Hey guys, I'm back from the dead. To bring you the next chapter of my story.

Ok…. Ok…. I know what you're probably all thinking. Where the hell have I been? Well, I'm going to answer that question right now. I had a minor case of writer's block and then when that was over, time was an issue. I just didn't have the time to write what I came up with. However that's all over now, I finally did it and finished the chapter. But before we get to the chapter,

I'd like to address something, first is that I am not going to quit writing unless for some reason I have become incapable physically so don't assume I quit if I don't post in a while that's just me thinking or something, I don't know. Second, I'd like to address a problem that came up when I was attempting to write this chapter. Which was that I was unmotivated, Yes I said it at the time I found myself unmotivated to continue writing, not that I was bored of my story, no of course not, it was just when you focus on one Story all the time, it gets repetitive. Of course, I solve this problem by writing some other crossover story which I won't post since it's not really a story I put much thought in and would probably get flamed for. Anyway, I took too much time away from the chapter, Hope you guys enjoy.

And Oh yeah I keep forgetting to put this but if it wasn't obvious. I do not own, The Rising of the Shield hero nor A Certain Magical Index.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Game settings/Magic

[Rage shield/Accelerator]

Start

As the morning began, the sun started to rise, Accelerator made it to the castle's throne room, as he got there the other heroes were already there.

The king would ask for all the heroes to line up and accept their rewards.

And so the three heroes did, Accelerator did so as well. The king sat on his throne while the other nobles were by his side, the king's knights were on standby. As the four would present themselves.

The king would start,

"First I would like to start with the spear hero, as a reward for his efforts during the raid and for fulfilling one of my requests, sir Motoyasu would receive 4000 silvers," said the king as the Spear Hero accepted, as he was given the money by one of the king's men.

"And young masters Itsuki and Ren, are to receive 3800 silvers, finally I set aside 500 silver for the shield Hero," said the king

Accelerator expected, this to be pulled, however, he honestly didn't care at this point, he would just take it and be off, it was better than nothing, after all, he doubted he could do anything to get more unless it was threatening the king himself, however, he held himself back for the sake of not causing himself any more unnecessary trouble.

It was then the Bow Hero, and Sword Hero were handed their reward by the nobles in the room. Accelerator was also handed his rewards, while the king stared at him with detest, Accelerator would grab it forcefully almost snatching the bag from the noble who gave it to him.

"There you have it, Now be gone with it," said the King, everyone in the room knew who he was directing his harsh words towards.

"Oh, don't worry, I'll be glad to not spend any more time in this godforsaken castle any longer than I have to," said Accelerator

As he turned and would then leave the Castle with Raphtalia following behind him, he being the first hero to leave the room as he didn't want to spend any more time than he had to there.

(-)

As they made it to the streets of the city, Raphtalia and Accelerator walked side by side

"Master, if you don't mind me asking but, where are we going?" asked Raphtalia innocently.

"I have some business, I want to conduct within the Medicinal shop so we're going there first," said Accelerator

"Oh, okay," said Raphtalia

They would continue to walk until Accelerator suddenly just immediately stopped for no apparent reason, his sense of realization rapidly occurred his sense of perception increased as he felt a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

'I'm being watched' thought Accelerator his pupils moved in constant motion attempting to look for something as this sudden realization occurred, he knew this was a fact that was transpiring at the very moment.

'For how long? The beginning? No... this must be recent…. I would have known right from the start,' thought Accelerator as his mind went into rapid transition his thought process increased, it was then he realized the opportunities of spying on him were limited, as he and Raphtalia move around most times being certainly impossible for someone to spy on him without him noticing for long periods of time. However there was certainly a chance on spies to peak on him without his notice, after all the transition to a new world was rough, things go unnoticed at times because of unfamiliarity.

Raphtalia would take a few more steps until she stopped because she noticed Accelerator was not walking.

"Master?" she said

'But who? Amateurs? No, I would have found them by now,' Accelerator thought as he then felt their presence leave,

'They know?... They would have to have some skills to know I caught on to them but who?... not the lowly thugs I had to deal with in the past that were aiming for the title of the strongest. Who were they? do they know of my abilities? No of course not I made sure when I spoke of it, I was in complete isolation with no one but Raphtalia, I always checked if anyone were following us or were near us and hadn't come across anything remotely similar,' thought Accelerator.

"Master?" said Raphtalia as she repeated herself trying to gain his attention

`why were they following me? Should I continue as planned? No that's what they want, I need more information,' thought Accelerator as he then walked forward,

"Change of plans, were heading out of the city to train," said Accelerator as he started to walk, Raphtalia surprised with this sudden change of action, rushed to catch up.

"Master? What's wrong? it feels like something happened" said Raphtalia referring to the strange instance that just occurred, which she never saw Accelerator do before.

"It's nothing, Said Accelerator he didn't want to say anything, however as he walked he was already forming a plan to combat this problem of his as he didn't like this feeling of being uninformed.

Accelerator and Raphtalia would than spend the next few hours in the field outside of the city in which was spent on gaining levels for Raphtalia. Accelerator would also gain levels, in the time he spent in this world he only found a few things amusing, he has spent much time learning about this world, and as he integrated into this world's society and lifestyle, he also found it amusing how things acted as a game here. The level system, the growth of the heroes, he found it funny how this was real life, how this kingdom entrusted those jokes that call themselves heroes, and how they somehow brought the strongest Esper and made an enemy out of him.

However not all things seem bad, after getting over the summoning and knowing that he has to be patient to get back to his world, he did find other interesting things, for example, he found it odd, how the stats system worked, where did this come from and how does it quantify the information an individual has, Accelerator was deeply interested in how it does all that, and how the process worked, how leveling up increases stats and somehow makes the individual stronger. He knows it works, he tested it himself when he leveled up, even he felt something change, When his attack power increased he felt, his base strength was much stronger, however, it was not drastic only small changes however a change nevertheless, he knew it was much better than before since he calculates enough information when increasing his strength by kinetic energy so he would know if there was a chance, to begin with because the calculations would be different, He also wondered how magic functioned what principle made this possible what unknown laws were in place, that made this happen, and of course he doesn't like magic, he can't explain it. Which simply exemplifies his distaste for it.

As both their training came to an end, which was mostly defeating many creatures to gain levels, easy for both Accelerator and Raphtalia to achieve, they camped out in the fields and for rations, they already stocked up before leaving and ate.

Accelerator's need for information was strong, he needed to solve this problem, he needed to find some answers, so he made a plan. After dinner, Raphtalia and Accelerator would then just take a break for training. Just because he found stats amusing didn't mean he really cares to level up, in the end, his own power will be his main focus.

Accelerator and Raphtalia interaction would always be the same, her trying to get closer to him, him distancing himself somehow.

As they sat down, on the ground with a campfire already made, as night would approach soon, they took a break, of course, Accelerator needed no break, he could go for as long as he wanted but he honestly didn't care, however, Raphtalia was different she gets tired and does not have the same capabilities, So Accelerator allowed for them to stop however he used this time to look into the information the shield provides as Raphtalia was resting.

Accelerator leaned against a log of wood nearby as he started to check the shield's skill tree.

"Master?" said Raphtalia

"What is it?" said Accelerator still looking at the information available to him.

"I always wanted to ask you this but why did you choose me as your slave?" asked Raphtalia.

Accelerator was caught off guard, she never asked a question like this before, when she did ask him questions it normally was closer to personal question towards him which he didn't answer,

"I know that your strong, I just wanted to know why someone like you needed a slave," Raphtalia said, this question always popped up in her mind because it is true Accelerator is a powerhouse, Raphtalia has seen this time and time again in the fight against the first wave and when he fought the spear hero he has shown himself as someone who is truly capable.

Accelerator started to wonder why as well, in the beginning, he didn't even want a slave, He was only brought there because the slave trader caught his interest when they first met he thought that the slave trader actually had something he wanted, alas it was only slaves and when he first saw it he just wanted to leave, that was until he saw a certain demihuman girl,

"Pity, probably…." said Accelerator honestly, he chuckled a little

"You know it's funny…. There I was surrounded by cages on cages, of who knows what in them… and by chance I see a pitiful little girl, who's eyes said they wanted nothing more than death's sweet relief, but also feared the thought it, contradicting herself in the process. And then before I even knew it I bought her." Continued Accelerator

"Do you regret it?" asked Raphtalia

Accelerator looked towards her, "Well, I can't do anything about it now, Can I? Really it like your scared I'll get tired of you and take you back or Something." he said,

Raphtalia didn't say anything

From this response, Accelerator realized something

"Wait a minute, You really are scared, aren't you?... Now I have a question: what do you think of me?... Raphtalia" he asked, his questioning spawned from his curiosity this situation provided.

"No…. Of course not. I know you're not the type of person to do that. After all, you took care of me when I was sick, and you fought for me when I was being taken away, You're the hero I was always waiting for." Raphtalia responded

"..." Accelerator didn't say anything, however, what spawned was the feeling anger when she spoke of him like this.

Accelerator than scoffed,

"Stop, speaking like I am some great thing. I am nothing like your interpretations. If you really knew me. I don't think you'll ever look at me the same way" He spoke.

"Huh? What do you mean?" she said.

"My true self, is something that even you can't accept," said Accelerator as his red pupils piercing her, as he stared right at Raphtalia.

Accelerator got up from where he sat as he chuckled to himself as he remembered his past.

"Master, what do you mean true self?" Asked Raphtalia

Accelerator chuckled to himself as he started to remember

"Don't worry about that…." said Accelerator as he fully stood up,

"What are you doing?" Asked Raphtalia,

"I got some business to take care of with an acquaintance however you don't need to know much, after all, I'm going by myself," Said Accelerator

"Eh?" she said as she was now getting up.

"I'm sure you heard me," said Accelerator

"But, Master I should go with you," she said

"No you don't, In fact, I order you not to follow me," he stated

It was then Raphtalia's Slave crest started to activate which sparked purple like energy to be released, which caused immense pain. However, it would soon dissipate as Raphtalia stopped having the intention to go with him.

It was then Accelerator started to walk away,

"Decision…. Decision" Accelerator repeated to himself as he made a mental note of where he was, looking around him. He knew it was certainly impossible to spy on him in this open field, with him knowing this as he was in a state of being completely aware of his situation.

'Going to the city, through the entrance, right now may spark unwanted attention, the only way in without anyone knowing is to go where no one is actively looking' Accelerator thought to himself as he looked at the cloudy sky, as he then smiled

As he took off the overcoat which he always had on, throwing it to the side. As he stopped moving, in a few moments Accelerator who started to control the air vectors around him suddenly gained 4 high-powered tornadoes appearing behind him connecting to his back, like an extension of himself it was then Accelerator started to control them in a similar way bird's control their wings he started to rise from the ground until he fully started to fly into the growing dark sky.

Raphtalia could only watch with surprise as she never knew Accelerator was capable of such a thing. She knew she could not follow him as any intention to do so would activate the slave crest. She would begin to wonder more about her master, the truth of who he really was as she could not comprehend, what kind of life he had before.

(-)

Accelerator who was in the sky, moving through it while avoiding being seen, as being caught would be suspicious as hell. With amazing speed he would make it to the city, in little to no time, he would move secretly to descend down, making sure that no one could spot him entering.

Accelerator would then get to his destination, as he made it onto the ground, he would then walk a short distance to enter the large tents. Reaching the destination he had in mind while coming into the city as he entered the tent he could only be reminded of the first time he had come here.

It was then, he saw the one person he was looking for at the moment.

"I knew you'll be back, I'm never wrong about these things Shield Hero," Said the slave trader as he appeared from within his workroom where he made his sales.

Accelerator didn't like this title which was forced upon him.

"I prefer my name, " He said

"You do? from what I hear, it's Accelerator? right?" said the Slave trader

"Yeah but don't get your hopes up I'm not here for that kind of trade," said Accelerator

"Are you sure, for what I kind tell it seems you don't have your slave with you. Did Something Happen? Perhaps you need a replacement?" said the slave trader

"If you must know, she's fine and as I said I'm not here for a slave," said Accelerator

"Oh, your not…. If that's the case what brings you here then?" asked the Slave trader

"As you know, times like these. I can't afford to be uninformed. And in your line of business, I'm sure you have what I'm looking for" said Accelerator

"Well, as you know, I am a businessman. So let's say I do have what you're looking for" Said the slave trader

"Funny, you say that," Accelerator said as he then threw a small bag towards the slave trader, who immediately caught it

The slave trader smiled, as he knew exactly what was in that bag,

"I knew you were exactly the person I saw you as, and it's true I do have many channels I get my information. For example, I know about your battle against the spear hero, you really gave a scare to them nobles" said the slave trader as he chuckled.

"I didn't come here to discuss that," said Accelerator

"Then what do you want to hear about?" asked the slave trader

Accelerator thought a moment,

"Tell me, that bastard of a king how much power does he really have here?" asked Accelerator, as he remembered being followed he wanted to check perhaps it was the king's doing.

"Well let's just say if all the nobles were to rebel against the kingdom, the ones who will end up losing would be the nobles themselves." Said the slave trader

"That bastard has that much influence?" Accelerator said

"Actually, in this country, rather than the king, it's the queen who holds the most power in the kingdom," Said the slave trader,

Accelerator took a minute to take in the piece of information, as he did a smile crept through as he realized exactly what this means.

"Yes, this kingdom is run by a Matrilineal kinship, meaning only the females would remain as the top power and the ones to inherit this power," said the slave trader,

"That bastard, married into royalty and yet uses its power boldly, that fucking joke," Said Accelerator

"Does that mean, the king and queen's daughter is next in line?" asked Accelerator

"Yes, however not as you think. Rather than the first princess, who would normally be first in line for the throne, it is the second princess." Said the slave trader,

"Really? I already knew of an existing second princess, However, that's news to me, make sense no one in their right mind would give power to that Bitch" said Accelerator,

"I do have one more thing, I've been so eager to find out. Does the royal family have underlings that serve as their information gofers?" Asked Accelerator

Slave trader chuckled to himself,
"It seems, you have noticed the ones that have been hiding in the shadows," He said,

"Yes, I am sure both the king and Queen would have those kinds of people you are referring to, The princesses, I couldn't say. However, the question that you are looking for is who is spying at you from afar." said The slave trader.

"Tch" as Accelerator realized what this meant

"I guess, that's it for now. But before I go…. your contacts give them to me." Accelerator demanded

The slave trader heard this and went into a burst of laughter as he then went back inside the other room, Accelerator followed

"You really are, something. Sir Hero…. oh right I mean Accelerator." The slave trader spoke as he went and grabbed a piece of paper and started to write down, information of some kind.

Accelerator once again got annoyed, however, he smiled as he thought about that time he was first brought to this place how humorous he found it.

"The first time you came to me as you revealed what you were. I was going to destroy this place. But then I realized, Why the hell would I care, this isn't my world if slaves are being sold. The fuck I care for, society already accepted this, me destroying it wouldn't do shit to change anything about it if anything it would cause me more trouble then it's worth." said Accelerator

"Your eyes show that you're completely serious. Lucky for me, this is not your world than" said the slave trader as he handed him a piece of paper,

"Now that's the information of the contacts, oh and do remember you didn't get it from me." said the slave trader as he smiled,

"I know," said Accelerator as he looked at the contents of the paper,

"Now, I know what you said before but, interested in another slave?" asked the slave trader

Accelerator scoffed as he then started to leave,

"You'll be back Like I've been saying, I just know these kinds of things," said the slave trader,

Accelerator would then soon leave, with this new information he went into the city, using his abilities he found a way to be stealthy enough, so he didn't have anyone unwanted looking his way, He would then make sure the information was accurate when he met with these so-called contacts, he spent the next few hours either getting information he already knew however he got a few pieces here and there which showed something incredibly interesting.

After being done, he finally went back to Raphtalia who was still where he left her as he was approaching the spot he saw her there asleep, near the campfire.

Accelerator sighed as he then laid down on the ground, not bothering Raphtalia, as he would then start thinking about all he has learned when he looked into the contacts, there weren't much more he learned from them, however, it did provide him the one thing he wanted to know, and a few things that he started to question,

'The slave trader probably didn't give me all of them, that damn old man,' thought Accelerator as he smiled, almost finding it humorous.

"Stay vigilant of the Church? No, if anything they should stay vigilant of me." Accelerator said repeating a piece of information he heard when going through the contacts the slave trader gave him,

As the night continued, Accelerator rested as he planned a busy day for him and Raphtalia

(-)

As the morning came, Accelerator would be the first to wake up as he then would wait for Raphtalia to do the same. He would look into his stats and information provided from the shield after many minutes he would note a few things.

"It seems it now tells me when the next wave will be" Said Accelerator as he saw it won't be until 44 days till now as he checked his built-in UI which the shield provided.

Accelerator, had plans for this day as he wanted to see a few things,

As Raphtalia would wake up, Accelerator was in the middle of preparing. As he saw her get up, he proceeded to speak.

"You're finally awake, Hurry. We're leaving soon."

"Eh?" Raphtalia let out.

"If your still worried about following me, Don't I already voided the command, the slave crest shouldn't act up," said Accelerator

"Oh," she said as she got up, however, it not what she was thinking about however she did not find the courage to ask where her master went that night

"But master, where are we going?" asked Raphtalia

"Do you remember the village, where the first Wave was attacking. Were going there ... from what I am guessing since the battle ended recently it means those creature's remains are still there. Meaning the shield's power will increase if I let it consume them" Accelerator answered as he was now packing and getting ready.

"Oh…," she said as she would then start to prepare as well she did not say anything about yesterday as she didn't know how to approach the subject and so could only act like nothing was really bothering her. They would then head off to the village.

(-)

Accelerator and Raphtalia would make it to Lute Village as they were arriving the day was still bright and the villagers seemed to be hard at work on rebuilding their village.

After all, the damage on the village was extreme because of the monster that came from the wave,

As Accelerator walked through the village with Raphtalia by his side, the villagers couldn't help but notice their savior came back however remembering how the Shield Hero act they didn't know how to approach him, to thank him enough for saving them. So they could only just be thankful from afar and be ever so kind when the shield hero would approach them.

Accelerator being there for a particular reason and that was to find the bodies of the creatures he had killed when the wave appeared for sure he remembers imploding them with a single strike, however, he did remember he killed some cleanly enough for shield to consume.

After enough looking around and asking, he was told that the creature's corpses were dragged to a spot a little bit outside of the village, Accelerator had seen the logic behind it, after all, it has been 2 days since the wave, the village needs repairing, of course, the first step to do so is not to ignore the dead creatures which remain on the ground that would be utterly idiotic, so indeed they would spend time to move the bodies away.

"Perfect," He said as he walked up to a pile of dead monster remains ranging to all of the monsters he had killed.

"This makes things simpler for me," Said Accelerator as he would then start the process of feeding the shield

"Master do you need help?" asked Raphtalia as she was wondering if she could be useful at the moment,

"No, I don't I'll need it," Answered Accelerator as he continued the process

It wouldn't be too long as something new to appear, as he continued allowing his shield to consume a multitude of different creatures he started to gain new Shields

UNLOCKED

Inter-Dimensional: Locust Shield

(Defense +6)

Inter-Dimensional: Bee Shield

(Agility +6)

Inter-Dimensional: Zombie Shield

(Inventory Rot Resistance)

Bee Needle Shield

(Special Equip Effect: Needle Shield -Small, Bee Poison - Paralysis)

(Attack +1)

Accelerator would spend a bit of time, looking over the new Shields he acquired after feeding all the remains that were left, Raphtalia could only watch her master as he was in deep thought.

"Are you done, Master?" Raphtalia asked as she noticed Accelerator was starting to walk away from the area,

"I am," said Accelerator not bothering to stop, Raphtalia immediately started to follow

"Where are we going now?" She asked

"I want to know if those heroes are as idiotic as I think." Accelerator said

Raphtalia still didn't understand what he meant however followed him nevertheless,

After walking for a bit, Accelerator spoke

"If I remember correctly it was this way," He said, as they were now getting further and further away from the Village. Referring to the time he saw the direction where the other heroes fought during the wave.

As Raptalia continued to follow him, only a few feet behind him. Accelerator unexpectedly shot off, using the vector around him, he stomped on the ground with his right leg propelling himself like bullet achieving inhuman speed he went forward.

Raphtalia, of course, was not fast like Accelerator was forced to run the best she could to catch up to him,

Going the same direction he went, it wouldn't be too long until she spotted him again in the distance after running for a bit seeing him finally stopping, but now looking at something.

As she finally caught up, Accelerator spoke.

"They really are jokes," he said as he stared at the Wave Boss's dead remains left untouched.

"They actually just left it here, it really is funny they could have used it themselves but literally left it here," Accelerator said as he found it humorous how they could leave such a useful tool after the battle

Accelerator looked at the beast, it was a Chimera.

And started to walk towards it, and started the process again feeding its body to his shield after all why not, Raphtalia just watched as he did so.

After the shield consumed the beast, the text would emerge then again in his vision he read it quickly before it disappeared.

UNLOCKED

Chimera: Meat Shield

(Quality Cooking Improvement)

Chimera: Bone Shield

(Shadow Resistance - Medium)

Chimera: Leather Shield

(Defense +10)

Chimera: Viper Shield

(Antidote compounding up, poison resistance - Medium)

(Skill: Change Shield)

(Special Equip Effect: Snake Venom Fang - medium, hook)

"Interesting some many new shields just from one creature, I guess it is a boss after all. Whatever that is supposed to signify in the world," Accelerator said as he then looked for more information in the shield UI

Raphtalia was about to speak however wasn't able to as Accelerator spoke once again.

"Raphtalia were done here, we're heading back," Said Accelerator who started to walk back towards the village.

It was then Raphtali started to follow him as she tried to walk by his side.

(-)

As Accelerator and Raphtalia made it back to lute village, Accelerator started to think about what exactly he wanted to do and the first thing he decided was to test, the new shields as well as their functions, he wanted to know more about the shield. Accelerator told Raphtalia that they were going to continue to train once more, which meant killing many creatures to level up, after asking a villager where was the best area near the village and being told they headed out, After a long day of training as it started to become night. They would slowly come back to the village, to get a place to stay for the rest of the day, till morning. After everything they did, Accelerator had a level of 35 And Raphalia had a level of 32. It was not a surprise to Accelerator how fast he was able to level up, after all taking down monster was nothing more than a slight inconvenience.

After Accelerator and Raphtalia would get a room and then rested, as night would soon come to an end.

Morning would come.

It would be after this morning that Accelerator would wake up, and had to decide where he wanted to go after this.

He knew he was going to leave the village sometime today after all it doesn't serve a purpose anymore because Accelerator absorbed all of the remains he could from this place, he was reluctant to go back to the city he didn't know how many eyes would follow him, it was not like he was afraid he just was annoyed by it. However, after thinking about it some more he decided to go back after all he needed a source of income somewhere. What the king provides wasn't enough and he knew he was not getting enough more from him.

Accelerator would decide to allow Raphtalia to do as she pleases the rest of the day until they would leave around sundown.

Raphtalia agreed with this action,

(-)

After a few hours, Accelerator would around the village with Raphtalia he would look around as he saw the rebuilding efforts for this village.

"Hey look at that.." said one of the villagers.

"What are the knights doing here?" said another pointing out the other observation.

Accelerator heard this as he went towards where they were looking.

As he walked towards it, he saw a large crowd of villagers and assumed that was where everything was happening.

It was then as he got there he would hear a familiar voice.

"In light of his exploits during the last wave, The Spear Hero Sir Motoyasu has been appointed ruling lord of the region." Said Myne who was speaking to into the crowd holding what seemed to scroll which acted as an important document, As Motoyasu was standing next to her acting smug as always, it seemed he was riding what looked to be a large reptilian creature. While the knight surrounded the crowd.

"To help the rebuilding efforts we decided to levy a toll. This toll will be 50 silvers to enter the village and 50 to exit" continued Myne as the villagers began to speak amongst each other.

"But that would ruin us," said one notable villager out loud.

"We won't have anything left to buy food tomorrow," said another.

"Do you dare defy your lord's orders?" said Myne

As Accelerator was now in the crowd couldn't help but break into a bit of laughter

Myne would then look to where the noise came from, only to see Accelerator in the back of crowd laughing,

"The Shield Hero? What are you still doing here? This is sir Motoyasu's domain now, you have no right to question him. Actually leave this instant you miserable criminal" Myne said

"No, I don't see any reason to do so. I'll be damn before I follow an order from a bitch like you... Hey Joke of hero, When are you going to realize your just a small dog on a leash tethered to that bitch," said Accelerator as he would turn his attention to The Spear Hero.

"What did you just say?!" said Myne angered from Accelerator's comments

"If anything, the villagers shouldn't have to listen to a god damn word you say, The Toll you proposal is nothing more than a big scheme to take advantage of these villagers before you run them into debt all for your greedy asses. In their eye's your nothing more then villans, but still, call your heroes. Now That leaves a bad taste in my mouth" said Accelerator

"Yeah... yeah," said a villager

"And you can't just come here and just call yourself our lord," said another

"Yeah he's right," said one of the other villagers

"And it was the shield hero was the one who protected this village, when the Wave of Catastrophe hit," said another

"You dare complain about a royal decree," Said Myne as she raised her arm, the Knights took this as her orders to engage,

The Knights which surrounded the crowd with spears in hands pointed at the Villagers

However before Accelerator could say something, he felt it once again the same feeling he felt before when he was being watched. As soon as he felt it.

It was then gone, however before Myne told Knights to hurt anyone they would then appear, right in front of her. 5 people dress in all black in hooded robes and masks which to conceal their identities

"We trust you know who we represent, princess Malty" one said

"But why did you come," Myne asked

"For you," the same one said as Myne was given a scroll that held an important document.

"Master, Who are they?" Asked Raphtalia

"Now this is interesting," Accelerator spoke

"So these are the ones who were in the shadows?" Continued Accelerator

"How could this be?" Myne said as she read what was contained in the document,

'From her facial expressions, what was contained in the scroll must be damaging for her. Meaning these spies aren't working for the king as he would never get in her way, the princess does not have any of these people working for them. Meaning it leaves the only player I've never seen The Queen' thought Accelerator as he guessed who the spies worked for.

After Myne read it she looked at the crowd

"Shield hero fight us for the right to rule this village" Declared Myne

"What the hell?" Accelerator said

(-)

After Accelerator was explained on the situation, how he was challenged to race against the shield hero using Dragons, The villagers would then start to plead with shield hero to accept and save there village.

"Please shield hero, we beg of you help us once more," said the lord of the village

'What was in that scroll, what brought upon this utter troublesome deal' thought Accelerator

"I still don't see, why I must be the one to do this," said Accelerator

"But they specifically asked for you, Sheild Hero, as a result, we don't have any right to challenge a cardinal hero," said the lord,

"Your lucky, They got me pissed off. Because if they didn't you might have had a new lord" said Accelerator

"I expect something when I win," said Accelerator as he walked off didn't even hear the villager's response, Accelerator could care less, about anything going on to the village however what interests him was why did the queen stop Myne what is their relationship from this small detail he knew it wasn't anything like her relationship with her father, however, it does beg the question.

As Accelerator walked to the track in which had two dragon mounts, it seems he was provided with one. At least they weren't going cheat him out of one. He guessed that would be too obvious on their part.

As he made it to the dragon he was assigned the only sighed,

"I can outrun him own my own do I really need this creature, really this is just a pain," said Accelerator to himself.

For some reason, Motoyasu was avoiding talking to Accelerator, and of course, Accelerator noticed that fact. Accelerator guessed perhaps Motoyasu's lost to him change him in a slight way.

After they prepared themselves and both were now mounted on their dragons the race was about to start,

"The race will be three laps around the outskirts of the village, the first one to reach this gate first will be declared the winner" the Lord declared.

It was then Myne started to cheer for the spear hero, as Raphtalia did the same for Accelerator.

"On your mark…."

"Go!"

As both shot off, both their mounts running full speed ahead, of course, they were neck at neck for their mounts seemed to go at the same amount of speed. However, of course, Accelerator had a plan, using the vector around him and the creature he used his abilities. It was then Accelerator started to go much faster then Motoyasu and his mount.

This was because Accelerator has Vector manipulation as long as he touches what he wants to effect he is able to do so, just like he does to his own body to make himself reach inhuman speed he did the same to the mount he was on and because of the race, he is in physical contact with the creature meaning he can do this indefinitely as long as he calculates.

As he was making it further the spear hero he noticed two Knights for some reason we're in the middle of the track, he saw in the distance.

"As Source of thy Power I order thee, Decipher the Laws of Nature and Create a Hole Right in Front of Me: Earth Hole," The Knight said casting his spell, which created a semi-large deep hole in front of where he stood.

"Really… At least do something I can't fucking guess. I knew they were going to cheat but this ploy should have been an obvious" said Accelerator

Using the momentum and speed he had built up as he calculated the vector which surrounded him, As he controlled the beast he was riding and they leaped forward as the hole came up. Because of this, the jump was high enough to dodge the hole, as he landed this surprised the Knight which were hiding nearby that created this hole.

They continued to run like normal still a bit far ahead then Motoysau,

"Look the Shield hero is coming," said one of the villager as Accelerator was coming through,

Raphtalia would then cheer for her master, as he would coming through and passed the first lap as the spear hero was still behind him,

Myne seemed to have a worried look on her face. As she made an angry expression to her Knights.

It was then Accelerator and his beast continued through the path.

As Motoyasu can be seen almost catching up to him however not there just yet.

"As Source of thy Power I order thee, Decipher the Laws of Nature and Hear my Command and Slow my Target: Speed Down," The Hidden Knight said casting his spell. As the direct magic attempted to make contact towards Accelerator and his beast, The magic can then be seen dissipating into particles as it made contact with Accelerator's Reflection.

"The hell was that?" Accelerator said as he noticed this happened however still did not change speed.

This prompted Accelerator to go even faster, changing his calculations to do this.

"Huh, Is this the shield Hero's magic resistance?" the hidden Knight said as he saw his magic didn't have an effect.

Motoyasu was left in the dust of Accelerator as the speed he was going could not be replicated by the spear hero.

"Damn it, what are you doing? go faster!" Motoyasu said to his dragon as he Accelerator was about to make another lap.

Achieving the second lap in a matter a few seconds later, as he passed they were the audible cheer's from the villagers and of course Myne's frustration.

As both contestants made it passed the eyes of the audience, another Knight prepared himself.

"Decipher the Laws of Nature and Heed my Command and Hasten my Target: Fast speed," the Knight said as he casting his spell.

As his magic directed at the spear hero, he and his Dragon suddenly became much faster.

Soon he was now almost near Accelerator however the distance proved a little much as Accelerator's constant rate of motion seemed too great to beat with the distance they already had.

Accelerator was now heading towards the end of his final lap as he saw the hole that was created during the first one, on one side he opted just go to the other side, knowing two things will happen, Motoyasu can't catch up fast enough to him and two they can't do anything to this side of the path or risk interfering with Spear Hero so far.

"Hang in their shield Hero," Said one of those villagers.

"You can do it, Master," said Raphtalia.

"Keep Running," Said another Villager.

Accelerator could only smile as he knew, his victory was certain. As he continued he did one last final Calculation, the speed the dragon was going became immense as the last lap came up, Accelerator achieved victory as the spear hero still was so far away from him.

As Accelerator stopped the mount and got off. He walked towards the lord of the village as he was with some other villagers as well.

"Brilliantly done, Thanks to you we can rest easy and focus on rebuilding the village," said the Lord

"You cheated, How else could you have won the race," said Myne

"Do you seriously want to talk about rules and regulations after the crap you pull, just shut up?" said Accelerator

"What are you talking about? don't be ridiculous," said Myne

"What the shield hero has said is true, we have detected traces magic on the course," Said one of the shadows as they appeared once more in front of Myne as they kneeled

"It was… It was obvious that criminal used illegal magic" said Myne

"Stop spouting nonsense, For your information, I have yet to learn how to use this world's joke called magic," said Accelerator

"How do we know you're not lying," said Myne

"We can confirm that the shield hero has yet to attempt to learn magic," said one of the shadows

'it seems I was correct they were following me, however, not as much as I thought by looking from afar anyone can guess I haven't tried to learn it. However, it begs the question why is the queen so adamant to watch me?' thought Accelerator

"We'll leave for now but we'll be back you can count on it," said Myne as she started to leave

As Motoyasu passed it seemed his ego has been damaged some as he couldn't look at Accelerator after losing two times to him.

The spear hero would just walk away to go with Myne.

"We can't thank you enough to express our gratitude for everything you've done," said the lord

"The reward?" Said Accelerator

"Sir, we're going around the village collecting money right now please just give us a few days…." said the Lord as he was caught

"Fine, I'll wait. I'll be back later" said Accelerator

"Hold on, sir hero," said one of the villagers who was running towards him, with something oval shape in his arms.

Accelerator looked towards him,

"Please take this instead," said the villager as he handed the oval-shaped large object which was wrapped in a red cloth,

"The hell is this?" said Accelerator

"Recently my Filolial laid an egg and because of the Wave I can't properly raise it, and if you can be so kind and take this instead, if you raise it until it is fully grown you can sell the bird for a really high price I had it for a few days already so anytime it can hatch," said the villager

"Really, I guess it's better than coming back just to get your village's lousy change," said Accelerator who then passed the egg to Raphtalia to hold

"Raphtalia let's go," said Accelerator who started to walk away,

Unbeknownst to Accelerator, the same Villager would then also start walking away after being thanked by his fellow villager for this sacrifice as walked outside of the village

As he walked he would soon find himself in the presences of the shadows,

"I did what you wanted," said the Villager

"Good so you gave him the egg?" said one of the shadows

"Yes, but did we had to lie?" asked the Villager.

"Yes, I believe if it came from a villager he would accept it however if he knew it came from us he would deny the help," said the shadow.

"Did you choose me only because I own a Filolial?" asked the Villager.

"Exactly because of you there should be no suspicion, you may go now. And do remember not to speak about this to anyone" said the shadow

"Of course," said the Villager

The shadow would then leave, and the villager started to head back,

(-)

As Accelerator started to prepare to leave and pack the necessary things as he just wanted to get things done already, the Lord appeared and went up to him.

"Excuse me, Shield hero are you interested in becoming a traveling trader?" Asked the lord,

"Huh?"

"If you are, then this pass will exempt you from paying tolls across the country, so you'll be free to travel the roads wherever you wish." said the Lord as he handed the object to Accelerator

"I see," said Accelerator has accepted it,

"Once again, thank you for your help I bid you farewell on your journey," said the Lord as he left,

Accelerator continued packing and as he finished he went to look for Raphtalia to tell her they were now leaving

As he found her, she was sitting as she was looking at the egg,

Accelerator walked forward,

"Raphtalia we're leaving, let's go," He said,

"Ok Master," She replied as she got up and walked towards Accelerator

As they started to leave the sun was setting,

An hour later, Accelerator decided that they should take a rest for the night.

Accelerator created a Campfire as Raphtalia was getting ready to sleep

As he was done, Raphtalia gave the egg to her master,

"Here Master you're going to care for egg too," said Raphtalia as she noticed his distance towards it

"Fine, just got to sleep, I'll take first watch" Said Accelerator

"Ok," said Raphtalia

As a few minutes, Raphtalia would soon go to sleep.

Accelerator just looked at egg in his hand,

"So this is worth a lot huh?" said Accelerator

"I guess We'll find out when we get back to the city," he Continued

It was then he heard a noise coming, as he heard it more and more, the egg suddenly erupted and a small featherless bird came out as it

"So I guess, the Villager was right any day now it would hatch," said Accelerator as the dark bird leaped on top of his head.

Finally, we make it to the section in which I state the reasoning for my choices and answer questions the chapter brought up, also remember if I don't answer any of your questions just ask in the reviews. Now on to business first things, first How the hell did Accelerator notice someone was watching him? starting with a hard one I see but nevertheless important, Accelerator is a character who has been followed his entire life he has been watched by many. I would assume, and this is my assumption that he would recognize the feeling of being watched which I believe he would notice if it was done here. Why now? To answer this question is simple, basically, the spying only just started, he has been peaked on before however never to the extent/long enough for him to notice and because of this instance he was being watched for a long time which is how he noticed it. Also, you could assume going to another world does a lot to one mind, and perhaps maybe now he has finally gotten used to this world which is why it takes him a while to notice these kind of things.

Why did Accelerator go back to the Slave trader? Well, that's simply he needed information, he doesn't trust just anyone and the average person would think that the shady Slave trader would probably have a lot of connection or contact when it comes to that sort of business and the type of info he needed.

In the anime the reason why Naofumi and Raphtalia went to Lute village was pretty much skipped, however, I still thought that was important, And I do believe that Accelerator would have made the same choice for the exact same reason and that's to upgrade the shield. Remember that Accelerator is someone who wants to be known as the strongest and I don't think he would miss out on more power.

The scene where Accelerator gets and Absorbs and the dead monster remains for the shield is not based on the Manga or Novel. It's my own take on, how I think it transpired because honestly, I don't know how it went down when I tried to look for it in the Manga/Novel I couldn't find it. So I based it on logic, All I know is that Naofumi got these shields somehow, and so I thought of the most logical way Accelerator would also acquire them as well. For example, I don't know if in the source material if The other three heroes left the wave boss (The Chimera) in the same place they killed it or if they moved it or something all I know was that Naofumi got his hands on the body somehow so in my story they just left it there.

Why did Accelerator help the villagers? In my opinion, he only did it because he doesn't like the spear hero and Myne, not some much for the reward he thinks he will get from the villagers or to help them out.

How did Accelerator affect the Dragon's speed? I based it on theory, It is known that Accelerator abilities work based on touch or physical contact, based on this logic when he was riding the dragon he was always holding it meaning he was physically touching it. And with what I know about how he can change his own speed with his abilities I do not see it being too far off if he can do this with another creature as long as he is calculating and in physical contact at all times when doing so. However, based on what I know, In the source material Accelerator has not done something similar to what I have described so this is based on theory.

What's the deal with the egg? we reached what I think is the most controversial topic. The egg was given to the villager to give to Accelerator to have. I think that If Naofumi had never bought an egg he would have eventually gotten it because of the queen she is always watching and based on this, I believe that this action is justified because the queen at least in my story is always looking out for the shield hero.

Why did he accept it? Well at the moment he's planning on selling it, so yeah that's why.

Is this Filo? No… and I repeat this is not Filo. The reason this is not Filo is simply this is because it is not her egg. In the spin-off Manga for The Rising of The Shield Hero, A story in which Motoyasu time travels back to the time of the summoning in where he knows Myne's a manipulative liar and help Naofumi. In this story it is revealed that any Hero can get a Filolial queen or King as long as they get an egg, however, it is also revealed that Filo can only be born from a specific egg, not just any egg a specific one. It is made very clear in the manga as that's Motoyasu's goal however now back to my story Accelerator is not Naofumi and did not purchase an egg, the egg he has was given to him and is not Filo because the slave trader is in possession of that. Then what came out of the egg? Well, I guess we'll find out next chapter.

How Could I forget the next issue, What's the deal with magic and Accelerator? Well like in source material I opted for Accelerator being able to disperse or dissipate Direct magic. Which is what happened with that Debuff spell.

I'd like to thank everyone who read this chapter and hoped you enjoyed it, at the moment it is December 22 and I'd like to wish everyone, happy holidays. and Goodbye.