Kuro no Maou

The city of Sparda was the subject of a new activity of the up-and-coming Rank 5 party Wing Road.

That is because, in advance of the Knights and the Gendarmerie, they recently captured the bandits who make noise about Farren, the slave traders in the dark who manipulate it.

I don't know how they managed to figure out who the mastermind was, but it was widely known that they stepped into a hall built in the upper compartment, home of a slave trader, and freed the women who had been captured beautifully after a flashy battle.

What a situation some of the women who let their bandits capture included the daughter of a leading aristocrat of Phalen, who could have been sold out to a distant exotic if rescue had been delayed even one more day.

The opinion also seems to have come out of the Knights of Sparda that Wing Road's rapid rescue play had a somewhat forceful side, even if it was an adventurer's quest, but before that great achievement, it became sumptuous and no one criticized them head-on.

Poor could have even developed into a diplomatic issue with Farren, and more importantly, the women they rescued were treated as‘ luxury goods’, so there was no trauma whatsoever, regardless, including chastity.

Bad slave merchants were caught, beautiful women were saved, and the result alone is a happier ending than ever before.

But not everyone involved in this matter has been happy.

Here, for example, is a boy.

"Damn... Damn..."

His name is Eddie, two years as a knight candidate attending the Royal Sparda Seminary.

Eddie, like Sparda's boy, who is everywhere, flat out in appearance and style, but he is the only person who was attacked by a bandit in the matter and succeeded in escaping with his life.

"Damn, I'm kidding -"

Eddie accidentally slapped his fist against a stone wall halfway down the road.

That's because I heard an earlier mistaken student say that Farren's bandits were a setback because of the capture of the mastermind.

No, it's not just the students who were having a conversation that you feel comfortable with, saying that the conspiracy by the people in the city to grab bad people has all been solved by the safe rescue of Farren's ladies.

And it was with the capture of slave traders and the release of women that Wing Road accomplished it that he declared the accomplishment of his quest, 'Farren's Bandit Exorcism'.

"- It's not over yet!

Eddie was screaming, even though he didn't mind being able to turn his suspicious gaze from around.

For him, this case is not yet coming to an end, it can't even be over, a dear companion still caught by the bandits - and until he helps the childhood tame Shenna.

The day of the raid, Eddie wasn't the only one who got away, not because he abandoned his people.

The decision made by the young knights, who could still be called apprentices, before enemies of strength overwhelmingly surpassed themselves, was to let one escape and call for help.

Live or die, no, if you stay, surely die or be humiliated. Even in certain circumstances, their judgment was quick, no one ever spoke differently, and they let Eddie escape.

It was simply strength that was chosen, if Eddie, he could shake off the bandits and reach the village of Ischia, his people thought so.

And Eddie robbed one horse across which the bandits crossed with the support of his buddies and took off the spot at full speed.

I've never felt better about taking equestrian classes than I did then.

Running horses fast, of course, Eddie managed to escape brilliantly thanks to his mastery of the healing magic of fatigue recovery (cure) to reinforcement (boost) using martial arts, all to a level that could withstand in action.

But that didn't solve everything.

Eddie, who lived in the village of Ischia, immediately rushed into the Adventurer's Guild to explain the circumstances and begged to send out a rescue team.

Consequently, the application was promptly assembled and set off as per - but the quick action seemed to be one better bandit.

When Eddie brought the rescue team back to the camp site last night, there was nothing else left but a body for three male students who should be called both best friends and comrades to Eddie.

"Damn, damn... what's with the hero party Wing Road? You're kidding. If you're a hero, try to help them all."

Eddie starts walking in the city of Sparda again whining about his grudges against the admirable young heroes.

The pain in the fist that hit the stone wall feels terribly vain.

"I'm not counting on anyone anymore... I'm going to help you..."

Eddie has been asking for help until this day.

Even if all the best friend party members die, there's no mistake in thinking that the female student group, including Shenna, who didn't have a body, was taken alive by the bandits, and there are still people left to help, Eddie doesn't have time to rest.

The rescue team formed in the village of Ischia was immediately disbanded because it was after the bandits fled, and later it was the work of the vigilante, or the Knights, who undertook the task of publicly policing rather than the adventurers.

There is nothing better than praying that they are lucky enough to discover the bandit Ajito.

However, the fact that four girls were captured does not make them adventurers, so there could be no expectation that there would be a massive investigation involving a large number of personnel with special treatment.

Eddie, a Cavalier candidate, knew that the Knights could only conduct regular investigative activities, and at the same time, that was not the only thing that could be solved immediately.

That's why, not just waiting for the Knights to crush the bandits, Eddie tried to recruit adventurers again in Sparda and act more aggressively toward rescue.

But for Eddie, who is still a student, it took time to get to today to figure out that it was an ultimately impracticable operation.

I put out a rescue quest on the Adventurer Alliance, it wasn't that much of a problem about that, and the reward was also able to work on the victim's family to collect some money.

But none of the adventurers took it alone.

Dealing with an organization of people called bandits involves a higher risk than crusading monsters.

Especially if there is a mastermind with some financial and power, like this one, the likelihood of retaliation later increases exceptionally.

Therefore, adventurers do not actively participate in the bandit crusade unless it is an urgent quest, and judge it fairly carefully, even with sufficient strength.

Eddie has made it to the guild and asked many adventurers to help him, aware of the danger, but wondering if he could bend over there.

The unsavory results prove that Eddie is still in the city of Sparda.

And because Wing Road solved it the other day, at last, no one wanted to get involved in this‘ closed case '.

The attraction of the Bandit Crusade Quest is that there are bandits so rampaged around that they are designated to crusade, equals, that's all the victims.

That's why the fame you get when you fulfill it is high.

That would be obvious if you saw Wing Road getting praise from all over the city.

Such a charm of fame has also been lost once and for all thanks to the proclamation of a resolution, so much so that it seems rare that such an unattractive quest would be among a few.

"Damn, I... I..."

This situation is by no means a wake-up call that someone is bad.

Turning down a quest is an authentic right and the right decision of the adventurer, not least because Wing Road made them accomplish the quest they received.

No one acted maliciously to torment Eddie, but as it turns out, no one ever showed up to help the captured Shennas.

And it is the reality of this world that such things happen as a matter of course.

"I... help."

But for Eddie, who was only seventeen years old, even though he was an adult, he was too young to accept that reality.

Eddie was determined, that if no one was going to help me, I'd have to do it alone.

But from the side, that's a really hilarious and overwhelming thing that hasn't been able to determine the situation at all.

In the first place, where the hell is the bandit Ajito where Shenna and the others are being caught? Still lurking around the village of Ischia? Or maybe you went to Farren, or maybe you went to another country altogether.

Let's just say we're lucky enough to find Ajito, but how do we get them out of there?

Eight men, including Eddie, unilaterally defeated just three cautionary opponents, there's no reason to beat them alone.

If Eddie's class was Assassin and there was only one rescue target, there might not have been anything he could have done.

No matter what you think, there's no prospect of success, but there's nothing pointing that out, no, even if you did, you wouldn't be able to stop Eddie.

How can he abandon his fellow remaining captured, one of the young knight candidates responsible for Sparda's future, whose heart is already a knight?

Maybe even if Eddie was on a civilian course, he must have wanted to go help one person.

Because if you think that little childhood tame girl is still dying to see hard eyes, he can't do anything like stop.

"Let's go, I'll be alone..."

Eddie, who consolidated his determination, is portrayed in the back of that brain as she has been with him since childhood.

"I'm going to help Shenna!

"What... Eddie?

At that time, I thought the word that reached my ear was an illusion.

Because it looked too much like the voice of a girl I could hear.

"... what?

Looking back reflexively, now the hallucinations appeared in Eddie's eyes.

I decided to go to salvation now, because the person is standing in front of me.

"What are you screaming about? Don't be surprised!

Though there are no glasses there that can be called the only traits of a pale green salutation hair, a mediocre appearance as a girl of an age that has no place to stand out from it, it remained bare until a few years ago, and now it can't be different just because of that degree of change.

But still, Eddie couldn't help asking.

"Shenna...... is that it?

It is not a question of confirmation, this is the word that came out of her mouth, hoping that the phantom like her standing in front of this eye would become a reality.

"Who else do I look like anymore, maybe I don't know without my glasses?

She shows a slight willingness to affirm her feelings of hope. It's as if we were going to tell each other some other unloved jokes that were exchanged in school until this time.

"Ho, is it really Shenna... why..."

"Whatever you say, uh, for now, the bandits were helping me where I was caught, and I just came back to Sparda, and, um, I figured I had no memory of it either. I have no real sense at all -"

Shenna, who somewhere sounds ill-defined, couldn't understand all of what Eddie is saying right now.

"Shenna, you're really you... you saved me"

"Uh, yeah, sounds like that kind of a trick, huh?

At the next moment, Eddie was holding Shenna's body tight with both arms.

Even if she was a dream, an illusion, she would never let go.

"What, hey Eddie!?

"Good, Shenna, I..."

To Eddie, who leaked his already unspoken whimper, Shenna held his body back gently with her cheeks dyed bright red.