I Kinda Came to Another World, but Where’s the Way Home?

- Sister, am I weird?

......... that's not true. Whatever they say, I don't think I'm weird.

- But I look like this... can't you get me out of here?

... Still. It's okay, one day I'll... I'll take you to the outside world.

- Really? Promise?

......... Yeah, promise. You risk my life, but I will protect you.

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I had such a conversation about when. The promise of that time, I still remember it well... and Atashi kept that promise. As a result of protecting him, Atashi made him cry. She's a sweet girl, so she thinks it's extra her fault for what Atashi did to keep her promise.

But Atashi still doesn't regret keeping his promise. I decided that Atashi would bear all of that kid's anxiety. Everything that inhibits that kid's happiness, Atashi decided to take. So now Atashi is happy. Because she's doing whatever she wants. You don't have to go back... Atashi threw herself to create a world where she could live happily ever after.

But that child is trying to take back his anxiety and misfortune, which Atashi has taken away from him. Atashi said he was proud to be here bearing this misfortune. Unexpectedly, I smiled bitterly.

And I dreamed of a day I miss.

That day, the day Atashi and that kid's life changed dramatically. The day Atashi took away that child's misfortune. And most importantly, it's the day I sold my soul to that ridiculous monster.

For once, the Atasis know how to undo everything about the Atasis. I know, but I can't do it. Sometimes the means are unclear, but in order to implement this method, Atashi and the others have to do something about their own mind. That's the way it is.

That's why she can't undo everything Atashi has changed, and Atashi continues to be maintained for everything Atashi has changed.

"Hmm... it's a full moon today... that sucks"

Looking up at the sky, there was a full moon that shimmered quietly.

Everyone who has met Atashi says that Atashi's eyes look like a beautiful silver moon. But as for Atashi, such unmalicious praise becomes the worst evil word. Atashi hates that moon.

- Because that moon made Atashi's precious... only one sister in the world unhappy from the moment she was born.

As he glanced, Atashi glanced at the full moon, shining. As if to mock, the full moon was looking down at the Atasis and the others.

Then there's the sound of something moving next to the atashi. Moving her gaze from the moon down, there sleeps easily the most precious sister in the Atashi world. I walked quite a bit today, so by the time I got to the demonic settlement where Atashi and the others are now, it was totally night. I can't help but fall asleep tired.

"... are you still going to look... for someone to undo this change"

"... sooo... sooo..."

"... even if you do that, you can't possibly find it"

Yes, in order to undo this change, there is one more problem with the hearts and minds of the athletes. I need a special opponent to undo this change. But that's not good for anyone... Atashi and the others chose it and it has to be someone they really thought it was this guy. The terms of that other choice are a matter of the minds of the athletes... but this child will never be able to find them.

As much as I can find them with the idea of returning their condition to the same thing as it was back then, the terms of their opponents are not easy, and there is no way I can find them where I looked with that idea.

But Atashi doesn't teach this girl. Atashi is good as this...... I want to stay this way and live forever. Next to this child, I want to keep an eye on this child's happiness.

"... I love you, Chloe"

Atashi strokes Chloe's head, her dear sister, falls asleep next to her and closes her eyes. Apparently it was Atashi who was tired, too. Soon drowsiness struck him, and Atashi's consciousness fell into his sleep.

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By the time we arrived in the demonic settlement, the sky was already dark. The full moon is glowing beautifully. Leishe hasn't worn a hood already, and Leila is still recovering a lot though I carry her.

The proof is that Leila, who was quiet, is regaining enough strength to wake up her torso. Put your hands on my shoulders, they're usually nagging me. But he doesn't seem to be willing to go down, and as soon as he tries to, he hugs with the momentum to tighten his neck and doesn't try to leave.

Anything, he still doesn't feel right. Well, I think he's recovering considerably more than he's energetic enough to say that, but, well, until he got to the settlement, I went and made him accept, so now that I got there, Leila didn't defy the boulder, either, that I was going to put him down.

"I wish I'd been on some more ♡"

"It's hard for me to keep putting one person on the rocks."

"You can't tell a girl it's heavy, can you?

"You didn't say, did you? I mean, I realized it was heavy."

"- You can't do that, can you?

Leila blocked my dialogue by grabbing my face and said so with an atmosphere and a smile that kind of didn't say yes or no. Where did the statement that I felt bad go? But I see if the attack works if the defense to prevent it is to the same degree, or if you guard against the gutter bee until the act of getting grabbed in the face, you can't live.

I nodded lightly because I didn't want to make strange waves for now. Layla's white hand releases my face and closes and opens it all the way next to her face. Leila's expression, laughing snarlingly at whether she was satisfied with the response, had always returned to the thing as usual. You don't like being touched so much by your weight, you've really changed, this kid. I was a kid who didn't care about weight.

But what do you think? I don't think Leila has eaten anything but regular dishes lately. Specifically, I don't feel like I'm eating humans or warcraft. The urge seems to subside a lot when you're biting me, but it's true that you haven't eaten anything yet. Is that how you can help? That's the type of demon tribe you are, and you have to eat proper humans and stuff?

Leila, can you possibly have been... hungry for quite some time, too?

"... Leila, are you okay?

"Hmm? What are you talking about?"

"... no, nothing"

If you're hungry, I can convince you of that awful seasickness.

Vehicle sickness is basically a symptom that occurs when a tricuspid or brain is given irritation or shaking that it does not normally experience. Originally, Leila's sense of equilibrium, which can only move around the array, would be more natural for the ride in the first place... But not eating humans or warcraft would mean that her body, a demonic race of the (that) nature of eating people, would not be sending enough energy to the brain.

A malnourished brain wouldn't be strange to get motion sickness. I guess I can take all the energy I can live with in a normal dish if I see how it usually goes... maybe a little short for the Devil's flesh to move at all costs when doing battles and such.

Well... I wonder what's going on. If this conjecture had hit you, it might be only a matter of time before Leila can't stand hunger and strike someone. Oh, is there only demons on this continent? Well, if you're a demon, would you mind eating it?

Anyway, it's also possible that this conjecture has been hit. Let's not force Leila too much.

"Nevertheless...... this village, or settlement? It's like the Rope Age... the house is all made of grass... it's like a secret base"

"Maybe the house is just gathering and there's no interaction like a village."

"But I don't smell much blood... it doesn't seem like there's a lot of fighting going on"

"What do you mean... maybe there are some rules"

There were several houses in the settlement like secret bases made of straw-like grass and branches. There are dozens or so of them. And in the corner lay the same straw-like grass and branches together. Could it be the guy you like? Does that mean you can build your own house?

If that's the case, you're mostly free. Maybe there's a Demon King Castle or something like that, but there's no decent house under the castle? Or is this place just special?

In the meantime, I was interested in sleeping with straw, but I was tired, so I decided to make a home out of it. Make a simple log house and everyone goes inside. It's empty inside, but I made a simple bed with a grudge and put the mat of the bed that was inside the Magic Bag (Magic Pouch) that Iris gave me on the grudge bed. Now we're done with the bed.

"Let's just spend some time here. Let's think about the details tomorrow morning."

"... somehow, you're quite comfortable even though it's a journey"

"You should be comfortable. Does Mr. Dolan sleep with straw?

"No, I'm sorry. I'd like this one too."

Mr. Doran looked kind of frightened, but as soon as I asked him if he was going to sleep outside for a bit, he returned his applause. There are people who care about the flair of their journey and all that, but they don't. If it's going to be easy, you should have fun in a situation where you're risking your life for something like the flavor of your journey.

Besides, if you can heal fatigue, you should do the best you can. That's what you should do if you can use the bed and make sure you have a safe area. The House of Qi has my tolerance, and if I close the door, it becomes an isolated space. Well, I'll make some air passages, but there's no way I wouldn't use more than the best nuclear shelter I can.

I take off my learning run and fall asleep in bed.

Oh, speaking of clothes... you left that fashionable outfit of Leila's, at the Rookeshide Kingdom Inn. I wonder if Iris will collect it for me. That way I can collect it later...... well, I'd like to finish it all off and go collect it before Leila realizes it. It's going to smell a little nasty if they notice.

Worst case scenario, I might have to look after some new clothes for you.

With that in mind, we spent a lot of time in a carefree house.