CH 90

Unexpected return

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After the briefing in the auditorium, I was planning to go to Lastock to see how Camilla was doing, but my classmates caught me.

Many classmates were shocked when they heard that there was no way to return to the original world, but the chairman seemed to be overwhelmed and had a smile on her face.

It's only natural that she's happy because she's been released from the ultimate choice of whether to pick me or her family.

But if you look at it from a different perspective, it means that she chose me, and I feel responsible.

I was asked to talk a little more about the negotiations with Camilla, so we moved to the dining room.

We were seated in the middle of a long table that could seat about ten people, with the chairman on my left and Manon on my right.

On the opposite side, there are girls such as the dekoboko sisters, Sagara-san, and Motomiya-san, there were also boys such as fake glasses, Takayama, and Kondo, who have had their reputations considerably lowered.

First of all, I talked about how Lastock is busy with countermeasures, the internal affairs of the Resenburg royal family, and the delay in countermeasures against the maximum outbreak.

Naturally, there were voices criticizing the King, the First Prince, and the Second Prince.

"Wow, what's with that, the royal family is already rotten."

"Really, as Acchan says, it makes Japanese politicians feel like they are on the side of justice."

"It's better to kill everyone, right? Let's do it."

"I don't want to forgive Camilla, but I feel sorry for the people."

The dekoboko sisters, and the old and new duo are in favor of attacking the royals in the future.

And then Kondo raised his hand and began to speak.

"There is no doubt that the royal family of Resenburg is rotten, but if we kill them all ... Just a thought, but the current situation is that the First and Second princes are in balance, right? A quagmire of a civil war ... wouldn't the people be more miserable if something like that happened? Something like that country in the Middle East would be terrible ..."

When Kondo said that, I remembered the footage of the civil war that had been reported on TV every day before I was summoned.

It was tragic to see not only soldiers fighting with weapons, but also innocent people such as women, children, and the elderly bleeding and wounded.

Then Yagi opened his mouth when the air was about to swell.

"But you know ~, I won't be satisfied if we don't kill Camilla, also in the sense of avenging Funayama's death."

"No, she's in the middle of taking the lead in setting up countermeasures in Lastock, so at least we can't kill her now ..."

It was Takayama who opposed Yagi's opinion, but I won't say his intention was to protect Lastock.

"As for me, I would like to start by having her submit all the information about the summoning that we haven't heard yet. Since Camilla said that the summoning ceremony was modified this time, I thought that if we could modify it, I think we might be able to find a way to return."

"Why didn't you find out about it sooner?"

"No, because Camilla fainted because I hit her so hard, and I couldn't make a calm decision because blood was rushing to my head ..."

"Seriously? Did you really hit Camilla?"

"Hey? 'Guu'? Did you hit her with a 'Guu'?"

"That's right, I did ..."

"Shiyaaaaaaa! Good job, Kokubu!"

Most of my classmates gathered in the cafeteria gave a fist pump and cheered.

It must have been so unbearable, well, it's true that Camilla is annoying.

"But, even if we get the summoning information, we can't understand it, can we?"

"Yeah, it's just like Sagara-san says, we don't have any knowledge of the technique. That's why I'm thinking of asking Klaus-san and Donovan-san to introduce us to someone who is familiar with the technique."

"But, if the summoning technique spreads poorly, won't more people be summoned besides us?"

"That's right ... It's just as Motomiya-san says, it's a delicate situation where the number of victims other than us can increase."

It seems that the royal family of Resenburg locked away the summoning technique as a forbidden technique in order to prevent increasing the number of people who are summoned from another world like us.

"Eh, but, if it's a technique that summons one person, it's definitely a cheat, right? If so, isn't it fine? Give me a cheat ability, too."

"No, even if you ask me to give it to you, I can't give you abilities."

"Why!"

Even though Yagi raised his voice in protest, everyone around him nodded in agreement.

"But, just like Yagi said, if cheat abilities are definitely given, then being summoned isnt' necessarily a bad thing, is it?"

"No, it's no good, a situation like ours already happened, and I can think of a situation worse than this. For example, summoning only women and making them slaves ..."

All the girls frowned when they heard Takayama, who opposed Kobayashi-san's opinion.

But I can't imagine the worst possible situation.

"But, if that's the case, won't you be able to analyze the formula no matter how long it takes?"

"How about we all study the spell from the basics and specialize in summoning spells?"

"It takes time and there is no way to succeed, right?"

"No, even if you don't know if you will succeed, if you don't start with what you can do, you won't move forward no matter how much time passes ..."

"Let them give us money to live on, how about we concentrate on research?"

"That's good! If you do well, you won't have any trouble going home."

As far as I'm concerned, I was just thinking of having someone familiar with the technique introduced, and I didn't even think of trying to analyze it myself.

After all, even if I think alone, I can't come up with any good ideas.

Just when I was thinking about it, Yagi suddenly talked again.

"Hey ... Kokubu, can't you go home?"

"Huh? Me ... why?"

"No, you have the world of shadows, don't you? You can pass through there and move freely to places you've been before, right?"

"Eh ... Ah, yeah, but ..."

"You! Don't tell me you haven't tried it!"

The pores all over my body opened, and I was sweating profusely.

"Um ... I haven't tried ..."

"Idiot! Why don't you try!"

"Yeah, you'd usually try that first, are you an idiot?"

"You, do it now, try it, now, quickly!"

I was yelled at all at once by my classmates who gathered in the cafeteria.

"Wait! I'll do it, I'll do it, so wait!"

I don't even know why, but I never had the thought of using shadow movement to return to the original word.

It may be that I unconsciously wanted to stay in the different world and didn't want to return to Japan.

Under the gaze of my classmates gathered in the cafeteria, I pulled out a shield of darkness and dived into the world of shadows.

[ Haaaaah ... ]

[ Are you okay, Kent-sama? ]

When I let out a big sigh because I couldn't endure it, a worried Reinhardt called out to me.

[ Yeah, I'm okay ... I dived here and thought about where to go ... I understand now. ]

[ Then ... ]

[ Yeah, I can go back to my original world. ]

I connect the world of shadows and peek out to the back of a Junior High School gymnasium overgrown with weeds.

I shouldn't stand out if it's here, but I'll refrain from going out.

Seeing the scenery of Japan for the first time in a long time makes me feel nostalgic enough to make my whole body tremble.

On the other hand, I feel like I've come back ... and even though it hasn't been three months yet, I feel like the place has changed.

Moving along the shadows, the school building is surrounded by a steel plate fence that looks like a construction site, and the demolition work seems to have stopped halfway.

A flower stand is placed outside the fence, and flowers are offered, but there are no people around.

I was so preoccupied with rescuing my classmates that I had completely forgotten about it, but since the whole third floor of the school building was transferred, the fourth floor should have fallen onto the second floor.

These flowers were probably not directed at us, but at the students and teachers who lost their lives at that time.

When I saw Camilla working hard to prevent the outbreak in Lastock, I thought that she was a royal family who cared about the residents, but it's a ridiculous story.

Not only the guilt for Funayama's death, but also responsibility for those who lost their lives in Japan must be taken.

But I don't think we can immediately come up with what to hold her responsible for in the true sense, or how to hold her responsible.

I'll have to bring this back to Volzard and consult with the teachers to decide.

[ Kent-sama, are you okay? ]

[ Yeah, I just remembered something important that I had forgotten. I hvae come up with something I have to think about again. ]

I was wondering what was going on at home, but let's go back to the classmates who are waiting for me.

But what should I say? I can go back to Japan, but my classmates can't enter the shadow world.

In other words, I'm the only one who can return to Japan.

I put out a shield of darkness again and returned to the dining room.

"How was it? Were you able to return?"

I can't give a good answer to Yagi who asks me forcefully.

"First of all, why didn't you try it out before, go buy some yakisoba bread!"

"Hey, what are you talking about? I can't go shopping if I don't have money!"

"Wait, did you manage to go back to Japan? No, seriously!"

"How was the school? Did the media come?"

"You idiot, how many months has it been since we came here? There's no media anymore."

"Hey, go back, take me with you to Japan too."

"That's right, take me with you, and then everything will be settled."

The atmosphere in the cafeteria was even more tumultuous than when they realized there was no repatriation technique.

All at once, everyone who had quietly surrounded us rushed to gather together, creating chaos.

"Wait! Wait a minute! Listen! It's impossible. Only me and my genus can enter the shadow world."

"Don't joke around, why is it just you again! You bastard takes all the good things for yourself!"

"No, it's not Kokubu's fault ..."

"You! You must be thinking of abandoning us and going home alone!"

"Stop, don't push, it's dangerous ..."

"Just do something about it. What are your cheats for!"

"Wait, don't push! It hurts, it hurts ..."

It happened when the chairman and Manon were in a state of being unable to move because we were mobbed by the surging classmates.

Buuuuuuun!

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the classmates who were surging were knocked down all at once.

Reinhardt is standing on the table with his beloved sword Gram unsheathed.

Reinhardt pointed it at my classmates and slowly turned the tip of his sword, causing my classmates who weren't blown away by the gust of wind to also retreat.

After removing the classmates from around me, Reinhardt stepped down from the table and guarded my back with his large sword.

"In the first place, I'm going to stay in this world, I have no intention of going home alone. Also, if I didn't want to help everyone, I wouldn't have had so much trouble so far. Now we know I can return to Japan by moving in the shadows, after that, how do you enter the world of shadows, I have to think of a way to bring everyone in, right? I'll do it, of course I will. But there are so many things about magic that even I don't understand. No matter how much you complain, I can't do it now, so there's no reason to complain in the first place, is there?"

Even the chairman and Manon are in danger, and my blood is boiling.

It was Kondo who opened his mouth in the tense atmosphere.

"Everyone calm down, it's good to know that Kokubu can go back to Japan. I can see hope that we can go back to Japan, so why are you pissed off?"

"That's right, it's wrong to complain about Kokubu-kun. We all might have died if Kokubu-kun wasn't here."

When Sagara-san followed up, I felt that the hostility towards me had eased.

The chairman made a suggestion.

"Hey, why don't you write a letter? Kento can carry objects, right?"

"eh, yeah, I can carry objects, but for some reason I can't put living things into the shadow world."

"So, let's all write a letter and let our families know that we're safe at least!"

"Agreed! I agree with Yuika!"

"I agree too!"

"Me too, I agree with you!"

Thanks to the chairman's proposal, the dangerous atmosphere was dispelled, and Reinhardt who saw it disappeared into the shadows.

"It's bad, what can I write? I've learned to use magic ... but they won't believe me, right?"

"No, I'll still write, I can't help but write!"

"Can they believe that goblins and lizardmen really exist?"

"Isn't it fine if we send them a video?"

The dining room fell silent after someone said those few words.

"Yes, a video. But what about my smartphone? The battery is dead."

"Kokubu, go find it, my smartphone!"

"My phone too!"

"Mine too!"

"Wait ... I'm going, so wait."

When they were taken to the Lastock garrison, all their belongings were taken away.

Of course, the smartphones and mobile phones were also collected together, and it seems that they were told they would be returned when they were able to go back to the original world, but since they couldn't return in the first place, it was doubtful they wanted to return them.

Isn't it strange that everyone has just been intimidated by Reinhardt, and yet they're using me as an errand boy?

Well, I don't deny that it's convenient to use me, but ...

I went into the shadows to Lastock and called out to Fred who was watching Camilla.

[ Fred, how's Camilla doing? ]

[ Work is almost as usual ... but she looks pretty uneasy ... ]

Camilla, who believed I had remade her as my genus, seems to be concentrating while being busy with countermeasures against the maximum outbreak, and seems to be spending her time as usual, but it seems the moment she loses her concentration, she is overcome with anxiety.

[ She doesn't have much of an appetite ... that also makes her feel uneasy ... ]

[ She's been hurting us a lot so far, so we need her to suffer a little. It's not like I really made her my genus ... ]

[ But I'm worried she'll overwork herself and collapse ... ]

[ At that time, I'll just heal her with healing magic and have her return to work. ]

Having just returned to Japan and witnessed the devastation at school, the animosity I harbor for Camilla has grown.

[ Kent-sama ... you're so strict with Camilla ... ]

[ Well, I almost died in the Devil's Forest, and she caused a lot of trouble to the people of my original world. I can't be kind, can I? ]

[ Start off strict ... pour in kindness at the end ... Kent-sama, tactician ... ]

[ Hey, I'm not thinking about that. I think even three people is a luxury. ]

[ Understood ... Let it be for now ... ]

Fred sometimes makes radical suggestions ... and with his poker face ... it's hard to read because he's just bones.

[ By the way, Fred, have you seen a glass-and-metal plate about this size? ]

[ Then, maybe ... the reference room ... ]

I thought that Fred, who had searched for materials related to the repatriation technique, would know where they were put, and it's perfect.

In the reference room, smartphones and mobile phones were stored in boxes.

I decided to take the whole thing back with me, but I guess they won't be able to use them unless they charge them.

I dove back into the shadows to the garrison canteen, but thought for a moment before going out.

If i show the actual thing poorly, everyone will rush like before and things will get out of control.

It's better to show the actual things after deciding how to return them.

Somehow, I feel like I've become an animal trainer.

"I'm back ..."

"Oh, Kokubu, did you find my smartphone?"

"Hey, what about mine?"

"Mine has a red checkered cover."

"Ah, wait, wait, sit down! Can you back off a minute!"

Just as I expected, they were coming closer and closer, so I unintentionally yelled at them.

"I don't know if it will become a fuss like before and the smartphones break. Come on, Takayama, listen to everyone's opinions and decide."

"Huh? You're going to have me do it?"

"You don't want to? Don't you want me to do something for you?"

"Kuh, I understand, I'll do it ... Now, how are you all going to receive them? The power probably won't turn on?"

Takayama started a discussion, so I sat down in a seat a little further away.

"Kent, thank you for your hard work, it's kind of tough."

"It's true, why is it just me ..."

"Everyone is counting on Kento ..."

Manon and the chairman also sat down on either side of me.

Both of them casually entwined their arms around my arm, and it feels good.

"Kent's ecchi ..."

"Guu ... because, that is ..."

"Only because it's us ..."

"Uh ... I understand."

It's dangerous, what kind of horrible things would have happened if I was trying to reach out to Camilla like this ...

"Kent ..."

"Hmm? What's wrong, Manon?"

"You're not going back to your original world, are you?"

Surprised by Manon's voice, which seems to disappear, Manon's eyes are moist.

She was told that I couldn't find a way to go home, but she was the only one who was feeling uneasy when she found out that I could go home.

"Yeah, I may go back temporarily, but I will continue to live in Volzard."

"Kent, good ..."

"Oh, Manon-chan, if you hold so tight ..."

"Even if I go home temporarily, I will also live with Kento."

Oh, chairman, the soft warmth ...

If I try to put my hands on Camilla like this, I'll be punished.