Four years have passed since then.
The Great Demon Lord Lucifer’s calamity had been brought to an end; the Demon Lord mayhem was brought to an end.
That long and fierce battle was a big turning point in all the people in the world.
For the humans, the demons, and the Gods as well.
Since the time we saw off the termination of the evil Light Goddess who was controlling Lucifer, we were all covered in dealing with the aftermath.
In that fight, the Great Demon Lord Lucifer had released darkness, and the five heroes managed to reach out to the power of darkness by joining their strengths.
The waves created from the clash of the two darknesses had spread through the whole world and affected it.
The actual damage wasn’t high, but it created a big question in their minds.
‘What was that power?’
Fire, earth, wind, water, and light.
‘What’s that new power that doesn’t match the elements of any of the Gods of Creation?’
This time, there were people who had a clear answer to that question.
Not only that, the groundwork for that had been created already. It wasn’t as if it was a power that wasn’t seen by anyone before. So when those mysterious waves resonated, some were able to make a connection.
And so, those people didn’t hesitate to answer that question.
Right now, all the people in the whole world clearly learned of the existence of the Dark God, Entropy.
*****
“Haine-san, so you were here huh.”
Four years have passed since then, but the cityscape of Apollon City hasn’t changed.
While I -Kuromiya Haine- was looking at that sight, the Light Founder Yorishiro called out to me.
“You have been looking at the city lately.” (Yorishiro)
“Because I will be leaving this city soon after all.” (Haine)
For me, for the human Kuromiya Haine, this city is a city with a lot of memories.
This city that I had first arrived at after leaving for the first time from my village that’s deep in the mountains.
After coming to this city, I for the first time was able to touch the whole of this world, and there, I learned about both the world that the humans took a long time to raise, and also the distortion that was formed by the selfishness of the Gods.
In order to do justice to the hard work of the humans, I fought in order to fix that distortion the Gods created.
That battle that took a part of Kuromiya Haine’s life is soon going to come to a close.
“Since coming to this city, I have truly faced quite a lot of things.” (Haine)
Fun things, shocking things, frustrating things.
I am Kuromiya Haine, but at the same time, I am the Dark God Entropy.
For me as the Dark God, the life of this body basically only lasts as long as the blink of an eye, but even with that, it had a depth to it that rivals the 1,600 years after creating this world.
It has been around 20 years since I was born in this body. Right now, there’s still more than half of my life left as Kuromiya Haine.
And yet, I am plenty satisfied.
I am truly glad I incarnated as a human.
“Now then, if we don’t go soon, we will miss the ceremony.” (Yorishiro)
“Do I really have to go? I don’t think I am related at all though.” (Haine)
“What are you saying? You have to see her shining moment. More so since you have decided on leaving after the ceremony is finished. It is an unavoidable thing if you want to put a proper conclusion.” (Yorishiro)
So you say but…
“Now, hurry. If you are late here, it will become a regret of yours for life.” (Yorishiro)
“Saying it as if it is a marriage…” (Haine)
Well, for her, it is as big of a turning point in her life as a marriage huh.
Today, an important ceremony will be taking place for the Light Church.
The ceremony for a new hero.
****
“We will now be beginning the ceremony for the new light hero, Light Ray.”
A big amount of people were gathered in the Light Grand Church.
In order to see the new light hero that will be carrying the standard of the Light Church from today on.
“Ray, over here.” (Yorishiro)
“Y-Y-Yessu!” (Ray)
Yorishiro was fulfilling her duty as Founder and called out to her, and the 15 year old girl that still looked young had stood in attention.
That girl is Light Ray.
The new light hero that was chosen with the consensus of the Light Church.
It has been two years since she entered the ranks of the Light Church, and had her skills acknowledged by the Aurora Knight corps. She managed to climb all the way to being a hero in that short amount of time, so it was clear how much talent she has.
Even with that, Ray is still young and completely nervous here.
It is a given. She is still a delicate 15 year old girl after all.
No doubt she is not used to having the attention of so many people.
“Light Ray, you will be the light hero that will be representing our church from today on. You will have to spread the influence of the Light Goddess Inflation-sama -the protection of the light- to the world. Do you have that resolve?” (Yorishiro)
“I shu!! —I do!!” (Ray)
Stumbled again.
She is a girl that has low guts to begin with, so the ceremony today might have been too heavy on her.
It was the right choice for me to participate huh.
“Ray, you can do it.” (Haine)
I send her some encouragement in a low voice so that it doesn’t bother the ceremony.
Because I, for some reason, am considered an important person of the Light Church, I was standing by the side of the Founder, and I was pretty close to where Ray is, so it properly reached her.
“?!”
And with my encouragement as the trigger, Ray’s expression tightens.
“…Please rest assured, Founder-sama! I, Light Ray, will fulfill my duty with all I have so I don’t bring shame to the great previous hero-sama!!” (Ray)
“Splendid show of resolve.” (Yorishiro)