A place between mountains and fields.
Kousuke Nito, who was having a picnic, picked up a cup of boiled and slightly cooled mountain stream water in his right hand, and raised it in the direction of Torii-Zaka.
"a……"
He was about to say something, but after thinking about it he finally shook his head.
"——Well, I don't need to say anything more. Welcome back, my lifelong rival!"
A mouthful of stuffiness.
Kousuke Nito lowered his head and began to brush mayonnaise on the wild vegetables in the pot.
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【December 2012】
Theater lounge.
Shortly after Tokiwa Shogo left, a guest from the future once again welcomed into this lounge.
A young man in blue stepped here holding a magic notebook.
He bit his lower lip and looked at Hayase Shigeru who was lying on the ground unconscious. He wanted to just throw down his magic notes and leave. However, after seeing Hayase Shigeru in this state, he couldn't help it. He walked forward and helped Hayase Shigeru, who was unconscious on the ground, to the sofa... Obviously, the man in front of him was no longer the Uncle Hayase he knew!
After raising his head and taking a deep breath, Ur placed the magic notebook on an empty spot on the sofa, turned around, and was about to leave, but his expression suddenly froze.
Snapped!
His wrist was grabbed!
"Who are you?"
Hayase Shigeru's intermittent and confused voice sounded from behind.
"I am...your fan..."
Ur turned his head slightly stiffly and said with a forced smile.
"my fans?"
Hayase Shigeru put his other hand near his temple, and while slowly getting up, he let go of the hand on Ur's wrist.
"That's right."
He didn’t know how he fell, and even his memory only stayed at the moment when he walked into the lounge. The only thing that was certain was that he felt very relaxed now!
It was as if a long-standing mental illness had been eliminated, and I felt refreshed.
Thinking of this, Hayase Shigeru put down the hand on his head, looked at Ur with a somewhat reserved expression in front of him, and smiled gently.
"Do you need a signature?"
Somehow, the innocent smiling faces of the children in the audience when he performed magic on the open-air stage for the first time suddenly appeared in his mind, and the expression on his face became gentler.
"me……"
--I do not need.
Ur wanted to say this, but when he opened his mouth, the words couldn't come out.
Hayase Shigeru looked at Ur like this and smiled understandingly.
After all, you are standing in front of your idol, so it is natural to be nervous.
He looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the magic notebook on the sofa.
He reached out and took it out, and after opening it, he found his familiar handwriting inside.
'Eh? My magic notes? When did I write it? Why are you here? '
While his head was filled with questions, he recalled the memory that had gone blank since he entered the lounge. Hayase Shigeru smiled bitterly in his heart and decided not to delve into it further.
On a whim, he raised his hand and took out the white pocket square from his chest pocket, shook it gently in front of Ur, and the pocket square turned into a signature pen.
He smiled and looked at Ur,
Ur: "..."
'How should I react at a time like this? '
He thought for a moment, and then... the corners of his mouth trembled slightly upward, raised his hand, and patted twice.
'so? '
Hayase Shige: "..."
"Ahem!"
With a slightly embarrassed cough, Hayase Shigeru began to sign on the hard cover page of the notebook. While writing, his eyes involuntarily scanned the magic recorded on the first page on the right, which was also the magic trick recorded on the entire magic notebook. The only recorded magic trick.
A small white ball suspended in magic.
"Give."
He handed the signed magic notebook to Ur, watched him thank him, and turned to leave.
But when Ur walked to the door, he suddenly heard Hayase Shigeru's voice from behind again.
"Hey, young man, go on!"
Ur responded and turned around, and then saw Hayase Shigeru take out an old white ball from his pocket and throw it towards him.
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【October 2018】
Still the same tavern.
Ur walked to sit next to Aura and said to the bartender:
"Bring me a... soda!"
Hearing this, the bartender skillfully poured a glass of soda and accurately slid the glass in front of Ur.
Aura turned her head, raised her eyebrows and smiled softly: "It's really a child's hobby, Ur."
"You don't have to worry about it!"
Ur said angrily, picked up the glass and sighed.
"Continued Cup!"
As he slid the finished cup in the direction of the bartender, Ur was stunned.
Until I received the glass from the bartender again.
This time he did not drink it all at once, but after taking a sip, he leaned on the table, placed his chin on the counter, and rotated the glass back and forth with his thumb and middle finger.
His frowning face was reflected on the surface of the glass filled with soda.
"Hey, Ola..."
He was not in the mood to argue with Aura, let alone quarrel, but at this moment, he really wanted someone who could listen to the conversation.
"Tell me, what does it feel like to have a relative?"
he asked softly.
When Aura heard this, she paused while drinking, turned her head, and looked at Ur lying on the counter again. After a long time, the corners of her lips curled up.
"I see...that's it, you've also encountered it."
"also?"
"Ah, too."
Aura asked in a low voice while shaking the amber-like wine in the glass.
"How does it feel? As orphans, we suddenly have a presence similar to a mother...or a father."
Following Aura's question, Ur couldn't help but have some pictures appear in his mind.
Magic surprises that appear in life from time to time, the meals prepared at night, the pocket money placed on the table in the morning... There are also some pictures of them performing around the world. When performing magic, he was off the stage, and Uncle Hayase On the stage, when he was out taking a break, he was in front, and Uncle Hayase was following behind...
He was lost in thought, and then at a certain moment he stood up suddenly, clenched his fist with a dark expression and slammed it on the counter.
Bang!
"Damn King of Time!"
And before attracting other people's attention, 'ta da da', time stopped.
Swaruz walked in from the door and looked at Ur and Ola with a smile.
"If you want revenge, at least you have to find someone who wants to be king to help you, Ur~"
"Humph, you don't need to remind me, Swaruz!"
Ur grabbed the glass and drank the liquid in it in one gulp, then put it back hard, and the bottom of the glass collided with the table, making a muffled sound.
Wiping away the water stains on the corners of his lips, Ur said viciously:
"This time, I will definitely find the person who has the best chance of becoming king!"
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same time,
Outside the tavern.
Woz passed by quietly while turning the pages of the devil's advent calendar in his hand.
"History has once again taken a step in the right direction, and the evidence is - the person who finally obtained the power of the Kamen Rider Wizard is my Majesty the Demon King!"
"As expected, the appearance of my Demon King using magic is so fascinating!"
At this point, Woz suddenly stopped.
"Well, dear viewers, here is the last question of the day..."
He smiled, snapped the Advent Calendar in his hand, and raised his head.
"——If a magic doll with a cold body suddenly has body temperature, what does this mean?"
