Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha Wo Taosu Tameni Maou Ni Shoukansaremashita~ Chapter 20.2

Part 2

I approach the table and sit next to Gallios.

There, I suddenly noticed that someone has been sitting in front of Gallios for a while.

His frame is feeble when compared to Gallios with a huge body frame.

I failed to notice his presence when I came due to Gallios's overwhelming figure.

「So you came along too, huh. Good day, Kuro-dono」

I nod at him.

And then, I look at Kuro. He is a mysterious youth with a strange atmosphere that I never see in this neighborhood.

He has an extremely handsome face accompanied by his jet-black hair that would mix well with darkness. Those young girls won't leave him alone as long as he dresses well.

But then, it seems that this youth is the quiet type.

I just happened to want to express my grat.i.tude to Kuro for today's matter. He has suitably appeared along with Gallios.

「Good day, Rember-dono」

Kuro also nods back while looking at me.

Kuro isn't the same as the freedom fighters in this store.

It's about the matter when I met with Kuro yesterday evening.

I heard from my sister, Gallios's wife, that Gallios who left for demon extermination yesterday evening won't be coming back.

There're a lot of demons in the night. Moreover, humans who couldn't see at night are as good as dead if they meet a demon outside the rampart. It's the same even for a skilled soldier.

When I was hesitating whether I should search for Gallios or not, Kuro appeared with Gallios being carried by his shoulder.

It seems that around noon yesterday, Gallios received injury on his legs and fell from a small cliff after losing a fight against a goblin and an orc.

Though he managed to climb back, he became gloomy once he found out that he couldn't move his legs. There, he met Kuro by chance who happened to pa.s.s that place.

My sister was extremely delighted after seeing Gallios safe and sound.

Just like that, Gallios was carried by Kuro to Nimuri-sensei who can use healing magic for treatment.

Kuro's body is the slender type. It's definitely not the type of body which that could carry Gallios, the man with a gigantic build that's probably the biggest in the kingdom, on his shoulder while traversing the forest road with almost non-existent trails. According to the story from Gallios, they neither met with any accident nor lost their way while walking in the dark forest in the evening.

According to Nimuri-sensei, Kuro may be capable of using night vision magic. In short, this youth called Kuro might be a magician.

When I think of it from this perspective, I could accept the fact that he can walk in the forest while carrying Gallios with a much bigger build than me. Maybe he was using some kind of mysterious magic to carry Gallios.

The existence of a magician is precious. If Kuro is a magician, I definitely want him to reside in this kingdom by all means. Currently, the only one who can be considered a magician in this kingdom is Nimuri-sensei. Though the female doctor who settled in this city two weeks ago seems to be able to use a bit of magic, it seems that her ability isn't enough to be termed as a magician.

Gallios couple is the one who will be taking care of Kuro, their savior, during his stay in this kingdom.

Since Kuro didn't fuss about luxury, it's pretty easy to take care of him. No, from what I could see, Kuro preferred simplicity. Even now, the two of them just ate common food. In contrast to Gallios who drinks ale, Kuro has chosen the herb tea. When the Gallios couple tried to give him liquor to show their grat.i.tude for saving Gallios's life, it seemed he didn't want to drink it since he is still a misenen. [TL: I'll leave “Misenen” untranslated for later chapters] [ED: I guess ‘misenen' means ‘underage']

Though I didn't know what this misenen thing is, could it be that it is some kind of discipline that needs to be mantained by him?

He behaved like those ascetic monks.

When I think about it, there's no gap even in the way he walks, maybe he is in pursuit of something.

Today noon, Kuro tagged along with the other freedom fighters to exterminate the demons. I, who also partic.i.p.ated in it as the knight of the kingdom, realized that Kuro's battle style was splendid. It never came to me that he could fight by only using a small sword. Even if, for example, he used magic, I don't think he could make that kind of maneuvers. From the way he carried himself, maybe he learned martial arts from somewhere.

Not greedy, can use magic, and also a combat expert, I could say that he is the most suitable person for the current duty.

「By the way, what is the matter that brought you here now, Rember？ You're currently not off duty, right?」

Gallios asked about my business.

Though the maintenance of the public order inside the rampart is managed by the palace soldiers, if necessary, some knights may end up guarding the palace. Strictly speaking, I should be in the palace right now.

「In fact, there's something that I want to ask to you, Gallios-senpai…」

Thus, I tell him the reason why I came here.

「Hou, from your face, it doesn't seem to be a trivial matter. Fine then, I'll inform everyone about it」

Thereupon, Kuro stood from his seat.

「If it's such a complicated matter, shall I leave for the time being？ 」