Chapter 115: A ged World

  As it turned out, Alex’s advice had been spot on. One look at Rena’s cheerful face when she arrived at school early in the m, and Alex already khe oute.

  “Teacher, thank you so much!”

  The first thing Rena did upon arriving at school was to ruo Alex, bowing deeply in gratitude. She then handed him a lunch box.

  “Thanks to you, my troubles are finally resolved! I’m really grateful! I made these botamochi; if you’d like, please take them.”

  “Judging by your expression, I think I already know the answer.”

  Seeing Rena’s radiant smile, Alex’s lips curved into a slight smile as well. He reached out and accepted the lunch box.

  “I’ll gdly accept it. It’ll be a nice addition to my lunch.”

  With that, Alex Rena and then turo leave. As he walked away, the other curious students gathered around her.

  “What’s up, Rena?”

  “Did something happeween you and Mr. Alex?”

  “Well…”

  Perhaps because her worries had been lifted, Rena no longer hesitated to share what had been troubling her with her friends. She openly told them everything—about her parents’ divorce, her father’s job loss, and how he had bee infatuated with a strange woman, recklessly spending money on her.

  After hearing Rena’s story, her friends were shocked.

  “Wow, all that really happened?”

  “Yes.” Rena nodded, pg her hand over her heart aing out a long breath.

  “To be ho, I didn’t know what to do back then. That’s when I remembered Mr. Alex’s offer to help with any troubles, so I went to him… he helped me realize that things couldn’t go on like this, that I o face it directly and talk to my father. If I kept ign it, things would only get worse. So, I took his advid had an hoalk with my dad…”

  As she spoke, a look of relief spread across Rena’s face.

  “Luckily, my father finally came to his senses. He’s decided to look for a new job and stop living aimlessly. He even promised to break up with that woman. It’s such a relief—he nning to buy her a house! If it had e to that…”

  “Wow…”

  Hearing this, Keiichi frowned.

  “If it had e to that, things would’ve been even messier, right?”

  “Yeah…”

  Rena’s face grew more serious as she gripped her shirt tightly, gazing down at the floor.

  “I… don’t know how to put it, but I feel like… Teacher saved me.”

  “Saved you?”

  Hearing this, Mion looked at her curiously.

  “What do you mean?”

  “Well…”

  Rena’s face took on a plex expression in respoo Mion’s question.

  “The night after I talked with my father, I had a really strange dream…”

  “A dream?”

  “Yes. In the dream, I didn’t have Teacher, and I didn’t talk to anyone. I just watched my father sink deeper and deeper. Eventually, he spent everything he had to buy that woman a house. Then… a man showed up a my father, acg him of messing with his woman. They took everything from him… I was so angry, so I frohat woman. But she insulted my father right in front of me, and in my rage, I…”

  “But… that was just a dream.”

  As the versation turned heavy, Satoko wiped the sweat from her brow and tried to fort Rena.

  “Don’t worry about it, Rena; it was just a dream.”

  “Yes… just a dream…”

  As Rena spoke, she looked down at her hands.

  “But for some reason, it felt so real. It was like I would actually kill that woman and then dismember that man… and I… dragged all of you into it, making you aplices…”

  Rena fell silent and shook her head. She still remembered the shod fear when she woke up the day. For a brief moment, she gehought she had killed that awful couple and buried their remains in the junkyard. It wasn’t until she hurried into the living room and saw her father smiling and greetihat she finally broke free from the nightmare.

  “Yeah, if it went like you described, things might have really turned out that way. And that’s… pretty terrifying.”

  "Acc to Rena, Mr. Alex has already helped you solve this problem, right?"

  Naturally, Keiichi was the first to jump bato the versation with his usual energy.

  "So, Rena, you don’t have to worry about anything anymore. It was just a nightmare, and o’s over, it’s gone! Mr. Alex is really amazing; looks like I o find time to talk to him about my own problems, too."

  "Problems? Keiichi, what kind of problems do you have?"

  "What do you think? Every time we have a club activity, I always lose. That’s a huge problem for me!"

  "Instead of troubling the teacher with that kind of problem, why not just practice more on your own? Oh ho ho ho… Keiichi, it’ll take you eighty years to catch up with us!"

  "Argh, Satoko, you’d better stht there! Today, we’re going to settle this ond for all!"

  "I’m a girl, Keiichi; we don’t o settle that. Or are you saying that if you lose, you’ll wear a dress?"

  "Arrgh! Get back here!!"

  The once-quiet returo its usual lively state, and no oiced Rika standing in the er, watg the se with surprise and a peculiar look in her eyes.

  "The future… has ged!"

  For Alex, this was just a small beginning, but by no means the end. He had found the ditions he o navigate this world, but…

  "Will this really work?"

  Walking along the street, gazing at the sery around him, Alex couldn’t help but think.

  The Cicada World wasn’t ohat relied on brute force, yet everything he had done so far had only strengthehe will and spirit of the main characters. But what did that have to do with him? Or was there… something he was overlooking?

  Alex couldn’t believe that the Map of Myriad Dimensions had sent him here just to be a selor. He’d made a simir mistake in the Dark Souls world, initially dismissing the undead as weaklings who posed no challeo his skill. He’d soon learherwise when he was humbled by an undead swordmaster.

  Although one doesn’t make the same mistake twice, Alex felt uneasy. He had a sense of foreboding that if he couldn’t find the “key” left for him in this world, he might end up repeating his past failures. And as for this “system” that kept throwing him into tricky situations… he had no words.

  "Huh?"

  At that moment, Alex sensed something and looked across the street. He quickly noticed a green-haired girl standing by the roadside, talking to a few men dressed like thugs. From their appearahey looked like outsiders passing through.

  But from the way they were ag now, it seemed they were about to engage in… a different line of “business.”

  "Hey, pretty girl, want to go for a ride with us?"

  "I’m not ied, and I have css this afternoon, so I’ll have to dee."

  With a huff, the green-haired girl turned and started to leave. Seeing this, the thugs’ expressions darkened.

  "Hey, you—"

  The lead thug shouted, reag out to grab her. The girl frowook a step back, and reached into her coat, preparing to defend herself.

  But in the moment, a figure appeared in front of her.

  "What exactly do you pn to do with my student?"

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