In a state of suspended animation, the "king" of the Frays, the unnamed "she", probably has no idea what's going on. In the end, it appears to be nothing more than a bunch of ambitious people in search of power and a bunch of wraiths who can't give up their power and are stalking each other.
　Then it's not like I'm asking them to sacrifice themselves to save the rest of the world, either. I think they should have talked about it more, though.
　When she left the world of Fraise and her friends, Ende's advice told me that "she" had tentatively chosen a successor to the King, but "she" was too good for that. After she was gone, her successor was divided into two halves, those who followed and those who did not, and those who disobeyed revived the way to cross the world that she had disposed of and followed her.
　Apparently, there is a genius among the dominant species, although not as good as "she". Apparently, the dominant species are not monolithic either, and they have their own factions.
　As for Lise, she says that she's not really interfering with either side. She's working with Ende, but she's not helping either Ende or Fraise and the others. However, there are some dominant species that seem to consider the Lise a "traitor"....
　How can they say that without any shame, looking down on their own disobedience to the successor of the King. I don't know which one is the traitor.
　I'm beginning to think that Freys and the others are just spoiled children who can't get away from their parents.
　I'm not sure if you're going to be relying on someone else to do it for you.
　If Brunhild becomes dependent on me, he might make the same mistake as Fraise.
　It's not my country. It's your country. I promised myself that I would never forget that.




　The Dragon Knight 《Dragoon》, standing on the land outside the city, was glittering in the morning sun. I returned the dragon knight 《Dragoon》 that I had been entrusted with to Ende.
　Come to think of it, the reason Lise didn't respond to the Sensing Plate 《Tablet》 was simply because it wasn't made to respond to the dominant species. Since this was the time to do so, I thought I would have the wavelength measured and record the pattern of the dominant species, but it seems that the dominant species can also erase this wavelength emitted by all the flames if they wanted to.
　Or rather, they can leave it off all the time when they're not engaging with their friends and subordinates. You have a stealth function........ So Lise didn't get caught by the sensing plate anyway, since she separated her actions from her companions. Still, I tried to force myself to let her record it so that I would know when other dominant species appeared, but she refused. Tsk.
　I call out to Ende, who looks up at the dragon knight.

''What are you going to do now?''
In the meantime, I'll continue to hunt the flames as they appear. Until she leaves this world.

　I wonder when that will happen. However, it could save this world, but the same thing could happen in the next world.
　Who knows which world the King will go to? I don't think she knows either. Ende will probably continue to go after "her" to protect her from the shadows.
　If I could, I'd like to hit all the flames here. The next world to be attacked might be the one I was in before.
　It's not that I don't understand how Ende feels. If I were asked to choose between the world and the people I care about, I wouldn't have known in the past, but now I would definitely choose the people I care about. I might not even consider what other sacrifices I might make or the trouble I might cause to unrelated people.
　If we were to say that everyone would die if we didn't cut down the "King's" nucleus here, I would have cut it down no matter what Ende said.
　If our positions were different, I would have done the same thing as Ende. We may be similar to each other.
　Ende climbs into the cockpit. With the hooded Lise on his right hand, the tires come down from the heel area and the dragon knight shifts into high mobility mode.

''Well then, Winter Night, see you later.''
Yeah.

　With a cloud of dirt smoke, the dragon knight slid out and ran, quickly becoming smaller and smaller.

'So you're here.
Hmm? Ah, Yumina.

　I turned around and saw Yumina and Ember there. I told everyone about Ende and the others yesterday. Everyone was uniformly surprised or something, but in the end, our policy from now on remains the same. As always, if they are going to attack us, we will fight them tooth and nail.
　Yumina comes to my side and looks at the dragon knight who is getting smaller and smaller.

''If.........Fuyao-san returns to her original world.......''
What? You're not answering.
'I thought. If I couldn't live with Fuyao-san, what was the point in doing so? And if there was a way to pursue Fuyao-san, I would choose that path without hesitation.

　I wonder if he is referring to Ende and "her", the "King". They made the choice to cross the world and decide to live together. It's a shame that this has triggered all sorts of tragedies, but even if I was sent back to my home world, I would still look for a way to cross over to the other world to meet Yumina and the others.
　If I told someone in the other world that I was looking for a way to get to the other world, they would probably question my sanity. But that doesn't matter. It's not a matter of the occult or dubious religions, but if there's even the slightest chance of it happening, I'll cling to it.
　It's a good idea to have a good time with Yumina and the others.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

It's okay. I'm not going anywhere. Even if I am sent to another world, I will definitely return to you guys. That's exactly what I'll do, even if I have to ask God for help.
'Is it God? I hope you'll do me a favor.

　Youmina smiles a small smile, as if she thought it was a joke.
　I want to keep this smile on my face. I want to be there for them forever. I want to move forward with them into the future. I'm going to do everything I can to make that happen.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.




"Ah, Fuyao-sama.

　As we walked past the training grounds, Lou, sitting on a bench, noticed us and waved us over. He was dressed lightly for training and had two small wooden swords in his hand. Beside him, Else sat down as well, wiping the sweat from her face with a towel slung over her shoulder.
　In the training grounds, Yae and Hilda were having a tremendous strike fight. Since they started receiving lessons from Morobane sister, the two have been improving their skills mekily. Perhaps they are already approaching the mastery level.
　Everyone in the knight's group is following it from afar with their eyes.
　When we approached the two men on the bench, Else turned her eyes to me and her mouth twitched.

''What, were you two together in the morning?''
Sort of. Huh? Are you sulking?
I'm not sulking.

　Blushing, Else wipes her face again with a towel. It's still easy to understand. Well, that's the cute part again.

''What about everyone else?''
'Linse and Lean were taken by the doctor. I think they're in Babylon. He said something about adjusting the specialized machine 《Frame Gear》. Oh, Rosetta said something about tweaking my Gerhilde a bit too.
Gerhilde? What are you doing?
I don't know. It's like the red and blue must be combined or something.

　Oh, come on. You're going to make them do a symmetrical docking. I don't think that's going to be possible, so I think they'll have to combine in a different way.

I hope you'll make a plane for me too, soon!
'Oh well. It sounds like we'll have something more powerful later on, so let's just look forward to it.

　I comfort Lou, who is lightly sulking, with a wry smile. Even I'm not there yet. Or perhaps I'm probably the last one. I'm the only one who can fight advanced species without frame gear, you know. ........Well, the real hit will come last.
　As I was boasting to myself, Sakura, Spica-san and Su came from the castle.

''Fuyao!''
Hey, Sue. Have you been here all morning?

　He catches Sue as she runs up to him and hugs him. Sue comes here from her room in her parents' house in Belfast, through the castle's transition room. I usually come here in the early afternoon.

'Hmm. As a wife of the winter night, I cannot neglect my training as a bride. I'll be here all day long. Father has given me permission to spend the night here. Let's sleep together today, Winter Night!
No, I doubt it!

　Hearing those words, the surrounding fiancée 《everyone》 turns jit eyes at once.
　In the past, when Suu stayed over, she usually slept in Yumina's room with him, but why only today?

''Why not?'' You don't want to sleep with straw in the winter night?
'No, no, not really, but it's still early, or maybe it's just outlandish...'
'Outside information? You're just going to sleep with them?

　I'm not sure what you're talking about from the bottom of my heart," Suh nodded his head with pure eyes, "I don't know what you're talking about. No, I know, but. The difference between what you're thinking and what I'm thinking is the difference between what Sue is thinking and what I'm thinking. Of course I'm not going to do anything about it!
　As the disgusting sweat began to flow, he looked to Yumina next to him for help.
　Perhaps noticing this, Yumina smiled and spoke to Suu with a smile.

''You know what, Su. It's not very common for a man and woman of status to share a sleeping quarters alone with each other before marriage.
'Really? Sister Yumina?
'Yes. So let's all go to bed together, including Fuyao-san? Then it's not a problem.
Yes?

　What are you saying all of a sudden, Yumina? I don't care what you think, you have a problem!

'Hey! What are you talking about? You can't do that!
What? I'm just going to sleep in bed with you. There's nothing wrong with that. Or were you planning on being 'done' something?
....

　I am at a loss for words when Yumina cuts back with a smile. Surely it's not a problem if you're just going to sleep...?

Wait, Yumina! Are we all in this together?
Isn't it obvious? Or would you rather just sleep in the other room, Else?
"Muguugu......... I feel like I lost that too......... But................
I don't mind, but...

　I'm totally fine, okay? And then Sakura opens her mouth. Her face is red and her eyes are swimming, though, instead of not caring. Next to her, Spica-san's eyebrows were knit together as if she was troubled.

''Wow, I'm fine with that too! Lord Winter's Night! Let's sleep together, mugs!
Shout it out!

　He hurriedly blocked Lou's mouth as he was about to shout out. What is this trend! How did we get into this situation? Somebody help me! Help me!
　Perhaps my prayers were answered, I heard a ring tone from my pocket phone. Fortunately, I took it out and found it was from Guild Master Relisha-san.

''Yes, hello.''
''I apologize for being so busy. In the remote guilds of Lyle's kingdom, we have observed signs of a majority of the flames appearing, over a thousand of them. There seems to be no advanced species, but there are many of them, and besides, the time of appearance is three hours away.
'Three hours? You're early again....

　Until now, I've had at least a day to spare, no matter how fast.... Is this also influenced by the world's wards in some way?

''That's why we can't evacuate or join forces with them, so I have no choice but to ask His Majesty the Duke.... Of course, King Lyle has given us permission to do so.''
I understand. Please send me the detailed location via email as an attachment. I'll send out the Knights too.
"Thank you for your help.

　I hang up the phone. Everyone who had been screaming about sleeping and not sleeping with me earlier fell silent at my condition and looked at me. It looks like they've been vague about what happened earlier. It's ironic that the god of salvation is Frayes.
　I gather all the knights in the training grounds and tell them the situation.

We've detected the appearance of Fraise in the outskirts of Lyle's kingdom. There are several thousand of them. It will appear in three hours. The Brünnhilde Knights will now head to the Lyle Kingdom to defeat Fraise. Call whoever is available and meet us in front of the Order's quarters in one hour to make all preparations.
"Ha!

　Everyone in the Order dashes off and disperses, each one of them. It's to get their own armor or to call back their colleagues who have gone out.
　I'll be the one to call Rain, the leader of the group, and Nicola and Norn, the deputy leader, to inform them of the situation. I'll also have to ask Baba's old man and Yamak Prefecture's old man to be out of town. We have to hurry.

It's tough.
Absolutely. Well, it's all about saving the world. I'm gonna do it.

　I uttered the words out of character at Umina's words and looked up at the sky.
　Many things have happened since I came to this world. To be honest, I think it's a tougher world to live in than the previous one.
　Still, I love the world in which everyone I care about lives. That's why I'm fighting to protect it. That's all there is to it.

All right, let's go.

　Everyone nodded at my words.
　When I came to this world, the only thing I had was a smartphone in my pocket. But now I have so many friends who are so reassuring.
　There will be many more things that will happen in the future. But I'm sure we'll get over this together. I'm sure of it.
　With this belief in mind, I opened the "Gate" to Babylon.