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"A-what do you mean, Araragi-kun? I don't understand what you're saying."

Still lying, huh..

"... How many days is it?"

"Day six?"

"so." I'm nodding. There is no big time difference, maybe only a few hours. That's pretty good I guess.

"Young, A-araragi-kun. Can I ask you something?"

"certain."

"Where have you been for these six days?"

As expected of Hanekawa. He probably already knows where I suddenly disappeared. He was there right after I got back.

"As you can see, I'm gone."

"Disappeared?" Hanekawa tilted her head, "As in a novel or a story to that other world?"

"Hmm, maybe that's true." I glanced at him, then extended my hand. "Do you believe in magic, Hanekawa?"

"Magic? No-" I cut off his words by letting out fire from my palm. Hanekawa was stunned as she saw that, "No way!"

"Yup. Magic does the impossible become possible."

"I mean... Does some kind of magic exist in this world?" Hanekawa bowed her body and looked at my palm closely.

"Nothing." I shook my head. If it's about magic, maybe I'm the only one who can use it in this world. But when it comes to incongruities and such, there are quite a number who can do things of a supernatural sort.

"Is it not hot while it is in the palm of your hand, Araragi-kun?"

"No. It may sound silly, but it just burns Mana on my skin."

"Where? Is it energy in the body or from nature and such?"

"Maybe?"

"Yes?"

"I don't really understand either." There are no specific lessons I learned about Mana learning. I only learned self-taught, and that made it quite easy for me to use Mana was due to skill. It was as if there was information flowing from my head.

"Eh? But how could Araragi-kun use it?"

"..." - ".I silently looked towards him. Seeing me like that, Hanekawa suddenly covered her mouth with her hands.

After a while, he opened his mouth and bowed, "I'm sorry, I asked too many questions."

There was actually no problem about him asking, it was just that I was too lazy to answer him. "No problem."

Because of this, we both became silent and awkward on the road. No one opened their mouths between us. I opened my phone, and it showed me seven o'clock at night.

"Hanekawa, you have to go home." I put my phone back in, and then looked at it. "I'll tell you someday if you do."

"You're not lying, are you?!"

"I promise."

"Alright, I trust you Araragi-kun." Hanekawa. He smiled brightly and waved his hand before he left. "Then, goodbye Araragi-kun. I hope you keep your promise!"

"You can sleep peacefully!"

Hm?

Hanekawa suddenly turned towards me. "Araragi-kun, you should apologize to Karen-chan and Tsukihi-chan! They're looking for you every day, no matter it's day or night. I'm afraid the two of them will fall ill if it continues like that!"

I knew they would both be like that.

"Oh, thanks for this information, Hanekawa."

"Yes!"

After a while, Hanekawa disappeared from my point of view. I took my eyes and folded my hands. Now, how do I explain it to both of them, especially to my parents.

In fact, maybe worse, I'll be on a missing persons poster at the police station. That would be really bad. No, I must have been on the missing persons poster given my family personality.

I closed my eyes while thinking about it. With my eyes closed, I continued walking towards my house. Not long after, I heard two rare legs running past me.

Then the footsteps suddenly stopped, and at that moment, I heard a voice that was familiar to my ears.

"Nii-san?!" Onii-chan?!"

Even without opening my eyes, I could tell who was behind the sound. Opening my eyes, I saw Karen and Tsukihi who were panting with tears at the corner of their eyes.

I turned around and smiled gently at them. When they found out it was me, they immediately threw themselves at me.

"Jin-san!" Oh, onii-chan!" They keep calling me brother. Their tears continued to fall from their eyes with that somewhat black-looking circle.

Without asking anything, I could see they were not sleeping and resting properly. Huh... I am helpless in front of my sister.

"Hey, Karen-chan, Tsukihi-chan, "I said quietly, "Can you let go of me? I can't move if I keep this up."

"No. What if Nii-san goes back?!"

"We're very tired. Onii-chan take us like this all the way home."

They are both very troublesome.

"Stop, you're not kids anymore. What if someone sees you like this?"

"If someone sees it, we just blame Nii-san for forcing us."

"You make your brother sound bad!"

"Hmm," Tsukihi sniffed with her small nose. "It's really Onii-chan."

"Of course!"

I put my hands under their buttocks, lifting them up like babies. Then I walked with them in both hands towards the house. "The reputation of the game you did in Junior High will be broken, lo."

"We're not messing with Onii-chan. And I don't want to talk about that right now." Tsukihi said in a low tone.

"All right."

"If Nii-san doesn't like it, just say it, don't run away from home." Karen said faintly, and her embrace tightened until her cheek touched my cheek.

What don't I like? And what does that have to do with me running away? Did we talk about something before I went to the world of Konusuba?

Uh! I remember now.

As I thought about those things, I arrived in front of my house. In front of the entrance, they were getting tighter hugging my neck as I wanted to lower them. So, I went in with the two of them in this kind of position.

Huh... How do I open the lock?

Thinking that, I purposely pushed the door using my feet, and the door just opened. It turns out it's not locked. They should not come down from me.

Go inside, I see someone standing at the door. A grown woman. Folded his hand while looking at me sharply. The strongest race recognized on the face of the earth.

"I-mom."

Thas right. My mother with a scary look.

Glup! — I gulped.

"..." - ".My mother didn't speak at all, she kept glaring at me. A cold sweat appeared on my back, and I tried my best to keep smiling.

"U-um, good night, mom." Better not be rash.

I walked past my silent mother. Those sharp eyes kept staring at me. And when I was behind her back, my mother finally made her mouth. "Kiyomi, we'll talk tomorrow morning. For now, you accompany your sister to bed tonight."

"Good." I nodded obediently. After that, I went to my room, and laid them both on the bed.

"Nii-san, where are you going? Don't leave us." Karen was half asleep when she said that. Not even a minute yet, the two of them woke up half-conscious.

Sighing, I went up to the bed and lay down among them. Then I wrapped my hands, hugging them both.

"I'm not going anywhere, you're going back to sleep."

""Mn.""

Were Karen and Tsukihi's reactions not excessive? Or, I think about it too much?

I stared blankly at the ceiling while rubbing Karen and Tsukihi's hair.

No. gabe. Only I think about it too much.

Dark — Night time passes quickly.

Morning time.

When I woke up, Karen and Tsukihi were still asleep beside me. Usually they will wake up before me. But today, they were still fast asleep.

"What are they doing as long as I'm not here?" I silently rubbed Tsukihi's cheeks. Lowering my fingers, I stroked her pink lips.

I stared at his lips for a few seconds before coming down from the bed. I need to hurry downstairs before mom gets mad.

Get downstairs quickly, I'm going to the living room. In the living room, I saw my mother and my father sitting on the sofa. I unconsciously gulped when I saw him.

"Good morning, Mother, Father."