MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny
Chapter 4 the destined meeting?

a while ago at Rebecca's church

an old man in white clothes was praying in front of a statue of a woman.

moments later the door opened showing a priest carrying a sheet of paper and bowing to the old man.

"i came to report to the pope"

"say"

the pope did not even glance towards the priest and remained in a praying pose.

"it looks like the hero is dead at the hands of the dragon lord, just a moment ago there was a huge explosion of mana coming from the schnee mountain followed by a very violent snowstorm. it was unlikely that the hero seemed to be able to survive the attack let alone the opponent was a dragon lord."

the Pope smiled in a horrible way.

"good job, spread this news to the whole people and tell them that the demon lord has killed the hero."

"understandable"

after the priest left the whole room became quiet.

"kuakuahahahahah!! what saved the world!? the existence of demons is needed to strengthen the influence of the entire world church, all I need to do is weaken the demon race so that I can rule the world forever."

"hero? they're just disposable devices that can be called back whenever I want."

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"the fuhh!"

I couldn't believe it when I realized I was buried in the snow.

I slowly crept up to the surface and found myself in an unknown place, or perhaps a place I once knew but changed because the ground was buried in snow.

if I hadn't been told that my comrades were alive by now I would have panicked and died looking for them but now I have to put my own safety first, I believe in you so forgive me.

"all right, let's check what's available"

potion exhausted, food lost, my weapons also lost.The only remaining 2 daggers and a bag of drinking water but it was frozen so just assume there is nothing.

fortunately I still have the armor that helps my body stay warm.

I can hunt monsters on the street with this dagger but I can't cultivate it because my attributes are only light and darkness that I just got during training.

"huhh looks like it's going to be a hard and painful journey, if I think again I should walk in which direction?"

no matter which way I look, there's only snow and snow.

"if only joey was here, he would have been able to immediately know which way to get to the nearest village"

my party was 10 people including myself and one of them was the tracer joey, we could easily get to the dragon lord's lair because he was the one who showed us the way.

there is no point in hoping for people who are not here, it is better to go straight down.

and that's how I started walking down the mountain by myself, I just walked straight hoping to get lucky to get to a village or at least get out of this mountain.

1 hour.. 1 day.. 3 days..

fuckin' hell!! why do I never get out of the mountain and what the hell is this!? there are no monsters to eat! even though on the way here this mountain is filled with terrible monsters.

I could only curse in my heart because my energy was exhausted to walk and could not even speak now.

my body slowly collapsed, even now I can't move a single finger as it freezes

hahaha it's funny to die like this

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warm..

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself lying on a shabby bed.

am I saved? damn I can't move!

suddenly the door opened and showed the figure of a white-haired teenage girl like me, not silver hair.

he did not look any different from a human just that there was a pair of tiny horns on his forehead.

the girl looked surprised when she saw me.

"are you aware, how is your body?"

I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about so I just tilted my head.

"do you not know the language of the devil? ohh well then, mm hmm hum!"

"hello~ how is your body?"

now he speaks human language very eloquently.

"have you saved me?"

"nice, there's a lot I want to ask you, doesn't it matter?"

"certain"

"you just woke up so wait here I'll bring you food to fill your stomach, you must be very hungry"

after a few minutes the girl returned with a tray of porridge and a glass of water and placed it on the table near the mattress.

because I haven't been able to move the girl helped me to sit down and that's it.

I was silent while looking at the porridge.

"hmm? you didn't eat it? take it easy it's not poisoned"

"hahaha I'm sorry but now I can't move"

the girl blushed red because she had just realized it

"ahh I'm sorry! I didn't realize, well I'll feed you for now"

the girl took the porridge and started blowing it before putting it in my mouth.

I do look pathetic but this is how I am even on earth because my mother always treated me like a child, so being fed like this is no big deal to me.

after eating I began to be interrogated by the woman and showered with questions.

"ehhhh first are you human?"

"of course, why are you asking that?"

"that's not like it's just that it's very rare for a human to have a demonic aura like you, have you ever made a contract with a demon?"

"forgive me but I don't know where this power comes from, but it might be like that."

"hmm maybe you made a contract at the expense of memory"

the girl seemed to think of something but ended up giving up because she might not be able to find the answer.

"the next question, can you explain how you got here?"

"where are we now?"

"we are now in the fortress city directly adjacent to the Eternal Schnee mountain, the city of Hell Berg."

"it shouldn't have been possible to get here through the mountain because it had to pass through the dragon lord's nest, but strangely I found you buried in snow while I was walking down the mountain."

"the story is so long that I don't know where to start"

"excuse me it seems I made you remember unpleasant memories, introduce my name is lucy, I'm an adventurer who happens to get a request around here."

"i'm Takeda Ryutaro, I'm just an ordinary soldier assigned to hunt down certain monsters and end up meeting the dragon lord"

I smiled bitterly as I recalled that sad incident.

"you're very lucky to have survived after seeing the dragon lord"

"hahaha I was just lucky to be carried away by an avalanche and found by you. once again I am so grateful for saving my life."

"wahh The atmosphere is so heavy, you should rest first and then I take a walk around after recovery."

time passed very quickly and it didn't feel like I was here for 2 weeks, my wounds had healed completely so today I plan to go around with Lucy.

lucy came out of the room in adventurous clothes while carrying a sword at her waist, with platinum armor lining her body but still accentuating her beautiful curves.

"this morning I'll be patrolling outside the fort while investigating something, how? wanna come with me?"

"good idea, I also want to move my body a little. Can I borrow a sword? my sword was thrown away in an avalanche"

"this is catch"

lucy threw a sword at me and I caught it.

is this a backup sword? this sword is very good for human standards

"sorry if the quality is not good because it is rarely polished"

"no, this is a pretty good sword thank you"

"sama, follow me so as not to get lost"

with that we took a walk in the city for a while, this city was not arguably good when compared to a human city but it was very sturdy for a fortress city. there were countless warriors and adventurers running around here and there and all of them were quite strong.

"yoo lucy-chan what day would you like to patrol outside the fort again?"

in front of us appeared some burly demon figures that seemed to be lucy's acquaintance.

"good morning gido-san, yes these past few weeks many musters have run away from the mountain like they were afraid of something and ended up messing with many villages on the border, so at least I want to help protect this fortified city."

"hahaha good spirit, I suspect this is because the dragon lord is wrathful for some reason so that the monsters run away in fear"

I shuddered at their conversation I could even feel sweat running down the back of my neck.

for the record for 2 weeks I spent all day learning demon language, I can not write but at least can speak and read simple sentences.

"ohh and who is this young man? is he a human?"

"he was ryu I found him buried in the snow 2 weeks ago"

"is he trustworthy? it could be that he's a henchman assigned to spy on us"

well I can understand your feelings, indeed who would want to believe a suspicious person who was coincidentally found buried in the snow near their fortress city.

as expected of adventurers, they said that they suspected me right in front of my own face.

"fufu~ he's suspicious but I don't think he's a bad guy or a lackey of whales, we've been living together for 2 weeks and he never tried to peek at me in the shower"

I don't know why but these adventurers look at me with sparkling eyes as if they were looking at a saint.

what's the connection between being suspicious and peeping at people while bathing!?

"you're great to be able to hold it that way too, even a married person would at least try to get close to lucy to touch her wangy body."

"well, the point is he's harmless, and I'll always be watching him anyway."

"i can rest easy if she's being watched by the silver princess"

"then we'll hunt outside the fort, and stop calling me by that nickname"

we parted with their group and continued walking towards the gate, along the way I saw a shop shop especially a shop that sold weapons and was very awesome, the weapons they showed were of high quality.

we got out the gate and started the hunt.

they were unaware of any shadows hiding behind the building while watching them.

"kikiki I finally found you" and the shadow disappeared