The time goes back to before Megumi entered the infirmary.
“So, little Lynae, is this person an outsider just like that Megumi from earlier?”
N.A.N.A.
looked at the Rover kindly.
Although she was a robot, her creator had clearly added many emotional modules, making her look exceptionally approachable.
“No, the Rover is an incoming student; she just hasn’t collected her Cassette yet. By the way, Ms. N.A.N.A., please give her an examination as well.”
Lynae introduced the Rover to N.A.N.A.
from the side.
However, as she turned to look, she realized the Rover seemed to be deep in thought.
“Rover?”
“Hmm? Sorry, I was just thinking about something.”
After a gentle reminder from Lynae, the Rover snapped back to her senses.
She had been contemplating the Cursed Energy Megumi had displayed earlier.
It was a rather unique frequency fluctuation, and she was somewhat interested.
Moreover, more importantly, the other party had been lying before.
She had lost her own memories before, so she could judge that Megumi’s behavior didn’t look like someone who had lost their memories at all.
However, this didn’t mean she was hostile toward Megumi.
Although he was lying, his eyes were very similar to her own when she first woke up in this world.
Lost.
Thus, after the Rover accepted N.A.N.A.’s examination, she went into the infirmary alone, which led to the scene where she answered the question on Megumi’s behalf.
“Oh? Is that so?”
Upon hearing the Rover’s answer, Dr. Luuk’s face showed no sign of surprise; instead, he slowly stood up and walked toward her.
“But those things are for later. Whether it’s student Rover or this Megumi, at this moment, you are both just injured patients. Here, you only need to consider how to recover.”
Dr. Luuk said this with a slight smile at the Rover.
Megumi felt that the man truly lived up to being a doctor; his every movement made people feel at ease and relaxed.
After Dr. Luuk finished speaking, Megumi noticed the man glance at him again.
For a split second, Megumi felt that the man didn’t seem like the peaceful doctor from just now.
Fortunately, that feeling lasted only an instant, like an illusion.
“Alright, Rover, there’s nothing majorly wrong with your body either.” After inspecting the Rover, Dr. Luuk looked at the report again.
“A Flower-Holder of the Black Shores… with this identity, and since you’ve recommended him and both of you repelled the Void-born Insect, Megumi should be able to enter the academy with you easily.”
Dr. Luuk encouraged them at last.
“Alright, neither of your bodies has any serious issues. Next is my personal nagging time as Luuk Herssen.”
The man named Luuk Herssen said this as he put down the report in his hand, a kind smile appearing on his face.
“In the future, unless there’s a special circumstance or protection, don’t go provoking things like Void-born Insects at will. Many students get injured trying to collect data on them.”
Luuk Herssen looked at the other students in the infirmary as he spoke.
Some of the students he looked at turned their heads away guiltily.
After all, being used as a negative example is not a glorious thing for a normal person.
“If you feel unwell anywhere later, or if you have any psychological issues, you can come here to find me. I’m always here. Oh, right.”
At the end, Luuk Herssen reached into his waist pouch and rummaged around, finally taking out two items.
Candies.
“Take these as a meeting gift, just a small token of my regard.” He smilingly handed the candies to the Rover and Megumi in front of him.
“Mhm.”
“Thank you.”
Facing his kindness, the two did not refuse and ate the candies right then and there.
They were very sweet, suitable for injured people who had just suffered.
Seeing this, Luuk Herssen said nothing more.
As N.A.N.A.
informed him that there were new injured patients, he turned and left.
*Thud.*
But at the very end, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and said softly:
“Welcome back.”
*Thud, thud.*
Megumi noticed that as Dr. Luuk said those words, the Rover’s pupils constricted slightly.
Are they acquaintances?
At least Megumi was certain that the doctor’s final words were not addressed to him.
However, Megumi didn’t ask further.
He then went out with the Rover to find Lynae, who was sitting on a waiting chair.
“How is it?! How is it?! Nothing serious, right?!”
Seeing Megumi and the Rover come out together, Lynae immediately stood up from her chair and asked with concern.
Seeing this, both Megumi and the Rover couldn’t help but smile.
The former shook his arm, which was now fine, at Lynae.
“Whew, that’s good. By the way, Megumi, you’re not an enrolled student. How do you plan to…”
“It’s fine, I’ve already recommended Megumi to become a student of the academy.”
Just as Lynae was worrying about Megumi’s future, the Rover explained for him.
At the same time, Megumi noticed that as the Rover spoke, she picked up a high-tech gourd tucked into her back waist.
“I see, then I won’t worry. Hehe, I’ll have two more new friends in the academy soon~” After hearing the Rover’s answer, Lynae breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
The three of them left the infirmary together, then followed Lynae all the way to the teacher’s office to handle the enrollment process.
According to her, only by possessing something called a ‘Cassette’ could one be considered an official student of Star-Torch Academy.
That Cassette could be treated as a student ID or something similar.
Along the way, seemingly because she had made two more friends, Lynae, walking at the very front, skipped along happily, humming a song.
However, the Rover behind her noticed something.
That was the look of worry on Megumi’s face.
“Is something on your mind?”
Facing her concern, Megumi instinctively wanted to say it was nothing, but he knew that keeping it bottled up wasn’t a solution.
After coming to this world, he had to find someone to properly understand this place.
“Yeah, I don’t understand many things about this world. After all, I have amnesia.”
So Megumi trotted out his previous excuse again.
The Rover didn’t expose him.
Instead, she began to explain knowledge about this world called Solaris to Megumi.
Through her explanation, Megumi learned that everything in this world is composed of [frequency], and the key to the activity of all things lies in the laws and vibrations of frequency.
Just like his Shadow Technique, its essence in this world was adjusting the vibration frequency of shadows to change their properties.
During the explanation, the Rover had been observing Megumi’s expression.
But in the end, her conclusion was that Megumi really knew nothing about this world, just like her at the beginning.
“I’ve been listening from the front for a while now. Megumi, you aren’t some kind of alien, are you?” Lynae suddenly turned around and made an exaggerated gesture.
Hearing her question, Megumi’s eye twitched.
Just now, while the Rover was explaining things to him, he learned that this world also has people like him who can use’superpowers’.
They are called [Resonators].
They achieve frequency resonance with specific objects or creatures, or even a piece of oral legend, thereby gaining the ability to adjust the world’s frequency, ultimately achieving strange effects like burning, freezing, or healing.
However, people like them have a distinct difference in appearance from ordinary people.
That is the thing on their skin called a Tacet Mark, which looks very much like a tattoo.
At this moment, Megumi was thinking rapidly, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for his companions.