A Misunderstood Mentor

The tempo goes up.

The melody that flows in my head sounds faster than usual.

"Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♪ Ta-da ♫"

A week after specializing in cooking with Nurubee.

By buying some lightweight cups in town and taking a fine recipe every day, I moved a little closer to the previous flavor.

The hassle has increased dramatically, but the pleasure of cooking feels better than before.

Today was the first time in a long time that I had used a burning tree in front of a cave to simmer pot ingredients.

"That's a lot of concentration."

"Sasha!"

I didn't realize it until I could speak up.

At some point, Sasha stands behind him.

"That smells good. Aren't you almost back already?

"No, not yet. I didn't remember the taste of the dish as accurately as Nurubee did. It's not perfect."

"It is. But you don't have to be perfect, do you? Also, if you make a new one."

That being said, I nodded at Sasha, smiling nicely, and went cooking again.

Simple stewed rabbit meat and potatoes sweet and spicy, but the simpler it is, the longer it takes to get it back.

"What about everyone else?

"Today, we're all going to training. Nagisa was bought out in the town at the foot."

"... yes"

Is it my fault?

As soon as Nagisa's name came out, I felt Sasha's face was a little cloudy.

"Oh, speaking of which, did you clean up the problems in the Kingdom of Lucia? Sounds like a bunch of great people from all over the country."

"No, it's not over at all. I'm out of breath today."

I don't know what the problem is, but it seems a lot harder to navigate.

"Is there anything I can do to help?

"Yeah, I'm fine. Takumi works hard on herself. I've been looking forward to cooking for a long time."

Sasha's face laughing like that still looks tired.

I don't think I can help, but can I give you any advice?

"Oh, yeah. How's Bats doing? Wouldn't he handle a lot of things well?

"Ba, the bats..."

As soon as he said about the bats, Sasha tried to hide his surprised face, but it didn't work out and showed upset as soon as he could tell.

"Ugh, yeah, it's nothing. He seems a little busy right now"

"Oh well."

More than that, the atmosphere you shouldn't have heard, but you still couldn't have let it go.

"Hey, Sasha. Can you just let me know what the hell is going on?

"... sorry. I can't talk. No, no one knows exactly what's going on."

"Huh?"

Sasha, after a little silence, speaks out in a small voice.

"... nothing seems to be happening and something is wrong. Guys, I'm feeling uncomfortable. But I don't know what that is. It's happening all over the world."

"Uncomfortable? Like what?

"For years, I had men who could use it in the Kingdom of Lucia. The family was impeccable, and I trusted her wholeheartedly to appoint her as the new Knight Commander"

I thought you were talking about Nagisa, but I don't want to talk about it.

"But yeah. Something's wrong. Sure, I've known her for a long time, but every time I look at her face, I feel like I've just met her recently."

She felt her back get cold.

I guess I'm more suspicious of her than Sasha feels about Nagisa.

"And I wasn't the only one with that discomfort. I was contacted by Dr. Deus of South City, a mechanical city, that there were similar cases. There's someone I remember, but not on the record."

"What? What do you mean!?

"In that country, they have a habit of recording pictures and videos of the person, which is called a cinematograph. It was reported that one person had not seen any footage of the workplace where he had been working for a long time. Even though I've been there for decades and it's well in everyone's memory."

What? What's really going on?

"No way, the kingdom of Lucia is home to great people from all over the world..."

"Yes, in all countries, something similar is happening."

The discomfort is spreading all over the world.

How is that happening?

That's when, uh, one word comes to mind.

"Sasha, maybe this world..."

Suddenly, Kiwien, and the sound of tearing the air apart rang.

At the same time, between me and Sasha, the Devil's Sword Karna flies in at a tremendous rate and pierces the ground.

Bang, the ground around him swept like a circle, and the wind swept like a shock wave, and spread.

"Tak!

"Ka, Karna! Well, how did you get here with your sword?

"I have a bad feeling about Alice, or something, and all of a sudden she's throwing us off the foot of the mountain. I'm surprised. '

"A bad feeling? Nothing's happening."

But did Alice, from the foot to this point, throw Carna away precisely, even though it was a few dozen kilometers away?

I wasn't going to be surprised at what Alice did anymore, but I didn't think I could do anything like this.

Besides, nothing urgent has happened here.

I was just talking to Sasha while cooking.

More than that.

What was I trying to say to Sasha earlier?

With the sudden surprise of Karna flying by, the words that came to mind disappeared completely.

"Really? Nothing's happening, huh? Oh no, there's so much Sasha... Ha! Could it be tough! I wanted to have a good vibe alone!?

"No, no, I didn't. Yikes. We were just talking normally."

"You're lying! Hey, Sasha, you look serious. No! Absolutely, you two did something weird!

"I didn't."

"I didn't."

The voices of me and Sasha wear.

On a daily basis as usual, it was when I thought it was Alice's mistake to have a bad feeling.

"Ta-ta ♪ Ta-ta ♪ Ta-ta ♫"

That's not the melody that rang in my head.

From the shadow of the rock in front of the cave, the melody was heard.

"... nagisa"

Slowly she emerges from the rocks.

I should have gone to use it, but I'm not holding anything in that hand.

And further behind it.

Every inch, one man stands like a shadow shaking.

Have you seen that since the battle in the prairie?

"Dear Takumi, we have taken our customers"

Behind Nagisa, who said that with no expression, a man quietly bows his head.

Melody, Nagisa is not mumbling, the man is talking.

The melody is played so beautifully and resounds in my heart that I don't think it's the same song.

I've heard it in my dreams.

"It's been a while. Dear Takumi,"

One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Demons covered in black darkness.

Azatos, the Dark King, was brought here by Nagisa.