Munetsuchi

According to Ailen she'd done something incredible. Given the placement of his hand and how he was using his senses he was likely privy to her eliminating the risk of their fun shared activity. Anais was catching her breath and still feeling a residual prickle or two within her womb. Of course, this was overall a very pleasant experience well worth it, as far as she understood the process. And knowing that she could feed any unnecessary energy into different forms, meant she wouldn't have to worry about the potential pregnancy from the eventual bedding of all of her mentors. If nothing else, she'd likely end up with a new form which easily correspond to each of them. He asked her about the process she used, and given what she understood of biology in this world, his assertion was indeed correct. "Hai, it wasn't anything super amazing. It was a pretty long line of thought and a bit of weird knowledge from before made it a thing to try. So... yes, that is what I did. I don't understand why it wouldn't be considered a normal thing to do..." she murmured somewhat shyly. She didn't know this would be so shocking and it was high praise to think she'd done something impossible. How interesting, if Ailen kept this up, Anais might actually start to believe she was special. 'We're definitely special~' Sinais encouraged in her own way.

Charles didn't understand how the girl and her fathers spoke to each other, and Sakura didn't understand how anyone went through life so misguided. Strangely the words she spoke she didn't even consider to be very much, just clarification surrounding something she'd already said. Still, Charles referred to it as an 'info dump' and his ending sigh implied this was not a good thing. Light confusion spread across Sakura's face. This same lad had claimed to not be an animal but also didn't want to do high level thinking. Did humans and those ascended from them wish to live in a perpetual state of panic and disarray? Why avoid the information that could give them a solid foundation of logic? This was something she'd have to consider. She didn't wish to stress or panic the lad more than he already seemed to be, even so... it seemed counter-productive to keep the information from him. Perhaps she'd ask he father what he did with his new student... maybe she was missing some sort of nuance to sharing information in a digestible manner? As she thought this over she was fully dressed and calmly waiting, the other information she'd provided received a more positive reception. He wished to be led to the guild. "Hai, I can take you there... come on," she said extending her hand to the lad. She could spend the day with him, taking him the places he wanted to go and to see the things he wanted to see.

This place looked like Kyoto, and for just a moment, the girl had been content to try and rationalize. Well that definitely wouldn't be happening as her attention was drawn up to a flying man like creature. It was a creature, a legendary one from their own mythology. "Okay. Okay... trying to be calm... failing," she said her own knees shaking. The man with her was panicking and it was only contributing to her own building panic. They weren't on earth, they were in a video game? "WHAT DO WE DO?!" she began to freak out as well. Strangely, the girl didn't seem all that concerned about disappearing, but this was still a lot to take in. She was being shaken, so she was very real. And he'd asked to be slapped. She'd oblige if only to keep herself from being shaken more. Her left hand rose, and swung swiftly. It made contact with the right side of this young man's face and it stung as well. Definitely her hand touching him. She'd hit him. And they were definitely looking at a flying bird person. "Okay, okay..." she started. "Nope, not okay. Having a bad time. This is not what I thought was going to happen today!" she said crouching low her knees to her chest as she tried to ground herself. She needed a few moments. Maybe she could get it together enough to think about things.

Anais didn't seem to believe her efforts were amazing. Obviously, she didn't know how few mortals could accomplish something of this magnitude. "I see you aren't aware. I'm sure you realize some people have the ability to change themselves, to create a Core from a power, or from a moment. To do this, however, is to absorb an entire being into yourself and make it you," he explained immediately. "That mana should be in the process of becoming its own living soul. In that sense, what you've done could be called a method of overcoming life, which is a trait associated with deification. You must let me study what you've done with it later!" he pleaded. Of all the things Anais had done thus far, this was by far the most mesmerizing. Her potential as perceived by them before was much higher than someone like Ailen realized. Perhaps they'd both be discovering even more about that potential as time progressed. Either way, their fun hadn't come to an end just yet. . .

Charlemagne was no longer being assaulted with an overload of repeat information. Eventually, he'd sort through all the magical talk and come to terms with everything. Currently, however, he was finding it too much to deal with. More important things required his attention anyway, like progressing his mission and saving Aincrad from the clutches of Anu. To do so, he'd start by taking Sakura's hand and exploring Munetsuchi in a search for information. Though... perhaps he'd stop for a wash along the way.

Both teens from another world were freaking out beyond reason. The girl was being shaken, and knew from the sensation that her surroundings were real. The boy asked to be slapped, and was easily obliged. As his head reeled and his cheek stung, he knew his surroundings were real. This was no video game, even if it was another reality entirely. The things they felt were real, so... the things they saw were real. "I... uh! What do we do?! Isn't this one of those things that happen in anime?! Are we Heroes or something?! Do we get excited? I mean, everyone wants to be a Hero, right?!" he rambled. Something could be done, surely. The boy stopped to look around, noting that one building stood out among all the others. If they were Heroes summoned from another world, shouldn't things be different? "Okay. Okay. We can roll with the idea of being summoned here. I think anime would make us appear in the royal palace or something, but... I don't know, we're outside? We can ask questions! Maybe somebody important summoned us to defeat a demon lord or something?"

A quick bit of information was going to be given to Anais. It would further confirm the amount of things that were impressive about the thing she'd most recently done. According to Ailen, she'd taken what should have become an entire being and taken it into herself. This was apparently something quite amazing and something he could study. Moreover he seemed quite excited by the prospects. At the end of all of this Anais could do nothing but accept his advances. "Sou ka, I didn't know it was anything so outlandish... of course I wouldn't stop you from studying it or me, if you want... Shishou," she murmured. 'I did something ridiculous. It seems to be fine though,' she mused her other self could only laugh about it. They were ridiculous but that didn't mean anything bad in this world. They could enjoy all the fun aspects of being crazy and have some fun. "After we're done having fun and I've gotten my lessons though, right... Shishou♥!?~" she flirtatiously questioned. There were quite a few other things she wanted to try. Perhaps she should take her lessons through kissing for a while, and avoid that nagging itch she was developing to ruin the life of her mentor. Or maybe they could mix them together and get both a bit of work and a bit of fun in at the same time... yes, that all sounded pretty good.

Meanwhile, there were two human teenagers standing in the wild both seemingly stunned beyond reason. They were both beyond inconsolable and one of them seemed to be trying to put things together while the other one was clutching her knees and taking deep breaths. She was hearing the words he was saying, but they didn't exactly make the most sense. "Yes, definitely a thing that happens in anime, but we're a couple of human teenagers. I am wearing short shorts and a tank top... I am not suited to be saving anything!" she exclaimed. Who wanted to be a Hero? Was that really something worth doing? It sounded like a good way to die. "This place doesn't exactly look war-torn or anything and I am definitely not fighting any demon lords. Maybe this will be a slow life anime. Maybe... we can just join the local adventurers guild, and become like a mayor or something? Maybe, we can just get by trading exotic fruits and introducing random things we understand from our own world. And retire before something crazy kills us?!" this sounded like a much better plan. No death, or dismemberment. No weird ideations of hero worship. A slow life doing something she enjoyed with no pressure from above to deal with and no one talking about her, sounded like much more fun. "Alright. Calmer. Maybe... we should ask some questions. And hope whoever is there isn't just trying to like gather human sacrifices, slaves, or something..." she murmured. Ah, her anime tastes were a bit darker than the standard. She had a new fear she didn't need appearing in her mind. Yes, she'd much rather do something else.

Ailen was apparently free to study this development, or Anais, as he pleased. How flirty that seemed. He'd be sure to study these things with much focus, and in many ways with all variables covered where possible. First, though, there was the lesson she still needed... and even before that, a bit more indulgence could be allowed. "Yes, of course ─ certainly after all that. I have a bit more to study about you first, after all~" he chimed. It seemed today was one of deviance all around. Ailen would take his time exploring this new apprentice of his, and then... perhaps there would be time for teaching before night fell.

Indeed, the girl was wearing a pair of shorts that were basically non-existent. He knew that. He'd been watching since they met-up today, and took special notice of the fact that... those 'shorts' didn't even have a button or zipper. Just the same, her top looked like it may have fit five years ago. Such allure she had in that skimpy, whorish getup ─ he could almost... no! No, he couldn't let his mind wander now! Now was the time to keep his wits about him and figure something out. True enough, randomly being thrown into a war against some demon lord was not the ideal scenario. Things would be much better if they could just hop into the slow life, become filthy rich and buy some countryside cottage where the girl could prance around in as few clothes as she liked. Once again, he had to focus. "Yeah, you're right! We're just teens, yeah? Even if we're summoned Heroes, all those other disappearances had to be too, right? We could just let them know we're not any good, and either be sent back to our world, or... live the slow life." As he spoke, the boy got his bearings together. A hand was extended to the lass. "How about it? Together, with me? We can go see if this is our slow life anime rebirth?"

This human girl was having a huge problem. She'd been trying to calm down and it mostly wasn't working. Even if she imagined this working like the anime and manga she read she didn't like the idea of getting caught out in a world with unknown mechanics. Though there was some noted silence between them for a moment or two, the lad in front of her would soon be extending a hand down to her. He claimed they could go at this new world together. They were just teens and it could be alright if they didn't want to have anything to do with any demon lords or anything like that. "A slow life wouldn't be too bad..." she said carefully, thinking about it more maybe another life could be good. At least here she wasn't the bastard youngest child of a businessman kept only as an obligation, there was a certain freedom in that idea that she hadn't considered at all until now. After the life she'd already lived, she didn't want to live with more expectations. She'd rather live on her own terms. As for the together part, she took his hand and pulled herself up with him. "Ah, yeah. I suppose we came here together it's only natural to stick together. But don't let worrying about me hold you back or anything," she said truthfully. "If you want to be a Hero or go out into the world you don't have to hold back on my account. You should live the life you want, Shirogane-senpai," she mentioned. Though she wasn't in any rush to be alone in a big new world, she didn't want anyone compromising what they wanted out of life just to hang around with her. She wouldn't stand in someone else's way after all. As such she shifted about a bit to readjust those tiny shorts once more and got ready to walk with the lad towards one of these buildings and figure out the exact nature of their new isekai life.

The slow life was sounding like a thing worth approaching. Though he did have an interest in the fame, glory and so-on of being a hero, he much rather preferred the idea of just living a life free of normal issues. Shinomiya Kaguya, the girl he was currently in the company of, had a minor reputation for being an easy lay. In another world, he could keep her with him and avoid the gazes and advances of their schoolmates. If he became a hero, he could even be powerful enough to dissuade anyone from doing the same in this world! Yes, it was perfect... but such an awful way of thinking! No, he'd just stick with his romantic interest for good, wholesome reasons! As she took his hand, Kaguya insisted that he not let her hold him back, from being a hero or anything else. In response, the male shook his head. "If you're with me, I don't care about any of that. This is the life I want," he said earnestly. With that, they could be on their way toward the major pagoda, palace, or whatever this world called it.

What they would soon find was not the throne room, but the entryway in which the Emperor Qin currently resided. He'd been sensing a certain demon near the throne by himself, and was en route to making a reclaiming effort. On his way, however, Qin sensed the approach of two foreign entities. These two were not of Munetsuchi; he'd never even felt them before. As such, he turned to face those who encroached upon the palace. The emperor would be the one to intercept and learn their purpose. "More strangers enter this land. We wonder what might be afoot for so many unexpected visits to occur," he mused.

A slow life in a peaceful Japanese style country did indeed seem like a good time to someone like Kaguya. Her current companion was the former Student Council President Shirogane Miyuki. The sharp eyed lad was fairly agreeable, if not always a bit tired looking. But she seemed to most enjoy that he wasn't too hung up on any of the rumors about her. In fact, he never even brought them up, not that she would have minded explaining the situation. It was kind of a relief just to hang out with someone and have it not be something of a bunch of weird assumptions as those who took her out on dates tended to do. Of course, they were now in a new and likely magical world and as such they should avoid any real complexities until they knew for certain what was going on. He even always had the perfect things to say in mind... it happened so often that she wasn't particularly skeptical of it anymore, it seemed to be just the way he was all the time. "If you're sure, alright. Let's go find out if this world is death and despair or slow life and happiness," she murmured. She wasn't pleased about it as an idea but she did at least feel a bit safe.

Well, that was the truth until they were stopped in their approach of this palace by someone who looked rather powerful and a bit like a bird. Not the tengu of their first sighting but something else. 'Bird person? Would that be offensive? Wait, what if we start talking to someone and they don't understand us? What if we're accidentally offensive?!' she had mentally jumped a few hurtles, but this man started speaking and she could at least understand the words. Though when he spoke he sounded like one of those super pompous head up his own butt types from the anime, it was at least managable by Kaguya's own standards. "Uh, sorry for the intrusion," she started quickly bowing, ah, that was a sentence spoken by the elafia girl the previous day when her friends had landed here as well. "We don't know about any other strangers, we kind of just ended up here. We aren't from here at all... and we don't mean to offend or anything but we don't really know what kind of place this is, or where we are... or anything like that. We figured we'd ask and find out if we were summoned here on purpose or if it was just an accident and we should figure out how to live on our own," the girl rather quickly explained in the most polite manner she possiblity could. She was used to dealing with authority figures, like parents and teachers, this couldn't really be much different if this wasn't a weird place.

"No need to worry. Even if it's 'death and despair' or whatever, we can find the slow life! I'm sure we can make it happen!" the lad assured as she took his hand. Yes, there was always a way to take the slow and easy path. He was something of an expert at that in life. 'If I can keep Shinomiya, I'll make the slow life work no matter what!' he thought. And so, onward they went... until being stopped by some pompous-looking peacock youkai, or... whatever the hell that man was. Following Kaguya's lead, he bowed in reverence. She took the liberty of speaking, which was for the best; she was always the better speaker anyway.

Qin stared down this pair of youngsters as they lowered themselves. Ah, good. If nothing else, he could accept their approach. "You stand before the Emperor. We accept your prostration as a sign of mental fortitude. You are welcome in Munetsuchi," he said to the one who spoke, though both seemed to earn said acceptance. "You are not the first to fall into this place of late. Yesterday, there were three. Among them was a girl who showed your ability to bow before her superiors. We presume you were not summoned, as the Goddess of Arcane Wisdom has no need of another project as of yet. However... are you of curious mind? This empire is a cornerstone of knowledge and growth. If it is learning you seek, you may follow us into the tenshukaku."

This man spoke so strangely. Still bowed, Miyuki looked toward the girl through the corner of his eye. From the sound of things, there wasn't much expected of them here, if anything at all. Actually... "That sounds like schooling. Proper schooling would be a good way to get jobs. Slow life start?" he whispered.

More good words came from Miyuki. He claimed that even if it was death and despair they could find the slow life. His words were so sincere, Kaguya found herself believing in him. "You seem a lot less worried about this than me, you're really reliable, Shirogane-senpai," she mentioned with a small smirk. Perhaps they should just be happy they hadn't seen any giant bugs, she knew she'd be on her own then. Oh well, she'd never reveal his weakness like that, nor throw it in his face. Still, he was really trying for them both and as such she'd do her best as well.

Ah, and her best started with their approach of this apparent Emperor. She wondered briefly if this was a bird filled place, but according to him the others who'd fallen here the previous day were also smart enough to take this same approach. She supposed that meant they didn't have anything to worry about from the government immediately. Though off in a distant green room a girl with antlers sneezed just a little. Apparently, this place was one which lived on wisdom and knowledge. Kaguya relaxed visibly. "Thank you for having us," she said softly, another repeated phrase. Dealing with the third person, multiple self reference types was always pretty strange, but there were definitely more annoying types to deal with. Kaguya had quite a bit of experience dealing with self-importance from both students and parents, she could see them through at least a few meetings before her mind cracked under the pressure of what was taking place here. This Goddess of Arcane Wisdom apparently didn't summon them, but he asked if they were of a curious mind. "I am a pretty curious person. I can only answer that for myself... but I know neither of us really know how this world works yet... so at the very least I'd like to learn that," she said in a flexible sort of way.

"Japanese school kids fell into a school empire... sounds like the best possible outcome if I am being honest," she mentioned. She stood a bit straighter willing to follow this man into the tenshukaku. "Let's find out what school constitutes in this world. And maybe, the other people that fell are like us, and we can get some friends for our journey into slow life," she mentioned, knowing that groups were better for long life in these sorts of scenarios.

Yes, reliable... that's what he was. As long as she believed that, Miyuka was in the clear. He was needed, and thus, he was wanted. None could supplant him in the place he desired. Regardless, the current thing of importance was... the girl, as Qin saw things. She spoke in such a familiar way, his attention was brought to some other features. Her mana was extraordinary for a simple human, and it was even somewhat aligned to his own? Ah, was this the sort of golden opportunity Ailen spoke of? Perhaps it was. She claimed to possess a certain curiosity as well as ignorance of this world. Ah, she must have been one of them as well. How interesting.

"We see. Of the two of you, yours is an energy most appealing. Have you a desire to unravel the arcane secrets? We may see fit to teach you. Our apprenticeship is one that needs filling," he offered. While the teens were approaching, Qin's attention became more fixed on Kaguya specifically. The boy may have possessed some potential as well, but it was not enough to care about. "An apprenticeship? Like an internship? That sounds like a good opportunity," said Miyuki. All the while, Qin was leading the way deeper into the palace. His head was turned slightly, just enough to watched Kaguya through his eye's corner. Something was rather queer about this one ─ and rather... interesting.