Mom!
　Nacht landed from the sky and was greeted by Shtel, who jumped at him with a faint tear in his eye.
　Nacht caught Shtel, who had accelerated to the point where it could be called a tackle, and held her in his arms.

"Oh, good, good - weren't you scared, Shtel?

Mom!　Mom, Mom!

Ha, Shtel is a spoiled brat, huh?
　Desperately hugging her, she slowly stroked Shtel's hair as she was filled with unspoken emotions. Shtel was tickled, but she happily leaned in to him.
　At the back of Shtel, Aisha was smiling and smiling at her.
　Nacht's gaze as she hugged Shtel met Aisha's.

''I'm home, Aisha.''

Yes, welcome home, Master Nacht--

　Their words rang in my ears with a whimper.

'Aisha can jump in there too, you know?
　Nacht says teasingly.

'Yes, I'm not going,'
　Aisha said, embarrassed.

'Well, that's too bad,'

　Nacht shrugged his shoulders, but strained his voice at the elves who were letting loose on the situation so dramatically.

'What are you stunned by, you guys have won?　Shall we raise the battle cry--

　After a pause of one night, a jubilant voice rose on the battlefield.





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　The post-war process was unexpectedly quick.
　The enemy forces showed no resistance and surrendered with open arms. The demons were reverent to power. Perhaps it is because they sensed the powerful power that Nacht showed, the demon army was even more obedient to Nacht than the elves.
　Some of them looked at me with a worship level, and I can't help but think that they are really easy to understand.
　You will find the fort is nowhere to be seen, and the liberated doors are left there.

"At any rate, I suppose that's the end of the line--

　The elven village is in the middle of a banquet.
　All the elves, who have put an end to their twenty years of past, are enjoying the feast with radiant faces.

''Speaking of which, who will be the reward this time, Nacht-sama?
　Aisha timidly asked such a question.

'What, did Aisha want a reward?'

Huh?　No, no, Aisha is not such a nasty girl, I mean, no....

So you don't want...
　Nacht blatantly slumped his shoulders and tried to gently pull his hand back from the storage, and Aisha reacted in an interesting way, glancing at me.

'No... well... it's not that I don't want... well... ugh. .....
　Nacht smiles happily at Aisha, whose face turns bright red and looks down.

''Oh my god, Nacht-sama is so mean!　But I'm going to refrain from Aisha, since the person who did the most work this time is Miss Sylphy.
　With that, Aisha turned away sulkily.

'I felt like I was called to something, but what's the matter, Aisha?'
　Perhaps hearing Aisha's voice, Sylphy came right up to Aisha's side.
　Although her eyes were swollen to an unconcealable degree of redness, Sylphy's face was clearer than anyone else's, and the depths of her eyes looked crystal clear.

''Oh, Sylphy-san, I was just telling you that that Nacht-sama's reward might be Sylphy-san's this time.

What? I don't want his prize, and I don't want his bloody prize.

"Huh?

"You're a rude man, you--you're not going to do it by crying out for it later, are you?

Ha, that's impossible - why should I want your prize?
　That's what Sylphy assures him, and he can take it as a challenge.
　Nacht reaches into the storage and reaches for an item he wasn't planning to take out.

'Hm, then you don't have to eat, this best meat.

　What I took out was a chunk of meat that was like a jewel that shone with light.
　He neatly cut it into pieces, skewered it and placed it gently on a net that was on fire.
　Then a powerful aroma that tickled my instincts rose in the blink of an eye.

Is that really meat...?

　Aisha, who was supposed to hate food of animal origin, gulped and cleared her throat.

''Of course, it's not just meat--rank ten, the meat of a divine species--the meat of a beast classified as a god.
　To begin with, not many elves are picky eaters like Aisha.
　In fact, Sylphy is even more obsessed with meat than Aisha is. The reason for this is that those with too much power as an elf have too keen a sense of smell and many other senses, and the smell of meat and animals is particularly strong.

Almost all of this meat is a crystal of high purity mana. For a species like the elves, who prefer natural mana, it would be a perfect treat.
　Of course, it's not just delicious as meat.
　Foods classified as rank ten have the ability to permanently raise their status if eaten only once in one type. Hence, it's one of those items that is even said to be of equal value to Ancient Grade (Ancient) Equipment.
　It's not an item that even Nacht can take out without a second thought.

''Look, Aisha--it's hot, go ahead and try it.

　When the meat was about 80% cooked, Nacht removed it from the wire mesh and gently handed it to Aisha.
　Aisha, who had refrained from asking for a reward, succumbed to the overflowing temptation that tickled her instincts and easily took it to her mouth.

''Fu-nyaahhhhh--!　........delicious.......

　Aisha muttered with a debauched look on her face.

'Here, eat your shtetl too--'

　Shtel smiles more than ever before as he passes the slightly cooled skewer to her.
　Leaving them in admiration, Nacht chuckles as he turns to Sylphy.

'Oh, come to think of it, I didn't need you, Sylphy.

Ugh............................


　With that, Aisha took the skewer from Nacht's hand and handed it to Sylphy.

'Mm-hmm. Thanks. Aisha's too good for some s*xist master.'

Heh.

　Aisha exchanged an embarrassed smile. Nacht sniffed grimly at Aisha's gratitude.
　A gusher of gravy shot up to the sky and an uninterrupted smile enveloped the village.
　In the meantime, the night is drawing to a close.





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　Looking up into the dark, deep night, where the light of the moon had disappeared, Nacht let out a quiet breath.
　A voice came from nowhere in the quiet, sleepy, noiseless room.

'It's a pity, then--I didn't use either of them after all--I was expecting to see my Lord's full strength.

I fought as hard as I could, Levy.

Well, I suppose it is--but you don't mind, Lord--

　His voice had an eerie quality to it that I couldn't feel from the usual Levy. It was precisely the very demon itself, announcing bad luck.

''--It looks like someone somewhere has used it while the Lord is fumbling around.

　With that, Levy disappears.
　The next moment--

"...　This is--

　Nacht couldn't help but shout.
　A sound, he could hear.
　Such a sound as the world creaked.
　Such a sound as if the gears that had been meshing together would scream and collapse.

　It was an unusually strong force that ran through it.
　Most of all, it ran through quickly, and in a few seconds, it would disappear like an illusion.

''Na, Nacht-sama!

　Aisha, who had been asleep, jumped up and screamed.
　Nacht wasn't the only one who felt it.
　The entire Elven village, no, the neighboring countries, and even the entire world, and all living things - all living things heard the sound of change.



　Shtel wakes up and picks Nacht's arm a bit.

'What? You have nothing to worry about.
　The shattered gears mesh together again.
　A click can be heard and the world revolves normally again.

What was that all about...?　Is Aisha wrong....

　It is not an illusion.
　At this moment, the world was remade.

''--It seems that some idiot has used the ultimate treasure (Ultimate Item).