Versatile: Alternate World

Since Rika cannot go back to the hotel just yet due to the people still looking for her, I decided to let her stay in my mansion. I have plenty of unused rooms, to begin with, and it would just be collecting dust if not used in the future, so why not let the others use it? As much as Riko wanted to stay behind to accompany her here, she can't do that as she hasn't told her parents she will be staying over here and she cannot log in to the game since her Reality Verse is still the cabin version and has yet to receive the upgrade. We also don't have a spare Reality Verse she can use so she is just forced to go back.

Riko stayed until evening and stayed with us until dinner. She wanted to get some food to eat since her parents will be working late and she is too lazy to scrounge up some scraps in the kitchen. Once we are done with dinner, Riko went back home and Janus volunteered to send her back home. I let Janus borrow my motorcycle so that at least they could have a close time together. Forging close bonds, and I might say, this is a chance for him and to at least give him a fighting chance for her.

A few hours later after Riko and Janus departed, Pandora and Suhei returned from the checkup. She was surprised when she saw Suhei and Pandora.

"Suhei? Pandora? What are you guys doing here?"

Suhei was also surprised but he quickly composed himself.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Lady Tsukinara. My sister and I lived here with Manato-kun and his friends here. What are you doing here? I don't think you are acquainted with him or whatsoever unless you guys meet before?"

"We have indeed met up before. But I didn't expect you guys to be living here. You guys have different vacation houses in other places, but not here."

"Ah, we are just renting here. We don't own the house and we asked Manato to let us rent at least two rooms here just for the sake of Pandora's health."

"Oh, I see. But isn't it much better to choose a place that you guys can call home by yourselves?"

"Yes, that would be the best-case scenario. However, the doctor recommended this place due to various reasons that would allow Pandora to properly recuperate and allow her to easily recover from her condition. Although I am still not sure how that would happen. Now that I explained why we are here, I should also ask why you are here? I doubt you have the same reason that we are here," Suhei scratches his head.

"Well, it's family and fiancee matter. I was hiding here to avoid them tracking me down."

"Wow, didn't expect you to rebel but that is a good decision. I can see that they are already shackling you too much and you also deserve your privacy and your freedom. Very well, you should be safe here with us unless you are still being tracked.

"No. I turned off my phone and removed any attachments to my holophone and I already got rid of my previous belongings before going here. Tsukasa-kun made me do those things."

"That was thorough of you, Manato but you have indeed made a good job on that. Anyways, I will be tucking Pandora back to her room. Also, we don't need to get dinner anymore, Manato, we already eat before we returned since it took us a bit of time after her therapy."

"Is that so? Then we won't be holding you two together. Have a good night, you two."

Suhei nodded and Pandora smiled before the former sent the latter to her room before he goes inside his own room. Since it's a bit late at night, I decided to bring Rika to her room. With the work of the siblings as fantastic as always, the room is spotless and clean for anyone to use.

"This should be your room until the day you are good to go out. You can ask me for some necessities you needed. Call me or the siblings if you needed anything else, alright?"

I was about to go and leave but she stopped me from living and furrowed her eyebrows.

"Hey, you haven't explained anything yet. I waited for you to explain things to me and yet you didn't say anything."

"Huh? Explain what?"

"Did you forget that you promised to explain to me how you are able to do those magical things that you have been doing since earlier?"

"Oh, you mean these things?"

I snap my fingers in my right hand and embers started to appear on my right hand, while on my left hand, I clenched my fist, causing some electric charges to appear around it. It looks like my hands are being electrocuted and burning but they didn't do anything to my body.

"How on earth are you doing that? Are you perhaps worshipping the devil and earned powers like that?"

"Hey, I am not someone who will stoop so low to do that kind of stuff. I am a clean man without any connection to any cult or devil worshippers. This is the result of my own abilities allowing me to earn these! Don't be so hasty in calling me a devil worshipper!"

"I am sorry... it's just, this is the first time I have seen someone use actual magic in the real world. It was like I am seeing those abilities in the Alternate World."

"Well, you are half right about this coming from the Alternate World. Did you remember the mask?"

"Ah? Wait, what do you mean those things are from Alternate World?"

I swipe my hands across my face and the Mask appeared before me, showing it to Rika. Not only that but when I grab something behind my back, I pulled out the Versatile Weapon.

"I meant it literally. These things came from the Alternate World. In short, all items that I possess in the Alternate World are things that I can materialize in this world too. And about the magic spells, you can say I was self-taught, using the knowledge I have in the game, allowing me to use it in real life."

"So you are saying that... everything in Alternate World can also be brought here in the real world?"

"Hmmm, I wouldn't say everything but most of the time, you can bring anything. I don't know about living beings but I can bring almost anything inside my inventory that is not classified as a living being in here as long as I have enough mana."

"Is this thing exclusive to you alone? Are you some kind of superhero now?"

"Based on my analysis, this is not exclusive to me, in fact, the siblings have the highest chance to awaken their abilities soon. They just didn't awaken it yet as they wanted to practice more on how to handle mana before they awaken it. Currently, they possess the most amount of mana in their bodies. Janus and Riko are also nearing awakening but I suggest they still keep on practicing because of the chances of their failure since they are still not that mature in mana stability."

"So that means, anyone who played Alternate World can do get these abilities just fine?"

"This is just based on my speculation and there is still no way of knowing whether everyone can do it. But since everyone who played Alternate World is capable of awakening, that might have been the case. From the looks of it, you are pretty much interested."

"Y-yeah. I won't deny it, magic has been something that made me want to dive into fantasy. It is one of the main reasons I played RPG games before due to the usage of magic. It's my only way to escape the sad reality of my family. So, is it possible to learn this power?"

I chuckled a bit hearing this. After all, she is considered to be a strong person in the past timeline capable of using magic spells with ease. If she just didn't fade into the darkness and continue to stay in the limelight, perhaps she will be considered as one of the top people in the world who can be considered to be strong enough to change the world.

"Did I say something funny perhaps?"

"No, nothing. I just remembered a random joke a long time ago that I saw on the internet, it's nothing special. However, perhaps, helping you awaken your abilities will allow you to become strong enough to defend yourself, After all, if you want to defy your family, you need to have enough power to fight back against it. However, I can only teach, and everything will depend on your progression and willingness to learn."

"I- I am ready. I will do this." Rika clenches her fists.

"I see. Then, let's dive into the game. Let's meet up inside the mansion and discuss it there."