"Oh well... you guys are going alone... Put me down."

"What do you mean by that?"

It's Ulysses.

First thing tomorrow morning, Maki and Thor are going home to Delia Field. Before that, you two came to me.

Looks like Raymond's uncle gave you permission to go home, and Thor will be on the side of his sick mother in the meantime.

Maki seems to be upset about that, and I'm glad the kingdom managed to attach a paragraph to it at this time.

But because of the demonic raid the other day, Wang Du fits in with great damage, and we still have a lot of work left to do.

That's nothing good, but I've been feeling kind of strange lately about your relationship with Maki and Thor, and I'm a little alienated...

"You, too, must be having some trouble getting ready for a spring wedding or something?

"Oh, yeah. Well... the Green Witch's wedding to the Ecclesiastical Festival is an instruction of the Church."

"Is Perselis in good shape yet?

Thor has asked me seriously.

Until recently, Perselis slept with a green-witch-specific disease.

"Yeah, it'll be okay by now. I'll tell her about you..."

"I'm sorry I couldn't come to see you."

Maki frowned a little and seems sorry.

I looked at them, nodded small, and smiled.

"You too, take your time and rest your bodies. Since spring, the king has changed, and this country will move forward at once. At that time, I will use your help..."

"... I think you'd rather take a break..."

"Me? Ha, I'm fine. I can sleep three hours a day these days..."

………

Maki and Thor are out of line, but, well, it's true.

"But... thank you both. I'm sorry I kept you in the royal palace for a year. I really appreciate it. Especially Mr. Thor...... you are amazing after all. You did something amazing."

"... do you?

"We've made a decision to officially accredit Ishmore as a nation. You are the king of a nation recognized by Ruskia. [M]... Is it time to act a little great?

I'll take the lower end job forever, Mr. Thor.

I'm sure he's still saying that because he wasn't born a nobleman.

"... um... shall I think about it"

"You look great? Like a king? Huh... haha. I can't imagine."

"Why not? I used to be the Black Demon King."

"... but I know"

Maki and Thor are talking to each other. But I felt like I wasn't being sarcastic before, so I leaned my neck.

My work at the Royal Palace came to a close, and I headed to the Patriarchate.

I miss Maki and Thor a little when it comes to tomorrow, but I have a lot to do, and I have Perselis.

Perselis returned completely and was in an example underground garden.

"... Perselis"

I watched her praying in front of the great tree from behind, but I found a separation between her prayers and hung up.

Then she looks back and flies up to me.

"Ulysses!! I'm finally feeling better!!

"Sounds like... Good for you. Ain't it hard anywhere anymore?

"Yes!! This street is pimping!!

Perselis pulled his sleeve with his hand, twirling and spinning.

The soft green belt danced beautifully and I was delighted with the return of the “Green Witch” in front of me.

She's my wife.

We sat on the uplifting part of Oki's just right roots and we had a lot of conversations a long time ago.

One is still the backdrop of the trail disturbance and the arrival of the demonic king's capital. She was lying on the floor all the time at this time, so she wasn't involved in this matter at all.

The second was about Maki and Thor returning home.

"Liar...... they both went back to Delierfield?

"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that... I don't think he'll be home for about two months"

"Oh... I thought I'd finally feel better and be able to talk to the Machias more"

………

She hangs out, hangs out her legs.

I looked a little sad on purpose...

"... can't I be alone?

"Oh no... that's not true!!

After asking a slightly mean question, Perselis shook his head in a panic.

Something cute.

"If Ulysses will come, I... I won't miss you, will I?

"Are you sure...? Recently, you've been having tea with Maki all the time, and she seemed to enjoy it, so I was wondering... if it would be more fun that way."

"That's not true!

Perselis is grabbing my sleeve and shaking my boom and desperate.

"Sure, I enjoyed talking to Makia, having a tea party, and taking a bath with her because I, I barely had any friends with the girl... eh, but..."

"... Hey, take a bath with me? Ha ha... That's more intimate than me..."

"!? So, but Ulysses is totally special, no? Ulysses, you seemed busy at work, so I didn't think you should say much about me... me..."

Perselis is becoming more and more tearful.

I panicked and took her hand and apologized, wondering if I was making too much fun of her.

"Sorry. Sorry. It's not, I just made fun of it... Oh, sorry Perselis......"

She chewed her lower lip and was tearful, so I held her shoulder and rubbed it.

"I'm sorry... because it's like a little, like, a man Geracie..."

"... Jerassie?

"Yes, yes. Because you don't say much about me... I knew you cared about my job. I'm sorry..."

………

Perselis, in his round large eyes, hoarded a grain of tears and looked at me seriously.

I stared so hard that I accidentally closed my eyes. [M]

"Hey, what...?

"Ulysses, but you make fun of people that way..."

"............ eh"

I do make jokes, but I rarely make jokes about Jerassie. [M]

I mean, I'm just saying that I was simply curious to see how Perselis would react...

"Well... I just wanted to see you get desperate that way, me too"

"... Really?

"That's right. I've always been thrilled to see what I could do if you enjoyed being with Maki and Lepis... He's a little guy. Not at all."

There was really nothing I could do, he was a little man.

I'm getting embarrassed as I say it, and I'll hold my forehead.

Then Perselis, somewhere happily widening his eyes, stood on his knees on the roots of a tree and squeezed my head.

"Hey, what?

"... because Ulysses will listen to me. Me, I've been wagging Ulysses' head like this all my life!!

"Hey, what's that?"

Sure, my hair is cat hair!!

Perselis was happy, and after a while, she began to fluff my hair.

"Ulysses is pretty much a sleeping habit, isn't it?

"... ugh, yeah. Right.... you work hard every morning to get it in order..."

"Hehe. When we get married, will Ulysses live in the Patriarchate and go to the Royal Palace? Then I, I'll get you Ulysses sleeping habits every morning!!

………

Perselis is putting my hair in one room and gently putting it in place.

I was kind of happy, feeling the warmth of her hand.

"Every morning, I'll get you a Ulysses scarf!!

"... that's it...?

"Yeah!! I'll do a lot of things like Ulysses' wife this time..."

Perselis clasped her hands messing with my hair and slowly held her tight to hold my head.

Her thoughts come through painfully, and I turn my hand around her back, too.

"Aren't you scared?

"... what?

"Me and... being husband and wife again..."

I heard you whine.

Two thousand years ago, we never spent a long time as a couple.

I can't tell her I made her happy. [M]

"... Ulysses, but... you proposed, didn't you? You chose me again, didn't you? I'm so glad..."

………

"That's it, isn't it the answer?

"... no, that's enough. I wonder why... we're in the same position again, getting married in the same place... I feel kind of fresh. I'm so excited about this..."

"Neither do I."

………

Perselis has fallen on her knees and leaned against me, rarely sweetening.

No, she's supposed to be a sweetheart, but I've been patient with her ever since.

"Hey, Ulysses? You like me?

"... well, of course"

"Why was there a time!?

"Yes, no, instant answers are no fun either... No... I'm not good at that sort of thing..."

"... Black Demon King? Thor?"

"Yes, yes. He has a lot of experience. I've been distracted by Stoke lately... but he's serious honest..."

Yeah, I don't want to say any more. As a man, I kind of get hung up.

Perselis wasn't quite sure, but when he peered into my face,

"But... I prefer Ulysses, don't I?

You look embarrassed somewhere.

When you say that again, you're so happy you want to gut pose.

"... yeah. You're enough for me..."

"If you don't, you're in trouble."

As a muscle, Perselis pointing his mouth. Lovely.

I held her and stroked her back with a pomp.

"... it's okay. I'm sure everything will be fine.... because we already have a lot of allies. It won't be like before."

………

"Like before, I won't let you be alone..."

I won't let you be alone.

That's what I said, and I snorted myself.

The future we build is certainly built on the previous life, but it does not trace back to the previous life.

Now it's definitely time to make Perselis happy.

And again, if you were given my child, now is the time to protect your family.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Though the world is in a completely different chaos than it was 2,000 years ago, will we have the power to overcome it now?

I prayed to this Vabilofos that this time I wanted to walk through a future that I could convince myself of.