Master Ray!

You okay, Krona?

　I hug Krona gently as she realizes I've come into the room and hugs me tightly. Krona hugs me and presses her head against my stomach. She's so cute. I'll pet you a lot, too, Uriuriuri~.

　We've now come to the waiting room where the guards are waiting. I was relieved to find everyone in one piece. I thought it was okay because I hadn't heard from Marilyn, but still, it's a different feeling of relief to see them safe in person.

　Then I also told Alexia that I was a reincarnated person. Until now, I only told Zeke and Ellis' parents, but it's something I can't hide when talking about Kana.

　Alexia, as expected, seemed surprised by the story, but I was glad that she still said that she liked me. I'll have to tell everyone about it when I return to the Royal Domain.

''General Melia didn't do anything in particular either?''

'Yes, I'm fine. All of you have been allowed into this room without any particular action being taken.

'I see. That's good to hear. I'm going to the party now, so follow me. Hikarin, Marilyn, let me know if you see anyone suspicious.

Okay, okay.

"Yes, my Lord.

　People know about my spirits, so I can talk about them normally. If I didn't know, I'd just be a weird guy talking to myself.

Come on, let's go.

Yeah.

　I hold out my left arm and Alexia twists her right arm around my left arm. We leave the room and we proceed after the civilian officials of the Regalian Empire. Behind us, General Melia is followed by Krona, Dagris, Elea, Pardon, and Cizk.

　The venue was a short walk away from the waiting room where everyone was. When we entered the hall, the nobles of the Regalia Empire were already gathered inside, chatting and laughing.

　But even that would be silenced when they saw that we had entered. They all look at us. Some of them even glare at us blatantly. Well, they'll hate us, so we don't think anything of glaring at them. Except if we act on it.

　One of the people who are staring at us is also mixed in with the heroic group. Among them are Kana and Mari, who have changed into dresses, but the ones who are glaring at me are Demon Sword-kun and Yuusha-kun. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get the most out of it.

　Until today's audience, I would have wondered why he was staring at me so much, but now that I've heard about Luciana from Kana, I'm convinced. I guess he's Luciana's thoughtful person.

　Well, I'm not sure when he doesn't come himself. If you love him, you should be willing to bet your life on it.

　I mean, since it was about Kana, I responded normally, but if you don't come yourself, Demon Sword-kun, it's useless if you don't come yourself... Okay, until you come yourself, I'll let it go.

　If he really likes you and doesn't want to be taken, he'll come on his own. And if he doesn't come, he can just keep Luciana as his fiancée.

　For now, I look at Demon Sword-kun and make eye contact with him as a provocation. The fists are clenched and trembling. I don't think he'll be quiet after he's done this to me. I'm ready for you.

What's going on with you, Ray?

　Alexia seems to have found out and comes over with a dumbfounded look on her face. But I think she knows more or less how I feel about it. She doesn't say anything else. She's a good fiancée, really. He's really too good for me.

　Then the Crown Prince arrived and the party began. It was a much more ordinary party than I had expected. It wasn't particularly poisoned, nor did a nobleman with an arrogant attitude arrive.

　Since he was a nobleman of the Regalia Empire, he must be good at wearing a mask. I don't know what he thinks under that mask, though.

　However, some of the nobleman's sons said some nonsense when they saw Krona, so I intimidated them, though. They were saying things like, "Ugly beasts don't come here" to the lovely Krona. I was pissed.

　When I intimidated them, their sons started to tremble and leak a lot of things, but their parents came to apologize, so I forgave them.

　The Regalian Empire is humanist, so you don't see many beastmen and sub-human races. If there were, they're slaves or something.

　I've done a bad thing to Krona. He said he didn't care about it, but his ears were limp and his tail was slack, so he must be hurting inside. I'll have to comfort him later.

　Then the guys from the hero group came over to greet us. Naturally, Kana and Mari came too. The moment they came in front of me, Yuusha-kun said, "You'll definitely beat them! I almost blew it when he said that. I'm a demon king or something. Kana and the others had their heads in their hands. And Demon Sword-kun was staring at me the whole time.

　A lot of things happened like that, but for the most part, it came to an end without incident. The soldiers of the Regalia Empire are also in a somewhat relieved mood. It's hard work, isn't it?

　And I had come to the balcony designated by Kana at the appointed time. It seems that anyone staying at the castle is allowed to use this place. But right now, though, there's no one here.

　It is a little hot during the day because of the sunshine, but at night, the night breeze is pleasant. There is not a cloud in the night sky and the moon is shining. When I look at the moon...

Here you go.

　And then a voice called out to me from behind. I turn around and see Kana standing there, still in her dress. The last time I saw her in my past life was in my senior year of high school. At that time Kana was a sophomore in high school, but she hasn't changed much since then.

　I've been in this world for fourteen years now, and Kana has been here for two years or so. Maybe she was called up from a time when I had only been dead for a little while.

'Um, what is the story?'

　Oops, I got a little sentimental about it. I take a deep breath as I look at Kana. For some reason, I'm more nervous than I was when I told Alexia about my previous life. Phew, good.

''........''

....

　...misstep. I hadn't thought about why I was going to talk about it. Kana is coming to look at me with an increasingly suspicious look on her face.

''........If there's nothing to see, I'm going to go back....

　Kana tries to say that back. What am I doing at all!　You're a slacker. I grab Kana's arm as she turns to walk away. Kana looks back at me with a surprised expression on her face.

'I'm sorry. I didn't know what to say, so I was confused. 'It's been a while, Kana.'

'What?　I told you earlier that it's been a while, but...

'That's as Ravert. I've been on this side of the world for fourteen years now, and Kana has been summoned to this side for about two years now, but she hasn't changed much in appearance, so I guess it hasn't been too long since I died.

...what the hell are you talking about?

Huh. Sorry to talk to you alone. I'm actually a reincarnated person. In a previous life, I lived in a place called Japan.

'What?　Japan is just like us...

So, my name in my previous life was...

....

His name is Hayato Katsuragi.

........eh....

Long time no see, Kana.

　Under the night sky lit by moonlight. I was finally able to reveal my past life to Kana, who had a puzzled look on her face.