"Welcome~~"

Pushing open the door of the store, Gates had just stepped into it when he heard a familiar voice sound.

Looking up, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Mr. Yoto!"

Gates shouted subconsciously.

"Huh? Gates!? ”

Hearing this shout, and seeing Gates's face clearly, Sakurai Yoto was stunned for a moment, and a smile of surprise immediately bloomed on his face.

"It's been a long time......

At this point, Sakurai Yuto looked at Gates's young face, and his voice suddenly changed.

"No, that's true for me, but for you, we must have just separated, right?

"When did you come back to this world?"

"Yesterday, we came back yesterday evening."

"I see......"

Hearing this, Sakurai Yoto nodded thoughtfully, and then greeted.

"Don't stand in the doorway, come in."

"Hmm."

Gates answered, and under the guidance of Sakurai Yuto, he came to an empty seat and sat down.

Then Sakurai Yoto walked to the bar and said to the proprietress

"Eri, give me two cups of your favorite coffee."

"Okay, are you here?"

"Well, a very good junior, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Looking at the smile on Sakurai Yuto's face that couldn't be hidden, Sakurai Airi also couldn't help laughing.

"Then go and entertain him, and I'll send it to you later."

"That's fine, then please."

"Well, let's go."

At the urging of Airi Sakurai, Sakurai quickly returned to the table where Gates was sitting and sat down across from Gates.

After sitting down, Sakurai looked at Gates's face that was the same as he remembered, and still couldn't help but sigh.

"Time is amazing.

"We haven't seen each other for more than twenty years, and for you, the difference between us is only yesterday."

"yes."

Hearing this, Gates couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I didn't see you in a blink of an eye, Mr. Yoodou, you are so old."

"Old ......!"

Hearing Gates's emotion, the corners of Sakurai's mouth twitched, and he suddenly said angrily.

"Will you be able to chat? What do you mean to be so old?

"I'm a handsome uncle in my prime, how can you say that it's like I'm about to enter the earth?"

"Uh...... I'm sorry. ”

Gates quickly explained.

"That's right, Mr. Yudou, you also know that I actually came to the present world from 50 years later, when I was ruled by the Demon King, and in our time, if I can live to be in my forties, it is already considered a long life."

Hearing this, Sakurai Yoto, who was only meant to ridicule Gates, fell into a silence that couldn't laugh.

"The Age of the Demon King......

After a moment, he let out a low sigh.

Forty years old is already a long life, which shows how bad the future Gates lives in.

However, no matter what he thought, he couldn't imagine that gentle young man who aspired to be king could create such a dark era.

So, he couldn't help but ask Gates at this time:

"Is the most ferocious and evil demon king who will rule the world in the future, the King of the Demon Time, really the future of the Tsukiwa Shogo we know?"

“…… I do not know. ”

Hearing this, Gates was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"However, I have already decided!"

Speaking of this, the corners of Gates's mouth rose, and his eyes looked at Sakurai's eyes with a bright and firm look and said.

"I want to be his friend and witness his journey to kinghood! Fight with him! Let's do it together!

"I believe that if we work with him now, we will be able to create a better future!

"And in the process, if he goes in the wrong direction, then, I will definitely stop him! Even if it is to fight for this life, it will not hesitate!

"I'm ready to come to my senses!"

After listening to this paragraph, the corners of Sakurai's mouth, who was staring at Gates, also gradually rose.

"The past gives hope...... You're right, there's really nothing to get lost in. ”

Sakurai's previous doubts were swept away.

"I also believe that if it is the current Shogo, he will definitely be able to create a new future and become the most benevolent and benevolent demon king!"

Sakurai Yuto laughed.

"But...... Then again, I'm a little curious, when did you figure it out? Obviously, when we were separated, you were so reluctant to admit it. ”

Gates has nothing to hide.

"Slightly, I talked to the other [me] for a while."

It's just that Gates's statement made Sakurai Yuto not react at once

“？？？”

And after he fully understood the meaning of Gates's words, the corners of his mouth suddenly couldn't help but tremble.

[What is this?] Could it be that you in another world are still your CP with the king of time? ]

I don't know why, when I think of the setting of that otherworldly Kamen Rider manga, Sakurai Yuto can't help but have such an idea in his mind.

At this moment, Airi Sakurai came here with a tray and placed two cups of coffee in front of Gates and Sakurai Yuto.

"Please."

After saying that, Airi Sakurai left with a smile.

And Sakurai was able to break free from that somewhat strange thought.

"Try it, this is Airi's best coffee, and most people can't drink it."

Sakurai makes a "please" gesture to Gates.

And Gates looked at Sakurai Yoto and the cup of coffee in front of him with some hesitation.

He still has a lot of psychological shadows left on the cup of coffee that he drank "from bitter to sweet" last time he came to Star Coffee Shop.

But at this time, it was really difficult to refuse, so in the end, Gates still took the coffee cup and took a sip.

"It's bitter!"

The unexpectedly bitter taste suddenly filled his palate, making Gates let out a small sorrowful cry.

And looking at Gates's embarrassment, Sakurai Yuto suddenly couldn't help laughing, and the laughter grew from loud to small, and finally turned into a nostalgic chuckle.

"Looking at you like this, I can't help but think of my former self."

Sakurai Yuto picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, and smiled.

"Well, it's really bitter, but even for people like me who don't like bitterness, after getting used to it, I can taste the mellow aroma in it, which means that it's really a good thing.

"The so-called long-term people's hearts are nothing more than that."

"Yes...... That's right. ”

Hearing this, Gates looked down at the coffee cup in his hand, raised his hand, and took a sip, but sure enough, he still felt ......

"It's bitter!"

"Haha! Isn't that a matter of course? How can such a thing be so easy to get used to? ”

Sakurai Yuto laughed.

"I used to hear Airi talk about how mature I was in the future, how I drank bitter coffee and didn't change color, I still didn't understand, I felt that I was a little inferior to him, but after fusing that guy's memory, I found that heh, it's really ......"

Speaking of this, Sakurai Yoto couldn't help but laugh a little.

"That guy, where is it because of maturity that he can drink bitter coffee without changing his face, he is obviously pretending to be calm in pursuit of Airi, and without his love for Airi to make sugar, he should not drink it or not...... I'm different! ”

Speaking of this, Sakurai Yuto took another sip of the coffee in his hand and continued to laugh.

"I had already practiced it before I met Airi, so I was really calm."

Next, Sakurai Yuto didn't tease Gates anymore, nor did he urge Gates to drink the coffee in his hand, but began to tell his good memories of these years in a gentle voice.

In those memories, there were no alien gods, no time travel, and naturally no battles.

Go to college, graduate successfully, chase your dreams, become an astronomer, fall in love, get married, and have your own little princess......

Plain and blissful.

Sakurai Yoto is telling such a story.

And Gates, who listened to this story, came back to his senses and found that the coffee in the coffee cup in his hand had been drunk unconsciously.