CHAPTER 7
CROW VILLAIN
The next day, we woke up at the same time. It's been like this for two years, maybe this is the effect of the connection. The err…
“Good morning Kuro-chan”
‘Un, good morning Erica’
“Don't you dare peek at me.”
‘No I'm just guarding you.’
“It's you the one must be guarded”
‘Eh.. Not fair even though you already seen all of my body’
“What is there to see when you're just a bird!”
‘Cheh…. Hurry up and take a bath you're gonna stink’
“I know.”
Erica then take a bath, as always Erica eat breakfast with her family while I'm alone until lunch. When it's lunch Erica will always eat with me.
“Heya, somehow you're really happy huh”
‘Hm? This place, and you're who?’
“Whattt! How dare you to forget me!”
The goddess stomped her feet in floor repeatedly. I remember but you only appear this time make me really sad you know. I pray to you everyday but only to be ignored, now I'm ignoring you.
‘Hey, wait I'm have memory loss so I don't really remember you.’
“What? Oh I see…. Do you think I'm really easy fool??, for your information I'm goddess you know, I can turn you into worm right now and will become bird foods right away.”
‘I'm sorry!’
I tried doges a but a bird can't dogeza right.
‘Because you always ignoring me, I pray to you everyday too’
“I know that, that's why I'm calling you here.”
‘I see, are you going to turn me into human?’
“You still haven't give up huh.”
‘No, I must become human.’
“Alright, before that I have something to tell you. This time it's serious thing, the truth is the monster in your world is more active than before I afraid that outbreak of monster might begin”
‘Hm? That's only those below right?’
“No, the monster on your world flying island too, and the monster below without wing maybe can't reach you, but those with wings can, and really strong.”
‘Why did you tell me this’
“Of course it's to save the world!”
‘…….. I will pretend never hear that’
“Wait, it's not you the one save the world but Erica!”
‘…eehhhhhh?’
“Do you think I just send you there without plan at all? I plan to have you help Erica”
‘Then she is a hero?’
“Well you can say that And her arch enemy is the monster King, this monster is the strongest in the world but I won't tell you how it looks, afterall it's human problem not the god or goddess problem.”
‘I see, then what's your plan for me?’
“You must guide her to defeat the monster King.”
‘Now I'm just some guide.’
“Now for you I have two seed with me, the red one will make you become human in three days with some with unbearable pain, the blue one will make you human in one years with no pain. For your information the pain in three days will not stop until you become human and if you decide to take both you will become human or mutant immediately, if you become human that's good but if you become mutant you will lose all your will and become monster that only know to kill.”
‘You brought me some ominous thing huh.’
“no pain no gain. Take both of the seed you will need it. Now back to your world, bye”
-Erica Room-
I'm back at Erica room, and it's noon right now. Huh? Someone is coming they are at door, it's Erica and with her father. Erica inside while her father outside.
“Father I told you I don't want to marry him!”
“You can't dear, if you don't marry him our family will lose the noble title and at worst we will be killed”
“But father do you want to sacrifice my happiness?”
“It's not like that dear, the count son is your friend and with him you will be very happy”
“No! He doesn't love me!”
“Dear, love can be build when married”
“No!”
“Enough! You I'll marry him from now on you're not allowed to leave your room!”
“Father!”
Erica father walking away while locking her room door.
“Father do you really want to sacrifice me…”
Erica cried and said with weak voice. I can't do anything in this situation, beside me there are two seed the goddess gave me. If I take it right away it's still too late if I take both the probability for me become human is small.
‘Erica, will you run away?’
“Kuro-chan, if I run away then my family..”
‘I have a plan for that, do you believe me?’
“I believe you”
‘Alright, let's wait until the marriage, I can't tell you what's my plan but I will be gone for a while’
“Alright, please be safe Kuro-chan”
I fly away from Erica house I'm heading toward the gate, I slipped into wagon that gonna going out city. I arrived at south forest.
‘Now I just have to take two seed, I hope I doesn't become mutant’
I take both of the seeds right away.
‘Arghhhh! Ahhhhhhh!’
My body is in pain and my body begin changing, it's getting bigger.
‘Am I going to become mutant?’
After 1 hour the pain faded.
‘Its success?’
My hands, feet body become of that human. I need to see my appearance. I walk to river near the forest, the thing I know I have hand, feet of human and my brother between my leg also I'm naked right now, it's embarrassing. After I arrived at river I saw my own appearance.
‘What is this?!’
My body and face certainly of human, but the face is not guy but girl. I have long black hair that reached my waist, gold colored eye, slender body. The only thing that can differentiate me between man and woman is my brother down there, and I gained pair of wings it's black. My body didn't seem so tall either only about 163cm, I'm shorter than Erica, Orz….
‘Ahaha, what species is this, let's try my voice’
“Aa..ahh…”
“Even the sound is woman like.”
I’m naked right now, how can I go into city?! I must get into city tomorrow. Huh? I hear a sound from behind, someone coming the first thing I do is hide. The one coming is a girl about 7 years old. I wonder I can ask her for some clothes.
“Hey little girl”
“Huh? Who?”
She turned and walk in direction of the voice. Then she saw me.
“Why are you naked?”
“I'm sorry. Can I trouble you for some clothes first?”
“Un, okay”
Then she walk to the way to village and come back after a while bringing a clothes.
“Here.”
“Thank you for the clothes, but why it's female clothes?”
“Aren't you female?”
She probably saw I'm female from my face huh.
“I'm sorry but I'm male”
“Eehhhhh? I'm sorry, I'm sorry but I don't have any male clothes, and that one is my sister clothes.”
“Don't worry about it. Thank you little girl, I will wear this.”
I wear the clothes, the clothes is villager girl clothes it didn't fit me and feels a bit baggy but with this I can hide my wings better.
“Are you avian?”
“Eh?”
“I saw a wing at your back, but the avian I know have bird head”
“Ahaha, well there's avian like me too, it just rare”
No, that's just lie. The avian have bird head but with body of human covered with feather.
“I see, then what're you doing here naked?”
“That is I lost my belonging while I'm taking a bath. Probably some animals take it, it's just my clothes and my pouch. But because of this I don't have any money to go into city.”
“Why don't you come with me tomorrow, we can create Id to enter the city together. As for tonight you can sleep in my house. It's just me and my sister in our house, you can pay me back later.”
“Thank you! Thank you very much!”
“Let's go!”
“Ou!”
We walked to the little girl house, the sister coming and the little girl explain everything to her. Her sister look bewildered and shocked when she hear I'm male. In the end she welcomed me. The next day me, and the two sister go to city, first is to make I'd for me and the little girl. After that we go separate way, is that alright? The cost of ID only 1 silver, I will ask Erica to help pay her, afterall with 1 silver you can eat for 2 day
“Thank you very much, I have important thing to do, so I'm leaving first.”
“Yes be careful, Kuro-San”
I told them my name is Kuro yesterday, the same name Erica called me. Now I'm walking to Erica house, there are many carriage heading to noble district in this city they are here for Erica marriage, I must go to Erica place. First I head toward a deserted alley, I untied the knot at back of shirt, the sister made for me yesterday after knowing I'm avian. Of course I wear an outerwear when going into city, people will think I'm weird if my clothes have knot at the back.
I spread my wings then fly toward Erica mansion. In front of Erica mansion there are so many people, and Erica room is at the back of mansion. I fly to the back of mansion and landed on window of Erica room.
“Erica, I have come.”
“Eh?”
Hearing my voice Erica turned to me, but she probably didn't know who I am.
“Kuro-chan?”
Wahh…she know, I'm so happy. But she still didn't believe I try using telepathy.
‘Yes, it's me kuro’
“You're really Kuro-chan! Wah, you're so beautiful!”
Erica is hugging me from excitement.
“For your information I'm male”
“Ah! I forgot, but now you're female right?”
“No I'm still male”
“No way..”
Why did you act as if world ended Erica? Are you swing that way Erica?
“How can a male is more beautiful than me! You must be woman! Let me check it.”
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“Wa, wait!”
“Ei!”
Erica moving closer and suddenly pulling down my pants made by the sister. Ah, I forgot to wear underwear. She saw it and the pant ps fell down. I put my pants on right away.
“……”
“……”
“Wa, wa, hawawawa, what is that thing!”
“I told you I'm male didn't I!”
Erica blushed red from embarrassment. Now she has seen my brother I want jump into hole. Suddenly there are knocking sound.
“Ojou-sama, are you alright? What is that sound?”
“…ah, I’m alright, I just thinking about the marriage.”
“I see, please call me if you're prepared.”
“Yes”
“Erica”
“Yes?”
“Come with me, run away from this place.”
Erica blushed but not as red as before.
“Ah, we, we are eloping?”
“good idea, my purpose coming here is to steal the bride after all”
“Eh? But I'm not prepared yet.”
“Jeez, I'm joking. Come with me, and pretend to be kidnapped”
“Why?”
“The plan is like this, you're kidnapped by some unknown fellow and calling for help to your fiancée, this will erase his doubt about you don't want marry him then your family will not be punished. Of course I need your brilliant acting”
“Will it work as you say.”
“Probably not, but we can fool them to believe it, prepare a make up, pretend you're injured and blood flowing from your mouth and body also your dress stained with trace of battle in your room.”
“Uhm, okay I have special thing for that”
“Also we will appear in public too Erica, and probably we will be chased no, it's me who will be chased by people from count and your father side. So we will fled to other country. Are you prepared Erica?”
“Un, I always want to go adventure”
“Great let's prepare the thing we need”
After that we began preparing the act and other things like backpack filled with clothes, money, and potion Erica made. We can't take too much luggage.
“Is this enough?”
“Yeah, please smear the special thing you said before on the blade and on floor too”
“Okay”
She began smearing red liquid that seems like blood on the blade and a bit in way to the window. Seriously this thing like blood, wait blood? This is real blood!
“Hey Erica it is real blood!”
“Don't worry it's blood of wolf I take before when we went on quest”
“Good, smear it on your body and your dress too”
“Eh, it's stink so much. Can't I just smear it on the dress?”
“No, let the audience see the blood dripping from your shoulder to your hand.”
“Okay.”
With this its almost done, I take the backpack and hide it outside the city at the south forest yesterday. When I came back to Erica room, she already wearing the dress. I put a mask made from cloth from Erica room.
“Okay, Erica are you prepared?”
“Yes.”
“Then act like you're in battle, with some shouting voice and sound of thing breaking.”
“Okay let's begin”
Now the plan begin, I named the plan
“Try your best okay Kuro-chan”
She said that with smile, how far you plan to take your acting. Then Erica began shouting.
“Wha! Wait! Wait!”
“Hyaa! Take this!”
I avoided it again, Hearing her shout the maid knocking again.
“Ojou-sama did something happen?”
“Call the guard, there's intruder here”
Hearing that the maid letting out panicked voice and opened the door. The plan is not for the maid to come in, well she's in panic state, probably didn't see the blood on the table, even she did see it, she probably thought it's from earlier battle. The maid saw me while I'm still dodging Erica strike, well Erica strike didn't mean to hurt me so it's easy to dodge.
“Ojou-sama, please get out from the room!”
“I can't! I can't let the quest be hurt, hurry up and call the guards!”
“Yes!”
We still acting even after the maid go away while shouting ‘intruder!’ Or ‘save ojousama!’.
“Still your acting is really good huh Erica”
“Hehe, of course.”
“Hey they are coming. Come here I will hold you.”
Erica blushed right away when she hear my word.
“What're you blushing for you stupid girl, come here!”
I'm holding Erica as hostage with her unconscious and blood dripping from her body stained her dress. A heavy footstep resounded in hallway, coming in are the count, count son, Erica father and the guards. All of them has angry look. Now began my acting.
“Don't move! Or I will kill her!”
“Stop!”
Erica fathers stopping the guards that moving to surround me. I moved backward with my back facing the window.
“Don't move from there.”
“Release her! Or I will kill you right now.”
The count son threaten me. Are you stupid how can I release a hostage. And the count aren't you acting cool not saying anything?
“Heh, you think I'm stupid? When I release her you guys gonna kill me anyway”
“At least you won't die painfully.”
Oh the count said that, you didn't care for Erica huh?
“Please wait Count-sama, erica is my only daughter.”
Humph! You know she is your only daughter but you're going to sacrifice her for some title.
“What do you want!”
This time it's count son.
“Easy, it's money 100 white Gold”
‘Wait Kuro-chan why did you ask for money?’
Erica use telepathy to talk to me.
‘If I kidnap you without any motive then they are gonna suspicious at me’
‘I see, but isn't 100 white gold asking too much, my father don't have that much money!’
‘Not much, the count must have that money’
“What! 100 white gold are you kidding me! Where did you can find that much of money!”
Erica father shouted.
“I'm not asking from you baron, I'm asking it from the count”
“Hahaha, you're asking it from me, she even not my daughter yet.”
“Father! Please give it to him, Erica, Erica is my fiancée afterall”
“Shut up! How can I give him that much money!”
“Black hair, I will give you the money but please release my daughter”
Black hair? Ah it's me, I forgot to hide it.
“So you're not going to give the money huh.”
“Please wait! Can't we negotiate?”
Erica father asked.
“Of course we can, but all the guards must retreat from this room, only three of you remain.”
“Retreat! All of you retreat!”
“What're you doing baron, you're gonna leave us with no safety!”
“Count-sama, the black hair still holding hostage and he can't fight really well with hostage, so with three of us we can hold him back”
“It's best if we didn't fall into his hand!”
“Oi, black hair! Give back my fiancée!”
“The money first! It's only 100 white gold. Is it that difficult for you?”
“do you think that kind of money comes really easy!” (Count)
“Isn't it easy for you who get 200 white gold every year, even though you're just a count”
‘Wait, how did you know his income?’
‘That's a lie, wait! his expression changed I bet it's the truth. He might gain it through some illegal works’
“Father! Please give him the money.”
“No! You can just find a wife at other place, no need for you to take this girl as your wife.”
“Count-sama! What are you saying? You can't just dismiss this marriage!”
“Humph! Why should I care about it, using my money just for single girl, there's no way I will do that.”
“Hahaha, this is the true face of the count. Hey you, do you want to save this girl?”
I point at the son.
“I do, please I will do anything”
“Alright then, jump out from this window kill yourself!”
‘Hey Kuro-chan!’
‘Don't worry Erica, I will save him if he really jump down’
“What! You want me to kill myself! No way!”
‘Ah, he really didn't love you huh.’
‘Of course, I know it already he is lusting after me’
‘Is that a way saying yourself a beautiful girl?’
‘No way. I just disgusted at him’
‘Hahaha’
“Then you're not giving any money either?”
“That's right.”
The count answered so fast, really to not care about your son fiancée at all what a human trash. Well since Its so late I think it will be better if I move right away, if they inform the guard at gate, We probably can't get out Erica.
“I see…”
I jump out the window while holding Erica.
“”Erica!””
The count son and Erica father shouted. In the moment I jump out the window, I spread my wings then fly to eastern gate in order to mislead the pursuer. I stopped at deserted alley near the gate, fortunately the people going out the city only few in number. I put Erica down.
“Erica, wipe that blood of you.”
“Un, do you have id Kuro-chan?”
“Yeah, I made it this morning”
“Let's go.”
We walked to gate, but the guards at the gate stopped us, I forgot I still have my mask on
“Stop! Aren't you Erica-sama? Why did Erica-sama here?”
Shit, the guards know Erica.
‘Erica prepare your acting’
‘Un.’
“Guard-San, the truth is Erica-sama has something to do outside town for a while, I'm her escort.”
“No! Save me! He is a kidnapper!”
“Release her kidnapper!”
“Che!”
I'm holding Erica right now, flying out the gate. Both of us can pass it because we have our id.
“Stop! Soldier catch him!”
I’m carrying Erica while heading to south forest to retrieve our luggage. After we retrieved our luggage. I showing myself to the guards that searching for me. After that I lead them to the corner of flying island with Erica in my arm and jump down to below of flying island, the continent.