Three Lives

Meet Sora

For the first time, I was amazed by Akiko.

"Hey, Reiki. Don't daydream or I'll finish all this meat alone."

Well, that's because not only is she good at cooking, but also her large portions of food. Just a moment ago, when we were planning to catch a rabbit by setting a trap, one of the traps managed to kill the bear and Akiko immediately dissected it. That's why, we ate the bear meat while waiting for the trap made by Akiko. Not only did he set traps, he also cooked and had spent seven servings. I wonder where all that food goes with her little body.

"Okay, but how much longer do we have to wait?"

"You have to be patient. This is the most effective way to catch rabbits."

"But can't we find him and kill him?"

"It's not that easy. Look, the rabbit is very agile and it's hard to chase after him. Making traps and waiting for them to be caught is the most effective way."

It is true that this is the most effective but very boring way if you have to keep waiting. Even so, I was surprised that Akiko could think like this, even though she was just a waiter at the restaurant.

"But where do you know how to set a trap?"

"Ah, that, Zanir taught her to me. Back when there was a rat in the restaurant, Zanir taught us all to set traps to catch it."

So anyway. But I still can't believe that a person who always acts as well as he wants can do that.

"Alright, let's see the trap."

We came to the place where the trap was set and who would have thought that there were about twenty rabbits hit by the trap. This was even just an hour after the trap was set but there were already this many who were hit by the trap.

"They are so many."

"Well, this is enough. We should go back and report it."

We went back to the guild and reported our catch. We get ten silver coins as a gift according to what was promised.

"Lho's? Rei and Akiko, are you here?"

I turned towards the voice that called out to it, it was Sora and Sevira. It was quite surprising to meet them.

"Sora! I never thought I'd see you guys."

"Well, it's quite surprising to see you again after a year since that incident."

Whahuh?

"Wait, one year?!"

Nope, no. What's the matter? It wasn't that it had just been a few hours ago after being exposed to that strange light.

You seem confused. How about we talk at home."

"You're right. We'll just talk at home and I'm sure Zanir has an explanation for this."

"Zanir is here too?!"

"Yes, I'm sure he's sleeping right now."

After that, we were taken home. Although they called it home, but this was a mansion.

"Big!"

"It's a gift from the king to Zanir for saving the princess and Duke."

I am so hard to say. Everything is too fancy for me. We went into the living room and found Zanir sleeping on a soft sofa with two beautiful girls I didn't know.

"Welcome, are there any guests?"

"Yes, sorry princess for interrupting the time."

"It's okay, please sit."

"Sit down, I'll make you some tea."

Who are these two beautiful girls? What might they be the king's daughter and the Duke's daughter Sora said.

"So... Where have you been all this time?"

"Just arrived a few hours ago."

"What's? I've been here two years, you know."

This is really weird. How could it be like that?

"That's easy. Because the time system doesn't work."

"Zanir, are you awake?"

"Yes, I'm so sleepy taking care of things."

There was a strange, usually pleasant aura that came out like flowers falling from Zanir, but he was different now, he was like everyone else. The aura that was released was like a fallen raven feather.

"I know why you see me like that. I'm not the Zanir you know."

"How does that mean?"

"I mean, he's not Zanir from our world but from this world. The name is different."

"different? Obviously his name is Zanir" I said.

"I've heard it from Sora but my name is not White Zanir but Dark Zanir."

What? Just a different first name doang. His face is the same and nothing is different.

"We leave aside first about me, let's continue the topic of your arrival."

After hearing the explanation from Zanir and Sora, I understood the situation. So the light came from someone who was after us, but because Zanir was there, they chose to send us to another dimension so he wouldn't interfere.

One year ago, Sora met the person who was the culprit. He calls himself a Yukihide. He also said about the black core or something like that.

"That guy is very strong but he ran away when he almost lost to me."

After all that information, it remained useless because this Yukihide did not appear himself again after losing to Sora and more importantly, what black core?

"Yukihiro? I don't know why it feels like I've heard that name..."

Akiko muttered in a small voice, but everyone could still hear her voice and turn to her.

"You know something Akiko?"

"Eh? Ah, briefly. I remember! He is the noble that Zanir destroyed."

"Me?"

"That's our Zanir. Yukihide was an arrogant boy and always used his power to do what he wanted. At that time he complained about the food in the small shop because it didn't taste good, then he destroyed the store and raped his son and wife."

"really cruel."

"Junk."

The girls immediately made a mockery upon hearing the story.

"It was Zanir's favorite shop and knowing about it, Zanir used his position as a prince and revoked their position as nobles and destroyed all his territory in one day."

That's a terrible story. But who would have thought Zanir would do such a crazy thing.

"It seems like my other self is scarier than it sounds" Zanir said, followed by a nod to his two daughters agreeing to the statement.

"Well, he's the one who does whatever he likes."

"The devil is human."

"The creepy guy" added we all commented on Zanir. We don't hate him, it's just that he's scarier than the demon lord himself.

"Why do I understand the feelings of my other self. If I was in his position, I should have killed Yukihide as well."

Thas right. If Zanir destroys the territory of the nobility, there should be many lives lost because of his actions, including the life of Yukihide. Why is he still alive and after us? Wait, maybe the attack was aimed at Zanir, not us.