In the morning, you hear the familiar sound of the alarm clock and turn over in your sleep.

　As you breathe slowly, your head gradually starts to wake up.

　You slept well. Lately, I've been alone for a long time, so I'm getting into the habit of falling asleep faster and sleeping more soundly.

　Well, last night I spent a small amount of time before I fell asleep because I was so excited about having a conversation with someone for the first time in a long time.

'Okay, breakfast.'

　With that, I pick myself up and crawl out of bed.

　Not that it's because I'm going to meet a girl, but somehow today I'm going to take a shower in the morning and carefully shave my beard. I'm wearing a light jacket and black denim shorts for going out. The shoes were a pair of light brown leather shoes.

　It's not that he was going to meet a girl, but if he was going to meet someone, he had to dress appropriately.

　The footsteps are light as well as sliding down the spiral staircase, and you get on the elevator and push the second floor.

''Oh, are you awake yet?''

　It is now six-thirty in the morning. Maybe it was a little early.

Well, let's just go to the kitchen and make breakfast and wait until he wakes up.

　And with that thought in mind, I got upstairs and headed to the dining room. Then I saw a little light leaking out of the cafeteria.

　Thinking I forgot to turn it off, I go inside and find A1 in the kitchen. If I look closely, I see that Eira is also next to her.

''Good morning. What are you doing here?

　When I approached her with a greeting, Eira, who had a difficult expression on her face, looked up with a huff.

''Ah, well, I mean, good morning...''

　For some reason, Eira's atmosphere of depression makes me tilt my head back and gently peek at my hand.

　Apparently, she's washing dishes. They must be yesterday's dishes.

''I'm sorry it didn't quite get cleaned up...''

　If you look at it, there are marks where he scrubbed it with his fingers as he ran it under water. The sponge is still dry, and he must have done his best with his bare hands.

'Fine, fine. Give it to me.

　I picked up the dishes and put detergent on the sponge and gave it a quick wash. The dirt is stubborn because I left it out yesterday, but it didn't beat the detergent.

'I see, I should have done that...'

　I chuckle at Eira, who mutters this in a small voice, and put the freshly washed dishes in the dishwasher near the sink. He flipped the switch and turned around.

'Okay, that's it. Let's have some breakfast then.

Oh, thank you.

　I laughed at Eira, who dutifully bowed to me, and headed to the fridge while I took out another dish.

　Today it was simply toast with strawberry jam on it. I wasn't sure if I could drink coffee, so the drink would be tea. In case you're wondering, there's a salad with just hand-torn vegetables on a plate, but the only dressing is a Japanese onion dressing.

'Sorry it's so easy,'

　After saying that, Eira sat down on the chair and shook her head from side to side in a horrified manner.

''I, no, I'm sorry for not being able to cook...''

'Huh? You can't do it. You've done it before, haven't you?

'Oh, no, we always just ate the ready-made food...'

　Have these days's town girls never even cooked? The image suggests that they already help with the cooking, though.

Well, let's eat, let's eat.

　I changed my mind and said that and took a bite of toast. A sweet and sour taste spreads in my mouth.

''Ah, delicious...! This one has sugar in it!

Hmm? Was it valuable?

'Ha, yes. Now you can get them in big cities, but back in the day they were only available in the royal capital.

　While answering, Eira devoured her toast in a frenzy.

　The royal capital. The capital of the monarchy's country?

　Even though she's a town girl, could it be that Eira is a lady of a respectable house living in the royal capital?

　No, if she was a young lady, she wouldn't be gobbling up so much bread.

　After finishing everything, Eira took the dishes to the big sink with a spirited expression.

　As I eat while watching Eira frantically washing, she comes to pick up the empty dishes.

'Thanks,'

　When I handed her the dishes, Eira nodded, holding the dishes with a bit of happiness.

　Eira washes the dishes carefully with jabber and looks at the dishwasher.

'There's one on the other side,'

　It's a big kitchen, so there are two dishwashers, I said while pointing, and Eira hurriedly put the dishes in that one and pressed the button.

　After we finish eating, we both head to the elevator, and A1 follows us as a matter of course.

　Once it starts up, will it move autonomously until I say stop? It's strange.

　As I enter the elevator and go to press the button, I see Eira watching me from the side.

'I thought I'd show you around outside,'

Oh, nice to meet you.

It's hard.

　He laughed and pushed the first floor.

　We get to the ground floor and proceed through the carpeted entrance. The brothers of A1 are waiting at the gate.

'Open,'

　As he said this, the two robots turned to the gate at the same time and slowly opened it.

''Three golems at the same time........''

What did you say?

Oh, no, no!

　When I turned around, Eira stood tall and straight. It was like an army.

'Well, where shall I show you?'

　As he said this, Eira's eyes lit up as she came running up to him at a small run.

'I want to see that white house,'

Home? No one lives here, okay?

But it was very pretty.

Hmm? Well, if you want to see it, let's go.

　I said that and started walking away, but at a moment's notice, Eira turned around and was surprised to see the castle.

''Wow, great...! It was an intricate castle, wasn't it?

Isn't the castle the same as the one Eira knows?

'Yes. It's more square and the roof isn't very big. And the windows are small.

'Yeah. I'd like to see it.

　He muttered and stared into the distance. We're slowing down now, flying slowly towards the mountains, but below us was an endless forest.

　Since Eira is here, I should get her to tell me the direction where the city is. I'd like to see the streets of this world anyway.

　With that in mind, I walked eastward, moving to the edge and looking at the rooftops of the white houses.

'That's it.'

　Eira's eyes lit up as she said this and pointed down.

''Great. It's a pure white city........! Beautiful!

　I show an impressed Eira the way down.

'You can get down from there,'

Can I go now?

　I pointed to the stairs and he answered without pause. When he agreed, he happily walked down the stairs.

'Wow, you're so cute...!

　They walked through the city looking at the pure white houses, peering into the windows and uttering admiration for the houses.

'I guess girls do admire white houses after all, don't they?

　I ask A1 that, but A1 comes down the stairs looking calm.

　Just then, I heard Eira's panicked voice from ahead.

'Wha, wha, it's Wyvern! Master Tiki! The wyvern is here!

　I looked up when Eira told me to look up, and sure enough, there was a larger wyvern flying. It circled through the air like a bird of prey, surfacing above the flight island.

'That's the biggest one I've ever seen,'

　When I let out these thoughts, Eira points to the sky.

'It's big! We've come so close to the Leelabras Mountains that I wondered if one of our mountain-dwelling wyvern parents had come...!

Yeah, the wyvern is a flock of parents and children. Well, that must be the father or something.

　When I think about it, it's pitiful to exterminate it, but I wonder if it's okay to the extent that it collides with the wards.

　As I was taking a swallowing stance, Eira looked at me while fidgeting.

''Oh, um, if the wyvern charges in, this beautiful city is.......''

　Eira says that kind of thing like it's very hard to say.

"What? You? Not that you're afraid of the wyvern or anything?

''Oh, I thought a sorcerer as good as Taiki-sama would probably take him down unharmed...''

　I'm puzzled, but when I was told that, I understood.

''By the way, how much of a threat would that wyvern normally be?

'What? Oh, that wyvern? Yes, oh, I thought that a kingdom's knight captain or court sorcerer could probably fight evenly one-on-one...

"Hmm.

　You didn't assure me that I could win just by being able to fight evenly. And yet you thought I would be able to beat you unscathed.

　Apparently, they are misleading us considerably.

''.......But there's no way to explain it.

'Uh, uh, uh, um! Master Tiki! Before, before! Forward!

　I let out a quiet sigh as I watched the wyvern crash into the wards and pass out.