93 3.5 Master-familiar meeting - Part 2

Flare was sitting on my shoulder and Yoru was standing at the same position when all of us were teleported to Zagan's space. Like last time, this place still felt weird. Above me, there was a blue sky as far as I could see, and the floor that I was standing on was made up of glass. One thing was different though. There was a simple-looking single storey house in front of us.

It was obvious what we needed to do next. Both Yoru and I walked to the front door, but before I could knock, the door opened by itself. Unlike how one would expect from outside, there was nothing inside except a small round table at the center with 3 chairs around it.

"Hey kid, come and take a seat," Zagan, who was sitting on one of the chairs, said.

"Hey, Zagan. What's with this house?" I asked as we walked in.

"Oh, this? I built this because you asked me to bring those injured girls here. Couldn't just let them lie on the floor."

"That makes sense. Thank you for helping me back then," I said while sitting on one of the empty chairs. Following me, Yoru also took her seat.

"Well, that's okay but why did you ask me to bring you here?"

I could have summoned Zagan into my room, but there was something that was bugging me. The black dragon king told me that he was keeping an eye on me, so I wanted to see if there was a way to avoid his watch.

It wasn't like I saw him as a threat or anything, but considering his familiarity with Olive, I wasn't sure if I should take him lightly. It somewhat felt like he was trying to test me, but even if that was the case, bringing my friends into all this mess wasn't very noble.

"Zagan, can anyone peek here using magic? Or listen to the conversation here?"

"I don't think so. This is my space so even if someone tried doing that, I should be able to notice. Why?"

"Oh, it's just that I have a feeling that someone may be keeping an eye on us."

"I felt like that was the case. Is it that black-haired dude that showed up back then?"

"Yeah, but it doesn't look like he intends to cause us any direct harm. Anyways, there is something else for which I gathered you all here today."

That was definitely something concerning, but not something that we would be able to get at the bottom of right now. Instead, there were several other things that I wanted to talk about with my familiars.

There were a lot of things that I wanted to ask, but I was confused as to where I should start. So, in the end, I decided to start with the things that I was hoping that this meeting would be able to do.

"Guys, I am not sure how a bond between master and familiar should be, but I feel like I don't know as much as I should know about you guys. And it's not just that. I feel like I don't know anything much about the history of this world, the demons, dragons, spirits, or the gods here. So, would you please share your knowledge with me?"

"To be honest kid, we don't know anything about you either. You look like a normal human, but your magic is not like one. And over that, you were able to summon the sun and moon spirit and become their master. What are you kid? Are you really a human?"

"When my soul was connected to master's I could sense something else inside him. It felt something familiar yet so far."

It was a good thing that I decided to do this meeting. It looked like they were curious about me too, just like I was about them. I guess I never tried looking at things from their side or else I would have known about this earlier.

Now that I knew how they were feeling, I felt like it was about time I told them about my reincarnation. I had a feeling that all these things that are happening to me had something to do with the series of events that happened that day.

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to, Nara," Yoru said, but despite her words, she too looked curious about this matter.

"It's okay Yoru. But can you guys keep the things a secret from everyone else? I am not ready to tell them this yet. I know I need to tell them, but things are finally getting normal. I don't want them to start worrying about me."

"If that is what you wish, master."

"Yep, my lips are sealed."

"Go on kid."

"Okay, where should I start?" I took in a deep breath. "I don't know if this makes sense or not, but...I'm from a different world."

"A different world?" Yoru tilted her head in confusion.

"Yes, but it's not like I was anyone special there. At this point, this world feels closer to me than that one."

I paused there and looked towards everybody's face. Zagan wasn't showing any reaction while the other two looked curious as to what I would say next.

"I was a normal kid to the point where people considered me odd. I studied hard for several years, thinking I was working for the future. But in the end, I was just wasting my teens pointlessly. The future I dreamed about just turned out to be a naive illusion... This wasn't all that bad though. Because of all the things that I had to go through, I died without many regrets."

"It sounds like you were being harsh on yourself kid. Everyone has to go through something like that at some point in life. Sometimes problems pile up in life, you need to deal with them one at a time."

"Yeah, I guess I was just lonely. Didn't have many friends or close ones since childhood. Anyways, that was my past life. I have no means to go back and correct what went wrong, and I am not really unsatisfied with this new life. So, I guess death wasn't all bad."

"So, what happened after you died?" Zagan asked.

"I met someone who claimed to be the god. She was a black-haired girl who appeared to be in her teens. She told me that she appears in the form of a person's dying wish."

"Did she look like your girlfriend in your past life?" Yoru asked. I was surprised at how calmly she was listening to this whole reincarnation thing.

"N-no, I had no girlfriends in my past life. In fact, I am not even sure if I had even talked to her before."

"This all sounds too weird to me kid. I have never heard of anything of this sort. Anyways, what happened next?"

"The last thing I heard was her saying that she gave me the seed of Divinity or something. The next thing I remember is me waking up here, in this world."

: Master-familiar meeting - Part 3