Worth

1 part of Kuro wanted to save the 'once an idol' he finally met in real life, called another world.

1 part of Kuro was thinking the risks of doing such a thing, and the afterward punishment if he actually 'accidentally' broke free of the shackle locking her—releasing her.

1 part of Kuro was tired from all the works he did. Even if it was a short time, he was already awake for more time a normal baby would not do, besides, the fall from an adult man's shoulder wasn't an damage to be ignored. it may be an another world and the physical power of an humans is stronger than the place he was before, his body was still an infants'.

With these 3 egos combined, it was enough to make Kuro's brain explode—if not, stuns oneself from the side-effect of the parallel thinking.

Right now, the 3 egos' thought was separated but all of them had 1 matching feeling. They wanted to save the beautiful Oni in front of him.

Ages aside, Kuro was a 'man.' and a man was an simple creature in front of cute. Please search up Sora's speech for those who's curious. Author have no intention wasting more words in the explanation.

The crowds was surprised—it was the first time they saw an actual oni—while Kuro was crawling his hardest, from behind him was Led and Garen was searching for the baby who fell in the floor and weirdly disappeared into the void.

The places was crowdy and searching for a lost baby who fell in the floor was like searching a lost needle in the sea... a little bit exaggerated.

"Next, I shall reward those who have accompanied with Krainhold to capture the Oni." The so-called lord said and the 5 knights walked forward to the stage, going past the cage.

It was exactly the same time lord gave the 5th knight a sword as the reward—Kuro have climbed up the stage, carrying his body with the frail arm of his—gladly, the stage wasn't high enough for Kuro to only rely in his arm to climb, he was able to climb it.

The attention went from the knight to the unknown baby who have climbed the stage. Some wanted to take him back but most of the crowds were afraid that they may receive some punishment from lord if they went to the stage without his permission.

as such, the lord was still busy with his speech toward the knight, he didn't notice Kuro crawling toward the cage.

Slipping between the gaps in iron bar with his small body, he successfully entered—the 2nd part of him was glad that there was no magic inside the cage to kill those who have entered.

'then I am leaving it to you, me.'

'leave it to me, me.'

"Uwaaaaa!!"

With the cries of the baby, the lord finally noticed him and the Oni slowly opens her eyes, as her sleeps was disturbed by the cry of an human.

"What are you doing there!? Get out!!"

The knights who also finally noticed, tries to shout to the baby but he was already in the cage and the big body of knights can't enter if they don't destroy the door or unlock the lock.

Using every bit of strength he have, Kuro separated his hand from the ground—with his shivering feet, he slowly 'stood up'—if it weren't for the current scene and time Kuro was in, the crowd would have cheered for him.

With tears still dripping down his face, he went forward the Oni and hugged her leg.

"Mamma..."

'Hey me. What's our plan from now on?"

'I don't know me. I don't understand magic so I don't think I can unlock the shackles.'

'Babu?'

The crowds who has been watching with their eyes, finally lets out an cries. They thought that to the baby, the Oni reminded of his long lost mother, and the one of the reason was his cry, while another reason was the clothes he was wearing. It is from the orphanage.

'Well let's try it, me.'

'Alright, me.'

'Bu!!'

While pretending to keep hugging the Oni, Kuro nailed his direction from the lord—from the lord's viewpoint, he won't know that Kuro was carefully inspecting the shackles.

"#@%*"

Kuro was sure that he heard something. When he looked up, he saw the Oni smiling to him.

"!#&*@#&*"

Kuro couldn't understand the language she was speaking but her expression and tone told the words she was speaking.

'What is she saying, me?... well I kind of get the gist of it.'

'Just to remind you, she is saying something like cute.'

'Haaa... I knew it..., Tte, isn't she aware of the current situation we're in?'

'Bu???'

'Focus, me. The shackles is filled with runes—from the amount of letters, it doesn't seems complicated.'

'Alright, me.'

'Oh? is this the feeling of it?'

as it was transmitted to the 1st me, the feeling was shared to the 2nd and 3rd—the feeling of moving the mana inside his body—

'Try moving the shackles with the mana inside your body, me.'

'Bu!'

The mana string went past the rune and wandering endlessly, but the string eventually got tangled with the string, then like an illusion, it disappeared inside the rune, making it stronger as it combined with Kuro's mana.

'me, we're lacking in mana. This is our last try.'

'Don't worry, I've got the gist of this puzzle game. It's just, I don't know the clear condition. and the meaning of the 5 runes we past.'

"Unlock it. Hurry!"

Outside the gate, the lord shouted. Kuro was still acting and really crying but and was unfounded of it, but the lord seemed that he couldn't bear the fact that his citizens was inside the cage with the Oni.

"%&*!@%, ($*(&?"

'She said something like do you need my help?'

'You can even understand that?'

'Nope, it's just a pure guessing through observation. Hey, me agree with her.'

'Dah!'

"Awuu!!"

Kuro hugged the Oni even tighter—also secretly telling his will to work together—

The Oni sweetly smiled as she patted the head of the baby.

Receiving the pat, the child smiled, almost stabbing the heart of the crowd who was watching. '

'Thanks to her assistance and the shares of the mana, I've got the gist of it. Give my instinct a second for it to calculate it.'

'How long?'

'Done. Let's do it.'

'Wha!?'

Different from the speed from before, the mana string launched at shocking speed. Passing some runes; sometimes stopping at the last second and change the direction. Finally, an mana-heart was made as the shackles was unlocked.

'So heart symbol was the code for the rune? Weird.'

'Yep the creator is weird. This world is also weird.'

'Buh?'

'''Rune Decrypted.(Bah!)'''

At the same time, the red aura exploded—the iron bar couldn't hold it anymore and the cage was broken—

The Oni embraced the baby as she lightly jumped.

With an instance, the sky was within reach and with another light tap, the sound barrier was broken and an ripple was made mid-air—the Oni along with the baby have disappeared in the air, as if teleporting.

Kuro rested his body in the soft embrace of the Oni as his eyelids getting heavier.

"*^$&*@$ *$#$%@&"

*giggles*

The final thing he heard before his conscious has gone, was the soft-light giggles of the Oni.

'You...'re... welcome...'