Here you go!
Pour the cold beer into your throat after you snap the cuttlefish and jock.
Damn, I'm stuck with you...
"Company A's program, right?" Are you finished with the delivery? "
“Let me run the system, no bugs. I'll adjust it for next month's mountainside..."
Here you go. Even if you invite me to drink, I can't finish my work... It's only been a long time since morning.
I'm working overtime this month, so I'll be off somewhere next week to adjust...
I've been coming and going between the company and the house for a while. Now that I've finally made a step forward, I think I can go shopping for everyday items.
Today, I decided to meet Aoki, who was picked up on time, and drink it at my usual shop.
It's like a tavern where old people gather. It's cluttered, but the food and alcohol are good and the price is affordable. It's quite valuable.
Feed the cheeks from the freshly fried cheeks. Hmm, yuzu pepper is delicious.
"I have to go buy a ring for the weekend, too."
Oh, Aoki, now I'm going to propose.
"Hehehe"
"...... Are you serious?"
“Seriously, I've adjusted my work schedule and I'm going to take a break for Christmas.”
I was going to teach you, but you told me the truth.
"Dude, I asked a friend to give me a speech at the wedding."
I don't feel like it.
When Aoki and her girlfriend Shizu-san met, I was with them.
I've never seen a person fall in love before. That Aoki was reddening his face and dropping his luggage.
But I can't believe we've been socializing for three years since we met, and we can see the rest of it.
Nfufufu, you can make her too
"Yes, yes."
I don't care if your right hand is your lover, but come on ~
"Shut up!"
Aoki becomes entangled when sake enters. Troublesome.
I didn't know you were horny enough to dream about, but come on ~
Huh?
What are you talking about?
Aoki's face turned dull.
"No, you were talking to me today."
What happened?
What did I dream about?
Look, Demon King Lori is a monster, like an 18-game ban
"Um, uh..."
I can't remember.
Indeed, I remember telling Aoki a dream at noon... but was it such a dream?
The demon king Lori, who was suddenly born into the world, came to rebuild the demon race.
"Eh, did I dream about that..."
Hmm, I can't remember.
I asked Aoki to tell me about my dream again, but I don't remember it at all.
Not even the corners of my memory caught the shards.
Well, I've seen dreams, and I've forgotten about myself.
I don't know if you can remember such an impactful dream, but
"It was such an interesting dream, so I was wondering if I could listen to it a little more and cover up about the spring festival." It's a pity you forgot the source. "
This guy named Aoki is a high-spec handsome guy who can write books while playing gachi cosplayers. The painting is also very good. I envy it too much.
"I'm sorry I didn't remember."
Well, well, are you hoarding it?
I'm not accumulating, okay
He's rude.
But I think so.
Well, Demon King Lori? That's it.
"Hey, Aoki, I just thought..."
Hmm?
"Well, I don't know what to say, but I wonder what will happen to the existence that has been used up from the world."
”Nh, nh?”
Well, that's why…. Perhaps, the demon king who was recalled from another world has fulfilled his original purpose, or perhaps because he no longer needs to exist, he has disappeared from that world.
I don't know what you're talking about, but I can't think very well.
"Soundless, I mean, what happened to the demon king who was no longer needed?" "Do you want to hear it?"
"Oh, oh. It's like that."
Isn't it time to go back to the original world?
Ah, is that so after all?
"Theory of the Otherworld saved the world. The hero has returned to the original world. Isn't that a lot of it?"
"Huh? But the protagonist of the recent reincarnation of another world," The protagonist is dead. That's why many of them say, "I'm going to be reborn in another world."
"Sounds like a mainstream genre these days. It's true that there are many things in one direction, but in the past, there were many things that returned to the original world, such as travelers for a day."
Is that so?
"Yeah, because in the past, the goal of adventure was to [return to the original world], but now the dreams of the original world itself have disappeared, and living in a new world has become romantic."
I see.
Rather than living as a company animal, right?
Should we live in a world we don't even know about?
Apparently, Aoki has a lot of thoughts about this story, and he explores his knowledge while roaring.
I think it's the legend of Taro Urajima, but
"Eh, Aoki, why does Taro Urajima come out there?"
"I'm taking you to a different world called Dragon Palace Castle, but in the end, you'll come back to the original world, right?" This is also a kind of alien world, isn't it? "
"I see...?"
Precisely in the genre of "Ikko Hometown"
”I'm...?”
"I used to look up strange things when I was interested in them." The ancient stories of the same lineage include the ancient Yellow Spring kingdom. "
Hee-hee, I'll give you a lovely reply.
… thinks of too famous a fairy tale.
Taro Urajima, who took him to Ryuugu Castle and returned to the present world, ended up becoming an old man like a bookmaker.
I wonder what he thought at the end.
I wonder what Oshima thought when she saw him off.
"I wonder what the rest of you think..."
Yeah?
"No, as a theory of the other world in the old story, people who went to the other world will leave the people in that world and return to the real world, right?" I wonder what the rest of the world thought. "
I don't think so, do you?
"Yeah..."
"I wasn't there originally." I think I'll just go back to that life.
"Well, I guess so..."
"Rather than that, I think there are too many recent reincarnations of other worlds where death is the trigger, and it will be more painful for you to think of your family and friends left behind."
"Um, indeed..."
"A new world will be waiting for you, but I can't stand to lose you."
Is it possible to say without hesitation because it is the Aoki who is living in this world on his feet?
Well, it's just hypothetical.
"Must be."
"It just sounds silent, and it seems like a new story will come to mind." I'll write a plot next time. "
"Oh, I'm looking forward to it."
I'll give you the name of Lori Demon King.
"Die."
After eating and drinking for a while, I left the store and there was white snow on my face.
It's freezing cold. Cairo, which had been left in his coat, was already heavily weathered and had already finished serving as a tool for supplying warmth.
When I had a good holiday, I waved lightly and broke up with Aoki.
I take the train home while I walk my legs in a mood of lethargy.
Aoki was talking about the dream I saw.
I don't remember anymore, but the demon king who appeared in the story.
Could it have played a role?
Have you discovered the meaning of birth?
I don't know. I don't know.
It's just...
I look up at the sky as the snow falls.
― ― I wish I had done what I had to do.
It's none of my business, but I hope so.
"If you've been able to do your part..."
"It's irrelevant, even if I wish for it..."
Get off the train at the nearest station and walk through the unchanging landscape.
The snow is increasing in depth, and maybe it will be piled up today.
When I felt the cold, I rushed home.
At the stage where I was already at home, I saw a figure standing beneath the blurry lights of the street.
A little closer, the figure becomes clearer.
I knew it. Someone is standing in front of my condo, not looking at it.
Was he in the snow for a long time? There was snow on his shoulder.
The figure was tall... and had grey hair.
A tall man looks back at us.
"...... ah"
The moment the deep purple eyes and eyes appeared, the opponent's eyes opened in surprise.
It was like I was out of the world.
A surprisingly well-kept-looking man screams something and tries to run over to me, but fails and fills with pain.
"Ah, uh, is everything okay?!"
In a hurry, he approaches the man.
It seems to be a foreigner... but I don't know which country it is, even though I know it has a Nordic appearance. Of course, the language doesn't seem to be English-speaking either. I don't know what you said.
As he approached and tried to support his body, the man pretended to be in pain.
The edge of the man's mouth was bleeding.
And vomit blood!! Huh, Kyu, an ambulance!?
I grabbed my hand trying to get my smartphone out in a hurry.
Billy and the various emotions flowing in from there.
"... despair... longing... and..."
- Craving.
A man pulls me down, and I collapse into the chest of that tall man.
The man's long faded gray hair blurred his cheeks.
I found it, my lord.
A voice filled with deep sadness, but at the very least with deep thirst, echoed in my head.
In one corner of the world