The next thing I knew, I was in darkness.
　There was nothing in all directions, just continuous darkness. I was looking around, not knowing up and down or left or right.

Did you notice, Mr. Ravert Lanwalker?

　I heard a beautiful woman's voice. I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a beautiful woman I had seen standing there.

''Oh?　You're not praising me like you did before this time~

　The beautiful woman tilted her head with her right hand to her cheek.

'It must be so. It's the second time we've met, Goddess Aster.

　Yes, the one in front of me is the Goddess Aster, the one who reincarnated me into this world. Her appearance hasn't changed at all since she was reincarnated, she's a tremendous beauty.

''Ufufu, thank you very much. I'd like to receive more compliments, but I don't have time, so I'd like to proceed. First of all, to clear up any misunderstandings, Mr. Ray is not dead. I just intervened in his consciousness while he was unconscious. So we can talk about it.

　Oh, that's good. I thought you were here because you died just like before.

'Then why did you intervene with me?

That is, of course, because I met the Seven Demons.

　The Seven Demons. You mean that guy. I wanted to ask him because my master seemed to know about them, but I couldn't ask him because I fainted.

''They are the seven demon clans that have the blessings of the Demon God. Those who have the Demon God's Blessing will die, but after a certain period of time, they will be revived.
So my old blessing holder sealed the seal, but the seal was broken and he woke up. The plan was that it was still supposed to be some time away...

　Something extraordinary has appeared again. Demon God. I learned about the history of this continent from Helen-san, and I didn't see any such thing as a demon god.

''It was erased from history in order to prevent people from believing in the Demon God. If the demon gods are known, there will be those who will want to believe in them. It was to prevent them from doing so.

'Why can't I have faith?　Just listening to what you just said, it sounds like you turned it off to keep your faith from fading.

　I say, and he looks down at me sadly.

''It certainly can't be helped if it sounds like that. However, the Demon God's purpose is to destroy this world. That's why he's handing his blessings to the demon race in order to revive himself. But I can't let him do that.

　We certainly can't let this world be destroyed. There's a lot of things about God, I guess.

''We don't have much time right now, so let's cut to the chase, but there are five people on this continent right now, all of whom have the blessings of the Goddess. Please cooperate with them, one is you and the other, as you know, is a saint of the Arcadian Papal States. Another one is close to you. And the other two are the brave men of the Regalian Empire.

　...What?　A brave man of the Regalia Empire?　When did you summon it?

'It just wouldn't be heartfelt enough. Mr. Ray, I give you a piece of my power. This will make your blessings stronger. Giving you this would be like forcing you to fight...

　Saying that, Aster smiles a little painfully. I don't know what that sentiment is, but I know that she's worried about me.

''I understand. I knew that I couldn't live in peace thanks to the title you gave me to begin with. Besides, you'll just have to get over one or two more things.

　As I said this, Aster thanked me deeply.

''It's nice to meet you, Ms. Ray,''

　When he said that, the whole area went blank.

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　Hmmm. I'm heavy. My whole body is so lethargic that I don't feel like moving it. Why am I so lethargic? When I opened my heavy eyelids, thinking about this, there it was.

Hmmmmm. Phew!　... you can't hold it there, eh?

　And there was Ferris, who was talking in his sleep in a mysterious way. He was sitting in a chair, his head resting on the bed where I was sleeping. He's slobbering. And as I watched him sleep...

Ferris. I'm coming in.

　The voice says. And then it came in.

'Oh, Ray, I'm so glad you're awake. I'm so glad you're awake. What are you sleeping on, Ferris?

　It was Aeris. She looked at me and smiled reassuringly at me, then looked at Ferris, who was sleeping, and paciously smacked her head.

'Ouch!'　What?　Enemy attack?

　Ferris wakes up in surprise and looks around with a surprised expression on his face. And when his eyes meet mine.

Ray!　You're awake!　Good!

　He hugs me. He wags his tail and is happy to see me. His ears are standing on end.

"Come on, calm down, Ferris. Ray just woke up, it must be hard for you.

'Oh, I'm sorry Ray. I'm just too happy to be awake.

　And Ferris blushes and gets down. Such a face is cute, too. I stroke Ferris's head. Ferris also rubs his head against my palm.

What is this sweet space? Well, it's okay. Ray, how are you feeling?

Hmm, I feel so tired all over, it's hard to move.

　I say, checking my whole body. 'Yeah, it's still heavy.

I knew it. I'm sure Ray knows it, but it's the fatigue caused by the depletion of magic power. It's not at all like you're not following your mother's orders.

　And I'm going to deco-pin it with zit eyes. It can't be helped, you know. I was in fear for my life.

''Well you don't have to look at me like that anymore. I know you were trying to protect your classmates.

　And he strokes my head. Aeris stroking Ferris' head, stroking my head.

　I was finally able to listen to him while doing so. I seemed to have slept for the entire day. After I passed out, Aeris told me that my master carried me here, and everyone else is safe too. Good.

Alexia and Helen were very worried about you, so apologize to them later. I heard that your classmates wanted to stay behind too, but we sent them home.

'Well, thank you. So what about Alexia and Helen?　If it was this time of day, I'd be home by now.

　It was already evening when I woke up. Today was a light day and the school was closed, so Aeris and Ferris seemed to have taken care of me all day. I'm sorry to take that time off.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it. We need to talk about yesterday's incident. Ms. Helen is a chaperone.

　Is that so? I'll have to report to the authorities after such a riot near the capital.

Well, it doesn't matter. Let's just have dinner. Do you want me to make you Ray?

Yeah, I think so.

　I manage to get up out of bed. Yeah, I'm a little sluggish, but I'm okay. I manage to get downstairs and sit down on the couch, and Aeris brings me some food. Aeris is not as good as Ferris, but she's good at it too. While I was looking at the food, thinking that it all looks delicious, I heard a carriage stop and suddenly the outside of the house became noisy. Wha, what?

　And then the door was opened with such force that it was thrust open and the one that came in was

Ray, you're awake!

　And a rather angry master comes in. Why is he angry?　I'm so scared. Behind them was Alexia, who also had an angry expression on her face, and Helen-san. What the hell was going on?