Hmm?　A hole in the space?

　One day in the morning. I was coming to the garden with Elene and Allen, who wanted me to teach them magic, when Astell came to me with such a thing. Aeris, who was watching the scene next to me, is tilting her head in the same way I am.

''Yes. It's as if there is a hole in the space and it's connected to another world.

Isn't that disgusting?　Should we close it soon?

　Astel shakes her head for some reason when I ask her. I don't know what you mean.

''That's why it seems that you can go over there from this side, but you can't come to this side from the other side.

　Hmmm, I have no idea what's going on, but I guess I should just close it up for now.

In that case, let's just close it quickly and get it over with. In case someone goes through and can't come back, it's not a good idea.

　I got up and was about to head to the spot when I felt a tug on my sleeve from underneath me. When I looked at the person whose hand was being pulled, there was Elene with a twinkle in her eye. I have a very bad feeling about this.

''W-what's wrong, Elene?''

Dad!　I want to go!

No.

　I respond immediately to Elene's outrageous words. Of course it's no good. Elene's cheeks puff out at my words. You look cute when you're angry, but your father won't forgive you, will he?

'I'm going to take you to Grandpa's today and you can wait quietly.

No~!　Take me away!

　When I said no, Elene started lying in the yard and kneading the waste. This is the kind of thing that makes you look like some guy from the past. Aeris looks away when I glance at her. He seems to be aware of this. Now, I'm thinking about how to get him to give up.

I don't think you can take her anywhere else.

　Aster said. And when I ask her why, she says something quite appropriate, saying it's okay because I'm here. And for some reason, Aeris is ready to go. There's no stopping it now that it's like this. I'm a weak wife.

　But this is the kind of place where we're really father and son. Aeris used to be pretty naughty, too. And I got caught up in it a lot of times.

''Hm?　What's the matter with you after seeing so much?

No, I just thought it would be fun.

'Huh, of course.　It's a family outing.

　Haha, I know it's not that kind of thing, but as long as it's fun, it's fine. If something goes wrong, I can take care of it, or worse, I can force the transition and come back here.

'So, what do you want to do, Allen?　Do you want to come with me?

No, no, I have an appointment with Marie today.

Okay. Well, you can't have that.

　I replied with a grin, and Allen ran off into the mansion. A totally ubiquitous one. While I was doing that, Aeris and Elene seemed to be ready to go.

　I asked Astel to stay over here to give a message to everyone and to guard them so they don't cross the space from here.

　When I transitioned to the place Astel told me to go, I found myself in a forest near the Lanwalker Kingdom. There was a gaping hole there, and goblins and other demons were entering it.

'Wow, such a hole can be made. I've never seen one like this before.''

Yeah, me too. Elene, as soon as you go over there and find out how dangerous it is, you'll be back here, and you'll never leave us, okay?

Yes!

　Elene responds comfortably with a hand in the air. 'I'm a little worried, but we'll just have to be careful.

''Well then, I'll go, but don't ever leave, okay?

Yeah.

Yes!

　We walked through the space hand in hand. We were able to pass through normally without feeling any pain. And then, Astell must have closed it, a crack in the space that disappears.

　After confirming that the crack was closed, I looked around and saw that it was in a forest like the one before. However, what's different from the forest just now is that you can hear the sounds of battle from inside this forest.

　The two of us noticed this and immediately held up our weapons. I also take out a Galadhrug from my item ring. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find a way to make it work. The one who stands out among them is the black-haired boy.

　The boy, who is about my age or a little younger, is the only one with black hair in this group, and he has a large cut on his left eye. He wore armor that was dyed all black like his hair, and he held a jet black sword and a pure white sword in each hand.

''Whirlwind style, wind cutter!''

　When the boy swings his sword, slashes fly from the sword. The slashes that are released go on to cut the goblins one after another. He's quite an expert swordsman. Next to him was a light blue woman who fired an equally powerful slash.

　The nearly twenty goblins were defeated in the blink of an eye. The other soldiers were not as coordinated as the two earlier, but they were also coordinated, and none of them seemed to be injured.

''Who are you guys!''

　As we were watching the scene, another soldier noticed us. And they all come towards us, all with their weapons at the ready. A dark-haired boy comes forward to weave his way through the soldiers.

　Wow, he's pretty suspicious of us. So that's it. We came from a direction of space. That direction is naturally the direction in which the goblins appeared. It's strange not to be suspicious.

"...where did you guys come from?　I thought they were supposed to keep the soldiers out of this area?

　The dark-haired boy who comes to me with that question. Now, how shall I answer? I don't want to cause a fight for nothing, and I have no reason to lie about it. When I was thinking about how to answer the question

I'm from across the space!

　Elene said cheerfully, raising her hand. Hearing those words, the black-haired boy and the soldiers become furious at once. I'm not sure we can talk about this anymore.

We need to hear the details.

　The moment I said that, a dark-haired boy coming towards us. It can't be helped, I don't want to fight with him too much, but we have to do it. The moment I thought that, I held up my Galadrug, and then, Zuodong!　And then something fell between the boy and me. What the hell?

It hurts. I didn't expect it to crack open.

Shit!　It's because they unleash a hell of a lot of magic in a place like that!

　Coming out of the dust were a white-haired boy and a blue-haired woman. The white-haired boy had red eyes and held a sword in his hand that was dyed bright red, while the blue-haired woman held a fine sword that shone blue.

　However, if it were just this, they would be an ordinary boy and woman, but the atmosphere you sense from them resembles that of the demon race. It's not pure demon tribe either, it's like a mixture of the two.

I'm sorry, Maria. But that much against that enemy....that?

Why did you suddenly stop talking about... what?

　The two of them froze when they realized we were there. The dark-haired boy thought they were enemies, too, and came straight at us.

''Haha!''

　A dark-haired boy cuts at the white-haired boy. The white-haired boy immediately blocks it with the reddish sword in his right hand. Then a fine sword is thrust out from the side. The blue-haired woman who came with the white-haired boy attacked him.

　The black-haired boy turns his face away and avoids the thin sword, and then takes his distance. In the process, she fired a flying slash at the white-haired boy and me as well.

　The white-haired boys seemed to have activated their transference magic and moved away from the range of the slash. I played all of ours, though.

　The three of us stared at each other. Now, as I'm thinking about what to do, I hear the sound of something being ripped apart with a crunch. When I looked at the direction of the sound, a space suddenly cracked open and from it appeared something that resembled a miserable dragon.

　Moreover, this dragon, somewhere........a jet black dragon on eight wings. There was no intelligence in its eyes and it looked like a doll, but there was no doubt about it. This guy is the Black Dragon King's Erase.

　I don't know why he's alive or why he appeared here, but that doesn't matter. For the time being, I can avenge Levin-san's death.

　I can't help but feel a grin on my face. I grip the Galadrug tightly and move Aeris and the others back.

　Irresistibly, Irresistibly, emerges completely from the crack in space and lets out an earth-shaking roar. If you look closely, you can see that this guy is wearing a faintly divine spirit. What in the world is this?

　As I'm thinking about it without understanding the reason, I see a shadow heading towards Irèse. It's a boy with dark hair and a group of white-haired boys. I'm late to the party.

"Ha!

　The black-haired boy, wearing magic on his sword, cut at Elaize. Ireze flicked the black-haired boy's sword to pay off with his left arm, and then struck the black-haired boy with his right arm as well.

　The black-haired boy flies to the side to avoid it, but is blown away by the momentum with which Irèse hits the ground. As if aiming at the blown black-haired boy, Ylaze's wings are clothed in magic and fluttering.

　The wind pressure released from Ylaze's wings became a black blizzard that attacked the dark-haired boy. The black-haired boy moved to avoid it, but the black daggers were faster. Thinking that this is not going to be enough to save him in time, a pillar of fire rises up around the black-haired boy as I try to help him in transition.

　The pillar of fire protects the black-haired boy from the flies. Then, the white-haired boy appears in front of Irèse. It seems that he too can use transference.

　The white-haired boy moved in front of him and cut at Irèse's head. Unable to defend himself in time, Irèse was morosely hit by the white haired boy's sword to his head.

　Irèse's head is scratched, but Irèse doesn't seem to care and comes swinging to smash it with her head. The white-haired boy avoids it in transition, but Ylaze must have been anticipating it, wagging his tail to where the white-haired boy had moved.

　The white-haired boy also seems to be unable to use transference in succession, and takes a posture of interception. Well, I'm not going to let him do such a dangerous thing.

　I also use transference to move next to the white-haired boy. The white-haired boy is surprised, but that's not the point at the moment, so I just move again. This time, I move next to the dark-haired boy.

''Oh, you can use transference too?''

Yeah, well. More importantly, let's go with a fight.

...fighting together?

Yeah. I have to take him down.

　There's nothing I can't take down on my own, but it's easier to cooperate. They seem to be pretty good at it, too.

I'm all for it. "I'm all for it. We have a lot of territory nearby. If we don't stop them, they'll get hurt.

I don't mind either. I won't be happy if I don't make a move on him.

　Two people who agree with my idea. Good, let's do it then. We split up into three directions at the same time without any particular signaling.

"Summarize Heaven!

The Fiery Heart of Fury Demon Sword, Lars Levatain!

　The two men each invoke a technique to see if it is their trump card. The black-haired boy wears a visibly magical power and runs with a sword that shines in white and black respectively.

　The white-haired boy has a red-black sword that has changed even more ominously than before. The line that pulsates like a vein is like magic power running through it. I can't lose this one either.

''Lightning-armored heavenly robes!

　I also activate my magic while running. It's my specialty in lightning magic. Weapons produced by lightning dance as I activate the Thunder Emperor's Armory (Grom Arms) behind me.

　The first of the three to approach Ylaze was the dark-haired boy. Perhaps impatient to see the boy approaching more than twice as fast as he was earlier, Irèse fires a series of Kamaitachi.

　However, the daisies came off behind the black-haired boy without snatching him. The black-haired boy avoided them with the least amount of movement necessary, making it look as if they were slipping through.

　Realizing that it's not going to work with the damsels, Ylaze swings his sharp claws down in an attempt to stab them to death. The dark-haired boy poises himself calmly as the magic-clad claw closes in on him.

　He deflects his body as if he were drawing a bow. The black sword in his left hand is brought forward and the white sword in his right is pulled back as if pulling a string. Then

"Whirlwind profound technique........death strike!

　The black-haired boy unleashes a divine speed thrust at once. The blow released from the arm drawn to the limit is a buzz!　And with a sound as if an arrow had been shot, it collides with Irèse's claws.

　The moment the black-haired boy's thrust and Ylaze's claw collided, the aftermath of the collision blew around the area. And the next moment, they were popped at the same time.

　The black-haired boy is blown away by the impact and rolls on the ground. I'm not sure if there are any major injuries, although I was blown away for several dozen meters.

　Ylaze quickly regained his position and tried to strike the dark-haired boy with his left arm, but he wouldn't!

　I unleash a weapon of lightning that swirls around me into Ylaze. Ylaze's eight-winged wings are clothed in magical power, making everything flap at once.

　The wind released from the wings turns into a large black tornado that destroys my lightning weapons.

　And then, breaking through the black tornado, the one that appeared was Ylaze's tail. The huge magical power I feel at the same time. That guy, he's preparing a breath on the other side of the tornado.

　When I avoid the tail that's coming to smash the tornado, the huge magical power released directly into the air. The jet-black breath that looms in front of you swallows everything and renders it useless.

　If it was me before, I would have done my best to endure it, but if it was me now, I wouldn't be able to use my divinity.

''Thunder god no thunderbolt (Keraunos)!

　I activate my lightning magic's strongest magic, Thunder God No Thunderbolt. Galadorg is clothed in lightning and turns into a contraption, and his left hand is clad in a basket of lightning. Eight circles of lightning swirl behind him.

　The moment the eight thunderclaps collide, the shockwave hits us even more than before.

　Furthermore, at the moment I let loose, another magical power is swirling in the sky above Ylaze. From the feel of the magic power, it was that white haired boy.

I'm going to have you become an experimental body for my technique. Don't let me get beaten up so easily!　The Great Funeral of the Sun (Sands Destruction)!

　One by one, flames are released from the sword held by the white-haired boy, and they gather above Ylaze's head. One by one, the flames gather and turn into a single sphere. Their appearance is like a small sun.

　And from the little sun, a ray of light pours down to Irèse. In an instant, the moment it falls on Irèse, Zuodon!　And then a ridiculous roar and hot wind hit the area.

　What a hot wind. The wind is so hot that the moisture in the air is blown away. When it touches trees and other objects, it burns up in an instant. Oh no, this will ignite the forest if it continues!

　That's what I thought, but the next moment, a huge wall of ice covers the area. This was done by a light blue-haired woman who came with a white-haired boy.

　The giant ice wall prevents any heat from being transmitted to the forest. Okay, now I can focus on Irèse.

　You're going to be able to find out more about the best way to get the most out of your own personal computer.

　However, Irèse is being pushed more. Is that natural, too? I'm defending my sphere and the white-haired boy's blow at the same time. He knows that if he's distracted from my attack, he'll be pushed off at once. If you were to divide your attention, it would be on the white-haired boy.

　But it's going to be the one that kills you. It is.

d*mn it, guy I'd be burned to a crisp if I couldn't do it.

　Because a dark-haired boy was creeping up to Ylaze's throat, ready to swing the two swords downward and upward. And all of the boy's magic power that was blowing in the air gathered into the sword, and the black and white light mixed together.

'Let's go, prepare to go!　Black Flash!

　The black-haired boy raised two swords at once from underneath to Irèse's throat. At that moment, a slash that mixes black and white gouges out Ylaze's throat.

　Ylaze can't move due to the attacks of me and the white haired boy, so he can't avoid the black haired boy's slash and collides with the black haired boy's slash in a decent manner.

　The slit throat is slashed and Ylaze lets out a yell. At that moment, my lightning and breath, which was an antagonist, pushed through the breath and the lightning approached Ylaze. It's not even time to avoid it, and one after another it hits Ylaze.

　The magic power of the wings I had been using for defense also dropped, and the white haired boy got the upper hand. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.

　I went to the top of Ylaze's head and raised the lightning contraption. I don't know why this guy is here, and I don't know how it happened. But as long as he's rampaging as an enemy, I'm going to take him down.

''This is the end. Thunder God's Hammering Iron.''

　A circle of lightning begins to circle around Irèse and create a magic circle. A ray of lightning strikes from the sky toward that magic circle, resonating with the magic circle and piercing Irèse.

　Irèse, who had wounds all over her body, was hit by my lightning and disappeared. What divine power I had left vanished, and all that remained was the aftermath of the battle.

　The only injuries were some soldiers who were caught up in Irèse's attack, and it was probably fortunate that not a single person died.

　There are a lot of things we don't know, such as why the space avoided it, why Irèse appeared here, and how that Irèse had divine power, but for now, let's go back to the two of them.

　Both Aeris and Elene don't seem to be particularly injured. It seems Aeris has been protecting them. Elene is very excited to see us fight. She's cute, but I'd like to see her react in a more girlish way.

　As we watch the two of them, we see a shadow approaching us. It was a dark-haired boy and a white-haired boy who approached us.

I didn't expect a dragon like that to appear. I couldn't defeat it on my own.

'Yeah, I couldn't have done it alone. Thanks to you guys, the territory I know, and my territory next door, is protected too, thank you.

　The white-haired boy smiling at me, and the black-haired boy bowing to me. I'm kind of flabbergasted. I just fought an old enemy, you know.

'Yes, I didn't introduce myself yet. My name is Ladyus Arnode. I'm the Viscount of Viscount Arnode.

I'm Elle. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, my name's Ravert Lanwalker. A pleasure to meet you.

　It's kind of weird. I came to this world for the first time and I should have met them for the first time today, but why does it not feel like the first time I've met them?　As I was thinking about this, I heard something crack with a bang.

　When I looked towards the sound, the space was cracking again. And beyond that, there was an unfamiliar space. It seemed to be a large room somewhere.

'Ah!　It's Malisha and her friends!　You can go back, Maria!

　Apparently, the world beyond that is the world of Elle, a boy with white hair. The woman called Maria at the sound of Elle's voice lines up next to him.

The first thing you need to do is to go back to your world. Oh, I'll take this and go home.

　That said, it was Irèse's claws that she showed me. I picked this one up earlier and me and Redius have it too.

　I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it. The moment they passed through the space, the space immediately closed and all that was left was the scenery.

　That left me, Aeris, and Elene. A dark-haired boy, Redius, and a woman with light blue hair stand next to him. The other soldiers are going to check the damage and so on.

　Elene was probably too excited, but she found herself rowing the boat with an outgoing person. Well, it's exhausting to see something like that up close and personal.

Then, Ladyus. We'd better get home. My daughter seems to be asleep.

Yeah. But you're leaving?　I thought you must have come from across space. Wouldn't you be able to leave if space didn't open up like Elle did earlier?

Yeah, that'll work. With my powers.

　I'll invoke the divinity and open the space. I can't stay open that long without me, so I have to go now.

So, Ladyus, this will be the last time we see each other. And I don't think a miracle like this will ever happen again.

'Yeah, Ravert and Elle, we couldn't have defeated that dragon without either of them, thanks to you two. Thank you so much.

　Me and Ladyus shake hands as we say that. I should have done it with Elle, too. It would have been a miracle that would never happen again.

'Bye, bye,'

　A sleepy Elene also smiles and waves to Redius and the woman. They both smile and wave back at the pretty Elene, too.

'Come on, let's go.'

　Me and Aeris walked through the space, pulling Elene's hand. After a little while, I turn around and see the two of them still waving at me across the space as it gradually closes in.

　I give one last wave before the space closes up and we walk through the space. As I walked through, I came back to our world. The sun had already set over here, and there was a sunset in the sky.

　I looked at the remains of the space that had been closed off for a bit afterwards, but I couldn't help but stare at them. I'll never meet them again. Just like in Albury's world, if a being like Cleena doesn't connect with them from the other side.

　But I think that's fine with me. There's no need for me to go to all the trouble of dealing with them. They are in that world.

Ray, what are you doing here?

　I was thinking to myself, and Aeris called me in. Well, I'll do what I can. For once, just for a little while, I'm going to honor the men I fought with.