Welcome To This World

"So why don't you try to sneaking again and read it secretly?" He glances at her.

"What if I got caught again?" She slurps her coke and looks at him.

"What's your lecturer name? The one who caught you?" He asks.

"Why? What's on your mind?" She straightens up and looks at him with a serious look.

Chuckles, he laughs a bit. "Hey..don't look at me like that."

"Tell me what's your plan, first?" She tugs her hand on his sleeves.

"Well...I can make a call to your lecturer and distract him for a moment whilst you get the book. But, you need something to cover it up. You need to put the same cover book to fool him." He gives some idea to her.

"Oh!" She snaps her finger. "That's right! Brilliant idea!"

"But…where do I need to find the cover?" She slumps back on the chair.

"Hmm..do you have a picture of that book? I can make a similar book cover if you want."

Again, she rubs her chin while scrolling her gallery photo on her phone. After a few minutes, she finally found a picture of the book. Even though it's not too clear when Zhing Li snap her photo without her knowing.

"Oh, thank god. My friend took a picture when I read the book. Here." She gives her phone to him.

"This one?" He asks.

"Yup." She nods her head.

"Alright. Send it to me.." He slowly said and send the picture to his phone. So basically, he already gets her number without even asking. He smiles looking at the picture.

"Did you know, you look beautiful even without makeup?" He asks out of blue.

"Oh? Really, now?" She blushes a bit while taking back her phone from him.

"Yup." He nods his head. "So, tomorrow I'll send you the draft for the cover. Print it out and wrap it to another book. Oh..before you want to start your operation, send me your lecturer number. I'll call him to divert his attention."

"Alright..thanks, Zi Ye."

"If you really want to thank me, then…be my girlfriend." He stares at her beautiful clear eyes.

"Hahaha..stop teasing me."

"Okay, okay..have you finish eat yet? If yes, I'll send you home now."

"Yes. I've finished already."

…

The Peridot Kingdom.

"Rach." Zoro went to Rachael and hug her tightly before he kisses the top of her head.

"Are you alright? Hayden said something happens to you guys." He looks into her teary eyes.

"Z…Ning Zhi..she.."

"It's okay. I'm here. Calm yourself down first." He rubs her back while still hugging her.

Grey also went to Kyra and trails his eyes to her body. "Are you okay?"

"Hey…where did you look at me?" Kyra grunts a bit when she saw how Grey looks at her. Seriously? Why did he need to look at her body anyway? If he wants to ask whether she is okay or not, he can do so by looking her in the eye, right?

"Of course, at your body, sweetheart. You don't spoil any part of your body, right? They still intact, hm?" He went closer to her ready to touch her.

Seeing his bold act, Kyra immediately slaps his hand and kick his legs. "Don't touch me, pervert."

"Ouch.." He rubs on his hand before he continues again. "Seeing you this fierce, I guess you just fine."

"Grr.."

"Alright, you guys... let's settle this problem first. How did this happen?" Zane asks while taking a sit in a long table at the center of the library followed by others.

"Well.." Yuina start. "We were just taking a bath. But then, when Kyra and Rachael pull Ning Zhi into the water, she suddenly vanishes."

"We already search all around the bathhouse, but she is nowhere to be found." Kyra continues.

"Erm..you mean vanish..is like bubbling or transparently?" ask Zoro. He also feels it's a bit weird. If she vanishes, why the two of them did not vanish too? The three of them enter this world at the same time and the same method too.

"Ah, bubbling. But only for a second before the water calm"

"Hm..when is the last time the three of you taking a shower?" Hayden takes a turn. As he remembers, today might be the first day they arrive in this kingdom after a few days sailing.

"This is the first," Rachael said. And a few seconds later, she flinches a bit before she turns to look at Zoro.

"Z, what if…she actually can't touch water?"

"Huh?" Zoro seems a bit confused.

"Well, it happens when she touches the water and she suddenly vanishes. It must be the case. If she is transported back to her world, then we also have something that can return us back to our world. Don't you think so?" Her eyes suddenly shone brighter than before.

"Rach, I don't think that's the case is…"

"So..one of you went missing, huh?" Freya suddenly shows up in front of the library frame door while crossing her arm on her chest.

All of them turn to look at her. Feeling a bit uneasy with how she put on her face right now.

"Barrier." She put a barrier spell around the library. This is to avoid any unwanted person to come into the library and prevent from any spy in this castle.

"What are you doing, Freya?" Hayden looks at her with a serious look.

"Hm? I just want to make sure our discussion room is safe from an unwanted person." She shrugged her shoulder.

"People outside this barrier can't see us nor hear us." She continues again, and this time, she takes out her necklace and put on the table.

"Father, arise." She commands Alba to change his form into a human form again.

With that being command, Alba turns his form and change into a human. He looks at everyone who sits around the table.

"Very well..since one of you has gone missing. I assume my prediction is correct then.." He gets off of the table and took at sit at the end of the table.

"Prediction?" Yuina ask.

"Yes." Alba nods his head and takes out an old scroll from his pocket.

He spans out the scroll on the table and nods his head at Freya.

Freya then stretches her neck a little before she starts. "This scroll is a history about a Phoenix Lady from another dimension."

She draws an emblem with silver light color using her finger and presses her hand on the scroll after she finishes it.

The emblem suddenly rises up and form a visual which all of them can see with rough eyes.

"Long time ago...A garnet kingdom who ruled by Chimera king almost lost the war and die against the succubus Queen. Then he used his ultimate power to create another him using his dying soul and send it outside of this world, using his power that still remains, he gives one virgin woman from another universe, the soul of Phoenix."

"How..how did he able to do that?" Rachael feels a bit dizzy with all new information. Ahh…this world is ruled by many of weird king. All of them are very powerful! How did she able to survive in this world?

Smirking at her, Freya said arrogantly. "Hmph..welcome to this world."