Mirror world.

evening.

The snowflakes were still falling, but they were slightly tinged with yellow.

Kakogawa Hiryu was sitting on the bench next to the bus stop, waiting for the bus.

On his right side, there is a paper bag filled with vegetables.

It looked like he had just come out of the nearby vegetable market.

At this moment, the cell phone ringtone suddenly rang.

Kakogawa Feiryu connected, listened to the instructions coming from the mobile phone, and responded one by one.

"I bought it...yes, I bought that one too...I've already bought it all."

Kakogawa Feiryu smiled, but couldn't help but said helplessly.

"Don't worry, Mom, I bought according to the list, and I guarantee that I didn't miss anything."

There is no heavy and sad past, no enemies who need to risk their lives to fight, and no disasters that endanger the world. There are just some ordinary and ordinary little worries of ordinary people.

for example,

Family nagging.

for example,

Why hasn't the bus arrived yet?

Look, just after hanging up the phone, Kakogawa Hiryu couldn't help but look towards the street where the cars were traveling.

It's just a pity that I didn't see the bus he was waiting for.

However, the bus was not seen, but Kakogawa Feiryu saw a Santa Claus with a snow-white beard walking towards here.

Accompanied by wind and snow, and the BGM of "Jingle Bells".

A certain mysterious atmosphere quietly circulates.

This made Kakogawa Feiryu's face suddenly show a look of astonishment: "Holy, Santa Claus!?"

Hearing this, Santa Claus stopped, turned around slightly, took out the player from his pocket, turned it off, and said hello: "Hello."

The background music disappeared and Santa Claus made a very young voice.

It sounds like he's about the same age.

Kakogawa Feiryu: "..."

It turns out to be a super restored Santa Claus COSER!

He couldn't help but feel filial piety in his heart, and the surprise on his face disappeared and turned into unspeakable embarrassment.

"Hello."

Trying to hold back his embarrassment, Kakogawa Hiryu responded while praying that the Santa Claus would leave quickly and let him take a deep breath.

But unexpectedly, not only did this Santa Claus not leave, but he continued to take two steps forward, approached the bench, and sat on his empty left hand side.

"?"

Seeing this scene, Kakogawa Feiryu's expression couldn't help but froze in an instant.

what happened!?

Why did you just sit down? Hey!

Kakogawa Feiryu stared blankly at Santa Claus on his left, feeling that there was more awkward air around him, and the concentration continued to rise.

However, the Santa Claus comforted him calmly: "Well, relax, you didn't do anything wrong... Rather, your reaction is actually the best compliment to me. Because, it means that my COS is very successful.

, isn’t it?”

Hearing this, Kakogawa Feiryu thought about it carefully and realized that there was nothing wrong with it.

So I accepted Santa Claus's comfort.

A smile flashed across Santa Claus's eyes, and then they started chatting naturally.

School, teachers, friends, family, things I like, things I hate, my dreams...

Perhaps it was because the two were close in age and there was no generation gap. They both chatted happily, and the more they chatted, the more they talked. The more they talked, the more in-depth they became. They didn't look like two people who had just met, but like they had not known each other for many years.

I met a close friend who I met by chance, so I started chatting about everything and recounting my many experiences in recent years.

The atmosphere is getting better and better.

However, in fact, the two of them have not even exchanged their names.

Kagugawa Feiryu never noticed anything unusual about this.

Finally, Santa Claus asked: "So, do you feel happy with this kind of life?"

"Of course!" Kakogawa Feiryu nodded without hesitation, "For me, there is no better life than this!"

"That's it..."

"Well, that's it!"

Nodding again, after saying so much, Kakogawa Toryu felt his mouth was dry and stood up and walked to the vending machine next to him.

"I'm going to buy two cans of drinks. You wait for me here for a moment... By the way, what are you drinking? I'll treat you."

Without hearing Santa Claus' answer, Kakogawa Toiriu, who had already walked to the vending machine, turned back in confusion, but his expression was momentarily stunned, his eyes widened, and then he immediately looked around.

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No...no...no...

Not available anywhere!

Disappeared...

Santa Claus, who was sitting on the bench just a moment ago, disappeared.

Only a Christmas gift box was left lying quietly on the bench.

There is a greeting card attached to the gift box.

Kakogawa Feiryu immediately returned to the bench and stretched out his hand... His outstretched hand paused in mid-air, and finally fell down. He picked up the greeting card on the gift box, opened it, and saw the text on the card:

"When I came here, I thought:

"I have indeed received your past.

"So, I gave you the future, have you received it?

"Are you still satisfied?

"Now it seems that you are satisfied.

"That's it, that's good.

"Although I don't know whether you will think of me in the future or whether you are willing to think of me, I can let you know in advance.

"I'm fine too, don't miss me.

"Merry Christmas, Fei Liu."

After watching it, Toryu Kakogawa suddenly felt a little sore in his nasal cavity.

He still couldn't think of anything, and his mind went blank. Those memories that were lost in the long river of time with the disappearance of the alien Zi-O's history have not returned.

The miracle didn't happen.

However, there was still a voice engraved deep in his soul that echoed out.

That's a name.

The king's name.

Holding the greeting card with his fingers, Kakogawa Feiryu unconsciously murmured: "Shougo..."

Then he opened the gift box and took out the gift Santa Claus had given him.

That's an old little robot.

There are a few words written in black marker on the back of the little robot——

【WILL BE THE BFF!】

Best friends forever.

…

…

far away.

Tokiwa Shogo, who was dressed in a Santa Claus costume and took off his beard as he walked, seemed to have noticed something. He suddenly turned around, with a joyful smile on his face.

Tsukuyomi appeared beside him silently and asked softly: "Is this all right?"
To be continued...