Originally, this was Emilia's room and Edward's home.

They had spent the long autumn here, but in the winter, Edward's bed had slept with another person.

Thankfully, that person isn't here right now.

"You, alone?" Emilia looked up and glanced behind Edward, surprised not to notice the familiar face.

"Well, she didn't come. ”

Edward knew that Emilia was talking about the night.

"Why?"

"And asked me why...... Would you like her to come?" asked Edward curiously.

“...... I—I'm just asking. Emilia seemed to regret her remarks, and after a perfunctory remark, she immediately turned over, buried her head in the pillow, and pretended that nothing had happened.

"Huh?"

Looks like she's happy?

Edward scratched his head, not breaking it.

"Dear Brave Lord, I heard that you are injured?" Without Emilia's consent, Edward sat down beside Emilia with a big grin.

"......" Emilia shifted to the other side of the bed, keeping her distance from Edward, and continued to pretend to be asleep.

"Is it the back? Even if you are brave, you will feel pain when you are injured. Edward slowly reached out and gently stroked Amilia's back through the quilt.

The delicate skin wrapped in the quilt had just been cut by a sharp blade...... It must have been a terrible feeling.

"If you're here to laugh at me, Edward, then you can leave. Lying on the bed, Emilia said weakly.

"Angry? haha. ”

"What's laughing!

"Of course it's funny...... I thought it was amazing enough that I slept in the snowdrift all day, but I didn't expect you to be so good as me that you fell asleep during the race. Tut-tut, should I praise you, worthy of being a brave man?"

"Not to be outdone!" replied, and Emilia turned her head and glanced at Edward secretly.

She noticed that Edward's dark circles were thicker than usual, and his eyes were sleepy, as if he might faint at any moment, and he was not much better than his trance-like self.

He, too, fell asleep like himself?

"I just heard Kane say - Dream Grass, what is that?" asked Edward.

"I don't know ......"

"Looks like we've been completely fooled. Who did it? Could it be that there are people around us who hide the gate of original sin?"

"I don't know ......"

Unbeknownst to the question, Emilia blocked her ears in annoyance.

"Tsk...... Amilia, are you hiding something from me?"

Although she couldn't see Emilia's expression, Edward knew that she must be hiding something.

"I'm hiding it from you, Edward, you can figure it out for me. Emilia rolled over, got up from the bed, and said angrily, "It's you, Edward, you should confess to me!"

"Eh, confession?"

was stared at by Emilia, and even the cheeky Edward didn't dare to look at her.

Confession or something...... It was too sudden, he wasn't mentally prepared for it.

"Huh, I—I didn't mean that!" Perhaps it was because she had slept too long and dizzy, and Emilia didn't even have the strength to defend herself, "Ahh......h No, I, you...... Oops!"

With Emilia's stupid mouth, no amount of explanation would only get darker and darker, and in the end, she could only glare at Edward angrily, and then buried her head in the pillow and pretended to be a comfortable ostrich.

"You're such an idiot......" Edward sighed helplessly, "Don't be nervous, I know what you mean." It's not a confession, it's a confession, right?"

"Uh-huh, it's a confession......," Emilia replied in a coquettish voice.

"Even if you don't ask, I want to tell you. Edward pursed his lips, endured the tingling pain in his brain from time to time, and desperately recalled, "Amilia, my memory is back. It's only a small part, but once I'm done, you'll understand. ”

"Oh......"

Answering lukewarmly, Emilia pretended not to care, but pricked up her ears behind her back, for fear of missing any of Edward's words.

"Amilia, actually, I don't belong to this world. ”

"What?"

"I ......"

Sitting on the edge of the bed and putting his hand on Emilia's body, Edward told a story about his past.

He came from another world, another similar but strange world. In that world, he is not a waste wood pervert, but the invincible king of the demon race, and Emilia is also the brave master who sees death as home.

Originally, the two worlds were slowly advancing along the same world line, with one first and one second...... However, Edward's appearance has caused a subtle change in the world line, and the two worlds are drifting apart in completely different directions.

Everything started with the southern expedition half a year ago.

In the original world, Edward did not lose his memory, so the ending of the story was naturally completely different.

The exorcist army's southern expedition has reached a stalemate, and the war has been dragged into a war of attrition, an outcome that neither side wants to see. The commander-in-chief, Generalissimo Rem, immediately made a decision and issued a beheading mission to the Wings of Judgment, asking them to break into the Demon King's castle and take the Demon King's surname directly.

At this point, the story is not different.

Edward knew about the actions of the Wings of Judgment.

If they can successfully repel the Wings of Judgment, the exorcist army will have nothing to fear, and it won't be long before the rabble will consciously withdraw from the Everfree Forest.

In the face of the surprise attack of the Broken Wings, Edward not only did not send troops to stop it, but ignored it, withdrew all the guards of the Demon King's Castle, and faced the entire Broken Wings alone.

At that time, Edward chose to face the enemy alone with what kind of conceit, he can't remember...... However, it is probably to avenge the death of one arrow.

Angelina told him that in the past few expeditions to the south, the brave had beaten him badly. Perhaps to prove that he is stronger than the brave, so he chose to have a dignified battle with the Wings of Judgment.

In this way, the world line changed......

In the current world, Edward lost all his strength and had to be wronged, surrendered to the brave in order to save his life, became a prisoner of the brave, and started a strange journey with her, but in the original world, he did not have to be so low, let alone become a prisoner.

With the Ninefold Demon King's mark, he possessed great power enough to destroy a fortified city, and he was confident even against the strongest human brave.

An earth-shattering battle is inevitable.

Except for the members of the Wings of Judgment, no one else witnessed the legendary battle, the Demon King and the Brave, both of whom did their best and never gave up until the last breath.

Sadly, Edward still lost in the end...... Even if his strength didn't disappear, he didn't lose his memory, and he couldn't defeat the Wings of Judgment alone. Audrey, a reckless man who doesn't play his cards according to common sense, and Emilia, a sword queen who is not afraid of death, these two guys make him break his brain.

Badly wounded, he nearly had his throat slit by Emilia, and he had a reliable companion.

Instead of following his orders to leave the Demon King's Castle, Night hid in the shadows and watched their battle, and at the last moment, she rescued Edward and took him deeper into the Everfree Forest.

Defeated by the Demon King, Wings of Judgment retreated and prepared to join the exorcist army, but they were ambushed halfway through......

Severely wounded the Demon King, Wings of Guilt also paid a terrible price. In the face of a sudden ambush, they will not end up with anything other than death.

"So, in that world, I'm dead?" Emilia's tone was neither sad nor joyful, as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with her.

However, it really has nothing to do with her, because she is not the one who died.

"Hmm......" Edward nodded, acquiescing.

Although the southern expedition was victorious, the Wings of Guilt team was all sacrificed - unlike now, no one escaped, and the Wings of Guilt really disappeared.

In order to recuperate from his injuries, Edward hid in the Everfree Forest for a year. As for what happened in the human world during this time, he didn't know.

Referring to the current world, he can probably guess a thing or two.

Humanity, which has lost its bravery, urgently needs the next hero to take over her blame.

As now, the Holy See held a grand knightly selection tournament to find out the most talented young students, but also to select the next brave man.

"I still can't remember the rest of the memory...... Basically, I'm here to save you. ”

"You, why did you save me?"

"yes, I don't know why I saved you...... Am I in love with you?"

Edward scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. (To be continued.) )