With the mermaid waving me off, Angel and I walked up the stairs.

　I glanced back at the stairs, which seemed to be floating directly in space.

"What is it, Master Alec?

　Angel, who was walking beside me, asked me curiously.

"I thought this place was similar to Silvermoon's 'sacred ground' and Mia's family's holy place.
Is that so?
Yeah. A place where you're born here and your destiny is to come back here. I wondered if such a thing could happen often.
I think there is!

　Angier answered almost immediately, but with great gusto.

　When I turned to her to see what was wrong, she was looking at me with high tension and sparkling eyes.

What's going on?　It's rare to see Angier so excited.
Because I thought my destiny was to be near you, Alec.
"Near me?　I see.
"Yes!

　Angel nodded with more and more intensity.
　So the place of destiny is near me.

I'm sure everyone who followed me was meant to be Alec's people too.

　Angel's pure and innocent goodwill is always pleasant to the touch.

Thank you Angier. It's a pleasure.
"Ehehehe ......

　At my words, Angier smiled more and more happily.

　The place of destiny, or .

　　　　　☆

　The next day, I gathered the people in front of the tent.

　Having obtained permission from the mermaids, the real owners of the land, I entered the next phase of allocating the people for settlement.

　I built a small platform in front of the tent and gathered some of the people there first.

Today, everyone is going to settle here in earnest, here in Avalon. So I have prepared here a map of the places that I want each of you to be in charge of and to live in.

　As I said, several maids stepped forward in front of the stand.

　Each of the maids is holding a box about 50 centimeters square.
　The box is shaped like a typical lottery box with a round hole in the top.

I want you to go to the place where you drew this.

The lottery, that's just luck.
"What if I pull the d*mned thing?
"No, I'll believe it, Vice-Emperor.

　A bewildered populace, bewildered but also anxious, generally converged on a favorable place.

Then, draw from those who are ready.
"I'll go first!

　With an immediate response, a man stepped forward.
　He was in his late twenties, and a woman with a baby on her back came out with him.
　She was modestly dressed, but stocky and muscular.

　I can imagine that he must have been a farmer before he came here.

　The man glances behind him and is like, "Uh-huh.

I'll be the first to go.

"Ahhh!　I've been hit.
"d*mn, I should have gotten the hell out of there too.
"Because you doubt what the Vice-Emperor would do.

　Amidst the various voices, a man stood in front of one of the lottery boxes and put his hand inside.

Huh?
"What's up with you,

　The man's wife asked anxiously.

"No, it's ...... out of the box?

　The man tilted his head and turned his gaze to me.
　I smiled and stared back.

　The man was confused about what was going on.
　But when he pulls his hand out of the box.

""Ohhhhhh?

　A voice came from the people.
　A cry of surprise.

　A man's hand, removed from the box, glowed faintly.

　Like a firefly on a string, the light left his hand and flew in a wavering direction.

Follow it and it will lead you to a place.
"I see!

Wow, that was magical.
I see, it's easier to understand than just drawing a lottery.
"That's the Vice-Emperor.

　As the man's family was led away by the light, the rest of the people came out to draw one by one.

'Good work, that's great magic, Master Alec.

　As I stepped off the platform and tried to watch from a distance, Angel came out of the tent and spoke to me.

There's no confusion or fighting that way. That's our boy, Alec.
"That's not all, Angel.

　I smiled at Angel, and smiled at him.

"Huh?
It's magic to find the 'place of destiny'. It's the magic that will lead you to the place where life works best and where you can be happy.


"Ah ...... ...... of the spiritual land
That kind of thing.

　He smiled back at Angel with a smile.
　Spiritual places and sacred places, that's where I got the idea for this magic.

　Rather than me using my ordinary wisdom to divide and conquer, it's better to use magic developed from divination to guide the person to the place that's most destined for them.

　Because the setting is set up to make you happy, the booking won't happen, and if it does, it will be a booking for happiness like a wind-blown tuber.

　I made the magic of the lottery to be drawn by the people.

Yeah, but
Hmm?
What if that fortune is going to come out of Avalon?
Then you'll be punished by Angier.

　I said prankishly.

"Yeah yeah!
Angel told you yesterday that you were all meant to be my people. That's what it means to miss out.
Oh, ...... is fine then.

　Angier's reaction was somewhat unexpected, he was surprised but seems to think "that's okay".

　I knew it.
　Ange's pure and innocent goodwill is always pleasant to touch.