after my visit with miss Mei's world, miss Liliya began visiting our place here in our community, she's quirky... good to be with despite what she feels right now, I hope she's fine...
Naoya began training in their world, after requesting from Ma'il he began to live there for the time being, learn everything he needs to know while I try to find what I'm good at...
"Isabelle, mind coming with me today? gonna try to create a new mix today"
"sure... miss Mika, why don't we visit a different Laplace today? I want to visit miss Liliya today"
"hmm... well the problem is there might be some collateral damage"
"there's apparently a place that can take any damage, it's relatively sturdy and only used as a training or experimentation from what I heard from miss Mei"
"really? though I don't feel like I'm welcome since I'm a stranger... hmmm... you should just visit them, I'll experiment on my own for now"
"w-wait..." she left without a word... I feel like she doesn't want to go there...
"miss Mei, is there a problem" currently with Miss Mei right now is Miss Liliya... somehow just standing there...
"ahh... Isa, currently the world's been rerouted and we can't get back to Laplace... it's a bit larger than earth though... we entered to see what's inside but we were immediately pursued by some human-animal hybrids"
"and what's a scary thought is that they have improved weaponry... guns and whatnot, we haven't even completed those types of weapons so we can't enter right now..."
"what I'm afraid right now is if some people managed to enter this then we'd have a troubling ordeal coming on"
it has been a few hours and nothing has changed. Miss Mei is still fixing it but from what she said-
"it's gonna take a few weeks probably... at best, just a day but that's unlikely... the world right now is a new discovery so I would like for both of you to enter the world and input coordinates and come back"
"Yes, Captain! C'mon Isabelle, don't want me to go alone right?"
"w-wait... am I allowed to come with?"
"sure! I could actually use the help since we can't contact Laplace right now..."
she grabs me, quite tightly and heads to the portal...
"wait... Liliya what is this?" it's more of a portal rather than a teleport
"ahh... you probably haven't known, us in Laplace uses portals instead of transportation pads... now run! or else they'll find us!"
as she said that some human-monster people started running towards us.
"try not to influence a lot of people, considering that we're foreign here..."
"have you experienced these kinds of stuff?!"
"Yeah! multiple times!"
we haven't stopped, I doubt Liliya can fend off this group all by herself...
we somehow found a place to hide, our pursuers are just behind us just missed us... thankfully they didn't have a strong sense of smell... or was it Miss Liliya's ability?
"phew... I think we managed to escape... I'll scout the area here... as for you, try to hide, we don't know what this world gives or it's dangers" she leaves with a hood on, did she always have a hood?
the place I'm in currently resembles Earth... the buildings, the roads... they're the same... and the people here... wait... are those animals? are there any Humans here? everything looks really modern compared to everything I have visited, Laplace was almost there but their modern tech is almost like much more than what Laplace have... if my homeworld isn't this advanced, let alone an array of races...
"yo, Isa. I think I found the area." that was quick...
"the only problem is the race... from normal view, it's like the winged beasts of Laplace but upon closer inspection, their wings are actually strengthened by alloy, I'm afraid of how sharp those actually are"
"miss Liliya, considering that you are a Lieutenant, can't you fight with a weapon?"
"yes, I can fight with a variety of weapons but I typically like the greatsword but I mainly support if there are other people who can fight for me" hmm...
"we're getting off track. Isa, wear this cloak, for now, we don't know what races are proper here... so we gotta hide for now"
I take the cloke and we began walking, the sidewalks are as modern as the 20's
"the place that I have found was a few kilometers away, it's a village from what I saw, although I'm scared as to what's gonna happen to it...
-alert; individual Mei has initiated a call-
"!?"
-ahh... Isabelle, can you hear me?-
"ahh... yes, where are you though?"
-I'm still in World:Muse, the portal you two came in has collapsed, I can't get any visuals on your place but I believe I can reinitiate the portal once you two are done, mind connecting me to Liliya?-
"ahh.. sure... umm system, transfer call to Liliya"
-call transfer initiating, done-
"ahh?! Isa, what did you do?"
"nothing I-"
"wait, wait... yes? ... Yeah I can but what about the interference? ... ahh... I see then I just need to get there right? ... then I'm going right now"
"what was that?" all I heard was miss Liliya talking... must be talking to miss Mei but what it looked like was she was talking to herself"
"I was worried if you've gone loco but apparently you were talking to Mei huh?.. anyway, the portal can be fixed but we need information on this world so that Mei can study this area safely, it might take a while but I suppose we can take a leisurely stroll here"
she began to sit to a nearby bench, although some people are looking at us quite strangely...
"want to eat? here, these are rations made by Ingrid, and it's good to eat if you're hungry"
I take one and we began to look at the place, there are some places that look odd but otherwise, it's a peaceful place.
"Isa, wanna know what we do most of the time if we find newly found worlds?"
"hmm? there are some worlds that haven't been explored yet?"
"yes, like this, it looks like Earth but in terms of size and races it would seem more of a newly found planet rather than dimension alternate of earth"
"ahh... but I thought you guys were normal, not like miss Mei, isn't an anomaly supposed to do these kinds of job?"
"yeah... I would say that this is supposed to be an anomaly's job but Mei likes to monopolize places where she deemed useful, like this world, or in this instance, planet."
"I see... then what your doing now is investigating foreign places right?"
"exactly but there's more to that, I'm not an anomaly like you so I don't have the system as you do, instead what Mei does is she orders us to never move a single thing here, not converse, not interfere, anything that can be said that changes the fate of the place."
"i-it's a bit confusing but I think I get some of it. then I'll follow suit if there's something I'm about to do"
"hmm..."
as we were talking, some person, with animal ears interrupted our talk
"oyy! what do you think you're doing over there?"
"a-ahh... I-I'm sorry, we'll be going now!"
he grabs my shoulder rather roughly and I attempt to escape
"you see, this here is my place so I suggest you go back to where you belong... rather..."
he grabs my face and I began holding his hand
"you look cute, I might as well have fun with you"
he grabs my body but before he could do something else, he was punched by Miss Liliya. it repelled him a few feet staggering him but he didn't fall down from the force
"hehe... that was a nice punch Lady but I believe you're fighting the wrong guy, won't you have fun with me just once, I can give you a good tim-"
Liliya gave him another punch just as before he could finish his sentence
"I think I had enough of this, let's go Isa"
"y-es..."
"Hold it!"
"you think you can get away with bruising this beautiful face?! men! surround them!"
the people who was in the back alley began to encircle Miss Liliya and me
"Isa, you can't fight, right? I'll buff you temporarily so you can read their movements, as for me, I'll protect you as much as I can"
I nod and she began focusing on the people surrounding us...
wolves, foxes, I don't even know the others but some of them look more human, some of them don't.
"c'mon, don't even bother fighting with dead weight, I doubt both of you can even fend off all of us. Men! be merciless! strip them to their clothing!"
as if in a whisper, I can barely hear her "you are beyond helpless... be glad that Eisen isn't here"
the people (animals) surrounding us began to charge in, Miss Liliya was quick enough to protect me even when she isn't focusing on me.
"Isa!!"
!?
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"uuhhh... what happened... miss Liliya?"
"ahh! Isa! your awake!"
"where... am I?"
"you're in a village, our destination. your silk save you apparently saved you, it flashed, blinding even me for a temporary moment"
"..."
"look on the bright side, we have tons of time. Mei just contacted me, she said the connection is fixed, we just need to investigate this place"
"oh, has the girl woken up?"
"yes, thanks for helping us there"
"don't mention it!"
"ahh... introduction is a must... My name is Liliya Rosa, she's Isabelle Civia, although I doubt we can meet again so it was a pleasure meeting you"
"pleasure meeting you too! my names Hans and I'm a Falkion, although we're currently under civil war with the other races, that's why we Falkion are currently separated from the world."
"ahh... well if you'll excuse us... Isa, can you stand?"
I nod and stand up, a bit shaky but miss Liliya helps me, she's nice...
"well then, we'll be leaving now, thank you for your hospitality"
"you're welcome, you are free to come back to this village if you need to rest"
Liliya bows her head... she looks at me and signals me so I bow too...
"Isa, do you remember anything after your silk shirt flashed?"
"no... I only remember you screaming...ugh-"
a... a kid?
"mm! I'm sorry..."
the kid is about to cry...
"no, no, no... look... you want this candy?"
"...my mother said I shouldn't accept anything from strangers..."
"hehe... well your mother's a good parent, here I'll show you magic!"
miss Liliya began levitating the candy in her hand
"woah! are you a magician?"
"hahaha... well yes! what's your name little girl?"
"I'm Melody! and I'm a Falkion like Mama!"
these wings... they're softer than the man we met
"bye-bye!"
we wave back to the girl and we began to investigate even further... although it wasn't much as we expected...
"Welcome back! how's the new world?"
"it's advanced, much more advanced than our world, and their wings are made of metal, no... probably stronger than metal"
"really... then after a few years or so we can come back."