The Strongest Black Knight (♂️), Changing Job Into a Battle Maid (♀️) prologue

EN : From The Strongest Dark Knight ♂, Changed Job Into Combat Maid ♀

JP : Saikyou no Kurokishi(♂), Sentou Maid(♀) ni Tenshoku shimashita / [最強の黒騎士♂、戦闘メイド♀に転職しました]

Prologue. The man who disappeared from the main stage

I remember the blue sky I saw last time.

I gazed at the calm and relaxing scene, thinking about my friends who I left behind, just as usual.

The smoke and blood, the soil and sweat, and the sweet smell that were out of place at the battleground.

I wiped her tears, telling her not to cry.

"I loved you. I really loved you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry…"

"I loved you too"

Maybe, I've always liked her since the first time we met.

It was my quiet and calm first love.

When the Kingdom of Freya was involved in the war triggered by Persil IV, there was a man who played an active part in the border battlefield, he then received the title of [Black Knight] and became the captain of the Black Knights corps at an unusual speed of one month.

The name of that man is Albright.

He was a war orphan and a former mercenary without a family name in a village near the border.

His unusual and unconventional sword technique was feared by his enemy and ally, and he was said to be the strongest and the evilest of all the Black Knights.

The fighting figure that akin to a demon running on the battlefield and the cloudy red eyes that only Albright has, which rumored to be the symbol of calamity.

Later, the kingdom of Freya signed an agreement with the Empire of Martis, ending the era of Persil IV, which had sparked a war with other allies.

The [Black Knight], who has been recognized for his achievements and accomplishments in the campaigns to other nations, had the opportunity to be rewarded directly from His Majesty the King on the official ceremony, but despite that, he did not want a valuable reward such as a court rank.

"You say that you will give me everything I want, then please give me my own family name" (Albright)

Albright replied with an awkward smile on his gentle face.

He then led the Black Knight corps as Albright Neildijk. The kingdom of Freya was one of many countries that were involved in the war that was triggered by the two high-tensioned neighboring dictatorship states for several years. And the Black Knight Corps continued to guard along the border.

Just before the end of the war, Albright was killed in the battlefield at the young age of 27 years old.

Thus, the man who was said to be the strongest and the evilest [Black Knight] disappeared from the main stage.

A year later, the Black Knight Corps was disbanded, and the last holder of the Captain's title, the [Black Knight], was Albright.

The shock was so great since nobody expected him to die.

Everyone seemed oblivious to the fact that Albright was also a human being, loved one woman, and that he died with his own determination.

And No one knew that he had been reborn into this world in a completely different form right after his death.

Sixteen years later, the one who once a man who was called Albright Neildijk—

Was shopping in town as a pretty girl in maid attire with fluttering skirt.

"Ojisan, I came here on an errand for the head maid Elena. Can I have some apples?"

"You're cute as always, Marichan. Alright, you can take two for free!"

"That's ojisan for you! What a cool merchant!"

Former Black Knight, Albright—Now lives as a 16 years old maid, Maria.

Maria is aware that her appearance is somewhat cute, so she decided to utilize her smile and gestures every day.

At first glance, she seems to be one of the pure-hearted maids, and her fellow servant, Guise, who's listened to her high-pitched wheedling voice, gazed at the sky, with a long deep sigh.

Since Guise has been with her for a long time, he was able to hear her inner voice, saying [Too easy! I got a snack on the way home!], that she concealed under her smile.

The merchant man, who didn't have a single doubt for Maria, laughed, showing his teeth to the two who always came to buy.

"Give my best regards to Marquis-sama and the beautiful Elensan!"

"Thank you very much, Ojisan!"

"Yeah. Tell Elenneesan properly"

In a city next to the royal capital, a young maid and a cook apprentice of the Marquis returned to the mansion, while eating apples.

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