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Rakia was currently recovering from being badly injured in the previous fight. Hanto planned to visit Rakia's place, bringing Rakia's favorite food, Stone.
Hanto is walking to Rakia's house. He has just bought Rakia's favorite snack, stones. But this time, the stones are special. "Hmmm, maybe he will like this Stone? This is a Stone for Koi fish... It should be delicious for him." After reading the Pack of the Stone, he just realized something. The stones were for decorating an aquarium. "It's safe for the Granutes... right?" Hanto muttered. Coincidentally, in the middle of the road, he met Sachika, who was walking while carrying a suitcase.
"Oh, Hi Boss!" He approached Sachika. "Hanty! What are you doing here?" Sachika pulled her suitcase and walked towards Hanto. "Why are you bringing a suitcase?" Hanto ask, Confused. "Oh... I just finished a job not far enough from here." Sachika answers, and then notices a bag of rocks that Hanto holds in his hand. "Why did you buy stones for a koi fish aquarium? Do you want to keep koi fish or what?" Sachika asked while observing the stones that Hanto brought. "Why would I keep koi fish? I'm a busy journalist," Hanto said and retook the pack of rocks. "Can't you guess? This is for Rakia!" Hanto said proudly. "Rakian?? B-But this is a stone for a fish aquarium-" "It won't affect Granute, right? Besides, Rakia is seriously injured, so I want to check on his condition now." Hanto cut Sachika's words.
Sachika laughs it off and also remembers that "I also want to visit Rakia, but... I don't know where his house is." Sachika sadly looked down. Seeing Sachika's expression, Hanto wanted to help her. "I can take you to his house," Hanto said. "Seriously?? Let's go!" Sachika said enthusiastically, and finally, the two of them walked to Rakia's house.
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Meanwhile, Rakia was lying down, thinking about Comel. He just had a nightmare and was sweating a lot. "...Komel, if you were still alive and saw me now, would you be proud of me or would you be...?" He muttered while staring blankly at the ceiling. "Hm, staring blankly like this is letting the Stomachs kidnap humans. I have to test my poison antidote that Dente made," He thought. DoPudding jumped onto Rakia's shoulder and was curious to see Dente's notes about the antidote.
Rakia read the notes while snacking on yesterday's remaining stones, and DoPudding wanted to eat stones too, but he didn't have a mouth. DoPudding felt sad but suddenly stroked Rakia, who was reading Dente's notes while eating. He smiles softly and keeps patting DoPudding, "Sadly, you don't have a mouth, but it's okay. If you want me to describe how it tastes... it tastes better than River Stones."
Rakia learned that Dente's antidote can be tested using his poison. To do this, Rakia must drop his poison into Dente's antidote liquid. If the antidote changes color to Clear, then the antidote is working.
"So you have to drop it first... hm," Rakia muttered while putting down the note about the antidote. DoPudding Initiative descended from Rakia's shoulder, then Rakia transformed into his Granute form. Rakia read the notes for a moment, then put them back. "Let's see... If after I drop the poison, it turns clear... The antidote works." Rakia muttered. Rakia then extended his Tentacles and dripped a little of his poison onto the Antidote. Not long after, the Color of the Liquid immediately changed to Clear Crystal.
"The antidote works...!" He muttered. He felt something strange from his heart, "Dente, you're lucky you didn't die in vain... Although Sachika was devastated after you died." Rakia smiled softly, between a sad smile because Dente died, or feeling relieved because there was an antidote for his poison to fight the Stomachs.
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Sachika was confused when she saw the location where Rakia lived. "Um, this entrance looks a bit... unkempt. Is this really where he lives?" Sachika asked Hanto. Hanto looked at Sachika while looking for the entrance, "Yes, this is indeed where he lives. He only cleans the inside." Hanto finally found the entrance, which turned out to have been hidden by Rakia after Rakia was seriously injured to minimize detection by Bocca Jaldak's subordinates. "The secret door is really hidden, don't you think?" said Sachika while opening the door.
"Rakia is the type of person who calculates the possibilities that will happen; naturally, he will hide the entrance," Hanto answered Sachika, and when he was downstairs, he was surprised to see Rakia in his Granute Form. He tried to cover Sachika's eyes, but it was too late. Sachika had already seen Rakia's true form, and strangely, Rakia didn't realize that someone had entered and was busy with Dente's Antidote.
"...Oi," Hanto said. Rakia looked back, thinking that only Hanto had come. But after he looked behind Hanto, there was Sachika too. "S-Sachika..?" Rakia was shocked and scared because surely Sachika would be afraid of his true form and would stay away from him. Rakia slowly backed away, trying to keep his distance from Sachika so as not to scare her. "This is your true form, right? I already know." Sachika said. Hanto was confused and surprised. When did Sachika discover Rakia's true form? "EH?! How did you know before he even showed you?" Hanto asked, wanting to know the details. "When I was at the beach yesterday, I saw Rakia take off his disguise and transform into his Granute form," Sachika answered while looking down. Rakia, who felt that He had hurt Sachika's feelings, looked down and used his human form again.
"Sachika-" Just as Rakia tried to approach Sachika, the Beaker that he put on the table fell and broke. Rakia and Sachika were shocked simultaneously, and Sachika stepped back to avoid the glass shards. But because Sachika stepped back, Rakia thought that Sachika was afraid of him and moved away from him. DoPudding took a cloth and placed it over the shards so that the area where it fell could be seen.
Rakia smiled, but it was more of a sad smile. "You once said that I also have the right to be happy, but..." He paused for a moment and looked into Sachika's eyes. "...It seems I don't have the right to be happy," Rakia said, showing a smile that looked sad, and his face seemed to be holding back tears.
Sachika paused and wanted to approach Rakia, but Rakia refused to be approached and turned away with a sad face.
"Rakia-san..." Sachika said in a low voice. She wanted to convince him that Granutes like Rakia, who had kidnapped humans to make Dark Snacks, could repent. But... Her words felt heavy as she imagined the countless human lives lost to Dark Snacks. "I..." She paused again, not knowing what she wanted to say to him right now. All Sachika wanted now was to see Rakia smile because he felt happy within himself, not just because he saw others happy. She also knew she wasn't good at comforting someone who had done things related to their dark past, but she genuinely wanted to help Rakia.
Meanwhile, Rakia, deep in his heart, wanted Sachika to leave so that nothing would happen to her. After all, he was a fugitive in the Granute world, and he misunderstood that Sachika now hated him after learning about his dark, irredeemable past. "I'm sorry I've been hiding all this for so long." He paused, "Go away. I know you can't say much after knowing all that," Rakia said in a cold, sad tone. "But—" "Just Go." Rakia cut Sachika off, making her feel even more guilty. Hanto, seeing the two of them starting to feel uncomfortable, immediately invited Sachika home. "Ah— Let's go back to HapiPare, shall we?"
Hanto finally managed to get Sachika to come home to HapiPare. As they walked up the stairs to leave, Rakia stared at them silently, just... a sad look.
DoPudding and PuruJelly approached Rakia and were confused as to why Rakia told Sachika to leave. Even though they knew, Rakia had feelings for Sachika secretly. Dopudding moved around the Beaker's Shards, and PuruJelly jumped around the shards while Puddinte just watched them silently. Rakia just smiled sadly at them, "It's okay, there's no other way." he paused,
"I just did what I had to do."
Rakia says to them three. Rakia takes the nearby cloth and then cleans up the glass shards of the Beaker.
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Sachika walked sadly, and Hanto stared at her silently. He was worried about her but didn't want to disturb her sadness.
"I can't say anything," Sachika said. "I never thought he would ever do something like that..." She continued. Hanto also felt the same way as Sachika. "But it's true, Rakia has done many bad things," Hanto said. "At first, I couldn't accept that either," Hanto continued. Sachika turned to Hanto. "So that's why you're upset with Rakia at that time," Sachika muttered. When they returned to where they first met, Sachika began to cry.
"I don't understand anything," Sachika said, her voice trembling as if she were about to cry. "I'm so stupid... So stupid." "Rakia said that he didn't deserve to be happy. It's all because I once told him that everyone should be happy. But..." Sachika began to cry again while saying all of that. "Rakia is the one who has taken all that happiness from many people." Sachika began to shed tears. "The faces of the people who were almost kidnapped and their scared faces kept flashing in my mind..." She looked down, "What should I do...?" Sachika muttered while looking down. Hanto had never seen Sachika this fragile before, as he had always seen Sachika smiling and comforting others when they were sad. However, now Sachika looked more fragile than usual. Hanto leans by the fence near where Sachika cries silently and watches her let out all her emotions.
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Meanwhile, Shoma was in the city park, contemplating Nyelv's offer that Granute would no longer target Humans, but Shoma had to return to the Granute world. "Is Nyelv really serious? Humans can be free from being ingredients for dark snacks. But, I have to leave this place," Shouma muttered, "I don't want to leave this place, but..." Before Shoma could continue daydreaming, he suddenly saw Lizel walking towards a palmistry tent.
"Lizel? Why is she here?" Shouma thought. Because he was suspicious, Shoma followed Lizel to the fortune-telling tent and eavesdropped on their conversation from outside. And sure enough, the fortune teller in the tent turned out to be Granute in disguise. Lizel came there because the supply of Human Press was starting to decrease, and she wanted the disguised Granute to work harder. Before the Granute fortune teller could give the Human Press to Lizel, Shouma interrupted and wanted to take the Human Press, but was caught by Lizel before Shouma could take it. "Oh! How are you, Red Gavv?" Lizel smiled while holding Shoma's wrist tightly, and even a bit hurt him to stop him from taking the Human Press.
"Hey, hurry up and run away and take all the Human Press away," Lizel said casually to the fortune teller, Granute. "Ah-! Yes, I'll run away!" The Granute took all the Human Press and tried to run away, and as the Granute ran away, Shouma was released by Lizel. "Hey, Don't Run Away!" Shouma shouted. Shouma ran, grabbed his Phone, and informed Rakia and Hanto about Granute, whom he was now chasing.
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Meanwhile, Rakia...
"The stone is really delicious... It's really rare for Hanto to give me something delicious, usually he gives me tasteless stones," Rakia thought, "What kind of stone is this-" He was shocked because this was an aquarium decorative stone. "Huh- Decorative stone for... fish? Is he grabbing Random stones for me?" Rakia muttered. "It's small, but this is more like candy..." Rakia continued eating heartily. DoPudding, Puddinte, PuruJelly Staring at Rakia from the table as if wanting to say, "Why don't you just say that you like Sachika?". Rakia just stared at them for a moment, knowing what they meant but not caring because he was quite hungry.
While Rakia was busy eating, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out of his pocket and immediately heard Shoma's voice, which seemed to be panting. "Rakia, there's a Granute in the City Park and it's running away, help!" Shoma said hurriedly while chasing the Granute. Rakia, who was snacking, immediately stopped eating and got ready to go by taking his hat from the shelf. "Okay, I'll be right there."
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Hanto was also called by Shouma as well as Rakia. "Okay, I understand," Hanto replied and immediately turned off his cellphone. Sachika knew that Rakia would also be there. "I'm coming too," Sachika said with a serious face. Hanto looked at Sachika's serious face and realized that Sachika also had something important. "We have to hurry," Hanto replied. Sachika nodded and pulled her suitcase with quick steps.
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Rakia arrived just in time at the City Park and immediately transformed into his A la Mode form, while Shoma transformed into his Caking form. However, because a nearby building looked like it was about to collapse, Rakia took the initiative to head to the area nearby. "Shoma, I'll take care of that," Rakia said before running there. Shouma Nods and starts attacking the Granute.
Rakia immediately shot the debris that had fallen on the residents and evacuated them to a safe area away from the battle. Hanto and Sachika arrived just in time and saw Rakia struggling to evacuate the residents. Hanto and Sachika also started helping nearby residents move away from the building area to avoid being hit by falling debris. Sachika had no idea that Granute, who had once kidnapped humans and fed them to Stomachs to become Dark Snacks, would now volunteer to help those trapped in the rubble. Her heart felt like she wanted to give Rakia a second chance. But suddenly...
A piece of debris was about to fall on the mother of the child he had just saved. Rakia's pupils constricted in shock.
"Watch out...!" Rakia shouted and ran, using his own body to shield the mother from being crushed. It ended up with Rakia, who was crushed. Sachika and Hanto were shocked, panicked, and immediately ran to Rakia. "Rakia...!!!" Hanto shouted. But when they approached, Rakia was still alive. "I'm still alive, you know who I am, right?" Rakia said, joking a little at this point. Hanto immediately looked a little annoyed, but still placed a metal pipe to support the debris so it wouldn't put pressure on Rakia's back.
Even though his back still hurts, Rakia still evacuates the remaining residents there to get away from the building. Sachika's heart was touched when she saw Rakia sacrifice himself to evacuate the residents, "Maybe, I just overthink it," she thought, "Seeing Rakian earlier... No, seeing Rakian all this time is clear." Sachika began to think about all the past she had with Rakia. "Indeed, Rakian used to kidnap humans. But now..." Sachika paused because she saw Rakia carrying an old woman away from the building. "He's changed," Sachika muttered with a slight smile.
Sachika became lost in thought while staring at Rakia, who was calming a crying child. Who knows what Sachika was thinking while daydreaming, but finally Hanto woke Sachika from her daydream. "Ah- I was daydreaming..." Sachika said and patted her cheek to forget her daydream. Meanwhile, Rakia looked at Sachika, who patted her own cheek. He also daydreamed for a moment, "Sachika also... helped me?" Rakia was silent for a moment, looking at Sachika, who had called an ambulance and was lifting the small children to the open area.
Puddinte nudged the tip of its head (Which was a cherry-shaped decoration) to Rakia's neck to wake him up from his daydream. In fact, DoPudding and PuruJelly had been pulling Rakia's clothes for a while to move quickly. "Ah- Thank you." He finally woke up from his reverie and helped someone who was injured. He approached the person who was injured in the leg. "Okay, come on," Rakia said while carrying the person.
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Shouma almost defeated Granute, before he ended the fight, Shouma asked Granute. "Are you going to stop getting involved in dark snacks or not?" Ask Shouma, and he didn't have much hope. " Granute smirked and arrogantly replied, "I will never stop eating dark snacks!" said Granute. Shouma stared at Granute as if he had expected it, and finally, Shouma ended the fight with his final move and picked up the fallen Human Press.
Shouma sighed. He held the Human press tightly. Shouma then looked at the sky with a sad expression, "Going back to the Granute World, huh..." Shouma muttered. Every time Shouma remembered that world, there was one thing he always remembered: his mother, who was turned into a human press. Shoma then looked at the human press in his hand, "Is going back there... the right thing to do?" Before Shouma could get lost in his thoughts, Sachika shouted from afar. "Umasho!! let's go home!!" Sachika shouted, Shouma turned to Sachika and smiled, "Okay! I'll be there soon!" Shouma shouted back. Shouma released the seal on the human press, and the human press he was holding turned back into humans, but Shouma ran away before they saw him.
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Rakia's back was being treated by Hanto, but after finishing treating Rakia, Hanto patted Rakia's back hard. "Okay, it's done," Hanto said while laughing a little. Rakia, who didn't accept being patted so hard on his back, patted Hanto's back hard, "Thank you." Rakia said in an annoyed tone. Hanto was pushed towards Sachika and Shouma. "Hard work must make you hungry, right?" Sachika asked gently, but she also joined in patting Hanto's back hard until it felt sore. "Ow!" Hanto said spontaneously. Sachika walked to Rakia, "I've also prepared stones. Eat as much as you like!" Sachika said gently.
Rakia was confused as to why Sachika bothered to prepare a stone for himself to eat. He looked at Sachika with a surprised expression. Sachika, who saw that, blushed and looked away. "Maybe not everyone can forgive, but..." Sachika paused for a moment and turned back to Rakia, who was still confused. "I want to help Rakia, who regrets and wants to improve himself." "Because I believe that it will bring happiness to everyone." Sachika smiled softly.
"Including Rakian too"
Those words made Rakia's heart soften, and his eyes filled with tears. His emotions were mixed with relief, wanting to cry, and happiness at the same time. His eyes sparkled as if He had received enlightenment in life, then He smiled softly at Sachika, something He rarely did. "Thank you," Rakia said in a soft tone that He also rarely used. Shouma and Hanto smiled and were relieved that Sachika accepted Rakia despite his dark past. "Okay, let's eat! I'm hungry," said Shoma to invite Sachika and Rakia to eat. "Okay, wait a minute, Umasho!" Sachika grabbed Rakia's hand and pulled him to the dining table. Rakia strangely began to feel something in his heart when he saw Sachika smiling, speaking softly, giving him stones after all his dark past was revealed; it made his heart beat fast. "What is this Odd feeling...?" Rakia thought.
Rakia Drinks Tea and eats the stone that Sachika had provided earlier. Meanwhile, Hanto Eats Vanilla Cake with Shoma until it is finished, but Sachika squeezes between the two of them, "Give me some too! I haven't got any yet!" Sachika said and tried to cut the cake too, "H-Hey, wait! Don't push!" Shouma almost fell, but Hanto held him. Because the three of them were squeezing together, Sachika's cake fell to the floor. "Oh my..." Sachika muttered. Sachika was sad because it was the last piece of the cake. Reluctantly, Sachika picked up the fallen cake with a tissue and then threw it away sadly. When Sachika was about to accept her fate of not getting a share of the cake, Rakia suddenly thrust a piece of his cake at Sachika. "I'm not that hungry, you can take it," Rakia said while thrusting the cake at Sachika.
"EHHHH?!!!" Sachika's face immediately turns red; she didn't expect that Rakia would give her a piece of his cake. Seeing Sachika's reaction, Rakia's face also turned a little red because he was embarrassed. Hanto and Shoma, who saw that they couldn't hold back their giggles, then approached Rakia. "Hey, Rakia, it's really rare for you to be embarrassed. What's this?" Hanto said while teasing Rakia, Rakia was annoyed but couldn't say anything because he was embarrassed. And finally, Rakia just said "...Daru," while covering his face with a plate. (Daru means How dull)
Finally, Sachika took the cake that Rakia offered, even though she was embarrassed; Sachika still ate it. Rakia pretended to cough and drank tea. Hanto giggled, looking at the two of them, "Wow, are you two blushing?" Hanto still couldn't hold back his laughter, but Shoma tried to stop Hanto. "Hanto-San, come on, they're not comfortable."
When Hanto glanced at Rakia, Rakia gave him a cold look. "Ah-" Hanto pretended not to see Rakia and just continued eating. Suddenly, someone pressed the Hapipare bell. "Hey, there's someone at the door," Sachika said, but her mouth was still full of cake. Shouma finally took the initiative to see who pressed the bell. "I'll check the door". "Ah, thank you, Umasho!" Sachika said. Sachika finally finished eating her cake, but her mouth was smeared with cream. Rakia suddenly wiped the cream on the corner of her lips with his thumb, "Wipe your mouth, your lips will be sticky," Rakia said, his cheeks still had a little blush, but it wasn't too obvious.
Hanto, who saw it, nudged Rakia. "Just say you want to confess to Sachika," Hanto whispered to Rakia so that Sachika wouldn't hear. Rakia pushed Hanto away, "Who said I want to confess, I'm a granute, I can't have feelings for humans." Rakia started to get annoyed with Hanto. Because Hanto kept teasing him, Rakia almost got angry. But, Sachika immediately separated them and invited them to eat again, "Enough already! Finish your food first. Umasho is still outside, too, right? Hanto-Kun, call him quickly!" Sachika pushed Hanto to the door, "Okay, wait a minute."
When Hanto opened the door, he saw Shouma exhausted (Shouma had just finished freeing all Human Press). "Shouma? What were you doing outside?" Hanto walked closer to Shouma, Shouma gently pushed Hanto back into Hapipare, "Nothing, let's continue eating...!" Shouma said while panting.
Rakia looked around him. He saw Shouma with Hanto chatting happily. When he looked beside him, Rakia saw Sachika laughing at Hanto, who still had cream on his cheek. Rakia wants to say something to Sachika, but Rakia somehow feels something is wrong, very wrong...
Rakia's vision turns blurry, and he starts feeling uneasy and Dizzy at the Same time. He can't hear clearly, but he saw Sachika Worried about him, and Sachika's face looked very panicked.
"Rakian... Rakia...!" Sachika immediately walked over to prevent Rakia from falling to the floor, but as Rakia fell, he immediately felt as if he had woken up from an illusion.
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He then opens his eyes, and he is falling, "Ah, I see." He murmurs. "That was a short, pleasant dream I've ever experienced." He looks up in despair. Every door to the Human world he destroyed was falling free to the Void. "Human World isn't that bad after all."
Sachika's smiling Face still appears in his mind, even in this situation. "Maybe Hanto was right about that confession stuff," He almost reached the void.
"I wish I had a Second Chance to confess this Odd Feeling to you... Sachika."
As Rakia fell into the Void, Dopudding and PuruJelly managed to escape the Granute World through the still-slightly open door. Puddinte couldn't move because he was still attached to Vramstum. Rakia then fainted from being crushed by the rubble of the Stomach Factory and hundreds of pieces of the destroyed door to the Human World.
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When Rakia woke up, he was coughing up blood from the impact. "Ackh-!" Rakia, short of breath, immediately removed all the debris from his body and walked with many wounds from the previous fall. Puddinte followed Rakia from behind carefully so as not to be noticed by the other Granutes. He hid in a narrow alley, still coughing up blood, but not as much as before. "Puddinte, where are DoPudding and PuruJelly..?" Rakia asked Puddinte in a weak tone, already exhausted.
Puddinte seemed to answer that Dopudding and PuruJelly had managed to escape the Granute World through the gap in the still-open Human Door. Rakia's Reaction Wasn't That Sad. "It's okay, Because Of them, Shoma And The Others Knew I Was Still Alive, and my disappearance can't Burden Their Hearts that much." He Smiled Softly and patting Puddinte, who seemed a bit scared after the previous Fall.
And After A Long Time, Rakia Decided To Remove His Human Disguise Forever. He Transformed Back Into His Granute Jellyfish Form. He Looked At The Mimic Key He Was Holding. There Were Many Memories He Had Gone Through While Wearing His Human Disguise... No. This Human Disguise Was Like His Real Body After All The Journey He Had Gone Through With Shouma, Hanto, And... "Sachika." He murmurs. Even Rakia's eyes welled up with tears as He experienced all the human emotions and traits He hadn't known before. "Pudding...?" Puddinte became worried about Rakia as he began to show signs of crying. "Sachika... Am I too late to tell her about this strange feeling?"
Puddinte panicked and tried to calm Rakia down. Rakia, who saw Puddinte become too worried about him, wiped away his tears and smiled back at Puddinte, "Calm down, little friend. We have to adjust to this new world now." Puddinte hid inside Rakia's jacket, and Rakia put the Mimic Key in his pocket and walked back to his old house, which he had left behind. As he suspected, because he had neglected his house for too long, there were numerous spider webs in the corners of the room. "Alright... Time to clean this place up," Rakia muttered. He saw his old photo with Comel. He cleans it up and continues to clean all the dust in the house.
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Shouma returns to Hapipare after beating Lango and is greeted by Hanto, Shouma's Uncle, and Sachika. They are all happy because finally the terror from Granute is over. But... Sachika feels something is missing. "Wait, where is Rakian?" Sachika asked Hanto and Shouma, confusedly. "Oh yeah, Rakia! Hanto-Kun, Rakia is safe, right?" Shouma also feels that someone is missing, and it is Rakia. Feeling guilty, Hanto said to them, "Rakia, he held back hundreds of Stomachs agents so I could escape with Human Press..." Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room was silent. Sachika was shocked and scared, Shouma was shocked, and Masaru (Shouma's Uncle) was also shocked.
They went silent for a few minutes, and then "Rakian... is dead?" Sachika broke the silence. Hanto turned his head, avoiding eye contact with Sachika. "I don't know either... Sorry." Hanto said, his voice sounded clear like someone who was also feeling grief. Before they grieved too long, a small hope appeared. Dopudding and PuruJelly Enter through the Ventilation Glass Gap, "Dopudding-Chan!" Sachika's eyes are full of hope. Hanto and Shouma immediately approach Dopudding and Purujelly. "Is Rakia safe?" Shouma asks DoPudding, DoPudding panicking and afraid to explain that Rakia is still alive and trapped in the Granute World for now. Hanto and Sachika, who don't understand the Gochizo language, depend on Shouma, who is talking to DoPudding. "Okay, I understand," Shouma said. He felt a little relieved.
He looked at Hanto and Sachika. "Rakia-Kun is now trapped in the Granute World. There is no way for him to return to the Granute World for now because Rakia had destroyed all the doors that connect our world to the Granute World. Hanto and Sachika also felt a little relieved but were also still worried about Rakia, who was trapped in the Granute World, "Will he be okay there?" Sachika asked Shouma. Shouma turned to Sachika and answered softly, "Rakia was indeed born from the Granute World, even though the environment is harsh, at least Rakia has lived there for years." Shouma smiled gently, trying to calm Sachika too.
Suddenly, DoPudding ran out of Hapipare, and Hanto, Sachika, and Shouma were panicking. "Oi oi!! Chase Dopudding Quickly!!" Hanto shouts, Shouma was the first to run, followed by Hanto. Sachika couldn't catch up with them because they were too fast. After they had gone from the view, Masaru suddenly asked Sachika, "Does that mean Rakia-San is safe even though he's in a different Dimension?" He asked. Sachika answered positively, "It should be! Because he had lived there for years before going to the Human World," Sachika tried to answer as positively as possible.
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DoPudding Continuously Steps on the specific Doorknob that Hanto and Rakia entered before. DoPudding is very Desperate to meet Rakia again, to the point of crying. Shouma Approaches DoPudding and strokes his head, "I understand how it feels to lose someone. Rakia is still alive, and we still have a chance to meet Rakia-Kun someday." Shouma Smiles softly, and finally, DoPudding gives in and stands on Shouma's shoulder, "Gochizo's behavior is the same as Rakia's... why are the behaviors of the Gochizo Owner and Gochizo exactly the same?" Hanto is Speechless but finally Walks Home with Shouma back to Hapipare.
It's been 3 months since Rakia was trapped in the Granute World, Hanto and Sachika have moved on, and discussed the note Rakia left at Suga's house. Shouma and DoPudding go to the same door every day, where Rakia last entered to bring Cupcakes, but still, every day the door doesn't take them anywhere. Over time, DoPudding loses hope, but Shouma encourages him again, which makes DoPudding enthusiastic again to wait for Rakia, his owner, to come home.
Like a strong bond, Rakia also feels DoPudding's sadness in the lonely human world. Rakia himself is also lonely in the Granute world, but not too much because there is still Puddinte who always accompanies him, making his day a little more colorful.
Rakia was reading the newspaper and found out that a new president had been appointed, "Huh, they appointed a new president so quickly," Rakia muttered while eating his snack stone. Now, Rakia was back to being a farmer/stone miner (in the Granute world, farmers are miners). While munching on his stone, Rakia suddenly remembered the mimic key tucked away in the drawer. With a hint of nostalgia, he decided to give it another shot and glanced in the mirror. To his surprise, he transformed back into a human. "Wow, it feels like ages since I looked like this," he chuckled to himself.
But as he caught a glimpse of his reflection, thoughts of Sachika flooded his mind, her bright smile lingering in his memory. Strangely, that smile seemed even cuter than he remembered. Rakia felt his face heat up, a wave of confusion washing over him. Panic set in, and he fumbled to pull the mimic key from his gavv. “Wait, what’s happening?” he murmured, taking a deep breath. He looked at the key, an unusual flutter in his chest that he couldn’t quite place. After a moment of internal struggle, he hesitantly put the mimic key back in the drawer, bewildered by this unfamiliar feeling that seemed to tug at him. “Is this what it’s like?” he wondered, feeling more bewildered than anything else.
"Sachika," Rakia muttered, "I really like this strange feeling." Rakia smiled and closed the drawer.