"Finally… I'm back."
Takatsuki gently put Seele down and looked around.
"Takatsuki, where is this?"
Seele also looked around, but unfortunately, having spent most of her childhood in an orphanage, she knew almost nothing about the outside world.
Although she had seen more expansive scenery in other worlds, those were still other worlds. Upon returning to her own world, Seele was still very excited. Most importantly, this world had people she was familiar with.
"I'm not sure, but it's not a big problem. This place is still within my ability's range."
The ability Takatsuki spoke of naturally referred to [Close at Hand Yet Worlds Apart]. After returning to this world, he sensed the beacon he had left behind, which was undoubtedly within St. Freya Academy.
"Let's go, Seele, let's go home. Your sister Bronya is there too."
Nen surged around Takatsuki, and a passage opened before him. The other end of the passage was naturally Takatsuki's own room.
"Sister Bronya…"
Looking at the room on the other side, Seele naturally knew that this passage would close once Takatsuki entered. She walked into the passage with some anticipation.
"Takatsuki, where is this?"
"This is my room. My beacon was naturally left in my own room."
In fact, Takatsuki had also left beacons in items belonging to others, but it seemed that because he had been away for some time, those Nen had gradually been worn away and covered by the aura of the holders themselves.
"Come on, let me introduce you to St. Freya Academy. They should be in class now. When they finish school, you'll be able to see…"
Takatsuki pushed open the door, and his words stopped halfway.
In front of him, a girl with long purple hair was staring blankly at him, holding a tray of fruit.
Takatsuki slightly opened his mouth, and finally changed his words.
"I'm back, Mei."
Takatsuki's words seemed to trigger a switch. With the sound of the tray falling to the ground, a figure carrying lightning instantly crossed several meters and rushed into Takatsuki's arms, her hands tightly wrapped around his neck.
A faint voice came from beside his ear.
"Welcome home."
Mei's "sudden attack" caught Takatsuki by surprise, but he wasn't too slow to react, embracing the person in his arms.
"Mm!"
Seele, who had followed Takatsuki out of the room, stared blankly at Takatsuki and Mei embracing tightly, but a familiar voice pulled her back.
"Seele…"
"Sister… Bronya…"
"Seele!"
After receiving a response, Bronya flipped over the sofa and rushed towards Seele, embracing the girl in front of her.
"Seele, finally, I've seen you."
"Sister… Bronya."
Four people embracing in a small doorway left everyone else around them dumbfounded.
"Takatsuki…"
Kiana wanted to go over but was pulled back by Fu Hua.
"It seems another new member is joining us here."
Himeko smiled and took a sip from the beer can in her hand.
"Speaking of which, this kid still owes me a Stigmata. He's been gone for half a month."
"Me too…"
Ais, sitting beside her with her mouth full of fruit, added to Himeko's words.
He was decisive in running away, but the debts he owed when he came back still had to be paid.
When Takatsuki and Seele sat down, they learned what had happened during his absence.
The biggest event was that Theresa had fallen into a coma, but with their efforts, they successfully defeated the enemy. However, Theresa remained in a coma for some time, and the girls hadn't attended classes during this period because they had to take care of the unconscious Theresa to prevent any other accidents.
At this, Takatsuki looked at Hestia.
"Hestia, didn't you use your divine power to help?"
Hestia tapped her head with an "ehe": "Well, didn't everyone solve it themselves? Not interfering with the children's decisions is also the responsibility of a high god. Of course, if they couldn't solve it, I would definitely help."
"That's right, Takatsuki, don't blame Hestia. Besides, it was just a fox, easily dealt with."
Kiana patted her chest and said, making Bronya, who was clinging to Seele, retort: "Idiot Kiana, it was Sister Mei who solved it."
A fox? Oh my god, the Herrscher of Corruption?
Takatsuki suddenly remembered what this plotline was. It wasn't from the main story but from the Honkai Impact 3rd open world.
Fortunately, the matter was resolved without major incident.
"By the way, did they leave anything behind?"
Takatsuki remembered hearing that after the Yae Sakura incident was resolved, the Divine Key Jizo Mitama would be left behind.
"Something? No, but the Headmaster has a Stigmata on her back."
A Stigmata, then it's fine.
"Now that Takatsuki is back, you young ladies can relax, right?"
Himeko said with a smile from the side.
"I… we weren't worried at all."
"Yes, yes, then let's have a party tonight to celebrate Takatsuki's return and the addition of our new member, Seele."
"Party! Yay!" *2
Kiana and Hestia immediately cheered, but Mei, sitting next to Takatsuki, felt it wasn't quite right: "Um, the Headmaster hasn't woken up yet, wouldn't it be bad for us to have a party?"
"It can't be helped, and Theresa is fine now."
Himeko, as a teacher, seemed indifferent, knowing that given Theresa's constitution, this situation was just a minor issue.
"Um… what happened to the Headmaster you two were just talking about?"
Seele raised her hand and asked.
"Oh, Seele, right? The Headmaster is still in a coma because she got a little hurt earlier."
Himeko looked at Seele, who was sitting next to Bronya, and said.
"If you don't mind, let Seele help the Headmaster with her treatment."
Seele's words surprised Bronya: "Seele, you can heal?"
"Mm! Sister Bronya, Seele can help everyone now too."
Takatsuki added from the side: "Indeed, Seele can help the Headmaster with her treatment…"
Before he could finish, he saw Bronya staring at him.
"Bronya remembers Seele shouldn't have such an ability."
Takatsuki shrugged: "After all, bringing someone out of the Sea of Quanta isn't a simple matter, so we used a world as a springboard. It was a pleasant surprise."
"What! Takatsuki, you actually went to another world to play again, and you didn't take me!"
"Kiana, this wasn't for playing."