The specially set up monster race track was fun enough after preaching to Alice. As expected of a championship race, all of the monsters participating in the race had the appearance of veteran warriors.
　The race itself was also very exciting, with some exciting running battles and some fierce direct battles.

　I didn't specifically buy a ticket to bet on this one, but the monster races are flashy enough to be fun even if you didn't bet on them.
　Fear-sensei and Noin-san were also having fun, and I was able to forget about the time I spent with Alice, who didn't learn her lesson at all and would occasionally throw a tantrum.
　By the time I finished watching the race to some extent, the sky had begun to turn reddish-red.

'Hmm~ That was fun!　That was a hot race!
Yes, I've never been to a monster race before, but it was a great handful of battles.
Well it's evening now. What should we do?　It looks like we won't have time to go around too much more, but...

　I walked out of the monster racetrack and talked with Fea-sensei and Noin-san as I walked.
　In case you're wondering, the festival is still going on until about 10pm at night, but I have to get Belle and Lynn back to Lilia-san's mansion, so I can't stay that late.

''Oh, well then, there's one last attraction I want to go to............can we go there?''
Yeah, I'm fine. Mr. Noin, too, if you don't mind?
Yes, sir.

　Fea-sensei said there was an attraction he wanted to go to, so me and Noin-san started to move with Fea-sensei.

''........By the way, what kind of attraction is it?''
'Yesterday I learned from big sister Ayn that there's something called a flying dragon gondola.
The Flying Dragon Gondola...?
Yeah. It's like a flying dragon flight, but I heard it's adjusted to give you a better view of the scenery. They say they can make a loop around this big island.

　Okay, that sounds interesting. It's fun to fly through the sky and look at the scenery, and the sunset is beautiful just in time.

'It's nice. I've seen the scenery from the sky a few times myself, and it's really nice.
'Yeah, yeah, I can fly myself but it's a different kind of goodness than those things.
''I can't fly, and I look forward to it. I understand that you have seen the scenery from the sky a few times, Kaijin-san... do you often fly on flying dragon flights?
"I also flew on a flying dragon flight about three times. The rest of the time, Black took me flying with him and one time I was 'thrown into the sky and traveled from the center of the demon world to the south.'
'It's funny, isn't it?　I don't know what kind of situation would cause you to have such a strange experience I don't know.
It's the fault of an idiot.

　I don't want to have an experience like that again, though. Oh, and in case you're wondering, I went to visit Shiro-san's divine realm.............................and I saw the view from the sky?
　Well, anyway, I think I've experienced the view from the sky rather well.







　After moving around while chatting for a while, we arrived at the location of the flying dragon gondola that Fear-sensei mentioned.
　It's not as if everyone is thinking the same way... in front of the sign that says "Flying Dragon Gondola", there is an extremely long line, and there was a person at the end of the line with a tag that said 'I'm waiting for 3 hours now'.
　As I was stunned by the line that was too long, Dr. Fea approached the attendant with the sign at the end of the line.

''........This is Black Rank's Miyama Kite-kun!
'Ha!　I'm awestruck!　Just to make sure I understand the invitation yes, that's fine. Come on in, please.
Thank you very much.

　As expected of a former demon king, he uses whatever he can use.............................very efficient. Thanks to that, we didn't have to wait in a long line and were able to ride the Flying Dragon Gondola.
　........To be frank, it was an incredible view.

　This flying dragon must be flying at a considerable altitude, and the sight of looking down on Mr. Magnawell, a scene that would not have been possible without flying in the sky, was spread out in front of us.
　I mean, it's too late now but........Mr. Magnawell is too big. The height alone was in the 5000-meter class, considering the shape of a ground dragon.......its total length was many times longer than that. It looks like there's room for tens of thousands of meters.

''Wow~ The sunset is so beautiful~''
Yes, it's quite a sight.

　I couldn't help but notice the enormity of Mr. Magnawell, but I moved my gaze when I heard Fea-sensei and Noin-san's voice.
　

　Especially on this fourth day, there were many large facilities, so it was very good to see it from the sky like this. Hmmm, is this thanks to Fea-sensei and Ain-san?　Maybe if I had gone around on my own, I wouldn't have noticed this gondola and........


'What?　Mr. Noin?

　As I was staring at the scenery that I even wanted to frame and decorate as it was, I heard Noin-san's voice muttering to herself.
　When I turned around towards Noin-san along with Fea-sensei.......Noin-san opened her mouth while smiling calmly.

''........No, I was thinking of such an obvious thing, that the future is something we don't know.''
Did he remember a country called Japan?
'Something like that. I was the daughter of a small swordsmanship dojo. I thought without question that my future was going to be determined by my parents to marry someone who was going to benefit the family and take care of the family.

　There were probably more political marriages in Noyn's time than now. At the very least, Noyn-san seems to have thought that it was natural for a woman to marry the person her parents decided to marry and take care of the housework and childcare.

At the time, I didn't doubt that if I defeated the Demon King, it would all be over and I would return to the world I was from.
....
'Really, you never know. I eventually chose to abandon my former world and take the hand of Krom-sama. I chose of my own volition to leave my human body and become a demon race... and now I am looking at the beautiful scenery like this with the demon king, who was supposed to be my enemy, and Kaito-san, who lived in the same world and different time than me.
It's true that Noon's life is a very eventful one.
Yeah.

　After nodding at Fea-sensei's words with a smile, I continue to speak while turning my gaze to the sunset.

''........This scene right now......is very different from the future I once envisioned. And I've been thinking that this is a much, much 'happier present' than I had vaguely envisioned...................... Fufufu, thank you Fia and Kaito-san for that.
Is that the same for me?　The future isn't always the way you want it to be... but that's just as well, isn't it?
Well, you know... I'm not so sure I was expecting it right now.

　After saying a few words to each of us, we stared at the sunset without saying a word.
　Even if we don't say it in words, somehow.......we feel the same way. I hope we'll continue to have happy experiences in the future for minutes like this...maybe that's how it feels.

　Dear Mom and Dad - the hard times and the painful times, the fun and the happy times... there are certainly things that we don't realize until we look back on them. There are memories in the past that we have accumulated, happiness in the present that we talk about, and hope in the future - I think there are things that await us.