Track: 01 The Witch Queen ①

Track: 01 is the first chapter of the Black Bard manga. Black Bard is a wandering musician who comes across Apollo before heading to perform for The Witch Queen.

Characters

 * Black Bard
 * Apollo
 * Marth
 * The Witch Queen

Summary
Black Bard arrives in the witch's kingdom intending to entertain the Witch Queen.

In the market he spots someone being hassled for accidentally breaking a lamp. As the youth gives excuses, Black Bard points out the lamp was faulty and produces what he calls a real one and escapes notice in the resulting commotion.

He tells the person he helped not to thank him, and that the merchant had planned for the high priced lamp to break on purpose before he heads on his way.

Introducing himself as Apollo, the boy states that he is a really good magician, the Black Bard demonstrates his singing and musical prowess with his harp to townspeople.

They are approached by Marth and though they both stand up to his confrontational attitude they both flee when Marth resorts to using fire magic.

At a banquet the Witch Queen is bored by the entertainment and resorts to burning those who displease her. Apollo and Black Bard arrive and coming face to face with the malevolent Witch Queen, Black Bard shares that he came to deliver her present of music.