Ore Dake Kaereru Kurasu Teni - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

「… So, it’s also evening here,?」

Right now, I’m in Japan . As the sun has set and the color of the night deepens, I look around the area near the school building . I never imagined a day would come where I would find the sound of a car’s engine pleasant .

While thinking so, I walk home along my school route . I was in another world just earlier, but the differences are extreme . I’ve done it many times already, but I still haven’t quite gotten used to it .

Since it’s also evening here, it looks like the flow of time is the same .

Okay, what should I do now?

I want to help Shigenobu and Hiyama-san to the extent where they wouldn’t sense anything strange . Speaking of what I can do, I can at least bring something from Japan . Chocolates and sweets again, I guess? Everyone will be satisfied even with that stuff after all .

… For now, let’s go to the supermarket .

「Wait!」

I passed by some kids on my way to the supermarket . I can see the park . Shigenobu and I played together there a lot when we were in grade school .

… It’s so peaceful .

Maybe nothing really happen and I’m just hallucinating? Nothing having changed here that it makes me think that way .

「Oh, Hanebashi!」

While I was lost within thoughts near the traffic light, a friend I played with during my middle school years called me . I remember this guy, he’s Marui .

During middle school, he, Shigenobu, and I did a lot of things together . He went to another school for high school so I haven’t seen him that much lately . Once in a while, I hear about him from Shigenobu so I think they’ve been in contact with each other .

「Hey . 」 
「Sup? What are you up to these days?」 


「About that…」

‘I want to help Shigenobu and everyone trying to survive in another world,’ he won’t believe me if I say that . If a friend of mine says the same thing, even I wouldn’t believe him .

「… I’m the only one in my class right now, what do you think of that?」 
「Only one in your class?」 
「There’s only one desk in the classroom and I have no other classmates . 」 
「Aah, that’s strange now that you mentioned it . But haven’t you said it before? Uhm… What was it? Special class?」

That again . Those in the class next to mine, the teachers, and even my parents have the same reaction . Probably, anyone I ask will have the same reaction . If I think about it normally, the situation is very strange, but their reactions are light .

「So, what’s the matter?」 
「No, it’s nothing . 」 
「Is that so? Anyway, let’s call everyone and get something to eat soon . 」 
「Okay, I’ll call Shigenobu . 」 
「Shigenobu? Who’s that?」 
「… Never mind . 」

As expected, looks like it turned to something where everyone didn’t exist . Maybe I’m also treated this way when I’m not here? Still, I’m fine with that .

Even though there isn’t a trace of Shigenobu to begin with, he’s receiving leftovers and living in peace there right now . Just, I hate that I have to pretend as though Shigenobu and the others never existed . It’s not that I’m in love with him, but still, losing an important friend… It’s painful .

「All right, see you . 」 
「Yeah, later . 」

With that, I parted with a friend . Until now, I had Shigenobu next to me and my friends would always talk to him more than me . That sadness brings me to reality .

「Welcome . 」

After that, I go to the nearby supermarket . Despite my troubles, I browse the aisles . I should be looking for something everyone needs, but… This is difficult . First, it can’t be something strange for me to have .

Meat and fish are out . Even if I had those, I will be asked where I got them . I could say that it came from hunting, but it’s impossible for me to go into the forest with the combat group always watching . Also, carrying around processed meat or fish would certainly be suspicious . If I had it from the start… Two weeks have passed and yet the meat and fish are fresh?

For the same reason, bentou is also no good . In that case, I should settle with sweets .

「Hmm…」

Next is I can’t buy anything too expensive . I’m not particularly stingy, but it’s because of financial difficulties . I’m not even a university student, so I don’t have much in my wallet . Even if I try to work hard, four digits is my limit . [1]

Doing a part-time job… It’s not that I haven’t considered it, but… It won’t solve the root of the problem . I can probably ask for cash from everyone, but what would I do with that money? They would ask . Without a doubt, I should just settle with preserved sweets…

Well, everyone will still be happy with that though .

Still, I want to do something about that place .

「Thank you very much!」

In the end, I bought simple pastries and went home . Upon returning, I sit on the sofa in the living room and think . The news is broadcasted on the television, but there’s nothing about a group disappearance . I wasn’t able to confirm it until now but, as expected, it seems everyone didn’t exist from the start .

I don’t know how it works, but it looks like it happens when I cross worlds . Things seem to adjust to become consistent with each other though, I’m sure of that . In fact, I should be aware that I’m someone who doesn’t exist in that place at this moment .

However, after I have just confirmed it, this adjustment is quite sloppy . I guess that my classroom in school is a good example . It doesn’t even look like I attend classes . This is the same for the other world, I’m not there when I’m in Japan . I know there are moments when I don’t exist . Among all of us, I should be the one adjusting . Anyway, since I can stay for a long time in the other world, there should be no problem .

「Yukinari, take a bath before dinner . 」 
「Yeah . 」

Being told by my mom, I step into the bath while thinking . It’s warm and clean… I shifted my attention to the bath that even has bathing powder in it .

… A bathtub, huh? Though not quite, there’s also bath over there, but it’s shoddy compared to the one here in Japan . That wooden bathtub is setup to resemble a large, public bath, house . It feels like everyone is maintaining the bath together .

The combat group has the priority to use it . It’s always dirty by the time it’s the base group’s turn . That’s because after Taniizumi enters, it won’t be heated again . However, that doesn’t mean that base group will also be contented with that . Naturally, hot water is added to the bathwater .

… Thinking about Shigenobu and Himeno-san, I feel guilty for taking a bath in my house . Having said that, I’ve never stopped using my convenient ability . If the situation allows it, I should let others use it .

「I need to do something…」

It’s not just a bathtub . For everyone to find delight with just chocolates and sweets, everyone is being driven into a corner . The everyday meals are cooked from the remains of unknown creatures . Nothing changes even if there is a plant type creature . At best, there are also berries, I guess?

There’s nothing else to do but rely on the combat group judgment to harvest wild vegetables . At least they know that mushrooms are risky and avoid them . The person with the cooking ability is working hard, but what’s made is far more inferior to what can be eaten in Japan . Furthermore, Taniizumi monopolizes everything for himself . The base group receives only the bare minimum, nothing even close enough for a meal . Well… I’m fine with one meal a day, but…

I want to do something about the food supply, but I don’t know what will happen if my ability is exposed so I can’t do anything carelessly . Some time ago, I was ridiculed as 『backwards compatible』 by someone I’ve given sweets to before . She’s even a member of the base group .

… I should think of a reason for why I can somehow bring things from here .

「Haa…」

After I stepped out of the bath and ate dinner, I lay down on the bed in my room . With how the delicious the meal is compared to the food over there, I don’t have any complaints .

It’s a bed so it’s incomparable to sleeping on hard wood .

It’s a house so it won’t be cold since there won’t be any cold air .

… It’s completely incomparable .

There’s too much of a difference . I can’t understand how Taniizumi and his group are having fun like that . They can use powers like in those games, so it’s fun . We are exploring for those guys who can’t fight so we should have an enjoyable other world adventure, right?

In my case, I’m not happy even if I can use a teleportation ability .

Still… These differences in food, bath, and also sleep, I wonder what’s so fun about them?

「…」

Is it because they seem to be having so much fun?

Somebody once asked Taniizumi if he wants to return to Japan . Taniizumi said something like returning to Japan is stupid . Although being transported to another world is a man’s romance, I think it’s amazing that he can say that even after personally experiencing it .

I don’t respect Taniizumi though .

Based on what I found on the internet and in bookstores, it’s a type of mentality that appears in response to extreme situations . With that said, among those in that situation, I would be the most strange… I think .

I was called 『mature』Hiyama-san and Himeno-san .

Still, this composure is from me being able to cross over between the other world and Japan . If I wasn’t able to cross over, I think I would probably just be complaining all the time and lose my temper .

… Actually, I’m not mature at all .

If really was mature, even if I had the means to return, I would be living together with Shigenobu and everyone and think of at least one good plan .

I, who can’t do that, am mature?

AN: It will be fighting monsters part after 1 or 2 chapters .

[1] 1000 yen is more or less $10 USD . 10,000 yen is roughly $100 USD