportunity to see the First Hero in person.

Some students sighed in admiration upon seeing Rain.

Regardless of gender, they sent her looks of adoration, awe, and favor.

The First Hero, Rain Garden, felt all the burdensome gazes directed at her while examining the faces of the students.

Eyes of brave warriors, eyes of intellectual mages, eyes of benevolent priests.

She could delve deeper, but it would be impossible to judge all 200+ students.

‘It’s not bad though.. Huh?’

As she was thinking this, her gaze fell on one student.

A man with an unusual appearance who was looking straight ahead even as everyone else had turned their heads to look at her.

Rain stared intently at that man as she slowly moved her steps to climb onto the platform.

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