I open my eyelids, still a little heavy, to catch the light coming in through the window. As I stare at the unfamiliar room with my blurred mind, my finally awakened mind reminds me of the events of yesterday.
　Oh, right, I'm in another world. Thinking back on it again, it was an intense day.
　I got caught up in the summoning of a brave man, studied the history of the other world, moonlighted with an unfamiliar demon tribe, was abducted by an unfamiliar demon tribe to travel in the sky, and before I knew it, I was asleep - that?　Aside from the first part of the day, the Oita part of a dense day is due to that baby sponge cake incarnation, isn't it?　I mean, I don't remember coming back to my room, but when did I really sleep in my bed?
　And as I was thinking about this, suddenly the glittering letters literally appeared in front of me.

'I'll be back~'

　Let's check it out again. This is the house of Duke Lilia Alberto, who I'm currently in charge of, and it's a mansion of the human race. After all, it's someone else's house for that demon tribe. It's important, so I'll repeat it again, it's someone else's house - that little girl demon tribe can do whatever they want, can't they?
　Even so, should I say to Lilia and the others, "A demon trespassed here yesterday"?　Although I'm still unfamiliar with the common sense of this world, I can easily imagine that even if it were to be a trespassing on the Duke's house, it would be a pretty big problem. The reason why Kuro trespassed is to meet me, if you believe his story, and I haven't suffered any real damage - only a little trauma from baby sponge cake.
　That's very troubling to me, but my gut tells me that I'm in for a treat. I'm sure that if I reported the incident to the authorities, they'd be able to give me a high level of caution, and then Black would show up with the same easy smile as last night. So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?　For the life of me, I don't think Black is a bad guy, and I owe him a debt of gratitude for helping me out when I got lost.
　Ah, but after all the noise you made yesterday, there's a chance you'll be asked first thing in the morning...
　As I was thinking about this, I heard a knock at the door, telling me that breakfast was ready. I decided to think about Kuro first and leave the room and head to the dining room.

　The breakfast was simple and western style, but a loaf of white bread was served. He explained that in this world, it was customary to eat white bread at the first meal of the New Year. I don't know how they baked it white, but it tasted like an ordinary butter roll.

'Did you all sleep well yesterday?'
Oh, yes.
I was tired, too, and I went straight to bed.
....

　Lilia-san suddenly asked me something like that, and I couldn't reply as soon as I saw myself screaming out loud in my head.

''........Kaito-san?''
'Oh, I sat on the balcony for a little while watching the moon and then went to sleep.
"Oh, that was a beautiful moonlit night last night, wasn't it? "I watched it as I basked in the night breeze, and it was really a nice, quiet night, befitting the 30th of the heavenly moon.
I don't know.

　Huh?　A quiet night?　Funny........was Lilia-san's room so far away that she couldn't hear me scream?　I don't know, it's not quite making sense to me...
　Before the question could take solid form in his head, Kusunoki-san opened his mouth.

''Speaking of which, it's New Year's from today in this world, isn't it? Are you going to do anything special?
It's a standard practice for people to spend the first three days of the New Year at home, instead of letting them go out. After that, a New Year's celebration is held. There are some differences between regions, but...

　It seems that there is a tradition in this world, like the three days in Japan, that shops are closed except for a few, during this time. From what Lilia told me, I learned that there are events to receive the blessings of the gods and parties like the New Year's party.
　The blessing of the gods is like a New Year's visit to a temple where the gods live to wish them good health and progress for the year, and it seems that there are various forms of blessings depending on the region and the type of gods that live there.

For example, in this royal city, there are temples for 'health' and 'law', so it is common to receive blessings for a year's health and peace, but in areas where there is a temple for 'fertility', it is a blessing for a good harvest. However, only royalty and aristocrats meet the goddesses in person and receive their blessings, but it is basically like going to hear a priest say a blessing.

　It is said to be affected by the strong religious beliefs of the land, but it seems that most of the human race will receive their own blessings. However, this is only the custom of the human race, not the gods or demons.
　The gods offer prayers to the god of creation today, and do not eat at all.
　The demons are said to be grateful to the Sixth King and will eat only a certain kind of food on the first day of the new year.

By the way, as far as you know, Lunar takes the form of the demon tribe.
'What?　Luna-san, are you a demon race?!
To Hina's question, you could say that's true, or you could say it's not.
'To put it simply, I'm a mix of human and demon.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with this particular one. It's a very good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

It's a very good idea to be able to have the same amount of blood as the elves and half the demons. So there are a few remnants of elves in my ears.
Oh, wow.

　That said, Lunamaria-san brushes her hair out of her face so that we can see her ears. It's true that Lunamaria's ears are a bit pointed, but they're not as long as the long ears of the elves that I had in mind.
　It's true that this area could be said to be unique to this other world where inter-species exchange is thriving. I'm sure you'll find that Lunamaria-san is a person who is rather like a mass of otherworldly elements.

''I've heard that people in the other world are rather sensitive to the image of mixed blood - about a third of the people who work in this mansion are of mixed blood, and it's very common in this world.''

　I guess she could tell we were surprised, and Lilia-san explained to us with a smile that it wasn't anything unusual. It's true that there are many fantasy stories where mixed-race people are persecuted, so maybe I had a prejudicial image of them. Let's make sure to correct that so as not to be rude.
　By the way, Lilia-san seems to be a pure-blooded person, but she laughed bitterly that she couldn't tell if she traced it back to her ancestors.

''Well, the reason why Luna spends the New Year in the form of the demon world is simple--Luna, what is it that you are going to say all day today?''
"Only those foods designated in the name of our beloved Dark Lord!
''........I should add that the food was originally designated in the name of one of the Six Kings.
"...ah...
''By the way, there are 67 species designated in the name of the Dark Lord this year...''
'Okay. Luna, you don't have to explain that part to me.

　Lilia-san tells me with a tired look on her face, and the zealot who answers with a lively face.
　I mean, that's a lot of different types of foods that are designated!　Oh, I see, I thought there were many kinds of demons, right?　There will be some things that you can't eat physically, and I wonder if that's a consideration?　I'm not sure how much of a drag it is for Lunamaria, who only remembers all the foods that the Dark Lord specified...

















　When we finished breakfast and were in the same room as yesterday, when we were in the flow of hearing about this world again, Lilia-san opened her mouth as if she had remembered.

''Oh, I forgot to mention that you all will receive a direct blessing from the goddess later on, just like the nobles and royalty. I'm sure you will be blessed with the blessing of being disease-free, because the brave person's constitution seems to be prone to endemic diseases.

　I don't know if the concept of immunity exists in this world, but we're in a place with a different environment and climate, and the blessing of being disease-free is important even if you just hear the name. And as expected, I don't want you to come to another world and die of an epidemic disease.

''Wouldn't it be better for the young lady to receive the blessing of 'love' or 'marriage' for once?'''
Luna, you know what you're saying, don't you?
"...Ah!　Speaking of which, I've mentioned it twice more--gasp!

　What just happened?　In the middle of Lunamaria-san's words, Lilia-san stood up, and I felt a fist of tremendous speed slam into Lunamaria-san's pigeon tail area. To be honest, it looked like Lilia-san's hand disappeared and Lunamaria-san got down on her knees, holding her chest...

Did you ... say something?


　Lilia, who speaks with a horrible smile, and Luna Maria, who doesn't look like she's learning anything at all. The three of us talk in a whisper before I can have any impressions of how close these two people are.

".........did you see that?
No, I didn't see him at all.
Isn't Lilia-san an incredibly powerful person?

　We whispered and discussed the offense and defense we saw earlier ... which we didn't exactly see.

'You're not at all--Ha!
" " "?
Oh, no, no, folks!　Now that was, um....

　Seeing a fist that is so sharp that it's hard to believe it's the duke's daughter, perhaps she realized that we're pulling back slightly, Lilia-san looks like she's in a big hurry and turns to me and begins to explain herself.

''Mm, I was a part of the knight's group for a little while in the past, and I have martial arts experience to the extent that I have a taste for it... um...''
"Before she received her knighthood, the young lady was the 'Divisional Commander' of the Knights of the Realm, Division II.
""Ehhhhh!"
So why are you adding extra information?

　I thought she was a neat and dainty boxed duchess, but I didn't expect her to be a martial artist.
　And Lunamaria-san added information with a nasty smile on her face, whether it was in response to being beaten up or whether she found good material to tease Lilia-san, she added the information with a nasty smile.

''........Lilia-san was royalty, as I recall, wasn't she?　You were a martial artist, weren't you?
'Mr. Kite!　No, no, your mother told me that I should study both the literary and military arts, so I only belonged to a few!
"...you mean you've been Division Commander in a short period of time?　That was pretty awesome.
'Even Aoi-san!　No, no, you see, because of the weird bloodline and all that, I got promoted so quickly...
".........By the way, it is said that she rose to the degree of being called the 'White Rose Warrior Princess' with military honors - to be specific, she destroyed a bandit group with a single rider, made a bunch of demons bleed, etc., and achieved an unusually fast ascendancy.
Lunaaaaah!
".........Lilia-san, who by any chance is a very scary person.......
'Chicks!　No, sir!　It's just a big story that's being told in a big way because it's so interesting to be around!　Don't look at me with such frightened eyes!

　In contrast to Lilia-san who is in a big hurry, Lunamaria-san is clearly amused and is adding information. But the fact that she's in such a hurry on top of the lack of an explicit denial.......probably not an exaggeration, but a true story.

''By the way, the first time I saw the young lady was at the annual competition where the members of the Kingdom Knights compete in skill.
Luna please don't talk about it. Please don't talk about it...
I was imitating an adventurer at the time, and I happened to stop by the royal capital to watch the tournament, and it was amazing to see a girl of 14 at the time, who seemed even ephemeral, win in a beautiful swordplay.


　It seems like it's too much black history for Lilia-san, and she's begging while clinging to Lunamaria-san as if the master and servant have been reversed. To be honest, I feel sorry for her, but I'm more concerned about the content and can't interrupt her. I'm sorry, Lilia-san.

''But the other party is also the knights of the past war!　After a blow from a strong man that hit her in the fifth round, the young lady's sword was broken... and the spectators, including me, thought the young lady had lost.
''No it wasn't ... that was my first time attending and I was so excited...''
''But there, the young lady immediately threw down her sword and smashed the training sword from the upper level that was swung down, 'crushing it between both fists clad in magic power'!
""What?"
As it is, he dives into the bosom of his armor-clad opponent and attacks him.　This girl won the victory by 'destroying the armor with her fists' in an onslaught that made it seem like she wasn't a human race but a mutated ogre.
""Yeah!"
No, please don't... really...
When I saw the young lady with her bright smile and her fist in the air, I thought, "I'll serve her. That's what I thought.
'Ahhhh...'

　Luna Maria, who spoke with a sunny expression on her face, and her youthful exuberance?　Lilia turns red up to her ears and lies face down on the desk, covering her face when she is exposed to the
　Luna Maria, you really are relentless. But it might be rude to listen to the epic details without a helper, but I absentmindedly moaned when the beautiful woman was embarrassed with a bright red face.


Incidentally, that one incident also shattered the 'spirit of the prospective fiancée' that my parents were choosing at the time, so there was no engagement talk.
".........

　It is an exclamation point. Give her a break, Luna Maria!　I don't have any more lives left for Lilia-san!　I'm half crying!
　While all I can hear is Lilia-san's voice mumbling in the quiet room, mumbling, "It's not," Lunamaria-san looks at me for some reason and points towards Lilia-san, who is lying down at her desk.
　Eh?　What?　Don't tell me you're going to follow me or something?　How reckless is that?　Why are Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san looking at you too!　It's impossible, because it's not difficult to cut in with this kind of air or demand that a bunch of people cut in with this kind of air!
　But, but, but. There's no doubt that the complete cause is that bad maid, but I also feel a faint sense of guilt that I didn't stop talking in the middle of the conversation, and the hecklers didn't have a choice in defying the majority decision and silent pressure.

''....................Ah, um, Lilia-san?


　Oh, this must have been teased quite a bit in the past.......it's already like a trauma. The look in your eyes is so cute.......not!　Well, follow up, follow up....

'I know, I know!　Don't worry, I was just a little surprised, and I don't think Lilia-san is someone who would be violent without a second thought!
Gusu... are you sure?
'Of course!　Because you were 14 years old.　It's your first tournament at such an age, so it's natural to be desperate. It just happened to be a coincidence that I won...
By the way, the final result was 'runner-up'

　Hey, shut up and don't add any more information, d*mn maid.

I don't know what happened back then, but I'm not going to let what happened in the past scare me away from Lilia-san.
'Ummm........Kite.......'

　Ugh, how well did you follow up?　Hey, what's with the thumbs up, d*mn maid!
　I was annoyed by Lunamaria-san looking at me as if to say she had done well while pushing me to clean up after the bad ride, so I decided to change direction for a bit.

''I mean.........
...What?
Huh?
'See, everyone has one or two past mistakes that they don't want you to know about. It's a horrible thing to be happy about it and tell other people about it. I don't think it's something that can be forgiven by apologizing.
Excuse me, Mr. Miyama?　Master Miyama?
''........So if there is an evil person who said that, that is the one who should be condemned. Lilia-san is a kind person, but in this kind of situation, I think it's okay to defeat him bluntly.
...right?

　In as gentle a voice as possible, and yet Lilia-san affirms that it's not bad at all. Lilia-san's tears stop and, conversely, Lunamaria-san's face turns pale. However, she had it coming in the first place.

I'm sorry. I think I ate a bit too much breakfast.......I'm going to go for a walk to relieve myself of a bit of hunger, so we'll talk about it after that......can Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san give me a tour of the mansion for a bit too?
...Yes.
I agree.

　It's a good thing that you're able to get a good idea of what's going on in the world, because it's a good thing that you don't want to make us feel uneasy, and the main reason for this is that we're afraid of you. That's probably why Lilia-san is trying to avoid getting angry in front of us as much as possible.
　I ended the conversation early and deliberately called out to Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san and headed for the door. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Yurari-san and Lilia-san stand up, and Lunamaria-san's face turns white through blue.

''Oh, um, I'll guide you too--'' ''Oh, I remember the way, so no need to guide me...''--!
Luna...
'Huh?　Oh. My lady, my lady.........

　I thought I heard a horrible voice that seemed to come from the depths of the earth, but I didn't look back and walked out of the room. After a little while, I heard a cry that sounded like 'I don't know whose voice it was,' but it was like a ravenous beast had attacked me, but it was probably my imagination.

　Dear Mother and Father - Lilia-san is a very kind and lovely person. But - she was a martial artist.