The living room was filled with a lazy atmosphere under the night sky.
After an unknown period of silence, Ellen's voice rang out like a trickling stream.
"Blank."
"Actually, I snuck into the Reincarnation Space this time behind my mom's back."
"She used to be a Reincarnator, but she seems to have stopped later on."
"Since I was little, she always told me that the Reincarnation Space is dangerous and to never touch it. I could never understand."
"Because, you see, I've never seen what the Reincarnation Space looks like since I was born, so how can I be afraid of something I can't see?"
"But I happened to learn about my dad from my mom's diary."
"My dad seemed to be among the first batch of Reincarnators after the Reincarnation Space descended. He met my mom in the Reincarnation Space, they fell in love, and then they had me."
"But my dad's obsession with reincarnation made my mom afraid. He spent less and less time in reality, spending every day challenging dungeons in the Reincarnation Tower, and then..."
"It seems when I was one year old, my dad failed a dungeon challenge and was obliterated."
"So I'm very curious..."
"What exactly does the Reincarnation Space that my dad was so obsessed with look like?"
"What kind of charm do these dungeons have that made him abandon even me?"
"Even the price of death couldn't stop him from continuing to challenge them?"
"So, taking advantage of my mom being away on a business trip, I snuck into the Reincarnation Space."
"I chose the dungeon at random because I had no idea what the differences between them were."
"And then I met you."
"Blank..."
"I can feel that you're very much like the father my mom described."
"You're both powerful, confident, and obsessed with the world within reincarnation."
"Can you answer me?"
"The reason why my dad abandoned us..."
Arthur remained silent, quietly listening to her increasingly soft murmurs.
Ellen sat on the floor, seemingly having fallen asleep leaning against the sofa.
Arthur, however, found it difficult to give her a clear answer.
Her father, perhaps in her eyes, really was very similar to him.
But Arthur knew very well that they were completely different.
He too had once been incredibly obsessed with virtual worlds, treating real-life relationships and even family ties as if they were worthless.
He only woke up at the moment of his accidental death.
But it was already too late.
The universe or even a god had given him a second chance, yet this time, it felt as if fate had been reversed.
He had lost every connection to the real world.
In its place, the virtual realm he once treated as everything had materialized before his eyes.
Within arm's reach.
He could pursue it all without giving up anything.
From the day he transmigrated, he was fated to keep gaining what he had once only dreamed of.
Just like Saeko now.
They would become the treasures he cherished most.
He would never abandon them!
But Ellen's father had forsaken the wife he once loved and the daughter they had together.
To throw himself into the grand world of the Reincarnation Space.
He had betrayed those who trusted him.
That man is trash!
No excuse can wash that clean!
He thought for a moment.
In the end he fetched a blanket and draped it over Ellen.
Gurgle…
His stomach protested.
"Hungry?"
Just as Arthur reached the kitchen doorway, Saeko Busujima's gentle voice drifted out.
"Just a moment, dinner will be ready soon."
"Uh…"
Arthur froze, Saeko's outfit right now was nothing short of lethal.
The first thing that caught his eye was the black, strappy lingerie digging into her ass as she stood with her back to him…
And since she was cooking, she'd tied a white apron around herself, in the front.
But how much could that possibly hide?
It covered only her front.
Her smooth, fair back. A waist a single hand could wrap around. Hips that made you want to lose all sense and dive right in. The Long, straight legs... *cof cof cof*
"A-hem!"
Arthur awkwardly averted his gaze, half-turning behind the freestanding counter.
"I just gave you that bag of clothes, why didn't you change?"
"Oh my, it seems this outfit is a bit much for you."
Saeko's eyes flicked pointedly toward what the counter hid of him.
"But somehow a few beer cans were mixed in the bag."
"Drunken Teacher Marikawa splashed them all over the clothes, they're drying now."
"Nothing else left was suitable for lounging at home, so I just slipped into this."
Saeko chuckled. "I'm wearing something underneath, Blank-kun, no need to be shy."
Arthur rubbed his temples in defeat.
He could swear this girl had sprouted a little devilish streak.
Were all beauties with big-sister attributes this unflappable?
Arthur struck back, unwilling to lose.
"Senior."
"We're not absolutely safe, who knows when a zombie might be drawn here and attack."
"Are you planning to fight dressed like that?"
Saeko turned, her smile gentle, almost saintly.
"But I have you keeping watch, don't I?"
"To the man who once earned my direct praise…"
"I place absolute trust."
"…Don't I?"
"Master?"
Arthur fled in loss!
She's a full-blown enchantress!
He had underestimated her!
After Arthur hurried away in a fluster…
A faint blush tinted Saeko's cheeks.
As she cooked, she murmured softly,
"Maybe I teased him a bit too much…"
A short while later,
While Arthur kept loading bullets in mechanical repetition to silence the chaos in his mind.
"Blank-kun~"
A voice, almost cloyingly sweet, drifted from behind him, accompanied by the heavy scent of alcohol.
Arthur turned his head.
He saw Shizuka Marikawa, wrapped in only a bath towel, lying on the sofa behind him.
"Eh?"
"Rika Minami, how did you turn into a boy?"
Shizuka Marikawa gazed at him with hazy, drunken eyes.
A dazed smile spread across her face as she reached out her hands, seemingly asking for a hug.
"Just as well, boys must be very strong. My head is so dizzy, carry me back to the room to sleep~"
"Sigh..."
My life is too hard...
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Lmao, I went to check, and after so many comments saying yes, I don't even know why I asked 🤣🤣.
I will write +18 chapters, but don't expect a lot of sex in the book. btw I've got a surprise for you all in the next chapter!
Things are going to heat up a bit, if you understand what I mean 😏