Time flickered, and more than ten days passed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early Spring-

Remote fishing village close to the sea.

"The master hasn't come back yet—" Tearing off a page from yesterday's calendar in his hand, Yami looked sullen.

"En......" walks on the beach, and Yash and Yami pick up the marine life left on the beach by the shore due to the low tide...... Just as birds can't swim, Yash and Yami say they can't do anything about looking at the sea.

Thankfully, winter is over. Moreover, marine life basically does not hibernate, and the harvest is still sufficient.

"Now, brother, do you think the master thinks we are useless and leaves us alone?" In Yami's opinion, the possibility of Alice being in distress is basically zero, so this can only be thought of.

"Is there one?" to his brother's conjecture, Yash thought for a moment and replied, "I believe that the master didn't bring a map, and she didn't know how to come back to us." As he spoke, he put the kelp he had picked up in the basket in his hand.

"Is that so?" said Ash's reply, which could be regarded as a comfort to his brother.

After the seafood was collected, the two imps walked silently on the beach.

"Brother, I've had a question a long time ago. On the shore, Yami looked out at the fishing boats that were galloping across the ocean. "Why do we have to be enemies of humans? Is it really impossible to live in peace at all?" When I came here, the people in the fishing village were very kind, and this kind of human kindness was basically absent in the demons...... Not on Alice!

"Because this is war. Yash replied without hesitation.

"But—"

"Brother, what do you think of the world?" Ash interrupted what his brother was about to say and suddenly asked.

"How's it going, of course it's good!" There's a lot of entertainment, there's plenty of food, there's very little chaos, and in general, everyone is living a good life.

"If we say we want to live with them and share with them, do you think they'll give it up?" said Ash.

"Hmm......" Yami understood.

"We demons also want to live better, so war is a must...... Moreover, it is impossible for ethnic differences to coexist. Humans and orcs are the best examples. "The idea of human exclusion is deeply ingrained.

"Of course, that's not what we're going to think about. "More than world events, Yash cares more about what kind of Chinese food is made from these seafood in his basket.

Yami didn't respond and stopped. "Brother, is it my delusion?" he stretched out his finger and pointed into the distance.

"......?" Arching in the direction of his brother's finger, Yash was stunned for a long time before he could react. “...... It shouldn't be an illusion?!" Why use a questioning tone.

In the distance, from far to near, a girl with long black hair that reached her knees was walking towards here.

Even if the hair color changes, one thing remains the same from beginning to end.

A faint smile on his face that remained unchanged.

"The hosts. Yash quickened his pace.

"Master-!" threw down the basket of seafood, and Yami happily ran towards the girl.

In the distance, Alice, who was on crutches, stopped her steps, looked at Yami, who was getting closer and closer, and finally flew over happily, and the girl smiled slightly.

"Because it's a beach, I probably won't be able to kill you—" Alice dodged the excitement of the lovely servant, who didn't give face, who was ruthless, and who didn't make Yami react.

Bang!

Due to inertia, no one caught him, and Yami suddenly fell a long distance on the beach.

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PS: Well, this is the last update of the year, as for the next ~~ next year's update!