[DRAFT] Chapter 0, 1 -- A Way to Another World!

Ḽ̷̟̘̾̅́̊̊̑̿ͅF̶̪̤͗L̸̖̹̦̦̦̮̭̦͔͐̑̚͝N̸̜̿̾̿͋͗̎̋͑ ̶̧̡̥̳̼̟̬͖͋͗͒̄̀̀̇1̴̖̦͖̒͑͂̏̈́̚.̸̧̢͕̦̳͈̜̱̫̺̹̇0̶̡͎̫̩͖̻̜̑͒͋̃̆̏͘ͅͅ2̸̲͍͈̠̱̹̼͍̩̼͇̊̉̈́3̸̡̯͚̰̟̲͎͈̺͕̤̊̈́̓͐1̵̨̦̦̘̜̜̱͌̀̽̒̾͊́ͅ ̸͔͕͇̳͎̟̖͙̼̓̎̕B̶̧̗̼̬͎͚̉̽̓͌̀̔̕̚ų̵̩̹̥̼̺̳̯̦͓͊͑̐͗̍͂̎̍́̕͘͜i̷̮͖̻̣͊̋̈́̂͗̌͊ľ̸̢̨̨̡̧̛̫̩̙̜̻̣͐̆̔͛̽̈́͑͘͠ḑ̷̧̦͖̰̠̣̰̗̱̔̍̀͑̅ ̶̮̱́̈͑̅̚1̴̢̪̖͑̀̾2̷̲͎̹͑̌̔̂͒͛̕͠0̸̢̙̯͇̘͙͔͈̒̐̈́̔̍͌̅̓͘9̶̤̳̮̪̲͕͐̈́̌̀͠ͅ

̸͔͔̞̣͓̻̈͊̈L̶̛̛̼̓͊̃̿̀̕͝F̴̼̺̲͉̗̑̋͂̉͒ͅĻ̸͉̜̹̰̘̝̞̮̎̈́͗́̈́̅̎́͝N̶̩̟̟̺̺̱͖̐̑͆̽͒̏̕͝@̶̛̗͙̗̯̖̏͊̆̔̀̕͝l̵̤̣̤̇̑̍͆̌̍̑̉̚͝ò̷̯̹͓̥̪͖̪̑́͐͒͗̽c̸̢̧̣̭͍̫̑͝ͅá̵̛̛̠̮̺̱̲̟͇́̋̅̾̿̽̓̾l̸̺͔̭͖͙̞̈́͋͌͛̍̓≯̛̣̰̅̍̌̕͠c̶̥̟̈́̔̓̽̐̾̏̓͝ö̶̫̜̖̜̯̞͇́̃ͅn̴͙͑̅͝n̸̡̪̝̝̯̣̭͔̉́̀͗͐̓̈́͑̏̄͜ḙ̴͔̮͕͈̪́̈̊͗̏c̶̢̧̡̪̦͔̥̹̬̪͌̚͜t̸̮̱̠̳̖͍̗͍̮͌͊͆͗̍͘̚͜ ̶̨̯̪͇͌͋͝Ą̴̼̀̓̌͊̊͂͠͠1̶̢̪̜̮̟̖̮̑̔̂͛̇0̴̛͕̈́̊̊̋͋͗̕̚͝0̷̢̪͚̻̻͖̇̓͠Ȃ̶̰͇̞̬̬͖̬̥̗͚̱͂͂͗́̈̓̅̕͝3̸̹͖̙̉̊͋̊͊̕͜2̴̻̤̃̉̀͒̏͌̒̅͘͠4̴͎͉̯̊̔̔̈̽̏̃͌͛͠1̶̨̧̮͉̲̙͙̟̲̳̄̂̾̄͠ͅ3̵͕͖͐̉̈̚ͅF̵̧̜̺̰͐̍͗̑̓͝F̶̧̤̮̤̳̹͍͚̩̣́̐͗̉͊́͂́̊J̵͕̟̪͎͇͕̗̘́́͊x̷̢͇̬̭͇͇̳͚̟̥̖͛͌̿̅̋̊͘̚͝͝͠T̶̛͈̊͌̊̀͛͋̑̑͝͠v̴͇̎̉͂͌͗̇́̾̀͌@̶͙͎̭͉͇͓̺̑1̶̛͖̝͎͖̺̱̀̌̊͑̽̍̇͝4̴̳̜̺̬͛̋̓͊̊͒̽̚.̷̧̡̢͖̪̜̇̀̈́̅́̂̀̚1̸͚̺̂̂̕.̵̙̠͒̋͑̀̃̉̊̕ͅ8̷̨̪̗̞̪̇̐͒͂̆̀̚͘͝.̴̘̼͎̩̺͚̦̂͆͗̒̓͂̍͜3̴̛̖̟̺̱͔͆̏͗͑̍̕2̵̢̨͚͈̲̣̫̪̙͍̺̎͑͝:̸̼͈͕̟̉̿̈́̀͋̽͆͌1̷͖̩̠͖̜̲͎̩̠͐̊̒͜1̶̠̞͒9̴̻͓͌̈͒̂̄̏̌́͊̒2̷̮̻̳͙͑̊̊͊͒͌͠͝

̸̤̥̞͕̰̏̈́̄͜͝͝I̶͇͙͔͚̠̍̈́̅͆̑̎̏͠n̸͓̘̎̋i̶̮͚̭̼̙̓̏̆͋̒͋̎͌̆̑̓͜ţ̶̡̹̜̤̰̖̭̼̽̀́̈̊̔̽͆̅̚͝i̶̬̅̋̾̽̂̑͛̍̆͠à̶̧̯̭͍̠̰̦̭̐͋̈́̔̋͌̈͋͠͝ţ̷̙̖̜̳̭̍̈́̑͊͆͝ͅî̴̩̑̐́́̔ņ̵̠͈̺̐g̷̥̰͙̥̼̘̑̉̿͗͌ ̴̢̙̬̫̼͔͕̝̩̘́̓͠ͅc̸̹̹̋̇̔̍̂o̸͋̾͐̈́͜ǹ̸̨̨̢͎͖̘͔̘̲̌̓̽̃̋̈n̵̮͙̺̦̯̼̋̓̉̿͘͜͝e̷͎̦̦̱̟͕͊̀̇͛̾c̵̡̬͕͇̯̱̬̯̥͗͌̍́̄̌̕͜t̵̛̠̘͍͎͒͑̎̓̄͜ǐ̷̺̪̩̰̞̜͈͚̳̼̼̔̊̃̂̂̚̚͠ȏ̵̧͙̩̯͎̤̝̥͊̀̓̓̃͠͝ͅn̴̛͙̑̓̈́̆:̶̛̼͈̲̪̱̞̺̘̺̹́̅̋͐̓̏̅͛̃͘

̷͔̱̘͗͑͛͑A̸̯͇̫̞̰̝͊͋͝1̸̢͖͍̥̗͉̹͖̔́͌̔͑̍͠͝0̶͉́̐0̵̡̤̘̻̪̟̥̲̤͗̌̍̉̽̈́͠A̸̘̤̘̪͍̭̞̒́̈̈́͒͊̅͑͊̒̕3̸͖̗͖̣͔̯̙̠̩̝̐̌͝2̴̜̝̺̤̲̀4̸̛̜̉͛͗̀1̷̨̮͚͔͕̣̰͕̪̍͝3̴̧̘͚͍͙͎̙̙̭̂͑̄̚F̶͉̻̩̝̭͝F̷̥̜̊̉̈͘̕͝J̷̧̡͍̠̺͈̣͙̻̒̿͊̾̅͐͆́x̷̢̢̪̺̞̰͎̟͎̾̓͋̇̈́̈́́̍T̵̰̟̘̤̦͚͇̱͒͗̒̆̇̑̄͌̕̚͝v̷̧͙̰͉̯̥̳͉͕̻͎̍̊̏̅@̶̧̞̫̜̹̳̟̟̗͎̀̈́́̿̈̑̄̑̄͘1̷̣̫͍̟͕͙̽͊̃͝4̸̧̨͎̮͉̰̝͎͎͚̄͑ͅ.̵̢̨͔͍͖̘̱̑̽̽̈́͝1̶̥͈̟̗̠̟̜͍͙̈́͐̓̈́͊͝͝.̸̨̨̲̮͕̭̳̄͋̓͜8̸̰̝̑͐̊̊̋̑̔͐͛͋.̸̡͇͔͍̈́̈́̿̈͋͒̅̉̈́3̴̨͍̈́͝2̸̢͉͉̜͍̦͕̮͍͎͝ͅ:̵͓̍͛̄́̉͘͜͝͝͠ͅ1̵̨̝͈̦̰̞̱́́̆̓̉͂̈́̒̊ͅ1̸̰̠͈̟̣̖̬̾̈9̵̯̤̔̒̄̿͐̔͝͠2̵̢̨̮͚̲̖̼͍͕͙̭̽

̵̛̙̬̼̋͐͆͆̇̓S̷̭̼̖͇̘̹͓͎͆̑͋̅́̃̈́̃̚̚ű̶̞̹̤͚̣̓̄̈b̸̪͉͈̟̐̂j̷̧̩͎͍̘̦̗̭̜͑̏͠͝ẻ̴͚͉̬̣̤͍̈́̌͗͌͜c̴̲̹̠̝͙̒̉͂͐̇t̵̢̨̨̼̘̬̙͙̯̏ ̴̨̡̛̱͓̘̞̪̲͇͉͛́͑̍̒̈̓́̚F̵̙̟̥̯͉̗͍̳͚̾͌͌̅́̅͐̒̋̅̀P̸̻̯̦̮̤̯͚̙̆̄͌̿̊̊̄̕̕͜Ą̴͖̼͉̘̮̑́̔͜1̴̡̛͚̤͚̙̪̜̘̿͜1̸̛͖͍̹̤̳̏̌́͂̆͛̽͘ͅ7̸̛͍͕̟̅7̸̖̳̮̣͝0̵̨̛̱̭͇̺̞̾̂́̿̊̚4̵͍͎͔͎̝̤̄̓1̴̣̜̱̱̱̪͍͛̃͊̅͊͆̉̃͘̕͜͠3̵̟͉̰̒̅̾̑͠1̷͓̣͓͖̘̪̝̩̄̓̓͑͋͜͝6̷̡̨̪̟̱̜͙̬͉̽̍͐̿̈́̎̚̕͜͝͝ͅ3̴̗͛̊̆̈̑̔̒͝͝͠͝1̷̨̢̹̩̲̳͈̺̅̾̈4̸̨͚̞̞͉͕̓̔̍͋̈́̀4̷̢̛̛̺̹̝̗̓̔̈̈́͝3̸̞͎̞̬͔̬̽̈́͆̈́̋́͝D̴̖͒̓̃̂͂͛̈́̆̕͘I̷̪̫͈̱͓͗̈̊͐̔̈̉̇̾͜Ȏ̶̻̀̆͘͝Ń̶͕͇͋̈̋̋̾̂̍̓͂͂Ḿ̸̱̬͙̟̲͇̎Ȩ̶̛͔̦̣̲̠̞̓̀̆̇̈́̋̂̊̊̕Ĺ̵̎̀̅̏̕͝ͅͅL̷̛̙͚̻͓̪̰̳̺̥̝̻͆́͐͌̒͘Ā̸͎͓͎́V̴͎͕̯̌͒̔̿͜Ã̵̛̤̲͙̖͇͍̙̖́͌̏̃̑̈́͜ͅ

̵̠͕̤̀͊͂͐͊̈͌͛͝L̵̛̫̱̰̣̤̗̙̇̽͆̒F̶̨̥̺͉̹͇̮̲̃͛͐̔́̋̕̕L̴̢̧̯̬̟̪̙̝͕̣͕̀́̊̈́͊̽͐͗N̸̛̪͔̗̂̏̌̂́͑͠@̵̤̲͓̫̗̦̥̲̭̑͊̔1̵͖̻̞̪͉̖̈́̍͂͛4̶̞͙̱̆̈́͌͂̄.̵̭̫͈̱̳̲̭̫͈͈̈̌̿͊̉̋͛͆͘͜1̴͔͓̹̙̈́̓̉̈́̆̀.̵̢̗̙̘̏̍͜8̴̢͎͚̤̠͛̃̃̓̈́̔͌̽͊̚͜.̵̨̡̨̬̫̙̜̥̖̪̱͐̕3̶͇͍̐̈́̈́̀̍͛̊͝2̸̘̭̼̱͈̝̥͍̠̊̒ͅ:̸̢̥͉͇̂͜1̵̢̥̟͓̙̫̮̫̯̮̞̀̉̇͒1̸̲̜̳́̓̒͂͂͐͗̚̚͠9̸̨̛̤̟̰̜̲̥̰͍̈̇͗̏̈́͜2̴̧͎̱͉̬͎̩͈̗̪͒̽́͂͒͆͋͝>̶̜̮̱̜̪̪͖͗̏̌̏͋̑w̷̡̛̬̣̮̰̼̝̻̎͝ì̵̧̀̈̃͆͒̊̚ŗ̷̻̗̋̑̑̽͊̂̆͂ȩ̶̯̹͎͛̊̌̊̎͘͠t̴̨͚̞̫͔̍͑̊͋́̊́̎̎̽̈a̷̼̘̥̺͕͔̽̌̀̏p̸̱̘̖̥͓̖̈́̓

̵̢̲̬͋͗͠Ị̸̅͂̃̓̐̄̾͌͐͆̽ň̶͕̮͈̳̙͌̿́̃͜i̴͍̻̟͔̲͍̣̭͋͆̄̇̒̚͝͝t̸̙̓͊̊͑̾i̴̢͙̱̼͠ą̵̢̜̰͙̖͓̘͇̓̅͋̎͊̓̿̌́̚ţ̶̛̣͈͇͖̪̪̞͈̐̌̑͊̈́̓i̷̡̻̦̝̘͇͍͚͇̖͖̓̀̔̔̋̕n̷̡̢͖̜͎͔͕͉̎̃̒̈́͆̚͘ģ̸͕̫̦̭͉̬̥̊ͅ ̴͖̆̎w̵̦̞̜̼͔͌́̕i̶̭͊̆̍͂͛̊̀͂̐̕r̶̛̛̳̻̜̙̮̯͇̜͍̩̩̈̔̓͆̐͘̕e̵̡̩̠̞̘̲͚̪̙͜͝t̸͎͖̖̹̣͕̅̌̐̔̉̔͂͘̚͘͝ã̵̻̪̗̮͈̘̰̖̼̲͇̄̕p̸̩͕̌̚.̸͉̮̜̖̑̓̽.̴̬̹̦̣͙͋́̕ͅ.̴͈͈̮͍̓̒̉.̸̢̦͙̭͕͉͗̓͂̎͠ ̷͖̺̳̬̄̈́̃̀̽̈́͗̔̚͜͜ͅc̸̨̜̗̦̖̘͓͉̿̈́ò̵̞̦̣̤̦̩̅m̶͖̙̩̙̦̩̹͉̽̈́̓̇͗̂̚p̷͍̹͋̎̂͌͐̄̃̽̈́͛̌ĺ̸̢͍̪̒̄̓͝ẽ̷̗͉̺̪̖̩̩̮̰̥̊̃t̵̢̰̤͖̣̘̠̉͗́̎͑̈̔͊̚͠ͅḛ̶̭̿͑͒̔͘̚

Chapter 0:

[Draft, Requirements: Four-five run. Current Run: 2nd. Editor: Rav, Writer: Bruh]

The white circle gate emits a dark purple smoke, while blue flames are burning like crazy from the ground.

“Shut it down! Shut it down!”

The girl ran in her top speed, kicking the glowing white gem off the magic circle we drew with white chalk. The magic circle immediately lost its glow, as well as that weird purple smoke that is coming out of the middle. And the white in her face also lost into the smoke.

“For the thirtieth time, I told you it would be a fire hazard, Dion!”

She said so with a pouting face that mismatched with her current charcoal-colored face. The weird smell of burning dirt and grass, plus a weird taste of... is that grilled chicken—went up to the sky.

“That is why we do it outside of the clubroom, Maiju.”

“More like, all the more reason to not combining high level elements like time and space inside the school, Dion! Do you want to burn the entire school with you? You don’t, do you?”

She was really annoying, even though she was the one who suggested it... I sighed, and tried to wipe the magic circle that was now turned into charcoal black. It was still really hot to the touch, and it seems like there are some bits of flame still burning.

“Water creation.”

It’s a basic spell Maiju used to clean off the remains of the magic circle. The glow in the gem returned, and a small amount of water is leaking out from the gem like a faucet. A little bit of black smoke came out, as well as some sizzling noise, but at least it is now cleaner than before. She used some of that magic water to wash her face, returning her pale white skin to her face.

“Your hair too.”

She heard my warning, and also wipe off a bit of her bangs. Since she has a white hair, it must be a hassle to clean. Yeah, I already hate it when I got some sauce in a white shirt. But she has a white hair, and it is very oddly noticeable if she forgot to wash her hair.

“Having a white hair is nice, if it’s clean...”

“Weird genetic flex, but okay.”

She stopped washing her hair.

“But to be working for the gate for a year... we are not making any kind of progress at all, aren’t we?”

She said it in a monotonous tone. She sighed, and walking towards me with water still leaking from the gem. She held some water in her hand, and used the water to wash my face, but I immediately back off.

“What are you, my mom!? I can do it on my own!”

“Then am I your little sister?”

“Oi.”

As always, she mocked me and laugh oddly at it.

Maiju and I have known each other since we’re babies. She’s a next door neighbor of mine, and her parents and mine have also known each other for a long time. From all my life, she’s always there. Even at family vacation. It’s almost weird, when I think about it. Then when we were 12, we found a really good MMORPG game that we both love so much. We always played together, beat strong players and monsters, even became a game master assistant for a year.

But all that ends when the game was shut down due to the war.

Well, there’s no helping it. The war destroyed many things, including businesses. But it created a new trend in our country: Fantasy movies! The magic and sword battle, the dragons, demons, and a brand new world to explore! It got me thinking: In movies and stories, people can suddenly be teleported to another world, can’t they? Well, in here, we got magic. We got teleportation. And we got teleportation gates.

So why don’t we make ourselves a gate to the other world?

“Because it is not that simple to make a multi-dimensional gate!”

Again, our club chief, Kazuya, got angry at us after he saw that fire from his house, twenty blocks away from us. From there, one can only assume that a house is on fire, but Kazuya knows the things we did. We could only ask for forgiveness. And he could only accept our apology since we’re doing exactly like what our club should do.

We’re the Paranormal Research Club, after all.

Chapter 1: To Annoy and to Not Annoy

After getting another lecture from Kazuya, we had no other choice but to go home. Since the school hasn't even started, we're actually not supposed to be here. Because of that, we immediately pack our stuff and go back home... or so I think.

"Hey, Dion~ Let's play a bit first~!"

She tugged me in my sleeve like some sort of a child wanting a candy. She even gave me the googly eyes to persuade me. I mean she's shorter than me and she’s rather cute with a baby face, so I can see why she thought it would work, but... no. It won’t work against me. I know her too much. Too much.

"The last time we 'play a bit', you dragged me across town to an arcade game center and clean out the gifts off the entire shop."

"But that was last time! Promise, I'll hold back~!"

"And the last time you 'held back', you dragged me to the same arcade, clean out the entire doll shelf, and basically became the sole reason they shut their branch store down."

She thought hard, and looking around the city with her eyes. 

"Then shall we stroll around town? Your family isn't home anyways so it's boring at home, isn't it?"

While it's true that mom and dad is working, and my brother is still in his dorm, I'd rather be at home watching movies or playing video games than accompanying her around town... it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Seriously, someone please be her boyfriend. Please, I feel tired... but of course, no one can hear my heart screaming.

As suspected, she dragged me to the clothing shop, trying out clothing. 'The price is rising a little', and 'there's no discount so I won't buy anything', she said, but I still end up carrying a bag of clothes for her. Then was the video game shop where I suddenly carry two bags. Then the seed shop, and I carry three. Then the shopping mall, in which I now carry three in both hands, two in my arms, and three in my bag.

"Ahahahaha, I think I'm gonna be broke!"

"It's my arms that's gonna be broke."

"Well, you're the one offering to carry it for me~"

While that's true, that was when there's only one bag! Well, I should just shut up right now before she made me carry another bag. She looked at me with a pleased face, knowing I wouldn't be pushing all these bags to her. Sometimes she just knows how to play with me... 

"I wish there's an inventory system in this world, or an item bag..."

I wonder why no one did that already. I mean, it simplifies everything, isn't it? There would be no need to carry a backpack or a luggage anymore if you have a magic bag that could alter the space and made the item inside smaller. If no one is doing it, it means there are some minus to it.

"There is a similar thing to an item bag, though. Can carry large items at once, convenient, but..."

She said it like it is known. I stared at her with full dismissal, because I'm expecting a but to come sooner or later.

"But?"

I had to ask because she didn't continue her words. It must gonna be useful, such as inserting your own car in the magic bag if the traffic is bad. But if I never heard of it mass-produced, there must be a reason why it's bad.

"But I want to go shopping first~"

And there she goes again, running away without a care in the world while leaving me hanging. At least now in supermarket, I can put all my items to the item deposit counter, so I don't need to carry around that weight with me.

"Oi, wait!"

She just running on her own merry way, and I had to run to chase her now. She took the red-colored cart and started pushing it towards the vegetable section. I took the supermarket brochure from the cart, just because I’m curious on the prices.

"Dion, what do you want for dinner?"

She crouched down in front of the vegetables section, putting celery and a bag of onion into her cart while playing with her hair. Then she stood up and start checking the eggs while glancing at me. Or more specifically the brochure I’m currently reading.

"Yeah... well, I'm just crashing in your family's place for food right now, so I'll eat anything? Why don't you ask your family instead of me?"

She looked away, putting a pack of eggs to her cart before moving on to the next section.

"My family told me to ask you, since I'm the one making it."

"Huh? What does that have to do with anything?"

She looked around the meat section, and of course I follow her around like a bodyguard. She took one pack of meat wrapped in plastic, but after seeing it closer, putting it back again.

"Ah, you don't know? My dad is on another country, and mum will only be back in the morning, so tonight there is just the two of us~"

While her family owned a large-scale hotel and resort business, I rarely saw them leaving the house. Everything was already handled by the folks they hired, so they didn't see the need. But of course, the owner has to come around and check how the business is going, huh?

“But wait a sec. Why did your family and mine always leave the house at the exact same time?”

"It's decided, hotpot it is!"

She took several meats off the shelf, and put in to her cart, definitely ignoring my question. I sighed, then realized what her last statement was.

"But there are only two of us?"

"Don't think about the details~"

“Are you not worried about— “

“I said DON’T THINK ABOUT THE DETAILS, DO I?”

She suddenly went full on with her murderous intent. I can only nod, and she again went back to the vegetables section, taking some more vegetables I have no idea what it's called and move to another section. She’s definitely thinking about the details now, but I don’t want to say a word. I don’t want to get punched, or worse, not having dinner.

"Ah yeah! While we're here..."

She moved into the adult section and dragging me along with her. Several people stared at us in contempt, making me just want to teleport my butt towards the exit. But I have to persevere, or else she'll tease me all over again. She picked up a pack of...

"Don't buy things that you won't use, Maiju."

She placed the pack to her cart, then stared at me with her googly eyes.

"What do you mean, dummy? It's for you..."

"Wha--?"

She just ignored me with a smile and immediately went for the cashier. After placing our items including the small red box, the cashier stared at us for a little bit, then she looked at that item, and stared at us once more. Please don’t overthink it, Mr. Cashier, even I have no idea what she’s thinking.

"I'm sorry, can I see both of your ID, please?"

"Surely."

We both took out our ID because of the age requirement for purchasing adult items. He glanced at it, then at us again, before returning our ID card and started scanning the items.

“That would be 2.103 Klair.”

Maiju took out her Swift Card, but I immediately stopped her before she made the payment official.

"What do you mean it's for me, Maiju? I don't need that!"

"I want to play it safe~"

"I don't need that because I won't use that! What am I supposed to do with it!?"

"Eeeeeh~?"

The cashier just stared at us, specifically me with hatred. No, no, no. This is a misunderstanding, sir! Don't look at me like I'm some sort of child predator! I definitely won't do anything to her, I swear! The cashier still gave some scary glances at me, the victim of false accusation, while she took Maiju's Swift Card to make the payment. 

"Your face is red~"

"Well why do you think my face is red, Maiju!? What do you mean I need contraception rubber thing?"

"Eeeeh? But you were the one wanting to make an item bag, right? Then we need a thick but elastic rubber. Using just a balloon or leather is risky because item bag needs to be able to stretch wide, but this thing would make it a bit safer~"

She walked right next to me, and pinched me in the arm, but I can barely feel the pain at all. 

"For thinking of dirty things!"

Then say it first, stupid!