Kuro no Maou

Go up the stairs aiming at the right wing of this school building, its rooftop.

From the looks of it, I thought that only high-profile students in executive courses would use the school building, but there was nothing particularly like that, so I was able to get in.

The rooftops are said to be constantly liberated, so neither here nor anybody can blame them, and thus they are well up the stairs.

Apparently, the time now is just in class and there are no students around here at all.

But if it's a lunch break in an hour, it'll be a busy day for a lot of students, especially today.

With that in mind, entering the roof with Simon's lead,

"You have a client."

Sounds like it.

It was a rooftop I came to thinking that no one would be there after all, but there was one student there.

Looking at it painfully, I think he's probably a boy his age, all the more so because the color of his hair is as black as mine, reminiscent of his former classmates.

You were napping, you were sleeping on the bench, but you noticed our presence over there, and you just woke up and stood up.

In the same black blazer as Simon, but a bright red cloak flicks through his shoulder.

I see, is this the guy with the executive candidate?

……

The executive candidate thinks we showed up and got in the way of a nap, or he walks straight to the entrance and exit to get out of the roof.

I saw clearly the face of the student who left right next to me.

You're a very colorful man, that's my number one impression.

I'm just a little jealous that if I looked like my father, not my mother, I would have turned out to be such a neutral beautiful boy.

No, when I say beautiful boy, it's not a young image, and even if I get a skinny long, carefree look at whether it reaches 180 centimeters, not as tall as me, somewhere elegant that figure should be called beautiful young.

But as far as I'm concerned, I was more concerned about having red eyes on my black hair than about such beauty.

Those brunette red eyes are the same as Mia's, at least I've never seen anyone else with the same color.

No, there are usually people like Fiona who have unlikely colors on the planet, so if you look, maybe dark hair, red eyes, isn't that uncommon.

So self-contained, I went to Simon without paying any particular attention,

"Is that the guy with the executive candidate?

and asked casually.

"Yeah, but he's special among the top cadets."

"Really?

I didn't know it was because it was bad like an elite executive candidate skipping class and taking a nap, but Simon's answer was to go diagonally to my expectations.

"Nero Julius Ellord, first prince of the ‘old demon kingdom' Avalon next door."

Avalon is one of the large urban states adjacent to Sparda.

More importantly, the alias‘ Old Demon King's Land ’is a familiar name even if you live in the village of Iles.

The great empire built by the ancient demon king Mia Ellord is the Ellord Empire, whose capital is the name Avalon.

In other words, the modern urban state of Avalon is the orthodox successor to the ancient Ellord Empire.

"Maybe Mia Ellord and the guy just now have blood connections in the direct line?

For example, it can be explained that Mia's brunette red eye was inherited as a genetic trait.

"Come on, just like Baldier, it's suspicious if Avalon's royal family really has the blood of the Demon King in them."

"... right"

Then should we think occasionally?

I went in a little more and asked, but Avalon's king had dark hair but blue eyes, blonde blue eyes before him and kept moving away from Mia's appearance.

Yeah, you still just occasionally got the same color scheme. This is...

As far as I'm concerned, I was interested in various circumstances, such as whether a great man from another country was attending this school because he was a prince of Avalon, but now more than ever.

"Well, it looks like nobody's here anymore, so let's talk about me."

"Oh, yeah, you are"

Let Simon know that I'm a different person.

One day, he was suddenly summoned to this world and turned into a guinea pig for human experimentation, luckily escaped the experimental facility, met Lily, and the cause with the Crusaders connected to this day from the destruction of the village of Iles.

"But how resentful I was, it's not like I can get into Ark Continent now and smash them every experimental facility.

I thought after I got this left eye... "

I gently stroked my fingers from the top of my eyelid with the left eye of the protections that dwell on the brilliance of crimson, not the natural color.

"I guess I can only fight the Crusaders in front of me right now.

If you attack Sparda, many soldiers, no, if anything like defeat, will die again in large numbers of people just living in peace.

I know there's no way I can protect all those people by myself, but I can't protect anyone without fighting. "

"Trying to escape, don't you think? 'Cause this isn't the country you were born from, and the world is different in the first place, it hasn't been a year since you came over here, and I wonder if it's worth it enough to think about protecting it with your life."

As I leaned down, Simon told me that.

Running away, sure, you've thought about doing that before, but I forgot about it after three steps.

"The only thing I want to protect, even with my life at stake, is now, Lily, Fiona and Simon, you."

In many words, he was a little ashamed, and swallowed and stroked Simon's head in the blindfold.

Good thing there was no wonder and no resistance, I continued my words as I stroked them.

"But I can't seem to forgive the Crusaders for doing whatever they want in God's name.

There are tens of thousands of them, there's a messenger, but still, I'd rather fight than run, because fortunately, I have the power. "

Yes, the power they gave me unilaterally.

Like those experimental bodies led by Cyprus, I can give them back the power that was supposed to be directed at Pandora's ‘demonic tribe', just as it was, to them.

"Your brother is strong, so I wonder if he's afraid to fight..."

I said those words as Simon whined as I fixed my slightly disturbed gray hair.

"I'm afraid of dying, but I'm more afraid of losing something important without doing anything.

I'm sure knights can fight because they all want to protect them. "

Some of them, like Vulcan, will love the fight, but it's wild to say it now.

"I'm scared."

A little wind won't blow on the roof.

I can see Simon's slightly leaning, saggy forehead in the wind, and his big emerald eyes.

That seemed like it was going to make me cry again.

"When I was fighting in Alsace, I was desperate anyway, and I didn't really feel it.

But after Mr. Suse protected me and survived, I was terrified to fight. "

You don't want to be looked at, Simon turned that way and continued the words.

"Even I want to fight the Crusaders and avenge everyone, and I want to protect this country.

But no, I can't be as strong as your brother, I can't help but be scared if that white army pushes over again, you know, even now, I can't stop trembling when the bucket that killed us all shows up!

I couldn't find any words to call.

When it comes to fear of death, it's not the same place to start in the first place with me having a sturdy body that doesn't die a bit or softly, and Simon, who has no magic, no martial arts and can only have the same physical abilities as a child.

Though I have tasted the pain of hell, there is no word I can say to Simon, who has given me strength for a very short period of time, striving for strength to fight for a long time, and all of it has never come to fruition.

"... sorry, I knew you'd forget about that one.

It's okay, 'cause I'm sure when the Crusaders attack Sparda, we can fight again. "

Simon turning to me like that.

"No, that's okay"

"Huh?"

"You must be an alchemist, don't you have to fight?

Simon with a strange look at what you got my word for.

But I didn't mind continuing the dialogue.

"But, Simon, you have the potential to kill more crusaders than anyone."

"What do you mean?"

"Wouldn't you like to build a gun?

Simon was surprised to see her eyes open when she finally realized what I meant.

This story is also another reason I came to see Simon today.

"We lost in Alsace, but the power of the gun proved, didn't we?

The machine gun splendidly crushed the infantry assault.

Simon shot and killed many enemy magicians with a sniper using yatta glass.

If all the Alliance of Adventurers had been equipped with rifle guns, wouldn't it have been easier to fight?

Some sturdy guys can't get through bullets like heavy knights, but still the crusader's main force is that overwhelming number of infantry.

"... Mass production of guns"

"That's not all, Simon would be able to build more weapons than that."

Could modern weapons that use artillery, landmines and roughly gunpowder, for example, be manufactured as long as it takes?

On the contrary, if we incorporate magic like a machine gun, we might even be able to reproduce modern weapons like missiles.

"There's a 'science and technology' in my head that this world doesn't have, and I don't know much about it, but Simon should be able to shape it."

Yes, this genius alchemist should be able to reproduce something close to the real thing from my vague knowledge, because he built the gun all by himself, no matter what.

If you have any hints, this girl has the brains to get to the answer.

"Well, looks like there's a new lab, why don't you try it?

"Yeah...... yeah! That's right, you just need me to build an awesome weapon!

You're right, you just have to leave it to a sturdy guy like me to fight on the front lines.

"Well, then you're gonna need research funding."

"Oh..."

Simon with a hazy face.

Well, poor students like adventurers do to earn tuition, there's no way they can squeeze out funds to develop modern weapons.

"There, well, can I make some money"

"Oh, no, I'm sorry!

"Don't worry, I'm not giving you a dime for anything, this is an investment, hope Simon can have a weapon that can wipe out the Crusaders,"

However, I will also tell them that I am not financially strong enough to invest heavily right now.

Whatever you say, I'm not yet a Rank 2 Adventurer, capable of ordering a difficult quest for a thousand bucks.

But "Element Master" should be able to play Rank Up as soon as Rank 4.

I still don't know how much Rank 5 is, but even Rank 4 will make enough money, that's enough to have a single family big house in the upper compartment.

"Yeah, I'll hang in there! Because I'll definitely show it to your brother's expectations!

Shimon brightens his eyes and burns into research, more than anything else.

"Oh, but by far the best person to handle guns is Simon, and maybe he'll be fighting as a sniper"

"What, are you saying sole now?!?

Whatever it is, a modern weapons development plan was decided here.

"Crusader soldiers defeat Simon with modern weapons, but defeat the Apostle -"

You can't even pierce that white aura with about a bullet, no matter how many shots you fire in, the result is the same.

The blunt weight of the cannon won't even make him hit in the first place.

It is incompatible with modern weapons created against ‘ordinary human beings' with apostles with superhuman abilities in the person's possession.

- It's my job.

That is why this one also confronts with ‘individuals’ of comparable strength to the Apostle.

The protection of Mia Ellord was, above all, the kind of mouthpiece that Mia knew about the "apostle of white God" that could make it happen.

Its identity is still unknown, but it seems most likely in the present situation.

"But is that protection so believable?

"Talk about possibilities, so..."

Absolutely certain, it's hard not to affirm.

The status quo, where the contents of the trial have not even been revealed, makes no sense waiting for the Crusaders to attack us until they get protection.

Uncertainty of protection, crusaders who do not know when to move, the problem is piles.

"For once, it's our basic policy to fight strong monsters and build strength."

I don't rely on all my powers to protect me from anything, I'm looking to improve my ranks because I wanted to hone my powers after my real-time experience with powerful monsters in the first place.

"In action, it's hard, I thought I'd train in magic and martial arts."

"Training, or... in the first place, I've only been in action with mobile experiments, so I had no idea."

From what I've been told, it would be training when it comes to the means to be strong.

Sounds exaggerated, but, well, in short, it would be the right way to apply force, like a jerk starting boxing and getting stronger.

"I don't know what to do when they say I have to train."

Should I be hit by a waterfall for now? No, that's mental stuff, so it doesn't tie you to direct power.

"Isn't that what you should be taught at school?

I see, you're absolutely right.

Speaking of which, we talked about going to school with the two of you on the road to buy this black robe.

You wanted to learn the basics of this world rather than an adventurer then, and you were thinking positively about going to school.

"If you're going through, do you still want Coco?

At the time we talked before, I didn't know much about this school, but there are active students here at the corner, if you ask me, I'll know soon enough.

"Well, you know, I think the type like your brother has our adventurer Koos."

"Is it different if you're not the type like me?

What's my type in the first place?

"I don't know right or left. Amateur and newbie adventurer means I'd rather go to another adventurer training school that tells me everything from hands-on when I enroll than a system where my favorite curriculum can be put together like our adventurer course"

Well, I'm certainly not the type of rookie adventurer already, only three months there for a period of time, but the rank is already two.

"So, your brother doesn't want to be in a class that gets explained more about the Alliance and Quest systems, he just wants to learn areas that he doesn't know yet, so it's more efficient to have a class that he likes selectively, like ours."

You're absolutely right, it seems like you're even employing that system for me.

"As I said earlier, there are many adventurers out there who have some strength but no learning, so we're good at learning wherever we want."

That's exactly the symbolic phenomenon of a lot of dropping out of school without graduating once you've learned only the parts you need.

Besides, if you go by while you're an active adventurer, you're still limited to places like this.

"By the way, how long would it take to get into school?

"I won't know until I find out the detailed amount, but adventurer courses are the cheapest, tuition should be earned while you're in school like me, and all you need for now is a minimum enrollment fee, I probably won't even give you a hundred thousand clans"

100,000 or is it expensive or cheap to fulfill...... hmmm even when I had a rank 1 adventurer life in Iles Village, it didn't take me a month to make 100,000 clans and 10 gold in Daedalus.

Then, if you're saying that even Rank 1 can truly do an adventurer and go, the amount of 100,000 won't be that high.

After all, the most expensive thing about an adventurer is his gear, even if it's not a curse weapon. A million swords or something. Zara.

"Right...... school, do you want to go"

"Yeah, that's good!

Simon agrees with me with a smile.

"Okay, so when the current quest is cleared and rank three, we're going to school."

I'm sure Lily and Fiona will be coming along, thinking about it makes me look forward to purely school life.

That must have been an untrained high school life interrupted somewhere in my mind.