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The second day of the boat trip.

I find myself having a nightmare, and I jump out of bed.

I don't remember the content of the dream, but the night sweat clinging to my body proves it wasn't a bad dream. But the night sweat clinging to my body proves that it wasn't a bad dream.

I was chasing something, like I was being chased by something.

Like I was talking to someone, and someone was accusing me of something. I feel like it was that kind of dream.

I shake my head wide and shake off the unnecessary thoughts.

It's only a dream. It has nothing to do with reality.

I open the curtains of my room and let the morning sun wash over me.

That's when I notice something unusual. The skill senses the danger and forces me to take the most appropriate action.

I deploy Dimension to find the source of the danger.

I find something I don't want to find and walk out of the room with a sigh.

A few steps away, I see Snow, her face darkening, laughing.

'Heh, heh, heh, ......'

The twitching laughter is painful.

From the way he looks at me, I can see everything.

'Oh, uh, ......, did you hear that yesterday ......?'

'Yeah ....... I was just curious, and I used vibrating magic to talk to you: ......

Apparently, he had been listening to my conversation with Rastiara.

It seems that if you don't use your ”Dimension” and keep your guard up, you won't be able to notice if Snow's magic is lurking in the vicinity, so I learned one thing.

'If you've been listening to the end, you'll understand. Don't get me wrong. That was just a blunder. ......

As I squeeze out, I tell me and Snow.

'So, but at least Lady Rustyala is a step ahead of me ......?

To be honest, it's not a step in the right direction, but I gently ogle and answer.

'...... not much different. We're the same people. Yesterday was just a bad situation, and I don't have any special feelings for Rustyala.

If I could think of something special, I wouldn't be having such a hard time.

I tell Snow my thoughts without pretense.

Snow gives him a frustrated and sad look, then a slightly teased look.

'...... If Kanami likes Rastiara-sama, it won't change my feelings, will it?　...... I'm not giving up.

With a slight pout, he replied like a child.

It was a disproportionate gesture for the larger Snow.

I'm bothered by the fact that Snow reacts in a more childish way than my younger members.

But I can feel the growth in Snow's use of the phrase ”I'm not going to give up”. Finally, I feel like the time she had been stuck in is starting to move and she's starting to walk forward.

'Yes ......, thank you ......'

With a double dose of gratitude, I popped my hand on Snow's head.

Perhaps because of Snow's childishness, my body moved on its own.

For a moment, Snow looks curious, and then her cheeks immediately break out in a smile. He doesn't quite understand what it means, but he seems simply happy to be being stroked.

He thinks that un-twitching smile is cute - but at the same time, his guilt is accelerating.

Yesterday's words from the Reaper, words like ”coddling” and ”not a good way to die” come to mind, and I quickly remove my hand.

I bring up a different subject to get away from Snow's regretful face.

”...... Yeah. Well, Snow. You can't stop your vibrating magic from eavesdropping on me.　Because I don't think it's a very good idea.

'What?　Why?

The reason is that people don't always get asked: ...... Even me and the Reapers use dimensional magic at a minimum: ......

'Heh, heh ....... Well, I'll give it some positive consideration: ......?

Yeah, please. ......

When I look away and see Snow smiling slyly, I'm sure of it.

This guy will never stop .......

I'm not going to be able to get away with it.

Then Snow runs away in a panic.

”Well then, that's it!

Oh, wait!　Now we have something to talk about on deck!　If you can, call me when you find someone else!

He calls out to Snow, who is moving away.

'Yeah, okay!'

As he leaves, Snow replies back.

He turns down the corridor and disappears.

After watching it happen, I walk down the corridor to the deck.

On the way there, I meet up with a sleeping Dia coming out of her room.

Dia is a little surprised, but she rubs her eyes and greets me in a sunny way.

'Good morning, Kanami!　It's a pleasant morning!

Good morning, Dear.

It was an innocent smile, neither front nor back.

There wasn't a single cloud on Dia's face after she went to bed regularly last night. Unlike me, who was covered in shadows due to lack of sleep, she seemed to be full of energy and vitality.

''A lot happened yesterday, so I'm incredibly hungry!　Maria's guy said yesterday that he was going to make breakfast, so I'm kind of looking forward to it. I'll complain if it tastes even a little weird though!　Haha!

It's too bright and I close my eyes.

There is not an ounce of malice or envy in the current Dia.

She's the very same angelic Dear that she was when we first met.

'Oh, I'm sorry, Dia. There's something we all need to talk about before breakfast. I'm sorry, but would you mind gathering on deck?

Hmm?　Okay, if Kanami says so, I will!

Deer, who trusted me completely, nodded honestly without asking deeply.

Then she cheerfully runs down the corridor to the deck.

Seeing her back, I almost feel tears flowing down my face.

It was only a word or two of conversation - but it was uneventful.

Instead of feeling sick to my stomach, it was as if my heart was cleansed.

Why can't everyone do what Dia did? Including me, but everyone is too complicated.

But that Dear also has the ferocity to return Mr. Rail's mansion to the clearing, if given the chance. ......

Just for now, you can forget that fact and be moved by it.

Then, after that, I called out to all my friends and I headed up to the deck as well.

There were all six of my friends there. Maria, who works fast, had set up a large table in the center of the deck, so the six of us were sitting in a circle, close together.

I sit down at an empty seat and start talking to them.

I hope that we will never cross paths again.

'Well, there's something I want to talk to you about before breakfast. It's very important and I want everyone to hear it now: ......

All of me--.

◆◆◆◆◆

--I told them all.

I didn't hide it, I revealed my abilities to all of them.

Of course, I told them in detail of my purpose and identity. I made it clear to them that I did not belong to this world.

''Oh, I see. ...... So Kanami was a 'gentile', in the street .......

It was Dia who was most surprised.

'I knew, by the way. And your sister. Unlike Dear.'

For some reason, Maria and Dia are sitting next to each other.

Hearing Maria's statement, Dia's magic power swells. Maria's magic power swells in response. A frightening density of magic is intertwined between them and the space begins to visibly distort.

I've grown accustomed to it, so I pretend I didn't see it and look at each person's reaction.

Rastiara isn't really surprised at all.

Snow isn't showing much interest.

Reaper is as excited as a child.

And--.

--Sera-san, for some reason, was wearing a maid's uniform and glaring at me.

I couldn't even look at her because her eyes were bleary like a Yankee in a comic book. As far as I could observe from the edge of my vision, he seemed unwilling to wear his current outfit.

The reason why he was wearing it was predictable.

Rastiara must have dressed him for fun. It seems that he had also stopped by a clothing store in between his busy hours yesterday. If you look closely, the ladies are dressed a little differently.

I followed my intuition of the skill ”sensitivity” and proceeded to talk to Sera without touching her.

It's really, I've been helped by my ”Inspiration” skill for a long time now.

Thank you, Rowen: ....... And I'm sorry. You didn't tell me for this .......

'You all believe me so easily, but ....... Is another world so easy to accept?

'Eh ......, I suppose it could be if I used my magic: ......'

Maria seems to think that as long as there is a convenient existence of magic, it's not impossible.

It might seem so if she grew up in a world where magic was developed, rather than a world where science was developed.

However, Rastiala was basing his opinion on something else.

''In my case, I see the word 'Gentile', so there's no doubt about it. Most of all, if you're familiar with Revanism, it could be because you have a thinly veiled knowledge of the existence of other worlds.

Is there a connection between Levantineism and other worlds?

Dea and Rustyala, who are familiar with Revanism, answer.

'Yes, there is. There's a statement in the lore that alludes to the existence of other worlds: ......'

'Maybe Tiara, the founder of Revanism, had something to do with other worlds. Just like me and Kanami are now.

I'd never heard of it before.

It was information I hadn't been able to get in the Hoosiers' library. The two men are important figures in Revanism, which makes it highly credible.

'Oh, right: ......'

Finally, I feel like I'm getting something close to a clue to another world. It's a faint hope that seems to be vanishing at any moment, but progress is being made.

I ask two people familiar with Revan lore about the possibility of moving to another world.

'What do you two think it would take for me to return to my home world?'

Rastiara replied lightly without much trouble.

''As for me, I think it's fine to keep the policy of aiming for the deepest part of the labyrinth. And there's no other way to go.