BLACK MOON - Black Magic War Beginning with Jailbreak - [Full story illustration available]

The Bells were headed for the little clown standing next to a red tent a little further away. Clowns with massive balloons are not allowed to move even though customers say they are approaching. He's supposed to be for visitors, but his eyes are somewhere above the sky. What the hell is he thinking?

What they were aiming for was a seemingly lazy clown, but no one cared about it. Just because Abby was interested. For all those reasons, the Bells were approaching unmotivated little clowns.

"Oh, little one. Can you give me one of those balloons for this kid?

Having reached the present point of the little clown, Bell said so to him, pointing to Abby. Bell is giving in to gaze at the little clown.

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But there's no response from the little clown. Instead of reacting to Bell's words, he doesn't move at all. No way, is this not a person, just a doll? Bell even thought about that for a moment.

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Shortly afterwards, as if they had stopped time until just now, a small clown showed a reaction late. He doesn't say anything, he just has a surprised look on his face.

"Hmm? What's up? Give me one balloon."

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Belle wondered how such a clown looked. I try to demand balloons again, but the clown just gives me a stunned look again, and he doesn't do anything for me. Only the face is moving, but it's as if its body has hardened.

"What the fuck! What's wrong with you?

Bell tries to touch a clown who doesn't move too much.

"Ya, plague god"

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How does a stranger know a name that Bell has been called in Adford? Bell thought so, but when he often looks in the direction the clown is pointing at, he realizes that his finger is pointed at Abby.

"What? It's not too bad to call the first person you meet a customer a plague god."

"Yes... because... Baba Fangas."

Lili unwittingly stands on a little clown who suddenly calls a stranger a plague god. Little clowns can only excuse their weakness to Lili, who approaches with an awesome sword screen.

"What?"

Lili, who was confined only to what the clown had said one time earlier, had accidentally missed hearing that next statement.

"What, you believe in that crap too? Nobody knows the future, do they? You don't see the future. Make it."

"That's right. How many times have I told you that there's no way a little child like this could be a plague god?"

Unlike Lili, Belle and Judy, who had listened properly to the little clown, denied his idea of swallowing the words of Baba Fangas.

"... excuse me. What I did was a little disturbing."

The little clown apologizes for being rude to the guests to be held. Perhaps all the members of the circus were preached the prophecy of Baba Fangas within yesterday. The circus humans they met today were all aware of the presence of the Summerbell brothers and sisters.

"But I don't know that yo... if you look at my art, you won't be able to say that yo"

However, the little clown never retracted his remarks. As much as he belongs to the Trump Circus, so I guess he'll use some power again. It's just hard to believe that would indicate Abby's danger.

"Whatever you do, it won't change our minds."

"Yes! It's no big deal about your art!

Belle and Lili were clearly looking down at the little clown. Their journey has only just begun, but in the course of the journey the two of them have witnessed a variety of black magic (Grimoire). They are not so easily surprised.

"I'm Rob. Everyone calls me Balloon Man."

At this time, Rob revealed his name for the first time. He still looks unmotivated, even though he's about to show off his art.

"You're superior. If you laugh at me like that, you'll do something with that balloon anyway!

Bell heard Rob's alias and almost blew it out unexpectedly. Even without looking at his abilities, the reason the alias was given is predictable. Because he has a ton of balloons.

"If they're not expecting that much, they want to show you something neat, yo"

Rob hadn't changed his expression in any way, but he was just a little angry. Sure, if Rob could surprise the Bells with that ability, the theory of saying it's safe because it's small would collapse. It would indirectly find the possibility that the Summerbell brothers and sisters are not safe.

"Well, can you show me that? You want to see Abby, too, don't you?

To Rob's words, Judy smiled. Abby nodded slowly as Judy spoke to her. She is also interested in the power that little Rob is trying to show.

"Well, let me show you something."

Hu ~......

Rob began to exhale the air in his body when he got a slightly brighter look. Meanwhile, he's been gripping a bunch of balloons. Rob kept letting the air out for about 5 minutes. The Bells look worried.

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There had been a certain change in Rob, who had thrown out the air in his body. If I stare and take a closer look at Rob, I feel like his body is smaller once more than just now.

Shh...

Shortly afterwards, Rob began to breathe the ambient air with momentum. Rob is breathing air with so much momentum that he's going to swallow everything around him. Just like when he exhales, it takes quite a while for him to breathe.

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The bells who watched Rob breathe the air will round their eyes. A clear change was happening to him compared to when he was exhaling. Oh, my God, Rob's appearance was starting to grow, contrary to earlier.

Rob's body was about twice what it was in the first place. It's already about the size of a bell. At first it was only as big as Bell's waist.

Su ~...

Still, Rob keeps breathing. The Bells look stunned when they see Rob changing the size of his body. Seeing them like that, Rob gives them a good look. To say he's still breathing air would make his body even bigger.

And when Rob's body grew to some extent, at the same time he let go of the bundle of balloons he was holding.

"Grungy......"

Bell was desperate not to react to Rob, who would grow up as he looked. I'm going to pretend to be more calm than I said I'd laugh off.

Rob's body was as big as a tent stretched around him. The most distinctive thing was to say that his body wasn't just stretched vertically, it was just as big on the side as it was. That's exactly what Balloon Man (Man) looked like. Rob didn't use a balloon in his hand to show off any artistry, he had a stunt that made him a balloon himself.

Rob's left wrist, which turned into an incomparable giant at first, was wrapped with huge chains. The chain burst into the ground as it dropped downward in momentum. Rob, transformed into a giant balloon, is going to fly straight to the other side of the sky, but a chain stabbed to the ground prevents it.

Ultimately Rob became much larger than the surrounding tent. Did I just say his body is 20 meters in diameter? I can't call Rob a little clown anymore.

"Balloon Giant. This is literally the biggest artist I can do."

Rob was naming his abilities. That's just the biggest artistic discipline. The size of the body changes endlessly. If it's not a beast (chimera), it's not going to be a hypervisor (vice). At first glance, the hypervisor only strengthens physical abilities. You can't change the shape of your body.

You can't surprise us like that.

Seeing Rob's amazing abilities, Bell was forced to disguise herself as calm. Bell himself is going to be cool with a clear face, but I see him putting up with surprises.

"Ahhhhhhhhh"

When Bell looked around, everyone there had a stunned look. Even Abby's face, which usually doesn't change her expression, looks surprised. Bell is the only one who enjoyed surprise, and everyone else is astonished without patience.

"Now do you understand? I can't decide that I'm a child even if I'm small. In this magical world, you can't judge anything by what you see."

"... you may be, but they're not... right?

Bell looks at the Summer Bell siblings. Contrary to Bell's expectations, Rob had the ability to be stunned, but not necessarily the Summerbell brothers and sisters. That's what he wanted to believe.

"But you don't know anything about those kids. But why are you telling me it's safe?

That being said, Rob changed his size again. He was shrinking to the size of a bell. Now I'm not in a round shape like a balloon, I'm in a very normal shape just like Bell.

"This is what I am. As you can see, it's not a child. After I got the power of a balloon man, that recoil usually only allowed me to spend a small amount of time, yo. That's why I'm as handicapped as you are, yo."

"My black magic (Grimoire) is actually one of the superlations (Vice), yo. Ability to be positioned higher among the superimposed (vises). By using the power of black magic (Grimoire), I can freely increase the elasticity of my body. So breathing in the air can inflate your body like a balloon, yo. But when it gets too big, my body floats out. Convenient ability, but I can't even count the inconveniences, yo."

Rob was trying to appeal to Abby that he had a lot in common. The Balloon Man Rob has lived as a child since he gained his black magic (Grimoire). And when you're in the biggest giant balloon giant, you fly away like a balloon if you're not chained or grabbed by something.

"Wait a minute! We were driven crazy by demons. [M] Whatever happens, I don't want to be involved with the devil. Unlike you, we swear we have no hand in the power of black magic (Grimoire), which requires a contract with the devil!

To the words of the balloon man, Damien is furious: two years ago, the Summerbell brothers and sisters were thrust to the bottom of their fears by the devil. For them, the devil was the most abominable being, and there could never be contact with the devil in his desire for power. For him, the devil is only the evil that put the life of his precious sister at risk.

"... that was bad. If you can't use black magic (Grimoire), you really are harmless children. But I still can't quite forget what Baba Fangus said."

Rob honestly apologized when he saw Damian seeping clear anger into his face. Knowing the past of the Summerbell brothers and sisters, Rob finally came up with the possibility that they were harmless as well. Still, Baba Fangas was an absolute existence for him. It's still going to take some time for the Bells to gain the trust of the circus.

"Sure, what you're saying makes sense, but we guarantee the safety of these kids. If anything happens to these kids that could harm the circus, we'll stop them with all our might. I don't think that's gonna happen."

"We're Knights people. Trust us for a little more than just the words of the fortune teller. We'll keep this circus safe! You don't know, but you're pretty strong, huh?

Judy and Bell threw reliable words at Rob, who changed his opinion only slightly, to fold. I guess they thought this was a good time.

"That's the Black Mages (Grigori) Knights under the sky, so you must be strong yo................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Sometimes I'll try to believe anything but Baba's words. First of all, I don't think you're going to be in danger, and there's a Knights in case of an emergency. I think I've been blind because I believed Baba."

"Thank you!

It didn't seem that easy to change Rob's opinion, who strongly believed Baba Fangus' words, but surprisingly, he accepted the words of the Bells. Sure, the Bells' words were powerful, but they still lack strength to trust. What was the deciding factor enough for Rob to believe them? Damien, who had been rejected by the circus long after the sun rose, thanked Rob just fine.

"Actually, I don't have that much contact with Baba, even though you believe Baba's words. Even in the same circus, we've rarely spent time together. It's the same as not knowing each other, yo. But your words are very powerful. [M] I thought it was worth trying to believe your words."

The balloon man reveals why he decided to try to believe what the Bells said. That was really simple. Rob, who had always believed and not doubted Baba Fangas' words, lived in a closed world in a way. It was the Bells who shined a glimmer of light on such darkness.

"Baba Fangus tried to kick us out, and we were rejected by this circus all at once. But we really want to see a big tent show. Even for my sister Abby, this is all I'll never give in."

As he answered Rob, who opened his heart, Damien spat out the length of thought he now had. His heart was about to break when he was rejected by the circus he was looking forward to, but thanks to Bells and Rob, Damien was totally regaining hope.

"Right...... big tent show, I hope I can watch it. Many people in the Trump Circus have some kind of disability, like Abby. So, seeing us like that, I hope you can have some hope. It's black magic (Grimoire) that brightened our lives, but there's no need for anything that brightens our lives to be black magic (Grimoire). I want to be the light that illuminates the lives of people like you."

For Rob, the pain Abby would have had was something he could have imagined from the look of it, but the more Damian's words were heard, the clearer the contour would come. Abby lost her freedom on both legs due to some event, and stopped laughing.

Rob, anticipating Abby's suffering to himself, sent her words of encouragement. That was Rob's, at least, apology for deciding without a heads-up that the Summerbell brothers and sisters were the plague gods for the circus.

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Abby was staring straight into the balloon man's eyes, although she never returned the words. Rob's appearance is reflected in Abby's usual deep blue eyes. At that time, the girl's mouth looked just a little slackened.

"Enjoy the circus. One day I'm gonna smile, and I wanna see your face, yo."

Rob, who had been gazing at Abby for a while, took the blue balloon out of nowhere and offered it to Abby.

Abby, who was more forgiving to Rob than she was in the beginning, honestly grabbed that balloon string. That was a bright blue balloon, just like her eyes.