Cote: Parallel World

0.1: A certain queen in distress

Chapter 0

0.1: A certain queen in distress

Ichinose Honami, queen and ruler of the mighty Agartha Kingdom. She was born there with royal blood in her veins and as the successor of the Ichinose bloodline. With her competent leadership, she has united all the villagers around her Kingdom, regardless of races, motivations and lifestyles to help each other through ups and downs.

When she was young, she was already a prodigy of the Agartha Kingdom, she proved herself by accomplishing incredible achievements as a Guardian Angel. One of the notable achievements that she accomplished was to regain the governance of some villages far from the constitution of Agartha kingdom and under the power of the Demon Race. With the help of her reliable teammates, they conquered the frontlines against all odds. They gained the confidence that they can reach far from what they were seeing and wander places that are not written on their geography.

Her party, Ichinose is the lead, Ran, Ku, and her best friend Miya. Ichinose's tactics led them far beyond their limits.

But one day, an unexpected encounter occurred, while they were on their back from a successful mission.

"Ichinose-san... etou, why do we have to advance to Axel?" asked Miya.

"Yeah, I want to head back to the capital now." Ku said.

"Hmmmmmm... Kanzaki-senpai asked me for a little patrol at Axel town; he said there was a little uproar there. I know the last battle was fierce; but i think that our team has a lot of energy remain, right?" Ichinose replies.

"Don't worry Miya, I'll protect you no matter what! whisper Besides we have a date later ... tee-hee!" Ku followed in the conversation.

"Sorry Ku-kun! No matter how many times you try to hit on me, you have no chance ... I-I already have someone I like... " Miya answered while bowing her head.

"Tsch." Ku squeaked.

"Honami-chan, let's hang out after this mission, kay?!" Ran said in a delighted tone.

"Sure, after I send a report to senpai." Ichinose replied.

"Look! Look! I think we are almost there!" Miya yelled.

"I heard that Axel is lively and has a lot of shops where we can go shopping." Ran exclaimed.

"Guys..." Ichinose replied with a rather perplexed tone.

"Me too! Me too! I want to buy a gift for Kanzaki senpai!" Miya said while squealing and pouting because Kanzaki didn't give her any attention earlier.

"Good luck with your love sickness Miya! May our Goddess of love gives you the guide to Kanzaki senpai's heart." Ran replied while laughing.

And, Ku made a disgusted face.

"Ooof... " Ichinose squeaked while trying not to laugh.

Out of the blue, a Demon, in black wings, manifested itself in front of them.

"Guys! Fall back! Prepare yourself!" Ichinose said.

"It's a high ranking Demon!" She added.

"Not that it matters." Ku said while activating his mana shield.

"If Ku's in, i'm in!"

"Damn, you guys are nuts. But whatever." Ran said.

"Are you all sure about this?!" Ichinose asked.

"Yes!" the three replied.

"Okay, let's do this! ... Don't underestimate it, though we have the advantage of number it's still a high ranking Demon!" Ichinose yelled.

They were confident because they had encountered a lot of High Ranking Demon on their recent missions.

"Guardian Armor!"

Ku used Guardian Armor to enhance his body strength. Ran also casted a spell on everybody to increase Agility and Strength.

Miya charged towards the Demon. Ichinose was taking time to cast her Angels Orb Spell.

"Angels Orb!"

"Duplicate!"

That makes two Orbs charged towards the demon.

"Angels Punch!"

Miya punched the Demon and it took it. It then hid in its wing.

"This is our chance! Finish it!"

"Sorry Ichinose, I'm out of mana." said Ran.

The enhance effect was canceled. Ku and Miya had to fall back.

"Tsch, I don't have enough mana to maintain the Guardian armor!"

"Zehahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa! How pathetic!"

Demon laughed. It then widened its wings.

"What?!!"

"It can't be!"

"Fall back!"

"Crucify!"

In the blink of an eye, they were being crucified.

"Now angels, with the curse of the underworld, i will now consume you all!"

"Help! Help!" Miya screamed because she started to feel shortness of breath.

"Teleportation!"

In a split second, they were already near the Alcanretia Town. But with that spell, Ichinose was exhausted as she used up all her mana.

"Wooooooooo! That was close!" Ran said.

"Yeah, I was so scared!" Ku shouted with a relief on his face.

"What was that thing...?" Miya was still in shock of what happened to them.

"Hoof... Hoof..." Ichinoses was getting her breath and cooled back down.

"Surprise!"

Miya was slashed and beheaded by a scythe.

"Run Ichinose! Ran!"

Ku unleashed all he got and pushed the demon back.

Ichinose and Ran started to run away with an indescribable look on their faces.

"This is wrong! I shouldn't be running! I should've saved Ku too!"

When they looked back, they witnessed how the demon removed Ku's heart.

"Honami-chan... I'm sorry... I can't go to our hangouts after this... "

"Wait! What're you doing??"

Ran casted a spell on herself to enhance her Agility. She then ran towards the Demon.

Ran was an adopted sibling of Ichinose's Guardian. They have lived almost their entire life together. They share lots of happiness and memories.

"Honami-chan, please live for us! Don't look back and just run away! Kay?!" Ran yelled with a smile on her face.

............................................

3 days later.

Ichinose found herself in a room of Alcanretia Hospital.

"Where's Ran?! Miya?! Ku?!" she yelled at the doctor.

Kanzaki walked inside her room and tried to comfort her.

After the tragedy, she was given a reward and placed at a higher position in Agartha Kingdom. It took a long time before she started to regain her motivations and reasons to live. She had spent most of her time researching about the Demon, along with other races that live on this world. She wants to protect the Agartha Kingdom at all costs, not only from the Demon race but also from all the entities that serve as a threat to the Kingdom.

Right now as the Queen of the Kingdom, she wants to extend her hand to the poorest and the most lawless places so that negativity could not grow and foster.