Naria has made a fluffy and delicious pumpkin pie for the new guests. As Terry sat in a chair with the pumpkin pie in his hand, with the great Queen Nana on his head, listening to Tate muttering about Naria's eccentricity, and listening to Ed and Skyle Mond talk about the newborn world, it was like a dream.

He still couldn't help but sneak in to see Ed all the time, half snickering and half horrified at the words of Lord Zeri, "You are quite similar in some places".

He was too shocked to react - no one had ever said such a thing "before", because he was nothing like Ed Singhal "then".

At that time, Ed was gentle and tolerant, always smiling, doing anything, facing any situation, and always at ease. He likes them to call him Ed rather than titles or honorifics, he has endless stories to tell, and he listens patiently to their unrealistic fantasies and earnestly discusses with them what is possible and how to achieve it...... He would never have been like many others who unwittingly put the burden of reclaiming the Old World on their shoulders, as if that was their only goal in life.

"Just move forward. He always said, "Keep going, and you'll always go your own way." ”

So he is the most popular of all teachers...... But his mood rarely fluctuated, and even though he still had a young face, his eyes were as vicissitudes as his gray hair. They had never seen him get angry, let alone cry like he had done before.

He was overjoyed when he first saw Ed in this world, and he took it for granted that the aura of his memory was placed on this young Ed, who was not even a few years older than him, so that he ignored all the differences—this Ed was not omnipotent, and this Ed would cry uncontrollably in front of people...... This Ed, there are also people who pamper and pamper them.

For Naria Caver was alive, not yet old and dead in the long wait, never to see him again, for his best friend had not been a stranger to him for Scott Crieses' death, for this moment was ...... He has not lost his homeland.

So they can still have similar innocence...... Is it?

“...... Is it that delicious?"

Two fingers pinched his cheek and pulled it slightly.

"You can't cry like this, do you?"

He turned his head and saw Tess's round, amber eyes, and realized that he had unconsciously burst into tears.

More eyes turned to him. He wiped his face in a panic and tried to put on a big smile: "That's it...... It's delicious!"

Tess sneered and laughed on the table, "Why are you as stupid as Ed!"

"Isn't it as cute as I am?"

One moment Ed was still discussing serious issues with Skyle, and the next moment he was able to brag unceremoniously with his face in his face. Iss casually pinched a grape and smashed it on his forehead to show contempt, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled.

"Ignore them. ”

Naria smiled and stroked the back of the cute little mage's head, feeling that it seemed familiar: "You can eat as much as you want." I'm someone who can afford two dragons. ”

Terry took a deep breath and sucked back his tears and snot.

Pumpkin pie is really delicious...... But he didn't just stay for food, he had other uses for it!

He plucked up the courage to speak as Ed and the others talked about how to make the most of the circle and the nascent "garden": "I—I have an idea......

Ed paused and looked at him silently for a moment. His eyes were more like Terry's familiar Ed Singer, known as Ed Singer the Traveler, but the little mage puffed out his chest more firmly.

"Are you sure?" Ed asked softly.

He didn't want the little mage to get involved too much...... He always remembered Kellerbrian's warning. But if the little mage insists on participating, he won't stop it.

For now, at least, Terry's knowledge of the rules of the time traveler may be better than his. And, a mage who has braved the sea with Bertram and fought against Black Sail and can escape with his whole body, even if he is still young, the decisions he made are equally worthy of respect.

"I'm sure. Terry nodded vigorously - and quickly held on to the dragon that had nearly slipped off his head with his sudden movements.

"I understand this...... Such a circle. "The danger of it is that when the 'door' is opened, there is no certainty...... Fixed connection point, it is possible to open anywhere on the other side, so ......"

At first stumbling, then gradually smoothing. When the little mage skillfully drew runes on paper that no one in this world had ever seen before, as if he had drawn them a thousand times, Skyle narrowed his eyes, surprised and curious.

He looked at Ed, who just winked at him.

The mage smiled slightly, and asked no more. There are many secrets in this world, and the secret to being a powerful and sensible mage like him is not to try to know everything.

Naria had learned not to waste her energy on things she didn't understand. She walked behind Terry, who was intently drawing large circles and small circles with patterns, and picked up the dragon that was still lying on top of him. Nana kicked her legs, but didn't resist much. No matter how oppressed, the little mage who smirked and didn't complain satisfied it, but Naria's embrace was also a comfortable warmth beyond the reach of the head that was careful to maintain balance at that time.

Silent on his feet, Iss followed her into the kitchen.

Naria was a little surprised: "You don't have to ......"

Isis shook his head. Since Terry is here, Ed probably doesn't need him to explain anything...... In fact, he didn't need it for a long time.

And he had other concerns.

"That...... Pie, is there anything else?" he asked, feeling a little silly when he asked.

Naria nodded knowingly, and neatly wrapped a few pieces of the recently popular scone and the newly baked pumpkin pie, plus two grilled sausages and a bottle of cider, and handed them to Iss in a small basket.

She had always had a grudge against the woman the crow, but she could also understand Is's subtle emotions. Even if the White Crow hadn't come to help, even if she had calculated Is, for a dragon, it was someone under his protection...... It was the oath he was to keep, and the being who was seen as an alien like him.

What's more, that woman still has the beauty that even she has touched.

“...... I just went and asked her a few words. Eth instinctively sensed some kind of inexplicable danger.

Naria pursed her lips and shoved the basket into his arms.