When I came to, I realized I was in a dark space, surrounded by darkness. Looking around, I found that I was floating naked in the vast darkness.
I wondered where I was, and why I was naked.
Turning around, I flew around in a zigzag for no particular reason. I had just felt like it.
As I flew in one direction. I heard a strange sound around me. When I turned, I saw glitter like substances being left behind like a trail.
I turned to follow the direction of the glitter. When I turned, I saw them once again, on the opposite side.
"Teeheehee."
A voice? Don't tell me a beautiful weapon spirit or something will appear. To confirm my thoughts, in front of me, a beautiful girl with long black hair appeared naked.
"Eeto, who are you?"
I asked the little girl.
"Hello master, I don't have a name. You should give me one."
She called me master, so I must be right then. What kind of weapon could she be?
Suddenly, the little girl's body started shining as if to answer my question. It turned out I was right, her naked body slowly transformed into the shape of a war axe.
The axe wasn't large, nor long.
It was dark gold in color, with some black parts here and there. One side of it was sharp and thick, while the other side, was blunt like a hammer.
After transforming into an axe, the little girl transformed back into her humanoid form.
"So, how do you like it, master?"
An axe huh, that's a good choice for me, since I rely on brute force to fight. The blunt side will be useful so that I wouldn't kill them, even if some bones broke.
"Hehehe, I'm glad."
Now, what should I name her? It seems like she can read my mind so I don't need to bother speaking either. But wait I forgot another important question.
Why is she here? Where are we in the first place?
Anyway, I can't think of a good name for her… I guess I will just call her Nemesis since it's pretty generic.
"Nemesis, I like it."
Since she thought it was fine, then we both agreed that her name would be Nemesis.
"Now master, it's about time you woke up."
Just as I was about to say something, Nemesis snapped her hands and disappeared from my sight.
Actually, it was more like I was the one who was disappearing.
Opening my eyes, my vision started returning to me. Looking up, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling. It must be the hospital I thought.
When I turned around, I saw two familiar faces staring at me. There, Futaba-san and Onee-chan were sitting there.
When I saw them, it confirmed that I was in the hospital. It seems like Futaba-san didn't do her work and stayed here with me.
The two of them didn't say anything to me when they saw that I was awake. Though, their expressions told me that they were relieved that I was fine.
It didn't seem like they wanted to ask me about what happened either. Since that was so, then I won't answer until they ask me.
Getting up from the bed, it seemed my body was fine. All my injuries seemed to be gone, but I was still wrapped up in bandages.
"When can I get discharged?"
"Right now actually, the doctor said that you can leave as soon as you woke up."
Since Futaba-san said so, I nodded as I stared at the mother-daughter pair.
"What is it?"
"Are you not going to leave so I can change?"
"We've already seen it, no need to be shy."
Futaba-san giggled.
I didn't know how to respond to that. They didn't seem to want to leave either, so I told them to cover their eyes while I changed.
As I changed, I turned to see if they were peeking. When I turned, I could see them covering their eyes as I told them to.
Except…
They covered their eyes, but they were looking through the gaps of their fingers. Only when I stared at them, did they close the gaps of their fingers.
When I turned around, they would open them up again.
I quickly changed, before turning around, as the three of us left the hospital. It seemed, the paperwork and bill were already taken care of while I was sleeping.
Since I slept for a while, tomorrow will be the first day of the school term. In the blink of an eye, it's already been a month since I transmigrated.
This world that was once an Eroge game, has now become a reality.
My reality.
I shouldn't consider this world a game anymore. There are no saves or loads, if I make the wrong decision, it could impact greatly on the world.
But then again, I am just a mob character. Or maybe not, I shouldn't consider myself as just another mob anymore.
Since I plan on becoming strong, I should consider myself the protagonist of my own life. Of course, the protagonist of the game still exists here in this world.
If I think about it, every living being is the protagonist of their own life, their own story. Whether they are weak or strong, young and old.
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On the way home, I learned a shocking fact. Though I say that, I don't know what it is exactly since Futaba-san said it would be so, I accepted it as that.
Just a while later, we arrived home. It was nearly noon, already too late for my morning run, and the time for me to spend with Rei-senpai was missed.
Upon arriving at home, I sat down in the living room and had a cup of tea, with Onee-chan sitting across from me. Futaba-san had gone to do the work that she had missed, the plan for me to buy new clothes would have to wait.
Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong!
"I'll go get it."
Onee-chan said as she went to answer the front door. Sitting there, I wonder who the guest we had was, while I sipped on my tea.
After a few minutes, I heard the living room door open.
When I turned around, my eyes widened. There in front of me, two familiar faces stood by the door.
Behind them, Onee-chan smiled at me.
"So we meet again."
The person in front of me spoke in a familiar voice that I have heard many times when it was just a game.
They were the person I had saved just this week. Lumiere Maria-Angela de La Virlen and her maid stood beside each other and bowed to greet me.
The tea I had just sipped on, almost dripped out the side of my mouth.
I stood up and bowed back politely.
"Hello."
I then looked at Onee-chan for help. She only giggled when she saw my plight. Lumi and her maid came in, followed by Onee-chan and sat down across from me.
Her maid named Stella, stood behind the sofa, while she sat down.
"Eeto, what brings you here today?"
Oh, it looks like I forgot to introduce myself.
"My name is Hatsume Haruhiro."
Putting my hand forward, I greeted the elf princess as politely as I could.
"I am Lumiere Maria-Angel de La Virlen, second princess of the La Virlen kingdom in the far west. I am here to give you my gratitude for saving me the other day."
Lumi grabbed my hands as we shook hands. Her hands were truly soft and felt nice to hold onto. Luckily I wasn't sweating, I thought.
Hearing her, I nodded without showing a hint of surprise. She probably already knows that I knew of her identity, hence I didn't need to show a fake reaction.
"I see, I think that it would be enough if you simply sent a letter, rather than coming in person, but it's good to see that you are alright."
"Thank you, but no I must come in person to thank my savior."
"Ne, ne Hiro-kun, guess what?"
Onee-chan asked me.
"What?"
"Lumiere-chan will be attending to the magic academy tomorrow."
"I see, guess we'll see each other around."
"Fufufu, that's not all, well, I'll let her tell you herself."
"???"
"Well, starting from today, I will be living in this house as well, please take care of me."
Pfft.
The hand that just picked up my cup of tea shook.
"What?!"
Why is Lumi going to live here? I wondered.
"I came here, after informing my father. He had already agreed that I would be able to stay here, under the care of the famous Witch of Eden."
"I see… Since everyone has already agreed, I have no reason to object. Likewise, take care of me."
Seeing that I agreed, Onee-chan and Lumi smiled. Stella who was standing clapped her hands.
From the door, I could hear things being moved around.
What the, don't tell me they were gonna move in even if I didn't agree. They even bought the luggage here already.
Now, facing Lumi, I asked her.
"I don't know if I should be asking this but, what did you decide to do with the old man?"
Lumi went silent as I asked her. After a brief moment, she looked at me and smiled a bit.
"He's locked up in a cell, it seems he wasn't the mastermind. Of course, he didn't reveal anything."
"I see, princess I have a request for you."
I pleaded to the princess, there's no doubt that she would be surprised if I made this request. The king himself might even think that…
"Would you give me Sebastian?"
Lumi and her maid looked surprised. Of course, they were, after all I was asking for the person that tried to harm them.
"May I ask you why?"
"Do you really want to know?"
"Yes."
"Well, ever since I was little, I always wanted to have a butler named Sebastian."
Pfft.
Hearing my answer, Lumi, Stella, and Onee-chan broke out into laughter.
I gotta say, they look cute when they laugh, I thought.
"Of course, I might also have a way to get him to reveal the information."
"Well… If you insist, I will inform father."
"Thanks."
While Stella went off, to help with the moving of the luggage. Lumi and I stayed in the living room, while Onee-chan went to the study to read.
************
Since today was the last day, I didn't spend it training. Instead, I showed Lumi around the mansion, the streets, as well as the waterfall in the back of the mansion.
When we came back, I made dinner with Stella's help since she insisted. We then enjoyed dinner after Futaba-san ordered a brand new dining table on special same-day delivery, in order to fit everyone.