I'm Actually Not Overpowered!

Sarah smiled shyly as she watched her lord glance at her with his charming smile.

She could never get enough of his calm gaze and charming smile. Every time she glanced at his face, a wave of unadulterated happiness spread through her making her feel all warm and fuzzy.

Even as the rain poured down on her body, she felt the Hero's gaze shift in her direction numerous times.

'Is he worried I'll catch a cold? Oh, Hero...' Her thoughts were all over the place. He always made her feel that way.

Even though she had only known him for barely a month, Sarah felt like she had known him for longer.

Being his personal assistant was definitely the greatest joy she could receive.

'Haa... Sam...' Her eyes stared dreamily at him—that is, until she corrected herself.

Lately, she had been having all-consuming feelings and filthy emotions for him. Sarah felt embarrassed by these feelings she had been getting rather frequently, desiring to purge them all. 'I... how can I think that way of the Hero??!'

She knew this emotion well.

It was one that humans called love—when two people desired each other and came together to act on it.

'N-no... the Hero is... too magnificent for me!' Sarah chided herself once more.

Still, she could not help but stare at Sam's luscious black hair and charming blue eyes as he stared at her again. She could stare into those beautiful eyes forever.

His gaze felt a bit distracted, as though he was looking a bit lower than her face. It was almost like—

'A-ah!' Sarah gasped, finally figuring it out.

She followed his gaze, and both his eyes were locked in one direction—her chest!

No, rather, it was her heart.

'H-he knows how I feel? N-no way...' She gasped in surprise and then covered her mouth as she tried to control herself.

This was the Hero she was talking about. Nothing was impossible for him to decipher, and it wouldn't be the first time he would be reading her thoughts.

'S-so he knows... the feelings buried deep within my heart?'

She had always viewed Sam with respect, but it was only lately that her chaste admiration morphed into something else entirely

It all began when Lucy and Lillith came into the picture, so to speak.

Sarah did not know much about romance, but she did not want to lose the Hero's attention to those two, at the very least.

'T-to think he knew all that...' Sarah was embarrassed, or more accurately, mortified.

Yet, one question bothered her endlessly.

'Why hasn't he said anything? He just stares at me. Is he waiting for me to speak first?

No, this is the Hero we're talking about here... surely he has a grand plan. Or maybe those feelings aren't worth his comment?'

"Uuuuuu..." Sarah let out a soft and confused sigh.

The Hero was beyond her understanding, but even at that, she wished to understand him, even if it was only a little bit. 'S-sam, I'm sorry for my shameless thoughts. I just can't help but admire you...'

Her feelings would most likely never be reciprocated.

A Hero of Sam's caliber was simply out of her league!

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'What's up with Sarah? She's been looking at me for some time now while acting all

embarrassed.' I thought curiously as I glanced at the girl.

Suddenly, my eyes widened in realization as I figured it out.

'N-no way! Did she realize I've been staring at her boobs this whole time?!'

Knowing Sarah, she respected me too much to say a peep, but could that be the reason she had been acting strange ever since we started walking in the rain?

'Oh shit! I just ruined her mental image of me! Damnit!' Tears rolled down my eyes, unnoticeable thanks to the heavy rain.

'All because of your lust, Sam... you jeopardized your future!'

How disgusted would she be by me now? Would she ever think of me in the same way?

As I contemplated my foolish actions, I could do nothing but sigh at my very bleak future.

'She knows now... that I'm a pervert. I guess there's nothing I can do...'

I covertly turned in her direction and shamelessly observed her body once more—loving the way her nearly transparent outfit tightly clung to her body.

Now that the jig was up, I no longer needed to control myself.

'Get as much from the sight as you can, Sam! Opportunity cums—I mean, comes—but once!'

And thus, we continued this pattern until we arrived at my place.

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Asa and her companions rode their Desert Ostriches, moving full speed ahead to the Legendary Dragon Slayer's location.

As the wind tousled her hair and dust trailed behind her, the young woman's thoughts went to the man she had spoken to only once. He was noble enough to save Dulum before, and was generous enough to create an alliance with their city.

Even though he didn't have much to benefit, his amazing act was such that anyone who heard the story would be completely dumb-struck by his magnanimity.

Truly, the Legendary Dragon Slayer was a man of substance!

'That's why we need his help! He's the only one who can help us now!'

"How much farther do we need to go, Asa?" Gu, her very muscular Adventurer companion asked with concern.

Asa could understand why.

"It shouldn't take more than a day. If we hurry, we can arrive before nightfall!"

The truth was that they had been traveling all night long, and none of them had gotten any sleep.

Asa knew the Desert Ostriches were also at their limits, but she couldn't will them.to stop now.

Their comrades were currently on the front lines, trying their hardest to hold down the fort while waiting for the backup to arrive.

'We need to get there quickly!' Her eyes were aglow with determination.

As Asa looked beside her, watching the two Adventurers who accompanied her on this very important Quest, she realized that they had all participated in the Adventurer's Exam together.

Things had really changed since then, but Asa did not feel like she had changed much.

"Even now... I can't protect the ones I care about..." She thought sadly as her mind recalled the traumatic memory that lingered in her head.

Still, she marched onward.

Even if she didn't have the strength to protect her city from the chaos currently plaguing it, there was one person who could.

The Legendary Dragon Slayer himself.