When My Doorbell Rang at 5am, I Got a Wife - Chapter 18: "Cliche"

Chapter 18: “Cliche”

“Haha. Erika, this is a TV, a tool for transmitting images and sound, and there aren’t actually any dwarves trapped inside.”

I explained about the TV while laughing.

It’s a common occurrence for someone from another world to see a TV for the first time and think there are dwarves inside.

The so called “cliche.”

When a beautiful girl like Erika does it, it’s really cute.

Of course, it was the first time I saw it in real life.

Or rather, it’s usually impossible to see it in real life.

Seeing Erika innocently surprised, I felt a little lighter in my mood.

Girls who innocently play around are the best nutrients.

“Oh, so it’s a TV! I’ll remember that! I’m learning a lot! Wow, the dwarves are talking! Amazing!”

“Damn, how cute.”

I was suddenly struck by Erika’s chest as she became transfixed on the TV with her shining eyes.

— Beep beep beep!

A breaking news ticker appeared on the screen with a sound that attracted attention.

“Oh, it’s an emergency breaking news. What is it, an earthquake in the early morning? Or is it a scandal involving a politician, or maybe an actor who got arrested for drugs?”

Erika straightened up and focused on the letters.

And when I saw and heard her behavior, my expression turned serious in an instant.

“…”

“Tooru, what’s wrong? You suddenly became quiet.”

“Erika, you actually knew about the TV, didn’t you?”

“Oh my, whatever do you mean by that?”

“Don’t play dumb! You know all about breaking news, so there’s no way you didn’t know about the TV!”

“Teehee.”

Erika stuck out her tongue cutely, thinking it was impossible to escape from my perfect deduction, which left no room for ants to crawl.

“You even know about that reference! And you know a lot about this world, like celebrities getting arrested for drugs and politicians getting into scandals, right?”

“Well, sort of?”

“Come on, why did you pretend you didn’t know if you knew?”

“Of course, because that’s what I was taught was ‘the cliche.'”

“Taught? Who did you learn this from?”

“My teacher at school.”

“School??”

“The Goddess National Transfer and Reincarnation Academy. I was a student there. I was actually the top student since I enrolled.”

“Top student since you enrolled?! That’s amazing!”

So that’s it, that’s right.

Erika, who came here through other world transfer, is an elite chosen to sacrifice herself to restore the balance of the world.

In high school, I did nothing special, just played around, and barely got into an F-rank university.

Even after entering university, I only took easy classes and didn’t study properly.

I got a job at a small and medium-sized enterprise that I barely passed the interview for, and without honing any skills, I spent my days leisurely, and only after 10 years, when my company went bankrupt and I became unemployed, did I start running around in a panic.

Unlike me, an idiot who was unprepared, Erika is a very excellent person.

“Also, weren’t you feeling good?”

Erika suddenly said to me, who was indulging in sentiment under the name of self-responsibility.

“Feeling good? What do you mean?”

I was completely lost for words, and I had no idea what she meant.

“Didn’t you feel good about being able to show off your knowledge?”

“…”

My eyes widened.