“Well then, I’m off!”
“Have a good trip, my disciple!”
After booking a flight on the airship of the Yura Republic, I embarked the very next day on my journey.
The Yura Republic and the Kingdom of Ra don’t have a teleportation magic agreement, so using it would be considered a crime.
To visit both countries, I had to either travel on land by carriage or by airship.
The airship is fast but expensive; if it were the old me, I would have opted for the carriage, but not anymore.
Having become the richest person in the south, our Irene School could afford to buy an airship if we wanted to.
What a grand transformation it was!
[Attention passengers, this airship is now preparing for takeoff, please fasten your safety belts.]
The airship was not an airplane, but a large cylindrical balloon flying through the sky filled with magical energy.
When I first saw it, I thought, “An airship in another world!” which made me unintentionally underestimate this world.
I was really young then. Ha. Ha. Ha.
I fastened my safety belt in the plush aristocrat seat while reading the materials Mineva had given me.
It had his name and address written on it.
“[Sora]… he must be a dwarf who really loves games.”
I knew the Yura Republic was a country founded by humans, dwarves, and beastfolk.
Upon investigation, I learned that the Otuz clan is a clan of dwarves, and I prepared a “Southern Seven Beer Set,” which they love, as a gift.
[Now we will take off.]
Vroom vroom vroom—
*
“Well then, I’m off!”
“Okay, take care, Sora.”
Sora said goodbye to his parents and energetically left the house.
After playing Eternal Fantasy, Sora gathered his spirits and rented a nearby warehouse to start developing the game.
Although he was still alone and the magic engineering machine was old, Sora was 100, 1000 times happier now than when he was just doing what the Magus Society told him.
Seeing Sora’s bright appearance, his parents felt relieved.
“I’m glad Sora is bright again.”
“Yeah, it’s truly a relief.”
When Sora returned after resigning from the Magus Society, the look on his face shocked his parents.
Their only child, Sora, had been praised as a genius since childhood.
Plus, at a young age, Sora entered the Magus Society, a large corporation in the Yura Republic, making them very proud.
However, one day Sora’s expression gradually became gloomier, and on a rainy day, he returned home in tears after quitting the Magus Society.
After spending a few weeks holed up in his room feeling depressed, Sora eventually went out one day to buy something.
Due to Sora’s profession, his parents knew it was a game, but they didn’t know exactly which game it was.
And soon, Sora shut himself in his room again.
From Sora’s room, laughter, joy, and sometimes crying sounds could be heard, and on the morning of the third day, Sora came out of his room.
“Sora… are you okay?”
“Yeah… Mom and Dad, I’m fine now. I’m sorry for worrying you all this time.”
Sora spoke with a refreshing smile like the morning sun to his family.
There are things that can be understood without words.
Sora’s parents felt when she was thinking of taking an extreme step.
If there was a moment in life that would be the most gut-wrenching, it was probably then.
And now, seeing Sora’s expression, her parents felt they could finally relax.
Later, with her parents’ help, Sora remodeled a small storage near their house into a workshop and started going there to work every day.
“Since it has come to this, I wish Sora would meet a good man and get married this time.”
“Why? I think it’s great that Sora gets to do what she loves and achieve her dreams.”
“Oh come on! What if Sora ends up living alone forever?”
Sora’s parents worried about her future.
The mom dreamed of a realistic future while the dad dreamed of an ideal one.
Both were worried about their daughter’s future, and so it was impossible to say which was the right answer.
The best scenario would be for both to happen, but that wouldn’t be easy at all.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
*
After about four hours of flight, I arrived at the capital city of the Yura Republic, “Union.”
At the clean airport of this other world, I went through immigration.
A cat-eared beauty from the feline race with brown hair received my passport and asked.
“What’s the purpose of your visit to the Yura Republic?”
“Hunting.”
“Hunting… you’re here for a hunting trip, then. The hunting grounds in the Yura Republic are the best in the world. I hope you have a great hunting trip, Yuren.”
The Yura Republic has developed hunting sports to satisfy the hunting desires of the beastfolk.
So, I knew that many people traveled to enjoy it from other countries.
Although my kind of hunting was different, I had no reason to correct her, so I just smiled and replied.
“Yes, I will have a great hunting trip.”
As I received my passport, I felt my heart racing with excitement for the hunt ahead.
*
Upon exiting the airport, the scene of the Yura Republic was quite quaint.
If Zephia from the Zers Empire looks like an impressive fantasy city, Union in the Yura Republic felt like a quaint Dutch town with otherworldly buildings.
“Let’s see… the address is…”
I began to search for the house where Sora lived based on the address Mineva had given me.
The address system in this other world was similar to my previous life, but the problem was that there were no maps like Google Maps, making it quite difficult.
“So… from this side…”
While stumbling with the address and map in hand…
Suddenly, I felt a huge shock to my chest.
Bang!
“Yikes!!”
“Ugh!”
As I looked up, a white-haired girl with white cat ears and glasses was on the ground.
It seemed I accidentally bumped into her while distracted by the map.
“I’m sorry, I was looking at the map and got distracted.”
“No, it’s my fault! I was lost in thought… I’m so sorry!!”
As I extended a hand to the fallen girl, she grabbed it to get up, looked at my face, and suddenly her face turned red, vanishing into an alley.
What’s happening? Is there something on my face?
“Wow… that person just looked just like Yuren.”
Sora, who had dashed into the alley, clutched her pounding heart.
Though she had never seen Yuren in person, she had seen his pictures many times through the Zers Gamer.
She couldn’t forget the handsome, silver-haired nobleman who looked like a prince from the empire.
And that tourist she just bumped into looked just like Yuren in her eyes.
With shimmering silver hair, a sharp jawline, and wearing the attire of an imperial wizard.
“Eh… why would Yuren, who should be in the empire, be here?”
The Yuren Sora knew was the empire’s busiest wizard and game developer.
There was no reason for someone like him to be in the Yura Republic at this time.
Let alone this remote town in Union, which had neither the Magus Society nor tourist attractions.
“Could it be that he’s here to meet me? …Eh, such a dreamlike thing can’t be true. Come on, Sora, get yourself together! There’s a lot to do!”
With that, Sora shook her head, trying to dispel the fantasy of Yuren coming to find her.
Everyone has fanciful daydreams they thought about during their childhood.
Like dreaming of meeting a super star like BTS.
Sora felt her hands and feet curling up in embarrassment as she hurried to her workshop.
And at that very moment, Yuren finally arrived at Sora’s house.
“Hello, is this the residence of Sora Otuz?”
“Yes, it is. Who are you?”
“I’m Yuren from the Irene School of the Zers Empire.”
Hearing Yuren’s name, Sora’s parents felt a sense of déjà vu.
Though it was the first time they heard the name, it felt oddly familiar.
“Yuren? That’s the name we heard from Sora.”
“Yuren… Yuren… Yuren… Yuren… A!!!?”
It was then that they finally recalled Sora mentioning that name.
The God of Games, the richest wizard of the empire, and the person Sora admired the most.
Overwhelmed by a sudden shock, the couple was left speechless.
“Um… our Sora just went to the workshop.”
“The workshop?”
“Yes! So, let’s go there…”
Sora’s dad hurriedly directed Yuren to the location of their daughter’s workshop.
And Sora’s mom suggested to Yuren.
“W-would it be alright if you wait here at our home?”
“No, if it’s that close, I’ll go to the workshop of Sora myself.”
After giving Sora’s parents a present, Yuren headed towards the workshop they indicated.
But then…
“Mom? Dad? What are you two doing here?”
With Sora’s sudden appearance, her parents were taken aback.
Why is my child here?!
“Sora!!! Why are you here right now?!”
“Why? Mom? I came because I forgot my lunch.”
“Right now, hurry! Go to the workshop! Got it!?”
“Ugh… Okay.”
Sora, feeling puzzled by her parents’ reaction, thought it was nothing serious and headed to the workshop with her lunch.
And just a moment later…
“Um… the workshop door is locked, is this the right address?”
“It is!!!!”
“I’m so sorry, Yuren!! If you go now, our Sora will surely be waiting for you!!”
This was the moment that would change the ranking of the most gut-wrenching moments in Sora’s parents’ lives.
