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From Shirone's perspective, not much time had passed. After entering the Immortal Function, he met the woman and escaped through the black hole. However, in reality, it had already been 10 days.
Shirone awkwardly raised his hand with a smile.
"Haha. Hello?"
"Hello? You jerk!"
"Ouch!"
Amy punched Shirone in the face. Although there was no shock, Shirone, who was pushed back onto the bed by the force, looked back with a tearful expression.
"Ouch! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?"
Amy shed tears like raindrops.
"You bad guy, making us worry like this... You bad kid!"
Shirone had a blank expression. Everything was urgent and confusing. But soon, he realized something and gave a warm smile. Amy's tears told him what had happened during that time.
"I'm sorry. Because of me..."
"Shirone is back!"
Nade and Iruki pushed Amy forward and buried Shirone on the bed. Amy, who was unintentionally embraced by Shirone, shouted with a flushed face.
"Kyaak! Hey, move away!"
"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!"
Shirone also screamed in pain. In fact, it was more embarrassing than painful. Feeling that he wouldn't be able to look at Amy later, he twisted his body hard, causing his friends to fall to the floor.
"Phew, what's going on?"
Sitting on the bed, Shirone looked like a refugee who had been bombed. On the floor, Amy, who had fallen, was rubbing her sore back and scolding Nade and Iruki.
"Quite a grand welcome. Youth really is great."
Shirone looked at Alpheas and fixed his expression. Just the fact that he was there showed how serious the situation had been.
Shirone asked Nade the most curious question.
"What happened to Arcane? And the other people? What on earth happened?"
Nade, who had been scolded by Amy, shouted with a ridiculous expression.
"That's not the issue right now! You've been dead for 10 days!"
"What? 10 days? Dead, too?"
"Of course, you idiot! How can you be alive if your heart isn't beating? Explain what happened."
Shirone couldn't speak for a while, as if shocked. He knew he had to tell the story of what he had experienced, but he didn't know where to start.
The door to the infirmary opened, and the teachers entered. Sienna was surprised to see Shirone awake. Of course, she had been desperately praying for him to come back to life, but the shock was still great when she actually saw it.
She couldn't awaken to the infinite like Shirone, but she vaguely guessed how terrible and painful it was for a human to return from a state of mental disintegration.
'Thank you for coming back anyway.'
Sienna glanced at Ethella with a smile. She had been tormented by an enormous sense of guilt for 10 days. As expected, she approached Shirone with a face that looked like she would cry at any moment.
"Shirone."
"Teacher, I'm sorry. I did it again..."
Without giving Shirone a chance to finish, Ethella embraced him tightly.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault. If only I had paid more attention. This will never happen again."
To their friends, it seemed like a beautiful hug between teachers, but from Shirone's perspective, it was unbearable. Ethella hugged him so tightly that he couldn't breathe. Besides being embarrassed, he felt like he was actually suffocating.
"Um, teacher..."
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry, but please spare me."
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Infinite Mage (Novel)
