- Silas -
Anyways, the day ended and I slumped down on my couch.
That thing actually scared me.
I know I was strong enough to dodge that or even fend him off but I was not alert enough and he was able to take advantage of that.
Sakura sat near me the whole time. She seemed like she had been pretty shaken by the incident too.
Tohru calmed down pretty easily when she realised what had happened. In fact, she had actually laughed at Sukuna and then got annoyed that I didn't taste her tail but ate that finger.
….I seriously don't understand what goes on in that head of hers.
"I'll leave for the day, boss." Tohru said and was about to leave when I suddenly remembered something and stopped her before she could close the door to the Restaurant.
"Wait a second, Tohru."
"Yes?"
I went to the kitchen and packed the leftovers from today's party and went out and gave it to Tohru. "Here, we got a lot of leftovers today. Have something to eat back at home."
She took my hand in hers and laughed. "Hehehehe thank you boss. You are the best."
"Hahahaha don't butter me up. Get going." I patted her head and she left while I came back inside and sat with Sakura.
We were indeed quite late so I got up too. "Let's rest for today, Sakura."
She looked up at me and I saw her eyes were looking a bit like before….on that day.
I sat down in front of her and took her hand in mine. "I am fine, you know."
"But….I could have stopp…."
"And so could I. I could have stopped him or even broken his skull or frozen him into a popsicle before he could even twitch his finger. But I was caught off guard. Mistakes happen, Sakura. You don't need to blame yourself for it." I reassured her.
"I…."
"Nothing else….or I will get angry."
She became quiet instantly. I let out a sigh and went closer to her and pulled her into a hug.
She didn't resist either and I caressed her back softly for a few minutes after which I pulled back.
"Let's go. You must be tired too. I know I am."
She nodded and we retired for the night.
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I woke up to the sound of my alarm the next day and washed up before going down.
Down there, I was met with an unexpected scene.
Sakura was already there and she was talking to Lavinia, the girl who had been unconscious for the last two days. She looked like she had recovered, although she was very quiet, almost depressed.
They noticed my entry and looked at me.
The girl looked a bit pale due to the incident and not eating anything while she was unconscious.
"Silas-san, you are up." Sakura got up but I signalled her to sit down and looked at the other girl.
"Lavinia, right?" I asked.
She nodded.
"Are you feeling alright? You are not hurt, are you?" I asked.
She shook her head. "Thank you for saving my life. I….caused a lot of trouble for you all. I am extremely sorry for that." She bowed and apologised.
"No no. You….had your own problems to deal with. Most of us would have been caught off guard in your situation."
Her face fell down at the mention of the incident so I quickly diverted the topic.
"You must be hungry after so long. I will quickly cook up something good for everyone."
She nodded. "Thank you."
Sakura followed me to the kitchen and helped me prepare the food and I whipped up something light for all of us.
After the meal, her face regained some colour and we talked about various things.
Lavinia was a magician working for the Grauzaberer Magician Organisation and was here to investigate the trails of another Magician Organisation called the Wizards of Oz, who were….well, all of us had seen how they were….batshit crazy.
The Wizards of Oz had four castles in the cardinal directions centred around the Emerald Castle in the middle. Each of these places led the organisation and that woman was one of them, Augusta, the Witch of the East and from the blabberings of the woman, we found out that Lavinia's former mentor was another one of them, Glenda, the Witch of the South.
Glenda had picked Lavinia up when she was a kid after she had started seeing her NotPokem….I mean Sacred Gear which other normal people couldn't see and thus thought her to be mad.
She raised her and then left her at the Grauzaberer Magician Organisation, from where the Wizards of Oz had formerly originated. There Lavinia later found that Glenda was killed by Augusta….or as we know now, it was just a way for her to get rid of her. Glenda just wanted to study her Sacred Gear and sent her away when she was done.
While she was telling us her story, Tohru had arrived and she too listened to the story quietly.
Sakura for one was very understanding, having been through a similar….or rather far worse situation.
I was even feeling guilty asking her to wait till she could sign the magical contract to not reveal all our identities….but she didn't deny it. In fact, she very calmly accepted it and decided to stay with us till Zeref was back.
Sakura and Tohru went outside to do some shopping and I was left in the shop with Lavinia and started preparing for the next day.
During this time, I made some small talk with Lavinia, trying to cheer her up.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the Restaurant and the door opened, revealing a little girl with white-lavender hair in ponytails and blue eyes.
She was wearing a white capelet with a fur collar, a pink blouse, a white frilly skirt, and pink doll shoes. Her hair was tied into pigtails, each adorned with three dark blue beads.
The most prominent things about her though were the two horns and a small tail.
A Dragon?
Was she someone related to Tohru?
I called her in and offered her a seat which she took without any words. She just kept staring at me so I decided to start the conversation myself.
"Umm, are you here for Tohru? What's your name?" I asked.
The girl just stared at me quietly while Lavinia was looking at her curiously now.
Finally, she took a small breath and opened her mouth. "Break up with Lady Tohru."
"....huh?"
- Maki Zenin -
She was outside the Kyoto Jujutsu High to check up on Mai.
Gojo-sensei had accompanied her to this place and so did Shoko-san as she was curious and taking notes to complete her research.
Last night, they had returned and the first thing which everyone did….was admit Yuji to the hospital. Yeah, the last incident with Sukuna was beyond everyone's imagination and what came afterwards was even more so.
Silas….he was a….
That part had left all of them shocked but soon after, Gojo-sensei as well as the rest had made it clear that he was still a student of the Tokyo Jujutsu High. They calmed down pretty soon though when remembering what the guy had done.
What came next was exactly this….testing the extent of her new abilities.
They tested her new physical capabilities and found out that her reflexes, strength, endurance and speed had increased by leaps and bounds.
Gojo-sensei had compared her current physical capabilities to Toji Zenin's.
After this, they decided to check out Mai's situation as they both were likely connected with the same chain and they wanted to see the changes in her.
Todo had gone ahead of them.
After a few minutes, she sensed something and looked in a direction to see Mai coming out with Kasumi Miwa and Todo. Behind them were Utahime Iori and Principal Gakuganji.
"Hmm, it looks like there has been changes on this side too." Gojo-sensei whispered as he looked at them.
Before she could ask anything, they were already there and Gojo-sensei greeted them.
"Old man Gakuganji, you are looking good. How is the position of the Higher up on the board treating you?" He asked with a smile.
Maki's eyes twitched. It wasn't much of a secret about what had happened with them.
"Why are you here?" He asked directly, not even mentioning that incident.
"Ah, didn't Todo-kun tell you anything?"
"He said you wanted to meet Mai Zenin."
"Well, not me necessarily. Maki here wanted to meet her little sister and Shoko wanted to check up on her too."
They looked at her and she noticed the principal's eyes widened slightly.
"How did you do it?" He asked the teachers who just smiled.
"Ahahahaha it started with me wanting to eat Manju yesterday…." And he started blabbering whatever nonsense he could.
"Alright alright, if you don't want to tell then so be it. I just wanted to know because of the changes in Mai since yesterday. Come inside, we will talk about it there."
They were led inside the campus of Kyoto Jujutsu High and Shoko-san checked up on Mai who was still staring at her.
"Cursed Energy has increased several times the previous amount and the body is stable. There are no anomalies." She reported finally and Maki breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, Mai looked at her and spoke. "What did you do?"
"I….broke the chains." She answered and left it there. "Now you don't have to be dragged down by me."
It was indeed one of her motivations when she heard that her Heavenly Restriction could be the cause of Mai's low cursed energy; it gave her the last push she needed to make the final decision.
"Dragged down? What do you mean dragged down? I wasn't dragged down by anyone. As if you could even do that. You are….you are….weak!" Mai lashed out.
She didn't answer and Mai gritted her teeth and left the room angrily and she let out a sigh.
"That….family reunions are always lovely." Gojo-sensei smiled and she clenched her fist, wanting to punch him in the face as that wouldn't do anything for her.
"Anyways, we are here for something important. Here is a letter of Recommendation from First Grade Sorcerers Nanami Kento and Atsuya Kusakabe for the promotion of Kigisaki Nobara to a Second Grade Sorcerer and Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro and Maki Zenin into First Grade Sorcerers." Her head snapped in his direction but he didn't pay any attention.
He kept an envelope in front of Principal Gakuganji and then took out another envelope. "And this is a recommendation from First Grade Sorcerer Atsuya Kusakabe, Special Grade Sorcerer Yuta Okotsu and Special Grade Sorcerer Gojo Satoru recommending Naruto Furinji as a Grade Three Sorcerer and Silas Evans and Sakura Matou as First Grade Sorcerers."
"Hmm? I haven't heard these names before." The Principal picked up the letters and looked at them. "Eight years? You are putting an eight year old in a Grade Three Sorcerer Position?"
"Old Man….Naruto-kun is my brother. He might be young but he is a man….I will not hear anyone say anything bad about him." Todo said seriously.
"And what about the other two? I haven't even heard of their names."
"Mah mah, they are our new students. Don't worry they can do it."
"That's not the point. They are completely ungraded. How can I put their names for a Grade 1 Sorcerer Promotion directly?"
"Because it would be a waste to make them go through all that nonsense. Silas and Sakura….they are beyond Grade 1. If you have any doubts you can ask Aoi Todo and I can bring them on later for you to see for yourself."
"Silas….he might be a boring guy but he is strong. He defeated me fair and square….while holding back." Todo interrupted again, "As for Sakura….she….is on a different level completely." He whispered blankly.
Even Maki got shivers when she remembered the Cursed Energy she had released when she had incapacitated Yuji.
That power….
Todo continued. "She defeated Yuta Okotsu….without making a single attack."
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The Principal tried to say something but no words came out of his mouth and he finally let out a sigh. "Nothing good comes when you show your face here." He scolded Gojo-sensei. "Sigh….I will see what I can about them."
"Thanks, old man." Gojo-sensei gave him a thumbs up.
Meanwhile Shoko-san and Utahime Iori from Kyoto Jujutsu High.
"Here….try this." She passed over a small vial of the potion to Utahime.
"Are you really sure?" Utahime looked at the vial unsurely.
"Absolutely. We have experimented and it works."
"Well….no loss in trying." She took some of the blue potion and applied it on her scar and this time Maki got to see it again, with her own eyes.
"....it's really healed. My scar….it's gone. Ah, I love you Shoko-chan!" Utahime hugged Shoko-san tightly.
"Yes yes. By the way, this potion was from one of the students we are recommending."
"Oh! Wait a minute." Utahime ran to the Principal and spoke. "Principal, I am recommending those students too."
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"Eh….did I miss something?"
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Author's Note:
I am back with another chapter of Isekai Restaurant.
Silas had his first spar against a Jujutsu Sorcerer and figured out his new powers.
Sakura scared the shit out of everyone.
Naruto gained a brother!
Maki on the other hand got the most out of the visit.
While Sukuna….yeah….he became devil poop.
Finally, a new visitor has arrived in the Restaurant.
Chaos will ensue soon enough.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.