Seiji then looked towards Koushi Nomura.
"Nomura-san, how are you feeling right now?"
"I'm alright," Nomura spoke in a tired tone. "What is this place? Harano -san … Hashimoto-san … what exactly happened? "
"We don't know either." Seiji looked directly at him. "At any rate, it's good that you're alright. Go and rest for a while. I'll explain the situation to you later. "
"No … please tell me now." Nomura sat up straighter in his chair. "I want to know immediately."
Seiji sat down across from Nomura and began explaining the situation to him.
…
After Nomura accepted Seiji's explanation, he told Seiji and the others about his own experience.
"I feel more at ease knowing that that wasn't reality. But … I still feel like I did something wrong." He sighed as he leaned back in his chair.
"You didn't do anything wrong. In such a situation, most people would have chosen to run away," Miyabi consoled him.
Nomura fell silent for a moment.
"I know what the main character would do in the story, but I wasn't able to become the main character," he spoke in a soft voice.
"I'm only the author, not the main character … Although I understand this, this doesn't seem like a good reason for me to abandon someone that I should have been able to help.
That wasn't reality. I think it's good that nobody really died. But … the nature of my actions won't change because of this.
I … am just a coward. "
The gray-haired boy lowered his head.
Seiji and the others didn't know what to say.
"Let this brat have some peace," Matsutani spoke up. "A loser should lick his own wounds."
"… Senpai, I think that there's a problem with what you're saying."
"What problem? That's the truth. He abandoned his own female protagonist. What else can he be other than a loser? "
Seiji wanted to comment on this, but he didn't know what to say.
'Forget it. It's better not to dwell on this topic. '
"I'm more concerned about the restaurant owner's behavior just now." Seiji changed the topic. "He used such a power. It seems that Hashimoto-san's unwritten setting appeared.
"And, he used his power to help Nomura-san. This action gave me an idea.
"Maybe we can ask for help from the store manager who used to be a hero from another world."
"Miss Hashimoto, please try to tell him that we're the people from the supernatural realm who accidentally landed in this world and we want to return to our original world. I hope that he can help us …"
After listening to Seiji's words, Yuuko nodded.
"I understand … I'll give it a try now."
She walked towards the kitchen.
Seiji and Miyabi watched her leave.
"Can you do it?" the cat-eared girl asked softly.
"I hope so."
"If something goes wrong … we can only fight?"
"Probably." Seiji replied, "If that's the case, Matsutani-senpai and I will be the ones to fight. Senpai, all of you should do your best to avoid them."
Miyabi fell silent for a moment.
"Honestly, aren't you afraid? Junior Harano. "
"Huh?"
"Although you've been acting very calm all this while, this incident is still unknown to you, right? Aren't you afraid at all?" The cat-eared girl looked at the youth.
Seiji blinked upon hearing this.
"Although it's unknown, I've experienced something similar before, so I'm not afraid at all."
"Is the life of a Spiritual Ability user filled with danger?"
"No … it's just that sometimes, it's more dangerous."
"How scary."
"I don't think that's something a supernatural thriller author would say." Seiji chuckled.
"Novels are novels. Reality is reality." The cat ears on Miyabi's head twitched. "Although my story is about the supernatural, I don't want my real life to become like this."
"I actually think that Senpai with cat ears and a cat tail is really cute," Seiji teased her.
"… Don't say that!" Miyabi rolled her eyes at him before turning her head away with a slightly red face.
'So cute.' Seiji thought to himself.
After a while, Hashimoto returned to the living room together with the restaurant manager.
"I can send you back to your 'original world,'" the handsome middle-aged man told them. "But I can only open the door once. So, if you have any other companions who are stranded here, go find them first."
'… That's it?'
Seiji looked directly at the restaurant manager.
"No additional conditions?" Seiji asked cautiously.
"What?"
"You've helped us out so much. Aren't you going to give us any conditions or ask for something in return?"
"It's my duty to help my customers return to where they belong. As long as it's within my capabilities, I'll help you out. I don't need any conditions or payment, "the restaurant manager answered lightly.
'Wow, this middle-aged man is so cool!'
Seiji was flashed to the side.
Miyabi, Yuuko, and even Nomura and Matsutani were stunned as well.
"Thank you so much for your assistance, store manager," Seiji expressed his gratitude.
"Don't call me 'store manager.' Do you have any other companions? Or are there only these few of you? "
"Other companions … I'm not sure." Seiji explained. "We don't know how we ended up in this world, nor do we know how many people are like us. Nor do we know how to find them if there are any.
"In that case, let me help you find them." The restaurant manager still spoke in a light tone. "As long as you all cooperate with me in casting a spell, I'll be able to locate your companions and help you find them."
'Wow, this middle-aged man is so cool!'
Seiji and the others were stunned yet again.
"Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Mr. Store Manager!"
"Also, please don't call me 'store manager.' Is it alright if I start casting my spell right now? "The handsome middle-aged man had a casual expression as if he was about to do something incredibly ordinary.
Seiji looked at everyone else.
Miyabi, Yuuko, and Nomura all nodded in agreement.
"I think that this is rather suspicious," Matsutani spoke in a low voice.
"It's because the restaurant manager is too handsome. He's such a sharp contrast to you, who's also an uncle. You probably find it hard to accept, Senpai," Seiji exposed the restaurant manager.
"Brat, can you not say it so directly!"
The pudgy middle-aged man received 10,000 true damage.
Seiji didn't feel that the restaurant manager was lying. That was because he didn't see any signs of lying. Not to mention, the restaurant manager had no reason to lie.
Another reason was that the gentle white light that the restaurant manager used to heal Nomura gave Seiji a feeling of déjà vu …
Seeing that Matsutani didn't insist on objecting, Seiji looked at the restaurant manager again, indicating that he could cast the spell now.
"Come with me, then."
The restaurant manager turned around and walked into the kitchen.
Everyone followed the restaurant manager into the storeroom, and then into the basement. They saw that there were many extraordinary-looking tools in this spacious basement.
Seiji looked towards Hashimoto.
"Not only did I not write out this setting, I didn't even have the concept for it," Yuuko stated in a low voice.
Not only did this surpass the story's setting, it even surpassed the author's concept … Seiji felt more and more certain that his idea was correct.
"Please form a circle around this." The restaurant manager took out a tool and placed it on the floor.
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