Maou ~ Sou da, Yuusha wo Yome ni shiyou ~ prologue

TL Note: Don’t panic I’m not dropping Muyoku no Seijo, I just wanted to pick something up on the side that was short and could easily translate to keep my mind fresh. Please check out the root page here –  – before you read. If you stuck around after reading the synopsis, and -tags- enjoy!

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In this world, the Athena Empire and the Diurnal Empire are the two largest nations.

The people born in these two nations more or less possessed magic and were able to use spells.

For a person with weak magical powers, all they could do was simply ignite a flame. Without being able to use large and powerful spells, they live their lives as a commoner.

On the other hand, for those who possessed a strong amount of magical power, they made sorcery their profession, and were called magicians.

The magicians of the Athena Empire manipulated 「Light Magic」, for the Diurnal Empire's magicians, they used 「Dark Magic」instead.

As for how these magi's differ, it was in their energy source. One used the power of the 「Sun」, while the other draws their energy from the 「Shadows.」

And so, for generations the king of the Diurnal Empire that used 「Dark Magic」, was called the 「Demon King.」

The people of the Athena Empire loved the light, and derived their sense of security from its luminescence.

Meanwhile, even though the power of the darkness was strong, for the Diurnal mages that used their power to hide in the shadows, the people of the Athena Empire found them creepy.

The Athenian magicians also used their manipulation of the light to hide their figure with light magic. What separated the two were the terror that they garnered.

If light exists, so does shadow. If there is a shadow, the Diurnal mages could appear from anywhere.

However, the Athenian mages had no method to conceal themselves like the Diurnal mages.

— If they were suddenly attacked, what will they do?

Dark mages are able to appear out of nowhere from a person's shadow, if they attacked there would be no way to escape.

Until now, there had yet to have been even a single instance of a dark mage attacking a light mage but, the light mages were deathly afraid. That's why, generation after generation, they referred to the Diurnal Empire's king as the 「Demon King.」

For the thirteenth generation king of the Athena Empire - Kuroe, it was the same.

Even among the successive emperors of the past, Kuroe was especially a coward.

Kuroe thought that it'd be great if the Diurnal's king - the 「Demon King」was gone.

And then, finally he decided to solicit help from the 「Hero」and ordered him to subjugate the 「Demon King.」

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