"128 years of St. King's life, 16 days of blue moon.

＜An ordinary village. Hajime.

　Choon, Choon.........
　The dazzling morning light coming through the window woke me up with a refreshing feeling.

''Huh........''

　Looking out the window with my eyes half-empty, I saw a tranquil rural landscape.
　This is unmistakably my nostalgic hometown of Hajime Village

'What the hell is this?!

　As I exclaimed, the nora cat that was lounging on the neighbor's roof startled me and almost fell off, and I was so threatened.

'I mean, that's my parents' house!　And it's my room!

　What the hell is this all about?
　I was in the land of everlasting darkness, I believe.
　The city of Saihate was in an uproar, and I was heading to the holy fountain... yes!

Elena!

"Whew?

　I called out the name of the Spirit of the Sacred Fountain, and for some reason a voice came from around my own waist.

'Elena?'

''Zzz...''

　

'What is this........'

　I'm just baffled by the situation, which makes too much sense.
　At any rate, there's nothing that can be done even if I continue to be dumbfounded, so I pecked Elena's head for now.

''........nyah?　Huh?　Are?

　Oh, I'm up.

Hi.

Hee?

"Woo-hoo-hoo!

　I was startled by Elena, who suddenly let out a funny scream, and I rolled off the bed, freaked out by the sudden situation.
　Immediately after, I heard a thud from the corridor as she hurriedly ran towards me, and with a bang the door was opened with great force.

'Onii-chan, what's going on!　................Onii-chan!

　My sister Satsuki hurriedly jumped into the room and saw her own brother holding his mouth while holding the woman in his wings.
　It's a matter for all intents and purposes, thank you so much.

'Otoo-san!　Ta-da!　Onii-chan's got a girl in her room!　Kidnapping case!!!!

'Hey!　Oh, no!　Wait!


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　Everyone was gathered in our living room, where a family meeting had been held since early morning.
　My father crossed his arms with a difficult face, my mother tilted her head with a troubled face, and my sister Satsuki nodded her head with a look like this (-ω-).
　First of all, I was surprised even before I got to this point, but it seems that I've been a Holy King for 128 years now.
　Since he had been the Holy King for 130 years before he had woken up, it really meant that he had returned two years ago.


　Time can move forward, but it never goes back.


　That is a common sense that any young child knows such a thing, and that is why the current situation is completely too baffling to understand.

And you mean you went back in time and came back two years ago~?

Yeah, I know.

　I know I said it myself, but I think it's crazy to believe that he's taking a woman into a room and holding her in his wings and then saying and doing something too incoherent like this.
　If Satsuki had said such a thing, I would have been seriously worried.

I don't think Onii-chan is lying.

You believe that?

　It's true that Satsuki hasn't left the village for a long time, and she's been naive in many ways.
　As expected, Onii-chan was getting quite worried about her sister!

I mean, you were sleeping alone last night!　Besides, it's more realistic for Onii to bring a woman into the house!　It's still more realistic to go back in time!

All right, all right. Let me punch you in the face!

'Wow!　No violence!

　Satsuki decided it was best to escape there and hid behind Elena.

'So it's nice to meet you!　I'm Satsuki. It's nice to meet you!

"Oh, yes. My name is Elena.

　Suddenly, the leisurely self-introduction time begins, and my anger has completely lost track of where I'm going.
　It's kind of annoying to see Satsuki smiling at me, as if she's aware of my state of mind.

''But if what you said is true, then it's kind of hard to be brought so far away from home~. Don't you hate it?　Are you okay?

''That's right. If it weren't for Kanata-san, I would have been doomed to disappear!　I'm grateful, but I don't want to...!

　Looking at Elena, who replied frankly, Satsuki nodded her head unhappily and turned around to look back here.

'She's too good to be wasted on Onii-chan!

I knew I'd punch you in the face!

　As the siblings were slamming and fussing again, Mom came over with a platter.

Yes, yes. Let's stop talking so hard and have breakfast first!

　Then I looked at the pile of black bread and cup of soup on the table and felt like I was missing something awfully nostalgic.
　Come to think of it, I haven't been back to my parents' house since I left for my adventure, and it's been two years since I've had a meal cooked by my mother.

''I'm kind of glad it's been so long since I've eaten my mom's food.

Oh dear. I've been saying I'm tired of the same thing every day~

　Hmmm... I don't know if I was like that before I left for the trip.
　And although everyone started to pick up the black bread, only Elena was looking at it in confusion.
　............................Oh, could it be!

Is this the first time you've eaten like this, by any chance?

　Elena, who nodded coyly at my question, gently took the black bread in her hand and looked at it curiously.

I'm sure you're not the only one who's been in the market for a while. But now we are in a situation where we need to replenish the mana through oral intake.''

　It's kind of a rigid way of saying oral intake, but the bottom line is that you need to eat.

"For now, I'll just tear off a piece of bread and dip it in this soup...

"Mmm-hmm...

　As she watched, Elena mugged and swallowed slowly as she took a mouthful... and then... poof, a bright smile came on her face.

'I feel so much better!　I felt a warm feeling in my chest.

Ha-ha, that's good.

Elena-san, don't be afraid to eat more and more~

　As we were exchanging such an exchange, Dad, who had been silent for a long time with a difficult look on his face, finally spoke up.

'I'm going to believe what Kanata says, too.

What?

You can't act in the first place. In fact, I'd be more surprised if that's all you've been doing, if all your interactions were fake.

　Although he says almost the same thing as Satsuki, it's completely too true and I can't even gag.

"...but I want to know how you, who was supposed to be spending your days without working, came to be on a journey. What the hell happened?

　Ugh, I didn't want to be asked about this too much........
　However, it would make the story even more complicated if I wasted my time keeping quiet here, so I gave up and began to tell the beginning of things.

''As I recall, on the sixteenth day of the blue moon, just after noon, a group of bandits appeared in the village--''

What the f*ck?

　Despite the fact that I was in the middle of talking, Dad stood up with an impatient look on his face.

'What, eh, what's the matter?'

'Today is the sixteenth day of that blue moon!

'Yeah?

I'm sorry to interrupt you. What happened then?

'Well....'

　That day, I was wandering around town with nothing to do, when I encountered a group of bandits and got successfully tangled up in them... or rather, beaten up.
　To be honest, I think it's useless to attack a penniless commoner like me, but since I was right in front of the leader of the bandits when he announced his intention to attack the village, I can't deny that I got beaten up as an "incidental" attack.

"And then a brave Kanemitsu, who was just passing by, beat them up and oh...

"Oh?

I'm going on a motel journey to help you defeat the Demon King.

Onii-chan, why are you reading from a stick...

　That's the truth of it, "I went with Onesama, the s*xy woman who patched me up, because she was beautiful", but I couldn't tell you.
　By the way, that Onesama easily left the hero's party in the next town, so my plan fell apart in a few days.

"Jeez.

　I don't know why Elena is staring at me so hard.

'What?'

''Eh, yeah. Well, I wondered if Kanata-san wasn't going to go to that bandit group.''

'Why?　I wouldn't go near it if I knew I was going to be beaten to a pulp!

　I tsk-tsked at the sudden ton of suggestions, but Elena, who is the one, tilted her head curiously as she scowled.
　Then Elena held up her hands to me as she stared into my eyes and muttered a humph with a gesture that seemed to follow something with her eyes.

'What?'


Simplified status display
Level: 99
Name: Kanata
Occupation: shifu
Content: people
Gender : Male
Attributes: none
Age: 20


''I knew it..... Kanata-san's ability value (status), it's the same as when she was in the Sacred Spring.

Nah!

''The necklace I received is still intact, and perhaps Kanata-san's belongings too...?

　Elena said, and happily stroked the gem on her chest.

'So that means maybe!

　I hurried to my bedroom and found a small, dirty leather bag lying haphazardly next to my bed.
　I opened the buttons that had been hand-sewn and re-sewn many times to check the contents, and found a complete set of items, including the funds for the trip I had saved up over the months in the city of Saihate, my beloved dagger, and a magic tool for unlocking the door.

''........''

　I silently locked the door to my room and meditated as I raised my hand to the doorknob and chanted a spell.

'Unlock Zensch!'

　Crack!　The room was unlocked with a light sound.
　By the way, this skill allows you to open even highly sealed chests and doors without question, and I learned it just before I left for the land of everlasting darkness.
　Naturally, there was no way I could do this when I was living at home.

"Seriously...

　Elena, who came beside me muttering in a daze, squeezed both my hands.

''I think the current Kanata-san would never lose to a bandit gang. Because all by yourself, you've been defeating those tough monsters for months on end.

....

"You're strong enough now I will not lie to you in any way.