In front of the castle gate, illuminated by the night moon.

Funf was looking at the moon in a daze, a lonely expression on her face. It was a beautiful moonlit night like tonight…… when she parted from her irreplaceable sister who had been with her since childhood.

————Wait! “Vee”, where are you going!?

————I’m sorry, Funf…… I can’t stay here anymore. I, who have committed a grave sin, don’t deserve to be here.

————That is…… That is not the case! I do not condemn Vee for your actions, and I’m sure Kuromu-sama will……

————Even if that’s so! I, myself, couldn’t forgive myself!!!

————!? ……Vee.

————I’m sorry, Funf. Thank you for everything…… Goodbye.

The memory of their parting conversation still lingers within her mind…… The memory of regret that remains to this day, of not becoming aware of the distress her precious sister feels and being unable to help her. Holding upon such a memory, Funf looked up at the moon…… and muttered to herself.

[Vee…… Kuromu-sama was already saved. Kaito had saved her…… However, you still have not come home, to our home. Holding on to everything by yourself, being reckless by yourself…… Carrying all the responsibility by yourself and leaving…… You’re stupid, Vee.]

Looking back, it started from that day. It was the day that Funf began calling herself “the shield of the family” and would always stand in front of the gate…….

Funf told Kaito that “she wasn’t usually at the gate all day long”. That is both right and wrong. Other than the times when she had matters related to her family, Funf was basically always at the gate. She never sleeps, nor does she eat, she just stays there, guarding her family’s home…… and waiting for a person.

[……You can come back whenever you want. Until Vee comes back, I will protect the family…… I’ll protect the home Vee would return to……]

Perhaps that is, in a way, an ironic fate. Funf, who continues to regret not being able to help her sister in the past, will enter the battle for her in the not-too-distant future. And that means confronting the young man she had grown close to…… who seeked to save her sister…… Vier.

A thousand years after their parting…… and the singularity has appeared in the world. Whether they want it or not, the singularity will eventually touch the taboo of the world. Not knowing about such a future, Funf, gazing upon the moon, remains forlorn.

(Volume 7 End)









Afterword

For picking up the 7th Volume of “I was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World is at Peace”, thank you very much. In this volume, we have been introduced to a character who, in a sense, marks a critical juncture in history, the former Demon Lord, Vier. If the summoning to another world and meeting Kuro is the prologue, and becoming lovers with Kuro was Part 1, you could say that Vier’s story would be the main highlight of Part 2.

This time, I would like to talk about the newly introduced characters, including Vier.

I guess I’ll start with Vier, the Demon Lord, but as one can see from her description so far, she’s a member of Kuro’s family and is one of the family’s oldest members. She adores Kuro very much and even imitates Kuro’s tone of voice. Her personality is cheerful and kind, but one she gets her mind onto something, she acts like a wild boar, rushing straight without thinking, and with her being quite the klutz, she ends up causing problems sometimes. Even the circumstances that led her to become the Demon Lord and attack the Human Realm was also a rush of misunderstanding and assumptions. Such a Vier is closely related to Funf, who also appears in this volume.

Funf is a character who still hasn’t appeared in the Web Novel, but appeared quite early in the Light Novel. She’s somewhat similar to Vier in her bigsisterliness. She and Funf were picked up by Kuro at about the same time, and they lived together as very close sisters. Vier is a magic type and Funf is a physical combat type, so their affinity seems good. She still regrets not becoming aware of Vier’s suffering when Vier became the Demon Lord, and it seems that she would be one of the key characters in Vier arc.

Another new character in this volume is Lunamaria’s mother, Noir. Unlike Vier and Funf, she doesn’t have much to do with the main storyline, but since she’s Lunamaria’s mother, it’s likely that she would appear often. She’s an anemic half-vampire and the only widowed heroine in the novel. Yes…… She’s a heroine. When one thinks of a widow heroine, one would think that there would be some sort of heavy storyline involved, but there’s nothing like that in this novel. Noir states that she still loves her husband, and she has come to a clean decision and isn’t afraid to have a new love life. In fact, Lunamaria is more of a novice in that aspect and may end up desperately trying to stop her mother.

Well, that’s about all I have to say about the new characters. With the previous volume, Volume 6, the story has reached a big turning point and is about to enter a new arc. As the author, I would be more than happy if you could look forward to future updates. Thank you very much for reading to the end.

I’m looking forward to seeing you again in the next afterword.