After the tiresome events, I decided to go to the park and let Erina rest there. Of course, I did not leave her alone in there. I sat on the bench and I lend her my lap to sleep. It would be difficult for her to sleep while leaning on the bench. I will just make an alibi for later.I pondered on what to do after that. Monsters are either strong or weak and according to Voltsan, that monster was weak and could not be considered as a good opponent. Still, the monsters were not to be trifled with and Volta said that monsters are not always enemies. I wonder if how many monsters were hiding in plain sight around me? I sighed in dejection. I am too weak to be called a proper magician and I was just a one day old magician. I can"t just have the ability to fight like one immediately without training.
Although it was still quite something else for me, I still have to properly learn it if I wanted to be a great magician.
Then I notice movements from Erina. After seeing her open er eyes, I quickly made a good alibi for why she was sleeping in my lap.
"Where... am I?" Erina was clearly groggy and could not really identify where she was right now which means Volta"s power earlier was really strong which made her knocked out without even a slight resistance.
"Did you forgot? You ordered a wine and got knocked out from it," I alibied immediately.
"Huh? Did I just do that? Why can"t I remember? It seems like if I try to recall it, I can only think of a blank. Nothing is happening. And wait, is that you Kazuma?!" Erina realized that it was me who was speaking and blushed beet red as she quickly get up from my lap.
"Why am I sleeping in your lap?!" Erina blushed profusely that her whole face is bright red.
"Tch, the wine really knock you out that you even forgot to pay for food, I even have to pay for all of your food and wine ordered. I was almost broke!" I lied.
"Did I just eat? No wonder I feel full, but you are still not answering my question!"
"Haiss, do you think I would leave you there in the restaurant sleeping?! I had to carry you out to the restaurant and drag you here! I don"t know where you live so I decided to just let you sleep and let you go sober before I sent you off to your house," wow, even I was amazed by my ability to create a lie without a slight of stammering! If I rate it myself, it would be 10/10!
"Sent me to my house?" Erina was still blank s.p.a.ce which made it worrisome.
"Tch, you are not sober enough, come, tell me your address, I will send you there," I said to her.
She did not get angry at me and decided to let me send her home. I hailed a taxi and ride her back home.
"I will pay you for my expenses then, sorry for the trouble," she said and quickly rummage to her bag but I stopped her.
"Aish, that is just my treat, so you should treat me sometime as a repayment," I said to her.
"Then that wouldn"t be a treat but a debt!"
"Pfft," I laughed a bit hearing it. We laughed a bit and although the driver didn"t mind us laughing, I can see him smiling while looking at us in the side mirror.
"Anyway, thanks for dragging me out in the restaurant and lending me your lap, I appreciate it," Erina smiled.
"Really? Then buy me food next time," I said to her quickly.
"..." Erina pouted and looks away. I don"t know what is wrong with her though.
We arrived on her house. I just realized that she was pretty rich. For some reason, I felt like a dirt beside her. Her mansion was big like a castle in the city. I wonder why she was working in the convenience store though?
Erina is still pouting and stormed off without paying and opened the gates without looking back. I just shook my head before I said to the driver.
"I will pay for her fair," I said to him.
The driver smiled and just nodded before we continue going back home.
While on the way, I check the chatgroup once more. This time, Tsugimoto is giving out gifts to the group.
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Tsugimoto: Happy birthday to myself! Since I am a generous Magician, I will send everyone a gift with random stuff inside. Ufufufu, I feel so G.o.dly today.
Quisar: UWAAAH! TSUGIMOTO! DID YOU WOKE UP FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED TODAY?!
Yaya: @Quisar, don"t bother him, he is sending us gift, don"t you like that?
Nekomiya: Nya~ Tsugimoto senpai! I will give you a lick!
Rena: @Nekomiya you lewd stop that sh*t!
Raigaki: @Nekomiya, just lick me!
MEE6: (Raigaki has been muted for 1 minute. Reason: Nothing)
Moonlight: Thank you very much @Tsugimoto, happy birthday to you and I hope you will be blessed more.
Zacharias: @Tsugimoto happy birthday, hope there are more birthdays to come for you!
Catmod: Deym, I am not that generous to everyone but Tsugimoto has done it! That"s it, I will be wors.h.i.+ping you @Tsugimoto!
Jezra: Happy birthday @Tsugimoto. ... Fireball
Zan: Ah, even though I was under the water, who would have thought that Tsugimoto would be this generous.
Quisar: I don"t really understand how Tsugimoto became so generous to everybody.
Tsugimoto: Because its my birthday today!
Rena: But you didn"t give us gifts in your past birthdays/
Yaya: Who cares? He just gave us gifts, I am happy already!
Raigaki: Who muted me! d.a.m.n it! I keep suffering on this mute stuff.
Catmod: Me, are you going to fight.
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Raigaki: eheheheh... No... T_T
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A DM from Tsugimoto appeared on my phone. Before I can check the content, the taxi arrived on my destination. I pay for the fair and since I don"t need to worry about the price due to the money that I did not spend at all earlier. I rushed back home and check the gift that Tsugimoto has given to me. It was on the form of a lootbox. I tap it to open and the image of the lootbox shook.
"Opening Lootbox, Congratulations to receive Summoning Magic Circle"