CHAPTER 3 – I’M JUST AN EARTHLING, CAN I STOP AN INTERGALACTIC WAR?
PART 01
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The light vanished, and Iris’ face was right before mine.
“Mn…uwaahh!”
“Kyaah!”
Caught off guard with our faces so close, we both screamed as we jumped backward.
Ah, that was close. If we had been any closer, our faces, or at least some part of which I wouldn’t name, would have collided.
Anyway, since Iris was here, it meant that I’d been teleported back successfully.
I let out a relieved sigh…then a grunt as Iris pounced on me and pushed me to the ground.
“Rekka, just where did you go? I was so worried!”
I didn’t think she’d believe me if I said I’d been to another world.
“Sorry, stuff happened.”
“Stuff?! And I remember cleaning you up, so why are you all dirty again!? The warp is going to end soon, we need to get you ready to meet Papa!”
“The warp’s ending?”
I checked my watch.
It was just before 4 p.m. I had been out of Earth for almost three hours.
“Seems like you got back just in time, Rekka-san,” R commented as she adjusted her military cap.
Her face was expressionless as always, but I detected a sense of moodiness about her. Now that I noticed it, wasn’t she already moody just before we were teleported back, or was it just me…?
Either way, she was right. I had returned just in time. Now I just needed to explain the situation to Iris and hope that she would warp me back to Earth.
But before I even managed to open my mouth, Iris grabbed my hand.
“Come on, hurry up. You can change in my room.”
“Huh?! Hey, wait!”
Iris possessed a strength that belied her slim arms as she dragged me along, and I had no choice but to follow behind.
“First, you need a bath. Come, get in.”
“Hey, wait. I need to tell you something really import- Hey!”
Before I could mention that I needed to go save Satsuki, I was pushed into a bathroom.
And what a strange bathroom it was. There was no sign of the usual bathtub or shower.
“Alright, time to bathe!”
“Huh? But I’m still dressed…”
I heard the girl operate something from outside the bathing area, before the ceiling above me opened up to release a large amount of white gas.
“Oi, hey! Gyaa!”
Suddenly, my body was gripped by a strong centrifugal force which started swirling me and the gas around. After more than ten seconds of continuous whirling that left me unable to distinguish up from down and left from right… I was finally released.
“Alright, you’re done. Now you’re clean,” Iris exclaimed as she stepped into the bathing area.
I just felt like puking.
“…Now I know how clothes feel when they go into the washing machine.”
I guessed the white gas acted as some sort of cleaning agent which could clean both the body and the clothes at the same time. I had to admit it was efficient, despite its strange methods(?).
“Let’s choose your clothes next. Since you’re my lover, I’ll dress you up really nicely!”
“Hey, just wai-”
I was dragged down another corridor, and we arrived at a room which looked like a girl’s bedroom.
A round bed with pink sheets. A large chest with a make-up dresser. Soft toys of seemingly un-Earth-like animals piled like a mountain against one wall. I wonder if that octopus-giraffe hybrid really existed somewhere in this universe… I definitely wouldn’t want to meet it. There were lots of other knick-knacks as well, but the place was as large as my living room back home, so the room still appeared quite spacious.
“Alright, I wonder what looks good on Rekka!”
Iris hummed as she pulled clothes out of her chest of drawers. A dress, another dress, yet another dress… Just what was she planning to make me wear?
“H-hey, Iris…”
“Hmm? What?”
Iris stopped riffling through her drawers and turned towards me.
Argh!… It would be tough to say it when she was looking at me like that, but I had no choice. Satsuki was in danger right now, while Iris’ problem wasn’t as serious. Comparatively speaking, it wasn’t hard to understand why I would put Satsuki first.
Determined, I finally spoke.
“When this warp ends… Sorry, but can you send me back to Earth, please?”
“Huh!? But why!?”
As expected, Iris was not happy with my request.
“Actually…”
I told Iris about how my childhood friend, Satsuki, was currently being targeted by a wizard named Messiah. I left out the parts about me mistaking Iris for Satsuki back at the abandoned factory, as well as the “Namidare Lineage”, as I felt it would just make things even more confusing.
I gave a thorough explanation, making sure to emphasize on Satsuki’s dire situation, and I was sure I’d done a good job of that.
Iris would surely be convinced and bring me back to Earth, but,
“No.”
Her reply was immediate and final.
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