The strong setting sun cast long shadows across the schoolyard.
A few students were heading home, while others stayed behind, playing soccer and basketball. As for me, I was standing in the very center of the schoolyard, in the exact same spot where I had been in that strange alternate world.
The usual sounds of after-school chatter filled the air, and I let out a deep, deep breath.
It felt like I had been in that bizarre place for far too long. But, it had been a valuable learning experience in its own way.
I even managed to summon my first fairy.
I put Raikou Douji's artifact back into my pocket and glanced up at the clock mounted on the school building.
The time was 5:40 PM.
Judging by the sky and the activity around me, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"...We're really back," I muttered to myself.
That realization slowly started to sink in.
