Christmas… The event was introduced by the people who held the role
of Heroes in the early days, and the people of this world now celebrate
Christmas without getting confused.
The lovers talk of love, the families sit around the table with smiles on
their faces, and the merchants are ired up because it's the time to earn
the greatest proits.
On such a Christmas Eve illed with so much happiness, there is one
person who is wallowing in sorrow.
In the Land of Death, located in the northern area of the Demon
Realm… There stands the castle of the Death King, Isis Remnant.
Christmas was never a happy event for her.
Most of all, she is sensitive to the emotion of loneliness, and by the time
the concept of Christmas began to permeate in her life, she had already
tried approaching many people.
For this day, at least, she thought she'd be able to spend it with a great
smile on her face… Holding unto such a faint will within her mind.
However, the reality, in all respects, is cruel, and her call to others
ended up being in vain.
——- S- Sorry. Isis, I just couldn't leave what I need to do on that day…
The gentle Underworld King apologized for not being able to respond
to Isis' call.
The Underworld King had been working hard as the bridge between
the three realms, and she refused Isis' invitation, saying that she had to
represent the Demon Realm on many occasions on this day.
——– My apologies. I couldn't just leave my followers alone on this
day…
The World King, who was her closest friend, told her with a pained
expression on her face.
The World King is an object of worship in many lands, and like the
Underworld King, she was expected to attend the festivities along with
her followers on Christmas Day, so she never responded to Isis'
invitation.
——- My bad. My hot-blooded idiots were quite clamorous. They would
start doing crazy stuff if I'm not there.
As he rufled his crimson fur, the War King who loves battles and
parties said.
He latly refused Isis' invitation, saying he had to deal with his battle
junkie underlings, especially since Christmas is a day when many of
them tend to get carried away.
——- No, I don't think that is possible for me… The ice will break if I
step into the land of death. Moreover, I also need to look after my own
subordinates.
The Dragon King, who was too huge in stature, replied that it would be
dificult for him to reach Isis' residence in the irst place.
Moreover, he also said that he too had many subordinates to look after
and it was dificult to make time for her, so he shook his head at Isis'
invitation.
——- As much as I would like to go… Festive days like this are also
when lots of troubles occur, so it would be dificult for me to make time
to attend.
The Phantasmal King, who has many subordinates around the world
and supports the peace of the world from behind the scenes, ruefully
refused.
She was also busy and told her that she couldn't go, especially during
worldwide events such as the Festival of Heroes, Christmas and New
Year's day, because she was lying around, giving instructions to her
staff.
With the expansion of their world, She, along with the other Six Kings,
are rarely together like they used to be.
And even though the world has expanded, Isis' world remains small and
lonely… She was particularly keenly aware of this on Christmas Days, as
she quietly shed tears in the halls of her ice castle alone.
For Isis Remnant, Christmas was just a lonely event.
The 24th Day of the Heaven month. It was Christmas Eve, and Isis was
moving around restlessly in her own castle.
A huge table was set up in the great hall, and there was a huge amount
of food that she had prepared with great skill.
Yes, Christmas this year was the irst day she had plans to "spend time
with someone" and she had been anxious since morning arrived.
She had been this anxious since the beginning of the Heaven month,
when her beloved, Kaito, came to visit her.
In the conversation, the topic of Christmas came up accidentally, and
when Kaito heard about the Christmas days that Isis has spent so far, he
told her that she would spend this year's Christmas with him.
She felt irresistible joy hearing that, and since that day, Isis had been
practicing frantically for this day, pulling out books on cooking
Christmas cuisine from among the many books she has in her
collection.
Because of this, the dishes that were too much for the two of them to
eat together, turned out to be her most conident dish ever, and all that
was left for her to do was to wait for Kaito…
[…Kaito… I wonder… if something happened to him?]
Muttering so, she moved her glance to the clock installed in the great
hall. It was past the appointed time, but Kaito had not yet arrived.
To begin with, Kaito is pretty punctual, and he's never been late… This
is the irst time he's been late. That makes Isis even more anxious.
Kaito shouldn't be the type that would walk away from an appointment
but… He is very popular, and she thinks that he gets a lot of invitations
at Christmas.
Will he really turn down the invitations he received for her sake… If
that's the case though, he would have sent a hummingbird, telling her
that he won't be able to attend…
Isis was feeling such anxiety, but when she felt Kaito's magic power
appear in front of the castle about 15 minutes past the appointment
time, her expression brightened up.
[…Kaito… Eh?… Arehh?… I'm feeling… lots of magic power?]
However, the magic power that appeared in front of the castle wasn't
just Kaito's, and quite a lot of magic power appeared almost
simultaneously. Just as Isis tilted her head, the doors of the great hall
opened.
[Isis-san! I'm sorry I'm late…]
[…Kaito! Eh? !?]
Saying that, she entered the great hall, and found Kaito that she had
been waiting for… but he wasn't the only one who came to visit.
[Isis~~ It's a bit early, but Merry Christmas!]
"I will be intruding. I'm sorry that I'm suddenly barging in."
[…Kuromueina… Lillywood…]
Following Kaito, Kuromueina and Lillywood entered the great hall.
[Ohh, Isis! I've got the booze!]
[Why would you bring such a strong alcohol here, don't you usually
drink champagne or something like that at these kinds of parties…]
[…Megiddo… Shalltear…]
Next comes Megiddo with a large barrel of liquor, followed by Shalltear,
who was astoundedly looking at him and threw a tsukkomi, and at the
same time, a loud voice echoes from outside the room.
"As expected I can't enter the castle, so I will just join you here."
[…Magnawell… H- How?]
[I made sure that the ice won't break. Kaito-san asked me after all.]
[…Shallow Vernal!?]
The face peeking out of the window was Magnawell's, and the reason he
was able to come here, when he shouldn't have been able to come here,
was due to the power of Shallow Vernal, who was here as well.
[…However~~ Is it really okay for you to throw your job away, God of
Time and Space? Well, as far as I'm concerned, throwing away work is
the greatest.]
[Shallow Vernal-sama is attending too, so I will make sure that I will be
there to accompany her.]
[…Well, it would be better for me if I didn't have to come though…]
[…Chronois… Fate… Useless Meat…]
[Stop right there, Death Bringer…]
And even the Supreme Gods of the God Realm, immediately making the
great hall buzzing with activity.
[Isis, I'm sorry for suddenly coming, but is it really alright if we join the
party too?]
[…Eh? U- Unnn.]
[Well then, please leave adding more food to the table to me.]
[…Ein.]
Kuromueina, Lillywood, Megiddo, Magnawell, Shalltear, Shallow Vernal,
Chronois, Fate, Life and Ein… A total of eleven guests came and told her
that they wanted to join the party.
At irst, Isis had an expression of disbelief but… a little later, tears
appeared in her eyes and she nodded happily.
It was at this moment that Christmas, the day which she had only lonely
memories of, changed…
The party was buzzing, and Isis felt really happy.
A Christmas where she was passing time with lots of people… It was
like a gentle afirmation that she wasn't lonely, and if she slacked off
even for a bit, tears would come out of her eyes.
Just as Kaito headed to the balcony to take a little look at the scenery
while he's taking a break from all the food, Kuromueina suddenly spoke
to Isis.
[…Isis, actually. He asked us to keep quiet about it but… It was Kaitokun who gathered us together.]
[…Kaito did?]
[Unnn. Was it around the 7th day of the Heaven month? Kaito-san went
around to everyone and asked to somehow make time for him.]
[…Eh?]
Hearing Kuromueina's words, telling her with a gentle smile, Isis was
stunned and looked towards the balcony where Kaito was headed.
[…He just wants to make sure that Isis has a happy Christmas… He has
been running around trying to coordinate our schedule until the last
minute. Since Kaito-kun asked them, Shiro and Shalltear also
cooperated with him… And in the end, all of us somehow managed to
visit here.]
[…Uuuu… Aaahhh… Kaito…]
[Go on, now's your chance… I will look after everyone here, so go do it.]
[…Unnn!]
Right now, Isis was so moved that she can't even measure how high it is,
and happiness was swirling in her heart.
She was so happy, happy that Kaito had done so much for her.
Prompted by Kuromueina, Isis hurried to the balcony where Kaito was.
When she reached the balcony, Kaito was looking at the falling snow
with a calm expression on his face. Approaching Kaito, Isis felt her heart
strongly throb when she saw him.
[…Kaito.]
[Eh? isis-san? Isis-san, are you on a food break too?]
[…Unnn.]
While replying to Kaito, who was serenely smiling at her, Isis
approached in front of Kaito… Then, she gently hugged his body.
[Eh? Isis-san?]
[…Kaito… Kaito… What should I do… I feel so happy… so blessed… I
can't ind… the words to describe it.]
[...…]
Before she knew it, warm tears were shed from Isis's eyes, and as she
doesn't know how to express her overlowing happiness, she just
continues to cry.
Carefully hugging Isis back, Kaito gently spoke to her.
[…Isis-san, are you having fun today?]
[…Unnn.]
[I'm also having a lot of fun too… And it's thanks to Isis-san for inviting
me.]
[…Kaito… No… Everything… Everything… is thanks to Kaito… Thank
you.]
Kaito didn't seem to have any intention of saying it was his
achievement, just as Kuromueina had told her that he was keeping it
quiet, but still, Isis wanted to thank him, her beloved.
After hearing Isis's words, Kaito wryly smiled as if he slightly realized
the meaning of those words.
[…You found out huh.]
[…Unnn.]
[I thought that I was just being unnecessarily intruding but, as
expected… I wanted Isis-san to be happy… So I just did lots of things.]
[…Kaito… Unnn… I'm… really… really… happy.]
[…In that case, I'm also happy.]
[…Unnn… Kaito… I love you… I love you so much… but what should I
do?… I'm so brimming… with love for Kaito… and it won't stop
overlowing… I don't want to separate from you.]
Gently burying her face in Kaito's chest while holding her beloved lover
in her warm arms, a heartfelt smile on her face.
[…Well then, until time allows it, let's just stay like this…]
[…Unnn… Kaito…]
[Yes?]
[…I love you.]
[Yes. I love you too.]
A Christmas Eve illed with happiness for the lovers who are in love
with each other. Even for the girl living in the ice castle, happiness
descended on her in an extraordinary way.
Holding unto a happiness that couldn't be carried with just her two
hands… given to her by her own Santa Claus…