Chapter 64 - A Piece of Universe's Mysteries and Visitors
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"I see.... I understand now. It was quite complicated and surprising to be honest."
Ost-san said with a slight frown after listening to the long explanation about us, this world, and other things.
Then she sipped her tea and smiled slightly.
"But I'm sure I can adapt without much difficulty even though this world is also very different from the world I came from.... So there's no need to worry."
Ost-san said and smiled slightly at me.
"I hope so."
I nodded slightly.
"Apart from that, I also don't feel too foreign because in my home world there are also various magical and supernatural things such as magic. Including summoning people from other worlds and from different time dimensions."
Ost-san said with a slight shrug of her shoulders.
"Oh? In your home world there are also "Guests" from other worlds?"
I asked with a bit of surprise.
Ost-san then chuckled a little.
"Ufufu.... Yes. Even the wise hero I previously mentioned is one of them."
"Heh~. That's quite surprising... I wonder what kind of world he comes from..."
I said a little impressed and curious.
"Oh. About that, if I'm not mistaken Naofumi-san, oh that's the name of that wise hero, Naofumi Iwatani. He once said that he and several other heroes came from a world with a highly developed civilization and came from a country called Nihon."
Ost-san said while seeming to be slightly trying to remember.
And hearing Ost-san's statement, the rest of us were quite surprised.
"Naofumi Iwatani? That's sounds like...."
I tilted my head slightly because I felt familiar with such a name.
"That's right, Rey-sama. It's like a Japanese name."
Sakuya-san gave a small nod.
".... A world with a highly developed civilization?"
Scathach-sama seemed to frown slightly.
"Nihon!?"
Mephisto-jiisama exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't tell me he's from this world?"
Kulshedra-san asked rhetorically with her arms crossed.
And seeing our response and reaction, Ost-san seemed to tilt her head.
"Hm? Do you know anything?"
Ost-san asked.
I and several others nodded slightly.
"I don't know for sure whether your hero friend really comes from this world, Lady Ost. But as we previously explained, this world is a world where civilization is very developed."
Mephisto-jiisama said to Ost-san and then sipped his tea for a moment then continued.
"And in this world there is also a country called Nihon or better known as Japan."
Mephisto-jiisama explained by slightly narrowing his eyes.
"Ara!? Is that so? So the heroes are from this world?"
Ost-san looked surprised with one hand covering her mouth.
"I don't know... But it's not impossible."
Kulshedra-san said with a slight shrug of her shoulders and her hands half raised.
".... Or maybe they actually come from parallel worlds similar to this world. After all Sakuya and I seem to come from worlds like those."
Scathach-sama said with a slight frown.
"Scathach-sama is right."
Sakuya-san gave a small nod and confirmed Scathach-sama's words.
"I see.... So there are also worlds that are very similar to each other. That's quite surprising."
Ost-san said with a bit of impression and curiosity.
Meanwhile I just remained silent and then shook my head slightly because for the umpteenth time I felt impressed by the mystery of the universe.
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After we were silent for a moment, I started the conversation again.
"Ost-san, can you order your true body to enter the lake?"
I asked Ost-san to move the collosal tortoise into the lake.
"Ufufu.... Sure."
Ost-san responded with a smile and a small nod.
"Oh, let me open the barrier first."
Mephisto-jiisama said.
Scathach-sama nodded slighty.
Then, Mephisto-jiisama snapped his fingers.
*click*
Meanwhile Scathach-sama also removed the barrier reinforcement that she installed.
"...."
And soon, the large-scale barrier previously created by Mephisto-jiisama and Scathach-sama seemed to slowly fade away.
"Hm?"
Suddenly Mephisto-jiisama looked a little surprised and seemed to have realized something.
The others were the same and seemed to be frowning slightly or staring intently in some direction.
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Meanwhile, three people with different appearances looks bored, propping their chins, or looks sleepy while sitting on a fallen tree trunk.
No.
More precisely, only two of them were sitting.
Because one of them didn't look like a human. Or rather he looked like he was half human.
Because he was a man with a sturdy body, brown skin, and red short hair. But what makes him different and looks like half human is that beneath his sturdy body are not two legs like humans but body and legs of horse instead!
While the other two are two little girls.
One was a little girl with short purple hair and purple eyes.
While the other was a little girl with neck-length light blue hair, green eyes, a pair of horns on her head, a pair of bat-like wings on her back, and dressed in a maid uniform.
The three people seemed to be staring at something that looked like a transparent, slightly glowing purplish wall.
"Aarrgghhhh!!!! Annoying!!!! What exactly is that wall!?"
The little girl with short purple hair and a tomboyish attitude seemed to be screaming in frustration.
"Ojou, didn't I tell you that it was a barrier?"
The half-horse or centaur man said with a slight frown looking at the transparent wall in front of them.
"Of course I know that! What I mean is why is there a barrier in the middle of nowhere like this!? Who made it!? And for what!?"
The little girl with short purple hair asked again in frustration.
"How do I know.... Hah~...."
The centaur man said with a slight shrug of his shoulders and a sigh.
"...."
Meanwhile, the little blue-haired girl dressed as a maid just listened quietly to the conversation of the other two people.
But then, she raised her head and looked up.
"Hm? The barrier... fading?"
The maid girl said flatly with a slight tilt of her head in confusion.
And hearing the maid girl's words, the other two also raised their heads and looked at the top of the barrier.
"Ah! The barrier has truly fading!"
The purple-haired little girl exclaimed in surprise.
"Good then. We can pass now."
The centaur man said with a small nod and smirked slightly.
After that, the three of them stood and patiently waited for the barrier to fade completely and disappear.
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And not long after, the transparent wall disappeared as if it had never existed and the three of them now could see the view that was previously covered by the barrier.
And then....
"Ah...."
"Huh?"
"Wha!? What the heck is thaatttt!!!!???"
The three of them widened their eyes and shocked after seeing what was there.
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"What is it?"
I asked.
"There are some people here."
Mephisto-jiisama answered by visibly frowning.
"Huh? Where?"
I asked with a bit of surprise and then Mephisto-jiisama pointed in a direction.
"There.... I only realized it after I opened the barrier."
Hearing Mephisto-jiisama's words, I also frowned.
"...."
Then I asked again.
"Who are they?"
Hearing my question, Mephisto-jiisama frowned even more.
But he answered even though he had a hesitant expression.
"It seems.... The daughter of the Dantalian Family. And two other people who seems to be a maid and a guard."
"Huh?"
I was a little surprised to hear that answer.
Daughter of Dantalian Family?
Doesn't that mean the tomboy girl named Wennyxa wanted to challenge me on my exam day before?
Why is she here?
Looking for me?
What for?
Don't tell me she still wants to challenge me?
But I thought she should've abandoned that intention after she saw my fight that day.
"Wait. Wouldn't it be bad if they saw this colossal tortoise!?"
I asked a little worried and a little panicked too.
But Mephisto-jiisama just let out a long sigh.
"Hah~.... I'm afraid it's too late for that. Now they're already heading this way."
Hearing that answer, I facepalmed myself.
"Ugh...."
'What a day this iiiiissss!!!!???'
I screamed in my heart because of this quite hectic and chaotic day.
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