- Silas -
I opened my eyes to see an unfamiliar roof above my head.
A moment later things came rushing into my mind as I looked around.
Ah. Mikam….Rimuru's house.
What happened to me?
I got up and heard a sound beside me. Looking at the source of the sound, I saw a Goblina staring at me.
She bowed and ran out of the room, leaving me confused.
I got down from the bed and looked at myself.
My body looked the same, only much more toned and stronger than before.
It reminded me of the scene from Captain America where Steve Rogers transforms into the superhero form. I mean, I was fucking ripped.
I looked at myself in the mirror. My looks were practically the same, only more defined. I had a slightly baby face, black hair and purple eyes. None of that changed, except now, I looked much sharper. I basically went from the cute type to the cool type.
My power was surging like never before. My cursed energy was several times higher. It was on a level where I could easily surpass Naruto, although not even close to Sakura.
I raised my hand in front of me and water gathered from around and formed a water ball and then with just a thought, it froze, forming a ball of ice. With a slight twist of my finger, the ball of ice was moulded into a bunch of ice needles.
"Already playing with the magic, I see." I heard Rimuru's voice and looked at him standing on the door.
"What happened? Why did I lose consciousness? And how long was I out for?" I asked, still looking at the ice needles which were floating above my hand.
"You were getting the skills from the voice of the world, basically the power which regulates this world or something. As for how long you were out for, around eight hours. Anyways, how are you feeling? Any discomfort? Did you check the skills?"
"I….am getting the hang of it. Still haven't checked the others."
"Take your time. Your power has risen a lot compared to what it was although you will need to practise them more often to get used to them. I will get Ainz and we can go out on hunts to get you used to your power later on." Rimuru offered. He then went on to explain my skills to me in brief.
I nodded. "I need to get back to the Restaurant. Saitama must be waiting."
"Yup. Although I think he must be taking a nap more than anything else."
"....yeah. That does sound like him."
We chuckled and got ready to go back to the Restaurant.
"Rimuru."
"Hmm."
"Thank you."
"Hahahaha don't mind it. Don't mind it. We are friends, aren't we? This is what friends do."
I smiled. "Yes. Yes we are."
The door to the Restaurant was in the same house in a different room which everyone was forbidden from entering.
I opened the door to the Restaurant and Saitama was playing games in his usual seat.
"Oh Silas, Rimuru, you're back." He looked up and asked before delving back to the game.
Rimuru also joined him.
"I will go and check on Sakura and then make something for everyone."
"Thanks." They both shouted, already busy with the game.
I shook my head and went upstairs.
Sakura seemed to have heard our voices and came out of the room.
"Silas-san. You are back."
I nodded. "Was everything alright here? No one troubled you all, did they?"
She shook her head. "No. I was up here for most of the time and Saitama-san was in the shop but I didn't hear anything from here."
"I see. Good then. It's already morning. Did the girl, Lavinia was it, did she wake up?"
She shook her head. "No. She is still asleep."
"I see. Kisuke-san said she needed some rest so let her. Poor girl went through a lot yesterday. I will go and cook something for everyone."
She nodded. "Will you be opening the Restaurant today?"
"Yes. Gojo-sensei said he was going to bring some people today."
"Okay. I will prepare then." She nodded and was about to walk when I stopped her.
"Sakura."
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
She smiled and nodded her head.
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I laid the last plate on the table as we sat down to eat.
"Did someone come last night after we left?" I asked Saitama.
"Hmm. Oh yeah. There was one guy. What was his name again? Doorman Savana....Shirt and Pajama....ah....Milk and Banana!"
….
"Huh?" All three of us looked at Saitama.
There was no way someone was called that.
Were they pulling some kind of prank on Saitama?
….he does look like the kind of guy who would fall for something like that.
"He looked like a weirdo though. He asked me about the owner. I told him I was the owner as you had asked me to. He destroyed my shirt and tried to attack me so I punched him out."
"He attacked you?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"A weirdo?" Rimuru asked.
"Are you fine? Did you get hurt?" I asked quickly.
"Nah, I'm fine. He was weak. Don't worry. I think he was here to rob the shop or something. Seriously, they should just go and work hard."
"A robber….seriously….yesterday was wild. Then again, a simple mugger was almost cute after facing the pokemon kids and those crazy magicians." Rimuru nodded and we continued eating food.
True.
"So what did you guys do in Rimuru's world?" Saitama asked and we told him about his world. After eating, I went to prepare for the day and Rimuru went out to oversee the work of his people.
He did tell me to contact him immediately if there was any danger.
Saitama had stayed at the shop quite late today so he also went back early and things became quiet once more.
Half an hour later, Tohru was the first one to arrive.
"Boss! Did anyone come to disturb you again?" She asked, as soon as she entered.
"No. I was fine. Rimuru's place was good."
She came near me and smelled me. "Boss. Did you get stronger?" She asked, eying me curiously.
"Ah yeah. Rimuru's method worked out." I raised my hand and showed her my new magic. "I even learned some magic." I smiled.
"Oh! Water Magic. So cool. Now you can put out any accidental fires I make without any fire extinguishers."
"Don't make fires in the first place." I deadpanned.
I told her about Rimuru's place.
"Eh, goblins? I remember them. They are quite weak. The dwarves are tricky though. Most of them are weak but they can make dangerous weapons and armour."
"I think Rimuru had Hobgoblins though. They evolved after he named them."
As we were discussing this, the door opened and Miu and Naruto came with Hayato-san and the rest of the masters of Ryozanpaku.
They were told that Gojo-san will be bringing some of the students and they wanted to meet them too.
Minutes later both Touma and Cid-kun came as well.
I had prepared their bento for them already.
They checked on us and then left for school.
It was another half an hour later that the door opened once more.
"Yo Silas-kun, Sakura-chan, Naruto-kun. Did you miss me?" Gojo-san came in. Behind him, Nanami-sensei and Shoko-san came in followed by several others dressed in school uniforms. I only recognised the brown haired girl among them. I think her name was Nobara or something.
Other students were different.
There was a huge guy with the side of his face burned and there was a girl too who had a large part of her face and body with burn scars. Then again, they did tell me that being a Jujutsu Sorcerer was a dangerous job. It was the last guy who made me do a takeback.
Is that a panda suit?
"Sensei, is this the place?" A pink haired guy at the head of the group asked.
"A Restaurant." The guy in the panda suit spoke.
"The Panda talked!" Naruto jumped out of his seat and pointed a finger at him. "Miu Nee-chan, it talked."
"Sit down Naruto. He's just wearing a panda suit." Miu pulled him back while apologising. "I am sorry. Naruro can be a little overexcited."
"Ah don't mind it. By the way, I am not wearing a Panda suit. This is what I look like." He….wait seriously?
Even Miu was taken aback by the information.
Well….I guess after seeing talking dragons, slimes and skeletons, this is not that weird.
"Is he the new student, Sensei?" Nobara asked. "Isn't he a bit too young?"
"Well yeah. Naruto-kun might be young but he has extremely high potential. If trained well then by the time he reaches your age, he might even be able to take me on hahahaha." Gojo-san laughed.
Everyone was shocked by this and looked at the kid.
"On the other note, the girl over here is Sakura-chan and our chef Silas-kun is the last student.
They looked at us and I took this opportunity to welcome them.
"Welcome. Please have a seat. Will you all be ordering something?"
"Yes! I will have mochi and red bean cakes." Gojo-san raised his hand excitedly.
"Udon for me." Shoko-san ordered.
"Ramen sounds good." Nanami-sensei said.
Seeing them, others took seats and ordered as well and took a look at the menu.
"Are those horns and tails real?" The girl with the burns asked, pointing at Tohru who was currently serving Naruto his fifth bowl of ramen.
Naruto answered, although with his mouth full it barely made any sense so Sakura explained.
"Yes. Tohru-san is a Dragon."
"A dragon? Seriously?" The pink haired one asked.
"Hmph, do you have any doubt?" Tohru glared, her claws and fangs enlarging.
"Tohru." I called out and she was back to normal as she turned back.
"Yesss boss!"
"Take their order." I ordered.
"Okayy!"
I prepared their orders and finally went and sat with them. They were already having a lot of fun.
Naruto especially seemed to get along with the other students.
Gojo-san, who had finished his meal, got up and clapped his hands. "Hai hai, everyone listen up. Today is the first gathering of the new Tokyo Jujutsu High's students. First of all, I would like to welcome Naruto-kun, Silas-kun and Sakura-chan to our school as first year students. Everyone clap."
Cheers and claps rang through the room.
"Great. Now let me introduce your senpai to you all." He went on to introduce every student.
"Oh and the last one is a student from Kyoto Jujutsu High but I guess he passed out so he is a Jujutsu Sorcerer now. Meet Aoi Todo-kun."
"Since it is the first meeting of the students, you all can talk among yourselves and get to know each other. Oh, I know what. We can have some sparring matches too."
Both Nanami-sensei and Shoko-san looked at him but didn't say anything.
I suddenly remembered something.
"Actually, can I ask for your help, Shoko-san?"
She looked up. "Yes?"
"Umm you see…." I explained to her the incident from yesterday. "And that's how she was injured. She is still sleeping upstairs. Kisuke-san said she was fine soulwise but could I trouble you for a second opinion?"
"Sure. I will take a look at her." She nodded and Sakura-chan led her upstairs.
"Wow, that's quite some adventure you had. Tell me about the students. They were chasing you with pokemons?"
"NotPokemons….or that's what we decided to call them since we don't know what they were. The attackers were not keen on talking."
"Were they like curses?" He asked.
"Hmm, I don't know. They didn't seem like Curses. From what Tobio told me, they were planning to make Sacred Gears of some sort and experimented on the kids. The things they made….those were actually failures."
"Sacred Gears?"
"Hmm, apparently, the God of the Bible in this world made several artifacts and distributed them through a lottery at birth. Every human has a chance to get one at birth although the chance is exceptionally low and it can be anything, from X Ray goggles to God Killing weapons with the power to destroy entire countries. The reason they were after Tobio was because his Sacred Gear was one of the strongest ones in the world."
"Wait….Gods? As in real Gods?" Nanami-sensei asked, stunned.
"Well, apparently my world has all kinds of supernatural creatures, even real Gods. Amaterasu, Zeus, Shiva, everyone is real here."
I saw their mouths wide open.
"You are joking right?" He asked, still incredulous.
"No. Not really. Even the Kyoto youkai are ruled by a Nine Tailed Fox named Yasaka, who is the leader of almost half the Youkai of Japan. Then there are the Five Principal Clans of onmyoji and all."
They were curious but I didn't know much about the world so I couldn't tell them.
By that time Shoko-san and Sakura had come down too.
"The girl is fine. She will wake up in a while."
"Thank you."
"Alright alright, enough of these things. Let's go out and start our first joint training session." Gojo-san clapped.
The shop didn't have much of a crowd by then so we went out.
Familiar walls appeared in front of us.
The barriers around the place seemed a lot stronger than before.
Gojo-san seemed to have noticed my look and confirmed. "The barriers were strengthened by the old fossil. It can take a lot more beating than before."
"Fossil?"
"Sigh….stop teaching them nonsense." Nanami-sensei scolded and then looked at me and explained. "The barriers were created by the Tengen-sama. He is the head of the entire Japan's Jujutsu world. He found out about the situation and offered to provide a place where you all could be trained without any worries."
"I….see. Please send our thanks to him then."
He nodded.
"Anyways, Silas-kun, you wanted to train your new Innate Technique. The best way to do that will be during a fight. So….let's pick an opponent for everyone. Naruto-kun will be fighting Panda-kun. Sakura-chan will be fighting Yuta-kun and finally Silas-kun will be fighting Todo-kun. Don't worry about injuries. We can heal everyone up in a jiffy with Shoko here, so go wild."