Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

Chapter 158: Under The Blue Sky(Act 8 Epilogue)

◆Black Haired Sage; Chiyuki

Voices of praise resounded around Reiji.

He drove away the dragonewt and Blue Dragon Azimid who had come to attack us.

The people were showering him with praise for managing to reclaim the wetlands.

They were in a completely festive mood.

Many humans could survive with the increased amount of farmland.

Alas, that farmland was gained by snatching it from the natives in this wetland.

There were no demi-humans such as lizardmen back on Earth.

That's why this matter was never a problem. Alas, many species went extinct along with the development of the human race back on Earth.

「What's the matter, Chiyuki-san? Are you worrying about something?」

Before I knew it, Nao had already been standing by my side, looking at my face.

Her big, cat-like eyes were staring curiously at me.

「It's nothing, Nao-san. I’m just worried about what we did.」

I said so while shaking my head.

The people in front of me were dancing happily as they formed a human ring. And Reiji stood in the center of that ring.

Reiji was the hero. Even if some humans hated him, many more humans praised him for saving people.

I then recalled what the Great Sage Magius had told me before.

Maybe I should change my perception that seemed to be normal for this world until now.

「Chiyuki-san… A cat doesn't care about what a mouse feels.」

「Eh?」

Nao suddenly muttered those words to me.

I unintentionally looked at Nao.

But, Nao had already averted her gaze by that time.

She was smiling merrily as she looked at the festival.

「Well then! This Nao-san’s going to dance too!」

Nao ran toward Reiji and co.

It only took her a second to arrive by Reiji's side and dance with Rino.

「Nao-san… You…」

I looked at Nao with a bewildered look on my face.

Which reminds me that I didn't really know about Nao's past.

Nao herself had never told us about her own situation.

What did she do before she met us I wonder?

I got curious. Alas, she just avoided that question with a smile on her face whenever I asked her.

「A cat doesn't care about what a mouse feels huh…」

Even the Great Sage said something similar to me before.

At least, we fought for humankind. That was obvious after seeing the delighted figure of the humans before me.

There was no doubt about that.

That was what I felt.

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◆Demon King; Modes

「I never expected you to manage to snatch the soul orb…」

I was really dumbfounded.

The gem that I got from Kuroki was undoubtedly the soul orb.

Though I knew that Zarxis kept this orb with him, I had never expected that Kuroki would manage to snatch it.

「Yes. This is undoubtedly the soul orb, Your Majesty. And then, inside that soul orb is…」

Rugas frowned.

I knew what he wanted to say.

「Yeah. I can feel my mother's shadow from this orb…」

I sensed an extremely terrifying yet familiar presence from within the orb.

It wasn't something that I could forget even if I wanted to.

And then, this terrifying presence stirred something in my mind. It was my impulse for destruction.

My mother's power was sleeping in my body. It was stimulated by a mere graze from her shadow.

「Zarxis might be trying to do something with that orb… What do you think he's trying to do, Your Majesty?」

Asked Rugas.

Alas, there was only one thing I could do.

「Seal it… Rugas. We mustn't let this orb see the light of day.」

I entrusted the orb to Rugas as I spoke to him.

「I understand, Your Majesty.」

Rugas then left the audience room.

「By the way Rugas, what about Kuroki? Why didn't I see him today?」

Kuroki went somewhere else after he gave me the soul orb.

What was happening to him I wonder?

「I also have no idea. It seems he's heading to Aremania which is located in the north of Ruvania.」

「I see. Aremania huh…」

Aremania was located in the neighborhood of Ruvania. Kuroki seems to be in that region right now.

It seems Kuroki had touched Mother’s shadow.

I had been wondering, what did he think of that shadow?

I couldn't help but wonder about such a thing.

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◆Vampire Knight, Jusio

「Hee, so this is our new house huh? Quite an interesting place we got there eh, Jusio?」

Said big sis Ange as she flew and looked around curiously.

Surely, it was exactly as she had said. This was the first time I saw a castle made of sweets.

We walked along the corridor made from baked sweets.

Currently, my sister and I were under the custody of the Dark Knight, the owner of this place.

The way they treated us was really favorable. And we were allowed to leave if there were no enemies around.

Not being destroyed alone was already a much better result.

I mean, I thought he wouldn't believe me since I was the kin of the Reaper.

「Big sis. I think we shouldn't get too excited. We're newcomers after all.」

I started using I(boku) again whenever I was in front of my big sister.

Well, there might be no helping it in this regard.

「I know, Jusio. The black Excellency is a kind person, but his wife is unforgiving… We must be very careful and not mess around in our new place.」

Big sister's body was trembling in fear.

When my big sister’s ghost body trembled, the space around her creaked.

It was just like a poltergeist phenomenon.

Surely, the Silver-Haired lady was relentless. She wouldn't hesitate to crush us if we try to betray them.

Alas, I could finally settle down with my big sister.

It wasn't a good thing for the newcomers to be noisy.

「WAIT! NEWCOMERS!」

Suddenly, I heard someone's voice calling out to us.

When I turned around, I saw warrior-like people clad in thorny red armor.

Maybe they called us because we were noisy.

「Uhm, is something the matter?」

I asked timidly.

「Relax. I just want to give you something to welcome you, newcomer.」

One of the warriors then gave me a piece of paper after he spoke.

「This is?」

「Read carefully. You can give me your answer later.」

The warrior left after that.

「What did he give you, Jusio?」

Big sister peeked at the piece of paper.

Written in the paper was 「Application form for the Trampled Down By the Adorable Kuna-sama Corps」.

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◆Little Girl, Wendy

Brunea Kingdom was located far north of Sanshos village.

Currently, I am in the custody of the Faeria temple in this country.

My comrades from the Sanshos village were also adopted one after another.

Thanks to the introduction of the warriors whose lives were saved by Kuroki-san, we weren't out in the cold.

I was really grateful for Kuroki-san for doing this for me.

After this, everyone would part ways and walk on their own path.

I came to the shrine to pray to Faeria-sama.

Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth, Faeria-sama was a God who protected children. I prayed that she would protect the small children.

「Coming to pray again today, Wendy?」

Someone suddenly called out to me.

Upon turning around, the other party turned out to be the High Priest Ponomel-sama.

Ponomel-sama was the wife of High Priest Frutin-sama from Odis temple right beside this Faeria temple.

I was adopted by the Frutin-Ponomel couple.

The childless couple adopted me. I would become a priest who serves Faeria-sama in the future.

「Yes. I'm praying to Faeria-sama.」

I nodded and replied to her.

「I see. May Goddess Faeria-sama's blessing be with us forever. You have to pray properly.」

「Yes. Stepmother-sama.」

「Wendy, come to my room after you're done with your prayer. There's something I want to ask.」

Ponomel-sama left after she said so.

I kept praying for a while after that.

I was kneeling before the statue of Faeria-sama.

「You're quite lively I see.」

A voice could be heard from overhead.

That was a really memorable voice. How did I feel that way even though we couldn't say farewell to each other due to the situation back then?

When I raised my face, a fairy with beautiful butterfly-like wings was flying above me.

「TIBEL-CHAN!」

I ended up raising my voice.

Why was Tibel-chan in this place?

「Humph! I just came to see your condition!」

Tibel-chan's wings fluttered.

Then, a scale dropped toward me.

「This is?」

When I was wondering why the scale fell, I realized that the spectacle around me was different.

「This is the Fairy's Blessing! Be grateful for that!」

Tears spilled from my eyes.

I was really happy that she came especially for me.

「Thank you Tibel-chan. Why are you willing to go this far for me?」

「Humph! That's only natural. Though it was just for a while, we were together and received much help from you, I will naturally feel anxious if I can't at least repay this debt of gratitude!」

Said Tibel-chan as she puffed her cheeks.

But, I was really happy since she was worrying about me.

「Well then, see ya! Tibel has to leave since she has seen your condition! Human! Don't go crying to me if you're unhappy!」

Tibel-chan then left from the window after she said those parting words.

I ran to the window and raised my face.

Though the sky of Brunea Kingdom had always been gloomy and covered by clouds, the sky was bright blue today.

Tibel-chan's figure had vanished into the blue sky.

The color of the sky matched really well with the fairy.

「Thank you Tibel-chan… I'll become happy.」

I raised my face as I made such a promise.

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◆Dark Knight; Kuroki

Aremania region was located in the north of Ruvania.

It wasn't a wealthy region since it had Ruvania's region which was filled with miasma as its neighbor.

The people who live in that region were barely scraping by.

Brunea Kingdom was a country in the Aremania region.

It had a population of 8,000 people, a huge population in accordance with this region's standard.

Kuna, Glorious, and I were visiting a place in the neighborhood of Brunea Kingdom.

「I'm ba~ck.」

Tibel who went to Brunea Kingdom had finally returned.

「Thanks for the hard work, Tibel.」

I thanked Tibel who had just returned.

「This is not a big dea~l, Kuroki-sama.」

Tibel flew toward Kuna's shoulder.

「Kuroki, why are you taking the trouble of coming to this kind of place?」

Kuna asked with a displeased tone.

Kuna might not be interested in this land.

But, I had to thank her for coming with me.

「Sorry, Kuna. I just want to make sure of something.」

The thing I was worrying about was Wendy and co.

I came to see their current condition.

Alas, my worries ended up as absurd ones.

Frutin, who I saved from the vampire castle back then, turned out to be a big shot in this country.

Thanks to his influence, none of the children ended up out in the cold.

Wendy was also adopted into a new family.

I heaved a sigh of relief upon knowing that.

I looked up.

I blew the clouds with Glorious' power.

Thanks to that, the blue sky was visible.

I felt that a sunny day like this would serve as a good sign for this gloomy region.

「Shall we go back to Nargol, Kuna?」

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