"Hu, it really was a long day." I couldn't help saying to myself when I finally had the time to settle down.
I was currently sitting inside of a room at the inn that had been prepared for Amy's group.
Since taking the lord away, Amy had actually taken over part of the things that the lord did in the town.
In a way, she had started a coup and taken control of the town.
It was just that the people of the town were more than happy to let her do that.
That was a show of just how bad of a lord he was.
In a way, it was almost as if she was trapping me in this inn.
Though what she actually said was, "We'll be heading to the capital after this. We need to report to the king that you've been chosen as the new hero."
I knew that this was the case since this was what happened in the game as well.
Though it wasn't as if the saintess would personally come with the player.
That was something that depended on the situation.
Normally, it would actually be the lord who reported this matter in and then an escort from the capital would be sent to bring the hero back to the capital.
But in this case, it was the saintess who was personally bringing me back.
It was all because I ran into the saintess before coming to this place.
Now that I was alone in my room, it was finally time to take a closer look at something.
"Status." I softly said to myself before a status window opened.
There wasn't anything that was really surprising about it, other than the fact that there was something strange under the skills possessed.
Changing into the hero class would add skills, but there was one that I certainly didn't expect.
Becoming a hero would allow one to access all elements of magic since that was part of the hero's ability. But the one thing that it couldn't do was allow access to dark magic since that was recognized as the special magic of the demons.
Dark magic.
That was one of the types of magic that was listed under the magic that I now had access to.
"Can I still be a hero if I have access to dark magic like this?" I couldn't help muttering to myself with a bitter smile on my face.
But after looking at this for a bit, I realized something else.
I thought that it was only elemental magic that I had access to, but it seemed that I was wrong.
That was because all of the magic that I now had access to were listed under intermediate magic.
"How is this possible?" I couldn't help asking in a confused voice as I looked more carefully at the status screen.
It took a while, but I finally realized what it was.
"It's the Shared Stats?" I said in a slow voice as I looked at my stats.
The thing that decided what kind of magic could be obtained was the stats that a character possessed when changing to that class.
The reason why I had obtained the dark magic and the intermediate magic was all because I shared the stats of Val Zahar who was the candidate for the demon king.
The stats that two of us shared between us made both of us stronger than any new characters that were created.
At the same time, it also gave us access to the powers of each other's races apparently.
"Does this make me a dark hero?" I couldn't help asking with another bitter smile.
It seemed that I had to be careful in the future or else I would be exposed. Once I was exposed, there was no doubt that I would be treated as a spy of the demons.
Or I might even be treated as some kind of demon king for having both light magic and dark magic at the same time.
"Well, it all depends on how well I hide this, doesn't it? As long as I avoid having my status checked or get some kind of skill that hides my status, it'll work out." I said to myself before saying, "Main body, do you hear that? Try and see if you can find a way to hide our statuses."
After tossing that to the main body, I didn't bother thinking about it anymore.
Though there was one thing that I couldn't help thinking about.
"Doesn't this make me the strongest hero in history? After all, I have the powers of both the hero and the demon king." I couldn't help saying with an amused look while stroking my chin before suddenly revealing a different look.
"That also means that idiot will also become the strongest demon king in history since he'll have the stats of both the demon king and hero. If it wasn't for the fact that we were avatars of the same person, then that would make it a hard fight."
With a sigh, I added, "If we had more avatars, did that mean that the hero ceremony would have been even more crazy? Then it really was a good thing that we didn't have more avatars until now. If we had more, then there's no doubt that someone would have noticed something."
Shaking my head, I went back to looking at my status.
I was surprised to find that it wasn't just my status alone that had been corrupted because of my shared stats with the demon king.
"Demon form."
That was one of the skills that was attached to the hero's sword when I looked at its status.
Even the hero's sword was affected by my shared stats.
A bitter smile appeared on my face once more before I shook my head and said with a sigh, "It really seems like there's a lot that I'll have to hide in the future. I really need to make sure that I don't mess up or there'll be a ton of trouble."