Kagami no Mukou no Saihate Toshokan - Vol. 1 Ch. 3

[MangaDex]

 

[Sep10trion]

Probably shouldn’t force the hero to go fight under duress...

 

[cryum]

translation quality is improving.

.....but yeah, taking her hostage is a terrible plan, like they WANT the hero to join the demon lord.

 

[Merilirem]

@cryum Yeah even if he goes its likely he will return and take revenge on them whether he beats the demon lord or not. He could just go level up and come back to save her.

A silly plan but one desperate people may come up with.

 

[Merilirem]

I'm guessing the foreshadowing was that his princess broke and thats why she mentioned how things break. Also why he became what he is today and likely what happened to her.

 

[typeOU]

the hero is kind of an asshole too, I mean, he won't save litterally every single human because he "don't wanna". The villagers answer is then quite logic, who want to die?

 

[RhoninFire]

@typeOU If a war breaks out and you got drafted, you’ll totally jump at the chance without reluctance or implied coercion, right?

The hero is ultimately a villager - a kid who’s been playing around town and never really seen anything truly dangerous. He is essentially being called up for war

 

[Starbright]

Hmm wondering about the heroes thought process is hinting to me he might of been that hero maybe the girl is that princess trapped with him.

 

[feha]

@typeOU Why would he be motivated anyway? If he doesnt go someone else will, its not like the title of hero is mandated by deities (except it is). And even if it is, nothing says he is the only option. Besides, if he is the only hero then why risk his own life to adventure and fight the demon lords, when he could just instead pick a territory to keep safe, easily besting any monsters that appear nearby. Or dont. Nothing stops him from leaving it all up to the armies of humans, the demon lord werent described as anyone capable of fielding armies enough to eradicate humanity. At most it sounds like someone antagonistic that will bring their era into a great turmoil until slain by a hero (possibly immortal otherwise), but ultimately incapable of being a true threat.

All that said, kidnapping someone to make him do it is stupid. He just needs enough power to deal with whatever villages guard her and to open the lock, which is far far less than what is needed to even reach the demon lords castle. Odds are that if he feels sufficiently betrayed the entire village would get wiped (although I doubt that, people arent that vindictive of places they grew up in). If they truly want to go the kidnapping route, it is better to just tell him that it is until he reached a specified level of competence. Ex. his first kill, or maybe a specified adventurer rank. Something low to make him bite the apple and do it without incurring too much ill-will and risk, simply to get his past the hurdle that is the fear of an entirely powerless civilian.
But better to just honey-trap him. I bet that if they ask the mage to "do it for the sake of the world" (for plot reasons she is obviously in love with him, so it serves as a great excuse for her to cinch the deal, anyway) and then leave on the journey with him until pregnant, she would. But maybe this plan requires too much meta-knowledge on tropes.

 

[Ajin]

Now I wonder what kind of plan he came up with.

 

[Hollow7F]

pg 10 .... do you want a new Demon Lord? coz that's how u get a new demon lord, just blackmail the fucker to risk his life! great idea!

 

[Silwith]

Well, i guess the people there deserve that demon lord if they plan to do such things...

 

[kaminomikan]

man didn't she tell him what the library is doing to him? offering a reward (contact with the outher world)

 

[zdarkbrz_816]

I'm guessing Demon Lord's influence makes humans dumb, huh...

 

[Grenzoocoon]

mfw he says he can't use the library to help so he reads some books

 

[rodizipa]

@Grenzoocoon pretty sure the library has a cheat that sends him info directly to his brain after he catalogues a book, but the library can refuse doing so.

 

[mage_goo]

>hero will be born from this village
>that guy is nice, so he must be the hero
>let's take his dear hostage and forces him to fight to death, alone
pretty much witch hunt: hero edition
no support, no nothing, just pure coercion since they don't wanna be the hero

truly deserving the existence of demon lord

 

[Naeddyr]

A library isn't for hoarding and hiding knowledge, it is for sharing knowledge, even if it's "neutral".

 

[tgb089]

The village's actions are inexcusable. You gonna take the hero's precious person to force him to fight against the demon lord?
Maybe the village deserves to be burned down.

 

[panneqaha]

Step 1: Demon Lord appears, gets all evil and destructive, kidnaps Princess.
Step 2: Hero appears, goes forth and challenges the Demon Lord.
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Hero is now the Head Librarian and the Princess(broken*) is now the Maid.
That's my theory anyhow.

*The way the maid acts, and the bit about "corporeal things can be easily broken" makes me suspect she was the kidnapped princess.