'My name is Doran. I'm an old friend of Yuya's, and I've been called upon to train you. And I have been called upon to train you.

　When I finally arrived at my master's house after four years of killing demons called training, a new master came out.
　Dolan's appearance was about two meters tall, and his well-trained body could be seen even through his clothes.
　His hair was silver, all back, and he looked at Cain with a sharp look in his eyes.

'Yes. Cain, you can learn some sword skills and body arts from this Dolan.

　Yuya stood beside Doran and told Cain so.

'Master, I understand. Doran-san, please take care of me.''

　Cain bowed to Doran.

'Mmm, if we do it here it will destroy the house, so let's do it near my house. We'll relocate.'

Okay. Come on, Haku!

　He repatriated Haku once he came by.
　Then Doran placed his hand on Cain's shoulder and chanted a spell.

'Alright, here we go, 'Transference'.

　At that moment, Doran and Cain disappeared.
　Watching them transition, Yuya headed to the back of the house.
　There, flowers bloomed all over the place and three tombstones lined up in the center of the house.

'Seiya, Megumi. Seiya, Megumi, Kazuya has come to our world, but he's grown up. Maybe he could do what we couldn't.

　Yuya put his hands on the grave and prayed, then went back to the house.

　◇ ◇ ◇ ◇.

　Doran and Cain followed the two men to an empty grassy field.

"We'll train here. There's nothing to see here.

We'll start with bodywork. Go ahead and do whatever you want.

　Cain summoned Haku with a summons (Sammon) and told him to go play as he pleased.
　Haku happily ran through the meadow.

'That's all right. Let's go.

　Cain had a significant status due to his level increase after defeating the demon.
　He ran up to Dolan with unstoppable speed.
　Just as he was about to strike him with his right hand, before he knew it, Cain was looking up at the sky.

''Huh?''

　Cain got up and didn't know why he was down. It was only a moment.

'Cain-kun. It's still too late. Come on, come on.

　He rushed over again, this time mixing feints and trying to get into the body, but it didn't look like he was going to hit. Incessantly, Cain continued to attack, and the training continued until the sun went down, leaving Cain exhausted and collapsed in a big heap on the grass.

'I'm screwed up ...... I can't move ......'

Let's call it a day. We'll do this for a little while. Then we'll get our weapons next time.

...... yes ...... thank you ...... thank you.

　When Haku returned after playing, he looked at the fallen Cain with concern.
　After repatriating Haku, Cain went straight into unconsciousness.
　Dolan carried the unconscious Cain on his shoulder and transitioned to Dolan's house.


'I'm back. Take care of this guy.

　Dolan rolled Cain, who was carrying him on his shoulder, straight onto the couch.

'Welcome back. You. Oh, you've done it until you're pretty much a wreck. ......

　The clothes he was wearing were stained with grass and dirt, tattered from being rolled over, and as he looked at Cain, exhausted and unconscious, Dolan's wife gave her husband a disgusted smile, "In moderation.

'Well, it's the first time, and that's how it should be.

　Later, when Dolan carried him to his room and rolled him over, Cain was so tired that he didn't wake up until morning.

　Sunlight shone into his room. The brightness of it woke Cain.

'An unknown ceiling,'

　I got up and looked around as I uttered the line I said one day, and saw that there was a bed in a room of about six tatami mats, and I was sleeping there.

'You were training with Master Dolan, and you just went straight into a coma.

　Cain got ready and left the room.
　When he went to the living room, he found Master Doran and two women. And on the couch was a small, silvery white dragon lying on the couch.

'Good morning,'

　Cain bowed his head to the two men and greeted them.

'Good morning. Did you sleep well?

　It was a woman who approached me.

'Oh, I haven't said hello to you yet. I'm Luli, Dolan's wife. It's nice to meet you.

　Luli was as tall as Cain, a beautiful woman who looked to be in her twenties, with silvery hair like Mr. Dolan's to her waist.

'It's nice to meet you, I'm Cain von Silford. Please call me Cain.

　Cain greeted Luli with a slight bow of his head.

''Your meal is already ready, eat.''

Thank you.

　Cain did as Luri asked and sat down in a chair.
　The food that was served was very good. It feels like it's been a long time since I've had a decent meal.
　It was gratifying for Kain, who had just been processing and eating the demons he had defeated all along.
　Tears unintentionally flowed from his eyes.

''Oh. Are you okay, Kain-kun?

　Luli asks gently.

'It's okay. I've been surviving in the woods for four years, so it's been a while since I've had a good meal.'

'Oh, I see. You're going to spend the rest of your training at our house, so you can eat every day.

　Luli smiled at hearing that it was delicious.

'Thank you,'

　I was very happy about the food. As we were eating, a silvery white dragon that was sleeping on the sofa came up to us and tilted its head. It's still a child dragon, about a meter long.

''Cui?''

　He was interested because he'd never seen anyone before.

'I'm Cain. Nice to meet you.

　Then I patted the dragon's head, and he seemed to be happy with his eyes.

''After we eat, we'll get on with our training.

　Dolan called out.

'Yes!　I'll be right there!

　And so the hard training began again.



　Months passed and nearly a year passed.

'Alright, I guess that's all that matters now. My training is now over.

'Thank you, Master Dolan,'

You should take it easy today and then go to Yuya's tomorrow.

　As it was, Cain sat down, breathing hard.


　The next morning, Cain packed up and we all sat around breakfast.

'I'm going to miss you. Come visit us again anytime.'

'Thank you so much for all your help, Luli. I'll be back to visit again.

　Cain thanked and bowed his head to Luri, who served him a good meal every day.

'Cain, I'm sorry, but can you take this girl with you?　Give him a contract, just like Haku. I want to show this kid the wide world.

　With that, Doran handed me a white silver dragon.

'It has a true name, but no call yet. Cain should give it one.'

　I took Haku from a white place, so I guess that's "Gin" from white and silver.

"Then I'll make it a gin. Will that do?

　When Cain asked, the silvery white dragon cooed and went straight to Cain's head. Having spent a year together, he had also become close to Gin. As expected, it was getting over a meter tall, and it was heavy when it was placed on his head.

''It's a bit heavy indeed~''

　Cain lowered Ginn from his head and held him in his arms. Ginn curled up in Cain's arms, looking comfortable.

'I think she likes it too. Come and see my face once in a while.

　As with Haku, he made a contract, and Gin disappeared inside the magic circle, and appeared when he was summoned (Samon).

''I understand!　I'll be back. So, 'transition'.

　Making sure Cain was gone, Doran muttered a few words.

'Take care of my boy,'





　He finally finished his training with Dolan and returned to Master Yuuya.

''Master!　I'm back.

　He walks straight into the house without knocking.
　Yuya seems to have understood, and he makes two cups of coffee and hands me one.

Thank you.

Well, sit down. I've got something to tell you.

　Cain sat on the couch and drank his coffee.
　As Cain sat in front of him, Yuya used his divine eye to look at Cain.
　The appraisal makes the other party feel uncomfortable, but Yuuya became a god and checked Cain's status without making the other party aware of it.

'You did well. If you were still halfway there, I was going to train you, but it looks like you don't need to teach me anything else. You're already strong enough. I think Dolan's guy was overzealous, too. What I'm about to teach you is a thing of the past. But first, I need you to see something.


　Yuya led me around to the back of the house, where it was in full bloom with flowers all around.


'This is what I want you to see,'

　There were three tombs in the place they were led to.

　Yuya pointed to two of the tombs with her eyes.
　Cain stood in front of the two tombs and read the inscriptions on them.
　The carved words were written in Japanese.


'Shiina Seiya, here lies the rest.'
Megumi Shiina, Here Comes the Sleep.


This is ...... no way. ......

　Cain had seen it all before, this one when it was Shiina Kazuya.
　Engraved on it were the names of his dead parents.



'Just as you thought. Me, Seiya and Megumi all died in Japan. And all three of us were summoned to this world. I was the hero, Seiya was the holy knight, and Megumi was the sage, and we fought Aaron with all our might. That fight was close, and we both lost our lives in it.

　Yuya had a sad look in her eyes.

'Can you give Seiya and Megumi a hand up before we talk about the old days?

...... Yes.

　Cain kneels before the two graves. Then he clasped his hands together.


'...... Dad, Mom, I thought you died in an accident, but you were in this world. My grandpa died a year before I did, too, and he lived on his own, but I died when I was seventeen, too. There was a street brawl, and a girl was about to be attacked, so I helped her, but she was stabbed. ...... But the girl I rescued was Saori's sister, Aimi. I'm glad I was able to save her. In this world too, thanks to the gods, we are stronger than others. I think that's why there are more people I can protect. Your father and mother fought against Aaron and protected people. When the seal is lifted, I will take the enemy. I know it's going to take a while, but just wait and see.

　Tears naturally flowed from Cain's eyes. Memories of the time when he was Kazuya came flooding back in his mind.
　Only this time, it was Shiina Kazuya, not Cain von Silford.

'Thank you Cain. Both of us, we were always worried about you, fighting to find out what was going on, desperately searching for you so that one day you could return to your former world.''

Where's the other grave?

　Cain visited Yuya.

'It's ...... Meline, my wife's grave. She was the saint who first summoned us and helped us to the end.

'If she's Yuya's wife, I'll have to worship with her.

　Cain went to Meline's grave and kneeled down and clasped his hands together.

'Meline, your father and mother were very good to you. Thank you.

　Yuya muttered a few words to Cain, who was standing behind her as she made her way to Meline's grave.

'Thank you for .......'


　They bowed to the grave and both entered the house in silence.
　Yuya made another fresh cup of coffee.
　Then we sat down on the couch facing each other.




'...... We were called into this world for the Marineford Faith's invocation ceremony.

　Yuya's old story began.