My room in the morning.
　When I woke up, Angier helped me to get dressed in the morning.

　I change out of my pajamas into something to go outside.
　Angel checks every sleeve, hem, and collar, and adjusts them.
　Angel literally behaves like a chaste wife.

......

　I stared at Angel up close and personal.
　Angel and I had both turned twelve years old.

　Compared to me, who was still in boyish flesh, Angel had been growing up fast for a while now.
　Girls grow up fast.

　I've heard these words before in a past life, but I never really knew what they meant, and now I'm learning them.

　In the past few months, Angel has been pulled along with her physical growth, and she's become completely mature.
　Perhaps because she is a precocious child of her age, she is now the same as Eliza was when we met.
　You'll be able to find a beautiful girl that you can't complain about.

　The beautiful girl prepared me for the day.
　I felt a happiness that I had never felt in my previous life.

Here you go, Mr. Alec, that's it.
"Thank you, Angel.
No. Mr. Alec, you look great today.

　Angel, who speaks as if it were a matter of course.
　There's no pretense or hesitation.
　He speaks like he really, truly believes it.

Thank you. Angier.

　As a final touch, I carried the sword on my back .

　The Sword of the Philosopher's Stone with a Baboon and a Philosopher's Stone.
　This sword, with its own consciousness, does not like to be touched by others.

　I had asked the Philosopher's Stone once what he would do if he touched me.

Forcing the uninformed to see every method of torture in history and its images

　. and was answered with .
　A mental attack, and the way he did it was quite egregious.
　That's why I always keep my sword on myself.

　Now I'm done getting ready for the morning.

　I look in the big mirror in my room.

　In it I see a lively, intelligent, crisp boy.

　Maybe it's because he was born with memories of a previous life, or maybe it's because he's SSS-ranked and has an indisputably perfect appearance.
　He looked like the hero of the story.

　　　　　.

　I went to town with Angier.

　I have many troublesome things to do, so I often travel from place to place.
　When I have nothing to do, I like to wander around the city with Ange.

　I've been doing this ever since Angel came to me right after the birth, for almost ten years now.

......
"What's the matter, Angel, looking at the city with a straight face
"Last time I went to the capital,
Oh, was it when you were called to some ceremony as a princess?　What does it matter?
The capital is still the same, but I feel like this place is already more developed than the capital.
Do you think so?

　See the city again at the behest of Angier.
　The city that is the home of Carlisle's mansion.
　It certainly looks a lot more developed than it did when I was a kid.

It's all thanks to you, Alec.
"I wonder.
"Yes!　I heard that a record number of people have requested to relocate to the Alexander League territory again this year.
"Your father told me. The screening process is very difficult.
"I think we all want to be Alec's people. We heard that in King's Landing, too. Master Alec is irresistible!

　I don't feel bad about being lifted up, but it does create a problem.
　Too much regional disparity is not a good thing.
　It would be nice if I was the emperor and the whole empire was my territory, but it's not, so that's a tough one.

"Huh?
What's wrong this time?
"Those guys have a red thread on their fingers
"Let's see which one is true." ......

　Angier pointed to a cafe.
　In the cafe, there is an object like a crystal ball on the table, and when you put your hand on it, a red string stretches out from your little finger.

　It was mostly couples, a man and a woman, who were doing it, and the red string from their little finger connected them.

What kind of magic item is this?
Let's hear it!

　Angier clattered away.
　I walked slowly and followed him.

　Angel asked the cafe clerk.

"It's a love charm. It's a love charm. It's a pinky pinch for a potential future soul mate.
Is that so?

　In the meantime, I also asked the wise man's sword on his back to answer the questions I had heard from the clerk.



　That's about right, but it's just a possibility, and sometimes it doesn't happen.
　That doesn't make much sense to me, I thought.

　I noticed Angier glancing at me.

"Clerk. Is there still a seat for you two right now?
"--!

　Angier was overjoyed.

"Of course. Ladies and gentlemen!

　The waiter showed us to the back of the room and we sat down at the back.
　He ordered for two people at random.

　Angel didn't care about the order at all, he was looking at the crystal ball at each table, which is also at this table.

Angel, do you want to try it?
"Yes!

　Angier nodded loudly, followed the other couple, and put his hand on the crystal ball.
　Immediately, a red thread stretched from my little finger and reached for my hand.

　I held out my hand and the red thread was tied to my little finger.

Wow. ......

　Angel was touched by the red thread that connected our little fingers to each other.

I'm glad to see ...... by Alec.
That's a given. As I've said many times, my first wife is Angier.
"...... yes,

　My words right after the red thread.
　Angier broke into an increasingly happy face.

"Here you go. Congratulations.

　The clerk who brought my order congratulated me and Angier on our red thread.
　It's the store that carries this, so it looks like they're used to congratulating you.

"But I didn't know this stuff was so popular.

　I casually put my hand on the crystal ball that Angier had removed from my hand.

"Wow!

　Even more admiring than before, Angel.
　Wow! There were multiple red threads coming from my fingers.

　There were ten--no, not twenty.
　One of them connected to Angel's finger, the others dangled in the air.

Silly me. I've never seen this much on ....... No, it's impossible.

　The clerk, who had congratulated us earlier in a very familiar manner, was speechless at the sight of so many red threads.

It's amazing!　Dear Alec, the thread is full.
"So much for this.
"Yes!　Of course you are Alec!

　Angier was delighted that there were dozens of red threads of destiny, as if it were his own.