"Excuse me—" Tomioka Yuuta bowed nervously.
"That room." Toka Takanashi looked at Tomioka Yuuta, who had cautiously entered, and casually pointed at the door.
"Thank you." Tomioka Yuuta's heart pounded, and he didn't dare to glance around, fearing he might see something he shouldn't.
But he still couldn't resist sneaking a peek.
"…" Toka Takanashi was speechless. It seemed he was a super troublesome guy, just like Rikka. As expected, birds of a feather flock together.
Tomioka Yuuta swallowed, looking at the room door that was already ajar.
"Come in, Dark Flame Master."
"Gulp." Tomioka Yuuta gently pushed open the door. What greeted his eyes was a room filled with strange Ornaments and Widgets: a pharaoh mask, a dirty wooden doll, an old wooden clock, and modern handicrafts. If there were a cauldron, it would be no different from a witch's room.
Wicked Lord Shingan sat on an antique-looking sofa, her expression profound as if she had long anticipated his arrival, and she chuckled as she looked at him.
"Welcome, To, Darkside."
"Welcome to the Chaos."
Tomioka Yuuta watched as Wicked Lord Shingan raised her hand and chanted two unintelligible syllables. Light appeared at her fingertips, a magic circle formed, and a gust of wind rushed towards him, blowing the door shut with a "bang."
"Ah!" Tomioka Yuuta fell onto the floor in shock: "Ma-ma-ma-magic!"
"Hehe, that's right. This is the magic from the golden-eyed deity who transcends the world, symbolizing the world's origin, the ultimate power that reaches parallel worlds and the Invisible Boundary Line."
Rikka Takanashi stood up from the chair and walked towards the stunned Tomioka Yuuta as she spoke.
"The golden-eyed deity who transcends the world!" Tomioka Yuuta was trembling with fear, but his heart was pounding fiercely.
Is it really okay to hear such a big secret as soon as I arrive? Is this something an ordinary person like me can hear?
"That's right, my Evil King's True Eye was also awakened by the golden-eyed deity." Rikka Takanashi slowly removed the eye patch from her right eye. Her clear lake-blue eye slowly turned golden and emitted light.
"And you, Dark Flame Master, the power within your body has not fully awakened, which is why you haven't been able to guide your power to interfere with reality."
Tomioka Yuuta felt his heart about to leap out of his chest.
"I, I also have such power?"
Am I really the 'Dark Flame Master'? Not a chuunibyou?
Was chuunibyou just a subconscious manifestation caused by the power within his body?
After seeing Rikka Takanashi use her mysterious power, Tomioka Yuuta's doubts and denials in his heart wavered.
I might not be a chuunibyou; I might actually have power. "Then, how can I fully awaken?" Tomioka Yuuta asked excitedly.
If Wicked Lord Shingan, who truly possesses mysterious power, says he has power, then he really does. A true magic user wouldn't trick an ordinary person like him, right?
So, he really is the 'Dark Flame Master'; he saved the world in his previous life, and now he is 'reincarnated.'
He instantly grasped the cause and effect.
"Join our magical society that protects the world. After the supreme deity arrives next time and bestows an 'Awakening Seed,' you will be able to fully awaken." Rikka Takanashi said this, spreading her arms, and her body slowly floated up.
A red magic circle projected from her golden right eye.
"Oh oh oh oh oh———"
Tomioka Yuuta's eyes nearly popped out in excitement at this sight.
I feel it! I feel it! This omnipotent power!
My heart is beating so fast! Tomioka Yuuta clutched his chest: "I feel, I feel it! The power of me, the Dark Flame Master!" (Actually, it was just an illusion caused by being too nervous.)
"Hmm, that is only natural, Dark Flame Master," Rikka Takanashi said as she sat back down on the sofa chair, as if stating the obvious.
"So, what is your stance? Do you want to return to this boring, ordinary life, or continue forward? If you continue forward, you must be careful. Those evil spirits from the abyss are extremely terrifying. My comrade and I almost fell into the enemy's trap." (She and Dekimori Sanae had too much fun fighting evil spirits, using up all their Curse Power and getting tired.)
"If not for the supreme deity's protection, I might not have been able to return to reality recently." (She was pulled back by Xia Wei and had her forehead flicked).
"Is, is it that dangerous? Evil spirits, those enemies." Tomioka Yuuta shrank his neck, unable to imagine it.
"Extremely dangerous." Rikka Takanashi pointed to her golden eye: "But my Evil King's True Eye is omnipotent."
"Perhaps I died in a trap in my previous life." Tomioka Yuuta's expression suddenly hardened, feigning indifference.
He sneered.
"Hmph, I am the Dark Flame Master. Of course, I will reawaken my power and let those rats, who only deserve to skulk in the darkness, be annihilated by black flames."
"This is not delusion, nor arrogance, but simply natural."
Tomioka Yuuta stood up from the floor, crossing his arms. He recalled his previous state.
Since he wasn't a 'chuunibyou,' there was nothing shameful about it.
Rikka Takanashi nodded in satisfaction: "Welcome back your fighting spirit, Dark Flame Master, our comrade."
"Oh, comrades? Who else is there now? Sorry, my memory is too blank from being reincarnated." Tomioka Yuuta waved his hand arrogantly and snorted coldly.
"Currently, the comrades gathered, besides me, include Dekimori Sanae, the Thor's Warhammer User," Rikka Takanashi also crossed her arms, feigning profundity.
"And a mysterious senior named Miko, who has not yet appeared. She must be suppressing a powerful Evil Spirit King somewhere." (She learned from Xia Wei that someone named Miko would guide them.)
"Only three? The situation seems more precarious than I thought, but you've all worked hard." Tomioka Yuuta said in a low voice.
"Now, besides you, Dark Flame Master, who have returned, there are four other reincarnated comrades who have not yet recognized their identities.
We need to awaken them." Rikka Takanashi looked out at the moon.
Brother said that she needed to gather five companions to cross the Invisible Boundary Line and see her father. Now, the Dark Flame Master has returned.
"Oh? Who are the other four?" Tomioka Yuuta asked, hissing! There were so many others on the same level as him, the Dark Flame Master.
"I only know that one of them is Mori.Summer, a genuine five-hundred-year-old mage before her reincarnation, but I don't know where she is." Rikka Takanashi unhesitatingly revealed information about the person who, in Dekimori Sanae's heart, was second only to her.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter. As long as I know this much, I will definitely find her. Leave this to me." Tomioka Yuuta crossed his arms, feigning coolness.
"Before that, there's an important question I need to ask: When will the supreme deity descend to bestow upon me the 'Awakening Seed'? I can't wait to reclaim my power."