Chapter 306: The Lady Doctor Next Door

Kamikawa Mitsu and Kamikawa Chie stepped out of the palace, and were immediately spotted by reporters stationed here specifically to photograph the palace.

But before they could even take the shot, Kamikawa Mitsu grabbed Kamikawa Chie and in a blink shot up into the sky, vanishing into the clouds.

"Nii-san, when your Ye Linyan sis shouts out Xiao Yan's classic line, what kind of expression will the Holy Son of Xiling make? Will the Holy Land of Xiling be like those people in Battle Through the Heavens, sucking in a breath of cold air, and will the onlookers shout 'terrifying to such a degree'?"

Flying through the firmament, Kamikawa Chie's beautiful eyes were full of anticipation.

Originally, Kamikawa Mitsu and the others had planned to leave the Forbidden Beast Forest and take Chie out to look around.

But considering that Chie wanted to watch Ye Linyan's duel, and that being away from Earth for too long wasn't ideal, and there were some matters that needed handling, Kamikawa Mitsu changed his mind, deciding to bring Chie over on the day of Ye Linyan's duel. That way she could watch the duel and also take the chance to look around — kill two birds with one stone.

Besides that, there was another reason.

Iori was sick, and Kamikawa Chie wanted to come back and see Iori.

……

Tokyo, Japan. An apartment.

Matsuka Chisato, as usual, hurriedly finished breakfast, didn't have time to wash the dishes, and raised her hand to glance at her watch.

"I'm going to be late again."

She was anxious that she had slept in late — if she didn't hurry out the door, she wouldn't make the subway.

Bang!

Her indoor slippers, printed with a cute Psyduck pattern, flew up, and Matsuka Chisato pitched forward, falling flat on her face in front of the door.

"Ouch~ that hurts."

Matsuka Chisato had clearly hurt herself in this fall, and she clutched her nose.

But time was pressing, and she had no time to bother with the pain. She scrambled up in a rush, hastily slipped on her high heels, slung her exquisite shoulder bag over her shoulder, pushed open the door, and walked out quickly.

Another bang.

This time the sound wasn't a dull thud — Matsuka Chisato hadn't fallen, but had bumped into something.

It wasn't exactly hard, wasn't exactly soft, but it was steady as Taishan, and the mutual force of her collision sent her toppling backward.

In that critical instant, a hand reached out, grabbed her hand, and steadied her falling body.

Matsuka Chisato knew she had most likely bumped into someone.

Once she steadied herself, she was about to apologize — after all, it was her own fault for being so scatterbrained, walking without watching the road.

"Matsuka-sis, are you okay?"

But the other party spoke up a step before Matsuka Chisato could.

Matsuka-sis?

Why does this voice sound so familiar?

The image of the speaker from her memories involuntarily surfaced in her mind, and at the same time she raised her head to look — sure enough, the voice belonged to the person from her memory.

"Kamikawa-kun."

Matsuka Chisato recognized the person she had bumped into — wasn't it precisely Kamikawa Mitsu, the Kamikawa sibling who lived next door to her.

"Matsuka-sis, I didn't hurt you, did I?"

Kamikawa Mitsu's face wore an apologetic look. He had just been busy roughhousing with Kamikawa Chie, and hadn't noticed for a moment that the spot he was walking to happened to be right in front of Matsuka Chisato's door next door, just as Matsuka Chisato flung her door open and rushed out.

"No, I'm fine. Kamikawa-kun, I'm sorry — I wasn't paying attention just now. But you, did I bump into you…?"

At the last word, "hurt," Matsuka Chisato's voice cut off abruptly.

She suddenly remembered — Kamikawa-kun was a Transcendent, how could he possibly be hurt by her?

"I'm fine." Kamikawa Mitsu saw what Matsuka Chisato was thinking and spoke up first: "As long as Matsuka-sis is fine, that's what matters."

Even without searching the original host's memories, Kamikawa Mitsu was familiar with Matsuka Chisato.

She was the resident next door to him. Previously, when President Yamazaki had cooperated with the Sakurada-gumi to drive out the apartment's residents, and then President Yamazaki's shady dealings were exposed, one after another residents of the apartment moved back in.

Matsuka Chisato was one of the residents who had come back the month before last, living right next door to Kamikawa Mitsu.

As the saying goes, neighbors see each other every day — over the course of a month, meeting each other a few times, exchanging greetings, and passing along the notice board, back and forth, they naturally became well acquainted.

Additionally.

Before Kamikawa Mitsu had transmigrated over, Matsuka Chisato had already been living next door to the Kamikawa household, and they had a good relationship.

Especially after Kamikawa Mitsu's parents died, Matsuka Chisato would from time to time invite the Kamikawa siblings over to her home for meals. In the impressions of the original host and Kamikawa Chie, Matsuka Chisato was a kind and amiable big sister — they liked her the most.

Moreover, the original host even harbored feelings of fondness toward Matsuka Chisato.

But after his parents' death, and unable to bear the burden of the family, he never dared to confess. Added to that, there was a five-year age gap between him and Matsuka Chisato — she probably only saw him as a little brother, and a confession would almost certainly be rejected.

So the original host never confessed, right up until his death.

Back when Matsuka Chisato had been threatened by the Sakurada-gumi at President Yamazaki's behest and forced to leave the apartment, she had specifically sought out the Kamikawa siblings, hoping they could leave with her and avoid getting hurt.

The original host did not agree — he didn't want to implicate Matsuka Chisato, didn't want to cause her trouble.

A month ago, Matsuka Chisato moved back. Although Kamikawa Mitsu was a Transcendent, after years of being together, Kamikawa Mitsu and Kamikawa Chie had never distanced themselves from her because of it.

On the contrary, when Kamikawa Chie saw Matsuka Chisato move back, she was overjoyed, and specifically invited Matsuka Chisato to their home as a guest for a meal.

It was precisely because of this that Kamikawa Chie had previously mentioned Matsuka Chisato at the Ligui Maid Café, leading Ligui to tease Kamikawa Mitsu with a remark about whether he was messing around with the married lady next door.

That's right.

That next-door lady doctor wife — the one who had originally planned to marry her husband, had even gotten the marriage certificate, but whose husband had the misfortune to run into the Higashio Hisashi incident and been killed by Ligui when she came to the Void Demon Siam, swallowed whole without even a scrap left — was Matsuka Chisato.

Matsuka Chisato had done the Kamikawa siblings a kindness. Now that her husband was dead, the Kamikawa siblings naturally comforted her in return. Added to that, Matsuka Chisato had always been thick-skinned.

Because of this, Matsuka Chisato and the Kamikawa siblings' relationship had not changed because of the Transcendent identity — it remained close, even better than before she had moved out of the apartment.

"I'm fine."

Matsuka Chisato smiled, taking the shoulder bag that Kamikawa Mitsu had helped pick up.

"Kamikawa-kun, Chie-chan, it's really wonderful that you've come back safely."

Rather than caring about herself, she cared more about the Kamikawa siblings. Clearly, with Kamikawa Mitsu taking Kamikawa Chie into that corner of the palace in Safe Kyoto, she had worried about them plenty.

Now seeing Kamikawa Mitsu and his sister return, she immediately felt at ease.

"Hehe, Sister Matsuka, Onii-chan and I are fine! Let me tell you, Onii-chan and I had so much fun going to the palace this time."

Kamikawa Chie took Matsuka Chisato's hand and launched into an unbroken stream of tales about what they had encountered in the other world.

Matsuka Chisato listened with great interest, asking questions every now and then.

Clearly, she was very fond of these strange and wondrous things from the other world.

Don't be fooled by Matsuka Chisato being a doctor who seems to belong to the rational, scientific camp — in reality, she is a big fan of the strange and wondrous.

The reason Kamikawa Chie grew to like the supernatural, gods, and yōkai was largely because of Matsuka Chisato. Every time Matsuka Chisato invited them over to her house for a meal, she would always tell the Kamikawa siblings stories of the strange and wondrous.

In time, Kamikawa Chie too became hooked on the strange and wondrous.

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