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

「Reiji-senpai!」

Someone is calling the hero from behind.

Before I noticed, the comrades of the hero have gathered together.
It seems those two are in bad mood seeing the hero and Almina embrace each other.

「Sahoko, Rino.
I’ll chase after that demon.
I’ll leave Almina in your care!」

After saying so, the hero separates from Almina’s embrace and then flies toward the sky through the ceiling that was blown open by Orua.

「Wait a minute, Reiji-senpai!」

 

 

「Geez, he’s gone already …」

Those two are complaining while gazing toward the sky.

「Uuuh …」

I’m groaning in pain.

The two of them who hear my voice then look at my direction.

「Eh? This person is injured, Sahoko-san」

「He is … He is Rember, right? Are you okay?」

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They finally noticed me.
To be honest, I’m not okay at all.

It feel like that I was forgotten by the hero and Almina since a while ago.
To be honest, I’m on the verge of dying here.

The white saint chants her healing magic.

The pain in my body disappeared.

It seems I barely survived.

 

 

 

 

◆Black Haired Sage, Chiyuki

 

「Are you okay Nao-san?」

When I ask Nao about her current situation, Nao nods in affirmation.

The thick fog has vanished and Nao has opened her eyes.

Though she managed to recover to some degree thanks to Sahoko magic, she’s still too weak.

Sahoko and Rino went toward the royal castle where the battle still seems to be in progress.

And then, here I’m with Nao at the entrance of the underground passage for the sake of meeting that person.
He might be the one who repelled that masked person.

Nao and I are waiting for him at the entrance to express our gratitude.

Though I want to enter the underground passage, I can’t bring Nao along with as she’s yet to recover, and it’s too dangerous for me to go alone.

Naturally, I’ll go inside if it takes too much time while waiting for him.

「Chiyuki … san」

Nao is calling my name.

When I look at her, she’s looking at the sky.

I know that there’s a bird that Nao keeps looking at since a while ago.

「Is that, a bird? Nay, it should be … a Striges? 」

I couldn’t confirm it since it’s body is too big for Striges.

And then, that Striges-like bird body keeps getting bigger and bigger.

「What is that?」

Nao is muttering.

Nao’s and my eyes are nailed toward the sky.

The body of that Striges like thing has finally become as big as this kingdom.

And then, it turned into something that is completely different from a Striges.
It has a bird-like body and lion-like head.

「Isn’t that look like the demon bird living in the western desert …」

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I have seen the picture of the demon bird that’s currently flying above this kingdom once in a book previously.
The wind that is brought along with the demon bird living in the western desert is said to bring upon a calamity.

The gigantic body of the bird eclipses Reiji’s sun and casts a huge shadow, covering this entire kingdom.

「GUEEE~!」

Along with such a cry, the demon bird is flapping its huge wings to create a tornado.
The buildings that are closer to this tornado is cracking.

「Things will turn sour if we do nothing to that demon bird isn’t it………」

When I’m about to fly with flight magic.

 

「AH, REIJI-SENPAI!」

Nao is pointing with her finger.

A person who’s covered by light comes out from where that demon bird appeared.
This time, for sure, it was Reiji who came out from that building.

Reiji is facing against that demon bird.

「YOU BASTARD! DIE ALONG WITH THIS KINGDOM!!」

The demon bird is screaming.
It voice reverberates loudly in the surroundings.

Everyone in this kingdom might feel fear in hearing those evil emotions packed into that demon bird’s voice.

「AS LONG AS I’M HERE, YOU CAN KEEP DREAMING―!」

Now, it’s Reiji who’s shouting back with equal loudness.
It was truly similar to the song that I heard a while ago.

「EAT THIS!」

The demon bird is flapping its gigantic wings and fired its feathers.
The feathers turned into gigantic arrows and swooshed toward Reiji.

「As if that will work on me―――! ! ! 」

An innumberable amount of light spheres appear around Reiji.

Those spheres of light take those gigantic feather arrows down.
This is Reiji’s magic, thousand light spheres.

「Now, it’s my turn!」

With his cry, a gigantic magic formation appeared in front of Reiji.

「That is…」

I unintentionally mutter so.
The magic that Reiji’s about to use is a magic that even Oudith and the other gods of Elios are unable to use – the Light Cannon of Heavenly Might.
Rena explained with a shocked face when Reiji used this magic for the first time.

「GOOOO―!」

The pillar of light appearing from Reiji’s magic formation completely swallows the demon bird.

「GUEEEEEE―!」

Death throes of the demon bird are audible.
The body of the demon bird eventually vanishes within that light.

And just like that, the pillar of light that disintegrated the demon bird travels far away, reaching the dark horizon.

The only one left after that is only Reiji along with his sun.

A silence engulfs the vicinity.
Subsequently, it is followed by a wake of loud cheers.

Though there’s no one around me and Nao, the cheers have reached as far as our place.

The cheers that praise Reiji keep resounding in the kingdom.