It is obvious that Karen-san would reprimand me.

“It is fine, light hero. You can already consider Haine and I as friends of several years. Speaking in a slightly loose manner just means that we are that close.” (Shiva)

However, this Wind Founder spits out words like those of a saint.

Where is the sharpness of before, Shiva-san?!

“How to say this… It is as if you and Rudras Metropolis have made a complete turnaround!” (Haine)

“Ah, so you have already witnessed thoroughly the state of the city before coming here huh.” (Shiva)

By here, he means the reception room of the Wind Church that we are currently in with Shiva.

“Quite the exaggerated reaction those guys have. A wedding is simply like a door that everyone has to pass through at least once. Just because it is the Founder, the city is in a celebratory mood… Well, as the one being celebrated, I am quite happy though.” (Shiva)

It was quite the adult way of dealing with it.

“I want you people to participate in my wedding as well. I will assure you your stay here until then, so it is fine to tour around or have some cultural exchange.” (Shiva)

“It really is gross! Shiva-kun, why did you become such a mild guy?!” (Haine)

If a human loses their edge, it is the end, you know?

I may be persistent here, but where is the edginess Shiva had when I first met him?!

“Haine, the single you might not understand yet, but once a man marries, their personality gets more depth.” (Shiva)

“Is that so…” (Haine)

“When I was an unmarried man, I let my youth take over me and felt as if I could do anything. After obtaining a woman I can love, feeling the need for a family, and gaining someone you wish to protect, you will naturally end up softening.” (Shiva)

“…”

“Women are kind and gentle at their roots. By being together with a woman, the wildness of the man will lay in rest. Meaning that it gives room for your personality to grow. Marriage has that kind of effect.” (Shiva)

I feel like…the conversation has turned into preaching?!

“On top of that, by having a partner, you can perceive others more clearly, and acknowledge that there are people with other way of thinking than yours. From the very beginning, the body of men and women were made differently, so there’s no way their ways of thinking are the same. By being together with the other gender, by clashing small opinions in trivial daily matters, you obtain knowledge.” (Shiva)

Growth as a human.

That’s…

“That’s the meaning of marriage, Haine.” (Shiva)

“Like hell I care!” (Haine)

Why is it taking a direction as if I’m being taught?!

“It is splendid, Founder-sama! I have been moved by your words!!” (Karen)

And Karen-san is totally into it!

“So marriage had that kind of meaning! By being together with the person you love, your own personality grows! What splendid words!!” (Karen)

“Light hero, that’s not what I meant.” (Shiva)

Oi, Founder. Don’t get all-knowing in here.

“You don’t grow yourself, you grow together with the person you are tied together with. A man and a woman that have become one with the link that is a family; that is truly a single being. It is impossible for just one side to move forward.” (Shiva)

“It is even more splendid! I am feeling the need of marrying now!!” (Karen)

Stop it.

“Uhm…”

While there was this charade going on, Doraha finally spoke.

As a mentally young girl, she didn’t have much to say in this kind of conversation, so she was silently drinking coffee until now, but…

“This black drink is bitter and not tasty. Is there no tea?” (Doraha)

Is what she said.

“Dorahaaaaa!!” (Haine)

I shouted.

That’s because what she said was the number one phrase that would piss off the super coffee maniac Shiva.

Even putting milk or sugar in your coffee in front of him is unforgivable, and yet, she even went and said to bring out tea instead, so Shiva will definitely snap.

If it is that Shiva, he would definitely be pissed off!

Is what I thought, but…

“I see. The tongue of the young really can’t stand the bitterness huh… Oi.” (Shiva)í

Is what Shiva says as he calls the maid that was at standby at his side.

“Change it to a sweet cappuccino please. With lots of milk and sugar.” (Shiva)

He changed!!

This Shiva has completely turned!!

To think he could accept another person that has different tastes!! Is the married Shiva totally unfazeable?!

“It is incredible, Haine-san! This must be the power of marriage. We must learn from this too!!” (Karen)

“Not ready yet, so no!” (Haine)

“Also, sorry but, I also want a cappuccino!!” (Karen)

Humans don’t stay with the same personality from birth to death.

By experiencing many things and receiving influences from their environment, they can change their ways freely.

That is also one of the great things of being a human.

• 343: In the face of right and wrong

“But you people have come on a mission. Let’s have a slightly serious talk.” (Shiva)

Shiva was merry because of his marriage, but he returned a bit to his past atmosphere.

Well, his face will definitely loosen again in a little while though.

“Battles occurring almost at the same time on different nations. That has reached my ears thanks to the wireless transmissions. To tell you the truth, I was absent for a while because of some business, you see. When I returned, a lot of reports came to me to the point it flustered me.” (Shiva)

Shiva is currently keeping it a secret that he is incarnation of the Wind God Quasar.

He cooperated heavily in returning Mantle.

…At that time, his brain didn’t look like it was a flower bed like now though.

Maybe it got rewritten temporarily because of his bad relationship with Yorishiro?

“From the four Demon Lords, three have already clashed with humanity. Moreover, the results were not a victory or a defeat, but a reconciliation. They were reports that made me doubt my ears.” (Shiva)

Shiva giving out that impression is something reasonable.

That’s because he is one of the first people that encountered a Demon Lord after all.

The first one to appear in front of humanity was the Wind Demon Lord, Raphael, and it was Shiva who fought him with weapon in hand.

At that time, we both fought against him together and somehow managed to erase him, or at least that’s what it looked like.

The price for that was that a warrior like Shiva, who had both the jobs of a Wind Founder and hero, was unable to continue doing that. Receiving damage that rendered him impossible to return to his line of job as a hero.

Giving his position of hero to his little sister, Hyue, he decided on concentrating on his Founder position.

“Shiva, I want to ask you this. Do you think humans and demons can join hands?” (Haine)

I want to hear his opinion as someone who fought against a Demon Lord to the point of breaking his body to an irreparable state.

“Rather than me, shouldn’t you be asking the Demon Lords?” (Shiva)

Shiva answered composed.

“Both sides suffered a great deal of damage in that fight. Raphael has the ability to change every single one of his cells into insects and regenerate himself, but your dark matter erased most of it and left just a few.” (Shiva)

“It is true that, even if he is a Demon Lord, that’s not something you can regenerate from immediately.” (Haine)

Because of that, I thought Raphael’s actions were slightly dull compared to the other Demon Lords.

“Normally, there’s no one who wouldn’t hold a grudge after being done something like that.” (Shiva)

“That’s just…!” (Karen)

Karen-san interjects as if she couldn’t hold it.

“That’s just unreasonable! When Raphael appeared, he was the one who attacked us first! We simply fought back. Getting angry for being greatly injured after that would be misguided blame!” (Karen)

“That logic is correct. But it is also true that the other party has their own view of things.” (Shiva)

With his marriage, Shiva has now obtained the ability to see other people with their different ways of thinking.

“Moreover, the problematic thing is that, in reasoning, being right or wrong isn’t that important. If we were to put it in an exaggerated way, you could get a hundred people and those hundred people might be in the wrong. Once one person thinks they are in the right, it will become their way of acting.” (Shiva)

“Especially in battle.” (Haine)

“Of course, there’s no way we would allow our destruction on reasons that are clearly wrong. If they are to attack, we will simply face them. That’s all we can do.” (Shiva)

‘That’s all we can do’, those were words show the limit of Shiva.

“Are you saying that, against a wrong reasoning, there’s no other way to stop them aside from fighting and defeating them?” (Haine)

“I don’t know if we can join hands like the other Demon Lords and Churches. That is something the other party has to decide. We don’t have the choice.” (Shiva)

The cool-headed decision making of Shiva as a Founder was shown.

Their fight with the Wind Demon Lord had begun since long ago.

This will probably be a totally different battle from the other Demon Lords that had begun their own fights recently.

The sparks were already there and they will not disappear just like that.

“And so, I have ordered the military force of our Wind Church -the Kazama Shinobis- and the wind hero to be on alert. So that, even if the Demon Lord were to attack us, we will be able to react immediately.” (Shiva)

“I thought the inside of the city was a festival, but it looks like you are properly putting ground on the places where it is required.” (Haine)

“Of course. Or more like, because of the dangerous times, I was thinking of doing my wedding as simplistic as possible, but the guys below are not caring at all of the person in question and are going all festive.” (Shiva)

Shiva makes a wry smile.

He says all that, but it looks like he is still happy that everyone is celebrating them.

“Uhm…that means the wind hero…!” (Karen)

Karen-san says while fidgeting.

“Uhm…is Hyue-chan also…” (Karen)

“Of course. Now that you are in Rudras Metropolis, I would like you to meet her as well. It looks like she has been worrying about you people everyday.” (Shiva)

“Ah, yes!” (Karen)

Karen-san’s voice changed from timid to a springy one.

For her, her other hero comrades are also important friends. She has already met Mirack, Celestis, and Sasae-chan, so the remaining one is Hyue, and she must be worried about her.

“It looks like she is also preparing a lot of things for the upcoming Demon Lord battle. I would like it if you were to give her advice as someone who has already experienced battling with Demon Lords.” (Shiva)

“Yes, then, I will go immediately!” (Karen)

Karen-san quickly gets up from her seat and was intending to head to Hyue’s place right now.

Even though she hasn’t heard in what part of Rudras Metropolis she is yet.

“I will have someone of the church guide you. Work has piled up on me, so I can’t go with you guys. Please give her my apologies when you see her.” (Shiva)

It took us a lot of time to return Mantle after all. Of course work would pile up. Moreover, his wedding will be taking place soon, so it is a situation that’s clearly busy for him.

…Sorry about that, Shiva-kun.

“Understood! Haine-san, Doraha-san, let’s go as well!! Hyue-san may look like that, but she actually gets lonely easily!” (Karen)

“Understood, Karen-sama.” (Doraha)

Doraha follows after Karen-san who runs out of the room.

After confirming that only Shiva and I remained in the room, I ask him in a whisper.

“And so…what about the God Hero matter?” (Haine)

“No problem. Inflation— I mean, Yorishiro has already embedded the component to become a God Hero inside of Hyue. What’s required next is only to pour a part of a God inside of it.” (Shiva)

‘Seriously, since when did she manage to do that?’, is what Shiva said questioningly.

“Just that, there is a part that bothers me aside from that.” (Shiva)

“Something that bothers you?” (Haine)

“For that sake, can you meet with Hyue once? She is the wind hero, but at the same time, she is also the little sister of this Toreido Shiva. I want her to have a fight that she can acknowledge.” (Shiva)

Six Gods of Creation, further divided into four Base Elements. Within that group, the Wind God Quasar was the one who noticed the potential of humans the fastest, and in order to learn about humans and change it into power, he incarnated as a human.

As that went on, he would have a new family, a new lover, and new emotions to interact with his important people.

Quasar had reincarnated several times already.

For the Toreido Shiva that only exists once, Hyue is his only little sister.

“Understood. I will go check it out.” (Haine)

I also stand from my seat and follow after Karen-san and Doraha who had left the room before me.