Merry Christmas.

The last holiday of the year.

A day for extroverts to revel in being extroverts.

You might think, “What’s Christmas doing in a world that isn’t Earth?” But that’s how most games are.

Pepero Day, Halloween, Christmas—they celebrate it all. Complete with themed costumes and in-game currencies. For gamers, it’s just another day to collect goodies.

Of course, TaoSoul, the otaku-targeted bishoujo game, has Christmas too.

And since I’ve been isekai’d into TaoSoul for almost three years now, I’ve confirmed it hosts a Christmas festival every year.

No Jesus here, though, so I’m not sure who it’s for.

The important part is that Christmas comes with an event storyline, and one of them is specifically Ashies’ Christmas episode.

It’s not mandatory, but Christmas—being far more sentimental than other holidays—is the perfect trigger for Ashies’ emotions.

I can’t afford to miss it.

‘You have no idea how hard I worked to make it in time.’

If freeing the other slaves had been delayed, Christmas would’ve slipped past like it never happened.@@novelbin@@

But now it’s time to reap the rewards of my efforts. I’m taking Ashies to the starting point of the Christmas event.

It’s been a few days since Ashies heard the music box and cried. There’s been no dramatic lifting of the curse since then.

But she’s been lost in thought more often. Sitting curled up on her bed, replaying the music box endlessly—it looked like someone trying to reclaim their memories.

A good sign. No matter how much I tried to push her, it wouldn’t mean a thing unless she figured it out herself.

“We’re here.”

We had arrived at the office of Urgudar, the Iron Law, near the Heart of Magmar.

“Oh, it’s been a while! I heard you two had gone up north.”

“Yes, just took care of some business.”

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