Keishi and Aina were just frozen in place. They didn't know what to say for 10 seconds.

Keishi is looking at his waifu, the most beautiful girl in the 2D world, appearing in front of his eyes.

His 3D world is now sparkling with her. He feels like his world has become so lovely.

The overwhelming beauty of the girl and the immense fulfillment that came from the fact that his whole life's love became a reality made his brain become blank.

"What is this? How can this be possible? Am I dreaming? Can a dream be this vivid?"

Keishi's face is now filled with so much happiness and amazement, it was the first time he felt this way.

"Even if this is only a joke from God, I'm grateful." Keishi remembers the lyrics of his favorite song, Renai Circulation. It had some words that are similar to his thoughts right now: This feels like a sweet trap that God is making him believe that the existence of Aina in front of his eyes is a reality, and then God would punish him because he is too naïve.

It took a while for Keishi to recover his calmness and utter these words:

"Ai...na"

"Eh?"

The first sound Keishi is able to hear from Aina is a sweet, short "Eh", which makes him feel so glad that her voice is the same as his waifu.

"Hero... why do you know my name?"

Aina asked a question that pulled Keishi back to reality.

Keishi realized a shocking truth about the existence of the girl in front of him. Keishi had already talked with his waifu Aina so many times in the game, and Aina had become Keishi's girlfriend in that game. When Aina asked him the question "Why do you know my name", Keishi now knew clearly that the girl in front of him is not his waifu. Although their names are the same, that pretty face is the same, that sweet voice is the same, he now knows that they are two different persons. "She is not my Aina. There is no way the game's Aina doesn't know that I know her name.

She is not my Aina."

"Hero, why do you make a long face?"

After realizing the truth, Keishi fell into disappointment for a short while. But Keishi is not the type of guy who is down for too long. He just decided to believe that this is really a dream. "Of course, Aina would not really appear in front of me. What was I thinking?"

Then Keishi decided that he could do whatever he wanted since it was a dream. He even thought that maybe he could forcefully kiss her without consequences, but that may scares the girl, so he restrained himself from doing that.

"Hahaha, it's nothing."

Keishi lets out an awkward grin, and wonders why he is so awkward, even if this is only a dream.

But presently, Keishi still hadn't realized that his thoughts couldn't be further from the truth.

He is actually in reality, and he is not dreaming.

And Aina is real.

"Hmm..."

Aina tilted her head a little and put her finger on her mouth in a cute gesture. Aina is thinking about why Keishi knows her name.

"Maybe I just accidentally told you my name when I was going into your dream?"

Aina wiggled her head around while she was trying to recall when and how she told Keishi about her name.

"Well, that's not important! Hi hero, my name is Aina!"

Aina greeted Keishi with a delightful voice that warmed Keishi's heart. Although the girl in front of him is not Aina, the character, the voice, the sweetness... are the same as the Aina in his precious memories. Again, he is grateful to God for giving him this dream.

"She is... Aina!" - Keishi told himself.

Keishi also realizes something. The girl that he is talking to... is actually that girl with white wings who was in his dream. Everything is now clear to Keishi.

"Aina, you are the girl who asked for my help in my dreams...?"

Keishi is now more confident. Although this girl is not his waifu, she is still Aina. And he loves Aina. He will do anything it takes to help Aina.

"Yes. Hero-sama, actually I would like to ask you for a favor. I know it's rude to ask for a favor although I don't even know your name, and this is the first time we met..."

Aina fidgeted with her fingers for a while in embarrassment. Keishi felt that was so cute, he just wanted to hug her right now. But he doesn't want to scare her away, so he keeps restraining himself.

"Ah, what is your name? I'm sorry I haven't even asked that..."

Keishi quietly smiled and replied right away. His resolution has been decided.

"My name is Keishi Miyamura. And I will do everything I can to help you. Even if it costs me my life!"

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In a faraway place, in another world, a group of suspicious-looking guys are moving through a forest.

They wear hoods and masks to disguise their identity. They are going to assassinate someone after all.

The butterflies and mosquitoes that went near enough were able to hear these words:

"Bwahahaha. The dumb princess is now gone. She is finally gone! I've been waiting for this moment for so long!"

"Feel free to go to another world and find a hero! What a childish vision she has! Did she really think she could find a hero?"

The leader of the pack is the kingdom's chancellor, Barista Leonhart.

He is planning to kill the king. Since the castle is now quite vacant, the strongest magic users have gone on missions, and the princess has travelled to another world, it's the perfect chance to assassinate the king, or so he thought. In this kingdom, his own power is second to the king only.

That means when the king dies, he is the most powerful person to take the throne.

"Open! Open the gate!"

Barista is ordering his troops to open the pathway for him. He thinks he is hours away from becoming the new king. Unfortunately, life is not that easy.

Barista and his troops rush through the gate and enter the castle, and feel that they have slammed into something although there should have been nothing there. The impact created a deafening sound, as they simply couldn't walk through the space between the gate and the royal garden, and they also got forcefully pushed out.

"What? What is this?"

At first, they were so confused because no one is there, but all of them couldn't get through. The troops tried to get in many times, but something invisible just threw them away.

"Tch! Is this magic?"

"Barista?"

A deep, old voice resonated through the space. Barista instantly recognized it. The King is speaking.

"His Majesty!"

"I'm sorry, but no one can enter the castle right now."

"Why, may I ask, His Majesty?"

"I will protect this castle with this barrier. No one can get in, no one can get out."

"..."

Barista rapidly took his magic glasses out of his pocket and wore it. This pair of magic glasses can see most of the invisible common magic, a real national treasure. He looked at the castle.

"What?"

What he saw was a yellow barrier that extends from the top of the castle and surrounds all the walls!

He is shocked by the fact that the king created a barrier with magic and covered the whole castle!

Since when was our King such a strong magic user? Barista is absolutely baffled!

"Until my daughter comes home, that is."