Is It Too Late to Leave the Chat Group?

Book 3: Chapter 1: Oh No! Jeanne Alter Ended Up in My Hands

Book 03: Daily Life

“I finally returned. Although it was only five days, it feels like a long time passed. However, I gained quite a lot.” Chen Heng looked at the two Poké Balls in his hand in satisfaction. …Wait? Two?

Chen Heng looked at the two Poké Balls, stunned. One was the Heavy Ball containing Fafnir; the other was the regular Poké Ball containing Jeanne d’Arc Alter.

Didn’t I give the red-and-white Poké Ball to Fujimaru Ritsuka? Why is it in my hand?

“Customer Service! Customer Service! There’s a bug!”

What’s wrong? You are the most troublesome one.

“Ah…haha…this time, it is a problem with the Poké Ball. I recall I transferred usage rights to Fujimaru Ritsuka. Why did it return to me?”

You already said it. What you transferred were usage rights, not ownership. Poké Balls are bound to you. This is in case a member accidentally leaves a Poké Ball behind in another world and cannot retrieve it.

“Then why could Fujimaru Ritsuka hold this ball and undergo Spiritron transfer? The ball did not return to my hand then.”

The Poké Balls are soul-bound. You can loan out usage rights but cannot transfer ownership. The transfer of usage rights is predicated on the Poké Ball’s owner and the user being in the same world. When Fujimaru Ritsuka underwent Spiritron transfer, the Poké Ball was still within the Fate/Grand Order world.

“Why does it have to be the same world?”

I’ll answer with a question. If you accidentally dropped Fafnir in another world and had no way to retrieve it, would you look for me, the customer service?

“That’s right.”

After looking for me, the customer service, do I have to solve the problem for you?

“Of course. You are the customer service!”

Alright, then. That’s it. The problem is solved at the roots. This prevents you from coming to cry to me, then my having to retrieve the Poké Ball. How troublesome! How am I to laze around?

“So, Jeanne d’Arc Alter is stuck with me?”

That’s right.

“Is there no way to transfer the ownership?”

There is. You just need to inform me in advance. What can I do if you don’t tell me? How would I know if you left it behind intentionally or accidentally? However, it is already too late, as you have used the Poké Ball to capture something, so this thing is bound to you. The other tools from the Dimension Administrators Association are also like this. Do remember next time. Bye-bye.

“Wait—”

Shut up. I’m not listening. Bye!

Chen Heng had always had the impression that this customer service was very capricious—ah, no, unreasonable. Now, he had proven it.

Chen Heng had a headache as he looked at the red-and-white Poké Ball containing Jeanne d’Arc Alter.

At first, there was an additional Ryougi Shiki in his family because of the Precognition. Later on, he gained a Sirin because of System 10086. This was great. Now, there was an additional Jeanne d’Arc Alter and Fafnir. Chen Heng accepted Fafnir, but Jeanne d’Arc Alter…

Erm…never mind. This resulted from my actions. I cannot just ignore her.

Due to the store’s altered Poké Balls, Fafnir and Jeanne d’Arc Alter both had a loyalty value of 60. Ah! That was not right. Jeanne d’Arc Alter’s loyalty value was 70. If the loyalty value dropped below 50, betrayal was possible. Hence, Chen Heng decided to do…nothing. He would drag it out as long as he could.

It was already past ten in the evening. The most important thing now was to sleep. He had suffered during the time in the 1st Singularity, failing to sleep well and having to cook for those gluttons every day.

Chen Heng intended to apply for leave to self-study at home. As an exemplary student, he felt confident of the teacher in charge of his class approving his leave.

Chen Heng lay in bed for ten minutes, not feeling sleepy at all. Hence, he opened the chatting interface, planning to idle in the chat group for a while before sleeping.

For some reason, no newcomers had arrived over the past five days. Since the Dimension Administrators Association’s upgrade, its pace of adding new members had slowed.

After some investigation, Cheng Heng noticed that the time in the Dimension Administrators Association’s chatting interface changed according to the time of the world the member was currently in.

For example, Chen Heng had spent five days in the 1st Singularity. However, only a minute had passed when he returned to his world. Even so, five days had also passed in the Dimension Administrators Association’s chat group, not one minute.

Magus of Flowers: That’s why I say He Who Knows Fate has no conscience. I specially rushed over to help him, yet he actually treated me like that.

Chen Heng found Merlin badmouthing him the moment he entered.

He Who Knows Fate: What do you mean, specially rushed over to help me? I clearly summoned you. Furthermore, I had no other choice; I was forced to.

Magus of Flowers: Forced to? By whom?

He Who Knows Fate: Of course, myself. Who told you to let your mouth run off like that? Well, come to my world and beat me up if you can.

Efreet: I suddenly feel that Merlin has infected He Who Knows Fate with his habit of speaking without thinking after spending a few days together.

He Who Knows Fate: No, no, no! This is called paying him back with his own coin. To deal with someone with a wretched mouth like Merlin, you need to have an even more wretched mouth than him.

Magus of Flowers: Little Elder Brother Merlin’s reputation is being ruined.

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: You? Ruined reputation? Even a ghost would not believe you.

Magus of Flowers: How can I not have a good reputation? Honestly speaking, I’m quite popular on the Internet.

He Who Knows Fate: That Magi☆Mari-chan?

Magus of Flowers: That’s right. I even have a die-hard fan.

He Who Knows Fate: I know. It’s that doctor you spoke of, Romani Archaman, right?

Magus of Flowers: That’s right. Despite being busy saving humanity, he does not forget to send donations. What a great fan!

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Merlin, here’s a warning. You will get exposed like this.

Queen of Ice and Snow: It is just that Solomon has lost his powers and become an ordinary person. Otherwise, he would fight you to the death. Do you believe that?

Magus of Flowers: What is there to be afraid of? He still doesn’t know, right?

He Who Knows Fate: After spending some time with the doctor, I actually find him pretty nice. Why did he follow that Magi Mari-chan? Three days! I spent three days with him, but I did not dare tell him the truth lest he suffer a breakdown.

Magus of Flowers: He Who Knows Fate, you don’t understand this. I am helping him. Just think of how stressful it is to save humanity. Without hope, how is he going to last?

Lord of the White Night: Is that why you commit Internet fraud, putting on the persona of Magi Mari-chan? Regardless of whether others believe that, I don’t. You are doing this purely to mess with people.

I Have a Strong Presence: He is already so miserable. To think you made him fall for an Internet scam? If he knew, who knows how much despair he would feel?

Magus of Flowers: We just have to prevent him from finding out, right?

Ding! Welcome, Forever Fond of Magi☆Mari-chan, to the association!