Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 5 Chapter 3 (section)

===Part 8===
 
"-- Hearing such a story so suddenly did you believe him, Zechs?"
 
Listy raised a legitimate question, to that Zechs nodded "Yes" without hesitation.
 
Reminded of the past, Zechs revealed his reason,
 
"In fact I also...... saw it with my own eyes."
 
-- Even after he was discovered by Akatsuki, Leon continued to massacre Demons.
 
At first Zechs thought Akatsuki was playing some sort of joke.
 
But the look in Akatsuki's eyes told him this wasn't a lie.
 
In the end Zechs decided to keep this from Leon for now, and rather go to the location Akatsuki described.
 
To see it for himself, Zechs brought along a magic tool to detect the magical energy of Demons, and a magic tool for teleportation.  Using them he was able to find the place in Galevian where Leon was massacring the Demons.
 
"...... Do you remember? The rumors about Leon's past how he slaughtered Demons."
 
Listy responded to Zechs with a nod "Yeah".
 
"But that was just......"
 
"Yeah, that's right. In wars it is a common psychological tactic to spread rumors to disparage the enemy's Hero...... I thought just like everyone it was a totally unsubstantiated rumor the Demons spread."
 
However -- those rumors bared the horrible truth.
 
After that Zechs also tried to persuade Leon many times to stop. But Leon did not have the ears to hear it. He insisted that his mission as a Hero was to defeat the Demon King, and the annihilation of the Demon race. Therefore Akatsuki and Zechs were forced to request help from Loutier to figure out a method to prevent Leon from acting. In the end they turned to Listy's father -- the former King of Sherfied, and petitioned him to order the arrest of Leon.
 
But --
 
"-- His Majesty the King did not agree."
 
"Father......? Eh...... Why?
 
"Leon's prestige as a Hero was already too well known throughout Alayzard, and arresting him would take irrefutable evidence."
 
With no less than that, the truth would never be made public. If his crimes were brought to light, all of Sherfied would be condemned.
 
As a result, they found themselves in a situation where they could do nothing but wait.
 
However, the situation only got worse. Leon's madness intensified to the point that even Zechs couldn't of imagined.
 
-- The late King maintained a passive approach towards the war with the Demons.
 
In that context, Leon becoming a Hero was to be more of a deterrent. If needed he was to suppress conflicts with any Demons and Galious. The former King assumed Leon would to be in some form a symbol of peace for Alayzard. And for a long period of time didn't have Sherfied participate in any military actions against Demons.
 
Such a compassionate King was revered not only from this own people, but from Royalty and nobles from other countries. However -- for Leon hell bent on annihilating Demons the King's presence was nothing more than a major obstacle.
 
"So Leon...... secretly began plot the conspiracy."
 
"Conspiracy ...?"
 
Listy couldn't help but ask, Zechs nodded "Yes."
 
After a slight silence, he began to speak of Leon Esuperio's real objective.
 
"-- The assassination of Sherfied's royal family."