Understanding the Current Situation

Domoto also looked at me a little condescendingly, but still explained the situation without getting emotional like Kohinata did. As the head of the kendo club, he seemed to have spent the three days as the leader of the other club members. I must thank him for that.

In fact, the other students seemed to have lost consciousness after being exposed to the light. I was the only one who lost consciousness for such a long time.

It seemed that this world was a completely different world from the Japan we lived in. As can be seen from the scene outside the window, this world seems to me to be a fantastic world, a world of fantasy. It seems that there is actually magic in this world. Domoto held up his index finger and a small fire flared up at the tip of it. Tsuji and Ikeda laughed at my surprise, but I couldn't even respond to them anymore.

Domoto told me that there are various other worlds, including ours. I have heard of the term "parallel worlds", but I suppose it is something like that. In each of these worlds, it is said that dimensional distortions occur from time to time.

The destination of these distortions is this world.

To be honest, it was difficult for me to understand what he was saying, but I heard that he had learned such stories from the woman from earlier and the priests present here.

"Do you understand the language of the people here?"

"Oh, yeah. You still don't understand, do you?"

After saying this, Domoto speaks something in the direction of the woman who brought me here, "■■■■■■■■■". in an unintelligible language like the one used by that woman.

The woman immediately left the room indicating that she understood.

"You shouldn't think of things here in ... the way you did when you were in Japan. Everything is out of whack."

"What do you mean?"

“The language of this world is not spontaneous, like on Earth. There is only one. That's why there are no dialects and no language problems between different countries."

"Only one language?"

"Yes. Language is something given by God. A child is born with no language, no matter how old they are. Then, at the age of about four and a half, they are given something called the ＜Fruit of Wisdom＞ to eat. "

"Fruit of Wisdom?... Like Adam and Eve?"

"Maybe it's something like that. And only then does the child learn to speak. Words are not learned. They are given by God. "

"Oh... that's... "

"This isn't Earth. Everything here is different. Do you understand? Our relationship with you is no longer thought of in terms of teacher-student. We are in a completely different world."

Domoto intensified his tone at the end of his sentence. I... can't take my eyes off Domoto and wonder how to answer him.

" Still, you're the students and I'm the teacher."

"Fuh... I wonder how long you can keep talking like that."

I was about to retort to Domoto's ridiculous way of talking, but then the woman from earlier came into the room with a basket in her hand. She then walks straight up to me.

"■■■■■■■■■"

The woman took out an apple-like fruit from the basket and offered it to me while speaking something. As I froze, Domoto urged me to eat it. I accepted the fruit.

...

No, but this situation. I guess I'll just have to eat it.

Shakk.

I imagined the taste of an apple eaten in Japan, but it was quite sour. I ate it, but there was no sense ... of anything changing. That's true, even if there was an effect, it would have to be digested in the stomach or intestines.

" How do you like it?"

"... Huh? Yes? No... the words..."

The woman waited for me to eat the apple and spoke to me. This time it got through perfectly... Damn. I can't understand it at all. I feel like I'm being deceived somehow. This must be really happening, considering the view outside the window. I am driven by the fact that I have no choice but to accept it.

"You see? You understand, don't you? You'd better get rid of your perception from Japan as soon as possible."

"Ah... no... but..."

"We have to go now. We don't have that long to stay here. Ask Millet about the rest."

"Millet?"

"That's her. Ask her about this place."

As he said this, Domoto called out to the other students.

"Sensei... we..."

Sakuragi, a first-year student, apologetically tried to say something. Nishina noticed and stopped for a moment, but Tsuji came up behind and said, "First year, come on!"

I understand that I should be more careful about the relationship between senior and junior students than between teacher and student, and I feel saved just by the two first-years showing a bit of concern for me. And now it was important for me to understand the situation.

"Don't worry, I'll let this lady explain. You guys take care."

I sent them off and decided to listen to what Millet-san had to say.

We are alone in the large cafeteria.

“You understand the situation I... we are in, don't you?"

"Yes, it happens from time to time in this world."

"Something similar?"

"Yes, because this is a gateway from those other worlds..."

"Like abductions and kidnappings?"

"No, it is not like that. It is not something that can be controlled by our will. It is said that distortion between worlds occurs as a natural phenomenon. And it is said that God saves those who fall into that distortion."

"... Distortion? God?"

"Yes, but we do not know why distortions occur."

"... So is this God a god of our world? Or the god of this world??? "

"The god of both worlds, I'm told."

"Both? So how do we get back to our world?"

"So far, there hasn't been any mention of returning..."

"But those guys are still children, while I'm not. They have parents and friends in their own world. Are you asking these children to leave all of that behind and live in this world? How sad do you think their parents would be if their children suddenly disappeared???"

"No, please stop!"

I found myself yelling out in agitation, grabbing Millet's shoulders and shaking her. I felt uncomfortable and pulled myself away from Millet. I need to calm down. I'm an adult...

Suuu. Haaa.

I took a deep breath and felt strangely calm, just as I did before.

"I'm sorry."

"No... I understand how you feel..."

" ...Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet... My name is Shigeto Kusunoki. Should I say that Kusunoki is my last name... or is it better to say my family name? My name is Shigeto."

“Shigeto ...-san. Yes. My name is Millet Urania. Please call me Millet."

I calmed down a little and looked at Millet in front of me. She certainly didn't look Japanese. I thought her hair was blonde, but upon closer inspection, it seems to have a slight reddish tint to it. Her skin was white enough to be described as Caucasian, but the texture of her skin was closer to that of a Japanese person than to that of a Caucasian one.

The depth of the head was deeper than that of the Japanese, but it was more like half Caucasian. The most distinctive feature were her ears. The ears stretched out were different from ours. It reminds me of something I saw in a movie called "Elf".

She looked calm, but she might not be more than 20 years old.

I couldn't help but stare at her while thinking about that. Millet, who was being stared at, looked a little embarrassed and slumped down. I realized that I had done it again when I saw that.

"Ah... I'm sorry. Um... I was thinking of the difference in facial features between you and us Japanese."

"No. I think it's only natural."

Millet took a look at me when I had calmed down and headed toward the back of the cafeteria, saying she would explain over a light meal. I was very hungry if you were to ask me, which was not surprising after sleeping for 3 days. 3 days??? Speaking of which, there were no stools, etc., during that time... So that diaper...

I took another deep breath, trying desperately to ignore the bad feeling.

Suuu. Haaa.

Okay ... calming down was the best thing to do right now.

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