My mother's love song

It was as if a door of miracles that was not accepted by human wisdom had descended upon this fictional snowfield.

"Real magic... this is the first time I've seen it!"

Amid the girl's excited calls, space itself was speeding and breaking apart.

Facing endless enemies, Rhodes used cyan magic.

Even if there are an endless number of monsters, they are meaningless in the face of tyrannical violence that is powerful enough to change the world.

Rhodes closed his eyes, blocked the light, and paused time.

Everything is passing by in a state of stoppage.

In the focusless Star Canal, everything outside of him was cut off and stopped.

Then, in the next moment, Rhodes opened his tightly closed eyes.

"…Genesis Light Year/Retrograde Canal."

Stop it, the boy said sternly.

The outstretched fingertips touched the essence of magic.

At this moment, the world itself began to shake, and a blue whirlwind boiled up into the sky.

Time flows backwards.

The scenery inside the maze has been completely changed.

Looking around, there is a sea of ​​white flowers.

After that, wild flowers whiter than snow invaded the world's scenery like blooming ripples.

“Order breaks down here.”

The secluded snow square changed its appearance in an instant.

Everywhere you look there is a sea of ​​blooming white flowers.

Only the bare walls and dilapidated ceiling around tell of the fact that this is still the original shadow world.

Although the wind was cold, there was indeed warmth on the field.

The labyrinth of corruption turns into a land of spring.

"By the way, this is the fifth magic... It's amazing! It's really amazing!"

Aige clapped her hands happily.

She sounded excited and happy.

The girl was not applauding Rhode for turning all the enemies into nothingness in an instant.

What she was excited about was this dreamlike Garden of the End, a byproduct created when Rhode used magic to transform the world.

"Magic is different. This is something that magic can't do... He can even make a flower field appear. How cool~"

For the omniscient girl, what excites her more than the fact that the laws of the universe have been tampered with is the romantic but superficial scenery.

Even though such a grand magic was unfolded, the concentration of magic power around him did not change much.

That's it, suitable for camping.

……

……

……

"Picnic time~Picnic time~"

Aige sat down on the sea of ​​flowers, happily took out the lunch box from the picnic basket and placed it in front of the boy one by one.

"Okay, Rod. Can we eat now?"

"Thank you."

Rod took the chopsticks from the singer.

"I'm starting." Ai Ge put her hands together in a neat manner.

"I'm starting to eat too." Rhodes also clasped his hands together like he did in the Shajo family's restaurant.

Then he stretched out his chopsticks to the grilled fish in front of him and took a bite.

The grilled fish is quite flavorful and retains the moisture of the fish itself.

If you bake the fish for a long time to make it tasty, the moisture will naturally be lost, making the fish taste dry, but the meat of this dish is very tender and tastes great.

Rhode's mind quickly played out a series of witty compliments like a food anime, but in the end he only uttered three words.

"Delicious."

"Thank you for the compliment. Haha, I can tell by looking at your face."

Hearing Rod's frank thoughts, Aige narrowed her eyes in relief.

Although Rhodes would praise her cooking almost every day, Ai Ge would feel satisfied every time she heard it.

"It's even better than what Red Enma-sensei made."

Aige covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "That's too exaggerated. And don't compare mom's cooking with other girls."

"That's actually the case."

Rhodes said as he wolfed down his food.

"...Am I too lucky? I can eat such delicious food every day."

"It won't do any good to praise me, you know?"

"Make me miso soup every morning, Aigo!" said Rod.

Aige narrowed her eyes: "I'd be happy to...it would be even better if you could say this to me alone."

"..."

The boy turned his eyes away guiltily.

"Lord-kun? What's the answer?"

Aige came up to him with a smile.

Rhode coughed lightly and said, "As expected, Mr. Hong Yanma's cooking is better... Aige, your cooking skills are not yet at their limit! Don't slack off, keep working hard!"

"What is cooking?" The girl pursed her lips.

Rhodes evaded the previous topic and continued to eat his midnight snack.

"……I'm stuffed."

"Just eat if you like."

Rhodes ate up all the food placed among the flowers and said this with satisfaction, and Aige responded calmly.

However, her expression seemed very gentle, probably because she was happy to see Rhode eat every grain of rice.

"I'm glad you can eat so much, haha."

After eating and drinking, it’s time to rest your knees.

Rod lay on Aige's lap and looked at the ceiling of the maze.

Ai Ge's legs are very slender and delicate, which gives them a calming effect.

"By the way...what do you plan to do with the Holy Grail placed in this maze?"

"The Holy Grail?" Aige tilted her head cutely.

Rhodes explained: "Well... on the next level, there should be a holy grail hidden in the deepest part of Tartarus."

"Why does Rhodes think so?"

Aige frowned.

After entering the sixth floor, she used magic to explore the top seventh floor, but did not detect any huge magical reaction similar to the Holy Grail.

Rhodes said: "It can't be wrong, the core of the maze should be a holy grail.

In fact, Tartarus itself is a large ritual centered around a Holy Grail.

Not only that, the technique itself is constructed in the form of the Holy Grail War.

You see, there are seven floors in total. Doesn't that correspond to the number of Servants in the Holy Grail War?

This maze itself is a sub-holy grail war. The victory condition is to reach the deepest room on the highest level. The winner is the one who finds and obtains the sub-holy grail. "

"I see. What Rhodes said makes sense."

The girl pinched her chin, agreed with him, and then asked: "Can the winner's wish come true?"

“…I don’t know about that.”

Rhodes shook his head slightly.

“The Subspecies Holy Grail is a fake, and its ability to grant wishes is far inferior to the real Greater Holy Grail.

If there is a magician who wishes to go to the Origin Vortex, it will not be able to fulfill it. "

"Yeah." Aige replied in a whisper.

"Well, it's a pity." Rhodes asked, "Has Aige figured out how to deal with the Holy Grail in this maze?"

"Well, it's decided."

The girl spoke without much hesitation.

"I'm going to make a wish with that chalice."

"…That's surprising. I thought Aige didn't have a wish."

Hearing her answer, the boy couldn't help but frown.

"Does Rod imagine me to be a saint or Buddha?" Aige puffed up her little cheeks unhappily.

"Haha... no. But, I don't think you can make any decent wishes with the subspecies Holy Grail, right?"

"That doesn't matter."

The girl shook her head and spoke softly.

"I also thought about what to do, and the final conclusion is that I will use this holy grail to make a wish."

"Why?" Rhodes asked, "Why would Aige be obsessed with a subspecies holy grail that cannot grant wishes?

When she met me, Aige should have given up the idea of ​​using the Holy Grail to fulfill her wishes."

The boy's question sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

It's only natural that this would happen.

If Aige was obsessed with the Holy Grail, it would mean that Rhode's protection of her so far was meaningless.

Rhodes has won countless Holy Grail Wars so far, but has never presented the Holy Grail to Aige.

Because Rhodes didn't think that the omniscient Ai Ge would have any selfish desires or wishes.

If this was just Rod's unilateral idea, it meant that he and Aige had never truly understood each other.

"Hmm... why? I suddenly feel like making a wish with the Holy Grail."

The girl's voice was as endearing as a wind chime. She didn't notice the boy's dissatisfaction and poked his delicate chin with her finger.

After thinking for a long time, Aige smiled like a fairy.

"No reason, I just suddenly felt like making a wish."

"..."

"If I have to say why...it's probably intuition," Aige said.

"Intuition?"

The girl nodded seriously, "Well, should I say... I felt destiny?

I should make a wish with the Holy Grail, or something like that... hehe."

"That's it."