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When Takumi returned home, everyone from the group who was in his world—except Ningguang—had already arrived.

A bunch of girls were crowded around Tomoyo, chattering nonstop. Takumi's mouth twitched at the scene.

These girls were being way too enthusiastic. At the same time, he couldn't help but marvel at how popular Tomoyo was.

Ram and Rem had already finished preparing the banquet. Seeing this, Takumi quickly spoke up:

"Alright, everyone, let's pause the chatter for now. Time to eat."

"Miss Tomoyo, please try some of our world's cuisine."

He had to stop the living room from becoming a marketplace. The saying goes: Three women make a drama. A whole group of them? A marketplace. No lie.

Tomoyo smiled and nodded in response.

"Sure! Everyone, let's have dinner first."

Following her lead, everyone got up and headed to the dining area.

"Seems like Tomoyo is really popular."

"Tomoyo, please take your time exploring our world. Later, I'll try sending a robot over to your world using magic."

"If it works, I'll have it carry some letters to your people. I'm sure your sudden disappearance is already causing some chaos."

Being a princess, her absence was likely already creating problems.

"Alright. Thank you in advance."

Tomoyo had no objections. Her sudden vanishing act must have caused a mess back home. A message needed to be sent.

"If all else fails, we can just go visit her world ourselves! I'm really curious about it!"

Fujiwara Chika was visibly excited. They'd heard a lot about Tomoyo's world during the earlier conversation.

If they visited, maybe they'd even see Sakura—or perhaps Yuuko. That was something they were all highly interested in.

"Let's let the robot test it out first. Once it returns safely, we'll talk about following. I'm not doing blind experiments."

Takumi made it clear—he'd only allow others to travel once he confirmed the magic worked.

Everyone nodded quickly. That sounded fair.

With that settled, they began eating.

Tomoyo was already entranced by the spread before her. The dishes were unlike anything she'd seen before. Some ingredients looked familiar, but the aromas were completely different. Her curiosity was thoroughly piqued.

Encouraged by the others, she took a small bite.

The moment she tasted it, her eyes lit up.

Delicious!

Tomoyo was instantly won over. She began eating in small, graceful bites. Even Kaguya was maintaining her lady-like act.

Takumi glanced at her and was baffled.

Why was she acting so reserved?

Takumi: [@Houraisan Kaguya, what are you doing??] [Why so prim and proper today?] [Did your brain break when you saw Tomoyo?]

He side-eyed her while texting.

Seeing the message, Kaguya glared at him without moving a muscle.

Houraisan Kaguya: [Mind your own business!!] [This is just how I always behave, thank you very much!!]

Don't think I won't scold you just because you're my husband.

Fujiwara Chika: [LMAO!] [She wants to see who's more princess-like—her or Tomoyo.] [That damn competitive streak!!]

Seeing that, Takumi fell silent.

Takumi: [Ridiculous!!]

Just one word—ridiculous.

Forget it. Let her do what she wants. Play your roleplay game all you like.

Still, watching Kaguya act so demure was oddly charming. Tch, maybe he'd ask her to keep it up tonight.

A mischievous thought slipped into Takumi's mind.

Kaguya immediately sensed his malicious intent.

She turned and looked at him calmly.

Their eyes met, and Takumi's lips curled slightly.

"Don't go home tonight." "This side of you is perfect." "I want it."

His voice echoed in Kaguya's head.

Hearing that, Kaguya exploded internally.

(－＂－怒)

"GDX!!"

Of course she knew what Takumi was thinking. She wanted to strangle him right there!

But she couldn't let it show. She was a princess, after all. She couldn't lose.

She straightened up again. Her carefully built persona in front of Tomoyo couldn't be shattered.

She, Houraisan Kaguya, would not lose!

The reason she was doing all this was because Tomoyo had far too many similarities with her. Their personas were alike—too alike. So she had to win!

Just as Chika said—it was that damn desire to compete!

...

Dinner went very well.

After everyone was full, Takumi started the experiment.

This time, he used the courtyard. The house was too crowded.

Didn't want to accidentally teleport someone else.

He manifested a robot in the courtyard and asked Tomoyo to prepare the message she wanted to send. They also recorded a video.

Once everything was ready, Takumi had Prometheus install a subroutine into the robot.

With all preparations complete, Takumi began the magic.

This time, the power behind the spell was far greater than when Tomoyo had done it.

The destructive energy began to surge. A massive magic circle appeared in the yard.

Endless Honkai energy was being drawn from Takumi's body.

The magic circle activated, confirming the world's coordinates.

As the coordinates locked in, the energy drain increased—but so did the regeneration.

Takumi's body became a cycle of drain and refill.

He didn't even know how much energy he had pumped in before the portal between worlds stabilized.

When the circle fully formed, both Tomoyo and Takumi's eyes lit up.

"It worked!"

Seeing the successful portal, Tomoyo was overjoyed.

But the energy consumption... it was terrifying.

She herself could never cast something like that. Even drained dry, she wouldn't have enough power to complete such a spell.

Everyone else could also feel how much Honkai energy Takumi had used.

Honestly, if that much Honkai energy were poured into the bubble universe where Bronya lived, it might even trigger the birth of the Final Herrscher.