The next morning, I woke up with Nana beside me.
Of course, we didn't do it.
"Wake up."
[Ngh…]
"Heh, cute."
I pinched her cheek until she finally opened her eyes.
She puffed her cheeks and pulled my ear. It felt like it was going to be ripped…
"Ow, ow! S-sorry!"
[You can't do that much yet, at least right now…]
"A-ah, right…"
The atmosphere was becoming more awkward by the second. I stood up and told Nana that I was going to take a bath.
"No peeking."
[Eeehh, I already saw everything though…]
Even if she saw everything already, we're still not in that kind of relationship.
I walked inside the bathroom and removed my clothing.
"Ah, this feels nice."
I stepped inside the bathtub. I didn't even prepare it, so the water was cold.
Although I say that, my body feels numb to the temperature. I wonder why…
After taking a bath, I went out to cook breakfast when I saw someone in the kitchen. It was Nana.
Eh? I didn't know she could cook.
"What are you cooking?"
[Some steak.]
"Oh wow, I forgot I had that in the fridge."
After about a few minutes of wait, she finally finished cooking.
"Thank you for the food!"
[Don't shout. It's only 4 am right now.]
"Oh, sorry."
I looked outside and saw that it was actually still dark.
I woke up way too early than before.
I began to chow down my food. I was delicious~
"It's too good~ I didn't know you could cook."
[I have honed my skills to be a really reliable wife!]
"Heeeh."
I wonder, is she really serious about me?
If she is, then I need to slowly get to know her better.
We talked for a little while when a question came to mind.
"Wait, if the portals are showing up because of you then why did they start showing up 5 years prior?"
[I don't know the answer to that…]
That's weird, why did the portals start showing up 5 years prior to Nana's arrival?
It's way too weird...wait…
"Nana, how did you arrive here again?"
[From a portal that showed up near the kingdom...ah.]
So that's how it is huh?
"You arrived here from a natural portal it seems."
[Natural portal?]
"This is common in games and novels. It's where a portal opens up near a mana cluster or whatever you call it in your world."
[I see. Come to think of it, only the demon kingdom knows how to open portals.]
"Isn't my storage counted?"
[It is actually, but because it leads to a pocket dimension, it's not very useful for them. They want to invade worlds after all.]
That makes sense.
While chatting with her I found out that the skill [Nullification] doesn't actually belong to her.
She said that it just came out of nowhere.
An ability that came out of nowhere huh?
Anyways, I started to get ready to go to school when Nana said something unexpected.
[Can I go to school with you?]
"Eh?"
When I looked at her, she was already wearing our school uniform.
[Please~]
"..."
She was already begging me even though I haven't said a single word yet.
Considering that she doesn't really have anything to do, this is fine.
The problem is, how will she get in?
"How will you get in?"
[Fufu, I'll use "Manipulate"!]
"Heeh, that's kinda cheating."
Still though, [Manipulate] huh?
I wonder what kinds of uses it has.
We were now in a bus heading towards my school.
I couldn't help but notice the glares that the people are giving me.
It hurts.
[Don't mind them.]
"I'm not, there's just too many."
I heaved a sigh and just plugged in my earphones.
However, this made things much worse.
[What are you listening to?]
"Uh, some music."
[Heeh, lemme listen.]
"Hm, sure."
And just like that, the glares intensified.
Aah, so this is how that felt. Being glared at I mean.
Anyways, I don't mind it at all now. I mean, Nana is now resting her head on my shoulders.
When we arrived at school, the glares directed at me grew. Haah, we're not even in the building yet.
Well, I guess I can understand that a bit. A beauty was walking beside me after all.
After walking a short while, we finally reached the building where the headmaster resides.
I was a bit nervous due to the chill down my spine, so I activated [Sense] right away.
I shouldn't have done that.
"... I think I'm gonna throw up…"
[Why? Is it that much?]
"You have the same amount as mine, so why don't you feel scared."
[Oh, I'm just using "Compress" to not let my power leak out.]
"Heeh, that's cheating as well."
She's OP as hell. If even she can't defeat the Demon Lord, then that dude must be a monster.
By the way, during our chat earlier, I asked her if she could use [Status].
Unfortunately though, she can't.
It seems to be my unique skill.
"Haah."
[?]
I heaved a sigh as we entered the building.
All of the tension I felt earlier is now gone.
Not really gone, but just by knowing that Nana is a lot more horrifying than this, I can't mind the aura anymore.
After entering, the scenery we saw inside was like that of a mansion.
Is this really all for the headmaster?
Do they live here by chance?
Someone dressed like a maid told me to go upstairs and knock on the door on the end of the hallway to my right.
I guess she knew why we're here?
I'm afraid that it might be something else.
By the way, the maid girl also has a powerful aura. I feel out of place here.
We went upstairs and headed to where the maid told us to go.
This place sure is spacey.
After reaching the very end of the hallway I knocked on the door.
"Come in."
An old voice came out.
The headmaster's voice perhaps?
"Sorry for the intrusion."
After I went in, there I saw an old man that seemed to be in his late 50s.
He had a long beard and white hair.
Although he seemed old, he was pretty buff. As expected of the headmaster.
His power is 10 times more than Mr. Julius.
[I'm here to get enrolled in this school.]
There was a lot of power behind Nana's words.
I felt like I was about to get crushed.
I kinda feel like obeying her as well. So this is the power of [Manipulate] huh?
I'll be happy if I get this one.