The festival by the Six Kings, the pinnacle of the demon world.......information about the Six Kings Festival spread around the world in the blink of an eye with the invitation, especially among the nobles and great merchants.
　An invitation from the Six Kings. It could now be said to be a kind of status, especially if it was a high-ranking invitation, it would even lead to an improvement in the status of the person who received it.
　Hence, many nobles and great merchants were very busy these days.

　And it was no exception for the royalty.

　In a room in the royal castle of the Kingdom of Symphonia, Lasse, the current King of Symphonia, held an envelope in his hand with a very tense expression on his face, and he cut the seal while shaking his hand as if in prayer.
　Because although Rise had reconciled with Kaito, he didn't know how the Sixth King currently evaluated him.
　Hence, he was still somewhat shrugged off inside the king's castle, and this invitation was a chance to restore his honor and at the same time, a one-way ticket to hell.

　If he didn't receive at least an invitation from the Underworld King and the World King, his position within the King's Castle would become increasingly difficult.
　

　The invitation that arrived at Lasse's door was a beautiful gold color......in other words, a gold rank, and his face as a king was safe.
　No, on the contrary, a gold rank would allow him to attend the party on the last day, so it was more than an honorable mention.

　And when Rise opened the invitation, the names of the Underworld King, the Death King, the Realm King, and the Phantom King were listed on it, and it stated that he had received invitations from those four six kings.
　It was the biggest concern of mine, but I was able to receive an invitation from the Underworld as well, and I was relieved to receive the invitation from the Underworld, but soon after, I noticed another.......message card in the envelope.

''Hm?　This is.....

　The message card had only one sentence in clean handwriting, 'I heard you gave Kite some advice. Thank you', and at the bottom was the name of the Death King, Isis Remnant.

　It was actually something that Rize himself didn't know, but his advice to Kaito was well known, as Kaito himself had told Crom Eina and Isis that he was grateful to Rize.
　And it was a fine play, a true standing ovation level play for the girls, and his reputation had exploded.
　That's exactly the level that now, if you send out invitations to the evening party and other events, Crom Eina will also participate.

　 There is none.
　Anyway, King Rise of Symphonia was able to successfully recover his reputation from the Six Kings.







　In the royal castle of the Arklesia Empire, Emperor Chris, who had received the invitation just like Rise, was opening the envelope with a serious expression.

''........Oh?　Gold-ranked.......I thought it was silver.......

　Chris checked the rank of the invitation he took out and tilted his head at the fact that it wasn't quite what he expected, but there was no inconvenience in the fact that the rank was higher than he expected, in fact he was grateful, so he opened the invitation as it was.
　Then the names of the Dark King, the Dragon King, the War King, the Phantom King and the six kings who invited her were written there, and Chris nodded his head again.

''........Phantom King-sama?　Huh?　I don't think I've ever spoken to the Phantom King in my life...

　As for the Six Kings who had sent the invitation, Chris had some idea of what to expect.
　Chris is also the 'baby bird of Crom'eina', so he's from Crom'eina, from Magnawell because the Arklesia Empire itself has a close relationship with the Dragon King, and from Megiddo because he has a good deal of contact with one of the five Warlord generals... so far, just as Chris had assumed! It was an invitation from my counterpart in

　But I didn't understand why the Phantom King No Face's name was there. Of course, I've seen him at the Festival of the Brave and other events, but I've rarely spoken to him directly.
　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

''....Hm?　What do you need?　A message card?

　 ''From Kaito-san's pretty escort'' was written on it, and Chris' expression hardened when he saw it.

''........Miyama-sama's escort?　Well, it can't be that Alice-sama is... the Phantom King?

　
　And the expression on her face changed to one of agitation, which was very unusual for her, and a large amount of sweat poured out of her face.

Too......

　That day, information came to Chris that Kaijin came to the Arklesia Empire, which is why she invited him to the royal castle.
　I got the information from a subordinate who had participated in the Treasure Festival that he had seen Kaijin, whose face was hardly known at that time, at the monster racecourse, and it was quite a convenient coincidence.

...even those who volunteered to watch over Lady Miyama...

　Chris shuddered. It was because such a thought came to his mind that Alice might have grasped and controlled all of that, what Chris would think after receiving information about the pleasant person, and what method he would take if he was rebuffed by the nobles.

''........No, no, you're thinking too much. Even if you do that, the benefit to the Phantom King-sama is........no way.......seared out?　

　
　Thinking about that, it explained the intentionally aggravating statement to Chris at that time.

''........I mean, I was also being assessed. He repeatedly said and did nothing but provocative words and actions while appearing to cooperate with my measures. That means that if I had misjudged my response.......if I had misjudged and turned against Miyama-sama......perhaps I would.......

　Chris's prediction would no doubt be correct. That's why a cold sweat ran down her back.
　Chris only tried to proceed in the direction of not antagonizing Kaito at that time, but if she had given priority to the opinions of the great nobles, if the situation had resulted in harming Kaito....



　Chris doesn't know if the great nobleman and his subordinates are under the Phantom King's command or if they were just asked to do so.
　Even if they were under the Phantom King's command, if they bypassed the great nobles, it would cause a civil war, and even if they fired their subordinates, there are undoubtedly other Phantom King's men in the castle.
　If that's the case, for Chris, pursuing this matter would only result in the loss of excellent personnel, and there's even the disadvantage that it might bring displeasure to the Phantom King.

''Well, I can only think of this place as being fortunate to have the Phantom King-sama evaluate us a little bit... haha, I really can't compete with Miyama-sama.''

　After muttering that and smiling, Chris looks at the letter sent by Kaito after keeping the invitation tightly locked away.
　The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you are looking for.

''........Speaking of which, of course, Miyama-sama will be at the Sixth King Festival too.......hmm. It's not my favorite outfit, but I'll wear feminine clothes once in a while.