A certain white-haired, youthful-faced woman: "Yixiu, are you the Captain or a Valkyrie?!"
One of the twins: "Brother Yixiu is amazing. I feel like I'm not worthy of him..." "What nonsense are you saying?! Go snatch him for me!"
A certain Bronya: "See that handsome guy? He's my little brother! None of you are allowed to steal him! Heavy Tulip 19c!"
His Highness
In the North Area of Little Garden, inside a cave that had become a temporary base for certain people due to its desolation.
"Your Highness, I've gathered the information you wanted."
The speaker was a black-haired girl.
She looked to be twelve or thirteen years old. She wore a sleeveless black dress, and the jacket tied around her waist swayed with her movements. At first glance, she appeared to be a delicate, lovable girl, but the several daggers tucked into the belt at her waist showed that she was far less fragile than she looked.
Her name was Sairi Rin. A genius whose talent for solving Gift Games surpassed even Sakaigami Todoh's, she was also the strategist of the Demon King Alliance, Ouroboros.
The girl, who served as the Demon King Alliance's strategist, skipped over to a boulder several meters away and spoke with a grin to the boy seated there.
The one addressed as Your Highness was a handsome young boy.
His white hair was tousled, and his golden eyes exuded a calmness unfitting for his age. He wore a loose white robe, yet there was not the slightest hint of discord in his appearance.
His name was Kalki, a "deity" created by storytellers, Vishnu's final incarnation in Indian mythology, and the holder of the Star Creation Diagram. An incarnation was a hero born to shatter the Apocalypse Theory, the heavenly disaster caused by gods.
"Rin,