Kuro no Maou

That morning I saw it.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha... Dear Chloe..."

A little shadow on the bed.

It covers my thoughts on a quiet, freshly-sleeping person, mouth close like a beast fishing for dead meat. There is no time to stop. Two lips overlap.

painful. I also forgot to breathe. My chest hurts. Disgusting. Shock and disgust make my head white.

Leki, what are you doing?

How much time would it have taken to utter that word? At least, I was long enough to understand the situation exactly.

Master Leki and Chloe sleeping in the same bed. I'll kiss you there, him and her.

The two figures are ideals I've thought of many times since I read them in a romance novel. And to make it happen, I took action thoughtfully, too - hey, how come I'm not the one there? You're the one kissing him.

"... the Ripper"

In my head, which was shocked and bright white, at this moment I stain the Red Lotus with a flame of hatred.

I can't forgive. I can't forgive you. I can't tolerate such terrible things.

Oh, hate. Took away my favorite man, this woman, hates it.

"Ah, w, ul!? This is not..."

I almost killed him for real. I did activate Princess White Night Fork (Anastasia) at that time.

But when I saw Chloe-like still sleeping quietly in bed, only a little self-control worked.

When I realized I was going back to my room after my bedroom. Outside the door, Leki who came after me said something, but there's no way he could have ears to listen to or anything.

"... Good morning, Ursula"

Immediately, Sister Yuri woke up. I thought to myself when she woke up in my bed this morning, but I quickly understood that it was because of my own lapse that I had served last night.

"Good morning, Sister Yuri"

"Anything, sir?

"No, it's nothing"

At this time, I decided to somehow fix the surface by suppressing the flames of anger and hatred that still seemed to overflow from all over my body. Desperately remaining rational, I move to spend my usual morning at the end of the holidays.

Naturally, Leki and I will be face-to-face soon. But I can't find the words to call. each other. I don't remember what breakfast we made and how we ate this morning as if

The only salvation was that Lord Chloe looked the same as usual. I don't know what would have happened to me if things hadn't gone according to my plan and I'd said I'd marry Leki. Maybe there was nothing between us. But Leki was kissing him from himself. Only that fact, it doesn't change.

I talked to Leki after Chloe and Sister Yuri went all out. I think he said he would help clean up after the festival. Whatever it is, it was convenient for us to talk now that we didn't have two eyes.

'Cause from now on, I'm going to let my best friend bathe in awful, ugly words that I've never used since I was born.

"What do you mean, Leki?"

As soon as I drop off Lord Chloe and Sister Yuri leaving, that's how I cut them out.

The place is the chapel. Confront Leki in front of the altar where the cross of God is raised. No lies, no deception, no forgiveness. Not God, nothing else, this me.

"Oh, that's... coincidence, death by chance! Leki and Lord Chloe slept together just somehow, Death!

"Don't be ridiculous"

With a crying look on my face now, I can't help but get angry at Leki, who desperately lines up his retarded excuses.

"Because Ur will fall if he drinks, and Sister Yuri will accompany him, and so, to Lord Chloe and the two of you -"

"Is that why you slept?

"Non! Leki doesn't mean that..."

"Knowing how I felt... I slept with Lord Chloe. What's the difference, this, back-cutter?"

Yes, Leki, only Leki knew how I felt. Because you're my best friend, I'm Leki, and I told you.

That I mean it and I like Lord Chloe. I never want to leave him. More, all the time, I want to be with you.

So I'm getting married. Whether unscrupulous or forceful, anything is good. I can't choose the means anymore.

I thought you'd cooperate. I thought you'd understand. Nobody else, Leki, I'm sure, will bless you.

"Backcutters, backcutters, backcutters... because I won't forgive you, never, ever forgive you"

Betrayed. I believed you.

Why, why did you betray me?

Anything else, whatever. Leki would have laughed and forgiven you for anything. You're kidding me, you're injured, you accidentally broke something important... I can forgive Leki. If I fight a monster and I'm in danger, I don't care about my life, I'm in for help.

"I told you how much I like Lord Chloe... I really, really love her..."

Tears are going to overflow. But I can't zero. More than grief, because anger prevails.

"The worst backcutter! Don't take my lord Chloe!!

If you noticed, you had your hands on it. Bassin, and a creepy sound hitting the cheek echoes into the chapel.

The palms are hot. Jin Jin. Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever slapped anybody before.

"... no"

Leki, slapped on the cheek, said so in a cold voice somewhere, not crying or apologizing.

"What's the difference?"

"No, the truth is... Leki was more fond of Lord Chloe first, Death!

Before I understand the meaning of that word, I get a strong shock all over my body. I hit him in the back. Hard, cold stone walls. Right, did I get thrust by Leki?

"Hey, what... are you talking about..."

Fortunately, the pain isn't so much. With my butt on, I immediately get up and stare back at Leki.

Did you like Leki better first? Don't be ridiculous. I don't know what to say.

"Leki loves Death about Master Chloe. Before Ur, way before Ur, I love Death!

"Liar...... no, no!

"I'm not lying, Death! Leki liked Lord Chloe better first... it was Ulu who took Master Chloe Death!!

There are no more tears in Leki's eyes barking like that. Her red eyes look gleaming like a fighting spirit lit up.

I'm not going to apologize. I'm not going to give in. You don't have to beg for my forgiveness.

Understand.

Oh, well. Leki is just like me. She chose love over friendship now.

"That's what it is... Leki is a useless habit"

"Become!?

"I deserve better, Lord Chloe. Because I'm stronger now than Leki."

I already have the power. Power that can only help him. He has enough power to follow.

I don't need Leki to protect me anymore.

"Urgh!!

I guess Leki understands the difference. But I'm not convinced by adulthood.

So, yeah, she's gonna shake her fist up and punch me. It's like when you beat up that ugly, filthy orphan who was jerking me off.

"Stop, Leki is no better than me -" Princess White Night Fork (Anastasia) ""

If I call, if I wish, this cursed power manifests itself instantly.

There is no sound, and as thick fog has gushed in from nowhere, a bright white squirt sprays up around me.

The princess of the white, beautiful and cruel ghost appeared to protect me from the impending fist.

"-!?

If you stick it in, you instantly take your vitality and faint. So much absorption is found in the female body of Anastasia.

I guess I perceived the danger with a sharp survey like a beast. Leki quickly flipped herself like a cat and took a distance.

"How, this is my original magic (original)," Princess White Night Fork (Anastasia) ". Lord Chloe named me, my power. It's the power of love I use for him."

"Sit... you filthy Everarm curse!

"Well, it's more elegant than the brutal Barbados violence."

Staring at each other, Leki and I. It's no surprise that the killing has even begun. In reality, I have enough power to kill each other, both for me and for Leki.

But no matter how much I hate you, I won't kill you. There's no point in killing Leki here. Because there is no future with Lord Chloe.

But if Leki's into it, I'm gonna let him pass out. I'll suck all my vitality to the point where I can't get out of bed for a week in a debilitating state.

"Give it up, Leki. Lord Chloe is my thing."

"Fuck, I'm not giving Lord Chloe only to Ur, Death"

And so we were cut off.

"But, so... I didn't want you to die! Really, I can't believe I'm dying... Ugh... sorry... Leki, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

I had nothing better to do than listen to Ursula's penance crying out loud.

A common triangle between girls. Love rivals. From an adult point of view, it would be a fight without other love.

But if we end up like this, it will be a tragedy we can't make up for forever anymore. Still, for Ursula, only twelve years old, to hold, it would be too heavy, deep and engrave a scar on her heart.

"I know, Ursula. It's okay, it's okay."

I feel sorry for myself everywhere I can only hold my little girlfriend and speak cheap comfort.

"I'm sorry, I should have noticed earlier."

"Yeah... Lord Chloe, it's not bad... we were just arguing on our own..."

"No, I couldn't do anything until today, even if I realized what you two were thinking"

It also means that I ended up thinking it was a fight without other love.

The direct cause, 'I slept with Leki', is also really just that we slept together, with no sexual significance there. At least, that's what I was gonna do. So to speak, it's the same feeling I've slept with Lily every day before.

Yes, to me Leki and Ursula treated me the same way as Lily, the young girl, and I never saw her as a paedophile. That's why I never thought you two would like me as a heterosexual.

But that's just my discretionary idea. The reality is, the two of us felt different.

In the first place, given their age and circumstances, it's not so strange. To protect myself from discrimination and prejudice, I have lived quietly as an Orthodox Sister.

There, an older man appears who can be relied upon. Without scorn with the second-degree people, if they had just the kindness to deal with normally, that would surely be enough reason for the two of them to be attracted to their hearts, even if it wasn't me. Instead, it's not me. If you were another gentle, refreshingly good-looking guy, the two of you must have been on fire more.

But there's no point in that assumption anymore.

They turned in love and broke up, and as a result, Leki died.

"Ursula's not bad"

"Even Leki, it's not bad! Because I'm stronger with magic... so Leki was in a hurry to help Lord Chloe..."

It seems Leki is back in the village because that's the real reason.

Not to help Ursula, a rival, but just worked hard to show the thinkers the good. Childish, no, natural behavior if you fall in love.

"I know. It's not bad, nobody's bad."

Leki wasn't killed by someone's malice. It's just that my misfortunes have overlapped.

But when I let Leki die in front of me, I have to feel most responsible.

With my power, Leki wouldn't have had to die. And if I had paid any more attention to protecting Leki, I might have noticed the unintentional strike.

Regrettably, it's too late for everything.

And how many times have I remembered this irresistible regret?

"But I..."

"That's okay, Ursula. You should get some rest today. We're leaving tomorrow before dawn. If you don't get some sleep and recover your strength and magic, you'll be gone."

I can't always afford the time to grieve the dead.

Gratney Octo disappeared across the cloud, but will probably come down again soon in search of food. Worst case scenario, it could hit us this far in the middle of the night.

Yesterday, yesterday and the feeling of the raid is just one day for every village. And the village between Iles and Alsace is almost equally spaced apart. So it should be morning, just like today, for them to attack this 204th pioneering village.

If I intend to evacuate from the start and leave earlier, I won't have to be caught up in the critical, or even if there is a pursuit, there won't be that many.

The enemy is sneaking right behind us, with no respite for a moment. We can't afford to stand still, squashed by deep grief.

"So just forget about it now and get some rest"

"... Yes, Lord Chloe"

Ursula snorts honestly. But I can't ever see you leave while you're holding onto my body.

"Um, Dear Chloe..."

"Today, let's sleep together"

"Huh!? Are you sure?"

Sounds happy, but I can't forget the guilt, the crying look. Too pitiful to look directly at that face.

"In times like this, you should sweeten it to someone"

Do I deserve to comfort her? Nothing else, this me who let Leki die.

"Thank you... Dear Chloe..."

Ursula, the pale love and trust she brings me was more painful to me now than anything else.

The 22nd of the month of the ice-crystal. As planned, I left the village before dawn.

With the complete disappearance of all three pioneering villages already, the villagers of this 204th pioneering village immediately decided to evacuate, and the numbers swelled up at once.

"I'm going to serve as my lord."

Looking out at the villagers rushing out of the gate in rows, I told Ryan that as well as yesterday, I was fully armed and finished replenishing the black sword with a whisper-sized 'Shadowgate'.

"Come on, can we just leave the knights and the vigilante here now? We had enough of that shit yesterday."

The order of the evacuation rows is the survival of the 203rd Supply Base, where the villagers of our 202nd Pioneering Village took the lead and succeeded in the next life-saving escape. Finally the people of this village follow. Well, they're prepared to escape and they're slightly late for departure, so it'll be reasonable.

"The Ryans go first. Don't worry, I'm the only one who's joining you."

"I know, what the..."

No, I know what Ryan really wants to say.

"Either way, if they catch up to us, we'll have to fight. I want to be on the scene before I can't take it back. If it's not a big number, 'Grenade Burst' alone can handle it adequately"

"Most of the magicians have been killed... if the priest could cover them, it would help."

The magician unit that was stationed at the 203rd Pioneering Village Supply Base was almost completely destroyed. With a few flaming magicians (Firemerge) and wind magicians (Windmerge), that and healing magicians (Priest), you can't expect very cohesive backup. Regardless, he couldn't have had many magicians in the 204th Pioneering Village Village vigilante of a similar size to ours.

"This time I'm going to go to the rear guard."

"Well, that's fine... what about Ursula"

That's the point, Ryan cuts out all the time. At the end of his gaze, he won't leave with a hug on my waist, he'll see Ursula.

She's been doing this ever since she woke up this morning.

Whatever it is, don't try to get away from me. Change from bedtime to monastic, 'cause that's as much as I did in front of you.

But there's no other way for such a change to happen. She's driven by self-blame for losing her best friend, plus putting herself in a dangerous situation where she doesn't know when she's going to die. You can't be scared. It doesn't make me anxious, it can't be.

"Ursula is with everyone -"

"No, I'm with Lord Chloe."

Something like readiness, not giving way to hard work, is seeping out of Ursula's words.

It's not just child selfishness, you know, me and Ryan already know the fact that we lost Leki.

"Hey, what's up?"

Ryan doesn't pull Ursula forcefully because he understands her power. Even for me, I go through how helpful Ursula's "White Night Fork Princess (Anastasia)" was in yesterday's battle.

It's easy not to let them take part in the fight so they don't become Leki's two dances. But if the escort is destroyed because of her lack of cover, everyone will end up dead. No, absolute safety is yet guaranteed.

"Ursula, can we fight?

"... if you're with Lord Chloe"

In the end, I couldn't change that I could use this little girlfriend's help. Leave everything to me, I'll protect them all. I'm just not strong enough to speak Australian that way.

"Ryan, as soon as I get any worse, I'll grab Ursula and get back to the beginning. Worst of all, at the expense of the evacuees from other villages, but we're going to get away with it alone. Be ready, be ready."

"... oh, I know"

Tell Ryan in ears so he doesn't sound like the other guy.

All I can do right now is decide how ready I am for this. At least, I think Leki and Ursula, both had eyes they could have helped if they hadn't greeded to help others yesterday.

Hundreds of other people in red and one good friend girl. When I put it on the scale, now it's time for me to lean towards her without getting lost.

Because if you don't throw away justice, you lose what you really want to protect.

"But you can't blame yourself, priest."

With a slap on his shoulder, Ryan left that behind and went back to his escort.

"... even I want to blame someone"

It's easy to beat Saliel with anger, for example, why he didn't pull the trigger.

But no matter how many opponents Saliel, they can't imitate that. I'm a man too, I've got about a whisper of pride with me.

As much as I'm guilty, I'll admit myself.

"We still have time to leave. You can sleep a little more, Ursula."

"I will."

Ursula kept a small, light weight on my back as I slipped back in front of the gate.

My body in the armor helmet would be stiff, and Ursula would start to rest easy and at ease as soon as she closed her eyes.

"... today, I hope no one dies"

After all, I don't know if my prayers reached heaven, but that day, I never saw that abominable white fog.

The 205th Pioneering Village, which arrived safely without anything, was finally awaited with escorts and transport units sent out of the Alsace Fortress by the Crusaders who had detected the anomaly.

Honestly, it is significant that a quicker and smoother evacuation could have been carried out thanks to the effect of some consolation of the hundreds of soldiers and other villagers who are of no use to us, but who are still anxious, against that supermassive flying mountain like Gratney Octo and, above all, the transport units with large carriages and dragon cars.

Thus, on the 24th of the month of the Ice Crystal, he finally arrived at the Fortress of Alsace.