Your Majesty, I mean...

'No, no!　Tina is Hurt's wife, you know.

　I will fight for the king, even against the state, for Tina! I was about to make a declaration, when a girl of about six years old advised the king.

　Who is this girl?

　I appreciate your concern for me, but this is the king of this country.

　Even though she is a girl, if she incurs the king's wrath, he will probably punish her severely.


"Sylvie, you are not well known in this country, you're not very respectful to the king, are you?　I'll take care of it.

　Phew, a beautiful sister who appeared from somewhere stopped the girl.

　Hmm?　Sylph?


　Water flooded out of the sister's surroundings and her body transformed into a spirit body.

　The beautiful sister was the humanized form of the spirit Undine, the spirit who had signed a summoning contract with me.


''O King of Glendale! Undine, the water spirit king who gives blessings to this country, will do me a favor, won't you?

"Miss Undine?　Yes, sir!　At your service.

　Before he knew it, the king was kneeling in front of his sister.

　Cain and Leon also followed the king's lead and kneeled down.
　The nobles all kneeled in unison and bowed their heads as well.

　It seems that Undine was a spirit that gave blessings to this country Glendale.

'My friend Hurt has married Tina and Rifa. This country should bless it. Do not let the three of you be separated.

'Yes, sir. I congratulate Hurt on his marriage and pledge to protect his family, as well as the entire country.

　It was more important than I thought it would be.

'I'll give you my blessing if you protect Hurt and the others.

　A dandy old man approached me with a dish in hand.

　It was probably the Star Spirit King, Mai and May's father.

　You're here........

　I mean, they're too familiar with each other.

''Undine-sama, how are you over here?

''We are the Star Spirit King, the king of our spirit race.

''Star Spirit King?!''

　It was no wonder King Glendale was surprised.

　The existence of the Star Spirit King (Old Man) was widely known, but there were only a few legends of him appearing in this world.

''That's good. With the Star Spirit King's blessing, the country will be safe for hundreds of years to come.''

Oh, thank you.

　The king bows his head to the Star Spirit King and Undine.

''But please be careful. If this country were to betray Hurt and the others, all the spirits in the world would become the enemy of this country.''

　The aura that Undine wore intimidated those around her.

''Ha, yes. I'll bear that in mind.''

　Sweat flowed from the king's forehead like a waterfall.
　Even the nobles around him were pale in the face.

　I didn't think it was necessary to threaten them so much, but now the powerful nobles of this country will not think of messing with our family.

　'Thanks Undine.

Thank you, Undine. But since we're celebrating, can we leave it at that?

Yes. King Glendale has promised me, too. Now, everyone, please stand up.

　As soon as Undine returned to her humanized form, the aura that had intimidated the nobles disappeared.

　The king stood up and the surrounding nobles also stood and began to talk to those around them.

　However, most of them were just glancing at us to see what we were up to.

　The king was discussing something with his brothers.

　Incidentally, I had told my brothers that I was also acquainted with the Star Spirit King, so they weren't too surprised by what happened earlier.

　On the other hand, I hadn't taught my father anything, so he was surprised along with the duke.

　It was kind of funny.

'Halt, I'm late.'
Congratulations on this one, Hurt.

　Luke and his grandfather, Luano the Wise, came to see me.

'Luke, thank you for coming. Thank you as well as the Headmaster.

That was quite a racket. You okay?

Yeah, I just settled in. You're here at the right time.


Luano!

　The dandy old man spoke to the wise man Luano.

''If you are........Star Spirit King?''

　The wise Luano seemed to know Mai and May's father.

It's been a long time since we've seen each other like this. And when I asked Mai and the others to enter the school, it was only a reminder.

Yes, it is. But why are you here today?

I heard there was going to be a banquet to celebrate the wedding of my contractor, Hurt. I came with a group of people who are also under contract to Hurt.

　Yeah, I didn't call you.
　If you're coming, I wish you had told me beforehand.

　Well, I'm glad that the spirits are blessing me, so I won't reject them even if they suddenly barge in.

''Did you make a contract with Halt?

　Luano the Wise looks at me with a look of disbelief.

　Oh, didn't I say that?

Yeah. But I offered the contract. Halt can summon me without a contract.

''Wha?''

　Sage Luano froze with his mouth hanging open.

'By the way, Hurt, where are Mai and May?'

I don't think he's here yet.

King, I've been looking forward to meeting Mai and the others.

　The girl who had just advised the king to come over.

"....Sylph, right?

That's right!　I'm here to congratulate Hurt and the others too!

　The girl was the Wind Spirit King Sylph in human form.

''I see, thanks for coming.

Yeah!

Herr Harte, I'm here.

　The stern man stepped forward a long way.

'Uh, Efreet?'

'Lefty, I invited Norm to join us, too. He refused because he didn't have a contract with me. He's probably sulking. Can you give him a contract too?

　Gnomes are the spirit kings who control the earth.

　I hadn't even met the gnome yet, but he was sulking when he realized that I, who had also signed a contract with the Star Spirit King, was the only one of the four great spirit kings who hadn't been contracted.

　I don't know where I'll be able to meet him, but I've decided to ask him to tell Efreet about my intention to sign a contract if I get the chance.


''Hurto!''

　Suddenly, he hugged me from behind.

'Charles, you're late. Also, I'm already Tina and Rifa's husband, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't hug me out of the blue.

　It was my sister Charles.

　For some reason, Tina and Rifa's gaze on me being hugged is cold.

　What, why?
　It's not my fault, is it?

　For the time being, I forced him to pull Charles off.

　And then...

"Rifa-mah!　Congratulations on your marriage!

　Charles hugged Rifa this time.

'Oh, thank you. Sister-in-law (ne'er-do-well).

　Rifa thanks me, confused.
　Then she looks at me as if she wants me to help her.

'Uhehe, your sister-in-law, huh? Sounds good.

　My grinning sister is weird, so I'll ask Rifa to deal with her for a while longer.

''Halt-sama!''
You're late.
Sorry to keep you waiting.

　Mai, May, Yoko, and Meldy arrived.

　I also saw Ryushin and Luca near the entrance of the hall.

'Thank you all for coming,'
"Thank you.

　Tina, Rifa and I are with you to thank everyone for their support.

　My people are all here.

　The spirit kings who have unintentionally made a deal with me are all here, too.

　I don't think it's very often that a party with such a splendid lineup is held.

　Now, let's enjoy this party!