Kuro no Maou

When I woke up, it was a room that looked familiar several times.

A truly lonely room with no furniture but a simple wooden bed where I sleep.

Apparently, this is a lodging room in the Adventurer's Guild in the village of Iles.

"Good morning, Mr. Chrono."

At the same time I recognized my place, I had the voice of a girl I couldn't hear very well, her eyes brilliant and big in gold if I moved my gaze.

"... Fiona,?

"Yes, I'm Mr. Fiona."

What's that? But the face I just said, it's no different than the expression on my jitsu eyes, but somehow, I thought so in an atmosphere.

A few seconds of silence between Mr. Fiona, who sits in a chair right next to his bed and looks down at me.

"How long have I been asleep?

"Is it like two hours?"

Get some idea of the situation.

A group of adventurers, starting with Mr. Fiona, must have driven the rest of the Crusaders away.

You're saying that I lost consciousness because of the magic that brought me to the Alliance where I could sleep for now?

But I slept all day like the second time I fought Saliel, I'm glad it didn't happen.

There's a lot to do and think about.

"What's happening now?

"I'm getting hungry"

"No, it's not about Mr. Fiona, it's about what's going on with the village."

Why should I care about Fiona's personal condition at this time?

Again, this guy seems to have a slight uneven feel.

"The vigilantes are freeing the villagers who were imprisoned and beginning to direct evacuations to the village of Quaal"

"Were you imprisoned? So, are we all safe?

"It's hard to say that you're safe, it looks like the Crusaders who came here murdered quite a few villagers.

After being taken as a slave, no one would have survived in this village. "

"Slaves? Ha, you've been with slaves or you're so stunning a conqueror that you seem to be able to write in a history textbook, dammit!

From the moment I saw the sight of Yatsura occupying Daedalus, I predicted that this sort of thing, that young people of some value, such as the labor force, would be enslaved, otherwise all useless, disobedient people, such as the elderly and the sick, would be killed, such a lowest and worst rule.

But that prediction has already happened as a reality,

"Shit - damn..."

And I couldn't protect my friends from this village.

Now, oh, really now, I can't help but regret and sorrow swallowing my heart.

On hand, there is no curse weapon that will make you forget everything with anger, and there is no enemy in front of you now to bump that anger.

Faced with the worst tragedy of getting your loved ones killed, you are driven by the urge to summon, scream and cry out.

"... but I'll cry later"

Close your eyes, concentrate like when exercising magic, and summon your reason to suppress all the emotions that shake.

I have something to do.

If there are any surviving villagers, we must evacuate them safely.

And I will intercept the Crusaders who will surely strike again.

"Besides, I can't show you the cool part again."

Jump off the white sheets covering your entire body and wake your body up.

By my side, you look like a little fairy who can lay on his back leaning against me.

"Hey, Lily."

Susu and a lovely sleeping lily, stroking her long, smooth hair like that golden thread.

When I got out of bed to keep Lily awake, I folded right next to her and wrapped around the black robe I had left behind.

There is no abnormality in the body, and finally there is no scratch in the "Devil's Embrace (Bafomet Embrace)," which is a magical robe.

Both the holes worn by Sariel and the slightly scorched surface when he received the light magic of the priest all regenerated, as if the life of the devil still resided today.

"But why is Lily sleeping here, too?

"Soon after Mr. Chrono fell, he ‘flew' in.

After putting Mr. Chrono to sleep here, he was turning to heal the injured villagers with great momentum.

And after the crude treatment, I said, "Chrono, whoa! ♪ I dived naked into bed screaming and fell asleep, I guess I got tired exercising healing magic in a row ♪

"You're such a boulder to be finishing healing for so long. Lily, I really can't get her head up.

By the way, did you need an explanation for diving into bed?

"Because he looked so excited"

"Yeah, but Lily's small, so don't worry about shagging her."

It caught my eye that Lily was wearing an enchanted billord one-piece dress on the edge of the bed that was taking off.

"Well, it was thrilling to see what would begin in front of me, but from now on, I'm not going to care what happens to you two in bed."

"Hmm? Yeah, well, I hope you understand."

Not a possible response from the Imaichi guidelines, but Mr. Fiona seems convinced, so let's try to be good.

"Well, I'm gonna come out a little."

"Can I help you?

"Oh, and because I have to mourn my friends"

"... Really?"

"What's Mr. Fiona gonna do?

"I have an important appointment with Mr. Lily, so I'll wait until I wake up here"

"Promise?"

"Yeah, it's a very, very important promise.

It must not be fulfilled without every minute or second of delay. "

"I don't know what it is, but just ask Lily"

"Yes."

"Oh, and you said you were hungry, I'll bring you something to eat when I get back"

"Really, that would be greatly appreciated, as soon as possible, delicious, many thanks"

After much greedy favor, I left the room behind.

The crusaders in the village of Iles were ostensibly evacuated by a rescue force composed of vigilantes and adventurers dispatched from the village of Quaal.

But without Krono and Lily, there could be no unilateral withdrawal of the Crusaders.

Krono killed nearly a hundred crusader soldiers and a Kilvan priest who led his troops, greatly reducing their numbers and morale.

What was even more unfortunate for the Crusaders was the dispatch of Deputy Corus and almost all the sorcerers to the Fountain of Light control.

If this repressive unit had detected the anomaly and turned back to the village of Iles, there is no doubt that Chrono would have been in return.

But the control unit was completely wiped out of the ground by Lily's hands without stopping in anyone's eyes.

The rest of the infantry, who lost their commander and lost their power, immediately gave up fighting any more and struck a runaway hand.

The crusaders, who also horned, now terrorized the village of Iles, left, and the villagers took the opportunity to begin evacuating to the village of Quaal.

The evacuation took place surprisingly smoothly.

Small villages like Iles have no power to prevent powerful dragons, or large herds of monsters, if they strike.

Therefore, every village, whether Iles or Iles, is equipped for immediate evacuation in case of emergency.

Both eaten by dragons and slaughtered by crusaders are tragedies in which loved ones die, but the surviving villagers were strong enough to act quickly in the face of reality.

From there I could hear crying, some with sinking faces and void eyes, still, they were certainly moving their bodies to live.

Chrono desperately contained the emotions that were going to overflow, helping the villagers to evacuate, even trying to be heartless, and the 'aftermath' of those who had already become corpses.

Correct funeral procedures according to tradition also exist in this village of Iles, but we cannot afford to spend much time in a situation where we do not know when the Crusaders will return again.

Not only that, but because the number of dead was too high, a large number of bodies were consequently burned and disposed of at the same time.

There is no coffin satisfactorily, no tomb, buried together without anyone.

There was no other way to dispose of everyone's body than to do this, and no one stood up against the burial, which was nothing more than this mess.

Apologizing to the dead for not being able to properly mourn him, there is nothing better than weeping.

Krono thinks as he stares at those grieving people and the flames that burn to turn the corpse into ash.

(If I could have been back one more day earlier, I could have repelled the Crusaders.

At least we could have contained the dead now)

Talking about ‘IF’ for what has happened may be pointless.

However, by imagining it, it can also be used as a reflection on what could not be done, and can be used next.

Now it's time to aim for the end you want.

(The Crusaders will definitely do it again, next for Iles is Quaal, and beyond.

You can assume that this territory fell entirely into the hands of the Crusaders than Daedalus fell and the Dragon King died, no doubt from the fact that troops were dispatched to such a country.

It's only a matter of time before we have no more fighting power against the Crusaders, and nowhere is it safe to flee Daedalus)

Krono sees it several times at the village chief's house, reminding him of a map of the entire eastern part of the continent of Pandora, including Daedalus.

(Distance, terrain, from either side, only Sparda seems to have no escape route)

From the village of Iles, on the rather western edge of Daedalus territory, continue further west and beyond the Galahad Mountains lies the urban state Sparda.

(Sparda has a well-prepared defense force in place for the invasion of Daedalus, I don't know what that is, but so far, it's the only place nearby that has the strength that's likely to contain the Crusaders.

It's just a question of whether the Sparda side will accept the inhabitants of Daedalus, a virtual enemy country, for evacuation... No, it's not what I think of the refugee problem that won't be solved in this modern world)

I am a general high school student, and there is no way I can answer Chrono, who has been an adventurer for three months, whether to accept a people who have fled from an enemy country or, even if it is not, a foreign refugee, and how to solve such a highly political refugee problem.

Therefore, Krono decides that it is time to think about it.

(The more problematic question is whether the Crusaders will let us get away easily, even if we do.

I hope the evacuation ends before the occupying forces arrive, but what if we don't make it? What if they put out a pursuit unit targeting the evacuees?

So we can get away safely to Sparta?

Chrono exhaled loudly on the spot, then whined small.

"Can you, hey, fuck you"

Chrono recognises what he needs to do now.

(If the Crusaders are coming after me, I'll stop them, now it's time to protect them, make sure they protect them!