"Disedinel, I don't think there's anything here."

"Oh, you might be right."

They just arrived at their destination.

Disedinel, unlocking the belts, stood up.

Then he left the room again.

"Hey, Lee. Just how can you tell?"

"It is what Disedinel was talking about, compulsion. As he said, it can be practically anything."

"How do you guys live like that? I can't imagine living in a world with such a thing without constant chaos." Kiing is right.

Lee, unlike his last response, instead gave it a thought.

"Kiing, what Disedinel said is not false, but he didn't explain it properly. It is very complicated, but to make it simple... Compulsion is affected by your nature. So... you can't really do something unnaturally easily."

While Lee was talking, Disedinel came back into the room.

"I got the location of the new place. It's not too far away. And, what were you two talking about?" Disedinel smiled as he went on to tap on his watch continuously.

"Kiing asked how I knew there wasn't anything here."

"Alright. Let's go!"

It didn't take longer than a few minutes to get to the new place.

"You guys do this every day? And also, what are we even looking for?"

"The shop, Kiing. Didn't I say we were going there?"

"Oh, uh, Disedinel... I think that we are in trouble." Lee suddenly began becoming slightly more red.

"What do you mean? Ah."

"What? What is it?"

"I guess we should've left you with the professor first."

Disedinel stood silent.

And suddenly, a crack appeared on the ceiling.

"Are we going to be fine with that crack?!" Kiing was struck with waves of anxiety.

"Yeah. We are fine."

Now, the crack had become a hole. You could see all of space through it!

"Gaah! What is that?!" Kiing would likely suffer injuries from his jump if the chair wasn't one with the floor.

What Kiing reacted to was some creature. A humanoid creature. It is abnormally tall and well built.

"Disedinel, I thought there wouldn't be any more accidents." It is clothed with... just a towel. It seems.

Disedinel stood up. "Yeah."

The thing looked around. It locked its eyes on Kiing.

"Look, Disedinel. I will let this slide if you give that strange human to me."

"I won't hand him to anybody outside of Nulkai." Disedinel sounds upset.

"Really? Then what do you have to offer?" The thing smiled at Disedinel.

...

"Why should I give you anything if you set it up?"

"Oh... No. We would never do anything so horrible."

Lee unlocked his seat belt, stood up, and walked over to Disedinel and the humanoid.

"I will accompany you for a while to compensate for our embarrassing miscalculation."

"No, Lee!"

"Hmm... That is fine by me!"

"Don't worry, Disedinel. Therion, I will certainly come back to Disedinel in the future. I think that this sets the deal." So the creature's name is Therion.

"Fine by me. But remember, I will determine when to let go of you."

"Fine." Disedinel didn't say anything more.

Both Therion and Lee left the ship through the hole. The hole then disappeared from the ceiling.

"That thing, what was it, Disedinel?!"

"Nothing more than a hassle to me."

"Why did you let him take Lee? Anyway, I meant... How is his body like that?" Kiing seems to be calming down now.

"He's not a human. We are not biologically the same. There is nothing more to it." Disedinel's smile is now gone.

"Well? What about my other question? You can't let him abuse you like that!"

"I have to. You wouldn't understand, so don't try to intervene."

"That may be the case... But come on! Let's both get out of this ship and take back Lee while they are still here!"

"My already dim future will go darker than anything if I do that. I have to go to the other room for a minute. Don't do anything."

Kiing doesn't seem to be content.

"That's right, we should prepare to strike back!"

Disedinel did as he himself said.

Kiing is looking at the place on which the crack, then hole, appeared.

"Alright, let's do it." It is Kiing who said it.

"No. We won't do it. The next destination is where we'll probably part ways forever."

"Why?"

Disedinel didn't answer.

And Kiing didn't complain either.

Then, just like that, the ship began moving at great speed.

...

The ship stopped.

Disedinel stood up from the chair after unlocking the seat belts.

Then he tapped his watch a few times.

And right as he stopped tapping, an exit appeared in the form of a square.

He left the ship through the exit.

But Kiing. He was unconscious.

Thus, Disedinel made him levitate, forcing him to fly out of the ship.

The place in which the ship is parked, along with many others, is a closed space. It seems like a sizeable enough door opens for ships to come in and out. The ceiling is quite high.

The color of everything is dark. Dark blue, or black.

"Ooh, Disedinel! Here I am!" Somebody with long brown hair was running towards Disedinel.

"Oh, hey, Sir Reynard!" Disedinel smiled again.

"Woah, who is the one in your company? Don't tell me..."

"That is right, Reynard. It is the special somebody from that place."

Stolen novel; please report.

So this individual's name is Reynard.

Kiing is on the ground.

"... Why is he unconscious?" After Reynard said that, Kiing started standing up. Slowly.

"Hello there!"

"Hey."

"My name is Peter Reynard, but I will let you choose what to call me."

So his name isn't Reynard. It's Peter.

"Will Peter do?"

"Of course! Now, what is your name?"

"Kiing."

"What a unique name! I'll have you come with me! This is a goodbye, Disedinel, right?"

"Well... Yeah. Goodbye."

And now Disedinel is alone.

He took a deep breath. And out it goes.

I guess I'll check on Kaika.

Disedinel walked slowly to a door for people instead of ships.

It took a while to get to the door with his current pace, while Peter and Kiing are nowhere to be seen.

The door has a handle this time.

And so he walked. There were other people he would pass by. But Disedinel doesn't stop for anything more than "Hey!" "Hey.".

After a while, he stopped in front of a door and gave it two knocks.

No one answered. At least verbally.

The door was unlocked.

"Coming in."

Disedinel opened the door.

He entered what seems to be an apartment.

As you enter, you're in a hallway with one door to your left and one door to your right. The colors of the apartment were beige.

Disedinel walked a bit more. As you walk further into the small hallway, you have a case opening to your left and right. The left one leads to a bedroom, and the right one to a kitchen.

Disedinel turned to the left.

"Hey, Kaika."

On the bed in the bedroom, there was a kid. Or, no. Is he maybe an adult who is just smaller? A teenager, most likely. And he has white hair. Another strange thing about him is that he's in his pajamas.

...

The teenager, who seems to be named Kaika, didn't respond.

Well... He didn't respond verbally.

"Please speak to me using your mouth instead of compulsion."

"Fine."

Kaika is reading a book.

In the dark.

"I guess that is why your cel is so high. Why don't we turn on the lights?" Cel?

"Sure."

Disedinel turned them on.

"So... You have something on your mind. You're free to talk to me about it."

"Yeah. Lee was taken away from me."

"Ahh. That sucks. By who?"

"By Therion."

"Therion? You messed around with him again?"

"No! The idiot set up a trap! I tried to go to the shop closest to the strange world, but when I got there, there wasn't anything, but a compulsion talking about where they moved the whole place."

"That shop? Never heard of it being moved. They staged a trap to lure you in. I didn't think Therion would get his hands on the coordinates of the foreign world, but it seems like he does now..."

Disedinel paused for a few moments.

"No. He shouldn't know where it is."

"Then how would Therion redirect your flight? Not that it matters. And you managed to bring that certain guy, right? Yeah."

"Damn it, if it wasn't for this stupid union!"

"Good thing I had your words blocked off from the outside; otherwise, you'd live the rest of your life in a cell or something."

"Are you seriously trying to flex your compulsion on me? I am already aware that yours is double my count."

"No. Sorry. Anyway, I assume you want me to accompany you now. Am I wrong?"

"No. You're not wrong. I anyway want you to see the world for yourself."

"Hmmm. What about Vumdr? I want him to be with us."

"Of course you'd want him to be with us. What are you planning?"

Kaika finally dropped the book after closing it.

And now he is standing instead of lying on the bed.

"Alright. I will be your companion from now on. But don't take it as me being under you. Do you want us to wait for word from Peter about the test, or should we go to where we are waited at? Of course, after a break."

"Yeah. Well, Kaika... You can talk to Reynard about Kiing. And yes, that is his name. I'll leave it for you to determine it."

"Okay. So we are going in less than a week, right?"

"Yeah. I'd love a break."

"Alright."

...

"Now get out of my bedroom. And my apartment."

Disedinel left.

"Hey, Disedinel."

"Hello."

It was somebody who passed by.

No further talking.

Guess it's time to take a rest for a bit.

"Oooh, and if it isn't us who meet again!" Peter again?

"Ah, Sir Reynard."

"Disedinel, I want you to come with me. I want to discuss Kiing with you and Kaika."

Oh, seriously? Here we go, walking back again.

"I was just there, haha."

"Oh, you want to rest?"

"No, no. I'll come."

Peter smiled.

"Let's go!"

"W-wait, you're jogging at this point."

After a bit more than a minute...

"Coming in!" Peter opened the door without knocking.

"That is... Whatever."

"Oh, helloooo?! The Universe calls for our dear Emperor Kaika! Hello?"

"Peter?"

"Eh? What are you doing, Kaika? I thought you were on a diet!"

"Haha!"

Disedinel laughed.

"It is not what it looks like."

"Kaika... Oh, it's so funny seeing you like this." Disedinel kept on laughing.

"... This is my own diet pizza."

"Oh, well. Whatever! Kaika, Disedinel, I guess we can talk now."

"Of course."

"I want to enjoy my meal alone, but it is fine. Tell us what you have to say."

"Very well! ... Disedinel, you had probably noticed it. And I am certain that Vumdr noticed it."

"What is it, Peter?" Kaika hurried Peter to go on.

"Kiing can use something very similar to compulsion. Oh, Kaika, it's that guy we're talking about. Hah, I forgot to tell you from my shock. Or wait, Disedinel was already here, so you know already, don't you?"

"Disedinel already told me, yes. But compulsion not compulsion? Hmm."

"Kaika, you shouldn't eat with your mouth full."

"Haha, Disedinel, he shouldn't be in pajamas either!"

Disedinel giggled.

"You intruded into my house after all."

"Kaika, you were in pajamas when I was here earlier too."

"Seriously? Oh, Kaika... But, anyway. Let's take this more seriously, everybody."

"It's you who aren't taking this seriously, Peter."

"He's right, Sir Reynard."

"Yeah. So, he has this thing, like... smoke, perhaps. And it spreads around him, then whatever is in his range, he could manipulate."

"Are you serious?"

"... Yeah. Not to mention that he is very durable. He can't die easily at all. Even if you smash him, he'll somehow come back."

"How do you know that?"

"Uhh.. I won't answer that question, Disedinel." Peter smiled.

"Anyway. Disedinel. I want to accompany you on your adventures in that world. I've come to the conclusion that, for the sake of finding out the secret, I need to accompany you."

"Agh, Kaika, please turn that air conditioner off."

"Fine. But you know it's likely that you'll leave in the next few minutes, Disedinel."

"Thanks. Anyway, Sir Reynard, I'd love to have you with me!"

"Thank you for having me with you."

"Alright, alright. Now, you guys leave. I have to clean the table."

"It definitely isn't just the table that needs cleaning. Hehe." Disedinel giggled again.

"Hah, that's right."

"I'll just clean it with compulsion."

Everybody stood up from their chairs.

"Peter, I'll have you know that I am also a companion of Disedinel for this. And also, I will have Vumdr come with us. Of course it isn't guaranteed, but I am certain you know why his assistance will be useful."

"I see. Let's meet up tomorrow with Vumdr and make it clear when we'll go."

"Well... Sure!"

"I don't mind that."

"Goodbye, Kaika."

"See ya tomorrow!"

"Yeah, yeah."

"It is still funny how he's in his pajamas, isn't it, Disedinel?"

"Yeah, definitely."

The two whispered to each other... something that Kaika caught with his compulsion.

"I heard that!"

"Quick, let's get out, hehe."

They opened the door and are now in the long corridors of this place.

"Disedinel, I am heading straight to my place, so see ya."

"Alright, Sir Reynard. See you tomorrow."

And so Disedinel walked to his own apartment with a smile.