It's all over.
　The Aurelian's magic is completely gone.
　The foolish king's soul was burned to a crisp by Shell Aves and will never rise again.

'That wasn't as good as your mouth.

　I muttered and put away my Shell Aves.

　
　A person's strong thoughts ......................sometimes they become magical power.
　Perhaps that's why Shell Aves has been elevated to a magical sword.
　If I need that noble woman's power, I'll use it again.

　After the battle is over, I'll be thinking about that.


　Crackle.


　The sound of applause came out of nowhere.
　It came from the audience at first.
　The speckled applause gradually widens, and my classmates on stage are getting involved.


　Crackle.


"Wow, what a round of applause!

　Lara scurries up and moves her face.

'Kurt showed up at the perfect time, of course he did.

　Marise with a somewhat proud expression on her face.

''I'm sure she thinks it was the play that defeated Aurelian...maybe it was the play. Otherwise it wouldn't be so exciting.

　Cynthia tried to try to be calm, but her mood seemed to be unusually upbeat.

'Hmm, so you thought my battle just now was a sideshow. That's fine then.''

　Again, despite all of this ruckus of magical energy, I had no intention of stopping the festival.
　Today is a fun day.
　If I canceled the festival, it would strengthen the evil spirits, but at the same time, I resisted the idea of taking away people's enjoyment.

　As a result, the people of King's Landing enjoyed the festival wholeheartedly without having to cancel it.
　It was a very good thing.

''Well,''

　I turn around and tell my classmates.

'The show is over. How about some closing remarks?
""Yes!"

　Cheerful replies from all of my classmates.
　We formed a line on the stage and bowed our heads to the audience.
　The applause doesn't seem to stop, and it rains down on us.

　◆ ◆

I'm pleased to announce the MVP of the festival.

　After the play was over.
　After a while, the cultural festival was over and we, the students of Magic Academy, were gathered in the large schoolyard.
　On the stage, a girl from the school festival committee was standing.

''MVP.......which class will get it?''

　Lara's voice bounces around.

'I wish it were us.
''I'm sure.......Cynthia's class did their best too, but they were outclassed by the [First] people.......''

　Marise and Cynthia are also still waiting for the MVP to be announced.



　As I waited for the MVP to be announced, I was thinking about the past and the future.

　The magic that Aurelian was using. That's something that didn't exist a thousand years ago.
　That guy called it 《Fair Space》. He also said it was an improvement on the magic Von Bask had developed.

　To me, it's still a bit of a work in progress.
　But depending on how you use it, I felt it was a magic with hidden potential.

　Something is working behind the scenes.
　Even though it was created by the demon god Fontbasque a thousand years ago, how could something like that be used in this declining world?
　
　This case has made me very aware of this fact.



"The MVP is........the first year's "First" guys!

　I let my thoughts unfold, and before I knew it, the MVP was announced.

　A brief silence.
　But in the nick of time, my classmates exploded with joy.


'Yay!　We're the MVP!
'You all worked so hard!　The creperie and the play went well, of course!
It's all thanks to the Marys.
'You can't forget about it, Lara, okay?　He even made some delicious crepes...
Those two are important, but more importantly...


　All of my delighted classmates' eyes are drawn towards me at once.

'Kurt, you did it!'
You made it happen!
That's great...

　Lara, Marise, and Cynthia followed suit and hugged me.
　Because of the three of them being so close together, that what...............soft part of me is hitting me.

'It's not like I'm the only one who gets credit for this.
""What?"
This MVP was won by all of us. If any one of us were missing, we wouldn't have been given this honor.

　These words were spoken from the heart.


　--I've met some great friends in a thousand years.


　It's still a fun world to live in.

And.....

　Finally.
　I stroked the heads of Lara and the other three and continued, "The festival for me (...) and the others is not over yet.

Our festival isn't over yet. We still have some more work to do on the cultural festival.