"Father, we're home.

Mai and May. Good to see you.

　This is the spirit hall in the heart of the spirit world.

　I am the lord of the Hall of Spirits, the king of all the spirits - the Star Spirit King.

　My lovely girls have returned.


　Why don't you just let me know in advance if they're coming back?

　We're going to throw a party to celebrate Mai and Mei's return.

　You know, my wife will be really angry if I do that.

　You can't do anything too lavishly, but at least call all the spirits in the spirit world to greet them.

　That's why I wanted you to contact me beforehand.

　Hmm?

　What?

　Don't do that, okay?

　So you came home without contacting me because you thought you were about to do something like that?

　Oh, yeah. Sorry.

　Don't you ever do that again?

　Wow, okay.
　I won't even do it next time I come back.

　So, but you're sure you don't want to be picked up?

　If I'm so inclined, I'll invite not only the spirits in the spirit world, but all the spirits in the human world to greet you with open arms...

　No, no!
　I'm sorry. I'm just kidding.

　I would never do that!

　That's why, Mai.
　Do not try to call my wife by telepathic communication!


　Lately, my daughters' attitude towards me has cooled.

　It used to be that when I summoned a large number of spirits, they would both praise me, saying things like, "Father, that's great!

　By the way, when I did that, my wife was very angry with me, saying, "What on earth are you thinking when you call for these busy spirits! You're busy, what in the world are you thinking?

　You want to show your daughters how cool you are!　You can use the king's authority at least a little bit!

　I appealed directly to my wife, and she gave me a passionate speech for several days about what a king is.

　My wife, of course, is also a spirit, so she is tireless.

　Also, my wife is a spirit originally created by the god who controls the knowledge of this world, and she has an amazing amount of knowledge.

　That's why my wife's impassioned speeches could go on for several days without a second's rest.

　From then on, I tried not to go against my wife too much.


　I may not be able to think highly of my wife, but she is actually quite good.

　This world is ruled by the gods, starting with the Creator God. However, the gods have a rule that they cannot directly touch the human world.

　That's why we spirits are responsible for converting the "mana", the source of energy in this world, into various forms of energy.

　Mana is the driving force that makes the world go round.

　One of the forms of mana that the inhabitants of this world are most familiar with is magical power.

　Our spirits convert mana into something called magic power. In other words, every human who can use magic in this world has spirits.

　It's not just inside humans.

　Spirits that can convert mana into magical power exist in the magical stones inside the bodies of demons, and in the huge river of mana called the dragon vein that flows under the earth.

　The spirits in the dragon vein are filling this world with magical power.

　By the way, the spirits that convert mana into magical power have no will.

　And when humans use magic, they give magic power the attributes of fire, water, wind, earth, thunder, darkness, and light, and the conversion of these attributes into magic power is also the role of our spirits.

　Spirits that perform attribute conversions include spirits that have no intention, and spirits that have intentions, such as Mai, May, and me.

　Spirits with a will, such as us, sometimes make a contract with a human and use magic that a human cannot use.


　This world is run by spirits.

　I am the king of all those spirits.
　That is me.

　If I wanted to, I could stop the dragon vein and destroy the world.

　Well, I, who am in charge of this world from the Creator God, would never do such a thing.


　In conclusion, what I want to say is that I'm pretty amazing.

　I can do almost anything.

　My daughters came to me for help.

"Father, have you ever heard of alter ego magic?

　I know.

　Of course I know that.

　I am the Star Spirit King.
　I'm the king of the stars and I'm aware of all the magic in this world.

　I know that, but I'm curious as to why the girls are interested in altered magic.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make your life easier. For example, if a person with 10,000 magic power created an alter ego, the magic power of the body and alter ego would be 5,000 for each.

　However, this magic consumes about 5,000 magic power to activate it, so the body has no magic power left, and the moment the magic is activated, it runs out of magic power and dies.

　If you're lucky enough to convert your life energy into magic, you'll avoid death, but you'll suffer from a severe magic power deficiency.

　To begin with, there are only a few people in this world who can possess more than 10,000 magic power.

　That's why the person who can use this magic rarely appears.

　That's why I was curious as to why my daughters were interested in altered magic.


　.........Ah!

　So, come to think of it.

　I knew someone who might be able to use alter ego magic - or at least be able to use it for sure.

　That person is the contractor of my daughter Mai and May, a monster with magical power to summon me, the Star Spirit King.

You don't think it's possible, but you don't think you're going to let Hurt use his alter ego magic, do you?

　Just thinking about that monster increasing in number gives me a headache.

　It's because he spreads so much magic power around that the spirits are confused.

　I'm sure you'll find that the majority of the magic that is spread around is collected by the nine-tailed fox beside him, so it's not a problem.

It's a good idea to use alter ego magic on Harut-sama, isn't it?

　...Really?

　It looks like the girls are going to make the monster learn some kind of alter ego magic.

Want to tell me why they want Halt to use it?

　As long as it was satisfactory, I was willing to teach them alter ego magic.

　Unusually, my daughters relied on me.

　I felt that I wanted to help them a little.

''Well, the thing is...''

　My daughters blush.

　Why do you look so ashamed?

　I've never seen you look so ashamed in front of me before!

"I'll be sleeping with Master Hurt more often than not...

　What?