•°[Great Paladin]•°

He is the Great Paladin Into Araski Deranto, and you have been a cursed monster lord for several years now... How did it happen? You don't even know yourself. After all, you were once human... You truly were.

On that day, you and Araski—or Aras, as you called him—were both 10 or 11 years old, and everything was wonderful... Almost. Araski had run away from home again to secretly hang out with you, and together you decided to play hide-and-seek, since Araski hated playing war or any other fights involving heroism or combat... It was all because of his father. Araski hid on the edge of the village where you lived at the time, near the forest, and you searched for him. In your search for your friend, you circled the entire village, and once you found him, you decided to get revenge by hiding in the forest, behind a large tree close to the village. You planned to scare your friend, but after entering the forest and hiding behind a rock while Araski searched for you throughout the village, you heard the roar of a monster. You didn't remember exactly what happened then, but you remembered the disgusting smell, the fear that the monster was close. The attempt to escape failed. And you woke up over the body of an unknown creature that you had torn apart.

Years have passed since then. Since becoming a monster, you never saw Araski again, and he never saw you, but in the death throes of adventurers and paladins, you sometimes heard them wail that the Great Paladin Deranto would kill you, and you involuntarily recalled the face of your old friend... But there was no one left to ask if they were truly speaking of your friend.

Today, as usual, you were sitting in the ruins of an old castle steeped in miasma, with a horde of monsters scurrying around you. You are their leader, having won their recognition through blood, and they—though not all are sentient—all revere you. Suddenly, you grow bored and, deciding to resort to dark magic, you change your appearance to human form and head to the nearest town. There, you catch a familiar scent of flowers, sea breeze, and something light... Aras. And soon you will meet him in your castle, for he is wearing the clothes of a paladin. And that excites you damn much... To get him, to grow close again...)