The rat

Rudeus Greyrat had emerged from the library, wearing his iconic grey robe and ponytail...

His gaze first turned to me and he frowned in confusion, Then he looked down at Roxy and her eyes widened.

"Master?!!" He screamed loudly falling on his back.

Roxy also had a look of shock when she saw Rudeus but it was more to see how much he had grown, although that couldn't stop her from hiding slightly behind me out of fear.

"master?!, W-what are you doing here?!" He stuttered and then his gaze turned to Elinalise.

"And you Elinalise! Where have you been these two months! You left without warning!" He complained.

"Lower your voice Rudeus, we will explain everything to you, but not here" Roxy said and Rudeus nodded strongly.

We left Sharia's magic university, Rudeus followed Roxy like a faithful dog, if the guy had a tail, it would probably be wagging like a helicopter.

In the end we decided to go to a bar without many people to talk to.

We sat down and ordered some food.

"Em, sorry I asked you but... who are you?" Rudeus muttered as he looked at me in bewilderment.

"He's the man who helped save your mother so be respectful" Elinalise said

Rudeus looked at me in shock and shrugged.

"W-well that's true but... whatever, my name is Gino Britzs" I said extending my hand for a shake

Rudeus blinked several times but responded.

"Rudeus Greyrat..." He murmured.

"Elinalise what do you mean he saved Ze...mom" he asked.

"Well, let me explain it from the beginning...ahem!..." Elinalise said

...

Elinalise spent about fifteen minutes explaining the entire story of the journey from when I met her, our traveling duo, our exploration and battle in the labyrinth "until the return trip" I could see that Rudeus was visibly depressed upon learning of Zenith's condition.

"So... Mom's just an empty shell now..." He muttered as he played with his food.

"We're not sure, but we can't rule it out either," Elinalise murmured.

"I see, anyway thank you all very much for your efforts" he said bowing in Japanese style.

"It's the least we could do for you Rudy" Roxy said with a smile.

Rudeus smiled heavily at this and looked back at Elinalise.

"Very well, please take me to my family" he said and so we returned to the inn where Paul was staying.

I couldn't witness this meeting for obvious reasons so instead I went out to eat with Roxy at a restaurant.

We had a nice time until it was time to leave, apparently the whole group will stay at the same inn for a week until they decide where they will live,I would stay in the same room with Roxy but first I would have to talk to Rudeus and Nanahoshi about the situation with the pixelated man.

But maybe the bastard in white had already gotten ahead of me.

...

It happened when I came back out of the inn, Rudeus had already left about twenty minutes ago, I had no reason to go out but I did anyway.

I walked around Sharia City for about two hours until I reached the city limits.

And then I felt it...All my senses were saying danger, I held Dragon Phoenix and felt something coming towards me at great speed.

A stone bullet!

I unsheathed my sword and using the Water God style I easily repelled it, although there was too much power in an attack that should only be mid-range...

Shit...in the distance was...Rudeus Greyrat with his staff in his hand and pointing directly at me...

The guy looked scared and at the same time very determined, shit! What nonsense Hitogami put in his head?!!

"Have you gone crazy? What the hell is wrong with you?!" I screamed.

"S-shut up! I won't let you hurt my master or my family!!" He shouted as he started throwing more stone bullets at me.

Shit! I made sure not to split any of them in half and just repelled them while slowly closing the distance between us.

We were about thirty meters from each other but I still moved slowly.

"Who told you I would hurt your family, Hitogami?!" I screamed.

Rudeus opened his eyes in shock and I could see that he hesitated for a few moments.

I took advantage of this and ran until I was behind him.

"If I wanted to, I would have killed you! Who told you such lies!!" I shouted.

Rudeus was practically paralyzed but I could see how he conjured a Sonic Boom to put distance between us.

The guy was thrown a few meters back while making a fireball in his hand.

I closed the distance between us again and kicked him, knocking him to his knees.

"What did Hitogami tell you? I know it was him! He's lying to you!! You have to listen to me!" I shouted.

Rudeus looked at me indecisively so I had to raise the level.

"I'll guess! A few weeks ago that bastard told you that an evil swordsman would come to kill your family after I gained their trust, right?!" I confronted him.

Rudeus avoided my gaze but frowned and threw a huge water ball at me that I barely dodged.

Damn bastard! He's not going to understand this way!!

"...yamete Kudasai!!" I shouted, swallowing my shame.

Rudeus stopped dead in his tracks and his eyes widened.

"Y-you..." he stutter.

"Yes, I'm also reincarnated! Soy de México!!" I screamed

He hesitated for a few seconds but his hostile aura momentarily disappeared.

"I don't understand..."Why would another reincarnated person try to kill me?..." He said confused and I just frowned at this statement.

"For the last time, I have not come here to kill you or your family! Think about it! I was with your family for more than a month! I could have killed them if I wanted to, just like you!" I screamed.

I could see that Rudeus had a look of total confusion.

"Listen, Hitogami is deceiving you, he is afraid of your offspring" I told him.

"My offspring? What's up with that?" He asked confused.

"Your children or grandchildren will help defeat Hitogami, and that is why he has been w manipulating you all these years!!" I screamed.

""How do you know that?" He asked cautiously.

"The pixelated bastard told me, I was reincarnated after dying too, and a couple of years ago he appeared in my dreams in the same way, I never paid attention to him and he threatened to kill my family! That's why I'm here! I want to join forces with you to defeat him!!" I shouted.

Rudeus hesitated for a moment as he looked at me.

"What did he say about me back then?" He murmured.

"The first thing I remember was that he discovered you on the day of the mana disaster, he made fun of how easy you were to manipulate, how you had single-handedly taken Ruigerd Superdia out of the Demon Continent, That with your naivety you changed the destiny of Prince Pax Shirone which would be important for the future" I murmured.

I could see how Rudeus clenched his fists in anger as he listened to me.

"That bastard Hitogami can see the future and that's why he knows about your descendants, the only one who can stop him is Orsted!!" I declared.

The mere mention of this name made Rudeus tremble in fear.

"O-Orsted?! Are you sure about that?" He muttered in fear.

"I am, he knows about Nanahoshi too, he told me practically everything about you!!" I said in a desperate tone.

I could see how Rudeus put on a face of disappointment but then it turned into one of determination.

"Nanahoshi?..." Rudeus muttered without understanding.

Ha that's true, he still doesn't know her...

"She also comes from our world, but she is not a reincarnated person, It was more like a summoning than anything else, she is here at the Sharia magic university" I said

"I see... so what can we do?..." He asked.

"First I need to talk to the person known as Nananoshi Shisuka, the summoned one of our world," I said.

"I need her to contact Orsted for us and then we will talk to him about allying against Hitogami." I Said.

"Associate with him?! Really?!" Rudeus said with a shriek.

"Yes, it is strictly necessary to do it" I answered seriously.

"Okay... so it will be tomorrow?" He asked.

"Yes, if you dream of Hitogami again, don't pay attention to anything he says, it will only end in tragedy" I warned.

Rudeus shuddered at this but nodded and so I returned to the inn to sleep.

...

I woke up being Roxy's pillow again, she was sleeping peacefully using my chest as a headrest while hugging me tightly.

Today I would have to talk to Nanahoshi about Orsted...

I got up, had breakfast and went out into the street.

My destination was Sharia Magic University, and now that I think about it... I didn't set a designated meeting place for me and Rudeus...

Bah, what does it matter?.

I arrived at the outskirts of the Sharia Magic University and asked for permission to enter under the pretext of a visit.

Although they had clearly seen me yesterday, the guards did not let me pass, it was not until Rudeus intervened that I was able to enter.

"You came early..." He muttered.

"I always get up at this time, it's nothing new" I told him.

There was an awkward aura between the two since yesterday and it couldn't be helped.

"Did you research Nanahoshi Shisuka?" I asked him.

"Yes but...I can't find anything..." He muttered.

I stopped dead in my tracks as I stared at him with narrowed eyes.

"Shit...do you know Silent Sevenstar?" I asked him.

Rudeus just shook his head while shrugging his shoulders.

"Do you know anyone who can help us with that?" I said with exasperation.

"Ah yes!, Mister Fittz can help us!, follow me!" Rudeus said.

So I followed him back to the library where Rudeus entered, it took him about five minutes and he came out again with Sylphie disguised.

"Gino, meet my senpai Fittz, Fittz, this is Gino" Rudeus introduced us.

"Nice to meet you I said" Sylphie looked at me bewildered but nodded in agreement.

"You need information about Silent Sevenstar, one of the special students, do you have any ideas?" Rudeus asked.

"Sevenstar?...hmmm, I think I've heard something about that" Sylphie muttered as her ears bobbed up and down like Elinalise.

"Yeah, Princess Ariel tried to recruit her once, but we were rejected...t hey say that guy is staying in the North Tower," Sylphie said, pointing to one of the four tallest towers in the place.

Rudeus quickly explained to Sylphie what we needed that information for and we quickly headed to that tower.

The damn thing is about fifty meters long and it's just shitty stairs!

Finally we reached the highest room in the tower, where a wide wooden door separated us.

"Rudeus, listen, there will be a person in there who will bring back bad memories, grab your pants and act like a coward" I told him and he just nodded resignedly.

Knock on the door slowly a total of three times

"...come in" a female voice full of irritation said from the other side.

I opened the door and the room was full of books and in the middle of it a black-haired girl was on her knees and writing on the floor.

When he turned to look at us I could see that white mask that gave me chills, but I also saw that Rudeus was scared to death.

"Oh well, until we meet again" Nanahoshi said

"aa...aaaaaah!!!" Rudeus screamed in terror and tried to run away but I stopped him with one arm

The guy squirmed for a few moments but I looked him in the eyes with anger and he stopped.

"You look like an idiot" I muttered disdainfully.

"uug...." Rudeus muttered.

It was time to talk to Nanahoshi

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