( Haruhime's POV )
When I met up with Mikoto she started to drown me with questions about where I had been the past few months, I answered without giving details that I had traveled to other worlds and many years had passed for me but she noticed that I was somewhat older than I should be, something else she noticed was the ring on my left hand and I answered with a smile that I was engaged to Yuuki who had saved me that day I disappeared and she turned completely red, technically I'm already married to Yuuki, that's why I have the title of queen, but we never had a ceremony. Yuuki wanted to have a big ceremony, but more sisters kept appearing so the ceremony was delayed a little each time.
Mikoto: Y-you're engaged, that means you've already d-done that, what couples do.
Haruhime: Well, yes, many times.
Mikoto: I can't believe it, you actually k-kissed that person.
'Oh, she was talking about kisses, I guess we've done that a lot, too.'
I was somewhat amused at the level of embarrassment she would get just thinking about kissing someone but I guess I can't really talk since I was worse than her in the past.
Before I was a little nervous to come here and now I didn't want to leave but at that moment I received a mental message from Lilith, that Ryuu was coming to our house for our talk, Lilith told me she could take care of it if I wanted, but I was the one in charge of this expedition team and I couldn't stay out of it.
Haruhime: I'm sorry, Mikoto, but I have an important matter to attend to and I have to go.
Mikoto: eh are you leaving so soon?
I suddenly stood up to leave and Mikoto got a little down from the short time we spent.
Haruhime: I'm going to be in town for a while. You can visit me anytime at our house.
Mikoto: I see. I'll do that.
After saying goodbye to Mikoto, we followed the directions that Lilith had given us and when we entered our new house I saw that we were the last to arrive, Everyone was sitting in the living room waiting for us, even the elf, Ryuu.
Haruhime: Sorry for the wait.
Ryuu: That's fine. The restaurant's busy time doesn't start until later.
Haruhime: Then let's not take more of your time. We want your help finding an adventurer.
Ryuu: The city is full of adventurers. What do you think I can do to help?
Haruhime: The person we're looking for isn't someone ordinary, rumors about him are bound to appear.
Lilith: The place where you work is popular with adventurers, I'm sure many rumors pass through your ears, no offense.
Ryuu: ...What are you going to do when you find this adventurer?
Lilith: He has something that could cause a lot of damage in the wrong hands, first we're going to check that his hands are not the wrong hands.
Ryuu looked at us seriously, weighing the credibility of our words. Clearly, she was not a normal waitress. There was some suspense in the air until Ryuu gave us her answer.
Ryuu: Very well, you're just interested in me digging up rumors.
Lilith: That's it, thanks for the help.
With that, the foundation for our operation was laid, and now we had to wait for the results.
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( Lisanna's POV )
World W5C.
I was part of an exploration team led by Eu, and others who accompanied us were Felli, Julie, Leo, Liliana and Laura, This was a bit of an awkward group but I could trust any of them with my life, they were family.
I was excited for this expedition and the reason for that was that Matsu had told me that she found an energy signature similar to the magic I used, In other words, this could be my home world, but there are countless worlds and many are similar, so I tried to keep my hopes low.
Our group passed through the portal into this new world and the scene that awaited us on the other side was a forest, we were not very deep in that place but when we left the forest we only found an empty plain, without saying a word, Leo jumped super high, the rest of us looked up, not surprised by his spontaneous action.
Leo landed with a loud impact then she stood up straight as if nothing had happened and she pointed in a random direction.
Leo: There are two cities on the horizon, one is medium-sized and has a train station, the other is in the opposite direction, that one is closer but smaller, so what is our destination boss?
Eu: um... Train.
As always, I responded with few words and the rest of us followed her choice without protest. On the way to the unknown city, Leo walked next to me and she gave me a little nudge.
Leo: You nervous, don't worry, a simple visit to the city will clarify if we are in the right place.
I was somewhat taken by surprise by the words and then I noticed that my hands were shaking a little, I was more nervous than I thought but the others were aware of that and they were looking over me with a smile.
I gained a new calm when I remembered that no matter if this is the right place or not, I have too many people who care about me to be anxious.
With my nerves now under control we continued our way to the city.