"Rei Ao-san, there's sothing I don't understand."
"I heard from the heaven envoy that everyone in the human realm is just an ordinary person."
"But you possess a power so strong that even I can't fathom its limits. What's going on here?"
Lucoa had never been to the other realms.
Her knowledge of the human realm, the heaven realm, the demon realm, and the afterlife realm all ca from the envoy of the heaven realm.
According to the angels,
of the four realms, the human realm—made up entirely of ordinary humans—was the weakest.
Yet Rei Ao,
this human,
was unreadable to her.
Judging from the aura of a dragon he displayed, his power definitely surpassed her own, and might even… exceed that of the End Emperor.
[Na:] Lucia
[Level:] 55
[Abilities]: "Magic," "Quetzalcoatl," "Magic"
In essence, Lucoa truly was weaker than Rei Ao, but her power was also nothing to scoff at.
Rei Ao had only one answer to her question:
"I'm special."
"Special…"
Lucoa was montarily taken aback.
"That really is an interesting response."
Her eyes beca more curious as she looked at Rei Ao.
"Rei Ao-san, I sense a familiar presence on you—may I ask…?"
"Oh, you must an Tohru. She's living at my place right now."
He already knew without asking whom Lucoa was referring to.
"As I thought."
A glint flickered in Lucoa's eyes.
Her feeling had been right: that familiar presence was indeed Tohru.
She hadn't expected the missing Tohru to travel to the human realm and et such a special human.
Rei Ao glanced at the dazed Rizu Ogata and said helplessly, "Soone on that side is really worried about her, so it's okay if I take her back now, right?"
"By the agreent, it's not really permitted to pass between worlds so freely…"
Lucoa paused in mid-sentence, then broke into a radiant smile.
"But Rei Ao-san, you're special. Taking her back is fine. I'll reinforce the space afterward."
"You really are easy to talk to," Rei Ao said with a laugh, then took Rizu Ogata—who was still in a daze—by the hand and headed toward the spatial rift.
Just before stepping in, he turned to Lucoa.
"Hope we get another chance to et next ti."
With that, he led Rizu Ogata into the spatial rift.
"…"
Lucoa watched the calm spatial rift for a while with her heterochromatic eyes.
A corner of her mouth lifted as she murmured quietly, "I'm looking forward to eting that special human again, too~"
…
"Rei Ao!"
Tohru breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Rei Ao return. But she wrinkled her brow and leaned in close, sniffing at him. "You sll like Lucoa!"
"You dragons really do have sharp noses. She could sll you, and you can sll her."
Rei Ao remarked in amusent.
"You t Lucoa?!" Tohru asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Mm. The Quetzalcoatl is right on the other side of that spatial rift. Aren't you going to et your friend?"
"Mm…"
Of course Tohru wanted to see her friend,
but she also felt a considerable aversion to that other world.
"Never mind. We can et again so other ti."
She shook her head like a rattle drum.
It seed Lucoa on the other side felt the sa way.
Glancing back, they saw the spatial rift closing while Lucoa added a protective ward to that patch of space.
"In any case, Ogata isn't hurt, and nothing happened to her. Let's give Furuhashi and the others so peace of mind."
Rei Ao took out his phone, switched to the selfie cara, and turned it on himself and Rizu Ogata.
"Ogata, look up. Let's take a picture."
"…?"
Still disoriented, Rizu Ogata only followed his voice in a daze.
After taking the photo, he sent it to their study group chat.
"Ogata, I think you need to calm down. Let take you ho first."
"…Okay."
Rizu Ogata nodded.
She really did need so ti to settle herself.
Her entire worldview had been shattered, leaving her unable to think logically.
anwhile, as Rei Ao escorted Rizu Ogata ho, Mafuyu Kirisu—who had been anxiously waiting—saw the photo Rei Ao posted in the group chat and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness Rizu Ogata is all right," said Fumino Furuhashi, resting a hand on her rather large belly. She looked much more relaxed now.
"As long as she's okay," Mafuyu Kirisu exhaled.
Even if she knew Rizu Ogata was safe, she still had to make sure.
Mafuyu Kirisu: "@Rei Ao, can you tell exactly what happened?"
Rei Ao: "Ogata's phone got broken. While she was in the school looking for sothing, the security guard locked her in by accident—sothing like that."
Fumino Furuhashi: "So that's why we couldn't get through by phone."
Mafuyu Kirisu: "I see. Are you two still at school? Do you want to co over or call the security office?"
Rei Ao: "No need, I'm taking Rizu Ogata ho right now. Don't worry."
Mafuyu Kirisu: "All right."
Fumino Furuhashi: "Then I'm heading ho too. Our tutoring session just ended."
Rei Ao: "Be careful on the way."
Mafuyu Kirisu: "It's not just 'be careful.' I'll escort her ho myself."
"Huh? Kirisu-sensei, I can just grab a taxi."
Fumino Furuhashi wanted to refuse, but after the scare with Rizu Ogata's disappearance, there was no way Mafuyu Kirisu would let her go alone.
"No, I'm taking you back personally."
"Uh… all right."
Seeing how determined she was, Fumino Furuhashi felt it would be awkward to turn her down.
…
"Um, my house is just up there,"
Tohru headed back first, so Rei Ao walked Rizu Ogata all the way to her front door.
She was still forced to keep her hair in a school-mandated updo, and spoke a bit awkwardly,
lowering her gaze. Her eyes glistened with nervousness as she glanced at her right hand—
the one that had been held by that warm, safe-feeling hand.
"Right, let's let Kirisu-sensei know you're ho, so she can stop worrying."
Rei Ao took out his phone and snapped another selfie with her, sending it to the study group chat.
After putting the phone away, he let go of her hand.
"Go on"
"…"
Yet Rizu Ogata didn't walk straight to her door.
Instead, she looked at Rei Ao with a complicated expression, biting her lower lip before asking, "Um… about what just happened… what will beco of ?"
She knew she'd just learned all sorts of unbelievable secrets.
So she wanted to know what would happen now.
~~~
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