“I’m not a suspicious person, so please calm down and listen. I’m Yuuka-san’s friend.”
“…O-Onee-san…?”
Haruka-chan looked surprised, but her expression barely moved. Her voice came out slow and hoarse.
“This is your sister Yuuka’s student ID and phone. I also brought a medicine from her, so please drink it.”
“…Me…dicine…”
She didn’t seem to fully understand what was going on, but I decided to move things forward and give her the elixir.
I took the elixir out of the magic bag.
Since she couldn’t drink while lying down, I gently supported her at an angle and brought the deep crimson liquid to her lips, slowly letting her drink it.
“W-what?!”
Suddenly, her body began to glow.
“W-what… no way… my body!”
And then—just moments ago, she couldn’t even sit up on her own… but now she suddenly raised her upper body by herself.
Amazing… so this is the power of the elixir.
Modern medicine just lost completely.
“How…? Wait—my sister! Where’s my sister!?”
“Hey, calm down.”
Haruka-chan tried to get out of bed, but she nearly fell, so I supported her.
Her arms and hands were still very thin.
Her body itself seemed to have recovered, but after years of immobility, her muscles had clearly weakened.
Even the elixir couldn’t fix that part.
Still, with rehab, she should recover over time.
And the first thing she did after regaining movement was worry about her sister.
Yuuka-san had also been thinking only about her sister even after being transported to another world…
They really are a close pair of sisters.
“The truth is, your sister is in a faraway place and can’t come back right away. So I came in her place. But she’s alive and doing well.”
“…She’s alive… my sister is really…!”
Tears poured down her face.
She must have truly believed her sister was gone after disappearing two years ago.
“I can’t explain everything, but the one who healed you was actually Yuuka-san. Please read this letter later.”
I placed the letter on the desk.
It was something we had prepared in advance.
We had agreed that if the elixir worked, we would tell her the truth—that Yuuka was alive.
There might be some risk for me, but I thought it was better for her family to have hope.
“I’ll bring another letter from your sister soon. Also, like it says in the letter, please keep this a secret from everyone except your parents. Let’s just say your injury was miraculously healed after sleeping and waking up. Especially don’t tell the police. If my presence gets exposed, I might not be able to come here again.”
“Y-yes! I won’t tell anyone!”
It might sound like I was threatening her…
But honestly, I had no idea what would happen if my ability became known to the authorities.
Maybe I’d get kidnapped by some agency or something. That kind of thing happens in manga, right?
“You’re a good girl. I can also send a message to your sister, so show her that you’re okay.”
“Okay!”
Using Yuuka-san’s phone, I recorded a video.
The battery had been dead, but after buying a portable charger from a convenience store, it turned on without issues.
After entering the password she told me, I switched to video mode and recorded Haruka-chan.
Even if Yuuka-san couldn’t come back to Japan, she would at least be able to see that her sister was safe.
“Alright, I’ll come again. Next time I’ll bring a photo of your sister too.”
“Okay! Promise!”
After finishing the recording and promising to return, I left the house.
I moved to a deserted area and activated my skill again, returning to the other world.
“Woah—!”
Just like when I went to Japan, I returned to Yuuka-san’s guest room in her mansion.
But she was already right in front of me.
Apparently, she had been waiting in the room the whole time since I left.
“K-Kakeru-san! H-how did it go…!”
Her expression was full of anxiety, like she was about to cry at any moment.
Well, that made sense.
Everything she had done for her sister was riding on this.
“It worked. Her muscles are weak so she can’t run around yet, but she can definitely move now.”
“…!”
I showed her the photos on my phone.
There was Haruka-chan, smiling brightly while making a peace sign.
The moment she saw it, tears began streaming down Yuuka-san’s cheeks.
“When I talked to her, she said your parents are a bit tired but doing fine. I left them the letter too. And I promised I’d bring a photo of you next time—Yuuka-san!?”
“Uu… uuu…”
“…It’s okay. I’m really glad…”
Midway through my words, Yuuka-san suddenly threw herself into my chest. Tears kept spilling from her eyes without end.
I didn’t really know what I was supposed to do in moments like this, so I just gently patted her head until she calmed down.
“Thank you so much for everything this time.”
After a while, she finally stopped crying.
But then she watched Haruka-chan’s message video all the way through… and started crying again, so I had to wait a bit longer until she fully settled down.
Well, it made sense. Even if it was only through photos and a video, she was seeing her sister healthy again and her mother for the first time in years.
…Though, I had knocked out the mother with a magic tool earlier, so that photo did feel a bit criminal.
“I only delivered the elixir. The one who actually obtained it was you, Yuuka-san. And the reason I asked you for protection in the first place was because of your reputation and everything you’ve built up until now.”
“Even so… honestly, I did suspect there was a chance you might run off with the elixir. I’ve actually been deceived a few times before while chasing the possibility of returning to Japan.”
“…That bad, huh.”
The elixir is valuable enough to let someone live in luxury for multiple lifetimes.
I could understand why greed might take over… but even after hearing her story, anyone who did that kind of thing is just beyond saving as a human being.
Still, in a world like this where blessings exist and life-and-death situations are common, maybe betrayal is more normal than in Japan.
And with skills that let people create or bring over Japanese goods… there must be plenty of people who exploit others using that.
“I’ll never forget this kindness for the rest of my life! I swear that I’ll devote my entire life to you, Kakeru-sama!”
Suddenly, she dropped to one knee and raised her sword toward me.
W-wait, what’s she suddenly saying…? This girl seriously…
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