The Hero Candidate Looking for Trouble

"Are those the adventurers who defeated a Demon Lord's Army general?"

"I heard they're an adventuring party from Axel."

"Did a group of rookie adventurers really defeat one of the Demon Lord's Army's generals?"

"That's unbelievable..."

"Still, I never expected the Dustiness Family's daughter to be part of their party."

"That beautiful girl who looks like a Goddess must be an Arch Priest, right?"

"Isn't that young black-haired girl from the Crimson Demon Clan?"

"I see. With such a beautiful Arch Priest, a Great Mage from the Crimson Demon Clan, and the Dustiness Family's daughter, known as the Shield of the Kingdom, it certainly seems possible for them to defeat a Demon Lord's Army general."

"But who are those two men?"

"Compared to those beautiful young ladies, they seem rather unremarkable..."

Throughout the hall, nobles watched Fang Li's group slowly enter through the doors, whispering among themselves and casting appraising looks at them.

Most of those gazes fell upon Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness, expressing unusual amazement and admiration. Some even carried lewd intent.

In contrast to the nobles, the formidable-looking adventurers regarded them with considerable hostility.

However, unlike the nobles, the adventurers' unfriendly gazes were not directed at Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness, but at Fang Li and Kazuma.

The looks directed at Fang Li were especially harsher than those aimed at Kazuma.

"Is he the captain of that party?"

"Lady Aqua is in his party, isn't she?"

"Being able to recruit three advanced-class adventurers, including Lady Aqua, who is a Goddess, a renowned Great Mage of the Crimson Demon Clan, and the Kingdom's Shield of Protection, that man must have some skill."

"But if he even recruited that bottom-tier, weakest class into his party, what exactly is that man thinking?"

"Could those two men be accomplices, both deceiving Lady Aqua?"