(Heartfelt thanks to Yunqi Qinggu, Youcai Luobo, and Sui Feng Qi Wu for their tips!)
"Going to another Instance World?!"
The next day, at the breakfast table, while Shiori was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, Wu Yan told the girls about the decision he had made the previous night, inevitably drawing startled cries from them.
"Why are you all being so loud?..." Wu Yan furtively glanced toward the kitchen. Only after confirming that Shiori had not noticed anything did he breathe a sigh of relief and glare irritably at every girl present.
"Yekusaya, Yuzuru, Miku, and Origami are one thing, since you only just learned about us, but Kotori, Kurumi, Tohka, Yoshino, why are you so surprised?..."
"How could we not be surprised?!" Kotori glared at Wu Yan, though she lowered her voice as well.
"Isn't it far too sudden to bring up going to another Instance World out of nowhere?..."
"It's not really that sudden..." Wu Yan took a bite of bread and waved his hand dismissively.
"Anyway, I'm the only one going. None of you need to come with me..."
"We don't need to come with you?..." The girls froze on the spot.
Seeing that, Wu Yan explained the conversation he had had with the system the previous night. He also told them that while he was traveling through this Instance World, time in this world would not be frozen, but slowed to one percent of the rate in the Instance World he entered.
After hearing Wu Yan's explanation, the girls immediately voiced fierce objections.
"How can you go alone? What if there's no one there to look after you?!"
"Yeah, yeah! What if you run into danger?..."
"Husband, I think you should bring some people with you. Being alone is inconvenient in the end..."
"I... I think