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Michael lets out another sigh, "So both of you want to come back with me, then?" he asks, looking between Saeko and Saya. "Even after I've told you about the demon gods, dragons, and other nasty shit that can and will kill you?"

Saeko nods with a grin, "That's part of the reason I want to go." she says, her hand unconsciously dropping to her sheathed sword, anticipating welling up within her.

Saya looked more conflicted, but nods regardless, "If magic is as you say, then I will master it in no time. Nothing can touch me after that!" she almost shouts, hyping her up so that she wouldn't get cold feet.

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Michael personally couldn't believe he was actually considering this... There wasn't really any reason not to bring them, aside from his fears of Daedric manipulation, even that was a long shot. One thing he was sure of though, was that they'd quickly gain strength in Tamriel.

Saya was just as she'd continually claimed, a genius. He wasn't sure how she measured against Charlotte, but she'd definitely be better than most.

And then there was Saeko, the psycho...? A sadist with better swordsmanship than him and probably most other people in Tamriel... He wondered what she could achieve with the help of Magicka enhancing her body, along with the most advanced forms of swordsmanship like what they teach in Hammerfell... Sword Singers or whatever they were called.

They'd probably become competent allies, ones he could trust simply due to the fact that they'd have ties to no one else in Tamriel.

The only real problem was Saeko's affection for him, and what Tiffania's reaction to it all would be...

He shakes his head, he'd send Saeko off to the Companions as soon as he gets back, it wasn't like she'd learn anything in the College anyway... Not unless she wanted to learn magic?

"Fine. I'll take you. Gather your shit, say your goodbyes, and make sure you have no regrets. We probably won't be returning here." he says before standing and vacating the room, leaving Saya and Saeko alone with their friends.

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Takashi pulls Saya into a room with a frown marking his face, "S-saya! What are you doing!? You've only known this guy for a week, and you're literally hopping worlds with him!?

Saya angrily tugs her arm out of his grasp, "And!? What's it to you? I've already decided so why are you bothering me with this!?"

"Because you're making a mistake! What about your parents? What about your friends!? W-what about me?"

Saya scowls at him, "Of course! It's always about you! 'Oh I'm depressed', 'Oh, Rei is dating my friend', 'Oh, if only someone cared'. Well, news flash! I cared, once, and you spat in my face! You didn't care about me then, you didn't care about me when the zombies attacked, so you shouldn't care about me now!" she growls and marches towards the door.

"S-saya! Wait!"

"I've waited long enough! And I've had it! Go bother someone else! Maybe this time Rei will let you watch as she gets fucked! Cuckold! Stuuuupid!" Saya exclaims as she shuts the door in his face, leaving him alone with his thoughts...

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As the time for Tiffania to open the portal is nearing, Michael leaves with Saeko and Saya for the area where he'd originally appeared, the area where he'd almost killed them all via a car crash.

Takashi and his group had decided to accompany them as well, treating this as a sort of farewell party. Despite the odd circumstances.

Before they reach their destination however, Michael makes sure to check his status one last time before returning home.

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Name : Michael Tahlin

Rank : Hero

Stats :

Strength : 43 > 45

Agility : 70.1 > 78.2

Intelligence : 50 > 52

Birthsign : The Mage

Familiar : Darth, Dark Monolith Parasite

Abilities :

[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.

[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Novice Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.

[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.

[Apprentice basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.

[Apprentice basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.

[Desensitized] : Things of a violent or shocking nature fail to draw a reaction like they used to. Emotions are dulled somewhat and user is more easily able to think and rationalize in high stress situations.

Affinities :

[Lesser Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity] > [Lesser Space Affinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity], [Ice Affinity]

Spirits :

Commoner Tier :

Shadow Shaman : Lvl MAX

Slark : Lvl MAX

Riki : Lvl MAX

Hero Tier :

Anti-Mage : Lvl MAX

Lina : Lvl MAX

Winter Wyvern : Lvl MAX

Legend Tier :

Rubick : Lvl 1 > 5

Magic :

Tamrielic

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Spirit : Rubick

Level : 1 > 5

Abilities :

Magical Mimick (Rank 2) : Grants user the ability to learn spells he's seen cast far faster than usual.

Telekinesis (Rank 1) : Allows user to telekinetically manipulate someone or an object. Mana efficiency and effectiveness is determined by intelligence. Cannot lift yourself.

Fade Bolt (Rank 1) : Shoots a bolt of arcane energy that jumps from enemy to enemy infinitely, lowering the strength and speed of anyone affected, each jump reduces the damage of the spell.

Arcane Supremecy (Rank 1) : Spells cast by the user are stronger and have a longer range. Spells cast against the user have their power lowered depending on their Intelligence compared to the user.

Spell Steal (Rank 0) : Allows user to copy the last spell someone has cast. These spells will be remembered until another replaces it. Amount of spells that can be stored is determined by Spell Steal's rank.

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His gains from this week-long vacation were absolutely enormous. Comparably, to gain as much in Tamriel he'd have had to spend months of dungeon delving and bandit hunting... That or venturing into Oblivion to wipe out demons, something he wasn't nearly strong enough to attempt, not because of the threat the demons posed, but because of the Daedric Princes.

He'd nearly reached level 6 on Rubick which would allow him to take Spell Steal and gain the ability to Dimension hop without Tiffania's help. For now though, he put one point into everything else except [Magical Mimick], which got two points so that he could increase the pace of his learning up another notch.

That combined with [Studious Mind] should make him ridiculously talented with academic arts, he'd finally be able to advance beyond a mere Novice Mage, hopefully within a couple weeks or so.

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The group soon arrives to the burned and tipped over school bus, and only has to wait an hour before a shimmer appears in the air. Lines form in the air, creating the shape of a door before everything within its borders swirls around like a wormhole.

Michael had been worried that he'd need to jump into another wormhole like he'd had to do the other two times he'd dimensionally travelled, but he supposed that it was only that way on the first time connecting to the realms...

The door in front of him looked like any regular Teleportation Gate that Tiffania would summon, allowing him and the others to see Tiffania, Megumin, Illococoo and Maria on the other side waiting for him.

Tiffania smiles brightly as they lock eyes, and looks ready to leap through to glomp onto him, only retraining herself since she was maintaining the Dimension Gate. "Michael! I'm glad you're safe!"

He grins back, but is interrupted by Kohta...

"Wow, you weren't lying about your sexy elf girlfriend... She's almost as big as-..." everyone glances towards Shizuka who was smiling obliviously, her eyes locked onto Tiffania.

"I didn't know I had a little sister running around!" the air-headed nurse exclaims and she wasn't wrong either. She looked like an older, less-elf version of Tiffania...

Tiffania has an equally strange expression upon seeing her counterpart, "You didn't find a replacement for you, did you Michael?" she inquires, unsure how to take this... She couldn't understand Japanese, so she was just hearing gibberish... Megumin on the other hand...