Kuro no Maou

Right in front of the main entrance to the ancient castle of Ischia, the adventurer party "Element Master" had been reunited for the first time in roughly three weeks.

"Lily! Fio -"

"Chrono!

From the top of the running horse, Lily, flying with its shining pair of feathers, jumped into Chrono's chest.

Though a little unexpected behavior and surprised by not much momentum, Chrono held that little body tight.

"- Whoa, Lily! I missed you!

"Yeah! Lily missed Chrono too!

"Whoa! Lily!"

"Chrono-ooh!

Glue on the spot with no meaning while holding each other. Thrilled cheeks.

Silly couple, no, it's a sight like a silly parent reunited with their daughter, but at least for Chrono and Lily, they deserve to behave to express the joy of reunion.

The young Lily with a full smile is adorable everywhere, but the same smiling Chrono looked only evil everywhere. He is, however, the devil who captured the sacrificial child.

"Mr. Chrono, I missed you, too."

While staring with a jitty eye that shrugged from the bottom of her heart, Fiona holds the sleeve of The Devil's Embrace (Diabolos Embrace) disappointingly, snatching the attention of the floating Chrono.

Outside Chrono's deviant gaze, Lily has a slightly murky face.

"Oh, I missed Fiona, too. Welcome back."

"Yes, I'm home, Mr. Chrono"

Sleepy faceless expression breaks just a little in Chrono's upright words and eyes delighting in reunion without covering it up. Fiona floated a smile she rarely showed into the beauty she called its blue rose.

But it wasn't just the smile that was unusual, so was the next action.

With her sleeve grabbed, Fiona leans over to Chrono's body so she can suck it in. Lily clinging to his neck with gasilli, as if to say envy.

Approaching for a moment. The witch's robe and the devil's coat touch each other.

Both equipment boasting a powerful defense and various attribute resistance, but the temperature of each other does seem to have passed. Chrono has a complex look mixed with surprise and lighting. Fiona, against whom no one could see him hiding by the wide end of the trademark triangular hat, but the white cheeks were indeed dyed by the Zhu.

"Mmmm! Fiona's no good!

"Isn't that nice, Mr. Lily? Sometimes I want to be sweet."

Lily, who flatters the feathers of light and shows her rejection, and Fiona pushes her body in with ghoulishness, even if she is willing to leave.

"Well, I missed you, too, so can I sweeten you both?

The action Chrono took against the two friendly fights at zero distance was just to hug them.

A torn sleeve, bare-handed right arm holds Lily's little body tight and her left arm is turned to Fiona's luxurious shoulder and gently hugs her.

Chrono himself, a hug with half a joke. Still, the other half must be serious.

The two beings embracing in this arm give me joy, reliability and peace of mind without this.

I can tell away, the gratitude of my people. Cheap lesson, but stained for Chrono.

"Yeah, fine, Chrono. Lily's got plenty to make you sweet!

"Yes, Mr. Chrono, I'll spoil you plenty."

Sweet, unimaginably sweet reply. At last, Chrono turns red, too, as if he had taken maple syrup as it was. I was reassured from the bottom of my heart that I was glad I didn't see the embarrassing look on my face right now because I held them together.

"Oh, thank you, Lily, Fiona"

Still, in the end, the voice went up, so the upset would be found out.

"Mmm-hmm! Chrono, Chu Chu!

"Hehe, Mr. Chrono, Gyu"

Chrono can only become even more red due to the feeling of the young lips leaning against his cheeks and the warmth of the soft body wrapping his chest.

But there was no regret.

"Oh, I knew you two were the best"

"Oh, those are fairy feathers. Nell, I'll show you later, they're the members of my party Element Master."

Uh, and a dumb voice leaked.

But I couldn't help it. 'Cause I, really, didn't know what you were talking about.

Hey, Chrono-kun, why are the party members women? Why do you look so happy?

That's crazy, that's, that's crazy. 'Cause Krono-kun's party members are like acting differently on their own, aren't they?

I can't do such a terrible thing to leave Krono-kun alone like this. Still not being together is more proof than anything else that trust is low.

But yet, why, why, is Chrono-kun laughing so much? Me, Chrono-kun's face I'm so happy with, I've never seen.

I don't know, I don't know, Chrono-kun, my heart. Oh, nasty, uninterrupted, nasty feeling, I do...

"Well, then, Nell, I'll go see the two of you first."

I can't wait, Krono-kun throws herself off the walls all the time. The arms stretched out in vain and cut the sky.

"Oh, uh, Chrono-kun!? Wait, Chrono, whoa!

Don't go, please don't go. From before me, don't be gone - intuitively, such anxiety can stir up.

But to me, I can only scream that name. Voices, thoughts, don't arrive.

Krono-kun jumps off the walls without difficulty, passing on the black tentacles that tie even the greedgore, and runs over the hills. Towards a flirtatious party member.

"No, no, no... Chrono-kun..."

If you don't stop, and the feeling of agitation burns inside your chest, your body won't move like it's frozen. The only thing I could do was just look at both of them from above the walls as the distance narrowed.

In the distance was the distinctive silhouette of a light feather and a black triangular hat. But now I can clearly confirm that it's a pretty fairy and a beautiful witch.

Are you saying those two are Krono-kun's, real, party members? No, it's not, it's not. I'm the only one who knows about Chrono-kun properly, and I can help you.

Because Krono-kun is always misunderstood, neglected, resented by everyone - but I'm the only one who understands who he really is.

Not long after we met, but still, I know a lot about Chrono-kun.

"Thank you. Thanks to Mr. Nell, we've got the trigger trick."

Chrono-kun is delighted to be able to activate Arm Enhancement (Vols Boost) for the first time. I'm glad he's happy, too.

"This sandwich is not good."

Chrono-kun honestly told me that, thinking for me. Hehe, it's okay, because from now on, I'm going to cook proper delicious food.

"I usually think of Mr. Nell as a friend."

As a matter of course, Chrono-kun answered that he was your friend. At this time, I was so happy that I was about to cry that I thought I was the first person to make your friends on my own.

"Thank you, Nell, if ever, please"

As a healer, you trusted me, Chrono-kun. I'm sorry, I'm just glad you relied on me at this time, and you were just up on your own.

"I'm sorry, Nell, it's quite serious."

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Chrono-kun was hurt so badly because of me being late for the game. From now on, I will give Chrono-kun the highest priority. Cut someone else off.

If I don't, I won't be able to help Krono-kun on his way to danger. Neither can I hold him back.

"I have people I really have to kill."

I already know.

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

"Damn! Damn it! I couldn't protect anyone again..."

"Well, is everyone dead because of me?"

I already know what Krono-kun is carrying.

I want to help him, I want to help, I want to help. I want you to heal that grief, the pain.

Any difficulty I'm about to come down to, because I, uh--

"Wow, I'll protect you Chrono-kun... hey, I'll do my best. If it's for Chrono-kun, I'll do whatever it takes, I can do it for you. So... okay, right? Just me, Chrono-kun's, my partner..."

"- Whoa, Lily! I missed you!

Chrono-kun was hugging a fairy girl.

A happy face from the bottom of my heart. He takes the little body that jumped in, with that wide, thick chest plate, and captures the girl so that the successful arms won't let go anymore.

"Yeah! Lily missed Chrono too!

A big fairy the same size as a human toddler, called Lily, has an innocent smile on her face and hugs her around Krono-kun's neck. Like a sweet kitten for the first cup of eyes.

"Whoa! Lily!"

"Chrono-ooh!

The bouncing Krono-kun voice reaches my ear.

I realize that one day I used it for eavesdropping, exercising the magic of the wind picking up and collecting sounds, even more so now.

So if you stop this magic right now, you don't have to listen. Krono-kun and that girl's voice shakes.

If you close your eyes, you don't have to look. Chrono-kun hugs a girl.

"Oh, oh... stop... stop, please..."

But I can't. Close your ears, or divert your attention. Because if you do, there's more Chrono-kun...

"Oh, I missed Fiona, too. Welcome back."

"Yes, I'm home, Mr. Chrono"

Now, the witch goes under Chrono-kun. Oh, no, don't, don't get so close to Chrono-kun...

"Stop!!

As a matter of course, the witch gave herself to Krono-kun.

Not if it's just a little fairy girl. But the witch girl is about the same age as me, and leaning against Krono-kun, it's like... like this, lover, you look...

No, you can't do that. Absolutely not. Chrono-kun, I really don't like...

"Well, I missed you, too, so can I sweeten you both?

A mellow and sweet dialogue that reaches your ears. A hot embrace that will melt, in the eyes.

"Oh no... lying, right, Krono-kun?

Chrono-kun is accepting girls himself. I don't believe it. I don't want to believe it.

"Yeah, fine, Chrono. Lily's got plenty to make you sweet!

"Yes, Mr. Chrono, I'll spoil you plenty."

I don't want to see anything anymore, I don't want to hear it.

"Oh, thank you, Lily, Fiona"

I can't believe Chrono-kun is distracted by other girls anymore.

"... Huh?

I already felt like I had eyes when I tried to distract myself from it without enduring it.

Krono-kun stands on his back against the castle, and the witch is held in his chest. So only a fairy girl clinging to Krono-kun's neck is pointing this way.

Coincidentally, I just kind of got into my sight - no, the gleaming gaze on that emerald is certainly directed at me standing on the walls of the castle.

And she laughed.

That's not an innocent smile a young girl deserves. Just a demonically warped mockery.

That kid did, look at me, mock me.

I can't see it from Chrono-kun, she only gave me that evil look.

Plus she, no, the woman shows it to me.

"Mmm-hmm! Chrono, Chu Chu!

A kiss sent to Chrono-kun's cheek. I don't have to be telepathic to know what that means.

Chrono is my thing - yes, he's appealing to me.

"Yes, no... no, it shouldn't, it shouldn't... because, wow, I'm the best of Krono-kun -"

"Oh, I knew you two were the best"

The word finally made me understand.

"... Krono-kun likes those two better than me, huh?"

Oh, shit, yeah.

Chrono-kun has been a fairy and witch thing for a long time, since the day you met me, hasn't he?

That, then I want to be Krono-kun's best, my partner, what am I supposed to do?

"Ku, Krono-kun... Wow, I, I... Aww, uhh, yeah -"

I vomited. I can't breathe. Painful.

Things spit out of your mouth all over your eyes, dirty spreading across the stone floor. Seeing it, the disgust is stimulated reflexively and invites further vomiting.

Breathing twice, three degrees, stopping. scattered diarrhea. Dirty coat, dirty, me. I can't stop crying. It seems painful and not dead.

"Ugh... yeah..."

But my heart, it's more painful. Hard, painful, so much that it's going to crumble and scatter in pieces.

Tears overflowed, my mouth smeared on who, and I bent my powerless knee, kneeling over the aisle. I don't see Krono-kun anymore. I can't watch Chrono-kun holding another girl.

But even if I close my eyes, Chrono-kun still hugs those two with his arms.

"Ku, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.

Hey, Chrono-kun, is there a place for me next to you?