The card player needs to win easily

He realized he was still in a dream.

"But, I really want to..."

Oram tried to reach out again, wanting to touch the unreachable——

"Ugh!?"

"Uh……"

He lowered his arms, slowly sat up, and looked in the direction of the sound.

A purple-haired girl rubbed her eyes and squatted aside.

He stared at his hands in a daze for a while, then lay back down.

"Am I still not awake..."

"Don't sleep!"

Liva pulled Oram to his feet and straightened his head so that he looked at her.

There was a flash of light, and a card appeared in Liva's hand.

"Wake up, you are not dreaming now - come, look at this, you can't imagine what you have never seen."

"...?"

Oram struggled to his feet and grabbed Liva's hand.

“Ancient writing…!?”

"Huh? So you've seen it before."

This was a bit awkward - Liva was about to pick up something else when she saw Oram let go of his hand and take a step back.

Then, he punched himself in the right cheek.

"..."

"Wow, doesn't it hurt?"

“It hurts. It hurts so much…”

Oram's hands were shaking - it showed how powerful that punch was.

"But this is not a dream..."

"...How did they do that? Could it be Ningirsuta—"

"Stop, I know what you're thinking."

"Don't think about anything now, just listen to me - otherwise it will be very troublesome."

He raised his palm and made a stop gesture.

Liva decisively stopped it - before Oram's thoughts spread further.

“…Eve?”

"First of all, it's not Eve—whoever you're thinking of, I'm pretty sure I'm not her."

"Eh?"

Liva picked up the guardian dragon that had been clinging to her and threw it towards Oram.

Oram instinctively tried to catch it—but he was knocked off balance and nearly fell to the grass with Imduk.

“Do I have that much strength?… Forget it, forget it. This guy bothered me for a long time while you were sleeping, so now I’m giving it back to you.”

"Imduk..."

Imduk showed his claws at Liva in dissatisfaction and went back behind Oram.

Liva picked up the "Star Relic - Star Key" lying on the ground, wrapped the scarf around it a few times, and tied it around her waist together with the sword.

"Secondly, I'm Liva—you can call me that."

"Liva...?"

In terms of pronunciation, "Liva" is just a sound added in front of "Eve".

Oram couldn't help but feel that the person in front of him was Eve, but for some reason she couldn't say it.

"Wait, don't make any connections! I promise everything you're thinking right now is wrong!"

Liva immediately stopped Oram's thoughts from wandering again.

Her body's instinct told her what the other person was thinking about.

This idea must be broken.

"I repeat, I'm not your childhood sweetheart. I'm just a passerby in this world—a parallel world. Do you understand what I mean?"

"parallel world?"

Oram vaguely remembered that some of the pre-civilization materials he found from various places mentioned this concept.

"Yes, yes, that's great if you understand."

Breathe a long sigh of relief.

Liva could see that Oram understood the relevant concepts.

In that case, she didn't need to waste time explaining anything - just find a reason first.

"Cough cough."

After a pause, Liva began to organize her words.

"Do you know the legend of the "Star Hero"? "

“…I know. I know completely.”

"The hero of starlight raises his sword, gathers light and slashes away the great darkness."

This is a legend that everyone in this world knows and has been passed down from ancient times.

Moreover, not only that - for Oram, who had gathered all the remaining tribes on the planet, after analyzing the records left by each ethnic group, he knew something deeper.

The so-called "great darkness" is a huge energy body that exists in the core of this planet and never stops surging, trying to destroy the surface of the earth.

Every time a long period of time passes, people will fight over the key that can suppress the "Great Darkness" - and the one who successfully uses the key to seal the "Great Darkness" on the side of justice is the "Hero of the Star".

"Yes, that's what I came for!"

Liva glanced at the "Star Relic - 'Star Key'" in her hand and thought of a brilliant excuse.

(This sword seems to be genuine...but I still want to be safe.)

She attached the power of the card and looked at Oram.

"Don't you think so? The Hero of the Stars is nothing more than a tragic cycle—the Great Darkness rises, destroying everything in sight, and those caught in the midst of destruction rise up bravely to quell the Great Darkness, and so on and so forth."

"I have come to end this cycle—the efforts of the former 'Starlight Heroes' must not be erased by the reappearance of the 'Great Darkness,' just as the people of our world have already done."

"Look at this sword—"

Liva raised the "Star Relic - 'Star Key'" in her hand.

A light shone upon it—and Oram felt a throbbing sensation.

"The Sky?!"

The core of the Machine World Knight is trembling.

He looked at Liva with disbelief.

"Hehe - it's only natural that the 'Mecha Knight' would react to this."

"This is the last and final Star Relic—it possesses the power of all Star Relics and represents the identity of the Key."

"All the Star Relics... and the Keys!?"

Looking at Oram's shocked expression with satisfaction, Liva performed a sword flower and put the "Star Relic - 'Star Key'" back to her waist.

"That's right! In our world, the Great Darkness has been completely brought under control!"

"In the deepest depths, the true form of the 'Great Darkness' is called the 'Star Artifact Creator Organization', a 'God-Creating Organization' that truly possesses the power of God!"

"With the help of that 'God-making Organization,' we poured all our strength into the 'Key'—ultimately, forging this 'Star Relic - 'Star Key'."

"That is -"

Liva paused deliberately.

"Sword of the Starlight Hero."

"By the way, it can emit fire, and maybe even cancel the backswing."

"Ah... ah?"

It was obvious that Oram was about to be overwhelmed by the amount of information.

However, Liva had no intention of stopping - after all, as long as she could fool Oram, the problem would not be a big deal.

"However, it is clear that this sword is of little use to our world, which has already mastered the God-Creating Organization."

"So, I came into this world with this 'Sword of the Starlight Brave'."

"Sword of the Starlight Hero...you...?"

Oram blinked somewhat dully.

"To put it simply, young man, I'm here to help you save the world!"

"Show me the location of the Great Darkness... I'll kill him!"

Liva lifted her scarf and held the "Star Relic - 'Star Key'" in front of her chest again.

The light blond boy stared blankly at the purple-haired girl with her hands on her hips.

Behind her, tiny dots of starlight formed an illusory blue silhouette—just like the legendary, true "Star Hero" raising his sword.

(This special effect... well, since it uses a card from the Star Relics area, it's probably fine.)

The card in her hand quietly turned into a point of light and dissipated. Liva put down the "Star Relic - 'Star Key'" and dispersed the blue behind her.

"Well, young man named Oram, possessing the power of the 'Knight of the Machine World', you naturally know the location of the 'Great Darkness'—"

Liva opened her palm and stretched it towards Oram.

"Will you become the final "Star Hero" and slay the great darkness?"

"me……"

Regardless, Eve's face, the power of the "Star Relic," and those incredible words—all made Oram's emotions boil.

However, he still couldn't bring himself to accept the invitation——

After all, the person who invited him last time was named "Fairy Liz".

"Well, is it difficult to make a decision because of your past experiences?"

"..."

Liva sighed imperceptibly.

(It’s not that easy after all… What a shame for the huge world view I created in just three seconds.)

"It's alright, young man—your goal is probably to defeat the Great Darkness, right?"

"……Um."

Oram nodded.

The guardian dragon seemed a little bored, and flapped its wings and jumped to Liva's side again.

"Hey, stop biting my scarf—well, you can treat me as just an ordinary traveler, a messenger of justice who's here to witness the destruction of evil."

Liva blinked and stuck out her tongue.

"It would be great if you could invite me to join the team?"

"……it is good."

Oram took a deep breath and finally agreed.

From the mischievous look that just flashed across Liva's face, he thought of Eve - if it was Liz, she would probably never have such an expression.