As Kouhei is walking around Yui house, he stumbled across upon a room that seems to be a library room
It was quite big, have many decorations inside of it, but looks a bit aged, probably around 30 years old due to the wood's conditions and some spider web in the corner
"Wow, Nishimura-san, you have your own library?" Answers Kouhei with a bit of excitement
Yui reply from the kitchen, cutting some vegetables for the dinner preparation
"Oh, yeah, my parent used to love reading books, so they built an library in this house, i come to there sometimes"
"By the way, you can use it if you want, im preparing dinner currently" said Yui
"Yeah, thank you, Nishimura!" Says Kouhei as he enters the library
As Kouhei step into the library, he realized how much bigger the library is inside of the room
As he scanned around the room for a split second, he found out that there was around 5244 books in the library
Kouhei was amazed by this since he was mostly reads books in online and usually while gaming
Then, while carrying his phone and some of his console in his pocket, he settle down on the nearby chair, it was comfortable
And grab a one book from the bookshelf
"Hm...i wonder what if i reads without gaming..." mutters Kouhei
Then, he starts to read the book, but even when the time hits several seconds, Kouhei set the book on the floor and grab another one...and another one...
He was suddenly feel an huge urge of curiousness inside of him, he was extremely curious about this world, he was curious about this world, he want to know...
"I feel...i feel like...im feeling this again, the curiousness...its flooding back"
He found out more information about this world
How there is over 16+ races scattered around the world, the size of the world, the natural order about this world, about this world's science, and many more...
But then, he stumbled upon across an old-antique worned book in one of the most corner side of the room, he reached out for it
"Looks like have been not touched in like centuries..." Mutters Kouhei
He then opens the book, amount of dust immediatly leaves the books sealed page, and it makes Kouhei's eyes widens
"Wait...isnt this...?"
"Meta Space"
His eyes begin to slides across the paragraph by paragraph of the old books, and then, he noticed the name of the book
"Notebook Of Nis...."
Kouhei thought to himself
"I must know more...even if that means to devour this library"
2 Hours Later
Yui is finally finished preparing the dinner for her and Kouhei, then she calls out to Kouhei to come to the dining room to eat
"Hey! Tanaka-san! Dinner is ready!"
But, she received no response from Kouhei, she calls out again but no response
"That guy...he doesnt have a guest manner, is he?"
Then Yui goes to the library to find Kouhei, but upon arriving, he finds a stack of books from her library on across the room
"What the?? What is happening in here?" Says Yui that are compeletely surprised, then, across the room, Kouhei was calling out to Yui
"Hey! Nishimura! Over here!"
Then, Yui starts to go to Kouhei' source of voice while have to try to not knock over the books towers
After arriving, she quickly asked Kouhei what did he do
Kouhei simply reply
"Im just reading all the books"
Then, Yui looks around the library and asked how many books that he have reads, Kouhei then simply reply
"Hm...around, 5210 books, i was 34 books away from compeleting the entire 5244 books in this library "
Yui was shocked upon hearing this, in just an hour, he already read that much? She thought to herself
"Its...simply almost imposibble, he cant do that...that means for every book that he reads..."
She then starts to calculate how many time does Kouhei takes just to read one book
"There is 3600 seconds in one hour, so times 2 its 7200, then...Kouhei just read 5210 books, so...that means 7200 divided by how many books he have read, which 5210..."
She continue calculating
"Thats 13,8 seconds per one book, how is he was able to read that much in only 2 hour? Who is he? Is he...really human?" Thought Yui in disbelief...
Kouhei in the seat notices Yui's face, he instantly knows that Yui is in disbelief when he says that he has read over 5210 books in just 2 hours while she was cooking for the dinner, and now currently was calculating the time that he needs to read each of the boom from Yui's micro-expression right now
"Why the face? Nishimura-san?" Kouhei hides his reading on Yui by asking what happens to Yui, knowing that she would panicked a bit just enough to blur her mind
Meanwhile, upon hearing Kouhei's voice, Yui was snapped back to reality, she quickly composed herself and speaks again
"Oh, nothing nothing, by the way, dinners ready, your stomach have been growled since then, right?"
Then, Kouhei's stomach growled, Kouhei just laugh at Yui's word
"Ah, yeah, youre right, im too captivated on the book that i dont realize my stomach has been growling since then"
Then, Kouhei stand up and walks to the dining room alongside Yui
When reaching the dining room, Kouhei sees the dinner on the table, and noticed the food was a bit similar to its on Earth, but with a slightly diffrences, but he knows that the ingridient used was still the same as on Earth
Then, both of them settle down in their seats and start to eat the dinner that Yui have made
Then, Yui asks Kouhei a questions
"So, Kouhei..."
Kouhei looks up from his bowl and looks at Yui
"Hm? What is it?"
Then, Yui speaks to Kouhei with some hint of curiousness about his device that he have with him
"May i ask you...what are those stuff that you have with you? I know its a bit late but, im a bit curious, what is it?"
Yui pointing at Kouhei's phone and portable consoles, then Kouhei chuckles and answered Yui's questions
"Well, this is my world's technology, that people like me use to have fun"
Yui raised her eyebrows
"To have...fun?"
Kouhei smiled and turn on one of his portable console
"See? People like me in my world as called gamer, and some of gamer likes to play virtual games in these devices"
Yui was a bit confused by the explanation at first, but as soon Kouhei turns on one of the portable console, she was amazed
Her curiousness just elavated once again, asking Kouhei another questions
"Really? Wow...what kind of magic that used to power it?"
When he hears Yui's word, Kouhei laughing at it but quickly calm himself down and answered her questions
"Ah, this device doesnt have any kind of magic, we use electricity that we stored in component named battery"
Yui was amazed by Kouhei's phone and portable console, then, she asked Kouhei if she was able to borrow it for a second
Kouhei just chuckle and let Yui to try it, Yui then grab one of Kouhei's portable console
And turn it on, once it on, Yui was amazed by the visual inside it and the performance of the portable console
"Wow, the battery was so small, but it seems to able to store a lot of electricity, amazing..." Says Yui as she deliberately touch one of the part of the console
She thought that this kind of technology was only possessed by a Tech-heavy Race like Machina Race or Androidus Race that have an extremely advanced techonology
"Wow...this is amazing, your world sure are very advanced, it doesnt require magic to operates this kind of stuffs, only with battery..." says Yui full of admiration
Kouhei cant help but feel proud of Earth's technology
"Ah of course! In my world, magic never existed, so we use science for survival, if thats so...that means there was a magic or something like that in this world?" Ask Kouhei to Yui
Yui then answering while still observing the portable console
"Mhm! Its called Magi and Furesion, Magi is for regular powersource, while Furesion is more advanced higher using or massive projects"
"We use electricity, but only for convinience using, despite the massive amount of generating"
Then Kouhei nods his head as he fully understands what Yui is telling him about Magi and Furesion
Then, Kouhei speaks again
"Hey, Nishimura-san, i think we should finish our dinner first" Says Kouhei as he realized how long theyve been talking for
Yui then looks up at Kouhei and finally snapped back to reality
"Oh yeah...im sorry, im too captivated by how advance this thing is"
Kouhei just chuckle, literally not minding it
"Hey, its fine, Nishimura-san, its okay"
And they continue to eat their dinner, sometimes between the munch of their food, they bantering to pass the time qhilw eating, their relation was drastically getting better
Half an hour later, both Yui and Kouhei finally finished their dinner, Yui goes to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Kouhei walks around the house again
Then, he found a calendar:
"17 July, 2849"
Upon seeing this, Kouhei was extremely shocked to find what year he was in, he stumbled upon a wooden floor and almost fell.
Yui's head pokes out of the kitchen upon hearing a loud thump comes from his directions and asked what happens to him, but Kouhei quickly dismissed it
Yui believed him and go back to washing the dishes, Kouhei was relieved that he was doesnt get caught, but now...he have a question for Yui
"Hey...Nishimura-san"
Yui reply from the kitchen
"Hm? What is it?"
"You say...that there are many races in this world, right?"
"Yeah, Kouhei, even for myself whos been in this world since i was born, i barely knew this world..."
"Why is that?" Ask Kouhei
"Well...its because...im simply cant, i cant, i dont have the time that...or else i will be taken by those people..."
Kouhei then instantly suspicious about Yui's last tone, he start to trying to find out what is happening
"Those people? Lets see...she was an farm owner, this country was the lost country in whatever war in the past, then..."those people?" Could it be..."
"If a person as young as her already work, maybe...could it be like a debt? Wait, no, a tax, but not for the goverment..."
"Maybe...something like a loan shark, oh, Land Mafia...who else it could be anyway, and maybe from another race...the winner one"
After seconds of analyzing, Kouhei speaks again to Yui in the kitchen
"Hey Nishimura!"
Yui reply again
"Hm? What is it?"
Kouhei replied again, this time with a bit of determination
"If they come tomorrow...dont face it alone, lets face it together, okay?"
Upon hearing this...Yui was touched by Kouhei words, shes been relying to herself for too long, and have never receive an help from other person
Then, Yui reply to Kouhei, now with a hint of vulnerable tone
"Thank you...Kouhei"
Kouhei reply from the hall while shaking his head
"Its fine, Nishimura-san, youve helped me, now its my turn to help you"
Then, after he said that, he thought to himself while leaning to the wall
"I cant let this happens again..."
A flashes image of a young kid infront of two graves
Now, it shoots closer, showing the "hollow" in the kid without a hole in his body, that young kid is "the hollow" itself
Then, Kouhei vows to himself
"I cant let any other people feels what i feels"