My Second Life in Another World

"You see his flames continued to eat away at the seal, So you can say that Haru was nothing more than a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment, and that is where I come in, My task was to guard the seal and make sure that Haru is able to control his powers or till his parents are able to find a way to strengthen his body, But the latter is almost impossible," Kurumi answered.

"Then how much progress has he made?" Kanae asked.

"I'd say about 1% and even that is unconscious use of his powers," Kurumi said.

"Damn it," Kanae cursed out.

"How much time does he have left?" Hae-in asked.

"There is enough time for him to learn, I have plans to fasten his process of learning, I won't let anything happen to him," Kurumi said with a serious expression.

"Kurumi Unnie is so Cool!" Jin-ah spoke while looking at Kurumi with stars in her eyes.

"Then what about the powers My Lord uses are they the 1% you are talking about?" Queresha asked with fear because if that was 1% then she could imagine Haru at his full power.

"No, those were given to him by the people who are after Haru," Kurumi said.

"Ok, so it is that Cliché, where there are villains who are after the protagonist to have the hidden bloodline in him," Jin-ah nodded sagely while the others looked at her with twitching eyes.

This was how

"Where did these powers come from?" Jin-ah asked curiously.

"Well they came from Anime and mangas," Kurumi said.

"Oh, I haven't seen the power Haru uses anywhere? And Another Cliché Neat," Jin-ah spoke with a serious expression.

"It is from the ones that exist in Haru's world," Kurumi shrugged.

"Wait really? I wanna see them, And do I need to say it again, Another One," Jin-ah was a bit too enthusiastic but about the wrong thing.

"Are you sure you want to?" Kurumi asked with narrowed eyes.

"Why are you asking it like….that?" Kanae asked with an uneasy expression as Queresha's eyes widen.

"….Don't tell me," Queresha asked Kurumi who nodded and the room was bathed in silence.

"Wait I am a character in a Manga? Isn't it awesome or is it?" Jin-ah shouted with a confused expression.

"Yes you are, the name of the Manhwa is 'Solo Leveling' do you want to know about it?" Kurumi asked and everyone nodded. They were curious about that as all of them have read fantasy novels that had similar settings.

So after a few hours,

The room was silent with Jin-ah's eyes twitching violently.

"What the hell? Oppa was the protagonist? And why was I a comic relief? Where are my powers?" Jin-ah shouted.

"I was just a minor character? Damn it how dare they, I am going to chop them up," Kanae's eyes were glowing red.

'But I have to thank Haru for saving Japan from such a future, Wait how do I thank him? No, keep your head clear,' Kanae sighed but she remembered the grim fate Japan faced in the story as she tried to keep her head clear.

'No No No N-….. FUCK,' And Kanae failed successfully.

"I am truly grateful to meet My Lord," Queresha spoke with a smile.

She saw how she died in the 'Story', She would've been fine with it before but now….. there was no way she would be able to accept that.

The one with the weirdest expression was Hae-in.

"Fufu, I didn't expect there was a chance of Hae-in Unnie becoming my sister-in-law," Jin-ah spoke with a mischievous smile.

WHACK*

"OUCH, W-Why? I was just joking," Jin-ah cried out as Hae-in knocked on Jin-ah's head.

"It is a damn story anyway, there is no way this will happen, And I don't act that way," Hae-in sighed, Maybe that was how she was in the story but the one in the story and the current her are different.

'Keep telling yourself that,' The others thought but didn't voice it.

"No need to take it seriously, this is a normal case of human imagination coming to the realization don't take this seriously as you guys are living beings that have your own self, You guys might not have lived the way the novel showed even if Haru wasn't there, Who knows maybe all that is happening now is also a work of someone's imagination, The universes work in a complicated way," Kurumi said as she looked at the four who nodded, They have surely taken a hit when the fact was revealed to them but they were coping with it rather nicely.

"What did My Lord think about us?" Queresha asked and the other's ears perked up.

"I don't think I need to say it but Haru never thought of you guys as some Characters, for him, every life mattered and most of all you fours are really precious to him, He used the information he had about the future and made the world a better place," Kurumi said and the four nodded with a smile, they came to know how the world would've ended up like if Haru wasn't there. You can say that the reason the four didn't have an existential crisis was because of the way Haru had treated them and Kurumi was also helping them albeit secretly.

"Haru who had the future knowledge, achieved his goal to save the world while making a Harem, Umu he is totally a Protagonist of a Fanfic," Jin-ah said and the others smiled wryly. Jin-ah was just this way, they can't do anything about her.

"Oh, and what happens to me, Who did I end up with in the original?" Jin-ah asked curiously.

"The one that follows around your brother, What was his name again?" Kurumi asked and everyone felt like they heard someone cry miserably.

"hin-jo?" Jin-ah scratched her head.

"Jin-ho is it," Hae-in finally remembered.

"What? How did this happen?" Jin-ah shouted loudly and the others laughed especially Hae-in who was teased by Jin-ah just a while ago.

"Why did this happen to me? This is definitely Oppa's fault," Jin-ah curled up like a ball as all of her energy left her.

"Don't take it seriously, And yes it was your brother's fault," Kurumi said lazily.

"Then why did they seal his memories as well? From what I had heard from you Haru's parents or her mother is too overprotective of him, so why did they leave him alone with his memories sealed," Kanae asked with narrowed eyes.

"..." Kurumi stayed silent for a while then sighed.

"Whatever I say next will stay here, because if Haru finds out things won't end well, for you and for him, So make sure Haru doesn't know of this," Kurumi said seriously making the four gulp in fear. But they nodded regardless because they wanted to help if possible.

"Ok," Kurumi nodded and told them about the reason.

After explaining to them for about half an hour Kurumi stopped.

"So that's how it is," Queresha nodded with a worried expression.

"I don't even feel surprised at this point, a 14-year-old burned down a full universe because his childhood friend was hurt," Kanae felt a headache rising in her head.

"Well technically I wasn't hurt, But yeah that is what happened and then we had a lot of things to worry about. Haru who had about a few thousand years to master his powers had only about a hundred years left after that incident, and to say it fairly it wasn't possible for him to master his powers normally and if we left him with his memories he would continue to use his power unconsciously and worsen his own condition even more," Kurumi explained.

"So you sealed My Lord's memories of the incident and before that so that he doesn't end up remembering it and worsen his own condition?" Queresha asked and Kurumi nodded.

"What about Haru's parents why did they leave him behind?" Jin-ah asked.

"The main reason for that was because us being close to Haru risked the seal on his memory and power to break earlier than the time we planned, So I went inside Haru's mindspace to stabilize the seal while his parents were making sure that he wouldn't have any trouble living in the world even without them, They had to leave so that they can search for a way to strengthen Haru's body because that was the only safe way left for him at that point. I had a way but Akane rejected it countless times, so after I stabilized the seal properly I went to sleep waiting for Haru's parents to come back, But well I wish I didn't go to sleep," Kurumi said with a sigh.

"Hmm, but things don't add up," Hae-in said and Kurumi looked at her.

"What do you mean?" Kurumi asked.

"How did Haru end up being sent to our world? Seeing how protective you and his parents are it shouldn't be possible," Hae-in asked as Queresha agreed with her opinion.

"...We were careless that is all, You see when it comes to him we end up acting like idiots," Hearing the answer the others looked at each other and didn't ask further.

"And which goddess is Akane? Considering her name she should be from the Japanese myth but I haven't heard of a god with that name," Kanae asked as she has been trying to figure out who Haru's parents were.

"She could be a god that doesn't exist in our world," Jin-ah speculated.

"No there should be a mention of her real name in your world," Kurumi said with a smile.

"Real name?" Hae-in tilted her head.

"Yes 'Akane' is an alias if someone who knows her real power takes her name it can be catastrophic, You remember the name Haru got in Japan right?" Kurumi said and everyone was shocked.

"Haru is the Son of Amaterasu," Kanae spoke with wide eyes, her words surprised the other three as well.