The heroes shouldn't be invited

[Cortavar]

The Great Evil has been defeated against all odds by the Heroes.

The people can now celebrate their victory, and a festival is organized by the relieved Reasonable Authority Figure.

The only thing is that the Reasonable Authority Figure has a very good reason to not invite the Heroes to the celebration.

What is that reason?

 

[Simple_Russian_Boi]

The Great Evil died trough snu-snu

 

[Ploptian]

Because they got sent back home, because they immediately retired, because they died, because they were imprisoned/enslaved, because the last time and no one wants a repeat of that, because they’re on the moon and can’t get back, because they ascended to godhood, etc.

 

[MintiLime]

They are in the intensive care unit and can’t be trusted around alcohol!

 

[Sleds]

Heroes smoke cannabis and fill every room with smoke wherever they are. Since ordinary people are too weak to bear so much THC, political figures avoid inviting heroes to every event with common people in the assembly to avoid collateral damage.

 

[Succubiome]

The heroes are alternate-universe versions of the villains.

 

[Aoi_Sora]

The Heroes gang-banged the princess and the princess is in for it.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

The Great Evil has been defeated against all odds by the Heroes.

The people can now celebrate their victory, and a festival is organized by the relieved Reasonable Authority Figure.

The only thing is that the Reasonable Authority Figure has a very good reason to not invite the Heroes to the celebration.

What is that reason?

The heroes are otakus.

 

[ParticleOfSand]

The knight that killed the dragon eventually became the new dragon.

 

[APieceOfRock]

Maybe the Reasonable Authority Figure realized that maybe the real heroes are the friends we made along the way.

 

[John_Owl]

The knight that killed the dragon eventually became the new dragon.

Diablo 1&2, right?

additionally, to OP's question, the hero's accidentally killed the great evil, and they are actually chaotic evil and wreaked hell on the town leading up to the "fight". or they were greedy, and used the "we're great heroes, you gotta give us free stuff" excuse, so, while people are grateful, they aren't overly fond of them.

 

[RepresentingEnvy]

Maybe the Reasonable Authority Figure realized that maybe the real heroes are the friends we made along the way.

The reasonable authority figure found out the heroes true form! They were all pebbles!

 

[TotallyHuman]

because the Great Evil was absolutely adored by the people and they would tear into the heroes necks if they found the idiots

 

[ElijahRyne]

The Great Evil has been defeated against all odds by the Heroes.

The people can now celebrate their victory, and a festival is organized by the relieved Reasonable Authority Figure.

The only thing is that the Reasonable Authority Figure has a very good reason to not invite the Heroes to the celebration.

What is that reason?

The Heroes are extremely afraid of ghosts. They throw out attacks comparable to nukes whenever they are scared. The issue is that force ghosts always come and point out how cliche endings like this are.

 

[HungrySheep]

The heroes are smut protags with the Ascendant Transcendent Genderbend Sex System which automatically genderbends all characters within a 69 meter radius and makes them unbearably horny.

Edit: Also it's a LitRPG setting where the protags level up through sex.

Edit 2: And they're isekai'd from another world which gives them knowledge of making infinite sex toys within a femtosecond.

 

[HelloHound]

this king just hates her guts and doesn't want to publicly lose his temper

 

[TotallyHuman]

The reasonable authority figure found out the heroes true form! They were all pebbles!

this reminds me of a time when humanity first discovered reptiloids lurking among afluent merchants and guilders. Fun times, lots of profit

 

[T.K._Paradox]

The heroes summoned were not a bunch of attractive teenagers that saved the day through quirky isekai shenanigans, but rather a bunch of sadistic hellraiser-esque monsters that brought a cruel retribution to the big evil and his underlings.

The authority figure is afraid the heroes appearances and their enthusiasm for carnage on what they consider to be 'The Wicked' and fears what repercussions might fall on his image if people find out who -- if not what -- the heroes actually are.

 

[Tempokai]

Due to the demonic miasma, heroes got corrupted and were banished by the goddess into the abyss, who knew it will happen, perpetrating the cycle yet again

 

[Reinaislost]

Because they stink?