Night.

Louise lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

Victoria's words during the day always echoed in her ears.

We have the same power.

We have a responsibility to keep the world from falling into darkness.

"Woo......"

Holding the quilt, Louise buried her head deep in it, feeling complicated.

Yakumo Mo was not in the same room as her, but in the next room under Julio's arrangement.

Stand in front of the window and look at Romania lit up at night.

Glossy priests and aristocrats, ragged refugees, and ordinary, inconspicuous commoners.

They live in the same city, on the same land.

But they live in different worlds, and the distance between them is like a moat.

In the courtyard, a strange voice suddenly sounded.

"Huh?"

Yakumo looked down, and it turned out that Sherlock was holding a plate of food that he didn't know what it was, feeding his Yunlong.

"Yunlong, ......"

Speaking of which, it's not the first time I've seen Sherlock's rhyme.

The cracks under his feet devoured his body, and Yakumo Mo appeared beside Sherlock.

“！！”

Seeing Yakumo Mo, who appeared in an extremely strange way, Sherlock's eyes widened slightly.

"It's rare to see you look surprised."

"Mr. Yakumo."

"Are you feeding Hilfield?"

"Yes."

Looking at Yunlong Hilfield with a curious gaze in front of him, Yakumo thought for a moment, reached into the gap with his right hand, and then took out a plate of delicate pastries.

"This is what I prepared in advance, my world's snacks, try it."

The delicate shape and enticing aroma of the pastry immediately attracted Hilfield. Yunlong lowered his massive head.

Yakumo took out a piece and handed it to Sherlock, then fed the rest to Hilfield.

"It's delicious."

It seemed to be no different from the previous flat tone, but Yakumo heard a hint of surprise in it.

Hilfield also let out a joyful chirp after swallowing the snack, rubbing his head against Yakumo's face.

"By the way, Sherlock."

"Huh?"

"Yunlong, aka Hilfield. Can you turn into a humanoid form? ”

Sherlock paused, then nodded, "Yes." ”

At the same time, Hilfield's body in front of him also began to glow, and finally the entire dragon body was completely covered by the light.

After the light dissipated, what appeared in front of Yakumo was a girl with long aqua blue hair, a perfect body, and a cute appearance.

Yakumo immediately looked away - the girl was naked.

"Sister!!"

The girl cheered, not caring about her current state. He pounced on Sherlock, who was taller than Sherlock, forcing Sherlock's head into his chest.

Sherlock still had a blank face, but a blush flew up his cheeks.

Just when he was at a loss, Yakumo Mo threw over a white yukata.

"Put it on first, it's not good to be looked at like this."

"Huh?"

The girl tilted her head, her high-pitched voice sounding suspicious, but she let go of Sherlock. After taking the yukata, he looked left and right.

"How do you wear this?"

Sherlock reached out and helped the girl put on her yukata without saying a word.

"My name is Ilukuku!!"

After putting on a yukata. The young girl who called herself Ilukuku, who had turned into Hilfield, happily stretched out her hands to Yakumo and wrapped her arms around his waist very familiarly, raising her little face and smiling energetically.

"Na, do you still have that delicious snack? Anything else? ”

Stretching out his hand and patting Yilukuku's head, Yakumo took out another plate of the same dim sum as before.

"This is the last one."

"Uh-huh!! Thank you! ”

After receiving the snack, Ilukuku was about to eat. But he stopped abruptly, turned around and handed the plate to Sherlock.

"Sister eat first!"

Sherlock, who had been expressionless, finally smiled.

Then, Irukuku handed the plate to Yakumo again.

"Brother Yakumo eats it too!"

After both Yakumo and Sherlock had tasted it, Irukuku happily began to eat it.

"What a good boy."

Yakumo and Sherlock stood together, looking at the happy Ilukuku and said.

"Hmm." Sherlock nodded.

"Na Na ......"

Ilukuku, who was eating a snack, suddenly looked up. Look at Sherlock.

"Is it okay for my sister and Brother Yakumo to have a good relationship? It would be even better if you could lay an egg! ”

"Poof!"

The black tea that Yakumo had just taken out was sprayed out, and Sherlock was expressionless, but his eyes began to wander, and at the same time, he raised the staff in his hand slightly to knock on Irukuku's head.

"So I can eat such delicious food every day!"

Holding the plate, Ilukuku squinted his eyes and smiled happily.

"Because in that case, Brother Yakumo is his brother-in-law!"

This open-mouthed little girl!

Ya Yunmo smiled and shook his head, "That one is already the last stock just now, if you still want to eat it, you can only wait until I return to Gensokyo." ”

"Gensokyo? What is that? ”

"It's a beautiful world, and there's a lot to eat."

"Oh? Wow oh oh!! ”

Ilukuku's eyes lit up.

"Really, really, really?"

Seeing his own dragon sister so embarrassed, Sherlock finally couldn't help it, and his wand tapped lightly on Ilukuku's head.

"Woo-hoo!!"

◇

Victoria's talk of an impending catastrophe that plunges the world into darkness has always been of great concern to Louise, Tifania, and Sherlock.

After all, Halkkinia is their home.

On the second day, while Yakumo and Pache were wandering the streets, the trio teamed up to find Victoria, hoping to get more information about the disaster.

In the parlor where the visiting princes and nobles came, Vittorio took out an ancient book and handed it to Louise.

"...... this?"

This is the ancient book that prophesied calamity. The calamity described above is 'the flame that burns up the whole world.' ”

"Flames?"

Sherlock groaned.

"Yes, Flame." Victoria nodded, "We've looked up a lot of information, and unfortunately it's still unclear what exactly this so-called flame means. ”

"Speaking of flames, I suddenly remembered a place."

Louise said suddenly.

"The Fire Dragon Mountains, where we passed on our way to Romania from Torlistine."

The Fire Dragon Mountains are an active volcano in the southern part of the continent of Halkkinia.

"Could it be that there is something hidden there?"

"We've thought about that too." Victoria shook his head, "Unfortunately, the Templars have sent countless personnel to investigate it, but nothing has been found. ”

"You say flames?"

A crack suddenly cracked in the living room, and Yakumo and Pache jumped out of it.

"Huh? Yakumo! ”

"Your Excellency Yakumo, it's always so weird."

"I took that as a compliment."

Yakumo waved his hand.

"You just said about flames? What is it? ”

Vittorio was about to repeat what had just been discussed.

"I see......"

Holding the long hair on his chest with one hand, Yakumo thought about it and laughed.

"I have a way!"

"What's the solution!?" Victoria immediately asked.

"Wait a minute."

After Yakumo finished saying this, he disappeared into the gap again. (To be continued......)