Chapter 690: Lets Build a House ③ (2/2)

[……Eh?]

When Amalie said that she was going to take the lead in handling this matter, Ryze enthusiastically responded…… but he seemed to have suddenly realized something, and his face turned pale.

[……Amalie, Orchid…… Do you remember how ”a year or so ago”, Phantasmal King-sama left a large envelope for us ”to open at the appropriate time”?]

[Y- Yes, it was firmly stored in———– Don't tell me!?]

[……Yeah, I think now's the right time.]

[I- I'll bring it out right away!]

Hearing Ryze's words, both Amalie and Orchid's faces turned pale, and Orchid hurriedly ran towards the treasure room.

As if they had a bad premonition at the mention of Phantasmal King's name, Chris and Laguna's expressions darkened even more.

Not long after, Orchid came back with a large envelope.

[I have returned!]

[……Open it.]

After Ryze instructed with a nervous look on his face, Orchid opened the envelope to reveal a bundle of documents inside.

When he saw them, Orchid's pale face turned white, and he shakingly muttered.

[……There are several documents…… and a letter.]

[……Read it out loud.]

[Understood. Well then…… ”If you're reading this letter, it probably means that Kaito-san wants to build a house.”]

[ [ ! ? ] ]

That's when Chris and Laguna also realized why Ryze was looking so pale. Earlier, Ryze said that ”the Phantasmal King left that envelope a year ago”.

This means that the Phantasmal King……. Alice had already foresaw this development.

[……”Incidentally, are you currently in the joint meeting of the three countries? If so, please let Chris-san and Laguna-san hear about this too, so that it would save me the trouble of having this matter reach their ears.”]

[ [ [ Wha!? ] ] ]

Not only the rulers of the three countries, but everyone in the room became speechless upon hearing the letter's content.

[……”Based on Kaito-san's personality, the local situation, the necessary processes he would have to handle, I estimate that he will be back here in about two years. To be more precise, I expect that it would be about one year and eight months. And I think that within the next few days after Kaito-san might come back…… It will be right around the time of the joint meeting.”]

It was a prediction that could be described as in another dimension for being too accurate…… The only thing that those who heard it felt was horror and dread.

[……”Well, all of this depends on Kaito-san, so if I'm right, it's just for fun, so don't think too much about it. I'd like it if you hand the documents on the back to Chris-san and Laguna-san. Now then, let's move on to the main topic. I have a little request to the kings of the three countries, so please remember it well.”]

Thereupon, a request kept hidden within an envelope for a year, from the one who had the greatest wisdom in the world, the Phantasmal King, was presented to the Kings.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……There's something I just thought about.]

? ? ? : [What is it?]

Serious-senpai : [……You, no, Alice…… She calls Kaito her partner/best friend, but in reality, she's more in love with Kaito than anyone else in the series, isn't she?]

? ? ? : [……Huh? N- No, no, what are you talking about? Well, I could certainly see Alice-chan being in love with Kaito-san. It's only natural, they're lovers after all. However, saying that she loves Kaito-san more than anyone else is……]

Serious-senpai : [……Even though she's the one who teases Kaito about his lack of privacy, ”when Kaito is alone with his other lovers, she's apparently someone who would guard them from a distance so that she can't hear their conversation” though?]

? ? ? : [……Ughhh, come to think of it, there was a setting like that.]

Serious-senpai : [When Kaito wants something, pretending like you're just in it for the money, ”you're the first one to provide him his request”.]

? ? ? : [……N- No, it's just me seeing a business opportunity……]

Serious-senpai : [Whenever something happens to Kaito, ”she'd devotedly support him behind the scenes” so that Kaito can have a happy ending……]

? ? ? : [……Let's stop with this conversation…… Please listen to me.]

Serious-senpai : [In the first place, she herself is acting like the head of Kaito's security firm, and when Kaito calls her, she immediately appears….. Even when she's feeling around, it doesn't seem like she's hiding her ”love-filled aura” at all.]

? ? ? : [……I- Isn't it about time you stop speaking? Okay?]

Serious-senpai : [……I mean, she even made that ”Hug me~~” appeal just when he came back……]

? ? ? : [Oi, fake serious. If you don't want to become a medium-rare hamburger, close that d*mned mouth of yours already.]

Serious-senpai : [!? Y- Yes, sir!]