Banner walked down the halls of the castle going over reports while doing his best Jaden impression. Honestly it was quite easy to impersonate someone you had hung around for years. "Sir! Your highness!" A voice called out.

Turning he saw Eclair followed by Bladedge coming towards him. "Oh is there something I can help you with." Okay maybe he wasn't perfect all the time but he was close when it counted.

"Yes I would like to inform you about an attempted revolution that is gathering in the square!" Eclair said obviously wondering what he was going to do.

"Well we best check it out then." Banner said while walking toward an exit, he would admit to having studied many a map just for moments like this. "If they have any complaints then it is a king's duty to hear them out." Hearing footsteps behind him Banner ran his mind over options he would have available should a fight break out. While he could summon monsters he could only summon the ones Jaden had leant him, which were very few.

As they arrived into the town square they saw a large group of people gathered together. "Should we really listen to the words of a demon?" A passionate man preached to the gathered crowd. "Think of what this supposed 'hero' has done since arriving! He has raped the eldest princess and threatened adventures! Can we really let someone like that rule over us?"

"He is quite passionate." A man whispered to him causing Banner to turn and smile at him.

"Yes he does seem quite into it." Banner replied back to which the man turned, blinked, blinked again before letting out a scream as he fell backwards. "Now that is just rude."

"Well look who showed themselves!" The speaker yelled while the other onlookers slowly backed up. Have you come to lock me up?" A couple people looked upset with their apparent leader taunanting the king.

"No, no," Banner said while chuckling, as if hearing a funny joke. "I just figured if you were going to talk me I might as well be here."

"Well if you are here to talk then let us." The speaker gritted out. "How about we start with the crimes you have committed!"

"Well I guess we are doing a trail then?" Banner said before letting out a sigh and walking toward the stage. "Mind moving aside so I can stand on the stage?" Watching the man grit his teeth he slowly moved back. "So which alleged crime do you want to start with."

"Alleged?!" The Speaker yelled before Banner waved him down.

"Let the audience speech, they are the ones I can here for." Banner said before turning towards the audience. "So come now and let us talk."

XXXXX

Jaden arrived in the town that was recently attacked by the wave. Looking around he saw people going about their lives while construction workers slowly put things back together. "Looks like we made it." While he said this all Jaden got in response was a groan from Raphtalia, "Yeah they are cleaning up nicely." Groan, "Yeah I have to wonder how fast the news of the powershift has spread." Groan, "Yeah we'll stop soon so you can recover." Groan, "No need for thanks."

As they pulled into town they pulled up to the stable they saw one of the townspeople come over with a smile. "Good morning sirs," The man had a very happy voice, as if he had struck the lottery. He had probably seen the quality of the carriage and assumed they were easy money. "If you follow me I will show you where to put your carriage."

As they brought the carriage around the man went to unhook Filo but she was already remove the harness herself. "So how much for a room." Jaden asked while exiting the waggon.

The man went to answer before stopping as his eyes fixated on the shield on Jaden's arm. "No charge," The man said while raising his hands. "I couldn't charge the Shield Hero."

Jaden went to object before Raphtalia sprinted out of the carriage and falling towards the ground. Well he couldn't really act like he wasn't who he was. "Don't worry about charging me you guys need the money." He really didn't like the idea of using his position to get whatever he wanted. It reminded him too much of people he had met and dealt with.

The man looked shocked before going into an internal struggle. Deciding to cut it off Jaden dropped two silver coins in his hands. "Keep the change." With that he walked away towards Raphtalia. "Hey let's head into town."

"Yes, Jaden-sama." Raphtalia slowly stood up trying not get her stomach upset.

As they walked through town a few people would stop and stare while muttering to each other. They made their way to the leaders hut where they found the leader of the village. "Greetings, I would like to know about what you are doing with the wave monsters."

"Oh, the Shield Hero, what a pleasant surprise." The governor said with a smile. "We are gathering all the wave monsters within the safety house over there."

"Thank you," Getting the directions he wanted Jaden stretched as he walked over to the store house.

"Jaden-sama, how long are we going to stay here for?" Raphtalia asked tilting her head.

"Just a few days, make sure they will survive and prosper." Jaden replied while putting his arms behind his head. "The wave doesn't seem to have done too much damage."

"Alright." Raphtalia said as they approached the shed. "Were her-EEK!"

Turning Jaden prepared himself by immediately changing to the Dueling Shield. As he was about to draw his mind caught up with what was going on. "Filo, please put down Raphtalia."

The Filolial gave Jaden a hurt look while Raphtalia was held in her beak. Raising to her full height she dropped the racoon demi-human causing her to land on her butt. The two exchanged heated glares as Jaden let out a sigh. "Why do they do this?" He muttered to Kuriboh who just gave him a flat look.

So after talking to the people caring for the monster corpses and feeding some into the shield they left to help the other villagers. The other villagers it turned out just needed held getting more wood for construction and some monsters slayed that were getting close to the village.

Nodding his head Jaden took Raphtalia and Filo with him as he headed toward the carriage they said he could use to haul wood. "Alright looks like we got monsters to kill and logs to grab."

"Alright, what do you want to start with?" Raphtalia asked tilting her head. "Maybe the monsters so that we can get some more levels?"

"Yeah I was thinking the same." Jaden said with a nod before indicating towards the carriage to which Filo turned her nose up at. "Oh come on what is the matter?"

Filo hissed at the carriage with obvious dispain. "I don't think she likes the thought of pulling a dirty vehicle." Yubel pointed out with a flat look. Her answear made Jaden feel dumb, due to how obviouse it is.

"Listen, Filo, is there anyway I could convince you to just pull the carriage for this job?" Jaden pleaded which caused Filo to stop her glaring and take a thinking position. After a moment she nodded her head before walking toward the harness. "Went from dueling the greatest of opponents to bartering with birds…"

Raphtalia looked confused by what was going on around her but still patted Jaden on the shoulder. "I think things are going up."

Jaden gave her a thankful look before walking over to Filo and helping with the rest of the harness. "Yeah I guess things are looking up."

XXXXXXX

Motoyasu happly hummed while walking in front of his party. The story had taken an unexpected turn recently but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. "Mr. Motoyasu, why are we still hanging around Melromarc?" One of his fine female members asked from behind him. "Isn't it dangerous for us to stay here?"

Giving off a laugh Motoyasu turned around to look over his group. "Don't worry about it! Back in my world a game would never keep you permanently locked out of a location. Besides if we weren't allowed to enter it something would come up that would let us know." Turning back around he made his way forward. "Besides, according to the Merchant Guild we talked to one of the men who might have the bag should be here."

As they continued walking the other girl walked closer to him. "Speaking of your knowledge, was there anything like what that Shield Demon did?"

This caused Motoyasu to almost stop as his mind went back to THAT day. In the moment he thought that it had been some trick brought on by Jaden taking on the main villain role he was bound for. Then he had learned about Jaden being able to summon other beings like that green monster that had appeared during the first wave. The monster nearly killed him along with the others. It had, without a doubt been the strongest opponent they had faced. The monster had the odd ability to negate their defenses and attack them. Any and all defensive magic they tried was useless.

While summons were common for defensive classes in other games, in the game this world was based off of, there was no such appility. In fact the while required loss battles weren't uncommon most of the time they at least let you fight. But those three beasts were just too strong. They finished them off before anybody could even harm them, almost like a cutscene.

"There were abilities similar in other games." Motoyasu said trying to dispel any worries his companions might have. "But most summons have the same weakness that we can exploit. Plus once we get our hands on the material need to use the summoning spear we can easily win."

"Sir Motoyasu is right," Myne said while grabbing on to his arm. "What ever trick that evil man did we can easily overcome with his help."

Whatever replay they had was cut off by the guards shouting at them to stop. The guard came running forward demanding money to enter the village. Was this Jaden's doing? Well it would match with the games he played.

"Don't you know who we are?!" Myne said which caused the guard to examine them before straightening up.

"Please accept my deepest apologies Princess Malty!" The soldier shouted causing Motoyasu to smile.

"Good to see you are still loyal to the true rulers of this country." Motoyasu said with a smile.

The soldier gave a confused look, "What do you mean 'true rulers'? There has only been one ruling family." This caused Motoyasu to pause before Malty pushed up against him.

"Don't mind him Sir Motoyasu, we have work to do." Reaching up she gently took his head and turned his head toward the city. "Our objective is close at hand." She was right they were about to have the ability to summon and as far as he could tell they had beat the other heroes here.

XXXXXXX

Banner slid into the overly comfy seat. The debate had been long and required him to draw upon his many years of teaching to win… Alongside drawing upon Jaden's shared ancestor memory, don't ask he still couldn't figure it out. "Sir… I... " Turning he saw a teary eyed Eclair looking at him. "I'm glad to be serving you!" She shouted while bowing to him.

"Raise, your praise isn't needed, your dedication to our country is all that is needed." Banner said happy to have those shared memories to use.

"Indeed apprentice, if you want to show your appreciation then show it through action!" Bladedge shouted while using a whetstone to sharpen his namesake. Eclair didn't say anything but answered with a determined nod.

A cry at the window drew their attention along with tapping on it. "Winged Kuriboh? What are you doing here?" Banner asked while throwing open the windows. Said being floated in through the window before letting out another noise.

"You don't say?" Bladedge asked while nodding. Seeing the other two having confused looks Bladedge gave another nod, "Eclair please stand guard and don't let anyone in unless it's an emergency."

With a yes sir, said knight walked out while Banner looked at them, "What did Kuriboh say?"

"We need to get the real Jaden here, apparently the other 'Heroes'," Banner was still confused how so much hate and venom could be packed into one word, "are looking for something of his."

AN: So, so, so, so sorry for how long this took to get out. To make a long story short my life hated me and decided it wanted to mess with me in every way it could. So if anyone wanted to contact me it might be awhile since I am still trying to catch up on things. Now I'm off to try and catch up on all my stories.