Chapter 6 - The Second Faction
The Second Faction
Translator : Elizabeth
"Ugh... My arm..."
"W-Why were you touching someone's breast then! Stay still, I need to concentrate. I'm not specialized in healing, you know."
As a gust of wind strong enough to tear off the door of Lily's room blew, I was hit directly by it and flew along with the door, resulting in my right arm being broken.
Although Lily ran over and was treating me, since she isn't a saintess, the healing speed was quite slow, and thanks to that, I was feeling the pain of the broken arm with my whole body.
"Anyway, you throw a punch at everything you do; how has that personality of yours not changed even a bit?"
"Ha? It's because of you! You molester!"
"No, we've done things much more intense than that..."
"Aaaack! We didn't! We didn't do it! I don't know what you're talking about!"
Crunch!
"Keong..."
Lily, still trying to deny the fact of our marriage, waved her arms wildly in anger and struck my broken arm, and I fainted for a moment, foaming at the mouth from the pain, only waking up a few minutes later.
Watching Lily attach my broken bone with magic, I decided to hold her accountable too.
"You know. It hasn't even been 24 hours since I educated you on the obvious fact that to integrate into our society, you shouldn't attack people recklessly, and you can't even get past that? I can hold you responsible even for blowing the door away, so you'd better be prepared."
"Really? Then I'll report you too for touching my breast while I was sleeping."
"Come to think of it, it makes no sense to hold you accountable for a trivial matter like breaking someone's bone. I'll try my best to cover this up and move on for you, my wife, so don't worry too much."
At my words, Lily looked askance at me.
"Who's your wife when you abandoned a person on the first night and ran away?"
"I told you, I didn't run away, I was transported regardless of my will. Who runs away immediately after spending the first night with their beloved wife?"
"Hmph, you talk well. I have no intention of forgiving you yet."
Saying that while not meeting my gaze, it seems Lily doesn't entirely hate me still calling her my wife.
Lily had a habit of avoiding eye contact like this when she was shy or had committed some sin, and right now was exactly like that. Although she herself doesn't seem to realize it yet.
After receiving treatment with Lily's magic for nearly 30 minutes, the broken arm returned to its original state, and only then did I let out a sigh of relief and stand up from my seat.
Returning to work, I taught the necessary knowledge for living in our world to the people of Astraia, including Lily, and conducted education.
Among the people of Astraia, the commoners were completely captivated by the food here, and Lily's disciples by devices like mobile phones, pouring out questions, and each time, I kindly taught them how to use phones or cooking recipes as I had learned.
After conducting education all morning, there was a history class in the afternoon, but this was conducted by a history professor, not me, so I had some free time in the afternoon.
While the history class was in progress for the Astraia transferees divided into several groups, I enjoyed a brief respite while heating up and eating a convenience store lunch box.
But less than 10 minutes after finishing the lunch box, the hotline in the Settlement Support Division office rang loudly, and I hurriedly got up and answered the call.
The fact that this hotline, not a regular cell phone, rang meant that some problem difficult to resolve on-site had erupted.
Charles should be out on the field right now; did something happen to Charles?
As soon as I hurriedly picked up the hotline phone, the sound of things exploding bang bang was heard from the other side of the call.
"Charles! What happened?!"
— S-Senior! I came because they said the fog was lifting in one of the places where large-scale transfer occurred last time, but the transferee here is attacking us right now!
"The transferee attacked first?"
— They said there were no major problems until the Search Team attempted initial contact, but while I came and was responding according to the manual, suddenly she looked at me and asked, 'Who are you that I feel that person's spirit from you,' and suddenly she's attacking us! Uwaaaack!
"Is that all? You're sure our side didn't attack first?"
— I'm sure! S-Senior! The situation here is out of control! Please help me... Mommy!
"I'll go right away! Where is the location!"
— H-Here is Cheonan Dandae Lake Park... but right now a building has appeared in the lake so the lake is gone! The transfer area and transferee characteristics are... ch-cherry blossom petals are blowing incredibly around! And there are incredibly high stairs, and strange pillars like a path to a shrine are erected... Hiiiik! A-And the transferee is shooting arrows! Her hair is completely white, but the distance is too far so beyond that is not well... Heugyaak!
As soon as I heard the characteristics, I immediately realized who the transferee Charles met was.
When it was first reported in the news, the exact location was hard to know because the area wasn't reported properly, but a shrine where cherry blossom petals blow incredibly in this midsummer, and a person shooting arrows with enough power that Charles can't handle alone—there is only one person.
"Charles! Absolutely do not fight back and just keep running away! I'll go as fast as possible! Tell the Search Team Hunters that too!"
— Y-Yes! But right now the Hunters are extremely angry so it looks like they'll fight soon...
"No! Tell them absolutely not to step forward because they can't win!"
— I'll try!
As soon as I hung up the call, I grabbed my car keys, started the engine, and stepped on the accelerator at full speed to Cheonan.
Break time after the history class ended.
Mealtime had already passed, but Lily, who had developed a taste for ramen, went up to Jung Hyun-soo's office where he said he works and yanked the door open.
"Jung Hyun-soo! I'm hungry! Boil me some ramen!"
However, no one was in the office, and only the sound coming from the object called a TV filled the office.
— In the Dandae Lake Park area, a battle accompanied by very strong impacts is continuing right now, so we ask nearby citizens to briefly put aside their desire to view cherry blossoms.
— In this place where a large lake used to be, a building presumed to be a mysterious shrine has taken its place, and the beautiful lake of before has disappeared without a trace...
— As the Search Team Hunters began to engage in combat, our broadcasting station concluded that further coverage is impossible for the safety of the reporting team. We ask for the viewers' generous understanding...
— Usually, there are almost no cases where a transferee shows strong aggression to this extent. Let's hear the opinions of experts on why they are attacking like this.
"My ramen..."
Lily, who had no particular interest in the news content, didn't even glance at the TV and started rummaging through the office arbitrarily, wondering if there was any ramen Jung Hyun-soo had piled up inside this office.
Then, Lily discovered the seat where Jung Hyun-soo usually sat and worked, and approached it on a sudden impulse and sat in that seat.
Since the computer power was all off and she didn't know how to turn on the computer power either, she just sat blankly at the desk and looked around.
The surroundings were full of all kinds of work-related post-it notes and documents Jung Hyun-soo had attached, but she couldn't understand the work content even by looking, and the person to ask wasn't here, so Lily quickly felt bored.
"Tch... No ramen and no Hyun-soo... Boring..."
Although he was the damn bastard who pumped and dumped her, she couldn't deny that it was actually very dull and boring without him.
Just then, slightly different news came from the TV.
— Ah, it seems Mr. Jung Hyun-soo from the Settlement Support Division has just arrived! He is a very famous figure domestically for having crossed 4 dimensions.
— There hasn't been a case he couldn't handle no matter which interdimensional transferee he met so far, so we hope Mr. Jung Hyun-soo can resolve this situation.
Lily's gaze turned sharply toward the TV, and Jung Hyun-soo's familiar voice was heard from inside the TV.
— Search Team Hunters! I told you not to fight, so what is all this chaos right now! Stop the attacks!
"Oho, pretending to be cool, are we?"
Lily checked Jung Hyun-soo's appearance inside the TV while smiling broadly.
The familiar face she knew well was skillfully organizing that chaotic scene and making the people who were fighting step back.
Seeing the situation being sorted out quite easily as soon as Jung Hyun-soo arrived, Lily felt proud for no reason and watched the TV with her chin in her hand.
Then she heard what Jung Hyun-soo was saying.
On the TV, due to explosions, dust, and strong winds, the noise was severe so it wasn't heard well, but she, whose senses were much more acute, could hear even that small voice.
"Stop the attacks! I will try to talk! She is my wife! We can resolve this with words!"
As soon as she heard those words, Lily, who was watching TV while laughing, froze with that face, and a moment later, her expression began to distort terrifyingly.
"...... W... hat... did he... say...?"