I Woke Up In A Completely Different World!

I used my other hand to cover hers which were feeling rather cold from being exposed to the cold air when I felt something prodding my back.

Steven: "Huh?"

I turn to find a hooded figure squatting next to the bed with my jian ready to be drawn.

Mysterious Figure: "Mister Omeo, your time has come."

Steven: "Who the f.u.c.k are you?!"

I threw the blanket over the figure and kicked them into the wall nearby. Kicking the jian away, I pulled the blanket off the figure and I was ready to blast them away with magic when they frantically removed their hood.

Madelyn: "Wait! I was just messing with you! It"s me! It"s a joke! I"m joking! I was pranking you! It"s just a prank!"

Steven: "Madelyn?"

I let out a long and jaded sigh and sit back down on the bed. Madelyn was holding her hand, with a little blood dripping down to her wrist. She must"ve nicked her hand on my sword when I kicked her.

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Madelyn: "Ow, s.h.i.t."

Steven: "Let me see it."

Dai-tai pokes her head from the other side of the bed as I start using healing magic. It was one of the healing spells I picked up from Rayna and I used a small rag to clean her blood.

She was as good as new before she even realized it.

Madelyn: "Oh! That"s cool!"

Steven: "I hate you for doing that."

Madelyn: "Stop being dramatic."

Dai-tai: "Yeah, you kicked her!"

Niroja: "What"s going on?"

Madelyn: "Do either of you even realize what time it is?"

I didn"t have to look outside the window to know it was past morning.

Steven: "Oh, it"s a little late."

Madelyn: "It"s time for lunch, come and get some if you"re hungry."

I decided to lay down for a minute as the girls leave the room. Dai-tai was the one that stayed with me and laid down to join me as we stared into the ceiling.

Dai-tai: "You let her off pretty easy."

Steven: "I was raised in a busy kitchen. I"m used to putting up with s.h.i.t."

Dai-tai: "So if I pin you like this, what would you do?"

She pushes me down on the bed and sits on top of me and holds my arms down. Dai-tai"s hair becomes a bit messy during my struggle and reveals her small horns she likes to keep hidden. I didn"t realize it until she leaned down, closer to me, that I see her left horn damaged.

It was like someone tried sawing them off but only made it a couple of centimeters before stopping.

Steven: "What happened to your horn, Dai-tai?"

Dai-tai: "Huh? Oh!"

She lets my arms go and uses her hands to hide her horns. Immediately looking away from me, I sat back up as my curiosity was asking questions.

Did she do it to herself?

Why did it happen?

Steven: "Dai-tai?"

She looks at me, scowling as her eyes are building up in tears. Guilt starts to wrap me as I realized that I shouldn"t have asked her. The best I could do to make up for it was to apologize.

Steven: "I"m sorry, I shouldn"t have asked."

Dai-tai: "That"s not it!"

Steven: "It"s not?"

Dai-tai: "I—They did it to me…"

They…

Could it have been the Old Guard? Maybe even the orphanage…

Either way, Dai-tai still seemed upset and I was hopeless, the best I could do was hold her as she fought her own tears.

Dai-tai: "It still hurts sometimes…"

Steven: "It"s fine… I"m here… I won"t let anyone hurt you anymore."

Zheng De Meinu…

A beautiful town with a horrible personality…

Steven: "Come on, let"s go get lunch, Dai-tai."

Dai-tai: "Could we stay like this for a little longer..?"

I obliged her and after some time she calms down. I knew she was starting to feel better when she started giving subtle hints with her body on what "I should do" next.

I only responded with a compliment.

Steven: "I think your horns are beautiful."

Dai-tai: "You"ll give a girl the wrong impression if you talk like that."

She giggles and stands up. I saw her sad smile and knew she"ll be like this for a while.

Dai-tai: "Come on… let"s go. I"m hungry."

Someone knocks on the door before it opens.

Young Mi: "Ah—I apologize for interrupting… Dai-tai?"

She saw Dai-tai"s teary eyes and immediately glares at me thinking it was my fault.

Dai-tai: "Sorry mama, I was talking to Steven… and he saw my horn."

Young Mi: "No, don"t apologize, Dai-tai. Just come and get lunch."

Dai-tai: "We"ll be right there."

We went out of the room and I got to see what was made for lunch. Young Mi and Madelyn got together and made chicken burgers with slaw and macaroni salad. It looks really good but again, like breakfast, I"m not feeling the mood to eat.

Steven: "Young Mi, I"m not feeling hungry, is that because I"m a Wight?"

Young Mi "Yes, you"ll be fine if you eat or not. It"s just that your magic sustains you as it does for me."

Suddenly, it"s starting to feel like being a Wight is more of a handicap for a chef like me. If I do happen to live forever, sure, I"ll have the recipes for the centuries, but I won"t be able to enjoy them as I would after working hard and coming home peckish.

Steven: "Thank you for the meal."

After eating, I sit down at the couch where Lilith was relaxing and I retrieved the letter from under my tunic. It really had to be from Kanna because the letter was in cursive, her usual way of writing.

The letter had also piqued the girl"s interest, and Madelyn even sits next to me trying to peek into the envelope.

Madelyn: "You have a letter? Where"d you get it?"

Steven: "It"s from Kanna."

Madelyn: "Kanna?"

I opened the letter, and see even more of Kanna"s cursive handwriting. She really took her time with this, as her writing was cleaner than I remember.

Dai-tai: "Ooh! Ooh! Can we see?"

Steven: "Sure."

They had already gathered around me before I had any say, and I was starting to get nervous. What if she wrote something n.o.body else should know about?

Niroja: "She has pretty handwriting."

Kanna Hisakawa: "

Dear Steven,

Where are you? I didn"t want to believe you were gone. Since you came, you"ve smiled brightly even in the worst of your times. It wasn"t until you were taken away from me that I realized how much you mean to me, even more than just a servant.

I already want you to come back. I miss you. I felt warm when you used magic, as it was my magic that you were using. But no longer do I feel your warm presence when you use it as you"re on the other side of the world.

So much has happened in a short course of a month. Mom is sick and Uncle came with the Captain to care for her. They took the letter you sent seriously and didn"t waste a moment. They are now using your room to rest and I am more than certain that you would"ve allowed it either way.

As I write this letter, I realize that I am frustrated that you are constantly finding yourself in these situations as you"ve been doing since I"ve met you. Whether it be the Headmaster, Demons or even Cynthia"s antics.

I"m not asking as your mistress or master as you prefer to use, but as a friend. Please, don"t get yourself killed and come home as soon as possible. There"s something important I want to tell you in person.

Yours truly,

Kanna Hisakawa

"

My eyes well up with happiness. For a short letter, I found a newfound motivation and determination to return to her.

Young Mi: "You"ll see her soon, I know you will."

Niroja: "Yeah! We"ll even help you get there!"

Dai-tai: "That"s right!"

Madelyn: "It"ll be a companion quest."

Lilith: "I"ll help too."

They didn"t even hesitate to help…

Steven: "You"ll all help me?"

Niroja: "You attract what you are, not what you want."

Dai-tai: "You"ve been brave, caring, funny, helpful, and hard working. So, it"s only natural that we decide to help."

I never would have guessed that I would be the one in need of help. With everyone helping me, this would no doubt be very easy to return home.

There was a knock at the door, and I cheerfully opened the door to see Rayna standing there.

Rayna: "Steven, good afternoon."

Steven: "Rayna, how"ve you been? Come in."

Rayna: "Happy."

Bringing Rayna in made everyone in the cabin a bit standoffish. She was never properly introduced to the others and somehow, there"s some of us believing she had something to do with my death.

Steven: "Oh, you haven"t met everyone else, have you..? Everyone, this is Rayna, she was immensely helpful in Meinu."

Young Mi: "This is the time-traveler Loremaster was talking about?"

She curiously walked up to Rayna and politely shook her hand.

Young Mi: "I"m Young Mi. I think it"s both amazing and reckless, don"t you think? You have no idea what you could"ve damaged timewise."

Rayna: "I"m Rayna. Any future is better than what I"ve lived through, Young Mi."

Everyone else eased up and Dai-tai had offered her spot for her to sit.

Steven: "Well, what"s done is done."