"I wish it was the case. Really. Unfortunately, I'm truly coming from another world. Actually, you saved
after I fainted due to the shock of realizing that I wasn't on my planet anymore."
"Even if you say so…"
"Hmm. What about this? How do you estimate the technology level of the outer world?"
"Are you trying to change the topic?"
"Not at all. Just answer the question."
She scowled a little but still responded.
"Well… It seed strangely outdated. From what I could see, several hundred years in the past compared to here."
"Right. Now, check this."
I took my phone out and started taking a video of her. She looked at
in incomprehension.
"What's this?"
"It's a tool from my world. Okay, that’s good enough."
I stopped recording and ca to her side.
"Look at this."
I then started the video I just took and it showed how she just asked her question. Suuru's expression switched from surprise to marvel soon after.
"This is…"
"Yes. I recorded our conversation just now. It's called a video. That should be good enough to convince you, right? My world is a bit more technologically advanced than here. As far as I can tell, the inner world is still far from being able to create sothing like this. And this little tool doesn't do just that. It has many other functions.
I showed her a few other features, like playing a piece of saved music or taking notes using the integrated keyboard. Maybe that last part unintentionally helped convince her since the characters were completely different from anything she knew.
"You… really co from another world?"
"Sadly, yes."
"What about your mothers and your family?"
"I'll probably never see them again."
"Oh…"
She stayed silent for a few seconds and gave
an apologizing gaze.
"I'm sorry, Tila."
"It's not anyone's fault. Yeah… Not anyone. There's no one I can bla for this. Haha. Just very bad luck."
She stared at
with even more pity before carefully asking.
"How did it happen?"
I shook my head to let the negative thoughts disappear from my mind. I already went through this loop. No need to cry about what happened anymore, especially because there was nothing I could do about it.
"Let's talk while we eat. We have a long discussion in front of us. But first, there's sothing more I want to say."
"What is it?"
"I can't say I regret lying to you because I still believe that was the right choice at the ti. But I still want to apologize for it."
"Is that how you apologize?"
"You don't want
to lie, right?"
"Hmph."
She scowled again for so ti but sighed eventually.
"Fine. I'll forgive you this one ti. Don't do it again, all right?"
"I'll try my best."
"Can't you just say yes?"
"Haha, who knows what the future has in store for us? Nothing can surprise
anymore."
"Seriously…"
She sighed again but the corners of her mouth were bending upward a little.
Following this, for several hours, I explained everything to her. It beca the exact reverse of the situation on my second day here. This ti, she was the one in need of information I possessed.
Now that the secret was out, I didn't feel the need to hide anything. Starting from what a gate incident was, I went through topics like who I was, the culture of my world, how there were two genders both in my world and in the outer world, why I was so "high" rank at my age, and what my plans were for the future.
When we finished going through most of the critical topics, I proposed we go to sleep and continue the talk the following day. Now that the tension was gone, we were both tired and sleepy. After agreeing, she hesitated for a mont in front of the bed but still told
to sleep together in the end.
When we woke up, I asked her to take the day off from work. We still had many things to talk about, especially about the future. There were two main topics I wanted to go through now.
First, I wanted to involve her in my business. From my point of view, it was a completely obvious demand. Why would she spend so much effort every day just to barely scrape by when she could just work together with
and earn tons of money? Yet, It wasn’t so apparent to her. It took a bit of ti to understand that she wasn't used to the concept of team play and relying on other people. Still, my argunts were too good for her to refuse and she agreed to the idea. This was a huge gain for
simply because Suuru had an ID in the inner world, the single elent that blocked
all the while.
Second, and maybe even more important, was about helping her rank up. Increasing ranks was way too important to ignore. Increase in safety, a huge boost in longevity, and better results at anything that involved sel. I now had a small personal theory that the lacking amount of sel inside the dos was an important factor in why the people here were so low in ranks. My plan involved her training in the outer world, where sel concentration was normal, for better effects. I wasn't a tal mage so my advice would be about sel in general but that was still better than nothing, especially because I quickly realized she didn't know much at all.
I talked so much on that day that my throat felt parched. Fortunately, we now had access to as much water as we wanted and I could always moisten it with fresh liquid. I sotis missed the drinks and sodas from my world, even though I wasn't often allowed to consu them during my apprenticeship. The outer world had fruit juices, though, so I resolved to try them next ti.
After taking several breaks during the day for
to rest from talking and Suuru to organize the flood of new knowledge, we eventually finished our discussion in the late afternoon. We now had a basic understanding of each other. Suuru still had trouble internalizing so concepts like gender, having a father, or advanced technologies, but we ended up well aligned on our goals. After tasting the nice food from the outer world, she also seed enthusiastic about improving her living conditions.
Since there was still so ti before the day ended, I decided to imdiately start with the lesson on sel.
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