Translator: ET
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Before I rant out the chapter a little âŚ. I want to thank those people who have donated to meâŚâŚfor Tlâing KnM and KnWâŚâŚand maybe for MnD(whole chapter on 13th July)……..
NOw for rantingâŚâŚFUCKING KILL THOSE HUMAN BASTARDS GO FOR IT!!!!KURONO!!!!!
Chapter 57 – The Last ReturnItâs been 3 months since I have become an adventurer, the quests I have taken were Rank 1, therefore werenât dangerous. Even so, I studied my Black Magic every day and night.
To me, black magic is my most reliable power to live in this world. Furthermore, the research and development for the study of magic became  a hobby for me.
The imagination is crucial to activate magic.
There are various categories within magic like the magic I use use can only be used by the person himself âOriginalâ , the magic used by Lily which can be used by people from same race âExtraâ and the magic used by Aten and other many magicians known as âModelâ. They all canât be activated unless a clear imagination is made in mind.
A countryside person and on top of it a rookie adventurer like me, the only thing I can do towards the research on my magic is to just deepen my imagination and understanding of magic.
By the way, the Model magic can be used by anyone with magic power present in them. It is originated from theories close to that of science and maths after all.
I gave up on learning the âmodel magicâ, because to learn the model magic with the power equivalent to that of my âanti matterâ , it takes at the least 2 years of training to learn it.
In the first place, this worldâs the chanting for it and itâs original pronunciation
âŮŮŮŮ ŮŮŘąŮŘ´Ů Ů ŮŘš ŘŞŘŹŮ ŮŘŻ اŮباعد؊ دعؚ اŮŘŹŮŮŘŻ اŮŘľŮبâ
is completely non-understandable to me
Most probably, I came to understand this worldâs language thanks to remodelling, but from the rules of automatic translation that occurs inside my brain the chants have been left out.
On the contrary, the normal conversations and characters are 24×7 all year long being automatically translated, so itâs impossible to learn the language.
If, I had talent in primary color magic, I can use it without even chanting, but seems like there was no talent inside me except for black magic. [ET: SO lame~ pfft.]
Therefore, I stopped learning about the Model magic and decided to use my Original magic as my only weapon.
ANd so I invented the âMagic Bullet âBullet Artââ and âMagic SwordâSword Artââ. [ET: SAO anyone⌠and MAO anyone>>>??<<<]
There is no effect like dramatical increase in power or any new effects were made but by using it in battles, I can feel âItâs gotten easier to use itâ effect like the improvement in âActivation sequenceâ âAccuracy Managementâ and âMagical energy Requirement â
The âmagic bulletâ is just a general term for the attack magic Iâve made taking âbuckshotâ and âanti matterâ as center. the âmagic swordâ is the improved version for âautomatic fencingâ which can, at will, use blackened swords without using my hands.
In addition if I use the âmagic bulletâ with âblack ballistaâ and the âmagic swordâ with cursed weapons, then the offensive power will rise exponentially.
Other than that, Iâve made defensive magic before like âShieldâ and âBaphometâs Embraceâ which by wearing it, my defence has gradually gotten better.
Compared to the first fight with Sariel, this time I had a lot of useful equipments and my offensive power had risen too,
But, Â even with all that I was still no match for her.
Holding onto a rope of hope, I on my own will entered the fight, but still Sariel went easy on me so as to not kill me.
The model magicâs offensive magic and defensive magic is commonly used as âIgnis Sagitaâ and âIce Shieldâ.
But, Sariel activated the âSagitaâ and âShieldâ separately which meant that itâs power was reduced to half.
Sariel must have analised that her half power of her normal would be enough to take the fully equipped me head on.
Thereâs no way I can win against her. No matter with how much I attack her with the will to do or die, she can just play with me like a child.
Weak, Yeah, I was weak.
Itâs still fine for me to fight to protect myself but when Sariel and Crusaders came to Pandora continent, the power to protect the Irz Village along with Lily was just too insufficient in me.
To protect other people too, more power is needed. If you say itâs obvious, then yes it is.
But, I understood that obvious thing just now.
I want to become stronger, I want more power, when I think that, i regret for not crave for power from start. Now that i think about it, itâs my first time ever to think like this.
â–Kurono!â
With my name called, I woke up from my dream to see the face of Lily.
âLilyâŚâŚGood Morningâ
âGood Morning, itâs night although.â
When I look around, itâs inside some forest. In the sky, a moon much bigger than earthâs version is brilliantly shining,
I also realise that Iâm sleeping on Lilyâs lap.
Moreover, Lily was in her little girl form so it will look like her embracing my head only.
âAm I alive?â
I rise up and murmur.
I recall everything till the moment I fell unconscious
âI carried you and escaped to here.â
âI see, Thank youâ
âIâve also retrieved all the weapons tooâ
When I closely look, the cursed hatched âTsujigiriâ(lit. Serial Killer) is leaning against a tree.
To think that she even had the time to retrieve weapons with her opponent being Sariel. But now itâs not the time to think about it.
âI thought to protect you, but ended up being protected by you, Iâm so uncool.â
âIâm happy that you tried to protect me, but from now on donât fight alone with opponents you canât win against. Whenever there is danger for your life, I will be by your side. After all, Iâm your partner, arenât I?â
âThatâs right, Sorry, now I wonât do something so reckless–â
Thatâs right, Lily is not someone I have to protect one sidedly but she is my partner whom I can leave my back to.
On my own will I go away from her to protect her, and in the end I get protected, there is no other thing more pitiable than this.
And I have unlimited words to thank to Lily.
â–by the way, Lilyâs way of speaking is different, right?â
I once again look seriously at Lily, she looks like a small girl, but the words flowing out of her mouth are really fluent.
As if, Iâm talking with the young girl form of Lily.
âUn, right now my consciousness returned to the same way it is at the time of full moon nightsâ
âOnly consciousness?â
âThatâs right, because I have something to tell to you as soon as you wake up. I canât explain information too with the mentality of a child, right?â
âIs, is that how it isâŚâŚâ
Having said that, I feel an extraordinary uneasy feeling from Lily.
I almost carelessly thought of asking her whether her usual behaviour was just an act?
âMuu, I doesnât feel like you are accepting it?â
âDonât mind it, and tell me what you want to tell me.â
ââKay, I donât have much time so Iâll start first.â
âFirst, Itâs already been 1 day since you fainted.â
Itâs not like I used all my magic power, and still was out cold for 1 whole day, looks like I was really hit with great force on my head
âAnd here is between the woods at the foot of Riol  ridge. I donât know whether they are chasing us or not, but on the outskirts of Riol village there are many humans in white uniforms roaming around. Itâs better if you donât try to go to highway or the village.â
âI see, looks like itâll be a detour for the way back to home.â
Even though Sariel was letting us leave, but even she canât help it if soldier find out about the fact that a fight broke out there.
âStill, how did you carry me till hereâ
âWhen I saved Kurono from in front of her, I was in my original form.â
âher you say , are you talking about Sariel?â
âUn. that idiot womanâ
Lily youâre face is scary, donât make such angry face in the little form.
âLooks like itâs true she killed the Dragon King. Anyway, there is no doubt she is ridiculously strong, so kurono must not fight people like her from now on, I also donât want to get involved with likes of her.â
âAa, I got it, and looks like there will be no ânextâ too.â
I doubt there will be another chance to fight with Sariel anymore.
After all my Assassination plan was ruined, I now need to think about what to do from now on.
âWell, letâs return to Irz village fast.â
After telling the news about the death of Dragon King and the possession of Daedalus, I need to prepare for running to another country.
Around this area there is no more hope, but if itâs Irz village near the western end, they still have time to run.
ânee, Kuronoâ
âNh?â
âThe magic I used to return to my original form, I had saved it as an emergency measure. The one that can use it is only the child form of mine and itâs complete coincidence that it succeeded and it also takes time. Itâs mostly due to luck that Iâm able to talk to you, thatâs why donât do something like this ever again.â
âYeah, I got it, Sorr–â
Lily jumps into my chest.
âI was really worried.â
â–Sorry, Lilyâ
For a little while, i embraced Lily while patting her head.
Putting Lily in my hood, I run up the highway in full speed.
The capital city is overflowing with soldiers, so I had to take a detour through the forest which took me a lot of days to complete.
Using that I came near the center of Daedalus territory and soldiers were also not visible so I went ahead to use the south-west highway.
I keep on running except for time to eat. Not stopping for any village that passes by and even cutting the sleeping time.
Still itâs impossible for Lily to cut her sleeping hours, and was sleeping on my back just a while ago.
Even so, I want to give her a comfortable sleep at bed, but I need to go to Irz village as soon as I can , and this thing even Lily understands.
And at last, we came to Kuar Village.
Naturally, I had thought of passing through here without stopping, but there a lot of commotion coming from there.
âDid something happen over there?â
â?â
Along with Lily who also didnât know about what was happening, i decided to move towards the centre of uproar.
The plaza was full of people.
If it was just that, I wouldâve agreed that they are getting prepared for the summer festival but, the people in plaza were holding up luggage and were having tired expressions.
They are getting water from the vigilantes of Kuar village and getting first-aid for their injuries.
âExcuse, did something happen here?â
I asked one kuar villager in the plaza
âI donât know what happened, but they have escaped from Irz village.â
âEh?â
âThey have been coming here one by one and by the morning it was a really big deal. The vigilante corps are also patrolling here and there, just doesnât feel right around here.â
Now that I think about it, the faces of people in the plaza are known to me.
The moment I confirmed it, I rushed up to the plaza and shouted.
âIâm Kurono, an adventurer from Irz Village, what happened in the village tell me please!â
âKuronoâŚâŚYeah, i have seen youâ(random villager)
âOo, Lily-san is also here.â
After giving responses like that, some werecats stand in front of me.
âIrz village was attacked by humanâs army.â
The moment I heard those words, though I didnât want to believe it, I understood the situation.
âWe also donât know about the details, but last night a human army attacked us and the escape order was given out, so we in a hurried and ran up to Kuar village. Near the north-west highway many flames were present and explosions were also heard, most probably the vigilante corps have been fighting there.â
âLast nightâŚâŚâ
âThe only ones here are the ones who lived near the south-west gate, most of the villagers are still not here. Hey! you are an adventurer right, can you go and save villagers, no you can just go to see what is happening there, it will take more time for Kuar villageâs vigilante corps to move—â
The surrounding people too look at us with eyes full of expectations.
âYeah, leave it to us, we will definitely save the villagers!â
Please, please everyone be safe! [ET: 2 times please is not a typo.]
With expectations, I run with my all power towards the north – west highway to reach to Irz Village.
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