Kuro no Maou

"Ah, this is absolutely amnesia..."

The black magic I knit has the effect of creating a space filled with magic using shadows as a starting point, where objects can be moved in, out and stored, so to speak, called space magic. In the meantime, it was named 'Shadow Space (Shadowgate)'.

If my memory is certain, I can't give anything in my human experimental life, so there was nothing I could put in Shadow Space (Shadowgate). At best, during a manoeuvre experiment, when I was dealing with a humanoid monster who uses a weapon, so much so that I took it and used it to use it.

Of course, after the battle, they confiscated everything.

Anyway, when I escaped from an experimental facility and snuck into a ship dressed like that, I have nothing to say I possess.

But now, if you open the Shadow Gate... I'm leaving, I'm leaving, I don't recognize you.

A set of outdoor supplies and groceries with as many signs of use as a lamp in a tent or sleeping bag. There are quite a few types and quantities of chemicals, such as bottles full of blue and white luminous liquids, glowing white powder, and so on, such as magic medicine (potion) that restores health if you drink it.

Medicines seem expensive inside, but as proof of the financial ability to buy and support them, how many leather bags are jarring with shiny gold coins and silver coins… this, when combined, will it be? I don't even know the unit of currency in this other world, but maybe this is a lot of money.

There are three other things around here that can be said to be purely strangers to me and money, but that show that it is definitely my own thing.

First of all, weapons.

A boneless sword, boasting a weight that seems difficult to even lift in a normal human being. Are you going to be spare, it's the exact same thing, and there are five of them.

Nearly a hundred other orthodox long swords, like those seen in manoeuvre experiments.

And all of this great sword and long sword is stained with black monochrome.

Undoubtedly, it is the state in which I let it 'blacken' through black magic from my hand.

The second is glasses.

"Ahhh, this is the eyeglass death I was wearing when I was Priest Chloe!

"I'm pretty sure it's a magic device (magic item) for disguises that change the color of your eyes," Coloring Eyes. "

It's still glasses I don't recognize, but they were different for these two. When I was pretending to be a priest in the pioneering village, I wore these glasses and said I was in disguise to mislead the color of my eyes.

And finally, a single card that shines on silver.

They're called guild cards, a kind of ID in this world. It's an guild card that shows adventurers as a profession, but this was in the shadows.

Name/Chrono

Rank 5

Class: Black Nightmare Mad Warrior (Nightmare Berserker)

Party "Element Master"

Other detailed information is also small, but this guild card clearly states "Chrono" and my name.

"Ooh, Great! I've never seen a Rank 5 Adventurer guild card before, Death!

"If Master Chrono is capable, he deserves it."

According to Ursula's description, adventurers are professions like mercenaries, hunters and treasure hunters matching children, rank five shows the highest rank, a heroic status so few dozen in a country.

Leki and Ursula also do adventurers relying on their own arms. That's why I was so excited to see the highest ranked 5 guild card, an admirable position.

"Ur, this, two class names. Death!

"" The Black Nightmare Mad Warrior (Nightmare Berserker), "great. It's exactly two names that Master Chrono deserves."

Please, please, will you stop mentioning that about there?

If the information on this guild card were true, I would have called myself "The Black Nightmare Mad Warrior" and so on, and I would have acted as an adventurer.

Seriously, what are you thinking? I... That's a permissible naming only among the light novels I was writing in the Literature and Arts Department, and that's not the kind of name you would name in real life, even if you're mistaken. Or two names...

"... there's still something there"

Fishing in my shadow with Gossogosso, I felt strange signs of the bottom, but also the deep part to be said.

This is not the only place where the density of black magic is unusual, or more than that, I feel strangely dangerous. What the hell, what's in here?

It's supposed to be my thing, but I'm surprised I pulled that part out.

"Whoa, what the fuck!?

The momentum that popped up so well was a giant magnum.

As tall as I am, I feel that it is better to say the sword, but the moment I saw it, I thought it was the sword.

So, that giant sword-sized magnum, the blade is stained with pitch black, and the red light shines spookily when it runs like a blood vessel. And most importantly, an aura so dense that it can be seen in the eye that it bursts from its fullness.

Even I, the amateur of the other world, can tell. This violin is not normal.

"Wow, what Death is this Dangerous Sword!?

"Ko, this is definitely a curse weapon! Dear Chrono, I'm in danger anyway, so treat me quickly!!

"Oh, wow."

Squeeze the magic and sink a nasty squirrel in the shadows again with Zubuzub.

Koitsu, you want to go out there so badly, you have a great sense of resistance. I don't quite pull into the depths of the shadows.

But that's a force move. Somehow, he succeeded in pushing it into the deepest part of the shadow where it was found.

"Curse weapon, or... I see, I felt something intense about him"

"Yes, there is resentment in the curse weapon, so once you grip it, it will be dominated by the will of the curse"

"What a sole effect. What happens if the curse manipulates you?

"For the most part, owners go mad and die or lose their self and start attacking people indiscriminately"

"You were right not to touch it"

From what I've seen, it seems that this violin is quite powerful among the cursed weapons.

From the power I felt, the curse weapon also seems to use black magic as an energy source, so I don't think it's compatible with me... but I'm a little unsure I can control him.

"Master Chrono, are you okay with putting that in the shadows, Death?

"In the meantime, I seem to be adulterating now. But I'm also anxious to keep carrying this kind of dangerous material with me."

"It was a pretty powerful curse weapon. Perhaps any arms dealer will refuse to buy it."

"Seriously...... so you want to throw it away somewhere?

"If someone else picks it up, there will definitely be a dead man first"

Whether only the one who picks it up dies of insanity, or is it taken and possessed and attacked by others? Either way, it's not going to end loco.

Whether you hide or bury it in a place where no one can find it, I also feel that if you are a cursed weapon of having a will, you may attract people in some way.

I can't even sell it. I can't even throw it away. Sure, he's cursed.

"... I'll take care of it until I know how to dispose of it."

"If we avoid problems, that's all we have."

So far, it seems fine if we keep it in the shadows.

I don't feel like killing people all of a sudden either. If you just possess it this way, you won't have a problem.

"- Well, aside from the curse, the proof that I seem to have amnesia is this wacko that came out."

A bunch of weapons on an ID with my name on it that are clear to me that I used.

Apparently, after I got on a boat to Pandora continent, my memories from it are completely interrupted.

No matter how I twisted my head, I just think I woke up on a slave merchant ship during the day, but there's a fair amount of opening in the meantime. That is what Leki and Ursula told me, that the period in which he lived in the pioneering village in the name of Priest Chloe is also included in this lost memory exactly.

"But what's wrong..."

I am increasingly troubled by the way I will shake myself in the future.

I'm not just a free man who's been out of the facility, but seems to have been operating on this Pandora continent for the appropriate period of time as an adventurer. A set of outdoor supplies and a somewhat enriched range of chemicals are also natural gear if you are an adventurer based on going out to the dungeons and fighting monsters.

These totally unrecognizable objects show my adventurer activity without any help.

And most importantly, it says the party 'Element Master' because I seem to have some fellow adventurers with me.

"First, shall we try to find this fellow...?

But where I could reunite with fellow adventurers who would have been buried in the darkness of lost memories, whose faces and names are thus utterly untouchable, can I remember everything?

Leki and Ursula, two girls who met me once, and even if I exchanged words like this, I can't even remember a shard of my memory at all...

"Master Chrono! First of all, Death, who's with the Lekies!

"I just need to get my forgotten memories back one by one from now on"

"Oh, right. Is that all you got?"

Even if I'm worried about you here, I can't help it. Rather, it can be called miraculous luck to have met Leki and Ursula, two people who know me in this way.

Well, we'll figure it out. For one thing, let's be so optimistic.

"Anyway, aren't we even going to a very relaxed wax right now?

"Yeah, I'm going back to my room first."

"Everyone's waiting for you home, Death!

I guess you have family or some other company. For one thing, I just have to stick with Leki and Ursula like this, too.

"Then it's time to leave"

I hugged Lillian again and left the safe area behind.

"Phew, I'm finally back, Death!

"It's still evening... it's an amazing pace"

It was a vast abandoned city with no idea how big it was, but it was mostly noronorozombies that came out, with the occasional runners, the poisonous ones, the slightly big ones, and the ones that explode. That's all, because it takes very little effort to process it even if you encounter it.

In the meantime, unless you push it by tens of millions and awesome numbers, there's nothing wrong with dealing with it.

"So this is the real Carla Mara"

From the first tier, 'Ruined City', an area of the dungeon called, he still went out through the magic formation to warp, into a lobby-like hall. It's a boneless stone building, and you think it's an establishment to get in and out of that dungeon?

He shows quite a crowd of people who think he's an adventurer and armed, and those who carried luggage in a cup.

The child was also seen, and we held Lillian, a toddler, to Leki and Ursula, without any particular attention. Without being tangled by anyone, going straight outside, the streets of Carlamara were spreading there.

"Something more modern than I thought."

The first thing I noticed was a soaring huge building against the backdrop of a twilight sunset...... no, should it be called a tower?

In a giant cylindrical shape, the spiral-like appearance is reminiscent of the 'Tower of Babel', whose height also goes hand in hand.

"I'm 'Temennigle'. For Carla Mara, it's like replacing the royal castle. It is also a symbol of wealth, inhabited by the richest people in the city"

I see, wasn't it Babel on the boulder?

But it's a tremendous architectural technology. That temenigle, I wonder how many hundred meters tall it is. It seems to be almost in the heart of the city, surrounded by other tall buildings, but Temennigle is overwhelming. Height to that size, wouldn't even be the case on modern earth.

What I find familiar to me, however, is a display that stands out more heavily on flashy signs like brilliant and shining electrical decorations than many of the larger buildings.

Are you really moving with electricity, or are you using the energy of magic that is unique to the other world? Anyway, on glowing letters and pictures, the big screen on the wall of the building facing the intersection is streamed with video of idyllic girls singing and dancing.

Um, that idol kid, with long flax hair, is a pretty girl who feels a little like Mr. Shirazaki. I get intimacy on my own...... is this what fans think he is?

Nevertheless, I didn't expect to come all the way to the other world of swords and magic and see TV screens.

"Dear Chrono, the reactions are thinner than I thought, Death?

"Because these streets had similarities in my hometown."

"After all, Nihon, the Gentile's homeland, has a civilization that has progressed further than our world. Very interesting."

As far as the two of you are concerned, when it comes to this standard city in the other world, it matches what it feels like to be that port town that I went through after I got out of the facility. The so-called medieval European-style atmosphere is the standard.

"Is this Carla Mara special?"

"Jesus, this is such a shiny place, Death I've never seen in another city"

"This city is an ancient monument whose functions are still alive."

It seems that those electrical decorative signs and outdoor TVs are not due to modern technology, but use ancient ruins equipment intact.

I mean, this ancient ruin in the other world feels more proud of the civilization that went on than it is in modern times. It is also a romantic history for a long time.

"Well, that's convenient stuff."

"Non, no Death at all"

"Only the wealthy living in the central city have access to the special magical facilities of the ancient ruins. It's hardly beneficial for us to be in the outer periphery, in the same bottom-line neighborhood as Slam."

The look on Leki and Ursula's face is dark with a feeling of not being stylish for the price.

Apparently, to them, this brilliantly radiant Carla Mara is not a well-inhabited city.

There are no slave traders here who buy and sell children, so naturally.

You're guessing the security. The chimp man also said he wouldn't work unless he gave money to the gendarmerie. You shouldn't think that the police mechanism is functioning properly.

"Something tells me the whole city feels better than in a dungeon."

Now I have a whole reset experience of living in a different world. I mean, I only have a peaceful standard of living in modern Japan... well, whatever it is, it should be better than that experimental facility.

With a strong heart, Leki and Ursula take me on a rampage that has nothing to do with prosperity.

As we move forward, we realize what Ursula said about the slum-like bottom-line district.

I realize that the area around the facility, where we first left, as the entrance to the dungeon, was a busy place for the first time. A little further back, a dim gray world.

It is no different from the city of ruins, which just came through. No, this one is populated only by living humans, with vivid dirt and smell.

I've seen a lot of people like Yakuza on a guy like a vagrant. I guess the population itself is quite something. Old and young, quite a few people are walking out. But none of them around here are the only ones with a little beauty.

It's an unpleasant vibe... I don't know what I think because I was born and raised in modern Japan like a boy.

"Master Chrono, I'm here. I'm ashamed, it's a narrow, dirty place, but I want you to be patient."

"It's okay, I'm not complaining."

"Guys - I'm DEATH now!!

Ursula was right, and a run-down little apartment, not knowing how many decades it had been built, was their residence. Leki ran up to the corner room on the third floor, giggling the rusty iron stairs, shouting loudly that she was safe back.

Many children's voices echo from inside the room. Apparently, they have a good number of children.

Seems like he's telling Leki about his return and that he helped Lillian out safely as early as possible, and the indoors are thrilled. Come on, I'll show my face, too, and I'll put Lillian back in everyone's hands.

"Then I'll do the same."

and the moment I walked into the front door of the room with Ursula,

"Hih..."

A small scream like a push to death and a breathtaking sound. Silence to visit, silence.

That was the reaction of the kids the moment I showed up.

"I'm sorry, Master Chrono. I just need a minute."

"Oh, okay..."

I turn right and exit the front door, dropped off by Ursula's seemingly sorry gaze like I guessed everything. Batan and a door that can be closed.

Apparently, I don't deserve to come in here.

"... Ah, Lillian, you can go back to everyone"

"Mmm."

I'll tell Lillian I kept holding him, but he won't stick to me and make me pretend to leave, just like he did in the safe area.

Oh, you're a good boy. You miss me too, that's all I'm an angel anymore.

So I held Lillian in my arms and spent a vain amount of time getting in and out of here.

"Thorley, Master Chrono"

"I'm so sorry I didn't do it."

"Stop it, keep your head up. If I stay like this, I seriously look like a bad guy."

The vicious face big man who appeared abruptly to me, the children freaked out and made the stiff case into an invitation for the first time after parents Leki and Ursula persuaded him to explain the situation.

In the room, it's like a 2DK interval, and the kids, including Lillian, are being moved to the next room first. but everyone does and peeks into his face and listens with intrigue to this story.

Special, I don't have a problem with it because I'm not going to tell stories that my kids won't be able to hear, but the gaze of pure curiosity pierces me is itchy with it.

"Um, so... this guy, Leki and Ursula, he's been saying, uh, the benefactor, Priest Chloe, right?

It is a boy named Cruz who speaks to me in such a perfect fright that he is surprised.

He is quite a beautiful boy, with a seemingly resourceful face. The line of the body is thin and I can't feel any signs of strong magic when it comes to this. He doesn't have any special powers, he's a very ordinary boy.

He's fourteen, and he seems to be the oldest of the children here. Together with Leki and Ursula, he is a guardian who takes care of the children who are still young.

But speaking of fourteen, he's a sophomore in middle school. Taking care of so many children is an age-appropriate burden. On the other hand, I think it's splendid, and I also remember my anger at what the adults in this world are doing.

"My name is Chrono. Chloe is a pseudonym, not a priest or anything"

"Oh, yeah..."

"Don't be so frightened. Sure, I admit I look alike, but I still want to help you."

"Duh, thank you, thank you"

Um, this is going to take a while to crack with the Cruz boy.

"Quick, but let's get down to business. There was an irregular named me. Wake up, but Lillian, who had been caught, was able to help out safely. After this, what were you going to do?

"From the former, I assumed that I would be able to keep an eye on Silverian Familia. So I'm gonna sneak out to the ship that leaves the morning after tomorrow and leave Carla Mara."

"Smuggling is okay?

"The fare for everyone is no money"

lack of funds, was there a fatal reason?

You can't afford money or anything because you live with just such a child.

"I have quite a few gold coins in my hand. Why don't you use that?"

"I'm afraid I don't have a single seat left to board the ship anymore. Because it's the final flight with a big storm coming."

Just over a month from now, they're entering a season of heavy storms in the Atlas Grand Desert with Carla Mara.

In front of a storm blowing with tremendous momentum, ships marching through the desert are unnavigable and will never be able to leave the ship at this time of year.

"Well, this is the only way to sneak into the freighter and get out of here."

You're going on the boat again...... as far as I'm concerned, I'm going to be ungrateful, but I can't replace my belly on my back.

"Carla, what are you going to do next if you leave Mara?

"It's best to go back to Adamantoria."

"There are no more carriages, so it will be a long journey... but I can live in that country again"

The starting point for coming to Karamara in the first place was because if I lived in a country called Adamantoria, Lillian would have been captured by a slave trader.

It is a major incident, but even without this, life in Adamantoria has been steady for the price, and Leki and Ursula's adventurer life has improved smoothly and little by little.

"If we go back to Adamantoria on the boulder, we won't be able to follow Carla Mara's gang either, so I think we'll feel safe going that far"

It seems consolidated in the opinion that Leki, Ursula, Cruz and all three parents are headed to Adamantoria.

"Okay, there's no particular reason to disagree. For one thing, I'll accompany you to Adamantoria. Then it's time to decide what to do."

My lost memories are of great concern, but now, there is an imminent crisis.

Silverian Familia is the biggest gang in Carlamara, according to Cruz boy's description.

Now I hope these people are just giving away their breadth in the back society, but the problem is that they have strong powers in the surface society as well.

Silverian Group, the second-largest chamber of commerce in Carla Mara, named That's the face of their table.

In this country we cannot do it without power, both on the table and behind. So Silverian has two faces: the group, which is the Chamber of Commerce, and the family, which is the gang.

I got my hands on those guys, so, like the chimp guy says, if you're in this city, you're gonna keep getting targeted. A very peaceful life is unlikely.

Let's evacuate to a safe country where lives are not in danger before we think about the future. Worst case scenario, if it's just me, you can come back to Carla Mara to find your people.

Children like Lillian are more important than their own safety. I can't let these kids get their hands on me.

I need to at least look out until I get somewhere safe than I've been involved in this way. I'm not awake. He admires me once, and I'm worried about Leki and Ursula.

"Then we've decided to talk, and it's time for dinner? We're all waiting for Leki, Ursula and Lillian to return, and we haven't eaten yet."

"You didn't have to worry so much"

"But Leki is hungry, Dace!

Wishing the three of you a safe return and thinking the kids were waiting for you, it's pretty nasty. No, it's more serious for them than it means to wait for a father whose return to work is slow.

When Leki and Ursula went out to rescue Lillian, the kids would have been worried. It's really sad to think inside that little chest... but now it's all over.

In Cruz's words, a late dinner begins.

With the three of them back safely, they regained their routine. The kids who were watching in the next room finally put it on for dinner, and they shake and fall into an avalanche.

Hearing the smiles and voices of innocent children - I felt the zowali and chills.

"Leki, Ursula, we're getting out of here now."

Standing up in Russia, frightened by my sharply uttered voice, the children pressed in unison.

I'm so sorry to frighten you, but I can't reassure you that it's "nothing" under these circumstances.

I look out the tiny window in my room, completely sunset and darkened.

"Damn, I was watching them sweetly..."

Men gathering unnaturally, out of nowhere.

From the shadow of the building, from the alley, when it appears with Zorozolo, it moves to surround this borough apartment.

Lighting a lamp on a dark night lane, but illuminated by that light, the murder weapon they had in their hands sparkled in the dark night. All armed with some kind of weapon. And he was pointing the kill at us without hiding it.

First of all, definitely, the Silverian Familia people.

Too soon. I didn't know you'd be here to thank me already.