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Chapter 203 - Volume 2 Promotional SS: The Little One Who Mends Dreams

"It's not about 'what happened,' it's about 'what are you going to do'!"

"What to do..."

Muttering the words Chihiro had yelled at him, Katsumi slowly sat up.

This was a small island on the edge of the so called Kilfan Empire. And sleeping here in a neat row was the Frontier Knight Order. They were relaxing on thick shelf mats with the Little One nestled between them.

The tarp stretched above them was double layered. The first layer blocked the sunlight, while the damp sea breeze passing between the first and second layers prevented the temperature from rising. Thanks to this, the deep shade they cast softened the characteristic heat of the tropics. Furthermore, the monsters wandering around them had created a barrier around the Frontier Knight Order, generating a cool breeze using the heat of vaporization, lulling the Little One’s party into a peaceful sleep.

...Well, well, well.

He had been told that the demons called the Lords' Kin possessed intelligence and rarely attacked people, but this was beyond not attacking. The wandering monsters were diligently taking care of the people, working just like attendants. This, too, was because the Little One was a being known as the Golden King.

When he first heard that, Katsumi had thought Chihiro had been granted cheat like powers by the gods, and he had been deeply resentful. He couldn't help but be envious of the little girl who could command monsters and fly through the sky. He was jealous of the people of the Frontier Knight Order who could use magic. And yet the Twin Gods gave me no power at all... he thought.

But, upon listening more closely, he learned he was wrong.

Magic was a power that had originally existed in the world of Arcadia. The countries other than Frontier had simply lost it in the past due to their foolish actions. The Golden King was not something special either. It was a rare existence, yes, but it was nothing more than one of the principles of Frontier, etched into history since the birth of humanity. In fact, the little girl was just an ordinary person who happened to possess modern knowledge. If anything, Katsumi himself had more specialized knowledge about various things.

She was just an Earthling who happened to be born into royalty. And that royal family just happened to be a lineage that could produce the Golden King, who ruled over monsters. There was no cheat ability given to her anywhere. On the contrary, the Little One, who was only three years old and had not yet received her baptism, couldn't even use the ordinary magic that any Frontier citizen should be able to. Considering that, Katsumi, who had come to Kilfan and demonstrated various technologies, had been using cheats far more.

...Though the results were disastrous.

"Ugh..."

Tormented by the remnants of regret, he buried his face in the honeybee he was hugging.

Katsumi had thought he had done something irreparable. The mercilessly ravaged coral reef of the sea forest. The fact that it was in Frontier's waters. Furthermore, the reality that the Lord's child had been kidnapped and was on the verge of dying from magical depletion.

It was as if Katsumi had a hand in all of it. An irreparable sin committed by his ignorant self.

Katsumi, who was sobbing as he dwelled on his own foolishness, would later learn the true nature of the creature known as the Little One.

Screaming that nothing is irreparable except death, she would drag Katsumi up and put him to work.

"I don’t have time to let you wallow in regret! If you’ve got the energy for that, then get to work!!"

Chased around and hurried by the little girl, the current Katsumi did not know of the happy future that awaited him, working for the sake of the new Kilfan. The dream of another world he once held was mercilessly shattered and withered, but in the near future, not now, that dream would swell greatly and bloom into a magnificent flower.

If you don't give up, your dreams will come true.

The Little One, who diligently and unconsciously mends the great wounds that have been mercilessly torn open.

With a golden needle and thread in her heart, the little girl intentionally involves those around her and runs around today to mend the world♪