Even though I did return to Japan, I didn’t forget my way back to the inn I stayed for days.
I exit the alley and headed straight to the inn.
The innkeeper was at the reception desk upon entering the building.
He looked a little surprised, and immediately urged me to go to my room.
That means he has some idea of what’s going on and someone told him.
I rushed up the stairs and to the room I rented.
I reached the front of the room and put my hand on the doorknob, the door unlocked, or maybe they didn’t lock it, either way, the door opened.
「 D-Daiki-sama!! 」
As soon as I opened the door, I thought I heard a scream, and at the same time, something came flying out of the room.
I’m a little surprised, but I realized the golden-haired beauty coming, so I opened my arms to accept her.
Immediately after that, I felt a terrible jolt in my chest, I feel my ribs were hit with such force that it might’ve been some heavy machinery slamming me.
「 Guoooh! E-Euphy! It hurts! 」
「 Daiki-sama! Daiki-sama! Daiki-sama! 」
「 Y-You’re breaking!! You’re snapping my ribs!! 」
Oh shit.
Euphy’s too strong that my bones…it’s getting pulverized.
「 H-Hey! Euphy-nee! Daiki-nii’s dying! 」
It’s Nia who saved me from my fading consciousness.
She’s pulling Euphy, who’s hugging me tightly, and her cute animal ears and tail perked up.
「 Ha?! D-Daiki-sama?! H-Huh?! Why are you not moving?! Are you dead? 」
「 I’m alive! I almost lost consciousness because I couldn’t breathe! Geez. I thought I would die just now 」
My ribs nearly collapsed and cracked and my lungs were so compressed that I almost stopped breathing.
I’m even wearing armor, just how strong are you girl?
No matter how flexible leather armor is, it’s still a little dented, see?
When I look at Euphy intending to scold her a little, her large eyes were overflowing with tears, and her beautiful face turned to a crumpled, weepy, and pitiful expression.
「 D-Daiki-sama. You suddenly disappeared, I… 」
Euphy, still hugging me, started crying like a child having a tantrum.
Seeing that, I hugged her tight, not wanting to scold her for what she’s done.
「 My bad. I thought that I could return right away, but I couldn’t because of the cooldown 」
「 Uuuu, please don’t disappear without saying anything 」
Euphy continued to tear up while hugging me.
I patted her head and then looked at Nia, who has been watching us with a smile on her face.
「 Nia too, sorry that I went off without warning 」
「 I’m fine. I know that Daiki-nii would return. But, it scared me since Euphy-nee was too worried. You can’t just disappear like that 」
「 Yeah, sorry about that 」
In contrast to Euphy, Nia’s quite calm.
Even so, she looks a little angry, so she must’ve been concerned too.
Man, getting back here is nice.
Euphy’s slave magic won’t trigger and kill her, and the two aren’t left alone anymore.
I know that I worried them, but it’s still quite an accomplishment.
After all, I know that I can come back.
While I was convinced of the possibility of the event where I can go back and forth between Japan and the other world, I pat Euphy’s head as she was still crying, when will she stop?
「 Euphy, don’t cry anymore. Also, can you let go? 」
「 No 」
「 No? How long are you going to cling? 」
「 The whole day 」
「 Eeh? The whole day? 」
「 That’s right. I don’t want Daiki-sama to disappear 」
「 You’re getting selfish so suddenly 」
Euphy’s will is strong.
She’s stubborn and doesn’t want to let go.
She’s constricting me so I could just use my teleport skill to escape, but it feels good to have a beauty stuck on me so I just let her be.
「 Euphy wants to spend the day like this, how about Nia? 」
「 Hmm, I’ll let Euphy-nee have it for today. She’s been like that since Daiki-nii disappeared. Oh, I’ll talk to Gilbert-san and the knights. I’ll tell them that Daiki-nii’s back 」
「 Yeah, that would be great. Thanks, Nia 」
「 Okay, I’m going 」
Nia left the room as if she were going out to play.
It’s just Euphy and me left in the room.
She already stopped crying, but she doesn’t want to leave, she’s staying in the same pose the whole time.
When I told her that I want to take off my armor, she backed away and helped me take it off, but she immediately coiled her arm around my torso and stuck with me the whole time.
「 Euphy, I won’t be going off without telling you, don’t worry 」
「 Uuu, I know that, but… Still, no. Only for today 」
I tried to persuade her to calm down, but it was useless.
Well, considering her age, she’s still a kid, no matter what she does.
This level of selfishness is cute.
「 Oh yeah. I’ll explain it later once Nia’s here, but when I disappeared from the dungeon, I returned to the world I came from 」
「 Eh?! Y-Your former world? The place where Daiki-sama lived? 」
Euphy looked surprised at first, but that gradually began to change to despair.
She must be imagining that I’m going back to Japan and never returning.
「 Hey, don’t make that face. I did return, didn’t I? 」
「 B-But, g-going back to your former world…I-I don’t want it 」
「 Guooh! Don’t hug me that tight! Don’t make your hugs so strong! Don’t worry, if I have to choose between my former world and you girls, I’ll choose you two 」
「 I-Is that so? 」
「 Yeah, I spent the whole day over there but I didn’t feel that much value in the world without you two. Of course, it’s much more convenient and easier to spend time over there, but that’s all. So, don’t worry about me going there and not going back 」
「 You’ll choose us over your home? 」
「 Yeah, is that weird? Just like how you missed me like this, I also couldn’t imagine a world without you two. Did that put you at peace? Can you let go now? 」
「 No! 」
「 I see… 」
While we were talking, Nia returned with Gilbert-san and others.
Accompanying him is Manos, a former knight of the Badel house.
Others apparently returned to their lodgings.
There’s no use coming in groups.
With all the key people in place, I started explaining what happened.
Euphy remained hugging me the entire time, but nobody told me anything.
Manos-san is just smiling at us, Gilbert-san wants to say something but is acting as if he can’t see us.
「 And so, my teleport skill leveled up, I used it without thinking, transferring me to a distant land, and I couldn’t come back until I could use my skill again 」
Gilbert-san and Manos-san are here so I didn’t talk about being back in my world.
「 Kotori-dono. Don’t make the princess too sad 」
「 I’m truly sorry about that. Man, I never thought that it would work in the dungeon 」
Gilbert-san seems to be more concerned about Euphy than me.
Seeing Euphy cling to me, he makes a relieved face.
Manos-san, who’s present at the meeting, seems to be worried about something.
「 Using a teleport skill in the dungeon? That’s strange. Is the grace Daiki-dono received something special? From how I saw it, the activation speed was hard to believe that it was a teleport skill… Well, you have a lot of weird things around you so I guess I shouldn’t worry about it 」
He had a worried look but halfway through, it turned to a smile, saying he doesn’t care.
Somehow, this guy seems to think that it’s a waste of time to think about it.
After giving a brief explanation, the meeting for today has been dismissed.
At that point, Manos-san looked like he wants to tell me something, but after seeing Euphy, he smiled and left without saying a word.
「 Well then, Nia. I’ll also tell you what actually happened 」
「 What actually happened? 」
Now that it’s just the three of us, I can tell Nia the truth.
I sat on the bed and called Nia to the other side, as Euphy’s still clinging to me.
Well then, how do I start this? While I was thinking, I noticed something.
「 Hey, Nia. Do you know who I am? 」
「 Hmm? Who you are? 」
「 Did I ever tell you that I’m not a person from this world? 」
「 What do you mean? 」
I realized that I told her that she could enhance her skills and everything else, but I hadn’t told her any other secrets.
It wouldn’t make any sense if I tell her I came back to Japan in that state.
Nia’s eyes twinkled as I give her a brief explanation.
「 Eeeh?! Wow! You must have some awesome powers for someone who came from another world 」
「 You just accept that quickly 」
「 I mean, Euphy-nee just kept on nodding, and what’s the point for Daiki-nii to lie? 」
Nia tilts her head.
Hmm, she doesn’t show any doubt, and her innocent eyes look so cute.
I’ll give her a hug and kiss her gently.
Then, I explained to her that I teleported back to Japan, and Nia accepted it without question and she just asks with interest on the other side.
Nia never left the city, so from her perspective, this is truly an unknown story.