“You should be thankful you were only speeding and didn’t hit any pedestrians,” Aemeath said solemnly.
“Otherwise, even I wouldn’t have been able to get you out of this.” Lynae sheepishly scratched her cheek and promised repeatedly that she would never do this again.
“Let’s go.
Let’s head home,” Aemeath said to Lynae, switching back to her usual gentle smile.
“Mhm, whose home?” “Mine!” “Really?
Really?!” Lynae’s eyes lit up, and she hopped twice in excitement, looking thrilled.
In the few days since she had transmigrated, she had been sleeping under the open sky.
She hadn’t even taken a bath, and now she felt sticky and miserably uncomfortable.
“It’s true~ Let’s go, hurry.” Aemeath said with a squinting smile.
“Yay!
Long live Aemeath!” Lynae [pounce].jpg.
Aemeath was truly an honor student from the Labelle Development Department; she steadily caught Lynae as she pounced toward her.
Aemeath’s nest members + 1.
As for the last one, Sigrika, she was actually the most worry-free among this group of companions, though the time span was the longest.
Aemeath had found traces of Sigrika on a short-video platform on her sixth day here.
In the video, she was in the bird section of a zoo, using a sweet and lovely smile to introduce each type of bird to the children behind her.
She seemed to be doing quite well.
However, a family should always be complete, so she immediately set off.
After confirming Sigrika’s exact location, she rushed over to find her.
By the time she arrived at the zoo, night had already quietly fallen.
Aemeath conducted a carpet search around and inside the zoo, and finally found Sigrika lying on a bench like a sleeping beauty.
It was May, and the weather was gradually getting hotter.
Mosquitoes were starting to become active, but Sigrika was sleeping so soundly that she didn’t even notice the several red bumps the mosquitoes had left on her delicate, fair legs.
Aemeath didn’t wake her up; she just sat silently beside her, waiting quietly for her to wake up.
Perhaps because of some intuition, not long after Aemeath arrived, Sigrika woke up from her deep sleep.
Then she climbed up from the bench, and her pair of large, watery eyes met another pair of eyes that were as bright as the stars.
“Good morning, Sigrika~” Aemeath smiled and pinched her little cheek.
It would have been fine if she hadn’t pinched her, but the moment she did, she pinched tears right out of her.
Sigrika threw herself into Aemeath’s arms, ignoring her image, and began to cry.
Only then did Aemeath understand that the smile she had in the video was masking the terror and anxiety of coming to this world all alone.
Losing her power, losing her family, losing her friends, being all alone—this was far more terrifying and despairing than when Sigrika faced the other version of herself on the dark side of the academy.
She could only rely on her hobbies to temporarily detach herself from those fears and anxieties, while also giving herself a glimmer of hope for the future.
Surely, surely someone will come and find me, right?
Six days—it wasn’t long, but it wasn’t short either, and it was enough to gradually erode Sigrika’s hope for the future.
Every day, the rising and setting of the sun caused her hope to ignite and extinguish repeatedly.
In this cycle, her soul had long since become exhausted.
Aemeath felt she had arrived late, but also felt she had arrived just in time.
At least at the end of the story, she had steadily caught that cute girl who was about to fall into the abyss.
At this moment, the last piece of this family’s puzzle had been found, and it was time to take this cute and pitiful future Sixth Seat of the Midnight back home.
…
The last rule of the Otherworld Survival Guide: Even if you are lovesick to the point of illness, do not disturb his life.
“I don’t think we should disturb him.” With a single sentence, Aemeath poured a bucket of cold water on the three girls who were chatting enthusiastically on the sofa.
After the four girls from Solaris had successfully gathered, the matter of finding the Rover in the real world naturally was put on the agenda.
But at this moment, Aemeath raised an objection, even though the Rover meant more to her than to the other three girls.
He was the guide who had brought her warmth during dark times, the family member she would protect for the rest of her life.
“I don’t understand, Aemeath.
Does the Rover not welcome us?” Lynae was straightforward; her first thought was whether the Rover of this world didn’t welcome their arrival.
Aemeath crossed her arms and shook her head.
“If that’s the case, then if we take the initiative to go to him, wouldn’t Senior be very happy?” Sigrika said in a soft, sweet voice.
“Why do you say it would be disturbing?” Chisaki didn’t speak, but her slightly darkened gaze gave Aemeath a silent questioning look.
“…I know, you all might have strong opinions about my decision.” Aemeath deliberated for a long time before speaking slowly.
Her fingers gripped her arm where the others couldn’t see, instantly leaving dark red finger marks on her fair skin.
Aemeath’s wish was simple; she only hoped that the Rover could live safely and happily, whether in Solaris or in the real world.
So…
“But you might as well look at this first.” Aemeath opened wuthering waves on her phone and showed the game content to the three girls.
The three girls were collectively shocked to see the Rover appear on the game screen.
Only then did they realize that the Rover and the world they were in were nothing more than a game created by a creator.
And outside the game, anyone could be the Rover.
If that was the case, then searching for the Rover would be no different than looking for a needle in a haystack.
But clearly, this was not the core reason why Aemeath chose not to disturb the Rover.
“To explain it in a way you can currently understand,” Aemeath explained in a slightly heavy voice, “we are no different from virtual idols right now.” “Since we are idols, while being pursued, we will also be monitored, scrutinized, and even stalked.” Since coming to this world, Aemeath had seen many cases of idols being stalked by obsessive fans.
Those kinds of people acted without regard for consequences, and even if they seriously affected their idol’s life, they had no self-awareness.
“Perhaps in Solaris, the Rover could cut through the Gordian knot and solve all troubles, but what if he is just an ordinary person living a quiet life in this world?” This was Aemeath’s true worry: the Rover of this world was no longer the savior who bore everything, but just an ordinary person living a quiet life.
Perhaps he would be like the old men and women in the alleyways, wearing flip-flops and big undershirts, running his own small business.
He might also be like those corporate slaves who squeeze into the subway from nine to five, working hard every day to earn a living.
Or perhaps he was like them, a student still finishing his studies, currently tearing his hair out over his academic tests.
If he really wasn’t happy enough, then they should have descended by his side the moment they were forced to transmigrate, bringing him the happiness he longed for!
Instead of letting them be separated and displaced!
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”