As I walked down the path stained at dusk towards Mr. Lilia's mansion, there was someone who looked familiar at the end of the road.

The short hair of platinum, which is only long on the momiaghe part, shakes in the wind, reflecting my figure in silver eyes, without being slight...... a woman standing at the end of the road as if it were a single picture.

"... Mr. Ein?

"I've been waiting for you. Dear Kite."

When I speak with a little confusion, Mr. Ain slowly picks the hem of his skirt and gives him a beautiful thank you.

Why would Mr. Ain be in a place like this? From the word I've been waiting for, I'm pretty sure I have some errands...

Look at me tilting my neck, and Mr. Ain opens his mouth in the cool way he always does.

"... I should have visited sooner, but I was lost. No, not exactly. I'm still lost."

"... get lost?

"... Yes, Master Kite may guess, but I'm not very good at expressing my feelings"

Indeed, Ain is an image of a cool person who can do a great job, and I have never seen her expression change much, and I don't know how to make her tone absurd.

But what do you mean, lost? That you should have visited sooner, that it had something to do with me?

Look at me tilting my neck, and Mr. Ain keeps his words in a quiet tone.

"… how can I show you the gratitude that is in my heart…"

"Huh?"

"It's not enough to line up 100 words, it's not enough to show 1000 actions… I don't have the art of expressing the emotions that are in this heart right now"

"... uh"

With that said, Mr. Ain slowly approached me.

The little Ain is just about a minute smaller in the head than me, and when I get close, Ain's face comes to the position around my chest.

And Ain, who came before me, slowly... reaches out trembling and lightly grips the clothes around the center of my chest.

"… Yes………………. Save Master Chrome..."

"... Ain. Uh, I'm not..."

"I know. Master Kate didn't capture the act as a feat."

Mr. Ein's words as if he were seeing through his mind were exactly right.

I wasn't thinking about saving Crowe or fulfilling the wishes of Six Kings or Ein.

I only confessed because I liked Cro, because I wanted to tell Cro my thoughts and be my lover... I acted for myself. That just happened to lead to saving Crowe.

"But I can't thank you enough. I've never seen such a happy look on Chrome's face."

"... Ain"

"... I was the first chick raised by Master Chrome... Master Chrome reached out to me, a young man who was trembling lonely, without even going, and told me to come with him. It has become my place of return."

……

I lay down on my face with my clothes grabbed and I shook my little shoulder to tell you what Ain said...... I keep quietly listening to that story so I don't pinch my extra mouth.

"I may be on my own, but I think of Master Chrome as my mother. I am now because Master Chrome has loved me and raised me. So that's how I became a maid of honor when I tried to use the life that Chromium had picked up for Chromium all my life... until I ran out of life."

……

"... it's ironic. Serving Master Chromium and happily drunk of what was beside Master Chromium, I was… delayed in realizing the wishes in Master Chromium's heart. I wanted to live for Master Chrome... and at the outset, I walked away from Master Chrome's wishes."

Mr. Ain was raised by Crowe and became a maid of honor who wanted to work for Crowe.

But now that I know Crowe's wish, I feel like I can see Ain's regret... Ain't chosen to stand behind her, not next to Crowe.

And when I realized it was out of Crowe's wish...

"... I couldn't do anything about it. I already saw Master Chromium clearly as the Lord. I had formed myself proud to serve Master Chrome. I couldn't change the way I did."

……

"I felt really sorry for myself for the suffering of Master Chrome, wishing, knowing better than anyone else, but not being able to do anything... so..."

So separates the words, and Mr. Ain looks up.

A slightly tearful silver eye stares at me and opens his mouth after a quiet silence.

"... Dear Kate, this grace... will never be forgotten. Even if you don't think you are, you are the Messiah to me."

"Eh, it feels so insignificant..."

"No, I'm lost in thanking you, but I'm not lost in thinking of you. I love you the second most in the world. Chromium-sama has priority over you."

……

I don't know what this is. Something similar chills I felt when I first had it with Mr. Isis... I'm not sure, but isn't Mr. Ain't something switched on?

The look on my face is cool, but my eyes are caged in a tear away fever or something...

"... it's easy, but now I'm done telling you how I feel"

"Uh, ah, yes. Do you understand?

"... if you have any problems, please speak up at any time. If anyone gets in your way... I'll turn it off immediately."

"... Ha, ha, yes!

I started saying something messy!? If this one says so, it won't go out of style... Ain't really afraid to turn it off without mercy.

Well, it doesn't mean I have enemies, and I guess, you know, you're okay?

And Mr. Ain takes his hand off my chest, gives him a deep, top-notch thank you, and then looks at me again.

"... Dear Kite, I heard you like Ripley Pie, is that a fact?

"Huh? Ah, yes"

"Now, whisper this one..."

"To? Become!? Hey, ah, Mr. Ain!?

Shortly after I nodded, Ain took out a box like putting cake out of nowhere...... I mean it's a mountain count!?

"... Oh, uh, for once, I hear... what's this?

"It's a riple pie. As we crossed the border, we are at least thankful to you."

"... uh, how many do you have here?

"It's '1000' pretty good."

"1000!?

1000 Ripple Pies!? Something unusual. I've got a few for you!? What's this? It almost just looks like a wall anymore... seriously?

"I'll make it whenever I need it again"

"Oh, oh, uh, yes. Thank you."

Ma, well, I don't grow mold because I have a magic box... even if I ate one a day, for nearly three years... Ain't you aware of the word add or subtract?

"Oh, uh, Mr. Ain... do you know the word add or subtract?

"Of course. Compromise, add or subtract… It's sweet for me to rule out being a maid"

"... Soudesca"

No, this way!? I can't get through with Mr. Shiro in a different way!!

Mr. Ain graciously thanked me for turning Ripple Pie into a magic box and then left.

Yeah, I think something's gone wrong again.

"No - Mr. Boulder Kate, I didn't expect you to cage up to Mr. Ain..."

"Hey Alice...... Mr. Ain, do you think he was joking?

"No, not at all. Mr. Ain basically doesn't bend what he decides for himself. Making Mr. Kite the second highest priority in the world really works just like that... is that a kind of yandelle in a way? If you consider it the enemy of Mr. Kite, you will immediately erase it without any hesitation or emotion."

"What's that, scared"

Listening to Alice, who appeared as normal, the same chill runs on her back again as earlier...... no, I feel really outrageous.

Dear Mother, Father - I was thanked by Ein for the chrome, but something about the second half of the flow made me feel very disturbing. Yeah, I don't know, maybe - it was switched on.