Liliy froze for several seconds after hearing their explanation.
"Classed food..?"
Her tone was full of disbelief.
Then she narrowed her eyes.
"Did you all just eat a Dudu Fruit?"
Dudu Fruit was famous for its extremely powerful hallucinogenic effects. Anyone who ate it would see things that weren't real and have difficulty distinguishing reality from illusion.
That was why Liliy immediately became suspicious.
"No!" Nera quickly shouted.
"Everything we said is true!"
Welly nodded.
"If you don't believe us, look at this."
She immediately took out her Adventurer Card and activated it.
A status window appeared before them.
Nera did the same.
Liliy carefully examined both status screens.
The longer she looked, the more her expression changed.
Yet she still couldn't believe it.
"It still doesn't make any sense!!"
"LEGENDARY CLASS??"
"You're joking, right!?"
Nera immediately shook her head vigorously.
"No! We already showed you the proof!"
"It really happened!"
Liliy clenched both fists.
As an alchemist, she understood very well just how valuable classed food was.
Even Epic Class food was nearly impossible to create.
"Do you think I became an alchemist for fun!?"
"Hah!?"
Her voice sounded slightly irritated.
"Creating Epic food is already nearly impossible!"
"Not to mention Unique!"
"And Legendary!?"
Liliy pointed at the three of them.
"And you're telling me Rumi has a lot of them!?"
"But that's really true..." Welly answered quietly.
Liliy took a deep breath.
"If that's really the case..."
"I'm going to ask Rumi directly."
Before they could stop her, Liliy immediately walked toward the room.
"EHHH!!"
"WAIT!!"
"LILIY!!"
Welly, Nera, and Berin immediately panicked and chased after her.
Not long afterward, they arrived in front of the room.
Liliy immediately opened the door.
Creeeak...
The door slowly opened.
Inside the room, Izumi was still sleeping soundly on her bed.
Her breathing was calm.
Liliy immediately walked closer.
But before she could wake her up—
Welly suddenly hugged her from behind and covered her mouth.
"HMMMP!?"
Nera grabbed her left arm.
Meanwhile, Berin grabbed her right hand.
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"Liliy..." Nera whispered.
"Do you not remember what we talked about earlier?"
"Hmmmpp!? Hmmmpp!!"
Liliy's mouth was still tightly covered.
"The thing we talked about..." Nera continued.
"The thing we just told you."
Berin added quietly.
"That girl with the artifact."
Welly whispered softly.
"The girl who killed two knights..."
Liliy's eyes widened.
"HMMMMMMP!!!"
She immediately struggled.
But the three girls refused to let go.
As a result—
The four of them lost their balance.
And fell toward Izumi's bed.
THUD!!
Their bodies piled onto the mattress.
Instantly, Izumi's eyes opened.
As a former war veteran, her body's reflexes moved faster than her thoughts.
In a fraction of a second.
Her hand moved.
Creation Skill activated unconsciously.
A flash of light appeared.
And a pistol instantly materialized in her hand.
Izumi sat upright.
"What happened!?"
Without realizing it.
She pointed the pistol at all four of them.
The room instantly froze.
Nera's face turned pale.
"A-AAA..."
"Please... spare me..."
Berin was on the verge of tears.
"Ru... Rumi..."
"Don't kill me..."
"Please... please..."
Welly was trembling as well.
"Rumi..."
"I still have so many books I want to read..."
Liliy couldn't even speak.
She simply bowed her head while holding it with both hands.
Izumi blinked several times.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong with all of you?"
The four girls froze.
Several seconds passed.
Finally, Nera gathered enough courage to speak.
"Ru... Rumi..."
"Yeah?"
Nera pointed at the pistol in her hand.
"That thing in your hand..."
"That's an artifact, right?"
Only then did Izumi realize.
She was pointing a pistol at her friends.
Her face instantly turned pale.
"Eh..."
"No..."
"No no no..."
Izumi immediately stood up on the bed.
"Wait!"
"I can explain!"
She hurriedly threw the pistol away.
The pistol immediately dissolved into particles of light.
But it was already too late.
Nera looked at her with teary eyes.
"Explain..?"
"Are you going to explain that you're the girl who killed two knights in Werenty Village?"
Izumi became even more panicked.
"No..."
"Wait..."
"Yeah... that's true..."
"But—"
The four girls immediately froze.
They had just heard a direct confession from the culprit herself.
Nera began crying again.
Berin and Liliy couldn't even accept the reality.
Both of them immediately fainted.
Thud.
Thud.
Welly herself was nearly about to faint.
"Rumi..."
"Please don't kill me..."
Izumi grabbed her head.
Why did everything suddenly become such a mess!?
What am I supposed to do!?
She tried explaining.
But nobody wanted to listen.
Time continued to pass.
Until the evening sky became visible through the bedroom window.
Exhausted, Izumi finally knelt in front of them.
"Please listen to my story first..."
"This time I won't lie anymore."
"I swear."
For the first time.
Izumi was the one begging.
"Please..."
"Believe me."
The four girls looked at one another.
Eventually, they slowly calmed down.
They decided to listen to Izumi's explanation.
Izumi climbed down from the bed.
Then sat directly in front of them.
"Alright."
"I'll start from the beginning."
"From the very beginning."
The four girls nodded slightly.
Meanwhile, Izumi took a deep breath.
This time, I have to tell the truth.
She looked at them one by one.
"So..."
"I'm not someone who came from this world."
The four girls immediately froze.
They had absolutely no idea what she meant.
Yet Izumi continued.
"Back then..."
"In my world, I was a military soldier."
"Someone obsessed with weapons."
"Bullets."
"Ammunition."
"Tanks."
"Fighter jets."
"Even nuclear bombs."
The four girls could only look at one another.
None of them understood any of those terms.
Eventually, Liliy raised her hand.
"What is a military soldier?"
Izumi answered patiently.
"A military soldier is similar to a knight in this world."
"Except that in my world, they were instruments of war belonging to a nation."
They began to understand a little.
Nera asked another question.
"Then... what is a nation?"
Izumi thought for a moment.
"A nation is like a kingdom."
"In my country, wars happened frequently."
"And I was always on the front lines."
The four girls were immediately shocked.
To them, being on the front lines of a war was incredibly dangerous.
Izumi smiled faintly.
"Long story short."
"I kept fighting in various wars."
"A lot of my comrades died."
"Until one day..."
"The enemy used a nuclear bomb."
Izumi's expression slowly changed.
"That was the end of my country."
The room became silent.
"I tried to stop it."
"I flew my favorite fighter jet toward the bomb."
"But before I could reach it..."
"My aircraft was destroyed first."
"And I died."
The four girls remained silent.
They didn't know what to say.
Finally, Welly spoke.
"Wait..."
"There are a lot of things I want to ask."
"What is a nuclear bomb?"
"What is an aircraft?"
"Why did your kingdoms fight so often?"
"What race were you fighting against?"
Izumi chuckled softly.
Then she began explaining one by one.
"Hmm... a nuclear bomb."
"You can imagine it as extremely powerful magic."
"Magic capable of erasing an entire kingdom with a single explosion."
"No human could survive within a three-kilometer radius."
The four girls were instantly stunned.
Their faces turned pale.
Welly swallowed hard.
"What kind of wars happened in your world...?"
Izumi shrugged.
"That was normal there."
They fell silent once more.
"Then what about aircraft?"
"It's a vehicle used to fly to another nation in a short amount of time."
Welly immediately remembered something.
"Like a Teleportation Scroll?"
Izumi frowned.
"What's that?"
"A Teleportation Scroll is a Unique Class scroll."
"When used, a person can travel to a place they've previously visited within seconds."
"Even to another side of the world."
Now it was Izumi's turn to be shocked.
"Heh..."
"No wonder technology like aircraft isn't needed in this world."
She chuckled softly.
"Aircraft in my world are much more complicated."
"Basically, imagine riding a cloud and flying through the sky."
Their eyes immediately sparkled.
"Flying above the clouds..." Berin murmured.
"I want to fly!"
Izumi smiled.
"Of course."
"I'll take all of you someday."
"It's really fun."
Welly shook her head.
"In this world, humans can't fly."
"Not even Players."
"Only winged races or certain races with special magic can fly."
"I see..."
Nera, who had remained quiet until now, finally asked.
"Rumi..."
"What happened after that?"
"After what?"
"Didn't you die in your world?"
"If that's the case..."
"How are you here now?"
Welly, Berin, and Liliy immediately looked at Izumi as well.
They were all curious.
Izumi stared at the ceiling.
Then smiled faintly.
"Hmm..."
"As for that..."
She fell silent for a moment.
Then began remembering the mysterious woman she had first met after her death.