Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - The accursed black hero......

Part #1

After that day, I don't know how long I was in this place. Cold hard steel bars, Both hands cuffed with a device that prevents the use of skills, no light except the torches hanged on the wall and stench of the dead rats in room fills the air.

I don't know why i'm in here in the first place...... They took everything from me. My weapons, my creations, my clothes, and my freedom. Nothing is left on me except the thin old clothes I was provided. I was given food and water to keep me alive. Although it was horribly tasteless, I didn't have choice but to eat it to survive.

I live through the days like that.....

Under the unlighted prison, my life was turned to nothing but trash. Being forced to showered with cold water of a water spell. Being made to sleep by forced by earth magic, Earth bullet.

Everyday was hell... Every night being shown nightmares through mind magic 'Black illusions'. My cries didn't help and as time goes by, I left unfeeling. Cold as ice and soulless as a mannequin. Then, as the hellish days end, I was finally set free in an unknown date.

"It is good to see you again, hero"

The king addresses me with his usual face filled with dignity and pride. That eyes of his.....irritates me... My blood boils everytime i'm being looked down while being pushed down.. But I have to resist it, I still have my hands cuffed. I can't kill him with my hands like this.

". . . . . . ."

"Respond to the king when you are speaking to him!!"

Whack... My face was hit. With a hand equipped with a metal gauntlet, the blow broke my cheek bone.

"Tsk...."

"That is not an answer!!"

Whack!! again, I was punched. But, I retaliated with a headbutt to the nose. Blood gushed out and the knight fell down due to being out balance. I took that opportunity and began to crush his whole face with the sole of my foot. Breaking his nose and teeth then crushing his eyes. Other soldiers began suppressing me but unable to.

However, as I was attacked by magic again like that time... I was blown off to a corner and was beaten up by the soldiers that tried to suppressed me. I was then presented to the king, being forced to kneel. I glared at the king who was looking down on me.

"You have gone wild after a month in prison"

"Tell that to yourself, you made me like this"

Nightmares every night, being beaten up like a dog in the day. How hellish was that place if it can't make a single person turn into something he isn't proud to?

". . . . ."

"Gone silent? Can't refute the truth huh?"

You monsters took everything I have in this world. So i'll have you all pay for it. After that, i'll go back to my world. I'll leave this place and forget about it all and never come back.

"That might be true but your crimes are----"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!"

Again, i'm being accused....... My anger is surging and was being shown from my face. The king could only sigh as he see such sight and continued as if nothing ever happened.

"Well then, that aside. I have you stay in the border of this world. The council of the remaining 9 royalties have all agreed to this punishment"

That punishment huh? The thing about the banishment from this land? So the news spread even in the eight countries huh? News travels fast whenever if its a crime in this world huh? So does that mean that I can't enter any of those lands because i'm a criminal? These bastards...... have nerve to that after what they did to me.... One day....i'll have you regret this someday....

"So that's it huh?"

"You'll be taken there immediately, tomorrow morning will be your departure"

"That's fast, aren't you in a hurry trying to get rid of me?"

"You are a threat in this lands so you'll be place there. The elven kingdom provided the fastest ship to take you there so rest assured"

Ship huh? So it goes beyond the seas... He did say its a wasteland.

"Fine. I'll accept that. But if ever i'd get attack, i'll retaliate"

"Don't worry, your safety is assured. Inomiri-dono and the other royalties have made an agreement in regards to your safety"

Sensei? I guess even she couldn't do anything. This world revolves in power. As long as you have power, you'll rule over the world. Even I can attest to that common sense.

"Are you fine now after hearing about your safety?"

"Aah... As long as my life is preserved, I don't care about anything"

With that talk over, I was set free and sent to my room to gather my belongings but, when I arrived at that room, all my things was turned upside down.

Those assholes.....they literally took everything. Even my notes of this world. My plans where to travel, even the stones I needed to use when making stones were all gone. Many papers were scattered around... my uniform...all turned to shreds..

"Kuh..... they'll pay for this.......After what they've done to me... I'll never forget this!!"

Bam!! My hand hit the stone wall. I was grinding my teeth and blood was dripping from my hands. After making my vow, I prepared the remaining things that was still intact and slept on the shredded bed without minding my smell. Under the cover of my arm, I tear drop dripped down on the bed.

Part #2

After Kyoushiro was led to his room, the king, along with Lucinda his daughter, was left whispering together. The face of the king relaxed after the throne room was emptied when Lucinda had them leave in the guise of a private talk with her father. The king consented, and ordered the guards to leave for now. Right now, only the two of them was inside the throne room.

"Father, the person I adore has......"

"Sadly, the incident couldn't be avoided. And it seems my adviser, Welmner-dono, pulled some strings to torture Kagami-dono"

Adviser, Ricardo Alium Welmner, was the man that sent Kyoushiro to prison and had paid the guards to torture him everyday. Unknown to the king, Taiga Kurosawa had became the core of the incident. He went to the people that greatly opposed the continued stay of Kyoushiro in the castle. It was because, Taiga thought that Kyoushiro was a threat to his plans. After seeing the power Kyoushiro could wield he felt that Kyoushiro would take the glory of being a hero instead of him. So, in order for his plans not be foiled, he made use of the fact that Kyoushiro was being hated in this world for having black hair and dark eyes. With that thought, Taiga secretly met with Welmner and talked about his plans with him. After that, they ransacked Kyoushiro's shed and room to steal all of his belongings. Destroying his things were just a bonus. Then, after that was the execution of the plan, the swords were given to Taiga and the useless bunch were given to the other heroes.

The king was not informed of such truth, not even the princess knew. Because of that, they were having a discussion about finding the truth about what really happened that day.

However.....

"Taiga-dono is more powerful than the other heroes. If he were to leave our side....."

It'd be more catastrophic since such will be like letting the enemies attack his country. The can't just have the most strongest hero disappeared from his side, the populace will question the mind of the royalties. Because there would consequences in blaming Taiga, there was no choice but to let Kyoushiro shoulder the burden.

"But, he's treated way too horrible!!! The person I once knew, the Kagami-sama I spent my time with.....never showed such murderous eyes. This world changed him father..... I can't bare to see him like that....my heart just can't"

"Lucinda....."

The king knew all too well the feelings his daughter bare for Kyoushiro. It was not born out of pity, but pure coincidental when the two first met each other. In other words, it was love at first sight. The princess confessed her feelings to her father after the trial of that day was conducted. Who would have thought that Lucinda could cry so much for a mere stranger....

"So please father...... let me be with him...."

However, that is something the king, as a father, could not allow. Kyoushiro has now become too dangerous. It was proven earlier when he completely crushed the face of the knight with his foot. Who couldn't imagine Kyoushiro hurting Lucinda, it would break the king's heart just by imagining it.

"I won't allow it. It is to dangerous"

"But.....!!"

"Even so, the answer is 'No'. Who knows what he can do to you without my supervision. You could very well be killed of you get near him!!"

"I love him!! So I can take any punch or blows he can give me!!"

"Don't be stupid!! Just let me take of it. He won't be hurt no matter what. I've let him be tortured too much, I won't allow it any further"

After what he had seen, the king have already taken measures to prevent him being hurt by any parliament. That is the reason Kyoushiro was being sent to the border of the world, the wastelands.

The talk ended and the princess left unsatisfied. It was obvious that she'll head to where Kyoushiro was. The king could only sigh on how easily this world destroy such young man..

Part #3

I left father alone and walked through the empty halls, alone with face showing the melancholy I was feeling.

Clack.....clack.....the extravagant shoe I was wearing makes such noice every step I make... The sound.... bounced of the walls of the empty halls causing the to echo loudly, the memory of my beloved......Kagami-sama being in such state....Pains my heart...

I am Lucinda Aluferd Travestin. The 1st daugther and heiress apparent to the throne. As my mother,Queen Auria Aluferd Travestin, has been bedridden, due to an unknown illness, I took up the position of the queen temporarily.

This country is a matriarchal lineage that has a queen that rules. Furthermore, i'm in the first seat that will one day be the queen of Travestin. As i'm the heiress apparent, I oversee the works of the current to learn how to act and stand as the next queen of Travestin.

Because of that, I am forbidden to choose whom I should marry. The duty of the queen is to marry a noble lineage with great ancestry and heritage. Love and such wasn't allowed, even just talking to a commoner was forbidden. My grandmother had gone through it and my mother was the same as well. Although I do wish that I am free to love who ever I choose, it is impossible as I am the descendant of the lineage of queens.

For now, my father oversees the duty of the queen as the king of Travestin. I know that it is a difficult task so I often help out as future reference as the next queen.

"Summoning heroes?"

I was with my mother when she told me about the hero that came from a different world. Stories of heroic deeds fighting against the forces of demonic beasts as a hero of light, saving lives and ending wars. Hearing that, I can't believe that such powerful person once saved this world.

After hearing that story, I had a dream of marrying the hero. Being saved and saving each other. Spending our lives together and watching the future together as husband and wife. However, such stories remained stories. The war of the demon lords spread across the continent. Cities, towns and villages destroyed, lives were lost and fear enveloped the whole land.

My dream crumbled. As the reality was a harsh thing, I wasn't able to do anything but watch the world I knew fall in utter destruction. But......

"There is still one last hope....."

I had my father approved of the 'Hero' plan. As my father has knowledge about such legend, he immediately accepted it. We made plans and had them executed with great haste as time was not favorable. We opened up the ancient tomb of summoning. That is where the hero was suppose to appear. Clad in bright white and golden light, the hero descends from the doorsteps of the goddess.

However, what came was 17 young men and women along with an older woman. It was a miracle. For those who hoped for a single hero, the goddess gave this country, 18 heroes. Which the other nations were unable to do.

That was then...... I met him. With guards pointing the edges of their halberds around his neck, a young man with an unkept black hair and dark eyes, a person which fate caused me meet. A demon spawn..... A cursed one that has been revered as the spawn of the demon god. A black haired and eyed young lad, whom which set my heart aflutter when his night-like eyes met mine.

The hero.....Kyoushiro Kagami.....

The feelings that I tried to suppressed for all of my life have been pulled out, with only a glimpse of his dark solituded eyes. Was my face been blushing the whole time? Did he saw it? I can't help but feel the embarrassment whenever I saw such beauty in his eyes.

That was why, I took the opportunity and talked to him. Surprisingly, he was talkative. Whenever I asked about something about himself, he honestly gives me an honest answer. Without concerning our standings, he interacted as such....

Then, as three days passed, he was called out to rescue the trap heroes. Due to a misinformation, the heroes where trapped in within the labrynth's traps. It was a type of room that imprisons it's captives and made them fight in an endless surge of monsters. And each time the battle ends, a new horde of monsters attack with strengths doubled than the first ones.

Undeniably it was a race against time. 16 heroes were trapped and if they were lost, the chances of freeing this world from the demon god would drop. All life will be lost because of one mistake.... A mistake, that the king, my father, doesn't want to happen.

As the adviser, Welmner-sama gave father reasons after reasons just make Kagami-sama fight. It was detestable. I truly loathe his greed and lust for power. However, his statement were hard to disapprove. With that, father was left no choice but to use Kagami-sama's power.

In the end, Kagami-sama succeeded. Oh, how much joy it brought me just to see him safe. I was told stories about what happened with the labrynth by Minami-sama and Mikoto-sama. How Kagami-sama rescued them like a true hero. With strength that surpassed the heroes, he brought down the army of demonic ogres that the other heroes and Gaius-sama had troubled in defeating.

Hearing such stories only made my heart yearn for him even more. Before long, I have completely fallen for him. I follow him with my gaze everytime we passed in the halls, spoke to him whenever we meet and watching his serious, yet delicate expression flustered whenever I teased him.

I can't help but to admit that I have totally fell for his charms. Though Kagami-sama seems scary, he has a heart that easily opens up to people. The childishness he has whenver he was fiddling with his potions.... those charms.... only made me madly in love with him...

But......such days ended when that certain day came....

"I hereby judged the demon-spawn, Kyoushiro Kagami, as a traitor and a criminal for the attempted murder of the 16 heroes"

It was the day when Kagami-sama was falsely accused by the adviser, Welmner-dono. He condemned and gave false statements about Kagami-sama's heroic deeds, turning them fabricated lies which made the people watching, accepted those lies like they were true.

But, I was unable to do anything. I could only watch Kagami-sama made as a criminal from lies that came from the mouth of the unknown witness. A sudden ache struck my heart. As if a needle went through it, it was burning like it was bleeding. My beloved was treated like an animal.

When I saw him charged towards Taiga-sama, I was shocked. He was suddenly blown away by magic. He coughed blood. I saw it, blood dripped from his lips, and he was having trouble standing up. I was about to run to him but, my father forbid me. He too was showing a face that was filled with dissatisfaction. Seeing a single man being drawn to crimes he did not commit, as a king, he can't bare such sight. But, as the king of the country as well, he must view his judgement as a ruler of a kingdom.

Because of that...... Kagami-sama was sent to the dungeon. Tortured day to night, everytime I tried to visit him but the guards did not allowed me. Welmner knew about the affection I hold for the hero, so inorder to not let Kagami-sama free and see a single person, I was threatened to not try and visit Kagami-sama again.

Then, several days later..... earlier, after a month has passed, I was finally able to meet my beloved again. However, Kagami-sama wasn't the same as before. His eyes that were shining despite it being dark, was now hollow. Holding no emotion whatsoever. Only cold heartedness and stone cold gazes to people he hates.

I.....I....can't bare seeing him like this!!! If only.....if only I was by his side, he wouldn't be so broken now. That is why.... I am now going to see him. Even if he were to be sleeping now, I want to see him. Even if push me away, i'll be by his side no matter what.

Now.....with resolute heart, I stand before the door, were my unrequited feelings, was directing their attention to. The room where Kagami-sama resides.....

Part #4

Ugh...... my head feels heavy.... After going through hell after those days in the dungeon, my body automatically wakes up whenever night comes. Those endless nightmares broke my mind and now I can't even take a decent sleep.

"Haah..... What do I do now?"

After I was imprisoned, I was left filled with hatred towards this world and to Kurosawa. I was dragged into that hell hole because of him and the things he stole from me are long gone now. At first, I tried to explain my side of the story to the guards of that dungeon but they didn't believed me. All they did was laughed. Looked at me with disgusted eyes and tortured me non-stop.

I won't forgive them.... Even if I have to turn against them, i'll do it..

But, can it be done? My level is already behind those damn heroes. On top of my things stolen, I don't even have a single protective armour with me. My strength doesn't rely on my 'Status' but on literal physical objects. Because of the curse I was bounded to, obtaining [Sword skills] and [Magic arts] were impossible.

My Mp doesn't compare to sensei but it isn't worst than those low leveled punks. For now, I need to get stronger. Finding materials would be the best thing to do after all. Even if I lost my potions, I can still remake them as long as I have the right ingredients for it.

I have concerns for Lina's safety after that I was imprisoned. I tried to look for her after I got out but, it seems that she was sent back to her home town after she was an accomplice the crimes I did. I felt my heart ache after hearing that. Lina was in fact the only one that cared for me. Even when I was falsely accuse, I heard she pleaded to the king that I was innocent. Only to get fired and get deported back to her home town.

For now, i'll search for her and after that, i'll do what I want. I don't want to be in debt in this world, but for Lina, the only person I worked with in this world, i'll thank her. Even of it's impossible, i'll do so in order to repay back the kindness she has given me.