176 Chapter 10. Hermit, Just another beginning

It was another bright day

Demos watched the children play around as he relaxed in his chair. He looked up and thought about his wife who is now long gone, and she would have loved this site. Surrounded by children was something she had always wished for. He hopes his wife's soul in the heavens is peaceful.

"…Children" a female voice by the edges said in surprise. Catching Demos attention and the others as they stopped playing and stared at the two intruders.

The little people are not worrying, so Demos didn't do anything.

Adrianos was more on guard then the others as he held his wooden sword at them. He didn't attack because Demos hadn't made a move.

"Who might you be?" Demos asked.

The young women's attention went to him. "I'm Arria Petronia, and this is my guard Artamo Tuccius." She said respectfully.

"So, what brings you here?" he asked

"...I-"

"We had heard from a red-capped goblin you may be able to provide us shelter" Artamo interrupted

"You must be those refugees, Hobi was talking about?"

"Refuges?"

"Yes, we are refugees?" Arria said

The little people started to make noise, as they danced around making Demos stand up.

"Princess!" Artamo. But, he turned his face when he saw the old man was attracted to something invisible. Arria was also stunned.

Demos was wondering why they were excited before noticing two more visitors at this land of his.

"All these guests today" Demos said the blacked clothed young boy an little girl. When the little girl suddenly ran to Arria as her hood came off.

"Arria!" the little girl said in tears

"Livia!" Arria said in surprise before hugging the sobbing little girl and then eventually crying herself.

As the two had a heart-warming moment, the young stranger walked towards Demos.

"So, you can see them too?" he said pulling off his hood. "I'm Ogura Shigeru" he held out his hand in a gesture of greeting.

"Haha" Demos laughed "I'm Demos"

"Can I ask how long you have been in this world?"

"Ahh! Fifteen years"

"What! Fifteen years!?" Shigeru said in shock before calming down

"Who brought you to this world?"

"The goddess" Demos looked at his shrine

"I had also brought by the goddess."

Mana leaned back as she stretched and yawned. She had watched Demos progress for a while. She wanted to continue watching Demos but felt it was time to move one.

Do you plan to come back?

"Maybe…..Demos is; he is a hermit by nature he lived alone since the fall of Troy after his family was slaughtered. I knew he wasn't going to leave the mountain, But, I was curious…and thought it would be interesting if I put someone like him in this time frame. But for Demos nothing will begin for him unless he leaves that place. But….Its most likely he is going to stay on the mountain."

You could have told him to leave.

"I wanted him to do it of his own free will. I'm not like the lower gods of that world who brought the heroes of that world there knowing full well they would be manipulated by the human"

Are you any better?

"I at least want them to make chooses of their own free will and not influenced by ideas of others."

Is that so? But are the Heroes wrong for wanting to be Heroes?

"There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a hero. It's a good thing. But what I hate is for them to think is their responsibility to help. Sure, they were summoned to help, but why do they have to improve.

What's in it for them truly."

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"Elfin, I thought of the next world I should go to," Mana said after a while.