I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

"idiot."

"Fool."

"Fool, add one more sentence of mental activity for Saitama, as expected, no matter where you are, you are a dwarf who doesn't grow tall."

"Wait for me, why don't you give me face when we first meet! Who are you calling a dwarf?!"

"Of course it's you! Fool Eric!"

"Depend on!"

These are the first conversations of a newly revived man when he is reunited with his best friends whom he had found so hard.

I'm sorry, because two of the three people are hopelessly tsundere, and the other one is really not good at expressing emotions. The reunion scene that was supposed to be earth-shattering just turned out like this.

It is also easy to reconcile. After all, they are not hypocritical characters. They have never had any conflicts, but their emotions are a little unbearable.

After the elementary school students quarreled (crossed out) and argued over who was stupid for a while, they let go of their hands and feet and fought a little bit.

"…………Feel sorry."

"It doesn't matter, remember to supply air-conditioning to my room in summer."

"alright."

"Forget it, as long as you treat me to a big meal... No, if you want three meals, I will forgive you."

"That's it? That's fine."

OK, happy deal!

They are so happy to be back together!

Eric paid a huge price for this, including but not limited to free air conditioning and bleeding three meals.

Although it was very troublesome, he was very happy to see his friend, who looked exactly the same as in the "dream".

As long as he is happy, everything else is outside his body, what does he care about...

"--anyway."

But one person said at this moment: "Eric, you didn't seem to have done anything wrong other than throwing us away and running away. Why do you have to apologize?"

Eric: "?"

and many more.

Yeah, no.

Why should he be full of guilt, as if he owed these two bastards who treated him like a free air conditioner and called him a dwarf, and owed them so much—

"Damn it, I got caught by you guys! Everything I said earlier is out of the question!"

"Hey, hey, you can't just keep your promises!"

"roll!"

The dwarf who became angry from embarrassment was difficult to coax, so the previous process went through again, which took a lot of time.

Fortunately, at the end-Eric, Saitama, Saiki Kusuo, the three strongest humans finally sat together.

"You are living completely now. You will never live halfway and suddenly find out that this is a dream or something, and then die again?"

Saitama asked.

Eric felt a little frustrated when he heard this, and his tone was a little irritable: "I'm alive! Unless I still want to die, I absolutely—absolutely can't die!"

When he said that, everyone was relieved.

In the past, why Eric couldn't think about committing suicide? My friends didn't want to ask this question, so they just skipped it on purpose.

Saiki Kusuo went straight to the point: "Then what are you going to do now? It is impossible to follow the previous track again, and the real world is also different from dreams."

What he asked happened to be Eric's intention.

The "dream" was half true and half false. Now that he came back to life, the scene he saw was indeed different from what he experienced in the "dream".

However, in the "real" part, there are problems that he must solve, and he must write quickly to solve them.

Then just one sentence: "I'm going to save my sister, do you want to go with me?"

If it was Eric, or "Eddie", who had never experienced this experience in the dream, he would never say such a thing.

Because this is considered "seeking help", the proud man has always relied on himself in everything he encounters.And most importantly, there is no "friend" around him who can bear with him.

But now he can say it so naturally, and at the end he can add a sentence with disgust: "Don't be long-winded, just one word if you want to go or not!"

When his friend heard it, Hua Hua looked at each other, and they both saw the tacit understanding after the shock in each other's eyes.

"I can only say one word, is there any other answer?"

"Go! Go! Go! Two more ice creams!"

"What are you doing with ice cream at this time!!!"

hula-

Without any trace of muddy water, the world's strongest trio assembled smoothly and went straight to the place where Eric said his sister was in trouble.

Well, it should be where Eric's sister almost made others suffer.

The two people who didn't know it arrived at the place and found out that the girl was indeed Eric's girl, but she turned into a cold and heartless goddess, and almost wiped out one piece after another of ordinary people with the so-called "holy election" to select pure people.

The reason for "almost" is of course that they just caught up and prevented the bloody tragedy from happening.

"Although I asked you to come here, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing wrong with you." Eric said: "Forget it, Kusuo stay here to help me just in case, Saitama you - and your apprentice, go find My apprentice, let's play, that kid happens to be here too."

Because when Eric found him, Saitama's new disciple Genos was also there, and this lucky young man was also brought here.

Although I didn't decide whether to go or not, I also saw junior high school students with superpowers, elementary school students who don't know why they are super strong, and "weirds" who don't seem to be human...

Genos is in no position to raise any objections.

The "lucky young man" followed his teacher in a bewildered look to a different world, and then appeared in a magnificent palace.

It is said that his uncle's elementary school students are out to work, so he can only watch his teacher's enthusiasm, pulling "Mr. Fa's nephew" and the newly arrived "Chaldea master girl" to play cards.

"Sit, sit, sit, idle is idle anyway, over there Eric can handle it all by himself.

"E, E... Rick?! This name, could it be—"

"Huh? What's the situation with this pink-haired boy? Do you know him too? It seems that he is an acquaintance."

Saitama had just been cross-examined by Mr. Fa's nephew who was extremely excited, and it would not be a problem to have another pink-haired brother who seemed to be so excited that he was about to cry.

Anyway, he already knew that Eric's past life was quite exciting, and he disappeared as fast as he said before, probably not to avoid these people.

Saitama: "For some reason, it's so troublesome to explain. Anyway, that guy came back to life not long ago. Hey, hey, don't really cry, he will come over after he gets the singularity. If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it later. .Well, if he hadn't left us for something and ran away..."

"Eric said that he was in a hurry and wanted to take a step ahead and wait for us in the next place."

Hearing this indifferent voice, it turned out that Saiki Kusuo had returned.

Saitama, who still hasn't heard the previous words: "..."

The pharaoh who hasn't spoken a line yet: "..."

The Chaldeans who are still at a loss up to now: "..."

"... really ran away early, bastard Eric!!!"

*****

Eric didn't want to do such an unkind thing at first, and he knew he would be punished if he did it.

He was dragged away by Merlin.

Only a second ago, he watched with a heavy heart the twin-tailed kid he had brought kneel down and returned the holy sword to Arturia who had been wandering for a long time. He fulfilled the agreement and bid farewell to her who was finally freed.

In the next second, a white-haired nightmare suddenly appeared, grabbed the gleaming golden cup and threw it into the void, then grabbed him and dragged him out.

"Is it done here? Hurry up, the situation is urgent, we have to hurry to the next place!"

"What next place—where else?!"

"First, send the soul of Altria, who is the singularity, to Avalon. Then, there is an elf in Avalon that has just awakened."

Merlin successfully blocked Eric's doubts with one sentence, especially the last half sentence, which made the expression of the silver-haired boy freeze. After a while, an expression of disbelief appeared in his eyes:

"Spirit, could it be..."

"Yes. Lovely Lucas, you should miss it very much, right?" Nightmare smiled, and the marks on his face that were scratched by the eagle's claws disappeared quickly, so it didn't affect this perfect smile.

"... Lucas, are you awake?"

Eric was slightly stunned, with the most obvious expression of emotion since his resurrection.

It always feels like the longest time has passed.

A man named Eddie had once raised two hawks, each named Lucas, and they meant the same thing to him as equally important.

The original Lucas died in the distant age of the gods in order to save him.The later Lucas accompanied him for more than a hundred years, and finally disappeared with the tired man who chose to die.

In the "dream", Merlin did not bring the news of Lucas' resurrection in Avalon, probably because he, who had a life contract with it, was not really alive.

Now that he is resurrected, Lucas will naturally wake up.

No doubt Eric was pleasantly surprised.

Of course he wanted to fetch Lucas back immediately, so he only had time to tell Kusuo Saiki who was outside.

In his opinion, he was only going for a short while, and he would be back without delay.

However, unexpectedly, on the way, Merlin suddenly said in a sigh-like tone: "It's just that this long journey is about to return to the starting point."

Eric frowned: "What do you mean?"

At that time, he hadn't thought of going to himself, but felt that Meng Meng's eyes were very strange, as if he was looking at him, and it seemed that through him at this time, he saw quite a long way-【the past】.

"Eric... Let's call you that for the time being. Your meddling in the Singularity matter means that you want to help save Chaldea, right?"

"What Chaldea is not Chaldea."

Eric didn't take it seriously: "I only do what I want to do. Is there anything worth my shot over there?"

"If there really is one? It's still a place that you absolutely can't give up."

Speaking of it.

The silver-haired boy who had already arrived in the splendid sea of ​​flowers inside Avalon suddenly stopped, and then looked at the magician of flowers with searching eyes.

But at the same time, there was also a sharper and colder edge than the ice blade.

This topic seems to have touched the deepest part of a certain man's heart.

It is a taboo that I have deliberately ignored, and it is also an absolute taboo that should not be allowed to be mentioned at will by unrelated people.

But Merlin saw through everything, and insisted on saying those few words.

Just staring at him like this:

"The next singularity that Fujimaru Tachika and others will face is the most difficult and the oldest. Only clairvoyance can see the tragedy that is unfolding there."

"The location where the singularity is locked is the Mesopotamian Plain thousands of years ago, and its center is the country called Uruk."

"Your most important place is facing the most terrifying life-and-death crisis in history. After knowing this, don't you really plan to take a look?"

"—Eddie."