"It's time to wake up!"

"Lavenza, I don't have school today..."

"But you do have a part time job, no?"

"...Eh?!"

I take my phone and look at the time...

"OH LORD, I AM SUPPOSED TO BE AT CiRCLE IN 30 MINUTES!"

Shooting up from bed, I put on my clothes and all, before heading out.

But as I get outside to my bike...

"What, why is it punctured?! For fuck's sake!"

I ran back up to my apartment as I grab the Rider Belt and run back down.

"Please, please, please..!"

I soon hear the buzzing of the Kabuto Zecter, and as it comes near me, I grab it,

"Henshin!"

And insert it into the belt.

"Henshin!"

Almost immediately as I have transformed, I initiate Cast Off.

"Cast Off!"

"Change Beetle!"

"Clock Up!" I say as I press on the side of my hip.

"Clock Up!"

And soon I am on my way, running to CiRCLE, though I do hope no one will see me as Kabuto when I get there..!

Once I arrive, I immediately remove the Zecter as I get inside.

"Sorry for arriving late!"

"Eh? It's still 15 minutes left till your shift starts though, silly!" Marina tells me as she I look at the time.

"Oh, uh, I just had the feeling I was late, but guess not!"

"Well, well, don't worry about it. Besides, better to be on time, you wouldn't want to see how nightmarish the boss is if you come late..!"

"I only ever hear you talk bad things about the boss, are they really that bad??"

"Weeell, no, but..." Marina says as all energy seems to suddenly leave her. "...I still can't forgive them for making me work overtime yet get paid the same..!"

"Oh geez..."

"Well, no matter, working at CiRCLE is still a delight, and I am only glad that the sister location opening soon will expand our business!"

"Oh yeah, I believe I remember that being mentioned, is it going to be more centered in Tokyo?"

"Yep, the more centered, the more crowd will be drawn to it!"

"But what happens to CiRCLE if the sister location gets way more popular-"

"Don't sweat the details, please..!" Marina tells me while giving me a more pensive look while still smiling.

Well, guess I will just leave that topic behind, and get on with work-

"Uhm, excuse us..!" A familiar voice says as I hear the entrance bell ring, and as I get up to look at the ones who have entered, I get very surprised.

"E-Eh?? Miyu, everyone?"

"Ah, Stephan, hello there!"

"Oh, you know these girls?"

"Yes, Marina, I do, they are students at Arisugawa, but..." I begin as I walk up to them, "How come you four made your way to a live house mainly for girl bands??"

"Miyu wanted to try out the cafeteria here, plus checking out the inside! Problem with that, intruder??"

"H-Haruna, can't you just get over that incident already..?"

"Mhm, Stephan was concerned over everyone's well-being after all!" Kurumi says as I breath out of relief.

"...But you still came by to see me that day at that-"

"Oh you..!" Haruna says upon hearing that while she begins walking up to me, ready to very likely choke me..!

"Wait wait, before you attempt murdering me, at least actually fulfill Miyu's wish..!"

"A-Ah, that's right..!"

"And besides, chairwoman would make the Kamen Rider very sad if she tried taking someone's life~" Kurumi says as Haruna blushes while glaring at the cute platinum haired girl.

...Why did I add cute?

"Ah well, I am going to do some work now, enjoy your time here!" I tell the four girls as I head to one of the practicing studios to do some cleaning.

It doesn't take too long time to clean it, but as I exit and come back to the lobby, I see that Kurumi is sitting there and looking at her phone.

"Oh hey, you still here?"

"Ah, I wanted to stick around because I was curious about something regarding you!"

"Huh?"

"Your belt around your waist, why does it kiiinda look like Kabuto's belt?" She tells me as she points to my waist, so I look down.

...Oh shit, I had actually forgotten to remove the Rider Belt itself..!

"W-Well, I am a fan of the Kamen Rider, and I thought the belt he uses for his Kabuto form looked cool, so I tried making a replica..!"

"...That's a very authentic looking replica if so!"

"Thank you!"

"But the other thing is, have you listened to our unit's songs?"

"Uh, no? You haven't really asked me to listen to Lyrical Lily or anything-"

"Oh come on, you should!" Kurumi replies to me while pouting, which looks very cute- Wait, hold on, that "cute" again..!

"Trust me, I will, but uh, after I am done for the day, would you want to meet up and do something?"

"Stephan, you always seem to be wanting to be with me..."

"Well, I mean, didn't I say I had a fun time with you when we hanged out once? And besides, you did say you wouldn't mind going out more with me!"

"Hehe, true~" She replies while blushing a bit.

"Well, let's meet up at Café Vinyl later then, see you!"

Kurumi bows to me before she heads out of CiRCLE.

"Man, that girl... She is cute- Oh come on how many times am I going to call her cute?!"

"Is she on your mind, Stephan?"

"W-Well, maybe..!"

"Do you like Kurumi or what~?" Marina asks me, having a very teasing tone.

"I... Well, I do, but... I like several girls..!"

Marina looks with a more surprised expression now.

"O-Oh, that sort of case?"

"I know that's dumb, because that just makes me seem like some creepy guy that wants a harem-"

"...I didn't really imply harem, though?"

"Oh, uh-"

"But alas, I am not the one to judge if you are into having polyamorous relationships!"

"Hey, don't assume I would want that..."

"You were the one who brought up harem!"

"L-Let's just drop this! Besides, you are an adult, Marina, you know better than to talk with a kid about relationships."

"Just trying to lighten the mood, Stephan... You seem so troubled whenever some certain girls leaves for the day."

"Man, is it that obvious?"

"It is that obvious." Marina tells me as she smiles before she takes me by the wrist and leads me to the lobby sofa.

"Let's sit down and have a talk. See me as your mother!"

"...What??"

"Just do it!"

"Alright, alright..!"

I sit down at the sofa and so does she, before she sighs a little before giving me a smile again.

"So, which girls is it?"

"It's... Well, most of all it's Touko and Tsukushi from Morfonica, they are on my mind 24/7, I even had a dream just yesterday were Tsukushi was married to me, and another day were Touko was married to me."

"I see, I see..."

"Yeah... And then of course we have Kurumi, but I also really like this girl that is in the same school as me, plus I also met a girl named Sakiko, though I haven't seen her more since then."

"Oh my, five girls, eh? That's a lot already, but maybe it could work anyway between you all!"

"You sure are supportive of me potentially having a polyamorous relationship."

"Of course, I am supportive of anyone's decision, down to my co-workers!"

"Well, guess that's better than you doing everything to not approve of it..."

Standing up again from the sofa, we continue on with the work day, and after I am done, I head immediately to Café Vinyl.

Arriving there, I see Kurumi wait outside.

"I waited way too long on you!" Kurumi tells me as she pouts.

"Well, I had a part-time job, mind you!"

"I'm just kidding, I arrived here myself a few minutes ago~!"

We walk inside and go for ordering at once before we sit down.

"It's nice to just sit down... So, now when we are here, let's chat a bit-"

"Me first! How would you know about mirror monster in Arisugawa?"

Shit, she immediately goes for that sort of question..!

"W-Well, uh, you did mention a monster, and I wanted to hold it off because... I am the Kamen Rider's sidekick!"

"E-Eh?" Kurumi says in confusion, not sure how to respond.

"WHOA, YOU ARE THE KAMEN RIDER'S SIDEKICK?!"

"Whoa!" Both me and Kurumi say in surprise as we see that a blonde haired girl had seemingly popped up from behind me, seemingly having sat at the seats next to us two.

"Ah, it's Rinku!"

"Rinku? You know this girl, Kurumi?"

"She sure knows me! But back to the Kamen Rider, are you really his sidekick?!" Rinku asks me again with stars in her eyes.

"Yes, yes I am his sidekick."

"Whoa cool, that's so cool!" She replies as assumes what looks like one of the transformation poses I have done so far.

"Rinku, why the heck are you bothering others?!" Another voice says as she comes up to our table as well.

"Ah, hello there, Kurumi, and... Wait a minute, who are you??" The girl with the bear ears headband and frilly clothes asks me in confusion, as I have of course never met her before.

"Oh, I'm Stephan Karlsson-"

"And he's the Kamen Rider's sidekick!"

"Rinku!" The girl scolds her friend again, who just keeps on smiling at me, most likely from being so excited over me having said something I maybe shouldn't have said in public, but I had to do something to convince Kurumi..!

"Well, that does explain better the replica belt you have of Kabuto!" Kurumi says as Rinku looks extra and does indeed spot my Rider Belt I still haven't taken off..!

"Shit, I forgot about this again..!"

But when I finally take it off, Rinku suddenly grabs it..!

She puts it across her own waist, before looking even more happy.

"Look Muni, Rei, Maho! I am Kamen Rider Kabuto!"

"That's just a replica!" The bear ear girl, who is apparently Muni, says to Rinku as she goes for removing it from her.

But Rinku hops back and does one of my fighting stances.

"Trying to attack me while my guard is dropped, bear kaijin?!"

"K-KAIJIN?!" Muni almost yells out, not taking it well that she suddenly has the role of the monsters that has been attacking in the latest time.

Rinku pulls out a seashell suddenly.

"Henshin!"

She slides it over the Rider Belt, before she puts her hand over it again.

"Cast Off!"

"Rinku, stop messing around with my/his belt!" Both me and Muni say at the same time, before we look at each other.

"Oops, guess we were on the same page there, heh."

"Well, Rinku shouldn't be playing around, we are here planning how we will be promoting our DJ unit more."

"Ah, you are a DJ unit as well?"

"Yes, we are Happy Around!" Rinku says as she spins around.

"A good name if I say so myself!" Another girl says as she shows herself, plus one more as well, who has darker skin than everyone here. These are likely Rei and Maho.

"Oh, and I am the VJ of the unit, ehehe~" Muni says while looking very proud.

"Mmm, but you are on a date with the VJ of Lyrical Lily..!"

"I know Kurumi, but damn, are VJs always the cutest?"

All five girls goes silent as they look at me, while Kurumi and Muni gets red in their face.

"H-How can you just say that?!" Muni lashes out as Maho goes for holding her in place.

"Easy now, Muni, he was only speaking his mind..! Besides, aren't you proud of hearing that your style makes everyone see you as cute?"

"Mmm, but it still feels so strange to hear it outright and directly." Muni says as she calms down but still pouts at me.

"Still, don't be so direct towards people you have just met!"

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry..."

Muni does have a point, I really can't be too direct of me, it's not the same here like back in Sweden.

I look back to Kurumi, who seems to be hiding behind the menu now.

"Sorry as well, Kurumi, if I have been too direct of me." I tell her as she lowers the menu.

"Eh? Oh, it's fineee~!" She replies with a smile before putting down the menu on the table again, pointing to what she is going to order.

"I'm going to get the soda splash parfait, Touko did say this one is amazing!"

"I keep on forgetting that she is huge on social media, heh."

"Well, I guess being friends with someone even if they are popular doesn't feel too different of it!"

"Whoa wait, Kurumi, did you just say Stephan is friends with Touko Kirigaya, like, the TOKO?!"

"Sure am."

"Man, the benefits one could have being friends with someone with such a massive following on social media..."

"Well, Muni, you should still be proud about how Happy Around is doing well, considering you girls are planning for the next concert, that only means you are ready to give your fans the very best show."

Muni remains silent, but seems to be taking in what I had just said.

"...Yeah... Yeah, you're right!"

"So keep on keeping on." I tell her as I give her a thumbs up.

"Whoa, guess someone got on your good side, eh?"

"Shut up, Maho!" Muni retaliates while the rest of us chuckles at the scene happening in front of us.

"Anyway, Kurumi, let's order the limited time extra large variant of the parfait you wanted, so we can share on it."

"W-Wha..? Well, if you want to, but what if I do something to it~?"

"Eh, whatever, if you pull a prank on me or not, I will just be happy to be with you."

"You're being direct of you again!" Muni tells me, but she soon smiles.

"But, guess that is what makes you, well, you."

"Indeed, can't just keep all thoughts to myself, you know!"

Me and Kurumi soon orders the parfait while Happy Around sits down again to continue their plans.

As we get the parfait, we are both amazed at just how huge it is.

"Oh man, I will probably not want to eat dinner after this..!"

"Whoaaa, look at all the candy they put on it as well, every single candy in the whole world!"

We begin eating of it, enjoying every single bite of the various sweet flavors this parfait offers.

And despite it being so large of it, we manage to eat it all up.

"Oh man, that was great... Touko coming through with having the best stuff trend!"

"You said it, Stephan!"

"Oh, can you get a little closer, Kurumi?"

"Eh? Okey~"

She leans over the table, before I take my thumb and scrape away some ice cream left on the side of Kurumi's lips, and I eat it.

"S-Stephan, you could've just wiped it with a napkin..."

"Wouldn't want to miss out on the last click of ice cream, you know~?"

"...O-Oooh..."

Kurumi sits back down as she is very red now in her face, as she realizes I pranked her this time, even if not much like she does.

"Staaaare..."

I can feel Muni spying on us, most likely about what we are up to, being all lovey dovey and such.

"Anyway, I am thinking of heading back home, I will pay for the parfait."

"But I was the one who invited you..!"

"No, I insist, I had a great time with you yet again, Kurumi, so let me pay~!"

Kurumi is silent as she looks at me, but... her eyes looks like they are sparkling...

...Huh, not only is Kurumi cute, but she has a certain beauty beneath it all.

As I have paid for the parfait, both me and Kurumi begin heading home together, with her still remaining silent but... she walks really close to me and has a sweet smile I have not seen her with until now...

Oh man, my heart is beating so much, Kurumi is truly just as wonderful as Touko and Tsukushi..!

Aaaaah- Wait a minute, I feel like I forgot something...

"Shit, my belt!"

"E-Eh?!"

"I forgot that Rinku has it still!" I tell Kurumi as I begin running back.

Damn it, just as things were going so well, my Rider stuff comes inbetween!

"W-Whoa, wait for me!"

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"I have never seen Kurumi like that before..!" Maho says as she and the others in Happy Around are still stunned over what they had just witnessed.

"Hm, she just falls for such an easy trick by a guy, soon enough that Stephan will surely make her pay for everything. She is an Arisugawa student after all!"

"I don't know about that, because... Aaah, that's such a dreamy thing to do on a date, pay for the girl..!"

"Rei, you have never dated anyone..."

"Well, Stephan is really cool, because he's the Kamen Rider's sidekick!"

"Kamen Rider this, Kamen Rider that, is he all you have on mind?!" Muni berates Rinku, until she spots something.

"Wait a minute, you still have Stephan's replica belt on."

"Oh? EEEEEH!" Rinku says in surprise as she stands up.

"Coming, I will catch up with him!" She tells the others as she runs out of Café Vinyl to catch up with Stephan.

"Rinku, you klutz..!"

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As I am coming back to Vinyl, I see Rinku run out as well, most likely having noticed she still has the Rider Belt on her.

"Uuuuh, I'm so sorry, Stephan, I forgot taking it off..!" Rinku tells me as she looks absolutely devastated.

"H-Hey, it's fine, I forgot about it as well!"

Rinku takes off the Rider Belt and gives it to me, but I should not put it on, the Kabuto Zecter might come flying if I do.

"Waaait for meee..!" Kurumi says, now a bit exhausted from the sudden sprint she had to do.

I walk up to her and bow.

"I'm so sorry I had to make you run like that, Kurumi."

"I-It's fine, hehe..." She tells me while still catching her breath.

"Well, let's rest-"

"HELP, A MONSTER!"

No resting it, someone is in danger!

"Wait here!" I tell Kurumi and Rinku as I run into the direction of the scream.

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"But that way is..!" Kurumi begins, before stopping herself.

"Well, I guess that's fair because he is the Kamen Rider's sidekick..."

"Yeah, and soon enough the Kamen Rider himself will arrive and save the day!"

"...Aaargh!" Kurumi let's out as she begins running after Stephan as well.

"K-Kurumi?!"

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As I arrive, I see that a kaijin is wrecking havoc as usual.

I prepare the Rider Belt, until Lavenza arrives.

"Wait, before you battle it, why not try another driver?"

"What? Come on now, I better just use one I am familiar with!"

"I insist." She replies to me as she hands me a driver and two objects that looks like bottles.

"This is the Build Driver, and with it you use these two Fullbottles, and with it, you will become Kamen Rider Build."

"Huh, I see..."

"Just make sure you give the bottles a good shake before inserting them."

"W-What?! Come on now, I don't have time for that..!"

"Just do it already!"

"Alright, alright, you're the boss..."

I look at the bottles with the strange content inside, which kinda reminds me of the type of liquid you would use in various experiments.

"Heh... Well then, let's begin the experiment!"

"What??"

I begin shaking the bottles as they rattle, before I insert the first one.

"RABBIT!"

And then the second one.

"TANK!"

"Best Match!"

The driver goes into a standby as I begin walking to get closer to the kaijin to distract it, and as it hears the driver's standby, it freezes up and looks at me.

"Eyes on me."

I grab onto the lever of the driver and begin cranking it, the driver now making all sort of mechanical clanking.

While doing so, pipes begin forming around me, until I can see what looks to be the parts of Build appearing.

As it all has fully formed, I stop the rotation.

"ARE YOU READY?"

"Henshin!"

The parts of Build closes around me, and I am soon fully suited up.

"Hagane no Moonsault! RabbitTank! YAAAAY!"

"Well this is a sweet looking suit-"

"UUUUUAARRGH!"

"Oh yeah, fighting you is what I need to do!"

The kaijin begins rushing at me, clearly pissed off that I disturbed its little fun time.

"Up I go!" I say as I take one big leap with my leg on the rabbit side and jump up into the sky, before landing behind the kaijin.

"Guuuh??"

"Don't ask me, I am getting used to this one as well!"

"RAAARGH!"

"No friendly conversations, got it..!"

The kaijin continues trying to hit me, but I jump out of the way.

"I probably can finish you quickly- OOF!"

It suddenly throws a bike at me, making me fall down onto the hard ground.

"Well then, let's shake things up..!"

I look at my leg on the tank side, and notice it looks like a tank thread.

"If I put my mind to it..."

...It begins rolling!

Getting up again, I begin rolling forward towards the kaijin as I come to stop and hit it with the tank foot.

That sends it flying quite a bit, and now it looks like it has reached its limit.

But it soon lifts up a car and throw towards me, which I just barely roll under.

"Nevermind, you still have a lot of fighting strength left!"

I run up to the kaijin and begin brawling with it, just to get it on its knees.

But suddenly I hear a familiar voice yelling... my name?!

"Stephan, where are you?!"

"Kurumi!"

"WGAAAH!" The kaijin yells out as it seems to have spotted Kurumi, but I distract it again by punching it.

As it's finally weak enough, I begin rotating the driver's lever, as a graph appears and traps the kaijin.

"Well now then, the law of victory has been decided!"

I jump up and have my Rider Kick go along the graph.

"Feel the power of math!" I yell out as I hit the kaijin with the Rider Kick, making it explode while I don't stick the landing this time either...

"Ow..."

"The Kamen Rider..."

"Huh?"

As I look to who it is, it's Kurumi, most likely having seen my battle.

"You are safe now-"

"Where is Stephan?! He's your sidekick right, so where is he?!"

"A-Ah..."

I get a little surprised from Kurumi being so... protective of me.

"He's fine, though got a little hurt and fell unconsicous, so I will bring him to his home, don't worry."

"O-Oh, I see. Sorry, I assumed the worst there, that's not like me, hehe~"

Kurumi soon waves goodbye to me, though she is going in the direction of my home.

I remove the Build Driver so I detransform, before I put on the Rider Belt and the Kabuto Zecter comes to me.

"Best to get home and set up me being hurt..!"

Soon I am laying down in bed, ready with bandage around my head.

And my doorbell rings.

Opening up, I get surprised that it's not just Kurumi, but Touko and Tsukushi as well.

"Hey, we were going to visit you regarding something, but we met up with Kurumi here and she told us everything. How are ya?" Touko asks me in a rather gentle tone, most likely feeling bad for me.

"Oh, that's nothing but a little hit to the head-"

"Still, you got hurt being there with the Kamen Rider!" Tsukushi says as Touko and Kurumi nods.

"We just don't want you get hurt, you know!" The latter says as well, with the other two nodding in agreement.

"Y-Yeah, but I'll be fine, I promise!"

"You better, or we will actually scold you!" Touko says as she lets out a giggle while playfully hitting my shoulder, which makes me chuckle as well.

"Take care, Stephy~!"

"S-Stephy again..."

"Bye bye!"

Man, getting a visit from three girls I like.

Though I do wonder what that thing Touko and Tsukushi was going to talk to me about was?

Being the curious one, I decide to just reach out to both about it via Line to get some answers.

And not too long after, Touko replies;

Touko: Ah, I figured ya would ask anyway! Can we meet up in person after school like, on Wednesday?

Stephan: Sure thing, I won't have a shift at CiRCLE that day anyway

Touko: Awesome! See you then!

Touko: ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ

Stephan: See you

Huh, people actually do use those sort of emotes regularly...

Anyway, now when I know I will meet up with Touko, I better also ask Tsukushi, it could also be something similar she wanted.

So I send my question to Tsukushi as well, and she is also pretty quick with replying;

Tsukushi: I'm very glad you asked, yes, I did want to ask you about something, if you are okay with me taking a little of your time?

Stephan: I am more than fine with it

Tsukushi: 😊

Tsukushi: Well, actually, I would want to say this in person, so how about Wednesday after school?

Eh?! That's the same day Touko wants to talk with me, crap..!

Hm, I will ask her if she would be okay to meet up with me at the same time as Touko, seeing as they are in the same band, school etc.

Stephan: Touko actually wants to talk to me in person that day as well, would you be okay if she also is present?

Tsukushi: Oh, I see

Tsukushi: I don't mind it, though I would've prefered for it to just be you and me

Stephan: Then maybe let's try a day later or so, like on Saturday

Tsukushi: If you are okay with that, I am okay with it!

Stephan: Then let's say Saturday after school

Tsukushi: I will see you then.

Tsukushi: Oh and I hope you recover from the injury soon!

Stephan: Just talking with you makes me recover better

Tsukushi: 🥰

Tsukushi: I can't wait to see you on Saturday, goodbye for now!

...Wait a minute, why did I even say that for?!

Well, seems like she responded well to it, so guess I don't need to fear that.

"With that out of the way, I can finally think about something that has been bugging me..."

"So you did notice?" Lavenza asks me as she appears before me, which I nod in reply before answering.

"Yes, because how exactly would Rinku know how to do the transformation for Kabuto?? I have never seen any footage that shows me transforming."

"Indeed, and it's odd because you would've easily been captured on video by all those drones they use to record your battles."

I take out my phone and once again go for messaging, this time going for Kurumi;

Stephan: Hey, Kurumi, do you possibly have Rinku's number?

Kurumi: What, you interested in her~?

Stephan: Nothing like that, it's just something I am curious over that I need to talk to her about

Kurumi: Closest I have is Muni's number, could that work?

Stephan: Yeah sure

She sends me Muni's number and I decide to call her, just so she will hopefully know it's me.

"Hello, it's Ohnaruto Muni, who's speaking?"

"Ah, hey Ohnaruto, it's me, Stephan-"

"Why are you using my family name all out of sudden, I don't mind someone calling me by my name!"

"Well, sorry. But anyway, Muni, would you know how Rinku knew how Kabuto's transformation is done?"

"Wha..? Hellooo, checked the internet lately?? There is a whole Youtube channel that shows how the Kamen Rider uses his various so called belts to transform."

"What the, for real?!"

"What are you, an old man or something?? Of course something like that would be done by the biggest fans of the Kamen Rider."

"What's the name of the channel?"

"It's called 'Kamen Rider Fan Club'."

"...Figured. Well, thank you a ton, Muni!"

"Yeah yeah, you're welcome~"

After ending the call, I check out that channel, and as Muni had said, it was a ton of videos circulating about me, or rather, my identity as the Kamen Rider.

Tons of videos such as transformation lessons, recordings of my battles and even speculative ones, about who the Kamen Rider is, are here.

Well, that answers that, but still-

"Ah, so you found the source of what Rinku might've seen?"

"Oh yeah, I have, thanks to Muni."

"I do still wonder just who has done these videos, but as of now, it can serve as good reputation for you."

"Well, I am not doing this to have the public's opinion on me, instead it's because I want to save people from all these kaijin attacking us recently."

"As expected of you to say." Lavenza says as she smiles.

"You truly do remind me of the one I used to see over together with Igor in the Velvet Room, even if I back then used to be split up into two persons."

"Whoa, you haven't told me about that, must've been rough..."

"I wasn't really in pain, but when I were split up, my original consciousness only existed by a little butterfly."

"And then you eventually were restored into the reliable Lavenza."

"Well, yes, to put it simply." She says as she takes out her grimoire.

"I still have stored a lot of history regarding Personas in this, all used by the Trickster."

"Considering you have pages upon pages of those Personas, you must be one hell of an expert on them."

"Hmm, you could say I am."

"So why make me a Kamen Rider?"

"I couldn't risk you being a Wild Card, because that could've possibly meant worse things would happen... Besides, it's nothing I can do myself either, so I did a quick research and found that you being a Kamen Rider would be much easier on you in general."

"You sure? I have had my ass beaten by some kaijin you know."

"Well, you won't just get victories handed to you!"

"I know, I know, I am just messing around with you~"

"Heh, that I am honestly glad over, being here let's me see things a little differently and loosen up some, because I am no longer an attendant in the Velvet Room, but rather just of you, the Kamen Rider."

"Well, attendant or not, I see you as a friend of mine that just so happens to help me a little extra!"

Lavenza can't but to smile wider this time, she seems to be happy to be here, which makes me happy as well.

"Mhm, then I will continue be someone you can call your friend, and I will keep on getting used to your world."

"Now that sounds great!" I tell her as I give her a thumbs up, which she does back, even if in a bit of an awkward manner.

"Anyway, I should prepare myself for the coming week, I am meeting up with Touko and Tsukushi during it after all!"

To Be Continued.