"Looks like there's a time limit for God Parion to connect worlds . I have to go soon . "
Gentle light falls from the heaven, wrapping me .
My body floats in the air and my view is swallowed by the light while my friends and Satou are watching . I could dimly hear Rin's sorrowful voices calling me .
--Sorry, Rin .
I apologize to my friends in my mind .
『My gratitude, Hero . 』
I heard a voice mixed with noise, like a badly tuned radio, inside my mind . This cute childish voice is of God Parion .
She conveys her thought with flowing images .
Looks like she's thanking me for subjugating the demon lord . I regret that I can't see the young goddess inside the whitened view .
『Parting, Apologize . 』
--Don't worry about it . I'm the one who chose to do it .
I shook my head at God Parion's apologetic thought .
『Great Happiness, Future, Blessing . 』
--Yeah, I'll find so much happiness so that Rin and the others I left behind won't have to worry .
Hearing me, the young goddess sent a smiling image at me . That's right, children gotta have to smile!
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"This place is--"
I was standing on a stone pavement when I noticed .
--The precincts of a shrine?
Right! I was in this shrine when I got summoned .
"So I've come back . . . . "
I run down the stairs .
I passed through a vermilion arc gate, arriving at a gray road that smelled of exhaust fumes .
"Kya"
I heard a girl's voice on the side . Looks like she was surprised because I rushed in .
"My bad--Tachibana!" "--Eh? Masaki-kun?"
I found my childhood friend with her loli face--Tachibana Yumiri and I immediately hugged her slender childish body .
"No, w-wait, Hayato-chan! Please do this at a more romantic spot . "
When I heard my panicking childhood friend's voice, I couldn't hold back my nostalgia and ended up weeping .
"What? Are you hurt anywhere? Heey, Hayato-chan . " "Yumiri Yumiri, I'm back . I've come back . "
Yumiri gently hugged this unseemly me back even while being at a loss .
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"Here you go, Pekari . You like it right . " "T-thank you . Ah to think I could drink Pekari again--"
Yumiri offered a handkerchief as I got in tears again when I saw the sport drink she gave . I feel that Yumiri's cheeks look red, maybe because of the hug earlier .
"--Huh?" "What is it now . "
Yumiri frowns quizzically .
"Why are you in sailor uniform?"
From what I remember, this guy doesn't have a cosplaying hobby .
"You're really! We were together at the school earlier . "
--Earlier?
I stare at Yumiri's eyes .
"W-what . "
Yumiri crosses her arms in front of her body, taking a guarding pose . She was shaken enough that she began to act strangely, but I only noticed that after I got home .
There was something more important for me at this time .
"What year and date are now!" "He?"
I caught the puzzled Yumiri's shoulders and asked .
"Tell me!" "U-un . . . . It's the third of March 2013, the time too? It's 12:15 . "
I don't remember the time, but there's no mistake about the date .
This was the day I got summoned .
"I thought Time magic didn't exist . . . . " "Hey, didn't you say that you'd graduated from chuunibyou in your middle school days? Did it recur again?"
Yumiri who heard my muttering said something, but I couldn't afford to mind that as I touch my face all around .
"Are you really alright?" "Mirror! Do you have a mirror?" "I do though?"
I look at the mirror Yumiri handed to me worryingly .
--It's the high schooler me .
"Huh? Come to think of it, why are you wearing a suit? Interview for a part-time job?" "It's a long story--"
I talked to Yumiri about the other world while feeling pleasant with the surprise from the young goddess . At first Yumiri didn't believe me at all, but she consented after I crushed a coin into four parts with my fingers .
My strength had been badly lowered compared to when I was another world's hero since I couldn't use my skill here, but there was still enough unreasonable strength remaining for me to do that . I feel that I probably could join into the circle of top athletes if I just trained a bit .
"Hmm, you went through a lot . And, did you leave lovers or wives in the other world?"
Her words were light . Looks like she didn't completely believe it .
Well, whatever .
I also would have laughed someone if they told me something like this .
"Nah, I didn't have any lover nor wife--"
--The one that's always been in my mind .
Yumiri blushed as I stared her .
Let's not talk about Princess Arisa .
"Sorry, Yumiri, I have to go home and say 『I'm home』 to my little sister . "
When I said that with an earnest look, Yumiri's shoulders dropped down a bit for some reason, but then she waved her hand and said, "Bye bye" while looking astonished .
"Un, see you tomorrow . "
My cheeks loosened from Yumiri's farewell .
"Yea, see you . "
"Bye~"
Yumiri looked satisfied when I replied her .
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"Ichirou-nii's friend?"
A beautiful woman who feels similar to Satou is looking at me suspiciously .
"Yes, I'm here to deliver a letter he's entrusted to me . " "How old are you?" "Tw--seventeen . "
I almost said my age when I was in the other world .
"Then you knew Ichi-nii when you were seven?"
--What does she mean?
"No, it was two years ago . "
Her expression disappeared from her face when I said that .
"Really--"
The beauty whose expression changed into that of a noh mask said, "Go home", and turned back into the entranceway .
"P-please wait . At least please take letter . " "If you want to prank someone, do it somewhere else--"
She said that with a cold voice, and then she slammed the entranceway's door right before my face .
"Oh my? Do you need something here?"
When I turned back at the voice behind, there was a middle aged woman who looked similar to Satou, holding a shopping bag .
"Are you Suzuki Ichirou's mother?" "Yes, I am?"
After introducing myself, I told her the same thing I said earlier .
"Don't you know that our son went missing 10 years ago?" "10 years ago? He left me a business card though--"
I hold out a business card that Satou gave me .
"I think you're mistaking him with someone else . That child went missing when he was attending an university . He shouldn't be working anywhere . "
I recalled, the words "The world might be different" that Satou said when I listened to her . After apologizing to her for the clamor, I left the Suzuki house .
A little while after leaving Suzuki house, something that I didn't notice earlier hit me .
"--Why didn't Satou's family even consider the possibility of him surviving?"
The two didn't seem like they hated Satou . Yet the two didn't seem to even consider the possibility of Satou being alive at all .
I hesitated if I should talk to them again, but for some reason, I ended up only putting Satou's letter inside a nearby postbox and went home .
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"Hayato-nii, what a' you doin'?"
My little sister Aika who had just turned three talked to me clumsily .
"I'm making a doghouse . " "Do'! Keep do'?"
Aika gleefully asked while climbing my back .
She's adorable today too . Truly an angel .
"Right . We should keep one . " "Waai"
Aika happily jumps up and down .
I quickly supported Aika as she was about to fall from my back and lowered her on the ground .
"Ride on do' back!" "I see I see . Then we gotta keep a big dog . " "Aye!"
Looks like my image library will get additional pics of my pretty little sister riding on a dog's back . Aika was watching me making the doghouse for a while, but then she dozed off halfway through so I let her sleep in the sofa .
"--Alright, complete . "
Lastly, I nailed a nameplate written with word, Satou, on the doghouse .
This nameplate was sent to me from Suzuki family . It was probably because I sent a letter of apology to Satou's family the following day .
I got a message from Satou through his family's letter . Dunno why, but he asked me to make a dog house and put this nameplate on it .
"Well it's that guy's request, so this must have some meaning to it . "
I muttered while stretching myself .
I clap my hand to brush off wood chips and dust .
"Hayato-chan, are you inside?"
I heard my childhood friend Yumiri's voice from the entranceway .
After our reunion recently, she came to call me "Hayato-chan" like she used before, instead of "Masaki-kun . " I got thoroughly made fun of in the school, but since it somehow felt like I regained my lost youth, I gladly enjoyed it and then it waned before I knew it .
"I'm here!"
I called Yumiri from the garden, thinking of bragging the doghouse to her .
At that time, a presence appeared behind me .
"Hello, Hayato-sama . It's been awhile . "
I turned back and saw a man who looked like he was just before his thirty coming out of the doghouse .
"Don't tell me, you're Satou?" "Yes, it's been a while isn't it . "
It's my friend with the same atmosphere, but aged . I don't know how he crossed worlds, but Satou could probably do it indiscreetly .
"Thank you for coming . I'm happy to see you again . " "Yes, me too . "
It's only been several months for me, but it's probably around 10 years for Satou .
"Satou, what happened to that world--"
I asked my friend's business while exchanging reunion hugs with him .
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"Ha-Hayato-chan? Onee-san thinks BL is bad for you!"
Yumiri who saw us exchanging reunion hugs said some preposterous remark .
"Would you happen to be Hayato-san's elder sister?" "N-no, I'm Tachibana Yumiri, Masaki-kun's childhood friend and classmate . "
Satou shrewdly talked to Yumiri . He murmured, "Tachibana" when she heard Yumiri's name .
"Sometimes ago, Hayato-san really helped me when he picked up a briefcase with a large sum of money in it . " "Briefcase?" "Yes, that's right . If I couldn't find that briefcase--"
Looks like Satou is fit to be a first-rate fraud . Yumiri who got deceived in the blink of an eye said, "It's nothing important, I'll talk to you at school tomorrow", and went home .
"I'm glad we cleared the misunderstanding . " "You bet yea . "
I ask Satou again while sighing in relief .
"And, did something happen to that world?"
--I won't spare anything if my power is needed .
"Arisa asked me for something . " "My honey--sorry . "
Oops, it should be about time for her to become Satou's wife and have children .
"No, you're free to call her what you like . "
Satou is all smiles like usual . For some reason, he's drinking the cheap instant coffee with great relish .
"And, what do you need? Ask me anything if it's something I can help . " "Then, could you guide me to the drugstore or supermarket nearby?"
--Drugstore?
"Arisa said that she wanted to eat instant food, thus I'm here to buy various kinds . "
--Haa?
This was the time when my jaw dropped . Who would have guessed that he was teleportating between worlds, which even gods couldn't do, just to buy instant food!
"You never change . . . . "
While sighing, I lead my friend to the city in order to fulfill his wish .
"You even had a driver's license . " "Yes, I couldn't exchange that thing with money if I didn't have an ID card . "
Satou got his fund by selling a mysterious object made of gold in a precious metal purchasing shop . After the exchange, we went into a back alley and his appearance changed to the 15 year old Satou I'm familiar with .
"The effect of illusion magic is truly short in this world isn't it . "
Apparently, it's not that 15 years have passed in that world, he just had it prepared to match his appearance on the driver's license . After buying several boxes of instant foods, Satou went back to the other world satisfyingly .
Afterward, he occasionally came to visit once every several months .
I was surprised when he brought along Rin who looked and got younger, but right now she's got along well with Yumiri and Aika . Satou prepared her family register in this world . His cheat performance is really dependable like always .
"Satou, how is the world over there?" "Yes well, it's really peaceful like this world . "
I asked Satou while watching him playing with my little sister in the garden .
"Hey, did you do something to that?"
The TV was full of news about wars and disasters when I got back to this world, but they decreased every time Satou came visiting .
Satou only smiled and laughed without answering me back .
Geez, looks like Satou is Satou no matter the world .
※ The next update is planned for 2/26 .
※ 2017/2/21 Changed a bit of Satou's family reaction and the matter about dog house nameplate
※ The part after ◆ might change depending on the development of the main story
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