...... ...... is back, I guess. ......

　I pick myself up, holding my dizzy head down.

　Noir, Alexia, and Hild are lying in the room, but none of them have woken up yet.

　Just to be sure, I used my 'right eye' to check for a moment, but I didn't see any abnormality in the condition of the three of them, and I could analyze that they would wake up naturally after a while.

　It didn't seem that they had fallen over and injured themselves when their consciousness was pulled into the other world.

'(The eye patch is ...... indeed, no actual one? I guess that means you have to make it yourself. (I think I have the blueprints clearly in my head ......)

　Just before I was kicked out of the world of memory, Alfazul tossed me the eye patch he was using, but when I looked down at the hand that was supposed to be holding it, I didn't see any shadow or shape of the eye patch.

　Naturally. I was only dragged into consciousness.

　No matter how much, if something material had settled in my hands in this vein, I should rather suspect that I was sleepwalking or something.

　What I was given instead was the information needed to create that eye patch, or in other words, the knowledge of the blueprint of the magic tool.

　Are you suggesting that I should create it by hand based on this, or are you suggesting that I should create it with skill?

　With normal [Restoration], it's not possible to recreate the original just from memory of the shape, and previous attempts to recreate a similar shape.

　However - the ability that Alphasul was using in the world of memory - the magic of [Creation].

　With Alpha-Zulu's support, I might be able to use my 【Restoration】 skills to that realm as well.

'...... and!　That's right, Garnett!

　I hurried out of the room and rushed towards the store.

　The first thing I find is Erica, lying unconscious asleep on the counter.

　When she's not the one sitting in the middle of the business, but rather lying prostrate from the direction of the customer bringing the items to the checkout, it's easy to see at a glance that she was taken unconscious during the cleanup process.

　And then Garnett sat down weakly in the corner of the store, lying face down with his back against the wall.

'Garnett, are you alright?'
"U......n......

　I shook my shoulder lightly, and immediately Garnett woke up - staring up at me with a stare.

I'm not going to be able to get a hold of you," she said. I'm not a fan of this. No matter how much it's not real. ......
Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I had to do it before I could think.

　I kneeled in front of the seated garnet and put my hands around both of its cheeks, activating my skills to erase the tears that were blotting the corners of its eyes.

　That's it. If the others woke up and faced each other, no one would know that this guy was crying.

'It's a good thing I'm dead, though, because I'd just be played out. What the hell were you going to do if the mechanism was that if you died over there, you would die in real life as well?
"I'd rather die than have you do that." "I don't think you're going to convince me with your response, .......
You're an idiot. What's your problem?　I'm carrying so much on my shoulders that I can't die with it.

　Garnett repeatedly hit my torso with his fists while sitting on the floor while lecturing me.

　However, he hardly applied any force to his fists and arms, let alone activating his skills, and only received a light smack from the smack.

I get it. I understand. I'll be more careful in the future.
Hmm ...... and by the way, what time is it?　You've been locked up for quite a while, haven't you?
'Speaking of which. It felt like days had passed, physically, but ...... is indeed a big deal then.

　In the morning, when I visited the weapon shop, for some reason it wasn't open, and if I looked inside, I found the shopkeeper had fallen down - such a thing would be treated as an incident in the blink of an eye, and the guys from the Silver Wing Knights would surely fly in.

　But there was no sign of such a commotion, and most importantly, it was still dark outside the window and the night had not yet dawned.

' ...... Looks like it's hardly time to go by. Here, look at your watch.
Wow, you're not serious. These people in ancient times really don't understand common sense. What kind of a mechanism did they have in mind for that world?

　Garnett moved underneath the wall clock I had pointed to, his face contorted and his hands on his hips in disgust.

　The time the clock showed was still far from the time the date was due to change, proving that not much time had passed since we'd closed up shop.

'Hey, Luke. I know this is a bit late, but that wasn't just a weird dream I had, was it?
'What do you say we start answering each other's questions?　Anyway, I'm half my age again, and you were dressed like a little girl. It looked pretty good on you.

　As expected, a sharp kick to the leg hits me.

　I can tell that Garnett is getting back on track, and I feel happy along with the pain.

'You Hey!　What if the other guys are awake!
If you yell at them, they'll wake up, right?
...... ummmm ......

　Erica's voice came from the counter, and me and Garnett were all jittery and ready to go.

　But Erica seemed to be about to wake up now, and there was no indication that she had heard the conversation so far.

'Is that ......?　I was ...... sleeping ......?
'You're finally up. I mean, you really were dragged in too, weren't you?
"Garnett, ...... and you, too." "What's ......?

　Erica's memories of the other world seem to be mixed up and confused, and she tilts her head halfway down on the counter in a maze.

　Watching the gesture, it's as if a heavy burden on your shoulders is lifted.

　It seems that Garnett felt the same way, looking back at me with only her head, and lightly cowering her shoulders as she looked at me.

'The white wolf. Anyway, why don't we wake up Noir and the others and all go to the Wakaba-Tei in Spring? We also need to hear what those guys saw, right?
Yeah. Since you're here, why don't we all have a little late dinner?