Kuro no Maou

"Deputy Commander Cristina, I will now relieve you of your duties as Deputy Commander and take the position of Knight Avalon."

I was given a shocking notice of dismissal with the usual expressionlessness and as usual business contact.

After completing regular aerial patrols around the capital, he descended from the dragon horseback riding at the Dragon Stables.

"... what?"

Too suddenly, too mercilessly, Cristina, who always disrupted the graceful attitude of the noble lady, could only ask with a stupid open expression.

"You must leave the Royal Castle as soon as possible."

"Hey, wait a minute, Commander Laurent!"Rather than dismissing me as deputy commander, I can't accept your decision to quit the Knight himself!What the hell is this all about!? "

Christina Dammed Spiralhorn is the only daughter of a rare dwarf baron in Avalon.

It is a native dwarf tribe, and there are a lot of dwarfs under its lords, who manage a very rich territory by mining and developing the largest Mithril mine in Avalon.Although she was a baron, due to her abundant financial power, Christina was raised as a single love daughter, a butterfly and a flower. However, she did not become a selfish and all-you-can-eat lady. For some reason, she was attracted to ancient heroes such as the legend of the demon king, and she strengthened herself to become Avalon's finest dragon knight (Dragon).

He is a dwarf famous for his harsh bearded muscular appearance, but on the other hand, the woman has a pitiful appearance. Sometimes.

Fortunately, Christina is small and luxurious, and she looks like a beautiful blonde girl with blue eyes, who also suits the large vertical roll hairstyle that is the representative of the old-fashioned lady's hair.

Even though there are a number of fringe conversations from the family's character and poor appearance, the engagement is still not established.Although she was a pure maiden, she was proud of her ability to climb to the rank of deputy commander of the Dragon Knights, and the fact that she was obsessed with the hobby of collecting cursed weapons was a major cause.

The only one who understands this too dangerous hobby is the Visendorf Frontier College, a fellow scholar and great collector.

In any case, Christina didn't use connections or bribes to become a deputy leader.It is also the largest and most powerful of the Dragon Knights, and the first dragon cavalry Avalon's "Dragon Heart".

As a Dragon Knight, only Laurent Xquia, the most powerful knight in the Avalon and the most prestigious, can claim to be more powerful than her.

Therefore, it would be a natural reaction to emotionally exaggerate that Christina, who is a proven Dragon Knight's number two and has been a proud Avalon Knight so far, could suddenly be fired for whatever reason.

“If you want an explanation, I'll answer it.First of all, this decision is not your fault.I appreciate your work as deputy commander. "

Well, more than Laurent's assertion, it's not like he was dressed in some kind of clothes.

"There is only one reason for this disposition."Because you're a dwarf. "

"Dwarf, that's why...? That's why you're discriminating against a race like that!"

"That's right."

Laurent told her to tell the truth without any shreds of guilt.

Raceism. It's a long forgotten concept in Avalon.

The majority of the royalty and twelve nobles are of the human race, and the population has a high proportion of humans.Even so, Elves, Dwarves, Beastmen, and various other races live without problems, and many have become aristocrats among other races.Like the Baron of Cristina's Spiral Horn.

However, common sense that the concept of equality between races was supposed to be commonplace has now been overturned.

"Oh, no..."

It's not convincing at all.

But Christina understood.

"This is the way, this is the way of the cross!!"

Now that Nero is on the throne, Avalon is told that he has renewed his kingdom as Neo Avalon.

He made Crusade the state religion and formed an alliance with the Crusaders.

The only people who accepted this with cheers were the Aryan monks who had recently shown a rapid spread in the capital.Others wouldn't understand what this would change with a sense of reality.

An army from another continent, the Crusaders, defeated and captured the enemy Daedalus.And now, we've finally captured Sparda.

The next one was Avalon, which was declared an alliance with the Crusaders and was successfully resolved only through diplomacy, avoiding war.The Avalon people will stay that way.In fact, they've never fought a crusade or seen it in person.

It was not much different from Cristina, the elite dragon knight of Avalon.

In the Fifth Galahad War, Laurent led and participated in some of them, but it was also about what Sparda was obliged to do.As an Avalon, it cannot be a decisive link to the Crusades.Cristina herself was not selected as a member of the Galahad War Squad.

By and large, he didn't understand the word "crucifixion".

Until I had to come down on myself.

"Christina, you've worked so hard.I will entrust this to you specially to reward you for your dedication. "

Roland then offers a petition.

It appears to be an official document bearing Avalon's seal.

Before Christina could ask what it was, Laurent began to explain it administratively.

"This is a permit to leave the country for Windham."

"Windham? I'm not going to go to a neighboring country like that."

This is the situation. Stay in the capital and protest against the Royal Castle.Or we could return to our territory.That's usually the only option.

It's like running away to a foreign country while being driven out. No, you can't imitate being deported.

"You should stop returning to your territory."

"What do you mean?"

"Your father, Baron Spiralhorn, and Christoph, the head of the family, have already decided to divest themselves of the Baron.The Knights have already been dispatched, and the lords around them have already sent out their soldiers.Even if you leave now, by the time you arrive-- "

"Such a foolish father, no matter what kind of great sin he commits, he can't be deprived of his title, etc.... no way, no way..."

"Yeah, because I'm a dwarf."

Too ruthless a word, Christina's eyes turned pitch black.

"Now that you're back, there's nothing you can do."Worst case scenario, you'll be caught and executed. "

"Oh, that's... impossible, that's impossible..."

“This is how Neo Avalon does it now.Crucifixion never allows demons to exist.I mean, your place is nowhere in this country. "

Therefore, at the very least, as a matter of sympathy, we made arrangements to leave the country and go to our neighbor Windham.

Roland's ruthless but personal words of affection rewarding Christina's work are far too desperate.

"Christina, I'm not going to say anything bad.We need to leave this country right now. "

A mass eatery in the corner of the capital Avalon.

During the peak hours of noon, Christina was in the corner of the shop where guests were idle.

"Ahh... nuahhhhh..."

She groaned meaninglessly on a platter of french fries and a table with some empty jockey rolling around.

Unlike the usual look of a noble lady, she looks like an ordinary town daughter who is not unnatural even in a cafeteria like this, but her collapsing vertical roll hair is a little too prominent.No matter how busy she was, Christina had never broken her hairstyle, but this hairstyle disturbance revealed her current state of mind.

"Hey, Miss Chris. Why don't you just leave it there already?"

"Uuu... manager..."

It was the manager of the dining room who came to see her under such a tired girl.

A long beard stretched across a harsh face.A musculoskeletal but low-height figure is a typical dwarf.In fact, he is a raw dwarf man, and the cafeteria serves authentic Adamantrian cuisine, and Avalon's dwarfs are famous for it.Of course, Christina was a regular, which was why she was so immersed.

"I can't help but feel like I've been squeaking around in this place forever."Come on, let's decide what we're going to do and move on. "

"I know... I know that, but..."

When I heard that story, I thought I should return to my beloved family without one or two of them.

However, if what Laurent said is true, then I am certain that I cannot do anything now that I am alone.Rather, the only possibility of negotiating with the Royal Castle is with me in Avalon right now.

However, I had already fired the Dragon Knight and lost all my status and title.If the Baron's house were gone, Christina would have been just a commoner's daughter, not a noble lady.It was unlimitedly unlikely that anything could be done.

Even so, I don't want to imitate a single exile in Windham on Roland's scale.Too much remnant to abandon everything and flee.

In the end, dominated by a vague sense of despair that she didn't know what to do, she could only drown in alcohol while grabbing a potato here.

However, the store manager told me to stop it.

"What the hell am I supposed to do with this..."

"Hey, lass, Avalon's not good anymore."Apparently, there's been a serious movement to ostracize non-human species. "

First, in the name of improving security in the capital, a fully armed gendarme entered the slum at once.As a result, people of other races who were nesting in the slums were caught without questioning and sent to various places.However, only humans have been admitted to the Aria Monastery and have been given the gracious protection they deserve.

"Our place isn't as explicit as the slam... but the owner of the store we already know is getting some kind of trouble, and the gendarme is asking us to get out of Avalon."If you can't do this, you won't have one or two people who left early. "

Oh, is that true?

"Yeah. There are a lot of other ethnic shops around here in particular."The gendarmes have been on the loose since last week or so.It's like I'm looking for a traitor. "

Even though Christina is so heartbroken and disillusioned, on her way to the shop, I see a gendarme patrolling her face with a new cross emblem.Not once or twice.

They're not looking for a traitor.You're just choosing who you want to build up as a traitor.

It's still a rumor, but we can get rid of the non-humans from the capital soon.

"... it's not an unlikely story, is it?"

Even the elite deputy commander of Dragon Heart suddenly fired him with one announcement.

And the heavy measures such as the deprivation of the noble position, which would not have been adapted if it hadn't been for treason, have been discontinued on the grounds that there is no sin, because it is just a dwarf and not a human being.

In this Neo-Avalon, no other species is being persecuted.Even the general public, like the manager of this cafeteria, has progressed to the point where they can feel it.

I'm really thinking about folding up this place.

"That's right, that's right... I'm a dwarf, so it's not strange that suddenly the shop is taken over by some sort of human race."

Cristina said with a sarcastic bitter smile, and the store manager nodded strangely with a deep wrinkle between her brows.

"That's why you should decide sooner rather than later."Hey, you sure you have a permit to go to Windham?If you want to get out of there-- "

"Yeah, that's right. If you want, you can join me."

"Whoa, that one's got a problem!"Thank you, lass. "

"No, if we're in trouble... we don't know how far this permit will go, but if there's too much lawlessness, why don't we gather all the people who want to go to Windham and go?"

"Come on, can I talk so big?"

"I don't know what's going to happen."However, if you get a ridiculous banishment order from the capital, you can't pretend anymore. ”

"The stone is the deputy commander of the dragon."Even if you're soaked in alcohol, don't you say you're a big boy?

Originally.

After laughing at each other with a sense of mockery, the store manager took a seat.

"I'll just talk to people I know around here."I'll let you know if I know anything. "

With that said, the store manager just entered the store and said to the customer, "Welcome!"He walked away with his voice.

I talked seriously, and I got a little drunk, and I started to think about what to do.

"Excuse me, miss. May I have a seat?"

You must have just arrived.

Raising his face, a man in a lightweight suit that looked like an adventurer was standing.All I had was a rapier sword hanging from my waist.

Bright brown hair, blue eyes, white skin.At first glance, it's a human race.I feel a little uncomfortable... but this Avalon has a lot of common adventurers.

"It's okay." Please, come in. "

Originally, the adventurer man with a soft-minded purpose was lightly embellished, but I accepted his offer in two things.Cristina saw no human emotion in the man's eyes.

After a suitable social experience as a noble daughter, and even as a dragon knight, she looked like a large number of knights, and she sometimes had a glimpse of the complex situation of the royal palace.It is natural that people's eyes are polished, but in the eyes of no emotions like this doll, I often see it.

That Commander Laurent has exactly the same eyes as Avalon's most powerful knight.

Thank you very much.

The man who stood face to face with a politeness that did not suit the adventurer, put the bag he was holding aside.

Cristina glanced at the bag and said with an elegant smile.

Oh, you have a very clever interior to talk to Lady, don't you?

"This is very rude." I had to ask you first. "

"No, that's fine... I think you have something important to tell me."

I'd like to talk to you about the sound barrier, but I need to talk to you in private.

At a glance, Christina saw that the magic tool (magic item) was hidden in the man's bag and activated simultaneously when she was seated.

The effect is a barrier with a soundproof effect that does not leak the sound inside out.It is also a superior type to the normal soundproofing barrier, which does not explicitly silence, but also has a function of not making people understand that the sound is disappearing by appropriately disguising the content of the conversation.

It's clear that this man is not just an adventurer.

But Cristina chose to stand up for herself.Even if I'm unarmed, unarmed, and drunk, I'm the woman who climbed to the deputy commander of the Dragon Heart.You will not fall behind just one person.

"It's helpful to talk quickly."First, I would like to introduce myself.My name is Ahat. He's a rank-three adventurer in Avalon, but--that's a face-to-face title.My main characters are Lily and Chrono of the Rank 5 Adventurer Party "Element Master". "

They are by no means unknown to one another.

In particular, the leader chrono of "Element Master" was once linked to Princess Nell at Sparda's Curse Swordfighting Competition (Carthage), but after that, he deepened friendship in the vicious Rank 5 monster Kaosic Rim Crusade in Serene.

Loved by the weapon of the curse, he was a very nice man who even wore the [Maximilian's Armor].

"Chrono's goal is to fight the Crusaders and destroy them from the Pandora continent.Nowadays, there are also forces that have been lurking since the beginning, which should be called Hidden Crucifixionists, and this includes dealing with them.And I have a close relationship with this Avalon, which is strongly influenced by the Doctrine of the Cross. "

"I see... she was hiding an agent in anticipation of this."

By now, I can see the threat of the Crusades, no, the threat of the Crucifixion.

Chrono must have known about their threat before anyone else in Pandora.Cristina could tell right away without asking what was going on.

"I'm sorry about this, Avalon."For the sake of peace on the Pandora continent, Master Christina, could you help us? ”

Pandora's peace is a remarkable thing.It's like a child talking in longing for the legend of the demon king.

But Cristina replied with a gentle smile.

The motion sickness was already completely cold.

"Ufufu, this Christina Dammed Spiral Horn. I'm not going to back down quietly while I'm so humiliated.Chrono, if I could have his help in my revenge, I wouldn't be so relieved ---- "