Kuraki Kyuuden no Shisha no Ou

He did not want to die. He wanted to be free—and if becoming a monster was the price of that freedom, then so be it. A strange, wasting illness had wracked his body with unrelenting pain for years, until death finally came for him in solitude, leaving him barely a moment to despair. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself reanimated as the lowliest of undead by a vile necromancer. At first, he rejoiced in a body that could no longer feel suffering—only to realize he was still bound to another's will, his plight little different from the sickbed that had once confined him. Yet even as he yearned for peace, the world refused to leave him be. To claim his freedom, he would need both caution and strength. Through flight and battle, fear and doubt, this is the tale of a timid King of the Undead, who simply wishes to live on his own terms.