Volume 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)

The Long

Journey Until I Reunite With You

My

Reason to Live

Forna

was forced to go back She wanted to kno bad the circumstances were, but

she didn’t want anyone else to hear It’s fine for her childhood friend and her

parents I guess Tonkotu Ra up was completed,

so that it could open up another day Everybody, including the customers and

employees, were sent home, and the only two left in the restaurant were me and

the er

(TN:

There was souity in the last chapter, the restaurant is closed because

of the recent incident concerning Bolbardié, it’ll open again one day

maybe)

「Velt Jeeha-kun, ten

years old eh」 (Manager)

「And the old man’s

naht?」 (Velt)

「Right, even though

we’ve exchanged our names, it sounds kind of weird」

(Manager → Melma)

「It’s a self

introduction right?」 (Velt)

We sat

side by side on the counter seats, and started a conversation that the people

of this world wouldn’t understand

「I’m Asakura Ryuuma,

a second year student froh School」 (Velt)

At that

er stiffened

「NO WAAAAAAAAAAY!!!」 (Melma)

「It’s true, or

rather, who are you?」 (Velt)

「Uuugh, Asakura? You

were Asakura! I’m Kobayakawa, your teacher!」 (Melma)

H-Huuuuuuuh!?

「Whaat!? You, you

were Kobayakawa-sensei!?」 (Velt)

It was

my turn to be surprised

「Yeah I was Hey, is

this for real? I didn’t think I’d ain」 (Melma)

「Well, I never

thought that I’d be able to eat raain, and to think you were the one

that made it」 (Velt)

「However, why have

you become so sh

school right?」 (Melma)

「I don’t get how I

ended up like this either」 (Velt)

「I see, but how do I

explain it There’s no way to」 (Melma)

「Yeah, I don’t think

so either」 (Velt)

Somehow,

the er’s true identity was my class' homeroom teacher I remember well He

was a spirited and enthusiastic teacher, and never once faltered against the

delinquent that I was Despite that, I re concerned forback to school, Kobayakawa seemed happy

(TN: He

doesn’t call him Kobayakawa-sensei it seems)

「Hey, Asakura, how

far back do you remember?」 (Melma)

By how

far I remember, he means my past life

「Up until the bus

fell on the school trip I reo」 (Velt)

「Is that so Then as

I thought, we’ve all died in that incident and if I’iven

life in another world, right?」 (Melma)

「Yeah」 (Velt)

At that

instant both of our memories ceased Therefore, ere able to confirm that

the same phenomenon happened to us

「Hey sensei, when did

you remember?」 (Velt)

「When I was around 20

years old I was a cook at a restaurant in the Rolvan Empire to the east」 (Melma)

「Right no old

are you?」 (Velt)

「32 When I was

Kobayakaas 51 years old It feels kind of weird」 (Melma)

「Then, to this day

it’s been more than ten years since you’ve last seen me, it must have been

lonely」 (Velt)

Loneliness

Not in the sense that you’re somewhere far away, but it was a word that only we

understood

「By the way, I got

married in this world when I was 19 Even noife is well mannered, sweet,

and wholeheartedly devoted to me However, ever since my memories returned, I