Most of the people who appeared before Riezel were familiar faces.
There was no need to mention Artoria, Oberon, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, Da Vinci, and the others. Even among those he should have been meeting for the first time, there were familiar faces.
"Tetetlot?"
Riezel raised a brow and called out her name.
"Huh?"
The little fairy girl, who had always felt an inexplicable familiarity toward Riezel but could not remember who he was, froze.
"You know me?"
The little fairy girl looked stunned.
"Have you forgotten?" Riezel said with a faintly amused smile. "Back when you were with Aesc, we traveled together for a while. Aesc and I even entered the Great Cave together and nearly lost our lives in there."
Upon hearing that, the little fairy girl finally remembered who he was.
"You're that mysterious man in black robes Aesc brought back...!?"
The little fairy girl cried out.
That was right. The little fairy girl before him was Tetetlot, the original Fairy Knight who had once followed Savior Ash alongside the Black Knight, spent time with Riezel, and gone to the Great Cave with him.
"I never expected you to show up here. Looks like a lot of interesting things happened over the past month or so."
Riezel could not help but sigh.
In the original story, it had been Mashu who was sent back to Fairy Calendar 400 by the Water Mirror.
It was because of that experience that Mashu encountered Savior Ash, met Tetetlot, and forged a deep friendship with her.
Though their relationship ultimately ended in tragedy, it was precisely because of that encounter that Tetetlot later joined the protagonist's group, helped Mashu, and fought Morgan, who had once been Savior Ash.
Who would have thought that, even without that encounter, Tetetlot would still join