How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 1

When Liscia threw a bucket at him, Souma ended up diving, clothes still on, into a cold water bath. While in the water, Souma thought back on everything Little Musashibo had experienced today.

I never would have imagined there was a giant creature like that under the capital. I’m glad we were able to find it before damage reports started to come in, but I put Iuno and her friends in danger…

He had optimistically assumed that even novice adventurers ought to be able to handle the wild animals living in there, so he had messed up and set the difficulty level too low. It had nearly meant adventurers dying needlessly on a quest that he himself had set. The reason he hadn’t taken the reward at the end was that he felt it was the least he could do after the trouble he’d caused Iuno and the others.

…Though the biggest reason was that it would be wrong to accept the reward for a quest he set himself.

Regardless, I really do have to reflect on what happened today. Though…

“Uh, um… Thanks,” Iuno had said.

When he recalled Iuno’s face when she shyly said that as Little Musashibo carried her, the corners of Souma’s mouth naturally rose a little.

…The adventure itself was fun. I hope I’ll get the chance to do it again.

That was what Souma thought as he sat there soaking in the dirty water.

Copyright

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 1

by Dojyomaru

Translated by Sean McCann

Edited by Emily Sorensen

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2016 Dojyomaru

Illustrations Copyright © 2016 Fuyuyuki

Cover illustration by Fuyuyuki

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Original Japanese edition published in 2016 by Overlap, Inc.

This English edition is published by arrangement with Overlap Inc., Tokyo

English translation © 2017 J-Novel Club LLC

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Ebook edition 1.0: February 2017