The Hero Party’s Moms Are Obsessed With Me

“What the hell is wrong with that guy!”

The kid I had thought was helpless and about to die had just killed his own comrade.

It was an unexpected and unplanned situation, but I didn’t have time to be surprised. I regained my composure and focused.

“It’s still okay. Beed and Toro are marking the knights. Tanya is marking the kid. In the meantime, I’ll abduct the target.”

Sharing the real-time changes in the operation with my comrades through our communication devices.

As if in acknowledgment, my comrades nodded their heads and began to carry out their respective roles.

The most crucial aspect of this operation is me.

The success of my comrades depends on how quickly I can capture the target.

Even though there are only two of them, they belong to the Huyoung Knights.

I don’t believe I can defeat the most powerful knights in the kingdom.

The other one is a little kid whose combat ability is impossible to assess.

I told them to avoid combat as much as possible and stay on guard, but who knows?

Given that the target is referred to as “Aga,” it might be a hidden son.

If so, it means he possesses the combat power of a hero.

I shook my head to dispel my thoughts, then approached the woman who was calming the crying children.

As I got closer, the woman stepped forward with a stern expression.

“The children are innocent!”

I don’t want any witnesses, but…

I don’t have time to pick and choose.

“Fine… if you follow quietly, I won’t harm the children.”

“…Alright.”

The woman reluctantly took another step forward.

A few kids ran towards me, but when I kicked them away and threatened with my knife, they wailed and retreated.

“Milady! Please don’t!”

One of the knights tried to approach me, but I warned, “Look away if you don’t want to get hurt, knight!”

*Clang!*

One of my comrades brandished his sword, blocking the knight’s advance.

The knight seemed to get the message.

All that’s left is the little kid.

“Stay still. You won’t get hurt that way.”

…

I can’t quite tell what’s going on in his head, but for now, he’s not making a move.

Now is the chance.

I pulled out the incapacitation shackles from my pouch and secured them around the target’s wrist.

These shackles, which even a high-ranking wizard couldn’t easily break without using the designated key, had location-tracking magic embedded in them. With that in place, the operation was nearing its end.

Now, all that remained was to take the target back.

“Hey, let’s go!”

I said as I grabbed the target’s arm, and my comrades discreetly approached, casting nervous glances in my direction.

“Milady!”

A knight shouted as he approached, but I warned, “Stop right there. If you come any closer, this woman’s life is forfeit.”

As I held a dagger close to the target’s pale neck, the knight shuddered but dared not advance.

“Ugh! You cowards!”

“Sure, sure. Bark like a chicken chased by a dog. Let’s go!”

The operation was a success.

Now, all we had to do was bring the target to our employer.

Thunk!

“Screaaaam!”

***

“This is getting troublesome.”

My insides are turning~

Olivia is about to be abducted~

The only person I trust, Calle, of the Huyoung Knights, is struggling against two attackers, and he can’t even use his strength properly with Olivia as a hostage.

“Stay still. That way, you won’t get hurt.”

I don’t need to be told; I’ll stay still.

If I were truly fifteen years old, I’d think I could take down one of them, maybe even two, swinging my sword and all. But I’m just a helpless kid who got lucky by taking down one of them.

Until the perfect moment arrives, my feeble actions will only endanger Olivia further.

But no matter how much I think about it, the perfect moment doesn’t seem to be coming.

The attackers are getting further away by the minute.

Kale froze, unsure of what to do, as the dagger drew closer to Olivia’s throat.

Should she just stand by and watch as Olivia was being dragged away?

Struggling to suppress the urge to retch, she furrowed her brow, but then, in the distance, she spotted familiar silver hair.

It was Amy and her group, who had gone out to buy food a while ago.

Amy had a keen sense of awareness.

Children crying uncontrollably.

Assailants brandishing their weapons, ready to strike.

Even a savior like Olivia seemed to be in dire straits.

In a brief moment that seemed to capture everything, Amy began to move quietly.

While I had spent two years honing my swordsmanship, Amy had become quite skilled with the bow.

Unlike me, who had no talent to speak of, Amy had a knack for archery.

Silently drawing back her bowstring, Amy let loose an arrow that sliced through the air.

Swish!

Thud!

“Argh!”

The arrow pierced the back of the assailant who was threatening Olivia.

“Drum!”

“What the hell! Reinforcements?”

The attackers’ attention turned toward their comrade’s scream.

“This is the perfect timing.”

I threw myself at the assailant who had been guarding me, using my shield as protection.

Though I had sprinted as fast as I could, I was just an ordinary child.

A sobered-up man swung his sword at me.

“You little brat!”

However, in a moment of confusion, he seemed to forget why he was guarding me.

As his sword struck my shield…

“Huh? What?”

My hand opened up, just like revealing a hidden item in a game of rock-paper-scissors.

I smacked his head with the shield after he lost his weapon, and he stumbled backward.

As he involuntarily lost his balance, he fell even faster.

Thud!

“Ouch!”

A rare stone hidden in the dirt ground greeted the man’s head with a thud.

Confirming that the man, seemingly unconscious from the continuous blows to his head, was not moving but showing signs of consciousness, he looked around.

“Zen… Jaang…”

“Eek…!”

It was indeed the Huyoeng Knights.

As soon as the inhibitor that held them hostage was released, they quickly subdued the two.

Only one attacker remained standing, with an arrow stuck in his back, desperately trying to escape.

“Now, would it be nice to say, I’m here at an important moment?”

Reinforcements from the Huyoeng Knights arrived.

It would be great if it all ended without a major incident and everyone smiled, calling it a day. However, it was not so easy, considering their target was none other than the Hero’s mother.

The attackers would surely be stripped of everything in prison, even their lives.

I am not in prison, but…

“Di’am. I heard you took down two attackers. Is it true?”

…”

I am being ransacked in my own room.

Rather than being ransacked, should I say it as a consultation?

Since there was no need to hide, I nodded a few times and with a gesture of gratitude, the interrogation? Was over.

As I opened the door and stepped outside, something pounced on me.

A faint scent of shampoo. A tight pressure that enveloped me.

When I lowered my head and looked down, I saw silver hair.

It was Amy.

She must have been scared.

Just like how I killed a person for the first time, Amy too shot an arrow at someone for the first time.

She always tries to act mature, but she’s a two-year-old younger kid than me.

At thirteen, she’s just a kid.

I gently stroked her silver hair as she giggled softly.

The sight of the two children hugging each other was pleasing, so the knight who had asked me various questions walked down the corridor with a faint smile.

“…”

When I stopped stroking her head, Amy’s head slowly lifted.

When I poked her clean forehead with my finger, she frowned as if she didn’t like it and buried her face in my chest again.

A moment of silence.

“I’m glad… you’re not hurt…”

“You too,”

When I spoke, Amy looked at me with a surprised expression.

“D-Did you just… speak? Diarm Oppa? Speak?”

“…”

It seems she can only be mute… Since I haven’t said a word to her since we met.

She muttered in annoyance, pushing my hand away when I poked her forehead and hugged me tightly as if she had given up.

“Geez…”

Despite pushing her away, Amy sighed as if in resignation and hugged me again.

After quite some time passed.

When I went outside with Amy, who was trying not to fall apart like a rubber band, this time the children rushed over.

“Diarm Hyung! You were really cool!”

“Yeah! Yeah! Diarm Oppa punched the bad man!”

Seeing the children pretending to swing a sword and talking, I couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought of whether their education was alright.

It is rare to see someone dying in Korea throughout their lifetime.

So it is painful enough to leave a trauma for a lifetime when witnessed.

But all these children have lost their village and parents.

Therefore, they seem to bear the burden of death a little bit lightly.

“But it wouldn’t be good for their education, even so.”

If death becomes natural, then they would be monsters, not humans.

Nodding my head, I continued to stroke the children’s heads or pat their cheeks as usual when Olivia approached.

“Sweetheart, are you okay?”

Her voice was as soft and pleasant as always.

She was always a different and beautiful figure that I couldn’t easily get used to.

If there is one thing that is different from usual, it would be the magical restraint that resembles handcuffs hanging on her wrist.

When I briefly looked at the magical restraint, Olivia awkwardly smiled, raising both hands and scratching her right cheek.

“This? They say it’s a high-level magical restraint. Rachel should be able to interpret the magic in about a week,” she said.

A week?

It just looks like handcuffs, how can it be such an extraordinary magical restraint?

“So I guess I won’t be able to come for a week. It’s a shame, but let’s meet after a week,” she said.

From my perspective, it’s not just seven days, it’s quite a long time… No, I hope she never comes back.

It’s not that I don’t like her, but she carries danger like a flutist.

Just this time, our shelter was attacked because of those who were after her.

Luckily, there were no casualties, but if more attackers had come…

If there were even any wizards…

Not only would the children have been injured, but various accidents would have occurred.

But I can’t say that.

Because she genuinely cares about this shelter.

She treats us so well that calling her the children’s mother is not enough.

If she doesn’t come today, the atmosphere of our shelter will be gloomy for a while.

A situation where I can’t do anything.

Well, then.

Seven days.

Let’s just enjoy peace for exactly seven days.

Thinking that way, I reached out my hand to shake hands with her.

And the moment my finger touched the magical restraint beneath her wrist.

Snap~

“…?”

“…Oh my?”

The brief peace that was supposed to last for seven days.

“Madam, you should start going back soon… Huh?”

“Olivia-nim! I will do my best to… Ahhh?!”

My words were cut off and torn apart by the sudden opening of her mouth.