Less than a moment passed and I took it off that space, I fluttered and fell in the Esta family salon.

"Machia!!!

I thought I heard Thor from somewhere, but with foot pain and anaemia, I quickly lost consciousness.

I was remembering that feeling, falling off.

Amid ambiguous floats, I wonder what was on the other side of that arch.

I broke it myself, and somehow I knew it.

I guess I'll have to go around “that” someday.

…………

"... are you awake, Master Machia"

"... Lepis?

I slept in my own cot.

I have Lepis on my side.

"I, you fell..."

"Yes. But just before Master Machia fell, Master Tor rushed over and supported him.... I had to escort the princess, but I went to you, that one.... the princess was targeted for her life in a flash, but we were both at the party and watched, so the princess is safe"

"... Tor"

"How about if I forgive you already? Dear Thor... he should have known he would put the princess in danger. But I couldn't help but go to you."

"... already... I forgive you"

……

Lepis won't know, will he?

It was a moment in reality and a very important time for me and Thor.

"Master Machia had a foot injury. The blade had been stabbed quite deeply, and by saying that His Highness Ulysses' white magic would be more effective than your healing magic, His Highness Ulysses performed the procedure and healed it last night."

My legs don't hurt anymore.

"But now Master Thor is down after the party... and is currently being treated in his own room"

"... yes... eh. Thor, is Thor all right!? He built two magic fortresses yesterday, and in double space..."

"... Dear Machia?

"He must have taken quite a risk!! Because“ that ”was an unusual density!! Besides, I was forced to destroy the space, no matter how much magic he had... that was..."

"Master Machia, please calm down. Sure, Master Thor is seriously injured, but there's nothing else in his life. Her Royal Highness Ulysses has treated her from time to time.... hasn't woken me up yet..."

……

I didn't want it, even if I was there.

I accidentally jump out of my bet and head to Thor's room.

Yesterday, Tor carried all the load of that space that we stumbled across.

It's not just a magic fortress. Besides, my magic forced me to destroy the space, so the risk to Tor became so great. They even withheld payment of the risk and came with interest.

"Thor!!

I ran to Tor's room and found Tor sleeping in a bet.

He just looks asleep.

"Hey... Maki, you're awake"

"... lily"

It was where Ulysses applied healing magic.

"Thor seems to have been wiped with his built-in parts and his right leg, left arm, left eye, etc. If I were a normal person, I'd be at this risk, dead.... but it's okay. I applied healing magic immediately, so if you continue to treat me like this, I'll be fine. I need a moment of rest..."

…………

When I went to Tor's side, I fell on my knees beside my bet and accidentally cried.

Is that a tear of relief or a tear of fear? It was mixed with a lot of complexity.

"Tor...... eh"

"... Maki, what the hell happened? Thor, I've never seen you take such risks before. He is a prudent man, even when he looks like this. I should have tried not to take the risk that I couldn't handle with my own healing magic. And you had a big foot injury."

Ulysses seemed to have doubts. Naturally.

"I don't know.... It looks like there was a double space in the data Tor had on the residual demon-guided space... eh. He made space to chase me. Ho, it was really“ Kingdom of Shadows "... because I was... scared, Tor..."

Thor recreated that space for me.

White blossoming, in a beautiful forest space.

Surely if that space was the only one, there wouldn't have been that much load on Tor.

"The space that Thor repainted was one of the residual demon-conducting spaces he had previously investigated. It was a beautiful forest space, with white flowers blooming... But... but there was something strange.... there's an arch, there's space on the other side... Welcome to the boundaries of the world..."

Welcome to the boundaries of the world.

I can't forget that string that showed up in front of me.

I'll tell Ulysses about the unusual air in that space.

"of the world... boundaries...?

"Yeah. That's what it did say. So I thought Tor and I shouldn't go any further. But Tor couldn't do anything about it. I couldn't disarm it, even though it was his magic space. That's why I... stabbed him in the leg with Thor's sword and forced him to break it by command magic."

"............... right"

Ulysses seemed to draw on my vague explanations for himself.

"It's my fault. Because I didn't... tolerate it. That's how you act like a child..."

"Maki..."

"Thor even had a present for me. Me, don't know anything..."

"Maki. You have nothing to do with it.... Look, don't cry anymore"

Ulysses puts her hand on my shoulder, smiles gently and tries to calm me down.

He's been very reliable here lately. Is it because I have something to protect?

"The world's boundaries... General Cannon said those words before. Anyway, I guess I was destined to come across it someday. I still don't know what that is... I didn't think the Residual Demon Guided Space would have anything to do with that."

"We weren't expecting anything like that out there.... I had fun, but I'm gonna smash it."

"Ha, did you have fun?

Calm down with a warm cup of tea at the table on the side of the bet.

I still couldn't get my eyes off Tor.

"We could've made up for it. Me, too. I was hoping we could talk again soon."

"Thor... when will I wake up"

"... I don't know. This time again, the risk payment came like a wave, and once healed, it didn't completely go back to normal. I've been jerked off many times."

………

"Oh, but it's okay. Leave it to me.... I'm a white sage, aren't I?

"... right.... hehe, it's okay, I believe you."

"Besides. Thor, you've been having a rough time here lately... and I think you need some time to get some sleep."

………

Time to get some sleep......?

That may indeed be the case.

He's been thinking a lot lately.

"Oops...... it's time to go. I have a meeting."

"You seem as busy as ever. I'm so sorry I've been so busy."

"No, no, Maki. You have a role to play. [M] It's like an ad tower for the Raymond faction."

"... what is it"

"A young and beautiful deputy king Raymond faction advisor magician. From other people, you're a very mysterious man. Visual hua is quite important in factional strife. You have a very big role to play in that sense. [M] It's up to us men to work as carriages in the back.... Raymond's uncle is counting on you."

"............ well fine"

Somehow, I think I figured out why that sweet uncle fluttered me and made me attend all sorts of parties.

Am I a campaign girl?

"Well, Thor, you should take your time too, Maki, until you wake up. Mr. Thor... if you were on my side when I woke up, I'd be delighted."

"... I guess. But... yeah."

I narrow my eyes a little and stare into the void.

"When you wake up, you miss no one."

"... Maki?

"... Look, Ulysses, you must have a meeting. Work as a carriage horse."

"When Maki tells you that, the mysterious reality"

"What's going on?"

"... like a queen"

………

Ulysses smiling. I look at him jitty and kick his foot over the desk.

That's how Ulysses left this room dragging her legs and went to the royal palace meeting.

Thor just sleeps quietly.

I sat on the edge of Tor's bet and stared at him, softly paying for the black forehead in his eyes.

said Ulysses.

He said he also needed time to sleep slowly.

"Thor...... what dreams are you having?

A long sleep rarely reminds us of fragments of memories from a distant past.

It used to be the same when I was Ulysses.

………

Thor, I wonder if you're dreaming right now, too.

There must be so many characters out there in your previous life.

Are the Red Witches and the White Wise among them?

But I'm sure it's not the Red Witch or the White Sage that accounts for most of the Black Demon King's memory.

Still, I wish I could smile on your side when you wake up.

So take your time and good night.................. Tor.