11 Chapter 11 A Group chat

(Amane-Pov)

Watching the girls chat amongst themselves made me feel out of place. I thought it would be best to occupy myself with something, so I took out my phone to play a game or browse the internet.

Buzz! feeling my phone vibrate for a second and saw a notification pops up.

<title: Dimensional Chat Group

Sender: Kiana Kaslana.

Are you interested in traveling to different worlds? Do you wish to grow your empire and become stronger? Come and join the dimensional chat group, where you might even receive free cookies!>

It sounded like a scam, but the message was interesting. I couldn't help but giggle at it and decided to accept the invitation.

<Ding! The Emperor of Hinomori (Sun Forest or Forest of the Sun) has joined the group chat.>

Tuna: Hello, newcomer! I'm your senpai, Kiana Kaslana.

It sounds like she's boasting that she's the first person to join the group chat. I can't help but giggle at her cute antics and decide to go with the flow and introduce myself.

Emperor of Hinomori: Hello, Kiana-Kaslana. I'm Fujimiya Amane. Nice to meet you. Senpai~

The girl who always gets kidnapped: Hello, I'm Luo Yan. Now that Fujimiya Amane is here, can you explain what kind of treasure this is?

What kind of title is that? It's already funny enough to have a title like Tuna, and now there's a person who has a title of "the girl who always gets kidnapped."

Tuna: I don't know what kind of treasure you're talking about. How about sending a picture of it so that we can figure it out?

The girl who always gets kidnapped: I'm using this box to communicate with you. And weren't you the one who gave me this box?

'Don't tell me she mistakenly thought that phone was a treasure?' I thought as I saw her message.

Tuna: Hahaha, oh my god! Have you been living under a rock or something? How can you not know about the current trend of phones? And you're calling it a box?

Emperor of Hinomori: Kiana-Senpai, that's rude you know.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: No, I'm not living under a rock. Instead, I live in the mountains. But how did you know that?

Emperor of Hinomori: Senpai, you're lucky that she doesn't understand that term.

Tuna: I see, I'm sorry Luo Yan, for being rude.

Seeing Kiana apologize, I couldn't resist teasing her.

Emperor of Hinomori: That's my Senpai, here's your reward.

<DING!> The Emperor of Hinomori has sent three boxes of bento to Tuna.

Such a cute girl, I'm looking forward of meeting you, senpai.

Tuna: Thank you, Amane! Mmm, it's delicious! Please marry me, Amane.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: Kiana Kaslana, you shouldn't say something like that, you still didn't know him well.

Tuna: You can call me Kiana, and my instincts were telling me to marry him at all costs. That's why I would never give up because it's my path as a Kaslana

Emperor of Hinomori: In other words, she's stubborn.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: Sigh, yeah, she is.

Tuna: Now that I'm full, I'm going to continue my adventure to search for my missing father. Bye.

Emperor of Hinomori: Bye.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: Bye.

<Ding!> Tuna has gone offline.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: For unknown reasons, I'm starting to worry about her.

Emperor of Hinomori: Let me change my name first.

<Ding!> Emperor of Hinomori changes his name to Amane.

The girl who always gets kidnapped: How?

<Ding!> Amane sends a PDF.

Amane: Feel free to read it. Bye, I need to take care of my girls.

After typing that, I closed my phone and looked at the girls sleeping next to each other, with Mahiru smiling at me.

"Looks like you enjoy playing with your phone, Amane-kun," Mahiru said.

"Yeah, I got invited to an unknown group chat, but I can tell that they are good people," I replied.

"I see, I would head back now. It's already late," Mahiru said as she walked towards the front door of the apartment.

"Feel free to visit us if you ever feel lonely," I said, noticing her slight downcast expression.

Mahiru stopped in her tracks, looking at me in shock, and then smiled. "Yes, I would love to do that," Mahiru answered.

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Gu Yuena was a teacher at Suimei University, so she went to the school in advance.

Because of that, I was left alone to buy the things we needed for the new apartment since it would be our permanent home from now on.

I raised my hand to signal a taxi to stop.

"Oh, young man, we meet again," the taxi driver said. He was the person we had asked about available apartments.

"Yes, thank you for helping me find an available apartment," I replied.

"Hmm, I heard that a couple bought the whole apartment yesterday. Was it you two?" the taxi driver asked.

"Unfortunately, yes," I answered, giggling at the dumbfounded face of the apartment owner at that time.

"Thanks to you two, I received a large tip. Now I can help my granddaughter enroll in a good acting school," the taxi driver said.

"May I ask what happened to her mother or father, if it wouldn't offend you?" I asked out of curiosity, considering his age and his physical condition. I wouldn't mind lending a hand to help him. After all he was around 74 or 75 if I'm not wrong.

"You're lucky that I needed an opinion from someone around her age," the taxi driver answered.

"I'm always lucky, grandpa," I replied with a giggle.

"So, you're Checky, huh?" the taxi driver replied. "You see, my granddaughter wanted to become an actor after watching her grandma perform. She lost her mother at a young age, and her father has never shown up since she was born."

"She's lucky to have a grandpa like you, unlike mine," I replied to his story.

"Hahaha, no grandpa wants to see their grandchild suffer," the taxi driver answered.

"So, throwing me into a forest full of wild animals at the age of 4, without any weapons, and coming back after three months just to tell me that I should join the military was supposed to mean that he loves me," I answered.

The taxi driver coughed, clearly taken aback by my statement, as it was not normal for a child to be sent into the military. "Should I call the police for child abuse?" he asked.

"No need, thanks to that experience, I saved many people and gained a deeper understanding of life," I answered with a smile.

"I see, now I understand why you're so mature," the taxi driver replied. "Ichinose Katsuhito, feel free to call me if you need a taxi."

"Well, I might rarely call you because I have my own car, although my mom is using it at the moment as she's coming to my apartment to check on me," I replied, handing him my business card. "Feel free to call me. My mother owns several acting schools, and I can help if anyone tries to bully her."

"Thank you, young man," the taxi driver answered, receiving my card. "How about I invite you to my home and introduce you to my wife and granddaughter?"

"I'm sorry, but I have to decline. I still have things to buy, after all," I replied.

"I understand. Too bad, but if we meet again, feel free to visit me," he said.