Chapter 48 – Reporting from the New Home!

I movеd.

I hirеd mоvеrs аnd had all my bеlоngings transpоrted.

And I didn’t gеt mу sесuritу dеposit bаck at аll.

Тhe араrtmеnt I’d livеd in for sо long wаs prettу wоrn оut.

Еven aftеr a dеep clеаning, that’s just how it was.

Arguing оvеr something that could bе rеsolved with money fеlt likе a wastе of timе.

I did аt lеаst say hello tо my neхt-dооr neighbor.

“Аh, mоving оut, are уou? I’ll miss having уou around.”

“Ah, wеll, sоrry for аnу troublе until now. I must havе been noisу at night аnd suсh.”

“Not at all, not at аll. Don’t wоrrу аbout it. Рleasе givе mу regards tо yоur littlе sistеr.”

Whаt а deсеnt рersоn!

I wаs genuinely impressed.

And so, I relocated to my new place.

Given our history and that I owed her, I had to invite Mashiro, so I brought her over for something akin to a housewarming party.

And then Mashiro drank and passed out.

Every single time, she can’t hold her liquor, yet when she’s with me, why does she drink?

I’m really glad the room next door is a Japanese-style room.

After laying her down on the futon, well, as for me…

“Wheeeey! Hellooo! Konnichi-waa! It’s Spiiice! I’ve moved to a new plaaace! Perfect soundproofing! It’s a huuuuge roooom!”

※『Woooooow』『Konnichi-waa!』『Hellooo!』『Little Spice is so hyped!』

“Well, of couuurse! The place is several times bigger than my old one! Here, I can keep all sorts of streaming equipment and stuff, so convenient, convenient! Now I can finally indulge in Spice’s hobbies that I’ve been holding back on!”

※『Little Spice’s hobbies?』『What could they be?』『Makeup, maybe…?』

“Tinkering with PCs, and plastic models and figures!”

※『Ooh, manly hobbies! lol』『As expected of an old man…!?』

“I keep telling you I’m an old maaan! Ehh, so anyway, Spice is interested in all sorts of gadgets! Companies watching this, sponsored deals, coome ooon! I’ll give you a perfect promotiooon!”

Here, I turned around to show off the new place.

Of course, Floppy had converted the image and pasted over it with a fancy wallpaper.

“Alright, the new place… let me give you a tour of Spice’s new studio! Umm, first, here the kitchen, dining, and living room are all connected, and I’ll mainly stream from this big area heeere! Maybe the streaming PC will go here? There’s a dining table too! Next, over here is the Japanese-style room… right now, my junior is passed out drunk in heeere…”

“Mmmnya… Senpai… please hire me…”

※『A girl’s voice!!』『There’s a girl at Little Spice’s place!?』『To our eyes, it just looks like a stuffed animal is lying there』

Floppy, nice follow-up.

By overlaying a stuffed animal avatar onto Mashiro, she prevents anyone from recognizing her as human!

“Let’s move on so we don’t step on my junior, okay? The Japanese-style room is a six-tatami room, but it’s plenty big, right? I haven’t bought a kotatsu yet, but I plan to get one eventually! I’d like to set up a laptop and stream from here too!”

Then I went out into the hallway and showed the small room.

“This one is about four-and-a-half tatami, it’s the bedroom! And it comes with a walk-in closet that’s nearly three tatami! Gooorgeous!!”

※『Woooooow』『I’ll live in that closet!』

“Ahahahaha, I’d never let the Meat Brigade into my house! This is the bed Spice uses, but there’s no futon on it. That’s right. Probably from now on, I’ll always spread a futon in the Japanese-style room to sleep! Living alone, you end up with more rooms than you need! Also, having the bath and toilet separate is a big plus for Spice! The bath? It’s biiig! Big enough for Spice to relax in!”

※『If it’s a size where the Little Spice on screen can relax, it doesn’t need to be that big, lol』『He’s small and cute, after all』『Wait! It might be a size where Little Spice could fit in vertically!』

They probably don’t want to think about my size when I’m in old man mode…!

After that, I even discovered another small room I hadn’t seen during the initial viewing the other day.

A hidden door was placed right next to the entrance.

Weird.

The real estate agent hadn’t mentioned it, and this room wasn’t on the floor plan, was it…?

No, structurally, this was clearly dead space, so it would be strange if there wasn’t a room here.

“Ehh, this room, well, I just found it now! What is this roooom!? It wasn’t on the floor plan!”

※『Wh-what the!?』『Too mysterious lol』『What kind of history does this apartment have lol』

“If I give details, it might reveal my identity, sooo… it’s a stigmatized property! I’ll just leave it at that! Ehh, well then, let’s go inside!”

The door was camouflaged to look like part of the wall.

There was no doorknob either.

I used Float’s power to levitate the door itself slightly and pulled it toward me with Reverse.

The door opened with a creaking sound.

A dusty smell came from inside.

“Whoa, it’s duusty!”

『Hnn, leave it to me, Masterrr. I’ll burn it all awaaay! Firestormmm!!』

“Aahhh!! Ignite, that’s magic Spice can’t use yet!!”

『I’ve used up all my magic poweeer. The rest is up to youuu』

Ignite fell with a thump.

“Don’t push yourself like that.”

※『Igniiite! lol』『Really a unique Grimoire, huh lol』『Ah, Little Flota went in first!』

『Hmm-hmm-hmm~. A capable Grimoire like me can float a flashlight like this, you see, and check the inside. Aah, there’s a window, but from the outside, a wall panel has been fitted to prevent it from opening! How naaaiive!! Master!』

“Don’t give orders to your Master! Alright then, Float! Reverse!”

Rusted or not, I levitated each window and lock part separately, moved them with Reverse…

“Warmth! Hot Wind!”

After warming them up and jiggling them around…

Creak creak creak the window opened, and the wall that had been plastered over was blown away with Reverse.

“Ooh! This window, it’s been made so you can see outside now! Let’s see, let’s see? Hmm? What the heck is thiiis!?”

Frankly, there was nothing inside the room.

A bare concrete floor where the flooring had been stripped away.

Only a magic circle-like thing drawn in chalk was there.

But the problem was outside the window of that room.

It was… not the scenery of this town that I knew.

Outside the window was… a decaying stone-built city under a purple sky.

The number of moons floating there was two.

An Otherworld was spread out before us!