Chapter 60：Yumikos Influence (2/2)

Like I thought. Her thoughts immediately registered that idea. We just managed to get out of awkwardness but we dived straight to a deeper one.

”Ah! No. I didn't mean it like that. I mean, we can alternately take a dip in the hot spring.”

”Eh? Don't worry Daisuke-kun, I had them build two of them for different genders.”

As if realizing something she forgot, Yumiko raised her voice as she revealed that there's not only one hot spring in there.

Thanks to that, things went back to normal for us.

Our tour then started from visiting shops and places from the Edo Period that she revived here. And because she's widely known here, anywhere we go, people flocked towards us, greeting the Priestess.

Yumiko acted like an actual priestess, like giving blessings to the children. Well, with her looks and demeanor, she's passable to pose as one.

They're all respectful to her as if she's a Noble Spirit. Ah. No, they probably already thought of her as someone higher than that.

Even if the other members of the Council of Twenty weren't agreeable to her, they wouldn't make a move to turn her into an enemy.

Three years of traveling back and forth from our world to here, they probably knew her real prowess.

Even the Spirit King was continuously evaded by her.

”Ah. Priestess, you're back!”

A stall owner selling some sort of soba noodles called out to us when he saw Yumiko approaching.

”Yes! Give us two Soba and a plate of tempura, please.”

Yumiko ordered like she's a regular here and yeah, their soba noodles also look like it came from an ancient period, it doesn't have a lot of garnish just that the soup was too mouth-watering. It's clear but the taste will really make you travel back to those ancient times we only heard from history teachers.

We had just eaten at that mansion but seeing a familiar dish here tickled my appetite.

We spent almost the whole day touring the city before we went back to Harlan's mansion. Only his mansion has a different style. It's probably the normal architecture of this world.

Yumiko was too happy showing me everything she accomplished for this city during the three years she was here.

True that this place was often attacked but with the number of Spirit Race living here, it's almost impossible to breach the gate and enter the city.

With the first day ending like this, the elderly Spirit Race from earlier led me to a room away from Yumiko.

Well, she's special while I am someone they only just met so this is fine. Now that I'm alone, I could now start this Spirit Cultivation.

I already felt the inherent energy ever-present on our surroundings and just by willing it, I could control it just the same.

I sat cross-legged above my bed and started concentrating.

Soon enough, a wave of Spirit Energy gathered before me.

The Spiritual Twin that was curled up on one corner of my mind materialized in front of me.

It's still small but with the amount of Spirit Energy pouring into it, it slowly grew until it reached my size.

It's like looking at my own clone. I looked at my system and saw that the line that says Pre-Natal already sat at 99%.

It only needed to open its eyes to fully awaken and by then, I will step into being a Natal Spirit. Establishing my first connection to the Spirit Ocean and most possibly the World's Will.