There were many stalls at the Six Kings Festival. They ranged from the
standard festival stalls to authentic restaurants.
Most of the stalls were run by the subordinates of the Six Kings, but
invited guests could also set up their own stalls if they applied in
advance.
Elise, a High-ranking Demon, was also one of those who applied to open
a store, even though she wasn't a subordinate of the Six Kings.
She was recognized as a High-ranking Demon due to the amount of
magic power she had, but she wasn't a Peerage-holder. She also didn't
have any combat power at all, and had little to do with the Six Kings.
However, Elise has a talent for fortune-telling and making magic tools,
living a modest life while running a small shop.
She had a small connection with the Seditch Magic Tools Company, and
through her connection, she was invited to the Six Kings Festival. Since it
was a great opportunity, she applied to set up a stall for her specialty,
fortune-telling, and she was able to acquire it.
To tell the truth, she also had a small ulterior motive, hoping that she
could use this opportunity to get acquainted with at least a Count-rank.
She is just a timid person with no great ambition, but she still had a
certain amount of greed. You could even say that she was a normal
person. And she was now… facing the biggest crisis in history.
[…I want you to read… our compatibility.]
[Yesh!?]
After recovering from the shock of seeing someone who looked like his
mother, Kaito and Isis were once again going around the festival. The
two of them happened to see Elise's store and out of curiosity, decided to
stop by.
(D- Death King-sama!? N- No way, t- the real one… No, she's definitely
the real one!? My body hasn't stopped shaking since a while ago… SScary…)
For an ordinary Demon like her, Isis-san was truly a symbol of fear, and
just the fact that she was in front of her greatly made her break out in
cold sweat.
And unfortunately, because of her great amount of magic power, she
couldn't faint.
(W- W- W- Why is Death King-sama in my shop… T- The man she was
together with… C- Could he be that "rumored human"!? The human who
received the affection of Death King-sama… Ababababa…)
Although he wasn't aware of it, Kaito was also famous in his own right in
the Demon Realm. He has connections with the Six Kings, the pinnacle of
the Demon Realm, and was the only person in the Human Realm who
had a Black-rank invitation. To Elise, he was someone who had an
extremely high social status.
However, Kaito didn't seem to have much interest in using his Black-rank
invitation, which would give him free access to all facilities "if he
presented it", so he paid for it as usual at the store and didn't feel like
presenting it this time either.
Half of the reason was that he would feel sorry for receiving services for
free, while the other half was just because he didn't want to stand out by
presenting his Black-rank invitation.
But then, he was already standing out because he was together with Isis,
but as observant as Kaito is sometimes, he didn't notice that.
(R- Rumor had it that there was someone who "Underworld King-sama
had lost against him", that "he took out over 100 Black Bears in an
instant", that "he overpowered War King-sama's subordinates", that "he
won against War King-sama in a physical battle", and that "he beat
Phantasmal King-sama into submission and made her his subordinate"…
He's that rumored person!?)
They were rumors that would make the person himself hold his head in
shame if he had heard about them, but for the general Demon populace,
their impression of Kaito was roughly like this.
(R- Read their compatibility? The compatibility between the two of
them?… I- If a bad result appears here… W- Wouldn't I be killed!?)
Of course, that's not going to happen. However, Elise had completely lost
composure when she saw Kaito and Isis, who she viewed as beings as
unreachable as the heavens.
[…What kind of… fortune-telling… is this?]
( !? Death King-sama… doesn't know about my fortune-telling? I- If so, I
might be able to work things out! N- No matter what result appears, if I
just say "it's the best match"…)
[Errr, according to the guidebook, she uses cards to tell fortune. Errr, for
her to tell the compatibility of two people… Both people would start by
drawing four cards, starting with the female, and then, she would read
their fortune depending on the pattern and the order in which they
appeared. All the combinations are also listed here.]
(Why the heck are you mentioning such unnecessary things, Humansan!? Or rather, what is with that guidebook? That thing also talks about
the combinations? I- I kinda want a book like that too… Wait, that's not
what matters now! W- W- W- What should I do now!?)
Even the faintest glimmer of light was shattered by Kaito, and Elise, with
trembling hands, took out the cards used for fortune-telling and divided
them into two piles.
For a moment, she thought about cheating and adjusting the design of
the cards, but she wasn't confident that she could fool their eyes, and
thus, Elise was left with no choice but to tell the fortune as usual.
[…W- Well then, D- Death King-sama… P- Please draw four cards…]
(In this situation, I don't have any choice but to pray! Please, God of
Creations-sama, I'm begging you. Please give her a good result.)
[…Alright.]
Elise's compatibility reading was done with a deck of 28 cards, which
consisted of four of each of the seven types of cards: heart, sword, sun,
moon, star, flower and crown.
The result depends on the combination of the patterns that appeared
and the order the cards appeared.
(I'm begging you. Please draw hearts! If it starts with a heart, most of the
end results would be good…)
[…Moon…]
(Unyaaahhh!? M- Moon!? The result shouldn't have started with a moon!
That would pretty much lead you to a bad result…)
[…Star… Sword… Moon…?]
(…I'm done for. It's the worst possible combination and order… If the
female side had such a result, unless the male side drew "four hearts", it
can only lead to bad compatibility. There's no way he could draw four
hearts in a row from a 24 card deck.)
The cards that Isis drew had only one pattern that would lead them to a
"best compatibility", and the rest of the combinations and orders would
only lead to a bad compatibility.
With an expression that looked as if her soul was deprived from her
body, Elise absentmindedly looked towards the next person that will
draw cards.
[…It's Kaito's… turn.]
(…I guess this is where I die huh. Even though there were still things I
wanted to do, food I wanted to eat… I know that I got a bit greedy. I was
hoping to make a connection with a famous person… However, for it to
become like this…)
[Ah, yes… Errr, a heart huh. The next one is… arehh? A heart again. The
third one is also a heart?… The fourth one too? That's quite unusual, isn't
it? It was all hearts.]
[Seriously!?]
[Hyeh!? Ah, y- yes.]
Elise, who had absentmindedly given up on her life, instantly came back
to her senses when she saw the cards that Kaito had drawn, and
suddenly brought her face closer.
Astonished at her sudden change in expression, Kaito nodded… to
which, Elise's shoulders slightly trembled and clenching her fist, she
exclaimed.
[It's the best! It's the best combination! The compatibility between you
two couldn't be more perfect! You're so compatible with each other, as if
the red strings of fate were bundled up with each other!!!]
[R- Really?]
[Yes, you two are the best couple ever!!!]
[…Best couple… with Kaito… I'm so happy.]
Thanks to the best result in the form of a great comeback, Isis-san
happily smiled from the bottom of her heart and affectionately grasped
Kaito's hand.
Seeing such an Isis, Kaito looked a bit embarrassed, but he squeezed her
hand back, and the sweet atmosphere unique to lovers began to form
around them.
[…Thank you… Here… the fee.]
[Ah, yes… wait, Death King-sama!? This is… a white gold coin!?]
[…You can… keep the change.]
[Eh? N- No, errr… Yes.]
After handing the white gold coin to Elise with a really happy smile on
her lips, Kaito and Isis harmoniously left her shop.
After absentmindedly seeing her off, Elise let out a big… a really big sigh.
[Haaaahhh~~… T- Thank goodness. I didn't get killed…]
Even if the results were bad, she wouldn't have been killed. It was just a
misunderstanding on her part.
However, there was something that the relieved Elise didn't know yet.
That after hearing about Isis' compatibility with Kaito, the Underworld
King and the Phantasmal King would also come to her shop together
with Kaito…