Kuro no Maou

"Nell, how are you feeling?

"Yes... it's okay, it's..."

Nero is not blunt enough to believe that reply as he put it.

Beautifully tidy, study-inspiring student exemplary rooms. Nell lays herself down in a simple yet luxurious sparda bed.

This is a girls' dorm reserved for executive candidates at the Royal Sparda Seminary. In other words, it is the private room where Nell lives while studying at Sparda.

Nero is naturally in the girls' dorm, which was originally forbidden for men, because if you visit him, you will also be allowed to enter. No matter, there are restrictions that no one, ever will.

Yes, Nero suddenly fell just before returning from the ancient castle of Ischia, coming to pay his respects to his sister.

"Don't push it, take it easy"

"Yes, brother..."

"Look, I bought you your favorite 'Sweet Smile' pudding. Keep it in the fridge (cooler) so you can eat whatever you want."

"... thank you, sir"

Do my words really reach my sister? Nero has doubts and anxieties.

Nell's beautiful blue eyes, like the clear blue sky, have turned into a bleak, vain color of what kind of despair he saw.

Besides, it must be a terrible nightmare and lack of sleep. The neighborhood floats beneath her eyes, representing her spiritual suffering as it should be.

Her complexion was as pale as her blood caught on, and her bright dark hair looked somewhat glossy.

Still, Nell's beauty remains the same. However, the more it touches, the more it is likely to break, the more brittle it is, the more negative beauty it is that disturbs the beholder. Innocence and clarity. Poor, not her natural beauty.

To its painful appearance, Nero shifts his gaze just because he can't watch anymore. Ahead of that came the magic textbook, which, on the desk of the prep, remains unusual for Nell to spread. From the magic formations depicted on that page, I could see at a glance that they described 'Arm Enhancement (Forth Boost)'.

I guess Nell was encouraging him to study alone, even while there were no party members. Nero, who caught a glimpse of the hard-working side as usual, was in a reverse mood.

I wonder how such a healthy, hard-working sister has become so.

No, I already know the culprit.

"... Nell, what happened with that guy, Chrono?

"Ku, it doesn't matter about Krono-kun!

Nell, who seemed like a weak, serious patient, abruptly roughs his voice. It's an unusual reaction as if personality itself had changed into a leopard, but Nero could have expected this to happen.

I can't hide my inner agitation if I see it again.

Most importantly, even if Nero openly frowned and distorted himself into a look that could be both grumpy and painful, Nell wouldn't even notice now.

"Chrono-kun is not bad... I, I, but..."

Will Nell's appearance of repeated bumps and meaningless bumps look unusual? But this is still better.

Nell fell when three Wing Road members returned to the Old Castle of Ischia and finally returned to Sparda. Precisely, it was already down, I suppose.

Looking for her sister, who was blind when she realized she was about to collapse, Nero discovered Nell falling over the walls.

I saw signs of vomiting, but luckily I soon found out that I was just passing out, and the Knights of Sparda had already arrived at this time to the ancient castle of Ischia, where I was able to see an incumbent healer (Priest).

Perhaps Nell's symptoms were due to the activation of "Vicious Revolutionary Exile" and the subsequent fighting, and after which he was forced to exercise healing magic on his students. In fact, that's how the Knights healer (Priest) made the diagnosis.

However, when Nell first woke up, it was found that the mental shock was caused more than the loss of magic.

Her first reaction when she woke up was to cry. Without blinding anyone's eyes, he cried out loud, as if he had gone back to his childhood, when he was a crybaby.

Even if his brother Nero, his best friend Charlotte, asks why, Nell keeps his mouth shut hard. If you think you finally stopped crying and settled down, now you look terribly depressed, and after all, you didn't talk about anything. And cry out loud and clear again.

Such an appearance of Nell cannot be exposed to the crowd, either as a royal or as a single girl. Other with triumphant parade, etc. From Ischia to Sparda, only Nell was sent specially in the carriage, ostensibly because of the "debilitation caused by the outage of magic, so take care of it and transport it specially", but the truth is this emotional instability.

So now Nell is in her own room in this girls' dorm. Around the time I got back to the room, Nell finally suddenly stopped crying and seemed somewhat calm.

Yes, not until Nero speaks Chrono's name.

"Knock, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh..."

"I'm sorry, Nell. Enough. Enough. Sleep tight."

There is no way I can pursue this any further than in front of my sister, who begins to zero large tears in her grieving face.

Nero is convinced as he somehow calms down this way and looks at Nell, who closed his eyelids again on the bed and became quiet.

"... it's your fault, Chrono"

The culprits who drove my sister crazy are all in that man.

A killing intent that springs up unstoppable from the depths of your chest. Have you ever hated yourself so much for not being interested in others for better or worse?

No, there can't be either. That is the only wild monster that strikes me, such as a presence that can serve the loved ones of Nero plainly.

But it's hard to believe that at this time, someone has emerged who has done something to drive Avalon's first princess sister so mad.

Chrono. Since when did that man approach his lovely, dearest sister in the world, no, with his hands.

For the first time, Nell calls a man by his name "kun" and so on. Even Kai, a party member, puts on a "." One way to call it, there's more than enough to observe that Nell is so open minded that he can't compare to any other man in Chrono.

Other men, yes, that must be, even myself, who is my brother.

"Hey do it! Let go, let go! Krono-kun..."

Nell had only seen Chrono at that time when it extended to outrages that came out of his way before Gleedgore. I don't even care about my brother Nero or anything, "let go," and just treat him like a disturber. Perhaps you don't recognize that the person who pulled Nell back, prevented Greedgor's braces even more, and ran away in charge was Nero.

That's like a rookie adventurer who panicked and narrowed his horizons in his first fight. What the hell kind of joke is that the person who exposes such an unusual person is rank 5?

No, Nero doesn't say anything bad about his sister at all times. Whether it's only curative magic, directional tone deafness, or unsavory food.

Therefore, Chrono. It is to that man that all hatred can be directed. I want you to slash him with this love knife right now.

Nero needed more than some time and readiness to hold back that passion.

Even if I close my eyes to Nell's problem, there are a few things that bother him.

The first thing that surprised me was its ability to defeat Gleedgore as a result.

He was using the 'lone flash' wound carved into his neck muscle to inflict fatal injuries, but not so transverse as to be able to say "it's my handle" on just one point. No matter how much I hate you, as one adventurer, no, as one man, I have to admit that only Chrono's ability to fight.

Yes, that man said he was powerful enough to be comparable to himself. If we duel one-on-one, it will probably be difficult to win unharmed. Worst case scenario, one of your arms has to be ready.

The appearance of such a powerful adventurer is something to be honestly pleased with for the people of Sparda.

But I don't have a bad feeling about Nero.

I did a little research on Chrono and his party, Element Master, shortly after the incident in the dining room. I had predicted that it wouldn't be strange for this party to do enough to cut off Larspun's right arm for a record increase in rank with tremendous momentum. The reality went even further than I thought it would be.

That is why I am anxious. Why, all of a sudden, a man of such strength appeared in Sparda?

If you want fame as an adventurer, it's not surprising that you've been active for more time. Even if not, there would have been quicker and more prominent quests since I started my adventurer life in Sparda.

I had as much means as I could. Nonetheless, members, including Chrono, attend a seminary adventurer's course, a day of swallowing student life.

You just want to live a life without waving your powers, discreet, secluded, serene, and fun - that feeling, I don't know for Nero, but it's not. Such a life can be called an ideal, beyond being unhappy with the current situation, which as royalty is evil noticeable.

But I can be sure that a man named Chrono who emits that creepy sign is not such a pacifist.

I had only one worst imagination, past Nero's brain.

"Root..."

I'm not here to see you at the seminary. If you think Chrono came to approach Wilhardt, the second prince of Sparda, what do you think?

No matter how low a supportive paranoid prince is, the prince is a prince. Undisputed, he is the son of that sword king Leonhardt.

If the aim is to hold in his hands a powerful man called the royal family, what the hell kind of ambition does he have?

It is a story that feels signs of unrest, as seen in the legends of the ancient demon kings and in the heroic warfare of creation. But for absurd fiction, excessive delusions and laughter, Chrono's actions at the earliest have left too much to be desired.

Wilhardt has total confidence in Chrono with his allies in my soul, the Black Nightmare Mad Warrior (Nightmare Berserker).

And now Nell Julius Ellord, the first princess of Avalon - I realized the moment the flames of hatred tried to gush up from the bottom of my belly again.

No, it's not just Nell. That's what I said.

"Fiona... is that what you mean..."

We met in the Great Library, a beautiful girl named Fiona Soleil. To her beauty, no, Nero was certainly attracted to that extraordinary atmosphere such as not knowing herself at all even in front of her. So much so that I could soak up my promise to Saphir and hang out with her.

But suppose all that encounter was a trap, too.

The first time I made contact with her was one day when I helped her where she was being numbered by a pair of executive candidates in the square. Already from there, if it was a trick to frame yourself... it's not an impossible story.

Because Fiona, she is - a Chrono woman.

Scenes where Chrono and Fiona are hugging each other in such a way as an inspiring reunion in the ancient castle of Ischia before finding the fallen Nell on the walls are still clearly burned in these red eyes.

Until now, I've had my head full about Nell, completely driven to the corner of my memory, but it's quite a shock in retrospect.

I was quite confident in my eyes to discern the nature of people because I was born royal. On top of that, I thought Fiona was so uninterested in heterosexuality that I thought she wouldn't be attracted to men - if they were homosexual.

From now on, I admonish you not to overconfidence your eyesight, and I also find myself amazed at Fiona's acting skills. If the relationship with Chrono had not been revealed in Ischia, I would probably have thought that I could be friends from now on… at least. I had such a fondness for her.

The second prince of Sparda, the first prince of Avalon and the first princess are caged. No, that's not all, if I'm getting along with Fiona, I'll be able to interact with Wing Road members as well.

Lily, the third of the Element Masters, she has also already begun to become mysteriously popular in seminaries, such as "The Fairy of Happiness". Even among cadets, it was a topic of discussion. This means that the descendants of the noblemen responsible for the next generation will approach themselves.

And on the other hand, Chrono will also reach out to further demons to theological students.

As we are studying abroad, for the royal nobility, school is also a place to forge future connections. In this sense, Chrono is developing such an amazing relationship that it is not the eyes of a concomitant nobleman.

And on top of that, this time at last - the medal will be awarded.

Chrono will probably be awarded not only the Adventurer Medal of Merit, but also the Crown Medal. Both Lily and Fiona, who saved Ischia Village, were awarded the Adventurer Medal of Merit, and they will jump to the front stage of Sparda.

This is no longer a situation where we can focus on the end of the matter, such as the fact that Wing Road's fastest rank-up record was broken, the major war effort was not mentioned in Ischia, etc.

After creating a definite connection in Sparda, he emerges as a hero who saved Ischia from Rank 5 monsters.

It's too much, it's like fate is leading us - no, that's what Chrono did. Everything, as the man planned.

"Chrono... what the hell are you up to..."

My spine is freaking out. I'd like to deny it, but there's no way I can forget to be vigilant in this situation.

We should pay the utmost attention to that man's trends.

If, really, Chrono has the evil ambition he deserves for his appearance - the only thing that stops it, no, is himself.

"Mmm... Chrono, kun..."

The sleeping words of a sweet voice uttered by his sister reached his ear, and Nero brought back to reality the consciousness that was immersed in thought.

Even in my dreams, I wonder if I'm mocking my sister's heart, so naturally I get tongue-in-cheek.

"... it's time"

If you notice, the western sun is shooting through the large window, illuminating the room with orange. Nell in the bed also seems to be sleeping well with a quick, small breath.

"Bye, Nell. I'll come back tomorrow when I talk to him."

What happened between Chrono and Nell? How did that man become so related as to bring his sister to the ancient castle of Ischia? Above all, we must ask you the facts and sincerity of it.

If you were to kill me with this hand, at least, that's all you have to hear.

From that man's mouth, perhaps, instead of excuses for good health, the worst facts will be told. Deciding to be ready to hear it, Nero left the room behind.