After breaking up with Rachel and sweating in the bath, I went back to my room.

"Philoo, are you awake?... That"

Phil, the cohabitant, was nowhere.

Instead, I have one on my desk, a note.

"Hide, hide! Ji-kun is a ghost!

"... what are you suddenly going to say to him...?

Although it is usual for Phil's behavior not to clap.

Look out the window.

There are moonlights, but the sun is completely falling.

Hiding at this hour...

"You can't just leave me alone..."

I have no choice.

Do you want me to look for you?

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I looked all the way through the room and dorm, but couldn't find it.

Outside?

I left the lobby outside the dorm.

Well... where are you?

Exactly, outside the college, that won't mean anything.

I need permission to leave the college.

It is Zara that she does not leave the college one step from enrollment to graduation, as few of them go out of their way to return home.

I've never left college, either, except for the last bedroom.

Teachers seem to be similar around here.

Nevertheless, the premises of the College are large.

What makes modern Japanese universities even bigger?

It's more of a college city than a college.

Looking in the dark clouds is reckless......

But it's not like I can guess.

…………

Something.

I miss it.

I first met Phil, that day.

A seven-year-old summer.

From now on... right, four years ago.

Even then, I was looking for Phil.

I didn't even look inside the mansion...

Heard of numerous evil deeds from servants......

That's what I thought.

Then, leave the mansion......

Notice that there are holes in the measures surrounding the site......

"... Mori..."

At that time, we met when we went to the woods.

It fell off a tree.

When she pulls me off, find Rachel.

That's where it all started.

There is also a little woody area near the dorm.

Is it the woods or the woods?

Through the easy paved road, you go out into a pristine place.

There... on second thought.

Phil took me and found Rachel.

I felt a little like that place...

"... you want to go"

It's not like I have any other idea.

I turned to the woods.

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A cold night breeze ripples through the roots.

The moon floating in Jomtien lit up the open space thinly.

One girl looks up at the starry night sky.

Chestnut hair tips were shaking in the wind around my shoulders.

"Phil, Mickey"

For once, I declare that as a rule.

Phil looked back at me and laughed at me.

"Hehe. They found me."

"You're not hiding at all. What did you want?

"Saar...... Maybe he wanted to see if he could find me properly."

……

I don't know.

I approached Phil.

And look around the original,

"... here."

"Hmm?

"Hey, you look alike. Over there in Dimkuld."

"Hehe. Okay?"

Phil laughs happily.

I found Rachel who was going down. Originally.

He was also a base in his training with Rachel.

It's a memorable place among the Dimkurds, my hometown...

"You wanted to call me here?

"Maybe....... yeah. Maybe."

"That's ambiguous..."

"I'm not sure myself. I wanted to talk to Ji-kun, and I was wondering where we were going to talk, and I was here."

"What do you want to talk about?

"Yeah.... oh, but I don't know. I don't even want you to talk about it. Not me, but Ji-kun."

No, what.

I can't see the story at all.

"Hey, Ji-kun. What will happen to us now?

Phil said that in an unusual tone at all.

"What happens? Are we talking about the future?

"There's a Spirit King fight, isn't there? Ji-kun will win, won't he? It's gonna be so hard, isn't it?

"No, no, no."

Don't assume victory as a matter of course.

Though I will try my best.

"So..."

Phil faintly lowered his tone.

Strangely.

Seriously.

This is no joke, just in case.

"... marry, right?

A gaze peeking at my complexion turned to me.

A faint smile on the mouth.

I didn't know immediately what that smile meant.

"... yes, maybe"

Nothing is wrong with me as a nobleman.

I'm eleven now.

Before this, Elvis also said he had a fiancée candidate.

But in my case...

The opponent will have already made up his mind.

Clearly, officially, I didn't mean to promise...

Fathers and mothers are totally meant to be.

Naturally, so am I.

... even Phil.

"Marry me, have a child - yeah, make about three, live with me in that mansion in Dimkurd. Everyone in S-class comes to see me from time to time..."

Phil's voice, which speaks of the future, seems to dream.

At the same time, somewhere, anxiety seeped in.

"I know there's such a future. I know, right? I know...

... I don't know why. The more I think about it, the farther it seems... Seems like something out of reach... "

I wondered why Phil was standing under the moon.

It's going to slip between my fingers all the time...

So I hesitate.

I hesitate to reach out and hold her...

"... so, Ji-kun. I want words."

Dialogue looks like a plea.

But the voice had a core.

"As impeccable as it is, in clear terms. Me... if you like me. If you can catch me."

Phil wishes.

Like a brave man challenging a duel, resolutely.

"- Give me a proposal"

The wind blew.

The sound of leaf rubbing spreads and the smell of grass fills the area.

It was pouring down the light so the moon could watch over us.

... I thought you knew anything about Phil.

Always well.

Always innocent.

Good at getting into people's nostalgia.

Surprisingly smart.

I want to be sweet.

I want you to be sweet.

But I am.

Have you ever seen it before?

Phil's, this is such a - serious look.

I've been...

We've been together for four years. You didn't even show me the side. That means show me the side.

That's what I meant.

Correct...... understood.

I don't want to be someone else anymore.

He wants to be one and the same.

For the rest of my life...

From now on, I want to be myself.

- I thought I'd share everything.

She's - she's showing her readiness.

Then.

Then I'll...

"... uh"

Unfortunately, I scratched my head.

"I don't know, this... me, isn't it pretty dull?

"Ji-kun's cool, huh?

"Thank you."

Phil laughed dullly.

I smile too.

Then - I tightened my face.

"Phil."

"Yeah."

A lot of words went past my head.

Various memories, including in previous life, ran around like a running lantern.

What should I say?

What do I want from Phil?

Look for it. Look for it. Look for it.

- Find out.

"Live the same life as me."

Previous life - cut off by my sister.

I'm being helped by a lot of people right now and going on, this life.

This path is only a miracle.

If there's someone you can walk with...

Phil smiled.

"... am I okay?

"I like Phil."

So, Phil...

I put a large tear in my eyes.

"Oh well... I'm good... Oh well..."

I smile bitterly and hold Phil, who keeps blurring and tearing.

"Don't cry so much. I'm gonna be sorry."

"Thank you... Ji-kun... thank you..."

"That's our dialogue."

Kotsumi, and.

I hit Phil's forehead, my own thing.

Close by, there's Phil's face laughing in tears.

My nose tip touched me a little and my hot breath hit my lips.

I'll wipe the tears that keep flowing, with my thumb.

"Phil."

"Yeah."

"I love you."

"Me, too."

My lips touched each other.

Soft feelings and sweet sensations penetrate deep into the brain.

... maybe.

There's something paralyzing going around your whole body right now.

Happiness, I guess.

This is the second raw I started my happy life hoping for.

The bright moon was quietly looking down at that one point of arrival......

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The next day.

Quickly, I arranged to use it and report my engagement to Dimkuld's parents.

I wasn't going to drop my engagement in case they disagreed, but the reply came surprisingly early, and I was blessed enough that this one pulled off.

The same goes for Phil's parents.

Weren't those grownups waiting for this time?

Formal reports and greetings were to be made then, as relatives from both sides were to gather in the King's Capital just in the Battle of the Spirit King.

And then, well, for once, I decided to report back to the facades of the Battle S class as well.

"So I'm engaged to Phil"

I was ashamed of myself for asking too much, so I announced that I would, and the reaction felt like "hmm" too.

"You weren't engaged yet."

"I thought I was already engaged."

"From the time I reported it, I wondered if even children could have done it. Hahaha!"

"... eleven-year-old, that's inconsiderable with a woman, Bergson."

Well, you will.

I haven't even tried to hide a relationship from you.

Especially Phil.

"But, Ma, some of them might not be calm? Nah, lady to the prince!

"What?"

"Ha!?

Ruby familiarly shoulders Elvis and Azelea.

"No, I didn't... I knew..."

"What am I supposed to say?!? Whatever Jack does to get engaged, it's none of my business!?

"Fair enough. He said he didn't have to have strong cancer. If you're a jerk, I'll go out with you, okay? With your luxury."

"I'm not strong enough -!!

That's the way it is.

I always say the same.

And the other one.

Finally, someone had to report it properly or something.

Me and Phil, it's Rachel, both masters.

"... yes"

When I reported the engagement, Rachel said it was short and that's all.

I was somewhat frightened,

"Oh... sorry...?

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Er... because I got ahead of you disciple...?

…………

"Yes."

Chopped silently.

But it's a lot nicer than the cage from my training days at Dimkuld.

"... Congratulations, both of you. Heartfelt Blessings"

Rachel smiled and told me so.

The S-class guys, they blessed me too...

After all, 'Congratulations' from her was the most delightful thing.

"Ah, master. I have another one."

"What?"

"We're still going to talk about this... can you do some buddies at the ceremony?

…………

He looked super sinister.

"... it's not something a bachelor does, is it, buddy? Why don't you ask the Dean of the College?

"I thought about that, too, and Phil and I discussed it, and I figured I'd only have a master. Huh?"

"Yeah! I got along so well with Ji-kun because I owe it to Ji-kun"

You kissed me for the first time, 'cause that's when I slept with Rachel.

I don't know Rachel, though.

"... I'm not good at talking in front of a lot of people..."

"I know, but I managed there"

".................. ha"

Rachel gave up sighing.

"... ok. I'll think of this as a master's duty too."

"Thanks!"

"Thanks!

When the two of us thanked each other, Rachel had a look that didn't seem bad.

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That's how I get rid of all the engagement stuff first.

Finally, this day is coming.

Spirit King Battle.

The battle to determine the strongest spiritualist finally begins -