Kuro no Maou

"- Well, that's fine."

I asked Fiona, freaking out on the inside about me going out with Nell, and she got a reply from what an unsatisfactory OK.

No, because having a lover but going out with a friend of the opposite sex is an act you can't help but suspect cheating. Regardless, I don't consider Nell and I alone, etc. Even if Celis' companionship was definitive, Fiona was going to ask him to come with us.

"No, Mr. Chrono, you can go alone."

But an unexpected word jumped out of Fiona.

"What, okay?

"I'm not going to be that narrow of a woman. And I believe in Mr. Krono."

"... well"

It is a language of tremendous pressure. Of course, I have no feelings for Nell either. No, but like this, I still can't wipe the hindsight.

"Then why don't you let Saliel talk to you about me?

"No, you will accompany me tomorrow"

It is unusual for Lady Fiona to nominate Sariel.

"You got something?

"Yes, I'm going to explore the Aria Monastery on this occasion that I came to Avalon"

It was such a serious answer that it was silly of me to be bored and willing to play.

And the next day, the 15th of the month of Xinyang.

In the end, Nell and Sellis took me out on schedule. Well, I can't walk alone, there's nothing I can do to help with the monastic investigation. On the contrary, pulling your legs is visible.

Fiona tells me that, at best, you can make connections with the princess of Avalon and the son of a leading nobleman. As far as I'm concerned, I see the two as legitimate friends... well, I don't deny it. It's true you two are in a great position.

Most of all, I'm not clever enough to get along with intentional thoughts.

"Oh, is this the Royal Castle of Avalon... something more luxurious than Sparda"

It is a white castle in the same shade as the Great Wall that surrounds the city of Avalon. Featuring two soaring spires, the roof is bright blue. Even if the design is in this different world, it's somewhere fantastic, and I feel that it would be more snug in a picture book or in a theme park than in a real castle.

"Ugh, the Royal Castle of Sparda is actually a fortress used in the war, so the boneless construction remains intact."

"The Royal Castle of Avalon was built to show the royal authority of El Road, so it's only natural that it should look prettier than the rest."

Coming to the center of Avalon and divulging my dumb feelings to the majestic and soaring Royal Castle, the locals of Nell and Sellis give me a guide's regards.

Before noon, they picked me up at the temple, and then I left, and this is how I was a tourist.

As I said yesterday, the wheelchair I sit on is being pushed hard by Celis. Avalon, like Sparda, no, the pavement of the road is perfect because the whole city is more beautifully maintained than that. The wheelchair didn't inconvenience me.

"Well, shall we come in?"

"What, you're letting me in?

"The witch is in the royal castle."

Today's purpose is to meet a witch named Belclosen, but I see, because she's someone who can be Nell's master, it's no surprise that she's a noble person who lives in the royal castle. I imagined I was setting up a dojo somewhere in the city.

"Am I really allowed in?

At least, the Royal Castle of Sparda is subject to strict entry restrictions. Never, it's a good place to get into the fray for tourist purposes. I've only been in the royal castle twice, when I was officially called upon to award an Ischian medal and negotiate Sariel's kung fu.

"Have you forgotten that Krono-kun is the first princess of Avalon?

No, I've never forgotten that for a moment.

"Don't worry, I already have permission."

Most of all, no guard is dumb enough to put a kettle on the princess's guests, Celis adds.

"Right, but don't be nervous about anything"

"Hehe, I think Krono-kun will be invited to the royal castle in the near future, so you should get used to it now"

"Invite? Why?

"Isn't it Chrono who fulfilled the crusade of Chaossic Lim? There were many leading aristocrats of Avalon, including His Majesty the King, on that occasion. You saved that predicament, so you can't just give away your quest rewards from the Adventurer Alliance."

Nell tells me that Celis' father was there, too. My breath is ticklish, and I'm a little embarrassed. Isn't it too close, princess?

"That's what was going on..."

I know you did, but increasing the fame of the 'Element Master' would work positively. Increased fame means that much more speech too. Rank Five Adventurers, now congratulations to King Avalon on remembering, "Help me fight the Crusaders!" If you scream out loud, you'll also want some publicity.

I really don't want the time to take action in this Avalon. I'm not confused with the Crusaders face to face like Sparda, but there is nevertheless a presence called the Aria Monastery. Neither can this country be alarmed.

"I'm not even talking about being called today, tomorrow. At least you have enough sense to wait until Chrono's injury heals...... so please don't burn too much His Majesty the King, Princess"

"Oh, I didn't do that!

Nell's reaction is suspicious. It's about her, so I feel like she's overbeautifying and communicating about me. What will you do if the king mistakes me for a totally indelible super handsome guy like Prince of the White Horse or something? You're not at a level of disappointment.

No, if you were in that arena, you wouldn't have to worry about that because my face is found out.

"And anyway, Master Bell is waiting, let's go quickly"

Slightly urged, I entered the Royal Castle of Avalon.

From the bright white main entrance like a work of art, you don't go straight to the main castle, but walk around the garden to circle in. The garden of a place that was easily visible from the outside was a luxurious type of design calculated and exhausted like a French palace, but from around the back of the castle, it had been transformed into a lush natural park, like an atmosphere. Still, I guess the arrangement of natural objects such as picturesque trees, rivers and ponds wherever they are cut is due to man-made taste.

And it was a long stone staircase that went ahead.

"Beyond that, Belle's company of fire."

I'm introducing you as a matter of course...... come on, you're serious. This is a perfect shrine.

"I didn't know you were going to see a birdhouse like this"

"What, Krono-kun knows a birdhouse!?

Nell was terribly surprised when he accidentally answered the solitaire.

"Oh, oh... there was the same thing in my hometown"

"Was it? Birdhouse is a very rare type of ancient monument, even here on the continent of Pandora. Maybe Krono-kun's hometown is a sanctuary for birdhouses."

Well, Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. I didn't think you were traveling to this other world.

But now we know where Nell's witch clothes came from. Shinto did not seem to be popular at all, but it is miraculous that it has thus been secretly handed down within the Avalon royal family.

I began to climb the long stone steps, remembering the strange emotions of the Japanese symbol I met unexpectedly.

"Celis, are you okay?

"I have also worked out climbing Asbel mountains with heavier things on my back. It's no big deal."

I couldn't help but ask him how lightly he lifted my wheelchair and climbed the stone steps lightly. Even a guy as thin as Celis can carry this weight lightly, so magic is still amazing.

With that in mind, I immediately climb up the stone stairs.

There stands the same birdhouse that was downstairs. And what lies ahead is, after all, all I can say is a shrine -

"Ha ha, looks like you're finally here, Nell, Celis, I've been waiting for you!

And what a lovely witch standing in front of me in grandeur, blocking my sight.

Little girl. Looks more like Toddler Girl Lily, less than Leki and Ursula. He's a kid from wherever he looks, but he looks somewhat great with his hands on his hips and a high laugh so he can plump. Are you old enough to want to stretch your back?

"Oh, it's as good as ever to welcome you so far."

"Naturally, my concubine looked forward to this time. Well, there you are, Chrono, who I remember hearing rumors about -"

A little witch with a confidently invincible grin comes out a big step ahead and stares at my face.

A beautiful girl no less than Lily. A face witch...... more concerned than that is the color of her hair and eyes. Yes, she has red eyes in her dark hair.

"Maybe this kid is Nell's sister?

"Eh."

"They don't look very alike, but they're cute. Nice to meet you, I'm Chrono. Just an adventurer's.

Chrono. "

Oh, by sister, you mean a second princess and a real princess. Can I say this appropriate greeting, and then I regret it?

"Ahhhh, ahhh..."

Look, my sister looks like she's nervous about beeping with her face bright red in front of the hand I easily offered her.

Fortunately, "disrespectful!" And so on and so forth, he was surprised, and he reached out a small hand. A puny toddler's hand reminded me of Lily, softly, held my fingertips. What a nasty handshake.

"Nice to meet you. If you like, why don't you tell me your name?

"... BE, BE... BEL..."

"You mean Belle, that's a pretty name. Similar to your sister."

Nell and Bell, yeah, they look like great sisters. Nevertheless, if you have such a pretty sister, let me know first.

I'm not used to touching little kids. I don't have the art or talk skills to please my child. Um, for now, do you want me to ask you even at your age?

"How old are you?

"Ugh..."

Before a stranger, Belle tells me how old she is with her trembling hands, keeping her eyes squeezed shut to see if the voltage of tension keeps rising.

Two fingers so that the right hand pieces, and the left hand five fingers at par. Two and five, seven together.

"Seven?"

"Huh!?

And so Belle seemed to have reached her limit, turning herself on the spot magnificently with a still crying look, and rushing into the shrine's main hall with a dash like a wildcat.

"... sorry, Nell, did I scare you?

"Yes, no..."

I still just think I scared him to see the look on Nell's face like he was obviously baffled. How about I thought I could cut through without difficulty in a temple conversation, but was it a failure? After all, it's this vicious face you should resent.

"Give Belle a break from Nell. Well, look at that. Well, I guess we shouldn't look at each other anymore."

"Um, that's... no, that's right. I'm sorry, Chrono-kun, could you wait here for a moment? I'm gonna tell you something."

"Don't be too mad at me for being rude to the first person you meet. You're only seven."

"It's okay, don't worry"

Nell smiled tenderly and headed to the main hall, where Shizuku and Bell escaped.

"I've never known Nell to have a sister. Did Sellis know?

"Oh, no, I... Chrono, I'm sorry, but can you not ask me anything about this"

"Really? Sounds like something's going on. Okay, I will."

I see Royal Avalon's darkness seems deep. Belle seems to be in all sorts of pathetic circumstances... but it would be hard if I were to make a loud noise and disturb her peace.

Let's just say I didn't see anything here, I didn't see anyone.

"By the way, where is your master, a witch named Belclosen?

……

Sellis was silent for some reason.

"Dear Belle,"

"Hiccup!?

In the living space provided for the main hall, in the corner of the room that hits its livign, Nell calls in a chilling voice to the bell closen, whose face is bright red and trembling.

"What is that now?

"Come on, what are you talking about..."

With a blushing face that seemed to embarrass me this way watching, Belclosen seemed to be trying to cut a lump.

"My sister, Belle, is seven years old, and... instead of denying it, the conversation would be nothing but unusual to run away like a real toddler. Lady Belclosen of the year 250."

Apparently, the two and five fingers asked about their age and shown to Chrono represented not seven, but two and five, respectively, of the hundred positions. I just took the liberty of misconstruing that Chrono was seven, and I'm not lying.

"Well, that's..."

"No way, I fell in love at first sight, you don't say, do you?

Before Nell's killing in Russia, Belclosen shook up, as if he had become a helpless child as he seemed.

"Chi, no! No, you're not! Never... it's just... unconsciously fascinating..."

"Attractive (charm)?

"Bye! I have never seen a concubine in the last two hundred and fifty years, such as a man with a face that was so vibrant, so fierce and so neat that God of Beauty created himself! How can you be a concubine if you accidentally show off something like that..."

Before the bell closen that leaks the excused word with Gonyo Gonyo, a cliché. But Nell must correct his mistakes.

"... Chrono-kun's appearance will not activate charm."

"Oh, is that supposed to happen! The concubine just glanced at the man's face, and he could be distraught! I've never felt this way before. It must be a state anomaly that this is what the world calls attraction (charm). I had no idea it had been such a terrible effect..."

"Aesthetics", not just men and women, will only be famous for it. And even ordinary people who are magically oblivious to a kind of magic, where 'charm (charm)' dwells, often have a beautiful appearance that doesn't stop attracting people.

But Nell, who has mastered advanced healing magic that of course heals injuries to all state anomalies, knows more about their effects.

"Attraction (Charm)" is technically divided into two types of effects. One is something that attracts the spirit of the other, not just by his appearance, but just by magical powers. It is a splendid magic that can be established by a clear surgical theory.

The other type naturally occurs that amplifies the emotion that just the appearance of being born, touched and attracted to its beauty. This is where people are famous.

And there is also the so-called standard of one beauty, which is what fascination (charm) resides in. It is not something that can be clearly defined, but it would be roughly understandable if you arranged paintings and works of art that mimic the appearance of beautiful men and women who have lived in charm (charms) in the past.

Conversely, if you look nothing like them, them, you can't activate a naturally occurring attraction (charm).

Regardless, it is apparent at first glance that Chrono's appearance does not conform to the standards that this God of Beauty would have set. Those who possess the appearance that surely fascination dwells on are about Lily the true figure and Falcius the gladiator in Sparda.

"Ha! Well, Nell, you're breaking up with a man with such a dangerous appearance right now! Your Lord must be confused by the beauty of that man! I'll leave this to my concubine and Nell will run away!

"You fell in love, Master Bell. Love at first sight,"

Velcrozen stiffens before Nell, who affirms with an absolute zero voice.

"I don't live in a charm (charm) or anything on Chrono-kun's face. I find it very cool, but still, it doesn't meet the aesthetic standards that fascination (charm) activates. Still, if you feel like you've had a charm, it's -"

"Oh, what's that?

"It's just that it was really my preference (type)."

Whoa, whoa! and more depression before the brutal fact with bell closen attached.

"I'm sorry, Master Bell. Apparently, you and I were destined to kill each other."

"Wow!? Hey, wait! Wait, Nell! The concubine has no intention of contending with the Lord!

"But you fell in love with Chrono-kun, didn't you?

"Ko, I admit my heart has shaken, but my concubine has a destiny opponent! You can never resist that, it's like a concubine duty, a mission to accomplish over your lifetime!

"I don't have an easy wack to give up about Chrono-kun"

"Because I can do that, a concubine is not a person... okay, Nell, a concubine will never be tied to Chrono, and I don't want to. All concubines can only be sacrificed to their destiny counterparts, those with the protection of the Demon King!

Though teary-eyed with a bright red face, Nell was willing to kill in the seriously spoken word of Velcrozen.

"It's a joy for me, but... after all, Master Bell is bound by a truly sad fate"

"Fine, my concubine accepts this fate. But if I've been so shaken up, it's too hard to face that Chrono... sorry, but will Chrono just leave me like this"

"Dear Belle... Yes, I understand"

Dare to turn away the person you fell in love with, to her sad decision, Nell is about to cry. But for me and for Belclosen, it goes without saying that this is the best.

"I'm really sorry to call you from the concubine. Tell Chrono that Belclosen has traveled far away to train."

"Chrono-kun means we'll never see each other."

"Huh, should Nell feel safer about that, too?

"I'm sorry. I care, it hurts."

Considering Belclosen's chest, Nell correctly answered with a caged bow of heart, worthy of facing his master.

And drawing on her sad determination to return to the land where Chrono waits...

"But should we be good enough to see it from a distance?

"Ugh, no"

If I hadn't practiced. To the witch, Nell couldn't get it out with a full grin.