Chapter 50

"Because you are in a dilemma. Please think carefully about what are the advantages of you going back there and what are the advantages of not going back there. One thing is for sure. If you don't want to go back, my wife and I will promise to protect you until you have enough strength to live in this dimension." Yoru said with a smile on his face.

"You're married?" Shirley looked a little surprised.

"Yes, I have two wives." Yoru replied proudly.

Shirley slightly shocked hearing that Yoru already married and have two wife at that.

"You said that if I didn't want to come back, you would protect me right?" Shirley tried to make sure.

"Yeah, only until you can survive in this dimension."

"Is this dimension so dangerous?" Shirley was a little worried.

"You could say yes. This dimension is in the process of collapsing and rebuilding. So many mysterious phenomenon are happening here and there. This dimension initially didn't have mana or anything like that. But because of the collapse and rebuild process, this dimension has mana now." Yoru explained.

"Are there many who can use magic here?" Shirley is looking for more information.

"No. All I know is me. And my two wives have only been able to control and gather mana yet can't use magic. The others still don't know about mana at all. Because this process has only happened 3 days ago." Yoru answered Shirley's question.

Shirley was silent for a moment and seriousness was then can be seen on her face.

"I will live in this dimension. I no longer have anything or anyone in my original dimension anyway. At least I still have you willing to help me here." Shirley said with seriousness on her face.

"Are you sure?" Yoru tried to confirm.

"Yes. I'm sure." Shirley firmly replied.

Yoru who saw the seriousness on Shirley's face couldn't do anything.

"Then I'll close the door."

[You just need to slash that door]

Yoru then walked towards the door followed by Shirley behind him.

In front of the black door Yoru readied his katana. Before Yoru slashed his katana. He heard Shirley say. "Goodbye everyone. I'm sorry mom, I'm not a dutiful daughter."

And then after Shirley finish his goodbye Yoru slashed his katana with all his might.

The black door split and then shattered into pieces.

Yoru turned around and saw tears appear on Shirley eyes.

Yoru patted Shirley's head and said. "If you want to cry, just cry. No one here can stop you from doing so."

Hearing Yoru's words, Shirley looked at Yoru's face and saw a smile on his face. Shirley couldn't contain her sadness any longer and burst into tears.

Yoru, of course, has put up a symbol so that Shirley's cries are not heard by anyone.

***

After a few minutes of crying in Yoru's arms. Shirley who had realized what had happened felt embarrassed and slightly moved away from Yoru.

[Suggestion. Ask her, if she can use magic or sword. She's from different dimensions. Maybe her original dimensions have magic]

"Shirley can you use magic? Or maybe a weapon like a sword or bow?" Yoru asked to distract Shirley.

"I can use some magic." Shirley then made a fireball the size of a ping pong ball in the palm of her hand.

"I can also use a sword." Shirley added.

Yoru was silent for a moment and then nodded his head and said. "That's good then. You'd better not use your magic in front of a lot of people. This dimension hasn't fully received magic yet. So please use a sword. But you can practice controlling your mana together with my wives."

Yoru then gave a katana that he took from Tokonosu Castle to Shirley.

"I don't have a sword yet, but I do have a katana. A little different, but that's enough for now. Now we better get out of here before someone else comes."

***

In their walk, they talk to each other.

"Are humans not helping each other here?" Shirley was a little confused.

"Because this dimension is a little unstable and there are a lot of monsters roaming around. Humans are becoming a little less controllable. Especially when it comes to food." Yoru explained a little.

"Not much different. In my original dimension it's like that too. Especially with monsters like goblins, to dragons that still roam. Farmland isn't much either. And corrupt nobles add to the misery of the commoners." Shirley explained a little about his original dimension.

"In this dimension there are only zombies as monsters. But the worst is, anyone who is bitten will become a zombie as well." Yoru explains about the dangers of zombies.

"So the zombies are like that? Doesn't holy magic exist yet?" Shirley's hands.

"Not yet, magic hasn't developed much here. Only you and I can use magic in my group. We still use weapons like swords and spears to fight zombies. Although we also have gun. But the numbers are limited."

"Gun? What is that?" Shirley was confused.

"It's kind of hard to explain. But it's ranged weapons stronger than bow and probably some gun is stronger than magic too."

When Yoru explained about gun to Shirley. He saw some zombies around the corner.

"Coincidentally. There are some zombies here. Want to try to fight them? But remember, don't get scratched or bite." Yoru proposed to Shirley.

"Alright, I also want to know how strong I am in this dimension." Shirley answered with a smile on her face.

Yoru then pulled Shirley into a small alley and peeked from there.

"You see those three zombies and one that looks like it's being eaten?" Yoru pointed to the three zombies that were eating something.

Shirley nodded.

"The four of them are zombies. So don't be careless if you see a corpse lying around, it might be a zombie. So if you walk and see a corpse. Just chop off its head. Are you sure you can fight all of them? Otherwise I can help you reduce their number." Yoru reminded Shirley.

"Can you kill 3 and leave one? I don't want to be arrogant and then just die." Shirley said while stroking her stomach.

"Okay." Yoru then took a pebble and threw it at the heads of 3 zombies and the three zombies died with their heads crushed.

Shirley was amazed by Yoru's power.

Seeing one zombie left. Shirley walked over slowly. The zombie heard Shirley's footsteps and immediately ran towards her.

"Ohh... It turned out like that." Shirley seemed to have realized something and readied her katana.

Once the zombies are a little close. Shirley slashed her katana at the zombie's head and killed it instantly.

"Yoru, they are sensitive to sound." Shirley said after sheathing her katana.

"Right. You're aware of all this?" Yoru was amazed at Shirley.

"Earlier the remaining zombies only moved when another zombie fell. And he also turned his head towards me when I purposely made the sound of my footsteps louder." Shirley explained.

Yoru smiled hearing Shirley's explanation.

"You're good with katana too. Probably on par with one of my wives." Yoru praised Shirley's ability.

Shirley was embarrassed to hear Yoru's compliment.

"We better get some rest first. I'm sure you're tired too after running all night in the woods." Yoru decided to rest rather than push himself.

"Do you live around here?" Shirley looked confused.

"No. This area has been abandoned since yesterday. So there's no one but the two of us here." Yoru explained.

"We'll rest there." Yoru pointed to a hotel.

Shirley complied and didn't question anything.

"Shirley, are there many buildings like this in your original dimension?" Yoru asked because he was a little confused as to why Shirley didn't look confused.

"No. There aren't many houses with glass like this either. Actually I'm a little amazed by this place. There are many tall buildings and scattered glass. In my original dimension, glass like this is very expensive. Especially a glass that as clear as this." Shirley stopped in front of the glass door.

"And this glass is also so thick and hard. If it were brought to my original dimension. It would probably cost more than 1000 gold pieces." Shirley was amazed by what she saw.

"We'd better go in first. This place is called a hotel. It a building that work like an inn."

Yoru explained a few things to Shirley while walking through the hotel looking for rooms that were a bit intact.