“Welcome~~”
Pushing open the store door, Gates heard a familiar voice as soon as he stepped inside.
Looking up, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Mr. Yuto!"
Gates shouted subconsciously.
"Eh? Gates!?"
After hearing this shout and seeing Gates' face clearly, Sakurai Yuto was stunned for a moment, and then a surprised smile immediately broke out on his face.
"It's really been a long time since I saw you..."
At this point, Sakurai Yuto looked at Gates' young face and his words suddenly changed.
"No, that's the case for me, but for you, we must have just separated, right?
"When did you return to this world?"
"Yesterday, we came back yesterday evening."
"I see……"
Hearing this, Sakurai Yuto nodded thoughtfully and then greeted.
"Stop standing at the door and come in quickly."
"Um."
Gates responded, and under the guidance of Sakurai Yuto, he came to an empty seat and sat down.
Then Sakurai Yuto walked to the bar and said to the proprietress:
"Airi, give me two cups of your best coffee."
"Okay, are your friends here?"
"Well, a very good junior, I haven't seen him for a long time."
Seeing the smile that couldn't be concealed on Sakurai Yuto's face, Sakurai Airi couldn't help but laugh.
"Then go and entertain him. I'll send it to you later."
"That's okay, then I'll leave it to you."
"Well, go quickly."
Under Airi Sakurai's urging, Yuto Sakurai quickly returned to the table where Gates was sitting and sat down opposite Gates.
After sitting down, Yuto Sakurai looked at Gates's face, which was exactly the same as in his memory, and couldn't help but sigh.
“Time is really amazing.
"In my case, we haven't seen each other for more than twenty years, but to you, the difference between us is just yesterday."
"yes."
Hearing this, Gates couldn't help but sigh.
"I haven't seen you in a blink of an eye. Mr. Yuto, you are already so old."
"old……!"
Hearing Gates's emotion, Sakurai Yuto twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily.
"Can you chat? What do you mean you are so old?
"I'm a handsome man in his prime, why do you say I'm about to die?"
"Uh...sorry."
Gates quickly explained.
"It's like this, Mr. Yuto, as you know, I actually came to this world from the era ruled by the King of Demons 50 years later. In our era, living to be over forty years old was considered a long life. ”
Upon hearing this, Sakurai Yuto, who only intended to tease Gates, fell into silence unable to laugh.
"The era of the Demon King..."
After a moment, he sighed softly.
Forty years old is already a long life, which shows how bad the situation is in the future in which Gates lives.
However, having already interacted with Tokiwa Shogo, no matter how he thought about it, he could not imagine how that gentle young man who aspired to be king could create such a dark era.
Therefore, he couldn't help but ask Gates at this time:
"Is the most ferocious and evil demon king who will rule the world in the future - Omo Tokio really the future Tokiwa Shogo we know?"
"……I have no idea."
Hearing this, Gates was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"However, I have decided!"
Having said this, Gates raised the corners of his mouth and looked into Sakurai Yuuto's eyes brightly and firmly.
"As his friend, I want to witness his journey to becoming a king! Fight with him! Work hard together!
"I believe that if we work with him now, we will be able to create a better future!
"And during this process, if he goes in the wrong direction, then I will definitely stop him! Even if it means risking my life, I won't hesitate!
"I'm ready to wake up!"
After hearing this, the corners of Sakurai Yuudou's lips gradually rose as he looked at Gates.
"The past gives hope... You're right, there really is nothing to be confused about."
Sakurai Yuto's previous doubts were swept away.
"I also believe that if it were the current Zhuanggo, he would definitely be able to create a new future and become the most benevolent and benevolent Demon King!"
Sakurai Yuto smiled.
"But... having said that, I'm a little curious, when did you figure it out? Even when we parted, you were still so reluctant to admit it."
In this regard, Gates has nothing to hide.
"For a little while, I chatted with the other [me]."
It's just Gates' statement that made Sakurai Yuto unable to react.
"???"
And after he fully understood the meaning of Gates' words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble.
[what is this? Could it be said that what you are fighting against in the other world is still the CP between you and Shi Wang? ]
I don't know why, but when I think of the setting of the Kamen Rider manga from another world, Sakurai Yuto can't help but have such an idea in my mind.
At this moment, Airi Sakurai came here with a tray and placed two cups of coffee in front of Gates and Yuto Sakurai respectively.
"Please use."
After saying that, Sakurai Airi left with a smile.
And Sakurai Yuto was able to break free from that somewhat strange idea.
"Try it. This is Airi's best coffee. Most people can't drink it."
Yuto Sakurai made a "please" gesture to Gates.
Gates looked at Yuuto Sakurai and the cup of coffee in front of him with some hesitation.
He still has a lot of psychological shadow about the cup of "from bitter to sweet" coffee he drank at the Star Coffee Shop last time.
But it was really hard to refuse at this time, so in the end, Gates bit the bullet and picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.
"so bitter!"
The unexpected bitter taste immediately filled his palate, causing Gates to let out a small scream.
Looking at Gates' embarrassment, Sakurai Yuto couldn't help but burst out laughing. The laughter gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a nostalgic chuckle.
"Looking at you like this, it really reminds me of my past self."
Sakurai Yuto picked up the coffee cup, took a sip and smiled.
"Well, it is indeed very bitter, but even someone like me who doesn't like bitterness can taste the mellow fragrance after getting used to it, which means it is really a good thing.
"The so-called time to see people's hearts is nothing more than this."
"Yes...that's it."
Upon hearing this, Gates looked down at the coffee cup in his hand, raised his hand, and took a sip, but he still felt...
"so bitter!"
"Haha! Isn't that natural? How can you get used to this kind of thing so easily?"
Sakurai Yuto smiled.
"I used to hear Airi talk about how mature I am in the future, and how I can drink bitter coffee without changing my face. I still didn't understand it, and felt that I was a little inferior to him. But after fusing that guy's memory, I found that, huh, it's really The thing is..."
Speaking of this, Sakurai Yuto couldn't help laughing.
"That guy, how can he drink bitter coffee without changing his expression because of his maturity? He is pretending to be calm just to pursue Airi. Without his love for Airi, he should not be able to drink it... …I’m different!”
Having said this, Sakurai Yuto took another sip of the coffee in his hand and continued to laugh.
"I had already practiced before I met Airi, so I'm really calm."
Next, Sakurai Yuto stopped teasing Gates or urging Gates to drink the coffee in his hand. Instead, he began to talk about his beautiful memories over the years in a gentle voice.
In those memories, there is no strange demon god, no time travel, and naturally no fighting.
Go to college, graduate successfully, chase your dream, become an astronomer, fall in love, get married, have your own little princess...
Plain and happy.
Sakurai Yuto is telling such a story.
After hearing this story, Gates came back to his senses and found that the coffee in the coffee cup in his hand had been finished without even realizing it.
