The Real World

Ren Yu raised his eyelids slightly. "This is the real world."

"The real world?!"

At that answer, Sie's expression flickered with emotion for an instant.

So she had returned to the real world?

No wonder the surroundings looked so familiar.

No, that wasn't right!

The next moment, she suddenly shook her head.

According to the person who had brought her out from the depths of the Sea of Quantum, there were all kinds of World Bubbles within it.

In other words, the "real world" she had in mind was very likely not the same thing the black-haired man before her meant.

This place might be fictional.

Or it might be a world formed from things or events that had overflowed, not truly the world where she had been born.

Seeing Sie's conflicted expression, Ren Yu suddenly laughed.

He could roughly guess what Sie was letting her imagination run wild over.

Wasn't she wondering whether this was the true real world?

He explained again, "Don't overthink it. This is the real world where you lived for over a decade."

Sie paused. Rather than replying, she looked at Ren Yu strangely, as if asking—how did you know this was the world where I was born?

Ren Yu clicked his tongue, thinking that she probably would not believe him unless he revealed something.

After pondering for a moment, he added:

"Your name is Sie Fulei. You were born in 2000, and before entering the Sea of Quantum, you lived in the Cocolia Orphanage in Siberia."

Sie stared at Ren Yu with her beautiful eyes wide in disbelief, seemingly shocked that he knew such information about her.

Yet Ren Yu continued speaking as if nothing had happened:

"While you were at the orphanage, you acknowledged someone named Bronya Zaychik as your older sister. I'm not wrong, am I?"

Sister Bronya!

Sie's eyes instantly lit up. Her long lashes trembled slightly, and her mind seemed entirely occupied by the name "Bronya." She asked delightedly, "You know Sister Bronya? Where is she now?"

Ren Yu glanced at Sie, who had raised her head and whose eyes had returned to blue, looking at him with eager anticipation. He knew he had said the right thing.

The Real World

"Bronya isn't here."

It was as though Sie had heard a death sentence, and she felt deeply disappointed.

That made sense. The world was so vast, and she did not even know where she was. How could Sister Bronya possibly happen to be here too?

But the next second, Ren Yu's answer rekindled her hope.

"More accurately, she isn't here right now. She should be back in a few days, since she studies here."

"Huh?!"

Ren Yu laughed. Using Bronya as bait had indeed been the right choice.

She was practically a specialized weapon designed for dealing with Sie!

"You said Sister Bronya studies here?!"

Sie looked around in bewilderment. "But this doesn't look like a school?"

"..."

Ren Yu opened his mouth, then said helplessly:

"Because this is my dormitory. The classrooms are in the teaching buildings outside."

"Huh?!"

Sie froze, then turned to look through the glass window behind her. Sure enough, several large, brightly lit buildings stood in the distance.

Ren Yu struck while the iron was hot. "You've finally calmed down. Now it's my turn to ask you some questions."

Sie's gaze shifted away. She was actually a little afraid to answer, but when she remembered that the person who had agreed to the conditions earlier was also "herself," she agreed again.

"Y-you ask."

Ren Yu looked at her and slowly said, "How did you cross the Sea of Quantum and come here?"

This question had troubled Ren Yu for a long time.

Of the humans who had accidentally entered the Sea of Quantum, he had not heard of many who had returned.

"I... I don't know."

Sie gently shook her head and recalled:

"I remember that I seemed to have opened a box. But when I came back to my senses, I found myself here."

As she spoke, her gaze swept over the suitcase on the floor. She suddenly pointed at it and said, "It was this suitcase. At first, I thought it was my toy box, but later I realized the dimensions were completely wrong."

"My box should have been a little bigger and a little taller..."

She made a circle in front of her chest with her hands, indicating that her toy box should have been much larger than this one.

But Ren Yu paid no attention to her gesture. His gaze fell on the open suitcase on the floor, and his thoughts stirred.

This toy box could actually do that?

He had never heard of it!

"You mean that after opening the box, you inexplicably returned here?"

"Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm."