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Chapter 18: Message from a Father
The place I returned to in the world of Asphial after passing through the Moon Gate was my room in the team house located in the royal capital, where we had only arrived earlier that day.
It was a small six-tatami room. It felt a little cramped for a grown man living alone, but considering that rent was free as long as I belonged to the team—and that the royal capital had notoriously high living costs—it was actually a pretty good arrangement.
The room contained only the bare essentials: a bed, a simple desk, and a chair. Since I hadn't brought many possessions with me, the room felt rather empty.
Standing prominently in the middle of that sparsely furnished room was a white mist-covered door. The Moon Gate looked completely out of place.
“...I doubt anyone's going to walk in, but I'd better be careful when I use this thing.”
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After speaking with Chairman Ryugen and securing his cooperation, I had returned to Asphial. By now, evening had arrived, and many team members had gathered in the first-floor lobby of the team house.
“Do you know where Captain is?”
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“Oh, Allen! I think she's in the office.”
When I came down to the lobby, the first person I noticed was Camille, who was reading a book that looked incredibly difficult. Dressed in the black robes typical of a mage and sporting striking light-blue hair, she was undoubtedly the most conspicuous person in the lobby.
“The office?”
Without missing a beat, Camille pointed in the direction of the room that served as the office.
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“Thanks. That helps.”
“No problem! If you really want to thank me, bring me the next volume of Yume-Koi!”
After our brief exchange, I headed toward the room she had indicated.
“...I see. So you were able to meet Father. Though I never imagined he would personally travel all the way to a rural part of Gifu.”
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Taking a sip from the drink on her desk, Saioji began speaking. Just moments earlier, she had been processing an enormous stack of paperwork at astonishing speed. From the sound of it, she had clearly anticipated that I would eventually come into contact with members of the Saioji Group.
“They had men in black suits searching the village that's been helping me. That was going way too far.”
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“Well, it couldn't really be helped. I have siblings, but as things stood, I was the heir.”
...Was this really the kind of search operation that happened when the daughter of one of Japan's most powerful business leaders disappeared?
Even though it was Japan, it all felt oddly detached from reality. Maybe that was because I had spent so much time living in Asphial.
“...Anyway, Chairman Ryugen gave me one of those things called a smartphone and told me to bring back proof. He wants photos of you and the team members.”
Akira had already taught me the basics of using it.
Since there was no electricity in this world, she'd also given me something called a mobile battery—a sort of spare power supply. Apparently, connecting it to the smartphone with the charging cable would allow me to recharge it even here in Asphial.
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“I see. That's wonderful. May I borrow it for a moment?”
“Sure.”
The device I had received was a black, rectangular smartphone.
According to Akira, it was the newest model produced by one of the Saioji Group's affiliated companies. Apparently it could record in something called “4K at 60 FPS,” though I had no idea what that meant.
In simple terms, it could take incredibly high-quality photos and videos.
“Shizuku, if you're watching this video, then it must mean you're truly alive...”
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By Saioji's era, the mobile phones from my time had become known as “flip phones” and had almost completely disappeared, replaced by smartphones. Apparently, even elementary and middle school students commonly owned them now.
Saioji handled the device with practiced ease as she navigated its menus.
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“Hehe... that sounds like Father.”
“A message?”
Suddenly, Chairman Ryugen's voice began playing from the smartphone.
Wondering what was happening, I learned that he had recorded a video message for his daughter before sending the device.
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As she watched the video, Saioji looked at the screen with a gentleness I had never seen on her face before. Her eyes even seemed slightly moist, but pointing that out would have been in poor taste.
After watching the several-minute-long message, Saioji let out a quiet sigh and handed the smartphone back to me.
“You sure?”
“It was given to you, wasn't it? Since you've managed to contact Father, I'll probably have my own smartphone sent over eventually.”
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“I see.”
“Right. For now, could you start taking photos of the team members? I'll finish the work I have here before we gather everyone for a group picture.”
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With that, Saioji picked up another document from the stack on the corner of her desk and resumed reading through the paperwork.
