Kurono Maou/Plot

## Background

Kurono Maou was originally a student in Japan and a member of his school's literary club. At the start of the series, his classmate and a member of the same club, Shirasaki Yuriko lied to him and told him that their club was going to have a meeting so that she can confess her feelings for him. However, at the moment when Yuriko is about to confess her feelings for him, Kurono suddenly felt an intense headache and passed out.

At the time Kurono regained his consciousness, he realized that he is in an unfamiliar dark room which suddenly turned bright. Afterwards, multiple people dressed in white approached him and forced him to wear a ring that has 7 needles popping out, causing him to lose his consciousness again. The moment he regained his consciousness again, he realized that he didn't die, but was forced to submit and obey all of the white men's orders.

Kurono was then subjected to various tortuous experimentations and body modifications to enhance his physical abilities and to be capable of using black magic. After the experimentations, Kurono was forced to fight to the death against various monsters and other experimental subjects. Until one day, Kurono fought and killed another Japanese person and with the realization that he killed another human from the same country, caused him to experience a mental breakdown. Though despite this, he still didn't completely break and retained a small amount of his ego and personality, maintaining it until the ring in his head forcibly shut down all of his consciousness.

The next time Kurono regained his consciousness, he realized that the ring that forces him to obey them is gone and took that chance to escape from that place. When he was about to escape upwards, Kurono met Sariel and after a brief fight, realized that Sariel is far stronger than him, causing him to run away from her out of fear. At the time he was running away from Sariel, he saw an underground well and jumped into it to escape from her.

## Volume 1

Mao Kurono, an ordinary high school boy, is suddenly summoned to another world one day. And Mao is trapped in a mysterious facility without understanding the reason, and even her thoughts are taken away and she undergoes harsh human experiments. Mao's heart is worn out by the days of forced experiments and killing, but when a big earthquake occurs, the device that restrains Mao breaks and he gets a chance to escape. However, Sariel stands in front of Mao who is looking for the exit of the facility. Mao is cornered to the brink of defeat in front of Sariel, who has overwhelming power, but she escapes into a well and succeeds in escaping using an underground water vein. After that, Mao, who has nowhere to go, thinks that crossing the sea will distract his pursuers, and he stowaways to Pandora's continent under the luggage of the ship. Mao manages to reach the Pandora Continent safely, but the lost luggage falls off a cliff during transportation. Before he knew it, he had wandered into a fairy forest where fairies lived. Mao is cared for by Lily, a passing fairy, and begins to act with her. Guided by Lily, Mao began working as an adventurer in the nearby village of Ills, gradually becoming accustomed to life in another world.

## Volume 2

Mao Kurono led a noisy but calm life, helping Fiona Soleil, a witch who fell down in Iruzu village, going on adventures and defeating monsters. One day, when she began to get acquainted with the village, Mao received a job to "Investigate Mediah Ruins" and decided to aim for the capital of Daedalus. She was Mao leaving Iruzu Village, but on the way, Mao learned that the Crusaders were on an expedition to the Pandora Continent. Mao fears that the village of Irz, to which she had been indebted to, will be involved in the war, so she heads to the capital to scout for as much information as possible. There, Mao sees the capital occupied by the Crusaders. When Mao finds out that the one who is leading the army is Sariel, her fateful opponent, she tries to defeat her by surprise and disrupt her army's command but fails. With the help of Lily, she manages to escape. Mao tries to return to the village as soon as possible to inform her of the danger, but when he returns to the village, he sees her friends who have changed completely. Enraged, Mao challenges the Crusaders to battle and kills the priest who was in command of them, but Mao is gradually cornered. However, Fiona backs up and helps Mao.