Chapter 1 (1/2)

Golden Brave, Betrayed Hero.

「The truth is, the Demon Lord does not really exist.」

In the first place, the Demon Lord never existed.

On the terrace of the Demon Castle, the wind blowing, there was Alex the Golden Brave on his knees, muttering while looking at the two bodies. On this terrace, the princess whom Alex swore his love to and Alex’s best friend, Zain were both on the verge of death.

A tremendous amount of their blood flowed under Alex’s feet. The odor of iron drifted from the blood, the air was filled with despair and loss, Alex regretted being summoned to this world and grew to hate it.

Alex–.

“The Golden Brave” Alex Vlad, was a poor Hero, forcibly summoned to this world “Hortegram” by the power of the G.o.ddess.

Alex did not want to become a Hero.

The mission given to Alex is to subjugate the weakest Demon Lord born in this world. The subjugation of the weakest Demon Lord, who was hidden somewhere in Hortegram,

to save the people.

The future that Alex could defeat it was the image that s.p.a.ce-Time G.o.ddess

Mayter saw. The young Alex who could not express his intention well

couldn’t refuse to be a Hero after being welcomed by the people of Hortegram.

The heavy expectations become pressure, and can’t escape from their obsessions.

Obsessions from which the demon seed was planted became one with Alex’s heart, steadily growing roots and stems in his heart.

How ironic, for this plant that can bloom without withering to bolster his heart to be a Hero, for Alex, it was like his body is tied up with thorns.

I want to go home, I want to see my mom, I want to see my father, anybody I know.

The days pa.s.sed. Day by day crying like a child. I didn’t want to come to Hortegram. That’s right, because I was still a child. Still at the age where I wanted to play and be spoiled by others.

For Alex, he still couldn’t imagine a different world other than his own world. When he was summoned he couldn’t understand the situation. However the truth that he was summoned

couldn’t be denied.

In order to return to the former world, he must find the Demon Lord in Hortegram.

The Demon Lord is a black man wearing a black cloak, he read it in the literature. And for a while searching for the Demon Lord, continuously searching here and there, there nothing to be found,

He wanted to defeat the Demon Lord, but can’t find them anywhere. To journey to the vagus from summoned projecting part, Alex is bewildering. (Tran: What is vagus?)

[i think its my mistranslations, : 「召喚された出鼻から迷走する旅路に、アレックスは途方に暮れる。」 i don’t really understand]

Over the time, Alex grew in this world of Hortegram and learned the ways of a Hero to complete his mission, to become people’s hope and be called the one who defeats the demon. He fell in love with the Princess of the Kingdom. Since he was summoned, he was acquainted with the Princess. They grew up together, supported each other, and eventually he decided to marry the Princess. Alex became an adult, still searching the Demon Lord that was nowhere to be found. Alex was irritated and decided he will live in this world. Looking at his current age, it’s not possible to return to the former world.

And the Princess he loved, she harbored love for not him but his best friend, Zain. Knowing that he wanted to suicide.

On the terrace of the Demon Castle, there were two bodies rolling with their mouth open. How did this happen? Inside Alex’s head, the reality is replaying like echoes.

That day, no, that night, was the beginning. No, maybe before that. Before the marriage between Alex and Princess, a demon with wings suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. Although the appearance is different from literature, since the Princess cried out that demon was the Demon Lord, he immediately recognized it as the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord kidnapped the Princess and flew to the

direction of the Demon Castle. To save the Princess, Alex gathered his comrades,

and finally came the fate to defeat the Demon Lord.

Inside the Demon Castle, a huge trap activated there, killing half of the soldiers and Zain. Nevertheless, after slaying a great number of demons, and reaching to the Demon Lord’s throne, he defeated the Demon Lord after a battle to the death. The wise man Noel and the great hero Forest became a s.h.i.+eld for the young hero Alex, during the battle with Demon Lord, while enduring the Demon Lord’s poison.

The Demon Castle was half destroyed, everyone was annihilated except the hero. It shows how fierce the battle is.

On the verge of death the great Hero Forest said, it was not the Demon Lord, the Demon Lord is more powerful than this. It is too weak that it could take damage from an old man like himself. He thought, if in this world the Demon Lord is still alive, it must be someone else.

It was not a Demon Lord subjugation, but a fake Demon Lord subjugation. Alex survived for the wishes of warriors who have pa.s.sed away, then he searched for the Princess throughout the Demon Castle, but he could not find her anywhere. Alone, returning to the country without obtaining anything, only feel a sense of loss in the room in the castle. There was no Princess, there was no Demon Lord, and his comrades just became memories.

For the sake of defeating the Demon Lord, he was summoned. The appearance of the Demon Lord and his destiny to defeat the Demon Lord. That had made him relieved somewhere that he really was the hero.

The fact that he was the hero at Hortegram made him remember coming to this world from the previous world.

I was summoned to this world to defeat the Demon Lord――.

It became his support. The fundamental meaning for his existence. At last it was rewarded, that feeling is overflowing. Even so, he lost everything, he lost his friends.

He even lost his enemy the Demon Lord.

The days he couldn’t eat continues to pa.s.s. Then that night came, an accident happened.

It was a foggy night. The guards on watch were sleeping for some reason and no matter he did, they did not wake up,

It’s strange.

Not only the guards, but everyone within the castle are in deep sleep, only Alex is awake.

Alex ran around the castle. On the throne he witnessed an amazing sight. The place where the king supposed to sit originally, there was a figure looking exactly like the literature described.

A Black Man, the Demon Lord.

Feeling tense.

The Demon Lord floated and approached Alex. Why is the Demon Lord suddenly here? Is this the work of the Demon Lord? And is he the real Demon Lord?

There was so many to think, however Alex movement was reflexive, he slashed down the Demon Lord putting in it the anger with his whole body and whole life. The slashed demon crawls on the floor and spills blood. The black figure scatters like a fog, and the Demon Lord’s appearance changed to the figure of the king.

His majesty the King. It was not the Demon Lord but the king. The moment when that figure became exposed Alex was confused.

「What.. Are… You doing… Alex…」

「Wh…Why!? Your Majesty!? Just a second ago here was the Demon Lord 」

「Have you… lost your mind?… Was it you?! Who killed my daughter… And the great hero…」

What Alex saw was a hallucination.

He thought that the king was the Demon Lord and he slashed him. And the soldiers who woken up watch the king painted red with blood, mourned and emanate a shout like a scream.

Alex was surrounded. He was no longer a Hero and became a traitor who will shake the country.

Alex who was transported to the jail pa.s.sing the city, the people of the city threw rocks at him.

「Die..」

Abused by the people.

「You are the real Demon Lord!」

「You are the one who kidnap the Princess! 」

Since Alex survived alone from the Demon Lord castle, the people are starting to suspect that he was the Demon Lord.

All grudges inside the country was gathered at Alex, even though Alex was forcibly summoned to be the Hero.

It is convenient, there is no one who would protect him, as easy as returning the palm of the hand.

Demon, it is a Demon Lord,

Alex was the Demon Lord.

It is a Demon Lord.

So although the existence of the Demon Lord was sensed, but the Demon Lord was not found,

because he was the Demon Lord.

Demon!

Curse you Demon Lord!

It’s a Demon Lord!

Demon!

Demon!Demon!Demon!Demon!Demon!Demon!Demon!Demon!!!!!

Demon――――!!!

Inside the prison. Alex in the state of emptiness.

He got scared and slashed the king.

Why did he get confused?

It make no sense. Looks like I am dreaming a nightmare.

Rather, is it not a dream?

Everything. I’ve lost everything.

It was time.

When the time of execution approached,

the clone of the wise man Noel,

who fought together, appears before Alex.

Before the fight with Demon Lord, Noel use his magic to create a clone of himself for emergencies.

A semi-transparent shadow of Noel.

「Alex. The Golden Hero Alex. Are you tired from the battle?」

「Noel … …. I … … already … I do not know what’s going on … I lost my friends and slashed His Majesty and I could not find the Princess …. Please laugh. I am pathetic. To think I was deceived by an illusion of a Demon Lord who was not supposed to be there. 」

「Okay, but you made one mistake, the Princess is alive」

「… What…?」

「The Princess is alive, I was at the Demon’s Castle, I certainly felt the life force of the Princess. The Princess is surely still living alone in the Demon Lord Castle, otherwise I would not be willing to go to that filthy place」

「Noel … so then?」

「Go to the Demon’s castle. Go and see what is going on with this world. See the truth with your own eyes」

Noel’s clone is exhausted when the prison is opened, it disappears a little.

Alex got up and beat down the guard of the cabin.

In the store house which Alex found the Raster sword from Great Heroes Forest.

Alex took the Raster sword in his hand and escaped the country.

The guards who try to stop him were slashed one by one.

People threw stones, hit his head, shedding blood but still he headed to the castle gate without stopping.

How many people had he killed?

He had never even thought of killing people indiscriminately.

Strengthening his determination, there is no one who can stop Alex.

Alex used the technique of killing the Demon Lord which any hero can use, 「Garnish」, and destroy the castle gate with shockwaves of magical power expanding at the speed of sound.

The Kingdom Cavalry soldiers pursue Alex.

There were many familiar faces.

But, Alex took their lives with his blade as he ran towards Demon Castle single-mindedly.

Demon’s Castle. With wounds over his body, he arrived at Demon Castle at evening.

He investigated the throne room, the place where he defeat fake Demon Lord, thinking ‘the fake Demon Lord was here, maybe there’s something here.’

While examining the throne, the throne moves noisily, a terrace appearing on the back of the throne room.

It’s a hidden room.

‘I did not notice it before.’

Alex’s heart beat fast.

He step into the terrace.

It was a wide terrace, wide enough for him to run with full power.

And there wasーー.

「…..Princess」

The Princess whose dress flutters in the strong wind is looking at the outside scene from the terrace.

It’s night.

The moon almost hidden by clouds.

Demon Castle stood on a mountain.

A deep forest can be seen clearly from here.

He threw away everything to reach Demon Castle.

Filled with unexpected overflowing feelings.

There was no Demon, but a loved one was there.

One step distance between them.

The Princess talks without looking back.

「Alex, you came to help me」

「Yes」

「Why?」

「… ….」

「Why did you come to help?」

「Because I love you Princess … Princess … … I realized that I love you more than anything else since that time when you’re kidnapped, Princess Seiten」

That was a word from the bottom of his heart.

However, Seiten’s reply did not respond his feeling.

「If you do not speak like that, you can not keep yourself and the country, are not you?」 (ED: Weird sentence)

「……Ah?」

「You who make others’s efforts look like waste」

The Princess looks back.

「You who trample others’s efforts, are unfair in this country … You are unnecessary in this world … unnecessary.」

「What … … what are you talking about? Seiten」

「Zain has been leading you ever since」

「Zain?」

Zain. Suddenly Alex’s best friend’s name came out from Princess’s mouth.

「Zain would have been the best warrior in the country if you did not show up,

and I would have engaged and married to him, but you appeared and made Zain a stepping stone」

The Princess glaring while speaking.

Alex, as a Hero, has received a lot of protection from G.o.ddess.

He continued to reign at the top with most abilities.

He will be first in any field, as it is natural.

Trampling those who have continually aimed for the best with b.l.o.o.d.y effort.

It is unreasonable not to reward effort.

The perfect Alex is a symbol of unreasonableness.

「I should have known somewhere …」

「…… Se, Seiten」

「I should have died somewhere」

「What …」

「I wish I had died, I think so from the bottom of my heart, Alex Vlad」

Alex doubted his ears.

He feels a presence.

There someone behind him.

Turning around.

There was the magician, Zain, someone who led him according G.o.ddess’s oracle, his friend who missing because the trap of Demon’s Castle.

Alex was surprised.

「Zain, you alive ……! Where were you up to now?! No, everyone who were caught a trap with you are okay too!?」

Zain fearlessly laughs with his nose.

「fuu…The others are dead」

「Dead?」

「Common soldiers, I killed them all.」

「…… Zain?」

「Are you happy because I was alive? Alex. But I am not happy that you were not executed.」

「Wait a moment, since a while ago, neither Zain nor Seiten, I don’t understand what are you talking about …!」

「Fu..fuhahaha.. do you not understand yet? You blockhead, then how about if I say this? I did not think that you would easily get drawn into the illusion spell. Thank you for killing King who tore up the relations.h.i.+p between Princess and me, Alex..!」

「It can’t be.. that you…!」

「Demon Lord Alex….! For me the true Demon Lord was you! … You have change the lives of people!」

「Zain…! I am the true Demon Lord is it? I am not a Demon Lord!」

「Shut up! …. it’s always like this, every time every time.. you are always a nuisance!.. standing on me… why is a talented magician like me.. always number 2 in magic?! If you were not here.. I would be the best magician in the world…!! You always hinder me.. and the others who think the same as me.. 」

「I was.. a hindrance?」

「That’s right!..you are always getting in my way..

Demon Lord subjugation? Ha! Where is the Demon Lord anyway?! There was none! However why did you come to this world?! Haaaa?! Heeeey Hero-sama! Hero-sama here, Hero-sama there. A Savior! The Chosen one! You the one who ruined our lives are a Hindrance!! Aleeeex!!!」

Hatred and cry filled with magical power.

*Piri piri[TL Note: Like sound effect of electricity]

Distorting the air.

Alex just silent and processing his thought while looking at Zain.

「Zain …. The fact you supported me from the shadows until now, … was a lie?」

「It’s not a lie. I have seriously supported you! The faster you subjugated the Demon Lord, the faster you return to your world, and go to h.e.l.l! Alex.. that why I supported you!」

「Such a thing….　」

「That’s it! That’s the face! That’s the face I wanted to see!! Even if any suffering happened, you always make a calm face!! Always.. always.. from the time we were kids.. since you were called to this world.. with your proud face, brainwas.h.i.+ng His Majesty!!! Even taking away the princess from me…!! Beside you are abandoned by the G.o.ddess! Even now, the G.o.ddess is being disturbed by the power of the Demon and will never reach to you! With no sign of the Demon Lord doing anything, and not appearing at all!! Your existence as Hero IS UNNECESSARY you know!! 」

「 That’s…!」

「However, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d, who do you think you are with that Hero face. You’are stepping at other people’s feelings and lives you know that?! How long you’re going to look like baby!! Just when you’re in trouble always coming to my side! How much more you’re going to destroy my life until you satisfied?! Haaa?! Just because you are a hero so all of your actions are forgiven ha?!! 」

「You’re wrong.. I did not depend on you for that purpose..!　」

「Right now, I am not the number 2 anymore.. Today… I will surpa.s.s you.. and become the best in the world..」

Zain froze the nearby ground with his magic.

The terrace is covered with ice.

The temperature fell to zero.

Zein shoutec again.

「This my hidden ultimate magic!! The ultimate magic, everything I touch will freeze at my will!」

Magic that instantly freezes surroundings.

On the verge of being immersed in ice.

Alex placed his palm towards his feet and blew out a blaze.

While burning his body with flames, he expanded the flame many times causing the ice to evaporate.

As he approached Zain, he moved his blade to Zain’s neck.

And pulled it sideways.

A cut blushes vivid blood from the neck of Zain.