They're having a performance. When Kuro announced this, the first
person to move was Magnawell-san.
Pulling back his neck that has been leaning over towards the plaza, he
slowly turned it towards the sky.
"Uwooooohhhh!"
Magnawell-san let out a tremendous roar that seemed to split the air,
but there was no shockwave reached our location. Kuro and the others
must have put up a barrier.
Even with the barrier though, I could still a tingling sensation as
Magnawell-san's roar seemed to shake not only the air, but the earth as
well.
Then, some distance away from the city where the venue is located…
The earth rose up, forming a huge mountain range that surrounded the
city.
Looking at the mountain range of rocks as huge as Magnawell-san,
reaching thousands of meters high, even when I look at them from a
distance… The people gathered here were astonished by the power of
Magnawell-san, who created this with just one shout.
However, as if it was obvious, it didn't end there. Next, jet-black magic
power gathered around Kuro, and like a conductor of an orchestra,
Kuro raised her hands… and the donut-shaped mountain range that had
surrounded the city immediately floated up into the sky.
[…A- Amazing… Without any chants or magic circles, for her to lift up
such a large mass…]
I heard Lilia-san's voice as she dumbfoundedly muttered, but I didn't
have the time to look in her direction.
After confirming that the mountain range had risen quite high,
Megiddo-san thrust out his right arm, which was clad in crimson
flames, towards the sky.
Thereupon, a tornado of flames that seemed to burn the heavens was
released from his fist, shattering the floating mountain range with a
huge explosion.
Just as I was admiring the tremendous amount of firepower Magnawellsan had, before I knew it, in the center of the explosion… Isis-san
appeared, pushing away the smoke from the explosion.
Then, as Isis-san's body spun around as if she was a fairy dancing in the
air, not only the shattered pieces of the mountain range… but she also
"froze the flames" blazing brightly, and a huge number of ice lumps
appeared in the sky.
Looking at the ice lumps slowly fall down to the ground, the thought of
the ground turning into a hellscape because of this rain of huge ice
lumps popped into my mind… but that didn't happen.
As if to enclose the city, "three trees" appeared, and their branches
extended out at a startling speed, catching the falling ice lumps as if
these trees had a will of their own.
I'm sure that the one who did was Lillywood-san… Those three huge
trees which didn't look any inferior compared to the World Tree,
seemed to show how powerful Lillywood-san was.
Then, as a finishing touch, Alice, clad in her black robe, leaped high into
the air.
And then, Alice's body blurred out as if it was going through static…
before a tremendous number of clones appeared, filling my field of
vision.
If the main body controls them, I heard that she could create 100,000
clones but… actually seeing them was quite an amazing sight to behold.
Alice's clones ran like meteors through the branches of the trees in all
directions before they returned back to Kuro and the others' side as
one.
…Just a few seconds had passed. That's all it took… for the entire
scenery to suddenly change.
The three trees surrounding the city were gorgeously and beautifully
decorated with "multicolored ice" and the three trees were connected
by "flames trapped in ice", forming like a ring around it.
And carved on these three trees were the words "Human", "Demon", and
"God", the name of the respective Realms.
I see, the three trees are the three realms… I guess that means that the
ice ring that encloses fire, giving off a shimmering light, is showing that
the three realms are connected huh…
It may have been simpler if they just said it. However, these decorations
that surrounded the city… To be able to create such a thing so easily, the
Six Kings really were amazing.
As admiration and astonishment could be heard from everywhere, Kuro
spoke again.
[…This year marks exactly a thousand years since the Treaty of
Friendship was signed between the three realms. The three realms have
carved out their history by standing close together and helping each
other. We are proud that this Treaty has stood for a millenium, and we
are proud that we were able to hold the first Six Kings Festival on this
day. And in the future, I hope that another millenium… No. I hope that
the days where we walk hand-in-hand with our dear neighbors will
continue forever… Leaving you with these words, I hereby declare that
the Six Kings Festival to have begun!]
At that moment, the plaza was engulfed in a round of applause.
[Amazing, amazing!]
[…They even changed the terrain itself in an instant… As expected of
the Six Kings!]
[Ahh, for such amazing Six Kings to call us dear neighbors. We should
act in a manner in which we wouldn't be ashamed to call ourselves as
such.]
[Yes! We may not be able to compete with them in terms of power, but
the Humans have their own strong points, just like the Demons and
Gods do. Let's do our best to help each other!]
[Ohh, of course!]
Here and there, words of praise for Kuro and the others, and words of
pride for the Treaty of Friendship rang out. And then, as if it were a
matter of course, we heard voices telling us not only to help others, but
also to help each other out.
Ahh, this world really is… a good world. Everyone is trying to look
forward to a better future, doing what they can do without feeling spite
against others.
This should have been a really difficult thing to do but… the beautiful
scene of Humans, Demons, and Gods smiling and cheering together
everywhere is a sight that will show the many races living in this world
that even though we may look different… we would always be close
neighbors.
Dear Mom, Dad——— I thought to myself once again, that I was glad to
have come to this world. I could feel the warmth of the atmosphere
around us, uniting our hearts. I could also feel that little by little, I'm
also becoming part of everyone… Somehow, just like the others—— I'm
also feeling really proud.