Kroki the Summoned　

　There was once a male god in Elyos, the blessed land where the gods dwelled, and there was a single male god.
　The male god was one of the most powerful in Elyos, but his appearance was ugly.
　Therefore, he was single, even though the other gods were married to him.
　Nevertheless, the male gods wooed the single goddesses, wanting a wife.
　However, no one took him up on it.
　Next he courted the angels and fairies who served the goddess. But they didn't like the ugly male god and asked for help from the goddess they served.
　The goddesses disliked the ugly man-goddess and planned to get rid of him.
　The goddesses acted around a goddess named Raina.
　The goddesses made a false accusation to the king of the gods, Odis, that the male god was forcing angels and fairies to become his wife.
　Odis consulted with the other gods and decided to banish the man-god to the dark land of Nargol.
　The Man-God wept. The God of Men cried, because the God of Men had never forced anything.
　The God of Men also appealed to Odis.
　However, the goddesses conspired and testified against the man-god, so the decision was not reversed.
　The God of Man had no choice but to obey the decision.
　At that time, the God of Men made a request to Odys. If he would give her a tuft of hair from the most beautiful of the celibate goddesses, Raina, she would obey his decision.
　Odis listens to the request and negotiates with Raina.
　She reluctantly gives him a tufts of her hair if he leaves with it.
　The God of Men leaves for Nargol.
　The man-god decides there that if no one else will be his wife, he will create a goddess who will be his wife.
　After various attempts, the man finally succeeds in creating a goddess from Raina's hair.
　However, the goddess was a duplicate of Raina.
　When Raina realizes that the goddess was created as a duplicate of herself, she becomes angry and demands that the goddess be handed over to her.
　This time, however, the male goddess did not obey her decision.
　He wards the land of Nargol and prepares for a thorough battle.
　Raina appeals to the gods to defeat the Man-God.
　But, as expected, it was no match for her.
　The power of the male gods is so strong that even the gods are no match for them, except for Odis.
　However, Odis is the king of the gods and cannot be easily separated from Elyos.
　The other gods, with the exception of Raina, did not want to fight the man-god.
　Reluctantly, Raina turned the human heroes and his army to Nargol.
　This was the beginning of the battle.
　And the man-goddess who fought against Raina was Modes, who was called the Demon King.
　The forces of Modes and Raina fought fiercely.
　The result was a series of victories for Modes' forces.
　Raina thought that she couldn't win if she didn't, so she asked the goddess Casa, who possessed the power of prophecy, to teach her.
　Casa's prophecy was that Modes could be defeated by a brave warrior summoned from the other world.
　Raina summons an entity from the other world that can defeat Modes.
　That is the hero of light, Rage and his friends.
　However, Modes did not know about the prophecy at first.
　Until the heroic rage and others broke through the defense line one after another with tremendous power.
　Astonished, Modes investigated the identity of the brave men and learned of the prophecy.
　If Modes fights the brave men, he will be defeated by the prophecy.
　Therefore, Modes cannot fight the heroes.
　Modes gathered more information.
　There, Modes learned that when Raina had asked him to teach her, Casa had predicted that the one who could stop the heroes would also be from the other world.
　So Modes stole information about the summoning technique from Raina and summoned a being that could oppose the brave men.

　That summoned being was himself.

　It seems that's what the Demon King Modes said in summary.
　If we lose the battle, Morna will be erased. I want to avoid that at all costs.
　Modes says to himself with tears in his eyes.
　Incidentally, according to Modes, the summoning technique he stole did not include a method of return.
　Either there is no method of return or it hasn't been found yet.
　In other words, it's safe to assume that the Rage side doesn't know how to return either.
　It didn't feel like Modes was telling a lie.
　Above all, if you want him to do what you say, you can threaten him that you won't let him come home if he doesn't do what you say.
　If that is the case, why are they fighting?
　But such thoughts would not be answered now.
　I had moved myself to the courtyard of Modes' castle.
　This courtyard was built on the basis of the residence of Modes, which was located in Elyos.
　It's not too flamboyant, it's a relieving place.
　Apparently only Mona, Modes and a few special people are allowed to enter this place.
　I sat down in a circular chair and listened to Modes tell me what happened so far.
　There is something in front of me that looks like the tea that Mona made for me.
　The tea had a unique aroma.
　When I took a sip, there was a slight bitter taste, but it was quite tasty.
　While drinking that tea, I thought about the future.
　Will I have to fight Rage again?
　I feel like I'm dreaming of something.
　Modes will build another goddess for me if I fight him.
　It's not easy to create a goddess, but I've heard that he can get away with at least one more pillar.
　That's a tempting reward.
　After all, I've never been with a woman before.
　In fact, I've been avoided because of the obnoxious look in their eyes.
　It reminds me of the past.
　For some reason, the girls who started out normal with me became distant in the middle of the relationship.
　It seems that when he sees a pretty girl, he has been gazing at her without realizing it.
　This has been pointed out to me by Shirone as well. Normally, but when he sees a girl in a mini-skirt, he says he gets a glare in his eyes.
　I don't blame him for saying that, it's just instinct: .......
　This won't keep me from dating anyone forever.
　Something about that makes me sad.
　I'm not going to think about it .......
　Besides, I was shown the goddess Raina.
　She looked a lot like Mona, though in different details.
　The next goddess I will build will be just as beautiful as Mona.
　I could have that, how could it not be attractive?
　And best of all, she would like herself unconditionally.
　Even if I'm not a good guy.
　I want to flirt with pretty girls, too.
　I don't want more than one, like Rage, but just one.
　The world would be happy if a very pretty girl became my girlfriend.

　But .......

　I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to have to fight with Rage and win.
　To be honest, I don't think I can win.
　In fact, I have fought Rage in the past.
　That was a boring fight.
　It was a little bit more than that, wasn't it?
　There was a time when Rage, who was interested in kendo when he was in middle school, fought every single person who had ever studied kendo at the school.
　I was one of them.
　At that time, I was trounced by Rage.
　I never thought I was particularly strong.
　But I didn't think I was going to lose that easily.
　It was quite a shock.
　First of all, his movements were different. I wondered how he was able to move like that for someone his age.
　I still remember the words of Shirone, who was watching the match, "You look kind of depressed.

'You look kind of depressed, are you okay Kroki?　Rage, you're special, so you don't have to worry about losing.

　I remember how miserable it was, although Sirone had comforted me by saying so.
　To be honest, I thought of quitting kendo at that time.
　But for some reason, I still continue to do it.
　I may have gotten a little stronger, but I'm sure Rage has gotten stronger.
　Anyway, I have to say no.
　If you do it seriously, you might die.
　The rewards are tempting, but the loss of life is not worth it.
　He had no right to fight for Modes in the first place.
　Just abandon Modes.
　But something was stuck deep inside.
　The thing stuck in the back of his mind is a very trivial thing.
　Also, for Modes, Morna is probably the companion he has finally found.
　Somehow I found myself unable to abandon her.

'Please, Lord Kroki!　We have no choice but to rely on you!

　Modes took his own hand with tears in his eyes.
　I couldn't help but laugh to myself.

'Excuse me, can you give me a few minutes of your time: ......'