Home and Surprise

After the talk with Eleonora is done, Gin now spends her free time alone within the Pendragon family house.

'A week from now. Finally, I can return to my home and meet with my friends.'

Minowa Gin let out a small sigh from her mouth. She is nervous and curious at the same time. Mainly because of how her family and friends see that she returned alive from that? She is also sure that her body is already buried somewhere in a cemetery.

When Gin arrived at Eleonora's world, she somehow but slowly matured. She knew that a third-grader student like her should think like any child of her age, but Gin somehow changed when she met Eleonora. The bluenette is older than her for sure, but that's doesn't change that the young chairman should be around the former hero of Taisha and Shinju.

That's why Minowa Gin changed, albeit slightly, to be a better person than before. She is also has a weird and unknown feeling residing within her chest. Whenever Gin saw Eleonora, either the smile or eyes, she was flushed in embarrassment and had to look away for a moment before composing herself.

She felt the need to be together by Eleonora's side. Her desire to be a bride drastically increased whenever Eleonora was around or by her side. That unknown feeling that she had, Gin didn't hate it. Instead, she liked that and wanted to keep it within herself; she wanted to feel the warmth given to her.

'I know this feeling is familiar, but I cannot figure it out. Gah!! I'm foolish, ain't I? Should I ask the people around the house…? But I can't ask that to Eleonora-san. I don't know why, but something tells me not to tell Eleonora-san about it.'

With a tired sigh escaping her mouth and a heavy mental burden on her shoulders, Gin then wandered around the Pendragon's residence as she walked out of the house. The grey-haired girl was still amazed by how big Eleonora's home was and its area around. Even Sonoko and Sumi's house isn't so big as this as far she remembered.

'Yeah… the comparison is really different. Also, Eleonora-san even already had a job. It's surprising since she is 14 years old this year in here. Not even twenty yet, but she is crazy rich with her own money without her parents' help. Someone like that really exists, huh.'

Once again, Gin let out a tired sigh. She was nothing compared to Eleonora, even though Gin had the job of taking care of her brothers since her parents worked so late and couldn't handle the house properly. She is also liked that since her dream is to be the bride of someone she loves.

Although Gin is a tomboy and likes to do boyish things, she is still a girl and wants to be a beautiful bride to someone she loves with all of her heart. That's why she is also taking her job of taking care of her brothers diligently and thoughtfully, so she can be a good or even perfect bride to her husband in the future.

While thinking and walking through the yard, someone spotted Gin and called her out. That person approaches the grey-haired young girl with a kind smile on her face while having a small floating cat around her right shoulder.

"Ah! Gin-san, good morning."

Being called out and greeted like that, Gin responds with a kind smile of her own to that girl.

"Good morning too, Emilia-san. How are you today? It seems something good happens to you."

"Eh…? Is that so? I-I'm sorry, but…."

"A-Ah, if that's private, you don't have to tell me! Sorry for asking you about that, Emilia-san!"

But Emilia waved her hands to Gin, who politely bowed her head as she apologized to the half-elf. Although the silver-haired half-elf girl didn't mind it, she is a bit guilty because what she did cause Gin to apologize to her.

"I-It's okay. I have no problem with it, Gin-san. It just… kind of embarrassing to say."

This caused Gin to have a confused look on her face, while Emilia's familiar, Puck, just scoffed as he finds it quite funny how his 'daughter' is behaving right now. The silver-haired half-elf twirled her fingers together in shyness and looked away for a moment.

Minowa Gin just scratched her non-itchy cheeks seeing this. But, since she thinks what Emilia wants to tell her is something that makes her embarrassed and can make the silver-haired girl react like that, Gin spoke to Emilia about what she should do.

"Ahem. Emilia-san… if you really don't want to, just don't do it. I mean, some people have some embarrassing things that make them hard to tell someone, even if they were so close to each other. I don't want to force you, or you felt forced by that."

Emilia's purple-blue eyes blinked, and her mouth agape before nodding at Gin and saying something to her grey-haired former hero friend. Emilia didn't mind sharing the good thing that happened to her, so she would tell her friend about it.

"Uhum. That's okay, Gin-san. I just want to tell you that I want to… experience what school is like from what Eleonora-san has told me, and I gained her permission as she said that "Feel free to do what you want, Emilia-san. I'm not forcing you and if you need anything, just tell me about it, and I will do my best to fulfill that." to me."

Gin went quiet for a moment as she tried to understand what Emilia meant and let out a small laugh, which caused the half-elf's eyebrows to frown, but the laughter quickly died as the grey-haired girl said something to Emilia.

"S-Sorry for that, Emilia-san, but… I don't think that is something to be embarrassed about, you know."

Emilia pouting when Gin says that to her. The grey-haired girl wipes off the tears of a laugh from her eyes. Even Puck nods his head in agreement with Gin since something like that isn't so embarrassing and all.

"But… from what I've known that someone at my age should already graduate from high school, even more university. I mean, I am 115 years old, and I don't go to school before that."

"Actually, you go to Sunday school-like before your beauty sleep for one hundred years later, Lia. So if we take your age before that, you are still in high school student age or at least be the first-year student, and Eleonora even doesn't go to school like others, but just hires someone to teach her in the home."

"But Eleonora-san said that if I got to school like everyone else, then I could meet a lot of new people and have new friends, Puck. I won't pass on this rare opportunity. I want to experience what school is at very least in this world and have many friends during it!"

Puck rubs his chin, thinking of it, and shrugs it off as if he has already given up about that.

"Alright then. Since there's not that much discrimination or racism towards non-human races, then I should say it's okay, and if possible, we should choose a school where there's no discrimination or racism on it."

"Mhm! I'm okay with it, Puck. Ah, Gin-san. Do you know what's school life feels like?"

"Ah… for me, it's fun! I study, play with friends, and others! Although the study part sometimes makes me tired or bored easily because of how hard it is, I also enjoyed it! We also occasionally hold a school festival or anything."

Emilia's eyes went sparkled in excitement when she heard 'school festival' and friends. She became more eager and excited for the school life she might have here.

"School festival?! What is that, Gin-san?"

"Uhm… it's similar to any festival here, but we hold it in school instead of a temple, shrine, or place. We also have them pay with the handmade coupon or vouchers we made so they won't have to pay with money. After that, we gather the coupons or vouchers we have collected from our work and give them to the school."

"Eh! Then, that means you won't get real money for that hard work?"

"Yes, but the meaning of it is for learning, so when we were graduate or found a job, then we know the struggle of it. I mean, it's also taught us to be independent. None of us so far complain about it since we enjoyed it without realizing that."

"…I see. Then, I would like to know more about it. Since you seem knowledgeable about this, I want you to tell me anything about Gin-san school or related to it. Would that be okay with you?"

Gin scratched her head awkwardly and nervously when Emilia asked that to her.

"I would love to, but… are you okay with it? I'm an only elementary student, not in high school yet. I doubt it will help you that much."

"That's okay, Gin-san. Please tell me more about it."

"…Alright. I'll give you some general things about school, but we have to ask someone if it advanced from elementary school. How's that?"

"Yes! Thank you so much, Gin-san!"

Gin grinned, and then those two, along with Puck, discussed anything related to school, albeit it's only limited to elementary school since the grey-haired girl is still an elementary student.

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Despite how Kurumi was labeled dangerous by AST and Ratatorsk, she is still a Raizen High School student and usually goes to school. The elegant black-haired girl knows that people involved with Spirit will be wary and stay on guard whenever around her, but it's a common thing that Kurumi has always experienced.

Moreover, Kurumi is in the same class as Itsuka Shidou, Yatogami Tohka, Tobiichi Origami, and Yamai Twins. The atmosphere was always tense every time they noticed the elegant black-haired girl. But, it seems today there is a surprise for the students of Raizen High School. All but Kurumi smiled knowingly while making her way to the classroom.

'Fufufu, I can't wait for the look that Shidou-san and everyone would make.'

As ordinary people or civilians who aren't involved with Spirit saw Kurumi, they just think of her as a gorgeous and elegant girl like always and greets her in a friendly manner. It's normal for someone like Tokisaki Kurumi to be a popular girl in Raizen High School. Not only is she polite and graceful, but Kurumi is also intelligent. Her beauty and good manners win the affection of everyone around her.

Although it's not her real personality, it is still part of her. Kurumi is a sadistic and kind of psychopath who enjoys killing people, but she did that for reasons. She is dissatisfied and dislikes how dirty the people around her are, like killing an innocent cat for fun, and Kurumi cannot stand that.

That's why Kurumi has no friends or people who accept her real. Even her first friend before Kurumi turned to be a Spirit was dead and caused her to be a psychopath and murderer. But, after encountering the chat group consisting of people from multiple universes or dimensions, Kurumi found people who accept her real. Even if she hasn't met with the remaining members, Kurumi believes they wouldn't be scared of her and wants to be her friends.

When Kurumi opened the classroom door, she greeted everyone with smiles. The elegant black-haired girl was a bit surprised that the Shidou's group seemed hostile, except for Shidou himself, that welcomed her with a kind smile on his face.

"Good morning, everyone and Shidou-san."

"Good morning too, Kurumi. How are you doing today?"

"I'm excellent; thank you for asking, Shidou-san. But I might suggest you not ignore the people around you. Since most of them seemed jealous of our friendly and casual conversation. Fufu."

"Heh?"

Hearing that caused Shidou to blink and turn his head with confusion evident on his face as he faced his so-called female friends. To Shidou's fear, what Kurumi said was right as he could see the pouting Tohka along with Kaguya, while Yuzuru and Origami stared at him coldly.

"Eh? Eh…?!"

As Shidou was still confused by that, his right ear contained a small earpiece then ringed a voice.

{Stupid brother! Don't do anything reckless and maintain the affection meters of Tohka and everyone. Also, just ignore what Kurumi said! If the affection of the Spirit was dropped to a certain level, we have no choice but to initiate the date plan to calm them down, you know!}

"I get it, I get it…! But I didn't do anything wrong, Kotori."

In response to that, Shidou whispered to his earpiece.

{Shut it, no excuse! Anyway, while we are checking them, you also make sure everything is down there under control. You're not inexperienced with this whole date thing, Shidou. Shows the result of the multiple dates you have so far in the next date. Hear that?}

A tired sigh escaped from Shidou's mouth as he nodded obediently since he could not refute or refuse his adopted little sister's commanding mode. Itsuka Shidou never won in an argument against his adopted little sister, Itsuka Kotori, for once in his life.

"Alright, alright. I will do it."

{Good. Then, see you later.}

After cutting the connection from the earpiece, although Shidou knows that his sister is still monitoring him from above, he heard a door open and revealed the homeroom teacher of his class and caused every student to suddenly take a seat.

"Alright, everyone! I have sudden news for us. Please be seated."

"We already are, Tama-chan! What is the sudden news?"

"Tomonachi-kun, please call me Okamine-sensei, and the news is that we have an assistant teacher in our class! Please welcome Esdeath Partas-sensei!"

Hearing that signal, the person called by Okamine Tamae then slid open the classroom door and entered the class. Except for Kurumi, Yuzuru, and Origami, every student gawked, seeing the person entering their classroom.

Esdeath was a tall, beautiful, slender woman with long, light blue hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirt covered with a black opened jacket that revealed her cleavage and matching skirt. That woman also wore black pantyhose and black high heels.

Tokisaki Kurumi's lips curled into a smile seeing this, while Origaimi's eyes widened in shock. The genius beauty with white hair couldn't believe what she saw right now. But she remains quiet as Origami has already learned her lesson with what happens when she sees that Kurumi revived again after being killed by her own hands.

As Esdeath entered the class and stood beside Tamae, the light blue-haired woman gave her colleague a polite nod and turned to the students in front of her while showing them her kind and friendly smile that could melt anyone, both boys and the girls.

"Thank you, Okamine-sensei and everyone, pleased to meet you. My name is Esdeath Partas, and I act as Okamine-sensei's assistant while also having a duty as the new P.E teacher. I hope we will get along with each other."

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A fine and cold morning in Yamanashi is sometimes bliss, but the people also wish to get warm. With how cold the weather is, it is common for people to stay in their house and warm themselves with heaters and such, but that is not what Kagamihara Nadeshiko and her friends, Inuyama Aoi and Ohgaki Chiaki, did on this cold morning.

They had a plan for today and decided to meet up at the Yamanashi station. After ten minutes, those three had already arrived at the station and gathered before determining the next place of their current plan for today.

As Nadeshiko's eyes spotted her friends, she greeted them with a cheerful tone.

"Morning, you two!"

"Morning, Nadeshiko!"

"Mornin'!"

"Right when you think it's warming up… it gets cold again. You know?"

"Yeah. It's a bit annoying, though."

"Still. There are plenty of hints of spring."

"Mhm. It's going to get warmer and warmer from now on."

Chiaki said, nodding her head, agreeing with what Aoi said.

After walking out a bit from the station and having some casual talks, they looked around, and a question was popped out from Nadeshiko.

"Hey. Ena-chan's house is this way, right?"

"Well, she said it's about five minutes on foot from the station. Let's just make our way and find it out."

Nadeshiko and Chiaki nodded at that as the three of them then made their way with walked from the station to the house of Ena-chan from what Nadeshiko told them. Since it only takes them five minutes on foot from the station, it won't take a long before they have arrived at the house.

"Oh. We're here."

Seeing the group of three girls in front of the house, a pale-skinned girl with short brown hair with hair strands swept to the left side, and blue eyes suddenly appeared. She wore a white-blue strip of pajama and had bed hair as she just noticed Nadeshiko and others.

"Ah. Welcome."

"Morning, Ena-chan."

"Morning."

"Still the crack of down in your world, huh?"

Seeing the condition of the owner of the house, Chiaki whispered in sweatdrop, and Ena couldn't help but smile sheepishly in response to that. After that, Ena excused herself to get changed and let the three girls set up their tents.

"You know, we don't bring a lot of things which is good."

"Well, Aki… we're just doing a yard-camp, after all. Not in the usual site camp. If we did, then we have to bring many things."

"I couldn't imagine if the site camp would be far like in Eastwood Campground or Izu. It's lucky when in Hottokeya, we get helped by Pendragon-san, and in Izu, we have Toba-sensei to drive us with a car."

"Right', Eleonora-san made us fascinated by the magic she was shown. I wonder when we learn such convenience thing like [Inventory] magic."

Seeing the two chatted with each other, Nadeshiko then barged herself involved with it.

"Yeah! Leo-nee-chan is really helped us, and when I wanted to invite her to join the Christmas camp, she turned me down. I feel a bit sad, but I understand that she has something important to do."

"Well, you can't help it since Eleonora-san is a busy girl, unlike us. Maybe next time she's free, we can invite her with Ena-chan and Rin-chan. Only them who haven't met with Eleonora-san, right?"

Nadeshiko nodded her head excitedly like a puppy, causing Chiaki and Aoi to see the pink-haired girl like none other than the puppy itself.

'She is like a puppy.'

After that, Saitou Ena came with her Chihuahua dog named Chikuwa while already changing her clothes along with the dog. Before cutting Chiaki's hair, Ena assembles the dog tent for Chikuwa and the thing for cutting the hair for her glasses-wearing friend.

"Now then, it's time to cut… Aki-chan's hair."

"Are you itchy anywhere?"

"Nah, I can manage—hey! Those are kids' safety scissors! Use the real scissors!"

"Alright, how do you want to cut it?"

Hearing that, Chiaki thought of what kind of hairstyle she wanted. She then positioned her palm aside the shoulder and glanced back at Ena.

"I'd like the back… and sides about shoulder length."

"Ohhh? You should go even shorter for a really cool look. You could definitely pull it off, Aki-chan."

"A cool look, eh?"

Seeing that Aoi voiced her opinion, Nadeshiko then declared hers and rejected the cool look according to Aoi.

"No, no, no! I think she needs the uber-cute cut! I feel a soft and cute look like this is the best one for her. I mean, Leo-nee-chan would like it, Aki-chan!"

A faint blush appeared on Chiaki's cheeks with the mention of Eleonora's name and denied it. Ena is curious and confused since she doesn't know who Nadeshiko is talking about this Eleonora.

"There is no way "soft and cute" would fit me! Pendragon-san would also think it doesn't fit me, you know. Also, don't suggest me some feminine look or sort. I'm kinda tomboy, you know."

Tapping Chiaki's right shoulder, Ena then asked the glasses girl.

"Hey, hey. Who is this Eleonora-san you three talked about? It seems Nadeshiko-chan knows this person so well."

"Ah. Pendragon-san is someone who tagged along with us during the camp at Eastwood Campground. She is also Nadeshiko's sister-in-law."

Ena was stunned when hearing that and asked more.

"Ooooh. So this Eleonora-san and Sakura-san are dating? That is undoubtedly shocking news. I don't know that was the kind of relationship that Sakura-san pursues, but congratulation then, Nadeshiko-chan. You must be delighted with it."s

"Of course, Ena-chan! I also want to marry Leo-nee-chan when the time comes!"

"I see…"

Then a silence befalls on them for a few seconds before they shout in with widened eyes, surprised and shocked by what Nadeshiko said.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh?!"

Nadeshiko just smiled cheerfully and daydreamed a bit, with happiness overflowing within her.

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Eleonora Pendragon is currently in her study room, thinking about something, mainly about a few things related to Emilia, Liese, La Folia, and Gin that are presently being housed by her family in her house. She was trying to figure out why characters from the fictional world became real and ended up in her world;. However, Eleonora understands that she is part of a fictional character, yet she is still can't figure out what caused all of this to happen.

'This is strange no matter what. More mystery has been added, and I still have not uncovered some of it. Although I know that's not my responsibility, I cannot help being curious about it. Maybe I could ask the owner of the chat group? It did say that the owner is a god, anyway. So it should know something about this too.'

Indeed. Eleonora thought it was the accurate and the shortest path to get the answer she wanted. Since they did contact each other, the young bluenette can confirm that the chat owner would answer some of her confusion and curiosity.

Eleonora let out a tired sigh. She is tired mentally, not physical. Fatigue is nothing that shouldn't be the thing Eleonora worried about since the young bluenette has built up her body to the point Eleonora can endure it without rest for at least a month or two. She can also use her magic to recover her stamina and remove the fatigue accumulated within her body.

'Look like I have to find it out by myself. Let's see… dad said that all of them are fictional characters, and he did give me the title of their shows or series. Using the internet is way faster than anything; although I can use magic, I rather refrain from doing it too much. I want to make use of science, after all.'

Opened her laptop, Eleonora quickly browsed the internet and typed something on her internet browse search box. She wrote Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World' on the search box and clicked the magnifying glass icon with the mouse in her right hand.

After the results came, Eleonora nodded as she understood while reading the information provided by the internet. She then typed 'Trinity Seven: The Seven Magicians,' 'Strike the Blood,' and 'Yuuki Yuuna is a hero.' Although for Gin is a bit tricky since she is in a thing called a spin-off.

Eleonora then reads all of it and orders some of the books and DVDs of the series online before closing the laptop and breathing out a sigh.

"So that's it… they have a rough childhood. Although for La Folia-san is not much about her history from the novel. Should I ask it directly with the creator of her series? But well, I think this much information is sufficient for now. I will able to obtain of it more later."

Shaking her head, Eleonora then dons a serious look on her face.

"Alright, let's make some plans for them."