Chapter 4: Part 3

- Silas -

A week had passed since that incident.

My life was back to normal again. Well, as normal as the life of the owner of an Interdimensional Restaurant could get.

Sakura was integrating well in the Restaurant.

We haven't gone back to her world since then and neither did anyone come from that world.

And in a way that was for the best.

We enjoyed this time of peace and quiet.

Our training was going well.

Sakura was apparently some kind of genius when it came to Cursed Techniques and Naruto was learning well too although he did have some problems due to his enormous Cursed Energy reserves.

I on the other hand was getting good at control.

According to Nanami-sensei, at this rate, I would soon find out my Innate Cursed techniques if I had any.

Other than that, I trained with the Ryozanpaku masters sometimes.

I still remembered the scene of Gojo-san ripping every curse in the area with his bare hands.

'Between Heaven and Earth, I alone am the Honoured One.'

The sheer arrogance in those worlds and yet when knowing what he could do, it didn't seem out of place somehow.

Sakura worked as a waitress for the Restaurant and this had reduced a lot of my workload.

There were some new customers in the Restaurant, a soft spoken calligrapher and a student called Cid Kagenou.

He really enjoyed the Japanese cuisine the last time he came to the Restaurant.

Apparently he had just joined an academy for Knights.

Yes, he was from another magic based world.

But unlike others, Cid was more interested in my food than other worlds.

I have been getting better at cooking and with more customers coming in, there were several new dishes I could experiment with.

The higher level dishes even had the ability to increase the strength of people who ate them but I would need to level up the Restaurant before being able to cook them.

I finished the last order.

The customers had been served, so I went and sat down beside him after finishing cooking.

"So how is school going for you, Cid?" I asked, starting the conversation.

"Silas-san. School is the same old. I am not in the higher classes so the workload is a bit less but it's still hard for me." he rubbed the back of his head.

"You just got in. I am sure that as long as you work hard, you can get promoted to higher classes easily." I reassured her.

"I hope so too." he smiled.

"On that note, how is your martial arts training going on Silas-kun?" Bang-san asked me.

"I am just getting started. The masters at Ryozanpaku are good but I haven't been able to give much time to it due to my schedule."

"Yes yes, training is hard dattebayo." Naruto took a moment to pick himself from the bowl of ramen and threw in his two cents.

"It's not easy to become a Legendary Master, brat." Hayato-san chided, making the kid nod.

"I am still going to become a Legendary Master. Believe it!" With that said, he dove back to his food.

Regardless of his words, Naruto trained very hard and the Ryozanpaku masters were extremely impressed with his persistence.

"Hayato has been telling me that you have good potential. You could try your hand at being a Hero when you get stronger." Bang-san laughed.

"Hahahaha no no. I will pass. I like my current job."

"Too bad."

As we were talking with each other, the door to the Restaurant opened and someone entered.

She was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair with flaming orange tips and red-orange eyes with dilated pupils, and a buxom figure.

She was wearing a maid costume like those in Maid Cafes I had seen in Akihabara.

She walked and stopped right in front of us and looked at Naruto as she bowed.

"Thank you for saving my life. I will be eternally grateful to you for this." She then turned towards me, leaving the others even more confused. "And thank you for giving me food. It was the best thing I have ever tasted." She bowed again and there was even a bit of drool on the corner of her lips.

"Umm….excuse me, but….who are you?" Naruto asked the question which all of us wanted to know the answer to.

"Ah, I see. You cannot recognise me in this form. Changing to my true form might be inconvenient in this closed space so I will introduce myself. My name is Tohru and I am a Chaos Dragon."

….

….

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"Huh?"

She closed her eyes as two deer-like horns popped out on her head and a large green tail came out of her skirt.

"I am the dragon you saved a while ago and gave food to."

We found our mouths opening and closing at the sight.

"Wow, so cool. Is that the transformation jutsu?" Naruto jumped from his place and looked at her in interest.

"It is indeed a Transformation Magic." She nodded. "Naruto-kun is so smart."

"Ehehehehe." The kid laughed as he rubbed the back of his head.

By then some of us had recovered from our shock.

"Are you actually a dragon?" Miu asked, making the dragon girl look at her with an unkind gaze. "Umm, I am Naruto's elder sister."

The gaze turned immediately into a friendly one. "Yes. I am a Chaos Dragon."

….Yeah….the name didn't sound dangerous at all.

"Would you like to eat something?" I asked.

"Oh, can I?" Drool appeared at the corner of her mouth but she shook her head. "No no. I came here to repay the favour, how can I ask for more."

Her stomach growled.

….

"You can join us for a meal and talk." I invited.

After some persuasion she agreed as I went inside to cook while keeping an ear at the conversation.

I served her some meat like the last time and we watched as she swallowed the whole thing in one bite.

….she was really a dragon.

Finally, after she finished eating, Hayato-san asked. "So, what do you want to do, Miss Tohru?"

"I….would like to serve Naruto-kun to repay my debt."

"Eh?"

Hayato-san and even Naruto tried to persuade her that there was no need for such a thing but she was stubborn.

By the end, they accepted her as a helping hand at the Dojo. As for repaying me, she would work here part time as a waitress.

I take it back, my life just became weirder.

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"I don't get it? How do I figure out my Innate Technique? Do I even have one?" I asked, frustrated.

It had been a month since the dragon maid joined our Restaurant staff and things have become quite interesting since then.

Tohru is….unique to say the least.

She lacked the common sense of humans and did some odd things like….cleaning the plates with her tongue or….cooking her own tail which she detoxified….

There was also the fact that she doesn't care about other people as long as their names are not Naruto Uzumaki or Silas Evans. She does maintain a very amiable behaviour around people close to us.

As for others, she saw them as if they were lesser than dirt.

I had to take time and teach her about customer service and how to act like a proper waitress.

Sakura helped and for some reason I get the feeling that Tohru was shit scared of Sakura. She never spoke about it so I didn't pry either.

And coming to Sakura….the girl was a genius in Jujutsu.

She could use almost any kind of Cursed Techniques at a glance.

Her power was using Shadows but the scariest part of the power was to devour curses. By doing so, she couldn't just summon them later on as Shikigami but also get an increase in power.

They tested her and both her power and skills were enough to qualify her as a Special Class from the very start.

The only thing which she didn't know was Domain Expansion because that was something she needed to figure out by herself.

Although she wasn't interested in fighting and was more interested in the Reversed Curse Techniques of Shoko-san.

She wanted to heal and help others out of their pain.

I personally think that goal was beautiful.

Currently, she was waiting for me to catch up and till then, she studied the books Kisuke-san had….borrowed from her home.

Even Naruto had awakened the same type of chains as one of the Spirits haunting him. They could seal the Cursed Energy of others and could even bypass cursed techniques.

Seriously, both of them were some kind of cheat existences.

Meanwhile, here I was….trying to figure out if I had any Innate Techniques of my own.

"Naruto, Sakura and you are from three different worlds. From what Kisuke and Shoko have found, Sakura's and Naruto's worlds had bloodline specific magic while we don't even know if yours had magic of any kind. So they might be more….predisposed to awaken their Innate Techniques. As for you, maybe it will manifest in a while as your body gets used to the Cursed Energy you have. No need to get frustrated. There are still a lot of things you can do without Innate Techniques." Nanami-sensei explained.

Yes. He was right.

I let out a sigh.

"I was just getting frustrated due to not making any progress."

"Maybe you need a break. You are making very good progress in your control. I will ask Gojo to take over and teach you how to use a Simple Domain if possible."

"A Domain?"

"I personally think you can do that."

"Eh? I am not much of a combatant though. I wanted to learn Magic for protection. Maybe something like the Reverse Cursed technique would be good for me."

"Reverse Curse Technique is not something I am proficient in. You will have to ask Gojo or Shoko for it."

"Okay."

"By the way, how is your Martial Arts training going?"

"It's good. The masters are happy with my progress." They actually were. With the combined effect of my special food and their training, I was getting decently strong.

"You should train. The situation outside is a bit complicated. The number of curses has started increasing drastically, so much so that Gojo has to work out almost full time to keep them in check. And the worst part is that all of them seem to be attracted to this area. We are keeping a guard outside so you don't need to worry. We expect the barrier over the country to be repaired soon and the number of curses will be reduced."

We talked out a bit and then he left.

Touma and the Masters came and I went back to prepare their orders.

Kensei was instructing Touma while he was practising his punches.

Suddenly, I heard a smashing sound of someone hitting on the wall and overturning the tables and quickly came out.

People were surrounding a black haired guy who was slumped against the wall. He was wearing a weird black and golden coloured robe with a white shawl-like cover and looked like a scholar from the middle ages.

Touma was already on his knees, apologising to the guy while Hayato checked up on him.

The guy on the other hand probably had a broken jaw or something and was bleeding from his mouth as he looked at the blood on his hand in shock.

It took me a short moment to know what had happened. Touma, who was practising his punches, was hit by Kensei on his knees to correct his posture. He slipped and punched the guy who had just entered the shop, sending him flying and crashing into the wall.

"I… I'm not healing?" The guy looked in shock as if he couldn't believe it. He checked it again and a few more times before I saw some tears in his eyes.

"Saitama, get the first aid kit. It's on the second floor. Check the storeroom." I instructed as I helped the guy stand up and tried to take him to a seat.

He however got up and went straight to Touma. I saw Kensei tense up slightly but what happened next stunned all of us out of our minds. He bowed down and thanked Touma.

"Thank you. You have done me the greatest favour of my life."

….

Saitama who had returned with the First Aid Kit whispered into my ears. "Is he, you know… one of those masochist weirdos?"

… The worst part was that I had no idea what to say.

"I am sorry, I didn't mean to hit you, Mr?"

"Zeref. My name is Zeref Dragneel. You don't have to feel bad.I don't know how you did it but you have helped me and for that, I will be eternally grateful."