Kuro no Maou

If you describe it in a nutshell, it will be the return of nightmares.

"I need to talk to you, Princess Nell"

Even today, before Nell and Sellis, who visited Chrono's former place, the witch in black and the slave in maid clothes who followed it were blocked.

Fiona Soleil and Sariel. I knew the two were staying at Avalon with Chrono, but Nell never looked at them face to face, whether it was miraculous or intentional until now. At best, when I first visited, Sariel stood silently, as long as I noticed she was gone. I didn't have a word or two with them, it's just that Nell conveniently continued to have a sweet and fun time with Chrono.

But it was at first glance that Nell guessed that this happy hour had come to an end when Fiona appeared as if she were an ominous witch wrapped in black.

"Let me through."

"Mr. Krono is no longer in the Temple."

The main entrance to the well sunny Grand Temple emits a glowing sanctity with its majestic white construction and decoration, but now only the space where Fiona and Nell are facing each other shows disturbing signs as frozen as light and time.

"What do you mean? Let me see my Krono."

"I don't mean to stir up crap"

Ho, and exhale one small breath, then Fiona tells.

"Mr. Lily's coming home."

"Huh!?

Impact, concurrently convinced. And a hunch.

Okay, let's hear it.

"Thank you"

You can't tell a story that went in on the front porch of a temple that caught such a human eye. Following Fiona leading the way in trying to change the place, Nell, who took a step, finally heard from Celis waiting there.

"Wait, Princess... Are you sure?"

Seris' concerns are overwhelming. Celis also accompanied Nell as a squire when he heard the news of his return to Chrono and headed to Sparda. So abominable memories of being in such a state of emergency that you have to use "The Secret Drug of Forgetting" are too early to fade away.

Because I need to talk to Fiona, and ho ho ho ho ho. It's exactly the same situation as then. You can't possibly not remember the anxiety.

"I'm ready. Seris, please take your seats off."

"... ok"

I do feel prepared to do as I say in the power of Nell, who does not say yes or no. I can't make any difference to Celis.

"But I hope you'll let me know what's going on later, too. Chrono is already a friend to me."

"Really...... right. Okay, just wait a minute."

Fulfilling, what the hell is going on? Sellis swelled a cloud of anxiety all over his chest, but he couldn't say anything more and had to drop Nell off.

"- Really, you don't have Chrono-kun"

Fiona led us to the hospital room where Chrono slept until yesterday. It's a private room and soundproofed quite a bit, so it's just the right place to tell a secret story.

Nell stared lonely at Chrono's disappeared bed, but Fiona cut out the story to a stand-alone direct entry without any such sentiment.

"I got a message last night from Lily, who was missing"

What Fiona said was roughly in the range that Nell had imagined.

"It's unusual to take an engagement and grab it on one side."

"You will understand and empathize."

"I would never do an imitation that would hurt Chrono-kun."

Though I say it, I have to admit inside that Fiona is right.

If I were in the same position as Lily. No, even if I don't make that assumption, I've already had a similar experience once. The despair of losing someone you love, that you can never make it into this hand.

Without "My Secret Medicine for Forgetting," I see, I might be so sick of my mind that I try to get chrono as I want too.

"I will definitely stop Mr. Lily's murder."

"So are you going to kill me, Mr. Lily? Chrono-kun's, my dear."

"She stepped off the road herself. I can't forgive Mr. Lily."

"Do you know how much Krono-kun suffers?"

"It would be much better than letting him sacrifice everything. Besides, there are so many beautiful things already, princess..."

A cold golden gaze somewhere looking down shoots through the nell.

"The crime of killing Mr. Lily falls on me alone. I will never make you a bad person. Please rest assured and cooperate."

"... do you think I would lend a hand in such a dirty assassination affair"

"I think. Because you're Mr. Krono's" dear friend. "

What was offered was a piece of paper. It was a familiar document for every adventurer, that is, a request for a quest.

Quest/Fairy Killer

Compensation/TBD

Deadline/Until the 6th of the month of the first fire

Client Fiona Soleil

Request Details - Murder of former 'Element Master' member, Fairy Lily. Whatever the means.

"I let it take the form of a personal contract quest. Sign me in and I'll keep it with the Adventurer Guild."

Personal contract quests are an unreliable form of quest that does not solve the Adventurer Alliance and is solely between the client and the adventurer. There is no doubt that there is so much trust in each other that profits are guaranteed, or even if suspicious, those who want the job undertake it.

However, there is also a lot of demand for suspicious work that the Adventurers Guild doesn't want to see, but wants to guarantee some reliability. Therefore, a service exists that uses the same form of requisition as the Adventurer Guild, and completely seals it and deposits it with the Guild until the quest is completed. Of course, the Alliance side swears to God that it will never examine the contents, just to keep them.

This time, by using it, you prove that all responsibility for this "Lily assassination" lies with your client, Fiona.

"I believe that the kind princess of Avalon always fights to save her friend's crisis"

"Yeah, you're right, Mr. Fiona. I don't want to grieve you, Chrono-kun, but still, if you want to protect him, let me ghost my heart and fight the evil enemy."

It's a farce.

Lily is the strongest lover both Fiona and Nell acknowledge. The wish to eliminate it is not once or twice.

This is the perfect opportunity to kill her. There would be no hand in missing this - and both Fiona and Nell predicted that each other would think so. For the most part, it is more dangerous than practicing 'Fire Arrow (Ignis Sagitta)' in the vault of Alchemy Oil (Oil) to see if that is true.

Thus, Nell promises to cooperate and firmly shakes hands with Fiona, ostensibly in the body of guiding her friend. That's enough for Nell to have telepathy to see if this story is a lie.

If the facts were corroborated, there was no reason to hesitate to sign the requisition anymore.

"So are these three going to fight Mr. Lily?

In this ward are myself and Fiona, and Saliel standing still in the corner like figurines.

"This is the only trusted member in this fight"

"Even suitably hired adventurers can be as good as"

"Mr. Lily's power is mighty. Besides, she's caged in her own stronghold. With just a few heads aligned, it won't make sense."

"If we're going to attack the fort, then what, we need numbers?

"Mr. Lilly's base is in the dungeon. It's also, by virtue of that," Avalon, the Realm of Divine Extinction. "

Nell the boulder, too, is out of line.

Can a person continue to live in a dungeon? It is one proposition that more adventurers than ever before thought. That answer, with exceptions, is basically only possible no. It's called a dungeon because it's a dangerous place for many monsters to walk wide. It can't be guaranteed, such as a comfortable living environment.

However, examples of people living in dungeons are scattered throughout the continent. Mages who perform their own magic and warriors who engage in extreme martial arts training are famous for stories such as setting themselves up in the dungeons in search of harsh environments. It is a subspecies of mountain cages.

Regardless, there are limits to that. An environment where food and shelter can be secured as much as possible and the presence of monsters that can be dealt with at the limits of a person's power. If both of them are not made up, people cannot survive their survival lives in the dungeons.

"Again, Mr. Lily..."

"Do you have any idea?

"Yeah, when I dived into Avalon, I saw a person like her."

At that time, the fairy girl with red butterfly feathers and green and black odd eyes glimpsed from the gap in the door was still Lily. The pale hope of being someone else who is very similar is naturally shattered.

Aren't you going to fight me?

Thinking about it, nature and Nell's body shivered.

"For once, I'll check, isn't that a trap?

"Can you just write a Rank 5 dungeon place in your invitation and say it's a trap"

You can't come to such a dangerous place. If you think the sender has a clear hostility, it is even more offensive.

"That invitation, may I see it"

"Go ahead."

Nell receives the decorative seal that Fiona takes out of her nostalgia. Inside, like an invitation to a noble wedding, there was a long written greeting in a format and several other materials enclosed.

"This is a map...... no way, Avalon's untouched realm!?

Nell has already once dived into The Divine Realm Avalon. So I knew right away.

In the search, the first thing to be prepared is not weapons or supplies, but maps. The map of the dungeon is the most important item for the offense, neither by the amateur opponent nor explained.

Nell also hooked up with Sellis and stared at Avalon's map. Nell only remembers the precious Avalon geographic information that his great forefathers left behind.

And now this map that Lily sent on depicted a place no one had ever been able to reach before.

"At least this map includes places not listed on Avalon's map that we publish at Adventurers Guild"

"I see, if we can confirm that the map of the untouched area is correct on the ground..."

"Real," I mean.

I want it to be a nickname. If it is a naive trap to attract your enemies to a completely unrelated and dangerous place, I'd happily catch on. Nell sincerely thought so.

If Lily's map is real, it's equals, nothing more than that she stepped into an unprecedented danger area alone. Moreover, she created her own kingdom of love called 'Paradise' in its depths.

Lily did something unusual that no hero in history could accomplish, no, I don't want to accomplish. The power is immeasurable.

"What are the odds?"

"Yes."

Confident, whether it is, cannot be read from Fiona's faceless expression.

"Previous tactics of Mr. Lily's abilities. And there is some speculation about how we managed to build a base in the dungeon."

However, we have not yet decided on a detailed operation to suit the three members. To function as a single party, it must be decided, at a minimum, to grasp each other's individual abilities and form on them.

"It's an extraordinary party, so there's no choice."

"I don't even have time to relax and deepen my friendship. Collaboration is a battle on the road and you'll have to get used to it"

At the earliest opportunity, Fiona turned her back on Nell, just saying she didn't even have time to waste talking.

"I'm leaving Avalon tomorrow morning. Be ready by then."