Kuro no Maou

Episode 161: One Witch Alcohol

Drink up fruit liquor with a flavour that is not very good.

An employee of a chatty cat and beast man told me when I ordered it that this alcoholic beverage, with its sweet and sour taste, was sometimes inexpensive and widely familiar to the common people of Sparda.

She still dines in and out of the Cat's Tail Pavilion cafeteria busily, in a few moments I'll ask for a new knob too.

The pricey quality fruit liquor moisturizes my throat and all the alcohol it contains makes my body hot.

"... not really, it's something you can't get drunk"

Did I say that I am in a state of pinching?

Whatever the difference between Mr. Krono, who sinks into disillusionment, and Mr. Lily, who cries in despair, and the cause and effect of that grief, makes no difference to the fact that the mental state of the two is deeper and lower.

Even I have a sad feeling about one of Alsace's cases, and I'm also worried about Mr. Chrono, Mr. Lily, well deserved it, no, I'm quite worried about you.

But as it turns out, it's an unchanging fact that I'm the only one in the same flat condition as usual, and it's terribly heartbreaking to see me both sink like that.

I lack the experience to deal with people decisively, so it's like I don't know how to speak up at a time like this.

It's not the stress of dealing with them, and I feel terrible stressing myself for not being able to deal with them successfully.

I felt like what the teacher was saying when I self-loathed like that, only to drink alcohol, so I tried this for now, but, um, that's so annoying.

In retrospect, I only remember my teacher getting drunk on Belomberon and I intervened, and drinking alcohol never seemed to solve the problem, etc.

No, drinking alcohol is a reality escape behavior that forgets the unpleasant, so it's not the first thing that gives me the solution I need right now, is it?

Oh, my God, now that I've opened two bottles of fruit liquor, I think.

"Ha, what can I do, Mr. Chrono?"

The biggest problem at the moment is Mr Chrono.

One case in Alsace has certainly been a tragic and worst settlement, but it's over now, and there's nothing we can do about it.

In the first place, we tried to work with the Crusaders in such a small number, there was no strange difference in power when we wiped them out.

The apostolic assault was totally unexpected, but I didn't think at all of the consequences of total annihilation, at least, me and Mr. Lilly.

It sounds like a terrible shame that the adventurer died in battle, but still, as one of the worst ends, it boils down to a little disgust for yourself that you've already been able to accept and, at the same time, that you've never had as much to worry about as Mr. Chrono.

However, with regard to the surviving refugees, because of that attitude, they were even disgusted and their sacrifices and other things could no longer shake their minds.

Those people don't know how much Mr. Chrono thought and how hard he worked, they don't even try to know.

If Mr. Lily hadn't popped up, I might have burned that place down, so much so that I couldn't seem to joke about it, that I got angry with two flutters.

With that in mind, Mr. Lily is terribly calm and reasoned.

I didn't spread the noise and successfully separated the distances between the two sides, perfect handiwork, a bit impossible for me to emulate - but I didn't expect Lily, who can count on that, to be depressed that far with just one word from Mr. Chrono...

The present situation will all be resolved if Mr. Krono recovers.

Besides, it is very hard to see Mr. Krono as he is now, not only as such a deliberate thought, but also as I personally do.

Mr. Chrono, a Gentile from another world, leader of the 'Element Master', who led the Alliance of Adventurers to fight the Crusaders, strong, and kind.

He accepted me, he relied on me, he expected me, he said he was a party member, he said he was one of us.

Lily, on the other hand, has pity everywhere, thoroughness, cruelty that allows her to pursue only her own interests, she's bringing me into the party because it's beneficial there.

Still, Mr. Lily, who can see people only in full interest, is so fair and equal than some crucifix god, and accepting a runaway witch like me can only be someone like her by nature.

In that sense, I am grateful and respectful to Mr. Lilli, we are still a short relationship, but I also have a small sense of friendship.

But again, Mr. Chrono, it is such a pleasure and comfort not to be able to go back to being alone, without any reason, that I can turn my full trust and affection like him.

So - Oh, yeah, I'm more afraid than anything.

What if Mr. Chrono quit being an adventurer? What if I broke up the party?

"I don't... I definitely don't like it"

Every possibility of leaving him, horrible.

That's the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

I finally met someone important who would like to protect me.

"But to me..."

I can't find a word to call him like that.

Pathetic, pitiful everywhere, I've never regretted living alone without communicating with people as much as I do now.

If you're one of us, you should be able to help at a time like this, but when you come with me, you have no idea what to do.

Something to do, but I don't know what it is - what an unusual and stupid worry.

That's how I stayed trapped in negative thoughts, that's when.

"Fiona."

I heard voices.

You can't be wrong about that, because it belongs to Mr. Chrono.

"Mr. Chrono?

If I raised my face, it must still have been Mr. Chrono standing there.

"Sounds like you got me worried, I'm sorry"

That's how I uttered the words of apology, Mr. Chrono, but that face was somewhere sunny, unlike when we broke up.

Oh, well - this guy got himself back on his feet, he could get back on his feet, that's what I understood.

"No, you're back safely, more importantly"

In the end, I self-loathed myself for not being able to do anything, but now I'm just more pleased that he's back than I've put it into words.

"Welcome back, Mr. Chrono"

"Oh, I'm home"

Really good, apparently I can still be next to him.