Kuroki, the young man summoned by the Demon King

　Why is Rage here?
　And why are we doing the brave thing?
　And then there's my childhood friend, Shirone.
　I don't understand.
　But I'm glad that Sirone is alive.
　That's how I felt when I saw the image.
　Because Rage and his friends were now missing.
　As soon as she entered the summer holidays, Shirone went to visit Rage's villa with the other girls.
　And then they went missing.
　There should be a search party out there, I'm sure. And I also remember going to the villa to look for Shirone.
　After that, however, I have no memory of what happened to me. What had happened to me?

But it's good to see ...... that Sirone is safe. ......

　I mutter in a small voice.
　Myself and Shirone knew each other's parents, so we were together when I can remember.
　And we grew up together and grew up together.
　When we were little, we used to run around in the fields and mountains together.
　We also learned kendo together at Shirohane's parent's kendo school.
　When he found out that Sirone was missing, he was worried.
　You'll be glad to know that they're alive and well.
　He was glad to see them.
　They are fighting on the other side of the screen.
　The images of this battle are said to be from a little earlier than now.
　Rage and the school's beautiful girls have finished annihilating the monster army, and they are gathering around Rage and chatting.
　Seeing that scene, I almost cry.
　Surrounding Rage are some of the most beautiful girls in the school. The girls seem to be enjoying talking to Rage.
　I'm so jealous.

''Hm. ......''

　Suddenly, I hear a voice from the side.
　Before I knew it, Modes was beside me, looking into my face.

'Hmmm, I see. ......

　Did I look at myself in any strange way?
　Modes nodded as if he realized something.

'Lord Kroki, let's continue our conversation. He appeared out of nowhere six months ago.

　Modes begins to explain.
　Six months ago?
　They must have been gone a week ago.
　I wonder to myself.

'They broke through Nargol's army, which had previously kept the Goddess's army at bay, and they invaded Nargol's inner sanctum. Of course, they didn't just watch, they turned on the demonic beasts and demons under my command, but they were not at all blade-free ...... Five days ago, our strongest elite force, the Dark Knights, were also defeated. At this rate, they will come to this castle tomorrow.

　Modes says in frustration.

'Upon investigation, I found out that they are the ones who were summoned from another world to defeat me. So this Modes thought about it. That this one should summon a being from the other world that can oppose the heroes as well.

　Then he looks at me.

'That is you, Lord Kroki,'
'No, wait a minute: ......'

　What is that .......
　I scream out in my mind at Modes' words.

'Please, Lord Kuroki. Save us from the brave.'

　Modes bows to himself.

'That's absurd. ......'

　In other words, he's asking himself to fight Rage and the others.
　That's pretty absurd.
　Reiji Mido, a.k.a. Reiji, is a celebrity at his school.
　He is a slender, six-foot-tall man with a well-formed face, and his hair is the result of his mother's foreign heritage.
　He has light brown hair that looks golden in the sunlight, probably because of his mother's foreign ancestry.
　In addition, he is an all-around sportsman and a good student.
　And her family is very wealthy.
　He looks like a character in a comic book.
　Maybe that's why he's so popular with the girls.
　But even though he's highly rated by the girls, he's not well regarded by the guys.
　The reason is simple: the attitude of a rage is completely different between the opposite s*x and the same s*x.
　He only plays nice to the girls.
　That's what I appreciate about Rage.
　Also, Rage had the odd ability to be in the middle of a pretty girl's crisis for some reason.
　There are so many girls who have been saved by Rage.
　Maybe that's why there is no end to the number of girls who fall in love with Rage.
　By the way, you never hear of a guy who was rescued by Rage.
　No matter how much trouble a guy is in, a guy will push him away and tell him to take care of himself.
　Rage is extremely kind to women, but is very hard on men.
　This is the reason why the same s*x hates him.
　However, he probably doesn't care about such things.
　Many boys have had the girl they secretly love taken away from them by a rage.
　That's another reason for the low rating.
　But as a guy, I can't complain because Rage doesn't force him to do anything, and the girl likes him.
　He can only watch in silence.
　The murmurings of the boys, whose girl who liked him as much as he did became one of Rage's cronies, says it all.
　'You can't beat a handsome guy.'
　And one of Rage's cronies is his own childhood friend, Shirone, aka Akamine Hakune.
　Is Shirone so cute that Rage has approached her?
　Or I don't know if Shirone called out to me.
　As for me, I don't want them to stay together. When I told Cyrone about it, we got into a fight.
　That was before the summer holidays.
　My own first love was defeated.
　I have only mediocre specs.
　It's not good enough with Rage. I had no choice but to give up.
　This monster that calls itself the Demon King told me to fight this Rage.
　That's not possible.
　Rage is good at fighting.
　You'll end up getting ripped to shreds.
　The captain of the karate club once got into a fight with Rage because he wanted to get revenge for the girl he liked getting beaten up by him.
　As a result, the leader of the karate club had his jaw shattered and he spent three months recovering from the fight.
　By the way, Rage is unharmed.
　We don't know if it was Rage's parents who pulled strings behind his back, or if the leader of the karate club didn't do anything because he was afraid of retaliation.
　But for some reason, it never became public knowledge.
　But it was an open secret of the entire school.
　Other martial arts practitioners have challenged Rage.
　Some of them were bigger than Rage, and some were adults.
　But no one was able to win. And myself, of course.
　Rage wouldn't remember the guys he'd beaten in the past.
　I didn't want to be that miserable.
　Besides, I'm not good at rough stuff.
　I'm supposed to be a pacifist.
　I was out of my mind.
　I can't fight.

"Wait, Your Majesty, please!

　Someone is coming in through the crowd of monsters.
　When I looked, I saw a man standing there in jet black armor.
　He has a well-groomed face, dark skin, and pale blond hair. If that were all there was to it, he'd be a Yankee brother who likes to play cosplay, but the man's head had horns on both sides.

''Oh, Lord Lanfeld! Are the wounds done by the brave men good?

　The man called Llanfeld bows reverently.

I thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. ─ Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, but I need no help from such a stranger. I was once unconscious, but my dark knights are still alive and well. Please let us go.

　The man known as Lanfeld appeals to Modes.

'Besides, .......'

　He looks at me and glares at me.

'I don't think this one is a match for that brave man.

　You're right.
　I almost nodded at those words.

''I'm going to see how good you are here!

　When I say that, I pull out my sword from my waist and slash at you.

"Wait a minute!

　I twist my body and duck the slash. Somehow my body feels lighter than usual.

''Ha!''

　Lanfeld comes after him.
　Naturally, he ducks the next one.
　He softly kneels and grinds his feet, ducking the attacks that Runfeld launches.
　Without losing my center of gravity, I duck with the least amount of movement.
　When he ducked the first few attacks, he unintentionally grabbed the opponent's hand and threw it away.

''Guhaha!

　A moan comes from Lanfeld as he is thrown to the ground.

''I'm sorry!

　I apologize for tossing it without a second thought.
　But it didn't end there.

'd*mn it!

　Lanfeld gets up and thrusts his left hand out towards me.
　A black flame flickers in his outstretched left palm.

'Wait, Lord Llanfeld! That magic!

　Without listening to Modes' restraint, Lanfeld throws his left hand flame at me.

''Go ahead, my black flame!

　The black flames in my left hand spread wide and attacked me.
　I can't avoid it.
　If you try to escape the flames, you'll have to run to the crowd of monsters surrounding you. At this close range, it would be difficult to move that far.
　The black flames are closing in on me.
　You involuntarily hold out your hand in front of you and catch it.
　I open my eyes wide in surprise at the sight.
　The flames are intangible, and you shouldn't be able to catch them with your hands.
　Normally, this would have been the case.
　But now I was catching that black flame with both hands.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than just a few minutes.

''Oh no, my black flame is ......

　Lanfeld muttered and nodded emphatically.
　Apparently it was his greatest skill or something.
　It was an odd sensation.
　He looked at his hand as if to check it, but it wasn't burned.
　Black flames erupt from my own palm as I recall the sensation I had just experienced.

''!

　Startled, I gasp and clutch the black flames in my hand.
　I hear the sound of crackling and clapping.

'That's great, Lord Kuroki. Sir Llanfeld is the strongest knight in Nargol, to be able to keep that Sir Llanfeld at bay at all, and also to win the black flame.

　Modes laughs. He thought that this would be a good way to defeat the brave men.
　What's a black flame?
　Come to think of it, the people in the video I just saw also emit light and flames from their hands.
　Did they become able to use strange powers after coming to this world?
　I can't get my head around it anymore.
　Besides, what's the point of really fighting them?
　There should be no reason for you to fight in the first place.
　So you should avoid fighting.
　So what happens if you don't fight?
　Will we have to fight to get him back from this world to the one he came from?
　Are they also forcing themselves to fight because if they don't defeat the Demon King, they won't be sent back to their home world?
　If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to work with them and fight the Demon King?
　And then they will be returned to their world by the goddess who summoned them back.
　But will Rage let them cooperate?
　Rage is cold to a man.
　He'll kick you out and say he won't take care of the bastard.
　If he was a pretty girl himself, he would help, but unfortunately he's a man, hanging between his legs.
　They won't let me help, and after I defeat the Demon King, they'll leave me alone, leaving me alone.
　Do you want to dress as a woman? And then contact them to hide the fact that they are crooks.
　...... I'm an idiot.
　Thinking and shaking your head about stupid things.
　That's too much pride.
　I don't want to see Shirone, either, although I'm only citing Rage as the reason.
　I don't want to see Shirohne, and I'm having a falling out with her to begin with.
　So I can't help you.
　What should I do then?
　You might not be able to send yourself home in the first place, unless you were the one who summoned you.
　I glance at Modes.

'Um, ...... do you have to defeat them to get them to return to their original world?

　I ask him in passing.

'What? ......?'

　But the question was surprising, and Modes made a strange noise.

'...... Is this the way to bring Lord Kuroki home?'

　Modes thinks about it.
　Then he pulls something from his pocket, something that looks like a piece of paper.
　He has a bad feeling about it.
　Modes seems to be reading the words on the paper.

'Could it be that you don't know how to return ......?'

　Modes is silent in response to the question.
　An awkward silence dominates the area.

'...... I see that there is no way to return to this summoning technique.

　It was the worst.

'Wait, wait a minute---!

　I exclaim.

'What the hell is that!

　I scream out loud.
　How irresponsible is that?

No, I'm sorry.

　Modes apologizes.
　He seems to be quite small-minded for a figure.

'Please wait, Master Kroki.

　Morna, who was beside me, stands in front of Modes.
　She looks at me with a face that looks like she's about to cry.
　I can't say anything to those eyes.
　Those eyes are a deadly weapon to me, who is not used to women.

'Please, Kuroki-sama. Please listen to Modes-sama.''