Kouhei and Yui stepped into the portal together.
But nothing happened.
The circle beneath them, etched with strange glyphs and mystic lines, remained inert.
It was deaf to their presence.
They stood there in silence, waiting for something—anything—to spark.
Yet even after a long pause, the portal stayed cold and lifeless.
"…Okumura-senpai, do you even know how to activate a portal?" Yui asked, raising an eyebrow with a flat, skeptical tone.
"Uuuh…?"
"You don't, do you?" she said again, sharper this time, as she shot him a dry, pointed stare.
"Well… it was always Yuuna-san who did it. She'd just stand on it and the thing would light up on its own, so I figured…"
"So you don't actually know how it works. You've just been guessing based on what you've seen. Seriously, Okumura-senpai, I didn't realize you were this nuts."
