Having been granted access to the Chatroom Subgroup by Rei Ao, Alicia felt both stunned and full of admiration. A chatroom that links countless worlds is so cool, and being the admin of such a wondrous chat room makes Rei Ao even more impressive.
"Um…could I speak in the chatroom as well?"
Alicia asked carefully.
"Of course, I can introduce you to everyone."
Rei Ao opened the subgroup for this world.
Rei Ao: "@Everyone, let me introduce a new member of the group, @Alicia~."
Sayuri: "Ooh, hello hello."
Megumi Kato: "Welcome."
Hiromi Kato: "Don't tell me Alicia-san is also one of your 'little girlfriends,' and a classmate at your school, too?"
Hiromi Kato was no longer surprised by these things. Ever since joining the chat, she had grown extremely tolerant. She hardly even cared anymore.
Rei Ao: "No, she's from another world—the same world as Mabel."
Alicia: "Um, hello everyone. I'm Alicia Edelcia, a novice adventurer!"
Machida Sonoko: "An adventurer! Makes me think of that classic job from fantasy isekai light novels."
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Stop daydreaming!"
Eriri: "So she's our 'sister' too?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "She's asking if you're one of Rei Ao's girlfriends."
Rei Ao: "Quit messing around—she's not. She just popped into our world by accident last night, and I'm letting her learn about this world and what 'trading' is all about."
Rei Ao: "Oh, right. @Saki Kawasaki, thanks for coming over yesterday. Futaba told me about the housekeeping you got done."
Saki Kawasaki: "Ah, it was nothing. I get paid for that."
Saki Kawasaki: "Need me to come today, too?"
Rei Ao: "Probably won't be necessary."
Furuhashi Fumino: "Wait, um…I've got something I wanted to say."
Rei Ao: "What is it?"
Furuhashi Fumino: "I wanted to thank Ilia for tutoring Rizu and me lately. We really improved in the last test, and now we see hope of achieving our dreams."
Furuhashi Fumino: "So to express our gratitude and celebrate our progress, Rizu and I wanted to host a thank-you gathering."
Ogata Rizu: "Yes. We'd like to invite Mafuyu-sensei and Rei Ao-kun, too."
Rei Ao: "Sounds good! Is that today?"
Ogata Rizu: "Yes, it's Sunday, tonight. Are you free?"
Rei Ao: "I'm fine with it."
Kirisu Mafuyu: "Same here. And congratulations on your improvement."
Rei Ao: "But I've got an idea: since we're celebrating, let's make it a big one."
Furuhashi Fumino: "'A big one?'"
Rei Ao: "Yukino, Eriri, Mai, and the others did well on their tests, too. Let's gather all of them to celebrate. How about I handle it?"
Furuhashi Fumino: "Eh? But we wanted to treat everyone to thank them…"
Rei Ao: "Haha, I accept your gratitude. But if we celebrate together, it wouldn't be nice making you foot the bill. After all, I'm the one who wants to gather everyone for fun."
Furuhashi Fumino: "Well…all right."
Ogata Rizu: "I'm good with that, too."
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Since it's you young folks' business, I'll stay out of it."
Rei Ao: "No, you have to come."
Rei Ao: "Otherwise, who'll keep Mafuyu company?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Uh…makes sense. I forgot about Mafuyu."
Rei Ao: "Ai, Sonoko, Sayuri, Kobayashi—if you're free, come along, too. We can treat it like a group get-together."
Ai Sakurajima: "Sure."
Sonoko Machida: "I'll finish up here, darling. See you tonight!!!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "…"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "I…"
Rei Ao: "You're coming too."
Kasumigaoka: "…fine…alright."
Haruno Yukinoshita: "Ara-ara, I wonder if Rei Ao-kun's grown fond of me, too?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Sister, this has nothing to do with you!"
Rei Ao: "Yukino, don't talk to your sister that way."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "But she…"
She bit her lip, glancing at Rei Ao as if to say, She's definitely up to no good.
Haruno Yukinoshita: "Yukino-dear, I harbor no ill will. I just want to meet everyone, but if you dislike me that much, I'll just skip it."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "I…"
"…fine. I'll keep an eye on you!"
Haruno Yukinoshita: "Hahaha, being on little Yukino's mind is such a blessing~"
Eriri: "Ugh… wh-what a scary sister."
Sayuri: "Eriri, that's not polite. Don't talk like that about others~"
She stuck her tongue out in embarrassment. It felt a lot like being told off by her mom.
Rei Ao chuckled softly:
"Yukino, looks like you're really not good at dealing with your sister."
Yukino wore a complex expression—she didn't deny it. Even though her relationship with Haruno had eased and their grudge was cleared, it didn't mean she could quickly adjust to her sister's shadow dominating her for over a decade.
"Relax—your sister's changed a lot, and so has your mother. No need to be so wary."
He patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"Hoo, I know," Yukino exhaled. He was right—she, too, needed to change how she viewed them.
Sensing Yukino's mental shift, Rei Ao was satisfied. How she treated Haruno would matter for his future plan of them becoming happy sisters. Haruno was definitely in his sights, too…
Plans for the party settled, Rei Ao swiftly handled the location details. Then he refocused on Alicia:
"All right, about going back to your own world—I can help."
"In that case, let's proceed with the trade. Show me what you have."
[Abilities]: "Holy Magic"
[Possessions]: "Transfer Staff"
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