Ginas Kingdom, Royal Capital Yeluf.
As dawn spilled down from the sky, bringing a touch of warmth to the city that had been shrouded in cold winds all night, the citizens had already left their homes and taken to the streets, beginning their daily routines.
Franzer Villa, Garden...
The boy and girl had risen early as well. They came here together, sat facing each other, and enjoyed a morning meal.
The expressionless maid stood beside the girl, holding a teapot as she poured tea for them both.
A stream flowed past the pavilion, bringing pleasant murmurs of water. Combined with the beautiful sight of the fountain spraying water nearby and the shadows of birds constantly flitting through the air, everything looked so lovely, so peaceful.
"We haven't sat here together, drinking tea and chatting like this, in a long time, have we?"
Looking at the boy seated across from her, whose appearance seemed never to have changed and still retained a trace of youthful innocence, Yuri spoke with a wistful air, though she did not know what feelings had prompted her words.
"A long time?" Riezel looked at the young lady opposite him as well and chuckled. "Not really. It doesn't feel like it's been that long."
"It hasn't been that long." Yuri smiled. "If you count carefully, it's only been about a year since you came to this villa to recover from your injuries."
"But in just this one year, it feels like so many major events have happened—things that hadn't happened in the previous ten years."
Riezel only smiled without replying to Yuri's sentiment.
For this young lady, only a year had passed since his arrival at Franzer Villa.
Yet if one counted the time Riezel had spent in various Another Worlds during his Dimensional Travel, then he