In a corner of the ice residence, the Death King, Isis Remnant, quietly rolls up the pages of the book in his hand.
　His expression is so tainted with loneliness that you can even feel a coldness in it. The only sound that exists in the quiet castle is the sound of books being read.

　It has been almost a thousand years since the treaty of friendship between the three worlds, the demon world, the human world and the divine world, was signed. During these 1000 years, the environment surrounding the demon world has changed drastically, and the demon race has been accepted by the human race and the god race as good neighbors, and the world has expanded greatly.
　However, the world surrounding Isis is still closed... or rather, it is worse than it was a thousand years ago.

　Currently, the demon world and the human world had very friendly relations with each other, and the six kings, the pinnacle of the demon world, were also related to the human world in their own ways.
　The Underworld's original sociable and gentle nature made him a trusted figure among the human and divine races, and there were many followers of the Underworld among the human race.
　He is revered as a god by the elves and other tribes, and in some regions he has gained a large number of followers.
　The Warlord has a rough character, but he also has a bold, backhanded personality and a stoic streak, and many adventurers pray to him for a spell of victory when they are in a dangerous battle.
　The Dragon King provides the flying dragons under his command as a means of transportation, and peddlers, in particular, look upon the Dragon King as a god of commerce and carry dragon ornaments as good luck charms.
　It's not only that they are frequently seen in the public eye, but also that they rarely appear on stage, so even the Sixth King, Aisis, doesn't know exactly where they are.
　

　To be precise, one could say that the position of the Death King is also changing. Yes, as an object of fear........
　He was considered the most fearsome and dangerous of the Six Kings, and was feared as a symbol of death by both the human and divine races.
　She was angry and frustrated that the other six kings were on good terms with her, and she tried everything she could to build a good relationship with the humans. However, it all ended in vain before the magic of death that she wears.

　The human race is especially sensitive to the emotion of fear compared to the demon race, and as the king of the world had feared, Isis was never accepted at all.
　
　As a result, she rarely leaves the ice castle except for the Festival of the Brave, and she spends her days rifling through the vast number of books she has collected from around the world.

　The only thing you can do with the money is to spend it, which is fortunate or unfortunate.
　This is because there are many rare ores and gems in the land of death where she lives, and many of them are coveted, and she has obtained permission to mine them by piling up huge amounts of gold, and even if she doesn't do anything, huge amounts of money are delivered to her.
　At first, knowing that the human race and others want them, Isis tried to offer them free of charge, but she ended up being frightened instead.
　As for permission to mine, she thought she had given permission to mine as much as she wanted, wherever she wanted, but those who do the mining never go near the area around Isis's castle, where the best veins of ore are located, and as if they didn't want to provoke her, they mined a small amount on the moon in a small way at the edge of the dead earth.

　With this money, she buys books to drown her loneliness, and the vast number of books she has gathered in Isis's castle... The books she has gathered to drown her loneliness, ironically, have become an even greater loneliness of reading books alone in an empty castle. It had become a burden on her little twin shoulders, and as a result her loneliness had turned into something deep and dark over the last thousand years.
























　Isis was floating in the mountains north of the Kingdom of Symphonia's royal capital.
　I'm sure you'll find a lot of people who are interested in this kind of music, but I'm not saying she doesn't go out of her home town.
　The first is to buy a new book, and the second is for her little hobby.

　Isis has read thousands and thousands of books, but perhaps because she is envious of the connections she has with others, she likes to read novels that depict romance between men and women, among other things.
　She especially liked stories about men and women of different status falling in love, and she always read them eagerly, putting herself in the shoes of the women in the characters.
　When she finished reading a novel she particularly liked, she would go and collect some of the items and flowers that appeared in the story as a souvenir, which was a small hobby of hers.

　This time, I visited this mountain range because there was a scene in the novel where the main character went to pick a phantom blue flower growing on top of the mountain range to give to the woman he loved.
　The blue crystal flower is a rare flower, but as it can be found outside of this mountain range, there's no need to go out to pick it, much less to find it on the top of the mountain. I don't know.
　But that was just a hobby, and Isis wanted to get that flower in the same situation as the novel as much as possible. For that reason, she didn't fly to the top of the mountain and climbed the mountain normally.

　The animals and demons living in the mountains are no longer used to the animals and demons that sense her approach and run away, and Isis goes up the mountain without seeming to be particularly bothered by it.
　The wyvern and others who happened to build a nest in her path will unfortunately be hit by the disaster of death.

'....disturbed.

　After a word of silence, the wyverns literally ended their lives and fell to the ground like wings, forming a pile of more than 50 corpses as Isis released the magic of death from their bodies.
　When he reached the top of the mountain, he found a blue crystal flower growing there, smiled with satisfaction, plucked a flower, cast a preservation spell on it and stored it away, then began to return the way he came.

　Then, ahead of your direction of travel, you see a large number of people in front of the wyvern's corpse, and Isis approaches it, tilting her head.
　When the humans, who were trembling as if frightened, saw Isis approaching, their expressions turned pale, and the leader of the group hung his head, trembling.

''Sh, Dead King-sama........''
What are you doing?
We're here to, wow, wow, take down the wyvern.
...this?
Yes?

　When Isis calls out to him, the man replies with a trembling voice, clearly frightened.
　You will be able to find a lot of people who will be able to help you in your quest for a better life.

　In the human world and the divine world, she is considered a dangerous being who will kill any being she doesn't like.
　However, the magic of death that she wears creates an image of death against the defeating party. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.

''........''

　As if to say that the mood of finding the Blue Crystal Flower at the place on Story Street was ruined, Isis showed a slight irritation on her face, and at the same time, it was noticeable in the magic of death.



　Adventurer, perhaps?　It's a good idea to have a good time with them.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.

　After looking at the scene with cold eyes, Isis walked past the trembling knights with nothing more to say and went down the mountain.
　She knew it herself, but the unreasonable rejection is irritating, and she continues on her way with a distinctly sullen expression, changing from the good mood she was in earlier, and suddenly stops in the middle.

''........This magic power.......Chrome-Eina?''

　Feeling the magic power of the same six kings, Crom Aina, from the direction of the royal capital, I moved my gaze and saw that the spatial annihilation magic had been activated above the royal capital and immediately disappeared.

''........''

　Checking the magic that Crom Eina would have activated, Isis thinks for a moment.
　I'm not feeling good thanks to meeting with the defeating party, so I'll talk to the good-natured Chrome-Aina to get rid of some of the depression.
　Collecting those thoughts, Isis began to slowly move forward on her path towards the royal capital.





















　Perhaps because he thought it was a mere whim and that if he couldn't see her, he didn't care if he didn't see her, Isis moved slowly and arrived at the royal capital at dusk.
　Most of the inhabitants had gotten the word from the adventurers who had fled earlier, and most of the residents had entered their homes, waiting for the symbol of the disaster to pass with their breaths.
　It was a familiar sight to Isis, and it could be said that it was always like this sooner or later when she visited the city.

　The only thing that was different from the usual is that a young man was standing at the end of the path that Isis was on.......
　The young man was looking at the approaching ISIS with stunned, frightened eyes. However, the way he was frightened was a little different from the defeat team he encountered in the daytime.
　The men of the defeating party were frightened because they knew of the existence of Isis, while the young man was frightened as if he had encountered an unknown situation.

''.........Strange magic power.......you.......are you......a brave man?''
Huh?

　Because it was an unusual reaction, and because she was clothed in a magical power that was a little different in senses from the humans of this world, Isis asked, thinking that this young man was this year's heroic role.
　Just because she's a human from another world, she doesn't think that she might be accepted, etc.......anymore.
　It has already been tried many times against the role of a brave man in the past. But the result was nothing different.
　He understood that he was an object of fear even to the otherworldly people, and Isis didn't particularly expect it, and called out to him as a mere greeting.

''I repeat ... you ... are you ... a brave man?''

　It was something he knew, but when the young man didn't return his words with a shudder, Isis asked him one more time.
　Because of the fact that he was irritated by the matter in the daytime, the words laced with a little bit of sullenness are released with the magic power of death, and the young man shrugs his shoulders with a jolt, and after a little while, he opens his mouth with a look of fear and trepidation.

''........I am.......an otherworldly person, but.......I am not......a hero......''
Yeah.

　Isis was frankly a little surprised that the young man had returned the words.
　She honestly didn't expect the words to come back. I thought that this was the end of the conversation either way, whether it was trembling and unresponsive or running away, but the young man trembled and returned the words.
　It's a good thing that you have a strong heart to face the Isis that wears the magic of death, and besides, the current Isis is quite grumpy, and the magic of death that it wears should be more vicious than usual.
　It's not as strong as the knight I saw in the daytime, but to be able to reply to my grumpy self, which that knight couldn't, may be a person with a pretty strong heart.

　Revising his perception of the young man slightly, Isis holds out his hand towards the young man.

''I'm........Isis.......Isis Remnant......nice to meet you.''
!

　He announces his name and holds out his hand.
　Isis herself knows more than anyone else that this is a futile act. This is only a formality, and the hand he holds out is a formality.
　It doesn't matter how strong-minded he is. As long as you are a living organism, as long as you don't have the strength to resist Isis, you can't take that hand that is offered to you.......

....

　Looking at Isis's hand held out to him, the young man clearly became more frightened and took a step backward.
　This is the ending we knew........................a natural event that has been repeated thousands of times and will never change. With the fetters she continues to carry from the moment she was born.............................curse.
　It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to find out what's going on.

　-- the scene beyond that, Isis did not know. He hadn't even expected it.

　A dry sound resounded in the silence, and the hand that was about to be lowered stopped.

''.........! What... what are you... what are you doing?

　In front of Isis' eyes, the young man suddenly slapped his face with both hands, closed his eyes once and then ... turned his strong-willed eyes on her.
　Those eyes are not those of a weak man who is frightened, but they are not those of a strong man who has the strength to resist her like the other six kings.
　They are the eyes of a challenger who is frightened, but who is also afraid, but is willing to take on something.
　Isis was sure of it. The young man in front of her is trying to challenge. You're going to be able to find out what you're looking for, and you're going to be able to find out what you're looking for, and you're going to be able to find out what you're looking for, and you're going to be able to find out what you're looking for.

　My heart trembles and a feeling of hope that should have disappeared long ago rises from the depths of my being.
　It's impossible. There is no way I can do it.
　In contrast to the heart that feels like that, she couldn't let the hand she held out to him down. I'm not going to be able to let you down, I strongly feel that I shouldn't.

　It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you can get your hands on it.
　Strong as if to endure fear, clenching his teeth so strongly that they bleed.......he is desperately trying to respond to Isis's wish.

　If I had to say it, it's a miracle that could only happen at this moment, at this time.

　If Isis didn't like the book she read, she wouldn't have walked out today.
　If I hadn't seen Crom Eina's magic, if I hadn't encountered the defeating party and felt uncomfortable, I wouldn't have visited King's Landing.
　If I hadn't mistaken the young man for a hero, I wouldn't have called out to him.
　And if the young man - Miyama Kaito - hadn't met Crom Eina, he wouldn't have tried to challenge her.

　Various factors interlocked like a miracle, and then - the moment came.
　After a long, really long time, Kaito's hand reaches Isis.

　He had been wishing for thousands of years and had almost given up on the idea that he couldn't get it anymore.

　I kept despairing about why I was born with such power and what I was born for.

　She shed tears to the point of withering away, lamenting the changes around her... and yet, all the while, she continued to wait for its existence in the depths of her heart.

　Even if she didn't have the strength to resist the magic of death, she still had to face it and overcome it to hold her hand....

My name is Kaito Miyama. It's nice to meet you. Mr. Isis.
'.........!

　The words of the gentle voice that was directed at her, the warm smile...melted the ice that had enveloped Isis' heart.
　And at that moment, Isis was strongly, really strongly convinced.
　I was born to meet this young man - Kaito....























"It's unusual. "Isis, I didn't expect a visit from you...
"Well Lillywood what do you think the best souvenir would be?
'A souvenir, sir?　Are you going to take it to someone else?
Yeah ... friend... now.

　The fact that the visit of Isis, who doesn't often walk out of her residence, made Liliwood look slightly surprised, but her surprise was magnified when she heard the reason for her visit.

''Is it a friend, is it a high-level demon race?　Or are you a senior god?''
...No, no ... humans.
"...yes?
So ... so ... human.
'What?　Is there someone with that much power in the human race?

　Hearing the word human that Isis told him, Liliwood asks, looking unusually distraught.
　However, the asked Isis is scowling and tilts her head curiously.

''........Kite.......not strong enough?''
"...hmm?
'....much weaker than a knight or something like that....and less magical....
And yet you became my friend?
"Well ... kite ... my hand ... he held it. ...He told me I could come visit him any time I wanted and he smiled at me.
"....are you a monster, that human being?

　Hearing Isis's cheeks turn red and her words happily announced, Liliwood's expression was stunned, as if to say she couldn't believe it.
　At least, Liliwood couldn't believe that a mere human could resist the magic of Isis' death.

''........Kite.......said he was an otherworlder but not a hero......''
"Otherworldly"?　If your name is Kite, are you a male?'
... well that's sweet and ... cool.
''........That's strange. I heard that my family members participated in the night party held in the Symphonia Kingdom before, and that there was an accident in the summoning of the heroes this time... but I heard that the otherworldly people who were at that night party were one man who played the role of the heroes and two women?''

　Since Liliwood has many families around the world, and one of them attended the New Year's party held in the Kingdom of Symphonia, he had heard some stories about the accident of summoning a heroic person.
　However, I don't remember hearing of an existence that fits the person that Isis talks about.

''Why.........why........kite......weren't you participating?''
I don't know, but it's hard to imagine that they have something else to do. At that point in time, I've only been in this world for about four days.......then it's possible that I'm being treated unfairly by the state.......
....
'Oh, no, it's just a possibility, okay?　Maybe it's just a degree.'
Yeah.

　Seeing the obvious change in the atmosphere that Isis wears, Liliwood hurriedly tells her that it's only a guess.

''.........Um, it's hypothetical. What if, hypothetically, that person called Kite is being treated unfairly?''
Anybody who does that I'm going to kill them all.
'....No, no, let's just calm down. Are you trying to ruin the country?
Any nation that abuses kites should be destroyed.
....

　Liliwood was convinced. If that was really the case, Isis would seriously kill all those culprits, even if it meant destroying the Kingdom of Symphonia.......
　Laughing at Isis's words, which she told with a straight face, Liliwood hurriedly sent a transmission to her subordinates with magical power and ordered them to investigate the matter as soon as possible.

''But you see, if you do that, won't that you say you're kind, Kite, be sad?''
''Ugh ... if Kite is sad I won't destroy him I'll just kill him half to death.
''.......... (Um, I didn't expect Isis to pull it off so honestly..............Who is this Kite person, really?

　Isis's reaction, which is unthinkably honest from the past, surprises Liliwood again, and he decides to consult with Isis about the first topic of conversation, a souvenir.
　At first, Liliwood was skeptical of the unknown human being, but when he saw Isis really happy about Kaito, he smiled at nature.

''.........(The human that Isis gets so much into. I'm a little curious. Come to think of it, the festival of the elves will soon be held in the Symphonia Kingdom.......hmm, it's a good opportunity, let's go and visit them then)'
"...Lillywood are you listening to me?
''Yes, yes. It's your first visit, so it would be good to have something you can consume. Since you are from another world, food from this one might be good.
Well Lillywood the fruit of the world tree please give me.
'I don't mind, but you're not going to take it with you, are you?
No?
"I'm not saying that you shouldn't, but it might frighten them away if you bring anything too expensive.

　Liliwood, who could be said to be extremely sensible among the six kings with strong personalities, let out a sigh at Isis' words, but still didn't complain and went along with her choice of souvenirs.
　He hadn't seen Isis' heartfelt, happy smile for a long time now, and brought it to him... while holding in his heart his gratitude to the pleasant man for melting the ice in the Dead King's heart....