One-way traffic

"what are you?"

Regardless of whether the other party was a person or something else, Accelerator took the first step.

But just as he took that first step...

The girl then spoke.

“…『Musubi』.”

"what?"

The first person frowned in confusion at the word she used.

But the girl simply stood there, looking at him with a calm gaze.

"Please remember the word 'Musubi' and its meaning..."

"Get your ass out of here, hey...!"

The brilliance shone before our eyes once more.

This time, however, the vectors of time and space have mutated once again.

then.

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Then Accelerator sat down on the bench bathed in sunlight.

The sound of cicadas chirping came from behind me.

Then, the slightly humid yet still hot atmosphere in the air, not quite detached from summer, reached my heart.

Accelerator sat down on a bench located in someone's backyard.

"What exactly... happened?"

He had absolutely no idea what was going on.

Whether it was his own appearance in this world, the dragon he encountered, or the woman he just met, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't make any sense of it.

Moreover, the last thing she said to herself.

"Musubi...?"

That, too, is an incomprehensible word.

At least that's the case for Accelerator right now.

He rose slightly from the bench and looked around. This... was indeed someone's backyard.

Judging from the streetlights in the distance and some familiar objects, it's safe to say that this is a modern society.

"Wait, wait, wait—!!! This, this is way too realistic!!"

Such exclamations suddenly reached my ears.

It was clearly a young girl's voice.

Accelerator frowned, walked to the eaves in front of him, and confirmed that the sound was coming from the second floor.

then.

"Sister...what are you making such a fuss about?!"

"Because, because my body is, a girl!!"

"Girls naturally have girls' bodies. What does it mean if a girl has a boy's body? I don't understand at all!"

"No...this...could it still be a dream...it hurts so much—!!"

"...Grandma! Is my sister having an episode? She's talking nonsense and pinching her own bottom!!"

A conversation that was completely meaningless.

Accelerator continued looking towards the other end of the house and noticed what was written on the doorplate.

That should be something like a surname.

It says.

"...The Miyamizu family?"

A series of unbelievable and bizarre events completely silenced the number one in Academy City.

Chapter 710 Itomori Town, and the Miyamizu Family

"Sister! It's been ten minutes already, isn't it ready yet?!"

"Just a minute! I... oh dear, how am I supposed to put this on?! I can't button it up..."

"...Sister, your self-reference is so strange."

"Huh? Ah—I should use a female pronoun, shouldn't I?"

"Of course! And how long are you going to dawdle, sister? If you keep going like this, you'll be late for school!"

"Going to school... I even have to go to school in my dream... really."

"Grandma! My sister keeps thinking she's dreaming. It seems she's really lost her mind!!"

After a series of commotions, the two sisters on the second floor finally came down from upstairs.

But something was wrong.

Something's definitely not right.

It took ten minutes just to get dressed, and during that time, various men claiming to be girls kept appearing in the girl's body.

Miyamizu Mitsuha, and then, the girl who went downstairs even faster than her was her younger sister, Miyamizu Yotsuha.

As you can see, the two are sisters.

"Sister, we clearly agreed that you would come and cook for a few days."

"Huh? Did I...did I make such a promise?"

"What?! I don't care about you changing your mind, but it seems like your memory is all messed up... Are you possessed? Like those ghosts and monsters in those ghost movies—"

"Yotsuba, you can't say things like that."

The elderly woman, Miyamizu Ichiyo, who had been waiting in the living room for the two sisters to come down, spoke with a serious and earnest expression.

"Never underestimate the soul. If you say something like that, you might anger it."

"It's all about these things again, the supernatural and ghostly stuff. But it does make me a little curious about my sister's current situation~"

Miyamizu Yotsuba smiled at Miyamizu Mitsuba beside her in a joking tone.

"Grandma will make breakfast today, but tomorrow, you, sister, will make it."

"Ah... okay, I understand."

"...?"

The increasingly masculine tone only made Miyamizu Yotsuba more confused.

The two sisters then sat down at the table, their hands clasped together.

However, Miyamizu Mitsuha was merely imitating the actions of the two people in front of her.

'This… I do some pre-meal rituals at home, but never anything this extreme…!'

"Three leaves."

"Ah! I, I'll start eating—"

"That's not what I meant. I wanted you two to wait a bit before you eat."

Eh?

After hearing what Miyamizu Ichiyo said, both sisters blinked in surprise.

"Right now, it seems that some guests are planning to come to our house. Although I don't know why they are coming, if I'm not mistaken, it should be because of the shrine."

"Guests? Huh? Where are they? I can't see them."

Miyamizu Yotsuba shook her head back and forth, looking around, but she couldn't see the so-called guest anywhere.

at this time.

A person walked straight in from the main entrance.

...Huh?

Upon seeing that person's appearance, even Miyamizu Yotsuba, no… even Miyamizu Mitsuha, couldn't help but be stunned.

That's... how should I put it?

He is a person who is completely beyond imagination.

He was wearing a black and white striped shirt, gray straight-leg trousers, leather shoes, and…

She was striking in any way, with white hair and red eyes.

The other person walked in through the main entrance.

And they had just stepped into the room.

The two sisters vaguely sensed an aura that seemed to come from an unconscious source.

It was an aura that was somewhat frightening, even intimidating—like a sense of oppression.

It is invisible, and it is something that cannot be avoided no matter what.

"Four-leaf clover, three-leaf clover."

Miyamizu Ichiyo's voice brought the two sisters back to their senses.

"Let's greet the guest. It's a rare opportunity. Let's invite this guest to have breakfast with us as well."

"No need."

"The person who came..." The white-haired, red-eyed man spoke directly, his voice leaning towards magnetic and somber.

Some of them are even creepy.

"I just came here to ask for directions and to talk to people. I didn't have any intention of getting a free meal."

After directly rejecting Miyamizu Ichiyo's invitation, he looked directly at the two people in front of him.

Yotsuba blinked, while Mitsuha looked completely clueless about what had happened.

but.

Since my grandmother has said so, I should still greet her.

"Um... hello, I'm Miyamizu Yotsuba, this is my older sister."

"Hello, um, I am..."

Miyamizu Mitsuha paused for a moment, then immediately remembered the name she had seen in the book before going downstairs.

"Mitsuha! My name is Miyamizu Mitsuha, nice to meet you!"

Her sudden bow caused the person in front of her to give her a strange look.

However, after that, Miyamizu Ichiyo gestured for him to sit at the table.

But Accelerator simply waved his hand.

"No need, I'm not here to have dinner with you."

Ever since.

This morning, the atmosphere at the Miyamizu family home became this awkward and discordant.

'Whoa…! W-what's wrong with this person?'

While attached to Miyamizu Mitsuha, he glanced slightly in the other person's direction.

Just one look at it and you feel an overwhelming chill that seems to be overflowing.

'This person has a very bad feeling!!'

"Well, sir, whether you've come for the shrine or something else."

After the formal dining ceremony, Miyamizu Ichiyo looked at the person in front of her again.