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After the death of his grandfather, 19-year-old Kazuya Souma—an aspiring civil servant—is left all alone with no one to call family. Out of the blue, he is transported to the Elfrieden Kingdom, a small ailing country in another world, to be a "hero." An ongoing war with the demon army has put the entire world in peril, and Kazuya was summoned to aid in the conflict as an offering from Elfrieden to its allies.

Dissatisfied with being used as tribute, Kazuya decides to help the kingdom revamp its declining economy—not by way of adventuring or war, but through administrative reform. Abruptly declared the King of Elfrieden and betrothed to the princess, the "Realist Hero" Kazuya sets out to assemble a group of talented citizens who will assist him in his bureaucratic battles to get the kingdom back on its feet.

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Mattis was hooked by that into bowing himself.


When Juna raised her head, she turned to the Jewel Voice Broadcast


jewel and said, "Now then, we will have a reenactment of the time when


Mattis met His Majesty, King Souma, and then close out this program."


When Juna said that, the screen faded to black again.


"Good work, Big Sister Juna," said Roroa.


When the broadcast was finished, Juna said her goodbyes to Mattis,


then headed off stage to a spot where the broadcast jewel wouldn't show


her. She was greeted there by a smiling Roroa.


Juna returned the smile with one of her own. "Thank you, Roroa. How


"Ya did good. It's a cryin' shame we couldn't let Darlin' and Big Sister


Souma and Liscia had currently left for the Star Dragon Mountain


Range with Naden. They were apparently going to confront a "storm" that


was about to hit the Star Dragon Mountain Range.


Roroa and Juna were worried about Souma and the rest, of course, but


these two who had been left behind in the kingdom had their own things to


do, and they would hold down the fort while Souma and the rest were


away. This program that she embarked on in that spirit had turned out to


It seemed Roroa was disappointed about one thing, though. "Oh, but


the guy playin' Darlin' who came out at the end? I wasn't so keen on


Roroa was talking about the "Souma" who appeared in the final


reenactment scene, calling out Mattis and his team to shake their hands


one by one, and to praise them for developing a mass-producible shockabsorbing material.


Roroa crossed her arms and said, "That actor, he was wearin' a crown,


he had a fancy cape on, and he was holdin' a scepter in his gloved hands,


ya know? I ain't never seen Darlin' in a getup like that."


"That was, well... to make it easy to understand."


The coronation ceremony had yet to happen, so the former king Albert


was still holding onto the crown, and Souma didn't like capes and scepters.


That said, if the actor had worn Souma's usual casual outfit of a shirt and


pants, it would be hard to think of it as a scene about an audience with a


"Ya got a point," Roroa said with a laugh. "Still, this Nameless Heroes


"I think, for the common people, it must be easier to identify with a


highly capable craftsman like Sir Mattis than it is to identify with a true


Normal people had an easier time empathizing with those who came by


their gifts through hard work, rather than those who had natural talent.


"Well, I think it's a good thing," said Roroa. "When ya look at Darlin's


policies, it feels like they were all made possible by a small group of


geniuses, but the public should know there're actually these sorts of


'Nameless Heroes' workin' behind the scenes, too."


"Yes. I think you're absolutely right."


I hope the people get it, they both thought, looking at one another with


Side Story 2: Nameless Heroes(2)