Chapter 53

"Oh? You're back!" Kyouka said in surprise.

Chiyuki and the others slowly nodded with blank faces. The look on their faces showed that they still didn't understand why there was a video of them fighting.

"We're giving you feedback!" Kyouka smiled.

"Why?" Shirone asked.

"...Ermm, I don't know how to say it..." Kyouka struggled to get her words out.

"Because your combat efficiency is sh*t," Elenor helped Kyouka answer Shirone.

"What?! How dare you insult us?" Sahoko shouted abruptly.

"*Sigh*" Yukina, on the side, sighed. Here we go again, she thought.

Then she turned to Seal and told him that Elenor had the worst relationship with Hero of Light's party out of the three of them.

"Insult? Pfft, it's a compliment for you people. If you try hard enough, you might earn thumbs up from me."

"What did you say?!" Sahoko had enough as she began launching multiple lethal attack spells towards Elenor.

"Wait! Don't, Sahoko!" Chiyuki yelled. But Sahoko didn't seem to have heard Chiyuki and continued casting spells.

Elenor stood there calmly, obviously didn't care about the impending danger.

But before the magic spells could hit Elenor, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Elenor and blocked the attacks.

Elenor widened her eyes at the figure in front of her.

"Seal..." Elenor called out.

"Don't make trouble, Elenor." Seal turned around and flicked Elenor in the forehead.

Elenor held her forehead with an aggrieved face.

"And you, are you stupid?" Seal then said to Sahoko.

"Sahoko, control yourself! You almost hit the bystanders!" Chiyuki also scolded Sahoko.

Only then did Sahoko realize what she had done because behind Seal were the other people that came here to enjoy the ball.

"I-I'm sorry..." Sahoko tried to apologize and walked towards the people inside the ball, but they cowered away from Sahoko.

Then she suddenly fell to her knees and burst out in tears.

...

"Will Sahoko be okay, Chiyuki-san?" Kyouka worriedly asked.

"Give her some time. She'll recover..." Chiyuki smiled wryly while looking at Sahoko, who passed out from crying too much.

After saying that, Chiyuki told her other friends to help bring Sahoko back. She then thanked Seal for stopping Sahoko's attacks and left alongside the others.

Kyouka decided to stay back because she heard from Alice that Seal could help her control her power. Naturally, she wanted to try it because she had been trying to control it for a long time now.

"We should go out and eat! I'm hungry!" Alice said shortly after they left while rubbing her stomach.

"Haha, ok." Seal chuckled before rubbing Alice's head.

"Kyouka, do you want to come with us as well?" Alice asked.

"Um!" Kyouka nodded happily.

…

"Speaking of which, I'm leaving for a bit tomorrow." Seal said to the person lying below him.

"Why? Ooh, where are you going? Ah ah…"

"I need to go pick up the girls that I was telling you about."

But unlike before, the girl under Seal could no longer speak.

"Oh? Are we getting to meet our sisters soon?" Elenor's voice sounded in Seal's ear.

"Yeah."

"Will I be next? It looked like mom passed out."

"Do you want to?"

"Um."

"Come here."

"Yes."

"Me too!" Alice joined Elenor and Seal

...

"Bye! Come back soon with our sisters, okay?"

"Ok! I'm leaving now! Take care, girls!" Seal said before opening a space portal and leaving through it.

Back in the Arifureta world, time started flowing once again.

"…I'm back." Seal said to himself quietly.

"Seal? Are you okay?" Yue questioned when she saw Seal absentminded.

"Hm? I miss you." Seal picked Yue up and hugged her.

"What do you mean? We were together the entire time." Yue expressed her confusion.

"Erm, not exactly. Sit, I'll tell you."

"Us too! We want to be in it!" Shea said.

…

"So you left us for months?" Shea said astonishingly.

"Basically."

"Can we meet your family?" Yue asked.

"Yeah, but do you want to go first? I have some things to take care before I can leave."

"No, I want to go together with you." Yue immediately shook her head and said.

"You guys too?" Seal asked the rest.

"Of course." They said simultaneously.

Afterward, they decided to find Myu's mom first.

Myu told Seal and the others that they got separated at a nearby town, and so they went there first.

…

Walking on the streets of the lively town, Seal and the others were looking for the Myu's mother when they saw a group of familiar people.

"Oh? Is that you, Shizuku and Kaori?" Seal asked

"Huh, oh! Hey, Seal-san!" Kaori said in surprise.

"Um, hello. Nice to m-meet you again." Shizuku said after a moment of shock. She hadn't expect to see Seal here.