Author: PhantasmalMira

「I heard you want to enter the Lotus Cup? 」 A lord, someone who has to fulfil his duty as a public servant, the Duke’s residency is truly only somewhere to sleep for Duke Nyrestia. Just as he stopped by between his work, he heard a wish from a mercenary who is an instructor for…

Ardis and Rona who were conversing on the way to the capital eventually arrived and found their way into the inn they’re familiar with, 『Seseragi Inn』. 「Welcome――Ah―! Isn’t it Ardis-san! Where have you gone for an entire year!? 」 Opening the front entrance, the signboard girl of Seseragi Inn exclaimed after seeing Ardis. 「Sorry. There…

「If only something interesting would happen. 」 「Yeah, true. 」 Ardis and Rona are conversing idly in the journey to the capital they have last been in a month ago. The sky is clear. The day is still early, and the sunshine is still lukewarm, just prior to the noon when it will be uncomfortable…

「Ardis―! Ardis―! 」 As if forgotten any other words than that, Fillia and Riana were hugging onto Ardis tightly while repeating his name. The platinum blonde hair sticking on him were at one head lower than him. Their height that should’ve only been around his waist when he first met them had become considerably taller….

「Nothing as expected, huh……」 Moore muttered as if it was an obvious thing. They’re at the forest near the Duke’s residency. It is exactly here where Ardis and the others managed to return to this world. After getting the freedom to leave from the Duke, Ardis and Rona came here in search of any clues…

It was a sudden pain that woke Ardis from his fuzzy consciousness. Rather than physical pain on his body, it was more like a shapeless pain that ripped apart his soul. It felt like something was pulled out of himself. It’s the same sense of displeasure when he was sent back into that world few…