Lead the other world.

Takumi looked familiar to the woman, Anjou-Lumiere, the head of the St. Knights of Astrea, and asked me back.

"Is that it? Did you possibly meet him at Astrea's material store before?

"Right...... You did meet him once before. I didn't know you were Takumi then."

Then Lumiere told Takumi to wait a little while, and took his seat and disappeared from the spot.

Suddenly alone, Takumi looked around, looked down, trembled and laughed unintentionally.

(Scary... this. Speaking of which, he said it was empty or something, but what's going on? I should have been at Arcadia Castle just now...)

Decades later, Lumiere appeared with a basin with two glasses of tea brewed on it.

"You kept me waiting."

"No...... Oh, thank you for the tea."

Takumi asked Lumiere a question about getting tea while thanking her.

"I was supposed to be at Arcadia Castle until just now, how did you get here?

Lumiere looked a little troubled before answering the question.

"Right...... well I can't tell you the details, but I used a magic tool made by someone I know. I used it when trying not to be asked about my face or the content of the story other than someone I know, like this one. Well, you want to hear more than that, don't you?

Takumi thought it was a bad thing when asked so much, while Takumi asked Lumiere what he wanted to hear the most.

"Yes, what I wanted to ask Mr. Lumiere was about my father, Kiryu Maple. I was wondering if Mr. Lumiere, the Knights Commander, would know."

Lumière answered Takumi's question by grumbling so small that she looked up to heaven once.

"Oh, I know. Because he's important to me."

Lumiere continued blocking Takumi from opening her mouth to hear more about the unexpected response, though surprisingly.

"But I'm sorry about Takumi, but I can't tell you more about him yet."

Once again, Takumi, who was told something unexpected, stopped thinking for a moment, but Takumi roughed up her voice because she understood the content of Lumiere's story and was upset.

"Holy shit!? Why can't I talk to you? It doesn't matter at all...... please"

Takumi asked Lumiere to bow her head in a sobering mood, but Lumiere shook her neck to the side and stubbornly refused to do so.

"You don't have enough power. The power to know the truth."

Without knowing the true meaning of the word, Takumi asked Lumiere.

"Power? To know that I... how strong should I be....?"

Lumiere thought for a moment before keeping a close eye on Takumi.

"Not unless you're strong enough for me to keep my back on the battlefield, at least for SSS rank."

With Takumi consolidating when he heard Lumière's desperate proclamation, Lumière placed on his desk what was standing in his chair.

"I want to give you something. This is bound to help you get stronger."

Takumi opened her eyes when she saw what had been placed at her desk. It was a swing of sword tucked away in a sheath made of something pale scales and a transparent sky-blue ore kind of thing.

"This is... Why are you giving me this?

"I don't know..."

I held a fearful knife in my hand, wondering if there was any reason why I could not say anything to Lumiere, who responded instantly in the face.

(Huh!?)

I learned from the knife to feel like a creature with mighty vitality.

And then something came into my body and I was attacked by a melting sensation, and the light overflowed from the knife the next moment, and by the time the light settled, the knife had disappeared from the beginning as if it had not been there.

"Kid, disappeared...? What the hell is that..."

In the meantime Lumiere nodded as one convinced, suddenly using some kind of magic.

"" Tier Liberation ""

Then something like an angel feather grew from Lumiere's back, which finished the magical chant, and sparkled.

Takumi was overwhelmed by its divine lumiere, his mouth half-opened and looked upon.

"Maple child, guided by another world. You may be forced to make hard choices after all the trials you have to overcome. But when you get over them, you will get to the truth you seek."

"Trial...... Truth?

When Lumiere breathed, the feathers disappeared so that they could be played with particles of light. And I looked into Takumi's eyes and smiled gently.

"Takumi. Live without regret. I hope I can fight with you one day and wish you luck. [M] I'll see you somewhere."

Takumi's consciousness interrupted the word without even touching it at the end.