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

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◆Princess of Hell; Polen

「Well then… Are you really okay with this result, Your Highness Polen?」

Master Kuroki, the Dark Knight, was asking me.

「Yes. If possible, I want to save Alphos-sama too.」

I said so as I cast a glance to the side where Kuna-shishou stood, pouting.

Shishou’s limbs and lips had been sealed by Goddess Rena, making her unable to speak and move for a while. Goddess Rena must be an amazing and powerful Goddess since she was able to easily restrict Kuna-shishou as well as stop Master Kuroki from rampaging in his dragon form.

Well, that’s Alphos-sama’s little sister for you.

Rena went to heal Alphos-sama after asking Master Kuroki to spare his life. The other beauties stood alongside her as well, desperately using their healing magic on Alphos-sama.

I think Alphos-sama will be fine.

Handsome guys are treasures of the world after all. They have to be protected.

Nevertheless, just one of Master Kuroki’s blows alone was already so terrifying. As I looked around, I noticed that the ground around us was completely destroyed due to the sheer power behind each of Master’s Kuroki’s blows. Alphos-sama’s crashes because of these hits had created several holes in the ground.

Currently, we were standing in the middle of a giant crater.

Though Master Kuroki hadn’t really used his most powerful attack in this battle, the damage was already on a catastrophic level. But naturally, Master Kuroki was also suffering from the backlash of his power, I mean, he had been slouching forward and using his demon sword as a walking cane since a while ago.

As expected, such incredible power must have quite a severe backlash too.

「「「ALPHOS-SAMA!!!」」」

Once again, the beauties were screaming loudly. Guessing from their delighted tone, Alphos-sama must have regained his consciousness.

A few seconds later, the beauties parted to the sides. Then, I saw Alphos-sama walking to our direction, propped up by the Goddess of Poem, Muse. Though he was smeared with mud and soil and could barely walk on his own, he was still as handsome as ever, his beauty a splendor that shined brighter than the sun itself.

「It seems I’ve lost… Hahaha… I used my all and still lost to you…」

Alphos-sama spoke with a self-depreciating voice as he looked at Master Kuroki.

「Hey… Can you let me see the face behind that helmet? I want to at least remember the face of the one who defeated me.」

Hearing that, Master Kuroki nodded and then unfasten his helmet.

The beauties who saw Master Kuroki raised another commotion. That was only natural since Master Kuroki had a well ordered face that wouldn’t lose to the young gods of Elios.

「No way… He’s… So handsome…」

「How surprising. Weren’t the Evil Gods’ comrades supposed to be ugly?」

「Yeah, I expected his face to be as ugly as them…」

「Yeah, just imagining their ugly faces is enough to make me want to puke…」

「How weird. Why are you working as the Demon King’s subordinate?」

The beauties were clamoring amongst themselves. Hearing that, I puffed my chest and looked at them with pride. Master Kuroki was Nargol’s most precious treasure, someone we couldn’t afford to lose.

「So that’s your face. I’ve committed it to memory…」

Alphos-sama and Master Kuroki’s line of sight overlapped. The spectacle of two handsome men looking at each other was truly picturesque. I really wanted to preserve this scene with image magic.

「Alphos, to honor Her Highness Polen’s wish, I shall overlook your transgression today! But, you have to apologize to Her Highness for insulting her!!」

Master Kuroki declared as he looked at Alphos-sama and the women around him. The beauties were frightened by his declaration.

Yup, they’re still scared of Master Kuroki after all.

A dragon roar had the same kind of effect as fear magic. People with low magic resistance would end up scared sh*tless for the rest of their life. Poh-chan behind me had also peed in her pants upon hearing Master Kuroki’s dragon roar in his giant dragon form.

「… Sorry for saying bad things about you, PIGGY-SAN.」

「Please forgive me too, PIGGY-CHAN.」

「My deepest apologies. Upon a closer look, you’re in fact an adorable PIGLET.」

「My deepest apologies for calling adorable children like you children of PIGS.」

「Sometime ago, I received an offering of a strong-looking male PIG from my believer. I’ll give him to you.」

The beauties were apologizing to me.

But, it felt like they were not apologizing at all――――!!!

… They still called me a PIG.

「I guess I owe you an apology too, Princess of Hell.」

Alphos-sama left Muse’s side and walked toward us as he spoke.

「Eh?!! Alphos-sama!! That’s awesome!!」

At that moment, I unintentionally raised a delighted voice. A direct greeting from Alphos-sama was the dream of all girls in the entire world.

Alphos-sama was smiling gently as he spoke. His smile was truly fascinating. Even if the beauties didn’t apologize, this smile alone was enough for me.

Alphos-sama kept his beautiful smile as he approached, kneeling when he arrived and grasping a hand.

「My apologies. My girls have been saying such cruel remarks even though the other party is such an adorable girl. I never expected that there would be such an adorable girl like you in Hell. Shall we have a private meeting next time, just the two of us?」

And uttered those words as he kissed that hand.

No one reacted since those series of movements were way too natural. The scene of Elios’ knight kneeling in front of Nargol’s princess was too rare. And then, Alphos-sama made a gentle smile as he stood up and left… from in front of Kuna-shishou.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE―――――H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I screamed deep inside.

What’s the meaning of this? I’m the princess though―――!!!

Could it be that Alphos-sama didn’t even notice my existence?!!!!

So that means he was only looking at Kuna-shishou who stood beside me?!!!

He didn’t even see me from the very beginning. Everyone, including Kuna-shishou, was clearly dumbfounded when they saw him kissing the back of Kuna-shishou’s hand.

「Farewell Dark Knight! I shall repay this debt someday!!」

Thus, Alphos-sama and co left.

That was such a splendid way to leave the stage.

In the blink of an eye, Alphos-sama’s ship had already left the place.

「That guy… He didn’t even realize Kuna’s identity…」

A while later, shishou who had finally snapped out of it, muttered while looking at the direction where Alphos-sama’s ship vanished.

But her eyes were as if she was looking at trash.

「That bastard… I would’ve been able to stop him if I was in perfect condition… That last movement was way too natural.」

Master Kuroki said so, seemingly having a hard time moving. Even master Kuroki was dumbfounded by Alphos-sama’s action.

「Thank you Ku… I mean, Dark Knight. Thank you for sparing Alphos’ life.」

Suddenly, I heard someone’s voice thanking master Kuroki. There, I saw Rena and her valkyrie.

They hadn’t left with Alphos-sama.

「It’s nothing… The one who spared his life isn’t me, it’s Her Highness.」

Master Kuroki replied without even looking at Rena.

Rena revealed an enigmatic, yet charming smile upon seeing his reaction.

「Fufufu. Well, it’s okay. Let’s just say that the case is closed. You have your own position after all. And, are you guys going to head towards the sweet castle? If so, then I shall go first.」

Rena and co left after she said so.

Oh damn, right, I was currently in a hurry to save Datie and Grandma. I hope they’re fine; how could I forget about such an important matter?

「Your Highness, let’s go, we can’t waste more time.」

Master Kuroki said to me.

I became anxious upon seeing his current situation.

「Okay, Master Kuroki. But, are you okay? I mean… You’ve been in that posture since a while ago…」

Master Kuroki was standing in a strange posture for a while. It was as if he was having a hard time moving and had to use his sword as a walking cane.

「Ah. I’m fine, Your Highness. This is recoil from using that power. It turned out this way since a vast amount of draconic lifeforce was poured at once into my body due to that awakening… I just have a hard time moving around, but it shouldn’t be a big deal.」

Master Kuroki spoke with a reassuring smile. But, he seemed to be forcing himself.

「He’s right, Polen. Kuna will do something about Kuroki’s condition later. So don’t worry about it.」

When shishou puffed her cheeks as she spoke, her bazongas shook as if showing off their might.

「Yeah, Your Highness Polen. His Excellency will be okay since we will stay by his side too.」

「Wait a minute? What’s the meaning of this, Guno? It’s not your turn.」