Chapter 17: Heroes (Part 1)

Summary
The heroes of Deramus hear from Mist that there are bandits lurking in the city. Setsuna says that they have bigger issues to deal with, but Touya doesn't listen to her and wants to help the down-trodden to Nana's delight. They head to the lair for Setsuna to sense some people further ahead. They head to the prison to find Clotho guarding it and the prisoners. Touya is about to take it down when Ruka steps up for Clotho. When Touya reveals who he is, the prisoners bow to his embarrassment. Ellie asks for the heroes to assist the A ranked adventurers that went ahead of them.

The heroes hurry on ahead to find three people beat up on the ground. Touya turns to Kelvin and assumes he took down the 'adventurers.' Kelvin gives a speech on how most things are a competition and Touya vows to defeat him. Kelvin says he needs to get stronger, so he proposes that the four heroes face him four on one, and the loser does one thing that the winner asks of them. Setsuna is concerned and agrees to it. They are surprised when Kelvin laughs.

Characters

 * Touya Kanzaki
 * Nana Mizuoka
 * Miyabi Kuromiya
 * Setsuna Shiga
 * Mist
 * Clotho
 * Ruka
 * Ellie
 * Christoph
 * Prisra
 * Ado
 * Kelvin Celsius
 * Efil
 * Gerard Fragarach
 * Sera Baal