I came back but the world is still a fantasy!? – Repercussions Arc – Act 2: Otherworld Hometown – 02-21: The Three Who Met 1 (2/2)

“Ahh, it’s so like him to dream a dream like that, but now our positions have changed.”

Daigo’s words were complaining, but his tone was that of satisfaction and happiness.

In a sense, Shinichi’s dream was more difficult than them who dreamed something specific.

But since Shinichi’s dream wasn’t specific, it was much harder to lose sight of it.

“The nerve of that guy”, Daigo said with a smile as he became happy for his childhood friend.

“I see. So that’s why he felt so familiar. His understanding of the relationship of those that protect and those that are protected is very similar to ours.”

“The person who said that ended up getting protected instead, though.”

He wasn’t strong at the start, but people were capable of growing.

Daigo knew that, but as someone who knew Shinichi when he was young, he still found it shocking.

Knowing about his stats made the whole situation even stranger, but he didn’t bother to pursue it.

He had heard when they first reunited that due to some circumstances Shinichi experienced a time shift.

It was probably related to that, so Daigo didn’t say anything.

The girl could infer from the conversation how Shinichi must’ve been like when he was young, so she smiled.

“Fu fu. Oh, but this isn’t the time to be having a friendly chat, is it? Let’s leave the things that we can’t lie about as is and just make sure that they’re as mild as possible.”

They couldn’t lie about the fact that he jumped in and fought with the criminals, but as for the part about him catching bullets with his hands and beating drones barehanded, those they could treat as if they never happened.

“Hmm, but then the story of those men probably won’t match.”

Hostages are more trustworthy than the criminals, true, but with so many of them, Daigo figured that the credibility between their groups should be mostly equal.

“It’s fine. The people that were reflecting over their actions weren’t really looking. They’ll probably tell the truth, but you can just leave that to me.”

“What do you mean?”

“This.”

The girl smiled fearlessly then removed her beret hat and glasses, revealing the beautiful blue hair and golden eyes hidden underneath.

That defining color and hairstyle (ringlet curls) left Daigo stupid.

“…Huh?”

“Wow, you’re so pretty!”

The boy honestly praised her beauty, while Daigo froze up at the implication of her appearance.

It was enough to make him run from reality by seriously pondering on how she could have hidden all that beneath her beret hat.

In the end, he forcefully concluded his inquiry with one sentence – ‘As expected of Garesto’.

“Thank you, little hero. You were very cool back there too. I was really happy when you tried to cover for me.”

“Ehehe.”

The little boy blushed at her beauty and praise, but Daigo, whose lap he was sitting on, was not addled.

When he realized what he’d done to her and how he talked to her before, he paled.

“Don’t ever forget how you felt that time, but don’t try to be reckless either. Even if it’s for the right thing, if you get hurt, there are people who will be sad. You have to treasure your mom, okay?”

“Okay.”

Seeing the child nod, the girl smiled, then nodded to Daigo.

“My name should be able to persuade them. The moment I name myself, the school will be contacted and someone will immediately be sent to pick me up. So can I ask you to send that person a message in my place?”

“Y-Yes! I’ll do whatever you want!”

Daigo was embarrassed to be so nervous that his voice sounded shrill, but he knew too little how to behave in front of someone famous.

She, on the other hand, was used to having a fidgeting partner and as such paid him no mind.

“I want to take him out for dinner as thanks— Oh, but on second thought, would a Japanese man appreciate that?”

She spoke her message as she’d thought it, but midway, she stopped, and a worrying expression surfaced on her.

Before the incident, she wanted to treat him as thanks, but in the end, he spent more money on her than she’d spent on him.

The possibility was there, so she had to consider it.

She spoke a different plan, but it was so tedious that even she could tell.

“I-in that case, we could train toge— How is that supposed to show my gratitude!? I-I could advise him— But that’s exactly the same! Oh, I know! I could get the newest armaments and— I couldn’t possibly gift that to a normal person! But most of the things that my house can produce are meaningless in Earth— Huh? How exactly do you thank a gentleman from Earth!?”

She was asking herself with that last sentence.

Troubled to no end by a situation unforeseen, her face flushed red and she shuffled about in confusion.

“E-Ehhh?”

“Oneechan?”

“I can’t believe it! I don’t even know how to thank someone properly! W-W-W-W-What should I do!? I haven’t investigated at all what that gentleman likes! At this rate, I’ll be someone who can’t even properly thank her benefactor! What to do, what to do, what to do!?”

This was the kind of person she was.

As her grand image collapsed magnificently, a wry smile appeared on Daigo’s lips.

She was so rattled that she had even forgotten about that gentleman’s best friend sitting in front of her.

Alas, this was a trouble stirred by two walls. One known as ‘another world’ and the other known as ‘upper-class society’.

“What can I do please that gentleman!?”

As she worried to no end over how to ‘thank’ him, Daigo’s eyes blinked.

Cheeks flushed red and a restless heart. That was enough to bring to worry a certain matter.

Even if the person herself was not aware of it.

“…Uwaa… Seriously?”

She mentioned that he reminded her of a person she once admired.

She spoke highly of him many times.

She fondly referred to him as ‘that gentleman’ or ‘that person’.

Word had it that the people of Garesto had a preference for ‘strong’ people.

And lastly, she was like this. With all that, it would be harder not to suspect.

“Ahh, a-anyway! I’ll make sure not to make a big deal out of it, so please inform him that I wish to thank him directly. Tell him to visit Garesto Academy at Kutoria. If he tells the people there that it’s about the beret girl, they’ll understand!”

“O-Okay…”

Though seemingly embarrassed, she spoke with much vigor as if she’d made up her mind.

Daigo reflexively replied in affirmation, but deep inside, he felt that this confirmed it.

She coughed lightly and brushed over her being flustered.

“Umm… *Cough. Excuse me. I Aristel F. Padyuel will never forget this. Despite the situation, you did not abandon your pride and held yourself with regard. I’ll be talking with the people in charge here now, so please wait here for a moment…”

She was wearing normal clothes, but her elegant bow made it seem as if she was wearing a dress instead.

She held her head up high and left the tent a noble as she made her way to the temporary HQ.

If Daigo had not seen her lose her composure earlier, he would have fallen for her just from the way she carried herself.

“Ha ha, so the one looking at the world with colored glasses was me, huh…”

A different world. A different way. A different strength. A different pride.

But the one who showed him all that was the same person. The same person he mistook to be a normal girl.

Though the person herself managed to keep up her appearance, to her, this was actually a disappointing story.

“Hey, hey.”

“Hmm? What’s the matter?”

“Uncle, I’ve seen her on TV before.”

“…Yeah, me too. I’ve seen her too, but it would be nice if you could call me onii-san instead of uncle, though.”

Daigo wryly smiled as he ruminated on that name. Aristel F. Padyuel.

Likely the most popular face next to the current president of Garesto.

The nobles of Garesto have taken it upon themselves to carry the duty of defending their world and their respective territories.

In Garesto, houses that can produce high rankers are given nobility, and among the nobility, the houses that possess even greater character have come to be known as the Ten Great Nobles.

One of those great nobles was none other than the House of Padyuel, and Aristel was the next in line to succeed the head of the family.

Due to her friendly appearance, she has appeared in many events and interviews.

She has already become a household name and is so famous that even children knew her face.

With a beautiful face straight out of a fairytale, a characteristic hairstyle, and an ever graceful bearing, she has made many fans out of the Earthlings.

Though from the way she acted at the store earlier, she might actually just be a girl deep down inside.

“I gotta hand it to you, Shinichi. That’s one crazy woman to have fall for you.”

If he was in the mood, he would have surely laughed like there was no tomorrow.

After all, of all the girls that could fall for his childhood friend with no ability to attract women, it just had to be her.

Daigo considered helping out by ‘exaggerating’ the message, but while he did later find out from the questioning that his childhood friend was safe, he could neither meet him nor contact him, and in the end, he couldn’t pass the message on.

Later on, though, he would find out that the message wasn’t necessary at all.

Comments

29 responses to “I came back but the world is still a fantasy!? – Repercussions Arc – Act 2: Otherworld Hometown – 02-21: The Three Who Met 1 (2/2)”

  1. Chaoton Avatar

    I will seriously need story recap after this arc had ended.

    Thanks for the chapter!

  2. St.George Avatar
    St.George

    Thanks for the chapter!

    1. ashikaider Avatar
      ashikaider

      My thoughts about Aristel here and during the school arc.

      I don’t think that much time passed between here and Shinichi’s first day. In fact, I think that this event took place during Golden Week, which is the first calendar week of May. Shinichi most likely transferred a week or two later.

      During his first day of school, Aristel wasn’t the only person who was trying to figure him out, but saying much more than that at this point is spoilery.

      As has been said here, she was most likely surprised by his stats, but knew something was going on with him. That’s most likely why she attacked him, in order to get a bead on his abilities.

  3. Drakensji Avatar
    Drakensji

    how did Aristel not recognize shinchi at the school then? She even tested him and seemed to guess who he was but its not like he disguised himself, it should have been obvious at first sight who he was. suspicious…

    1. Yunchii Avatar
      Yunchii

      Time skip…. This is before Shinichi join the school a.k.a he returned from another world. The chapter sequence is confusing 1-x is when he at isekai, 2-x before school arc, 3-x school arc

      1. Mizzu321 Avatar
        Mizzu321

        still didn’t make sense though, does she glorify shinichi too much? that seeing him at bottom rank on school make her doesn’t recognize him?

        or maybe they already make some kind of deal to make Aristel act as if she doesn’t know him or maybe shinichi (or something else) somehow erase her memories.

        1. Countrymage Avatar

          She expects some great stats from him, and he shows up all Ds. So she follows him around school trying to get him to reveal his true worth, or trying to train with him, and overall presenting herself as a love interest. This at least finally explains why she was so fixated on him from the start.

        2. Dancer Avatar
          Dancer

          Aristel recognizes him. The undercover hero who saved her life is not someone she will forget or disrespect.

          She does not promote him as one of the most powerful people she has ever met. She explains why to Daigo in this installment.

      2. God hole Avatar
        God hole

        That’s the point duh. She should already know him at the school arc because she met him here.

    2. girisuryamawandi Avatar

      she tested him because his stat not match his abilities
      she wonder its really him because he have more fighting abilty than her but his stat very low
      in garesto stat = abilities when fight

    3. AE Avatar
      AE

      That’s what I was thinking too. They were in pretty close proximity to each other, so it makes it unlikely to she would forget his face. Many months did pass though, so it’s possible she forgot his face? But that also makes little sense since people’s ability to remember faces is pretty strong as long as it’s not in passing. Perhaps it’s his demeanor or haircut or outfit? He’s pretty low key most of the time when he’s at school except when he’s teasing female students and staff. Or perhaps it’s fixed in her mind that since he’s powerful, he MUST have high stats, but it’s well known he has all D stats. Add to the fact that he never tried to reach out to “beret girl” as instructed by her message.

      1. Countrymage Avatar

        There you go, the most compelling reason for her actions in the school. She was waiting for him to ask for her at the gate, so that she could thank him, but he never showed, even pretending he didn’t recognize her when she found him.

    4. Countrymage Avatar

      She was already following him around, so this explains why she was in his class to challenge him in the first place.

    5. hiirosama Avatar

      “Oi, what the hell’s this? You actually had the guts to go at me with a trash status like this?”

      “Padyuel-sama is not only a noble but also someone blessed with a high status.
      She’s not someone who can waste her time looking at insects like you.
      Know your place and apologize!”

      “Kanru, you’re too soft. There’s no way someone like this can be a student.
      I don’t know how he managed to sneak in, but we should quickly kick him out… Padyuel-sama?”

      “…That’s impossible…”

      Only the ringlet curls mumbled to herself how impossible of a situation this was.
      That “impossible” wasn’t meant to ridicule him, instead it was because she couldn’t believe that her conjecture would be wrong.
      But while doubtful gazes gathered on the confused girl, the man who can’t read the atmosphere––”
      act 1 03-06

      1. hiirosama Avatar

        and “What everyone was shocked about was his courage.
        Even if he hadn’t known that the woman he had just thrown was the same woman said to be the most mischievous of the academy’s top 5, that nerve of his to just nonchalantly throw her like that left everyone with pale faces.

        “…Nakamura, Shinichi…san…”

        Everyone except a certain girlRinglet Curls.
        She muttered that name, seemingly deep in thought, as she watched his back fade into the distance.”

    6. Dancer Avatar
      Dancer

      Beret girl, the random encounter one day at the mall has no golden ringlets

      Aristel ringlet girl has 12kg+ of golden drill ringlets hence the nickname

      Why would he connect them?

    7. Dancer Avatar
      Dancer

      Aristel did recognize him. He did not appear to recognize her.

      Hence the “test” to see if he would break his cover.

  4. Yunchii Avatar
    Yunchii

    I wonder how’s his reaction when Maid army and a certain perverted princess along with a crazy battle junkie demon princess come.

    1. Countrymage Avatar

      When worlds collide… they’ll be forced to call him Japan’s Demon King, after they see all his captive princesses.

  5. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    thanks for the chapter

  6. Darkmed Avatar
    Darkmed

    I don’t remember who she is in the school arc. Is she the one shinichi dueled with? Is so why did she not recognized her? And what chapter is that part? Thanks for the chapter.

    1. Dawgman Avatar

      She’s the blue hair ringlets Garesto Noble student or rather the top one.
      Shiniichi pretends to not recognize her because she was in disguise when she first met him.
      She recognizes him, but is baffled at the fact that he has such low stats, to the point that she questions if it’s really him or if he’s hiding his abilities somehow.

    2. hiirosama Avatar

      she recognize him
      ““Oi, what the hell’s this? You actually had the guts to go at me with a trash status like this?”

      “Padyuel-sama is not only a noble but also someone blessed with a high status.
      She’s not someone who can waste her time looking at insects like you.
      Know your place and apologize!”

      “Kanru, you’re too soft. There’s no way someone like this can be a student.
      I don’t know how he managed to sneak in, but we should quickly kick him out… Padyuel-sama?”

      “…That’s impossible…”

      Only the ringlet curls mumbled to herself how impossible of a situation this was.
      That “impossible” wasn’t meant to ridicule him, instead it was because she couldn’t believe that her conjecture would be wrong.
      But while doubtful gazes gathered on the confused girl, the man who can’t read the atmosphere––”

      1. hiirosama Avatar

        and “What everyone was shocked about was his courage.
        Even if he hadn’t known that the woman he had just thrown was the same woman said to be the most mischievous of the academy’s top 5, that nerve of his to just nonchalantly throw her like that left everyone with pale faces.

        “…Nakamura, Shinichi…san…”

        Everyone except a certain girlRinglet Curls.
        She muttered that name, seemingly deep in thought, as she watched his back fade into the distance.”

      2. hiirosama Avatar

        read act 1 03-06

  7. Shirou™ Avatar
    Shirou™

    Damn that was a good one Shinichi.. now i know why you keep teasing that ringlet curls back then. Tho it was in near future arc

    Thx for the Chapter~!!
    (´。• ω •。`)

  8. Paps Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, if only Daigo knew that he already made two princess interested in him, one is a pure M and the other a battle junky though HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

  9. Astarle Avatar
    Astarle

    There so many mystery aspect from that blue hair ojou-sama…
    How tf even that basic hairstyle of human can be change to Ringlet Curls, like when at school arc, explain that mysteriously her hair even after just done with bath already curled up…
    And then that, is her hair have a ability to compress their size? Or maybe that beret have space expansion ability?
    Should I say “as expected from Garesto ojou-sama”?

  10. doombloom101 Avatar
    doombloom101

    Tftc

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