「 I-I’m back in Japan?! 」
I yelled from the bottom of my stomach as I saw the scene flashing before my eyes.
The subdivision houses and old wooden buildings stand side-by-side on a dirty asphalt road.
A sign set up by a private coffee shop was placed nearby, and the Japanese text written in plastic seem to have woken up my brain that was immersed in the other world.
Looking a little further and the blue light switches to yellow, then red.
The clear LED lights tell me where I am.
Even the irregularly lined-up telephone poles feel that way.
The place I’m standing right now is definitely the middle of a residential area in Japan.
It’s the downtown Tokyo where I lived for several years.
「 I-I really teleported back 」
I reached the lowest level of the dungeon of grace, my teleport skill got enhanced, and so I was finally pleased to reach a new skill level that I found myself using, and so this is the result.
I never expected it to succeed like this.
I gained some knowledge about my skill, so I knew that I could travel long distances, but the ability to move through worlds is too much to hope for.
It’s okay for me to use this power, right?
At first, I stand amazed at where I was, then concerned about my ability, then I noticed someone at the edge of my vision.
I didn’t move my face and just looked at the spot, I see an elderly woman watching me from a distance.
She was staring at me, so I wondered what she was staring at, looking back at her.
「 Why are you staring so hard—Oh! These clothes don’t fit! 」
When I looked at my outfit to see what’s she looking at, I remembered that I was holding an iron spear in my right hand, and an iron shield in my left, and my entire body is clad in leather armor.
That’s not fitting for modern Japan by any stretch of the imagination.
I’m suspicious in her eyes.
If it were just the leather armor, there might be no problem, but what I have in both hands is bad.
This is a one-way trip to getting reported.
「 Oh shit, shit, shit, what do I do? Right! Let’s go back to our house first! 」
I was confused for a moment, but when I thought about it, I’m close to my home
I didn’t hesitate to run, armed in both hands.
I ran as fast as I can towards my home which would take me less than five minutes if I just walked
I was used to this level of speed, but I knew it wasn’t a good idea to run on the sidewalk, so I hopped on the guardrail and kept running on the road, soon reaching the front of my house.
I hurried to the third floor of the apartment building where my home is, and instead of waiting for the elevator, which only had one, I ran up the stairs to my room on the corner of the building.
「 Phew. I think some people saw me, but it should be fine, right? 」
I breathed a sigh of relief when I reached home and saw a familiar door
「 Err, the keys…Oh, here 」
My relief was short-lived, my mind was soon disturbed.
The keys to the house were in the magic bag on my hip.
Can I use it?
I fearfully opened my magic bag and found bottomless darkness, just like in the other world.
Seeing that, I slowly put it in my hand and know what’s inside.
I pulled out my hand from the magic bag, thinking of the key ring with the keys to the room, then I found a leather key ring in my hand.
Oh, ooh!
I can use it in this world too?!
Thinking about it, the fact that I can move fast wearing this equipment and only have a slight breathing problem is obviously because of my skills.
That means that I can use skills and magic tools in this world too.
A little confused, unlocked the door and entered quickly.
「 Anything changed? None? 」
After being away for so long, I expected to see some changes or signs that someone entered the house, but there were no such signs. The place look like it hadn’t been touched for months.
I quickly take off the leather shoes that I bought from this world and had been wearing the entire time, put down my weapon and shield, then step into the kitchen, which was just inside the front door.
「 Nothing changed here either. Oh, wait, the fridge! 」
I looked around the kitchen and saw nothing, but the black appliance in the corner of my eye reminded me of its contents, so I opened it worriedly.
However, there was no smell of decay wafting from the inside, nor did the cool air caress my skin.
「 H-Huh? Did I not put anything that would rot? More importantly, how’s the power supply? 」
I already forgot what I put there but since it was a holiday that day, I should’ve at least put some food to prepare for dinner. I’m sure that there were other ingredients as well.
But all of those are gone and what remained were canned beer and bottled drinks.
That’s not all.
The fridge wasn’t turned on for some reason.
「 Does it mean that someone came in here? 」
Knowing that someone entered my place, caused some anxiety.
However, I also feel like this person was acting with good intentions.
I went to the other room, which I use as my living and bedroom, to see if there were any changes, and I found an unfamiliar piece of paper on the low table next to my bed.
I picked it up to see what it was and found a letter written by my uncle who lived far away.
The contents were simple, “If you see this, give me a call”
「 Oh, Uncle came over. I caused him some trouble. I have to contact him…Oh wait, I sold my phone to the prime minister in Nyhied 」
I tried to find my phone out of habit but when I thought about it, I already sold my phone along with my watch on the first day was summoned to that world.
「 Err, where was Uncle’s phone number again? Shit, I also have to contact the company. Wait, I have to check my mail first. Wait not that!! I have to check if I can go back there!! Right! Euphy would die if I don’t get back! 」
I started thinking about myself after returning to my home, but Euphy would die from her slave magic if I don’t return to that world.
Slave magic kills them if they’ve been away from their masters for an extended period to prevent them from escaping.
I hurriedly activated my teleport skill to see if I can use it but it didn’t work for some reason.
「 S-Shit! Please! Let it activate! 」
Usually, when I use a skill, an image of the possible range of action would appear in my mind, but nothing happened.
I impatiently tried to activate my skills again and again but nothing happened.
「 W-What the hell? No way…Ah, it’s on cooldown 」
I was in so much panic at the thought of losing Euphy that I forgot my skill can’t activate in succession.
I have to calm down and use the skill again when it’s available to reuse, intuitively, I need almost a day.
Is it so long because it’s not the usual short-distance travel, but a long-distance travel obtained from the level two skill?
「 I remember her saying that it’ll take two days before it takes effect. I can make it then. Man, I panicked. My whole body’s now sweating all over 」
Being in that much chaos had me realize how much I treasure that girl.
I don’t remember losing myself to others, even when my parents passed away when I was a child.
Well, I didn’t understand what death meant back then.