I Got A Cheat Ability In A Different World, And Become Extraordinary Even In The Real World (LN)

Vol 19 Chapter 2 Part 2

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Part 2

Around the time Yuuya decided to return to his family home, Mai was busy preparing for the New Year holidays.

The Kagurazaka family shrine was always crowded with worshippers making their first visit of the year, so year-end preparations were particularly hectic.

This time, however, it was even busier than usual. On top of that, a member of the Komyoin family, said to wield the greatest power in Japan’s hidden world, was expected to visit. An unusually frantic atmosphere dominated the Kagurazaka household.

“Sigh… I thought coming back to this world would give me more peace. Why do I have to get involved with important people here as well?”

Mai let out a deep sigh as she muttered her complaints.

When she first returned from the other world, she thought she could enjoy peaceful days. But opening that door led to hectic days that dragged her deeper into Japan’s hidden world and left her thoroughly fed up.

Yet, as she felt this way, Mai suddenly recalled the other world.

“Come to think of it… I wonder how Orgis-sama and Laila-sama are doing. At first, I was summoned to that world without knowing why, and I was utterly confused. But looking back, it wasn’t such a bad experience after all.”

Summoned to the Kingdom of Regal in the other world as a Saintess, Mai had defeated the evil beasts rampaging there and protected the lives of Regal’s people.

“Before I came back here, I managed to reduce the number of evil beasts considerably. But since then, Iris-san and the other ‘Holy’ members have been working hard, so perhaps the evil beasts are almost gone by now.”

Thinking about the situation in the other world, Mai nodded.

But…

“It’s strange to say, but somehow, I feel like the presence of demons and mutations in Japan has grown stronger.”

Yes, since returning to this world, Mai has faintly sensed an unsettling aura lingering over Japan.

“I hope nothing happens…”

Carrying this lingering unease, Mai continued her preparations for the year-end and New Year holidays.

＊＊＊

“Cheers!”

It was the end of the year, and the female bureau members on duty were holding their year-end party in a room at the Special Mutation HQ.

“Sigh… Even though it’s the end of the year, we’re stuck with this kind of work.”

“At least we get to drink together like this. Isn’t that something?”

“Well, it is non-alcoholic, though…”

Due to the nature of the Special Mutation Bureau, someone always had to be on standby at headquarters. They maintained a state of readiness to deploy at any moment if the slightest sign of mutation was detected.

Then, one of the female staff members suddenly realized something.

“Come to think of it, where’s Director Oki?”

“Ah, we invited her, but she said she had work and left.”

“Huh? Work?”

“You know, his…”

“Ah!”

After the explanation, the female staff member nodded in understanding. At the same time, however, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on her face.

“The director is so unfair! We also want to talk to Yuuya-kun, but she never gives us a chance!”

“Exactly! She just takes all the good parts for herself!”

“Now, now. Yuuya-kun’s house is a singularity. We don’t know what might happen there. In a way, it makes sense for a capable director to be near him and keep an eye on him.”

“I know, but what about Sakaki-senpai? She’s just as strong as the director, isn’t she?”

As they continued their conversation, another agent suddenly remembered something.

“Oh, come to think of it, Sakaki-senpai is back in Japan, right?”

“Yeah. The other team members should have returned from overseas as well.”

“Wow… I’m happy, but things are definitely going to get tough from here on out, huh?”

One of the bureau members said this with a wry smile, and the others nodded in agreement.

“Sakaki-senpai will almost certainly show interest in Yuuya-kun, too. If that happens, a conflict with the director is inevitable…”

“Well, given the recent situation, we’ve been short-handed. This should ease things a bit.”

“Exactly! Once Sakaki-senpai and the others return, we’ll have more time off!”

As they chatted about such things, the female members of the Special Mutation Bureau spent a lively year-end.

＊＊＊

The day after I reunited with Youta and Sora,

“All right, let’s clean this place up properly!”

Under Meiko’s supervision, we began a major house cleaning.

Originally, the big cleaning was planned for New Year’s Eve, but since I ended up with plans to spend the holidays with my parents, we decided to get it done early.

“Cleaning the whole house at once? How exciting!”

“Lexia, you’re supposed to be cleaning, not making a mess!”

“I know that!”

Ignoring the two of them engaged in their usual banter, Yuti was already cleaning the bathroom with a spray cleaner in hand.

“Cleaning. Making it cleaner than usual.”

At first, Yuti couldn’t manage her own personal affairs without help, but while living in my house, she gradually learned more and more. Now, she was capable enough to help with simple household chores.

Meanwhile, Sara-san vacuumed the dust and debris from the floor.

“Oh… As always, what a marvelous machine… To think trash could vanish so easily!”

“Sara-san, after vacuuming, we also wipe the floor with a rag.”

“I see. Not everything can be done by machine. Some things still require human hands for cleaning.”

Sara-san was also learning many things from Meiko, starting with how to use the vacuum cleaner.

“Woof~”

“Fugoo~”

Night and Akatsuki were skillfully mopping with their front paws. While Night glided smoothly across the floor, Akatsuki moved more slowly and wiped the floor hesitantly.

“Pwooooon!”

Don, who had been watching Sara-san use the vacuum cleaner, suddenly started inhaling air through his trunk with all his might.

Suddenly, the surrounding dust and debris began getting sucked into Don’s trunk one after another!

“Hey… Don!? You’re sucking up the dust!”

I rushed over to him in a panic. He tilted his head, looking puzzled.

“Pwoon?”

“No, is there a problem? Even if you give me that look… Sucking up dust is bad for your health, so stop.”

“Pwoon.”

Don looked dejected at my words but quickly regained his composure. He deftly moved his trunk and began wiping down shelves with a rag.

Well, Don was a divine beast, so inhaling dust probably wouldn’t hurt him. Still, it was dirty work regardless.

“Piiii~”

Meanwhile, Ciel swept the floor clean with her wings.

Hmm… I suppose sweeping dust with feathers meant the feathers got dirty, too. Then again, with Ciel’s body, there was not much else she can do.

Don was ingesting the trash, but Ciel was just sweeping it up.

She didn’t seem bothered by it, so I couldn’t say anything.

I guess she’ll wash it all off in the bath later.

“Nya~”

As I was thinking that, Stella climbed onto the shelf. Without doing any cleaning herself, she stretched out elegantly.

Seeing this, Meiko called out,

“Hey, Stella-san! We’re cleaning together!”

“Nya~?”

“No way! This is a house that we all live in, so we have to clean it properly!”

“Nyaa…”

Stella sighed with an expression that said, “Oh, good grief,” lazily swishing her tail and sweeping the accumulated dust from the shelf onto the floor.

Seriously, Stella… Is it okay to use your tail like that?

I mean, sure, her long fur made her body look like a mop.

Meanwhile, a little way away from where we were cleaning, Ouma-san was lying down.

“Good grief, it’s already noisy in the morning.”

“Oh my, Ouma-dono, aren’t you helping with the big cleaning?”

“Why should I have to do such a thing? Besides, if you’re going to say that, then you should be doing it too.”

“Well, as you can see, I have no physical form. If it were something that could be solved with spiritual power, that’d be one thing, but cleaning isn’t something spiritual power can handle.”

Since Kuuya-san was a ghost, he had no physical form and couldn’t participate in the big cleanup.

If this were a poltergeist, he could probably move objects, but spiritual power isn’t that kind of ability.

As I pondered this, Meiko approached Ouma-san.

“Ouma-sama, please work too.”

“I refuse. Proceed with the big cleanup without me.”

Ouma-san showed absolutely no intention of participating, turning his face away.

Then, Meiko sighed.

“I see. In that case, Ouma-sama won’t be getting any New Year’s dishes.”

“Huh!? Why does it turn out like that?”

Caught off guard by her unexpected words, Ouma-san hurriedly sat up.

“It’s only natural, isn’t it? This big cleanup is done to welcome a good New Year. The New Year’s dishes are meant to be served to everyone who worked hard on the cleanup. Therefore, I cannot give them to you, Ouma-sama, since you refuse to work.”

“W-wait! I’ll work too, so give me the food!”

Ouma-san said this, looking flustered.

Hearing this, Meiko smiled and produced a bucket and a rag from nowhere. She handed them to Ouma-san.

“That’s wonderful! Now, please use this rag and clean thoroughly!”

After saying this, Meiko returned to her own cleaning.

“Grrr… Why must I do this?”

“Looks like you’ll just have to give up and do your best with the cleaning.”

Seeing Ouma-san’s frustrated expression, Kuuya-san chuckled cheerfully.

…Somehow, without me noticing, Ouma-san and Meiko had switched positions.

Surprised by Meiko’s new attitude, I also worked hard at cleaning when Meiko asked me.

“Speaking of which, what should we do about cleaning the storage room?”

“Ah…”

That room was indeed packed with a lot of stuff. It was probably the place in this house that needed cleaning the most.

But…

“I really don’t want to touch anything in there.”

“I guess you’re right.”

The items stored there were all things that Oki-san and the others called mutations. There was no telling what kind of effects they might have.

If someone touched them carelessly and something happened, it would be disastrous, which is precisely why no one was allowed to touch them.

“Hmmm. Maybe we should at least check what’s going on in there.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

So, I moved to the storage room with Meiko and looked around inside.

“Yeah, it’s really dusty since it hasn’t been cleaned.”

“Yes. However, I can faintly sense a wave of power emanating from the dust.”

“Huh?”

I froze at her unexpected words.

“You can feel the power of the dust here? You’re kidding, right?”

“No, it’s true. I can’t say exactly what kind of power it is, but it’s definitely influenced by this room.”

“It’s just dust!”

This room was way too dangerous!

Now, even the dust was affected? What should we do?”

I stood speechless at Meiko’s words when Kuuya-san came to check on us and looked around the room.

“Still a dusty room, I see. Though this dust seems entirely different from ordinary dust.”

“Ah, Kuuya-san feels it too…”

“Indeed. It is dust, but… While the dust in other rooms consists of debris, such as airborne particles or lint from clothing, the dust here is the materialized remnants of the power overflowing from the objects within.”

“Huh? So it’s different from ordinary dust?”

“Precisely. Inhaling ordinary dust probably won’t harm your health, but ingesting large amounts of this dust might affect your body.”

“Wh-what should we do?”

I couldn’t believe such dangerous stuff had been accumulating. After hearing what he just said, I couldn’t carelessly vacuum it up and throw it away or wipe it down with a rag and wash it away with tap water.

If we did that and spread the remnants outside the house, they could activate mutations, just like Oki-san said.

As I grabbed my head in frustration, Kuuya-san examined the room’s contents and nodded.

“…Hmmm. For this big cleanup, we can just ignore this room, right?”

“Huh!? I-is that okay?”

“Well, what else can we do? We can’t touch the items here carelessly, and we can’t let the dust escape either. Leaving it as is is best.”

“I suppose so. Huh? But we come in and out of this room quite a bit. What about the dust that sticks to our bodies? Could it already be escaping outside?”

“Calm down. If you vacuum or wipe it up, the dust that sticks to the rag might escape outside. But you have an affinity with this house, no, this place. The dust clinging to your bodies is naturally absorbed and efficiently consumed.”

“I-I see. Well, I can’t really say anything about that…”

I couldn’t help but grimace.

At least we know it was unlikely that this dust was being scattered into the outside world. I’d take that as a positive.

All that was left was to hope that the dust absorbed into our bodies didn’t harm us.

“For now, let’s leave this room as it is.”

“Yes…”

Even Meiko, who had been energetically cleaning, didn’t suggest cleaning this room after hearing that.

Later, while thoroughly cleaning the areas outside the storage room, Lexia-san suddenly spoke up.

“Still, I never knew Yuuya-sama had siblings.”

“It seemed different from a normal sibling relationship. But spending the New Year holidays with family means the tension between you has disappeared?”

“Yeah, I guess. Though my relationship with my parents is still the same…”

“Yuuya-san, are you on bad terms with your parents?”

Sara-san asked this, unaware of the situation, and I nodded.

“Yeah, that’s right. Of course, I want to get along with them, but they hate me for no reason.”

“That’s…”

“How awful!”

Upon hearing my words, Lexia-san puffed up angrily, then immediately broke into a smile.

“But it’s okay! Just like with me and my brother, if you talk things through properly, you’ll definitely understand each other!”

“Lexia-san…”

She had once been targeted for her life by her own brother, Rhaegar-sama.

This happened because her magic caused permanent injuries all over his body. Ultimately, Rhaegar-sama was captured and forced to talk with Lexia-san.

Lexia-san understood everything and forgave Rhaegar-sama for his outrageous actions.

At that time, thanks to the effect of the “Complete Healing Herb Juice” I had, Rhaegar-sama returned to his original appearance. In the end, the two reconciled.

Then, Luna opened her mouth, looking slightly exasperated.

“Well, this girl is way too carefree.”

“What did you say!?”

“I just stated the truth. Not everyone can reconcile with others like you do.”

“That’s true, but…”

“True, dialogue alone doesn’t always solve everything. Still, it’s important to never give up until the very end.”

I nodded at Sara-san’s words.

“Yes, I don’t know how it’ll turn out either. But I’ll do my best to make it a good outcome.”

“Support. I’ll pray it works out.”

Finally, Yuti offered her encouragement, too, and we finished cleaning the big house.

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