Airi Nogami is beautiful.

That's not the point, though.

The point is that Airi Nogami has a strange magic on her body, and her smile will make people unconsciously follow her pace.

No, when Gates came to his senses, he found himself sitting at the bar with a cup of brewed coffee.

Gates: "......"

By the way, he was "woken up" by the bitterness of coffee.

Hurriedly put down the coffee in his hand, and Gates got up excitedly.

"Wait! I'm not here for coffee, Nogami-san, I'm here to ......."

"I know."

Airi Nogami interrupted with a smile.

"You're here to wait for Ryotaro, right? I know...... So, calm down, guest, if you're too impatient, the lucky star will run away. ”

Gates: "......"

Lucky Star?

Ah, that familiar sense of déjà vu......

He didn't know if the lucky star would escape, but this time, he wouldn't be easily baited again!

"Miss Nogami!"

I saw Gates say with a clean expression.

"I wanted to say before, I'm not here to wait for Ryotaro, I'm here to ...... Well? Wait! ”

Speaking of this, Gates's expression suddenly froze, and he turned to look at Airi Nogami with a stunned face and asked.

"What did you just say...... Waiting for Ryotaro!? ”

"yes, isn't it?" Airi Nogami asked rhetorically.

"Yes...... Well, that's true, but ......"

Nogami-san, that's not what you said before, hey!

The corners of Gates' mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but ask, "Miss Nogami, how did you know?" ”

"It was a guy in a gray scarf who told me while drinking coffee in the store."

Airi Nogami calmly brewed coffee while leisurely replying.

He said that in the next few days, there will be the Demon King's men drinking coffee, and by the way, he will discuss the important matter of maintaining the operation of the time...... Well, the demon king's subordinate he was talking about is you, right? ”

[That bastard Woz——! ]

When Gates heard this, he gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart, and immediately denied: "No! ”

"Huh? Didn't you come to Ryotaro? Airi Nogami asked.

Meeting Airi Nogami's puzzled gaze, Gates nodded hurriedly.

"I am."

Airi Nogami: "Sure enough, you're the Demon King's subordinate." ”

Gates: "......"

How did this come back together? No, he was caught in it!

What Gates wanted to explain was that he was indeed the man described by Watts who came to Ryotaro Nogami, but he was not a subordinate of the Demon King.

And in Airi Nogami's cognitive logic, the person who came to Ryotaro Nogami described by Woz was the Demon King's subordinate.

In other words, Airi Nogami believes that if it weren't for the Demon King's men, then it wouldn't be the person who came to Ryotaro Nogami as described by Woz.

Obviously, this is Woz's grasp of Airi Nogami's character and then deliberately misleading......

So, if Gates only explains one of these points, it will definitely not be clear in any case!

[Woz that bastard——! ]

After reacting, Gates scolded Woz again and explained:

"That's not the case, Miss Nogami! It should be said that I am indeed the person who came to Mr. Ryotaro as Woz said, but I am not a subordinate of the Demon King...... Miss Nogami, do you understand me when I say that? ”

"Uh-huh, I understand." Airi Nogami nodded, "It's shy...... Right? ”

"That's not right! Why do you understand this as such? ”

Gates was stunned.

"Also, Miss Nogami, why did you accept the existence of the Demon King so easily?"

"Huh? Is this hard to accept? ”

Hearing Gates's question, Airi Nogami seemed very confused.

"Aren't all young people like this style nowadays?"

Airi Nogami explained.

"The hero is very handsome, and the demon king is also very handsome, so the demon king who becomes a hero is even more handsome...... This kind of setting seems to be quite popular. ”

After speaking, Airi Nogami tilted his head, winked at Gates with a smile, and said.

"I also watch anime and special effects, teenagers, don't underestimate adults."

Gates: "......"

Ah, now, it seems that I can't explain it completely.

Because, now, no matter what he says, it seems that Airi Nogami can be attributed to a certain drama...... It is nothing more than the difference between "seen" and "unseen".

[Woz, is this in your plans!] ]

Gates sat back in his seat and took a sip of his coffee......

"It's bitter!"

The taste, and his mood at this time, is simply a BestMatch!

So, Gates started adding sugar to his coffee.

Then, the overly sweet coffee only aggravated his inner anxiety.

And just like that, the time came late at night.

Ryotaro Nogami never returned.

The lucky star, it seems, really escaped from him.

Gates: "......"

……

……

Time Desert, Terminus.

Woz managed to meet the stationmaster of the terminal.

"Hello~~"

Hearing the stationmaster's greeting to him, Woz gracefully stroked his chest and returned the greeting.

"Hello, webmaster."

Then, Wodds got straight to the point:

"I came to visit this time to ask the stationmaster for advice on the upcoming point of disagreement."

Before coming to the stationmaster's office, Wads had already taken a cursory walk around and didn't notice the existence of a divergence, so he added an adjective "imminent" in front of the new divergence recorded in the book.

When the stationmaster heard this, he smiled meaningfully.

"The point of divergence that is on the horizon...... Na~~~"

He didn't answer Woz's question directly, but greeted Woz first.

"Come, sit."

Wadsz didn't refuse, and sat down steadily.

He looked at the stationmaster and smiled:

"I don't wonder if a new divergence will come up like everyone else, webmaster. It seems that I have come to the right place today, and I will not return in vain. ”

"Hehe, I do know some information, but not much."

The stationmaster took off the white hat from his head, flipped it around twice in his hand, put it back on, and continued.

"You know, time is full of fate and variables, can you understand?"

"Of course!" Woz smiled and nodded, "The monarch I serve, but the ruler of time!" ”

Needless to say, it goes without saying.

At the same time, he involuntarily lowered his head and glanced at the Demon Advent Calendar in his hand.

Yes, the words that remain unchanged and are missing from the blank space in this book are the perfect embodiment of that sentence.

He personally understands this.

"So, needless to say, stationmaster, unlike others, it's your words, you should be able to understand, right?"

Wox said proudly and proudly.

"How important it is to point the future to the future that my Demon King believes in."

When the stationmaster heard this, his eyes instantly became sharp, but soon, he regained his peace, and so did the smile on his face.

"That's true~~"

As he said this, the stationmaster raised his hand and raised two fingers.

"Well, there are two things I can tell you."

"One, the terminal has been here for 11 years, so there must be a point of divergence near here, it's not 'about to appear', it's already here, it's just that we haven't found its exact location."

Second, on December 3, 2018, Den-Liner was on its way to that day...... Lost contact. ”