"Reik-sama…" Mary-san whispered with her last bit of strength before falling asleep.
Reik let out a quiet sigh as he stretched his limbs and lay back beside her. Turning his head, he glanced to the other side of the bed.
There lay the towering, beautiful Hasshaku-sama—completely naked except for her straw hat—fast asleep from exhaustion.
Reik reached toward the corner of the bed, grabbing his phone. As he checked it, he noticed a message from Miko Yotsuya saying she wouldn't be coming over tonight due to something she needed to take care of.
"What a shame… I was hoping she'd arrive midway and join us," he thought with a faint, mischievous smile.
But he quickly composed himself.
After replying that it was fine, he casually tossed the phone back onto the bed.
For a moment, he simply admired the view before him—
Then suddenly, he remembered something.
Earlier, he had received a notification about a chat group.
At the time, he had ignored it. After all… he had been busy with more important matters.
Priorities.
Now that he had finished his… dual cultivation—ahem, his "work"—he finally had time to check it.
Without bothering to get dressed, Reik stood up, left the room, and dropped onto the living room couch.
"Let's see what this chat group is all about…" he muttered, a grin forming on his face.
There was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
His golden finger had finally arrived.
Sitting comfortably, Reik began to examine the system.
[Congratulations on joining the Chat Group. Would you like to enter the chat room immediately?]
"Enter."
Without hesitation, Reik accepted.
He raised an eyebrow slightly as he noticed the member list.
Four people had already joined before him.
"Hm… looks like this isn't one of those systems with weird nicknames… nor can you customize your name. It automatically uses your real one," he murmured after seeing both his own name and the others'.
"What would've happened if my name was Pickle…" he suddenly wondered.
After all, Reik Droven was the name from his past life. When his master helped him get proper documents, that was the name he chose.
"My master really is amazing," he muttered.
Thanks to his connections, getting a legal identity had been easy. Though, back then, they had argued quite a bit—his master had wanted to give him a Japanese name and nationality, something Reik firmly refused.
Shaking his head, he refocused on the chat.
"There are no missions, no points, no shop… and the rules are simple: you can't harm other members, and if you want to travel to someone else's world, you need their permission first."
He continued reading.
"The only real advantages… are interdimensional travel and the ability to learn and use the power systems of other worlds."
Reik's eyes gleamed.
Ki from Dragon Ball.
Chakra from Naruto.
The possibilities were endless.
Finally, he opened the chat.
[Olga]: So this chat group can really connect beings from different worlds? I've never heard of such powerful magic!
[Mitsuri]: I never imagined something like this could exist.
[Saeko]: This is incredible. But aside from Miko and me, who come from relatively normal worlds… yours have demons and magic.
[Miko]: Well, my world has evil spirits too. Not many people can see them though. Aside from me… only my boyfriend can.
[Mitsuri]: Ghosts? Like demons? That's scary…
[Saeko]: Ghosts? Interesting. Then I guess I'm the only one from a normal world.
Reik froze for a moment.
Then slowly… he stood up from the couch, eyes widening slightly.
"The Miko in the chat… is actually my Miko?"
At first, he thought it was just someone with the same name.
But this confirmed something interesting.
Members from the same world could join.
That was useful information.
[Olga]: New guy, are you going to stay silent?
"Oh… looks like someone finally noticed me," Reik muttered.
Olga, huh… no idea who she is.
And Saeko…
A certain image flashed through his mind—a beautiful woman wielding a katana, cutting down zombies with a sadistic smile.
"If it's really her… then the apocalypse hasn't started yet," he thought.
Finally, he typed.
[Reik]: Nice to meet you all. My name is Reik Droven. I'm just an ordinary exorcist.
[Miko]: Reik?! You joined too?!
[Reik]: Oh, hello, dear.
[Reik]: As you can see… I'm also Miko Yotsuya's boyfriend.
[Olga]: Oh… interesting. So people from the same world can join.
[Mitsuri]: You're a couple? I'm so jealous…
Reik let out a small laugh as he read their reactions.
"So… when you told me you couldn't come over because of a 'small issue'… I never imagined this would be it," he muttered with amusement.