Chapter 100 - Volume 6 (2/2)
Were these people going to do ‘something’ to me? …… But what was in the past was sealed in the past by the future? If that’s the case, I wonder if the people now have been changed some way or another?
As I cut in, Onzada-kun’s brother turned a vigilant eye towards me.
“…… You are the [Evil] presence? Incomplete and not yet fully awoken. Our role is to… before you fully awaken…”
“Kill her!”
That voice that cut in, where have I heard it before……
“Miko-sama!? It’s dangerous, why did you come here.”
“I came to see where Yuzu would die! Since you all forced me to become the Miko by all means, and I don’t know what kind of bear she is, so just listen to what I say!”
“…………”
Ooh…… it’s that idiot. There’s an idiot.
Matsuri, that was dragging around an entourage of pretty boys…… is also a shrine maiden? I don’t really know, but that [Existence] that kept bothering me, seemed to be recognized as something that wasn’t just some wild monster.
But at least, I managed to get some positive confirmation. If I managed to awaken completely, I would be able to break the seal.
While Matsuri was squawking noisily, and I was contemplating that existence, it seems that Onzada-kun managed to recover his spirits and whispered to me:
“Yuzu…… You’re not doing any evil with the Demon power, right? ……Don’t look away.”
Because his expression was so serious, I instinctively ‘averted my gaze’.
Jokes aside, I too whispered back to him.
“Hey…… aren’t Demons normally a part of this world?”
“……?”
“Like how wolves hunt livestock, or like how small animals feed on grains. You understand?”
“……………So in short, you are the Yuzu I know?”
“……………That’s right.”
I don’t know. It seems typical of Onzada-kun, though.
“…… Are you going to die?”
“As it is, yes. But if my memories were to return……”
“Then, I will protect Yuzu until then. …… I promised.”
“……… Thank you.”
This person sure speaks lightly. “Besides, help should come soon. I managed to persuade them to come using Yuzu’s name.”
“……Help?”
“Listen up, okay, just kill Yuzu quickly!”
Matsuri’s voice sounded out again as we were talking.
Onzada-kun’s older brother and his colleagues, while looking saddened, set up their staves, and began to channel their ‘ki’ as per usual.
Every one of them seems to be stronger than Onzada-kun. I think that I might be able to win if I went at my full power, but with my physical condition at the moment, I don’t think I can keep Onzada-kun alive while sustaining my full power.
But then,
[Windstorm!]
*Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh*
Suddenly, a voice cried out, and a wind storm blew into the quiet shrine from the forest.
“Who,”
“GyaaaAAAAAA”
“What,”
“Uoooo”
It’s not just a gust of wind. It was a magical wind that was filled to the brim with magic power. There were those who had been torn apart by what seemed like invisible blades, and those of them who were hiding in the shadow of the trees were blown away into the air.
“…[Protect]…!”
I defended Onzada-kun and myself by constructing a [Magic Barrier] with the spirit language.
Being able to do such things, there was only one person.
“Yuuki-kun…… that’s reckless.”
He was the only person that could have been called by Onzada-kun for reinforcement, among the people I knew.
What were you doing to make Misa this worried, you…… But this magic, since it couldn’t be resisted without magic power, have some people died?
“……Since my brothers are demon exorcists who live on the battlefield, they should be fine, but what’s the meaning of involving Yuzu?”
Ah, was it not alright?
Onzada-kun looked anxious, though I thought that it was clear.
“Oooi! You, attack this way!”
As Onzada-kun shouted out, a boy wearing a black mask appeared with a very distinctive ‘presence’ from the shadow of a tree.
“Onzada-kun, retreat.”
“Nn? What’s wrong? He’s…”
At that time, Yuuki-kun unexpectedly released a tremendous magic power and a rippling killing intent.
“……UoOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”
It was a shout that sounded like he had unleashed something he was suppressing.
It was after all…… that ‘presence’……
The people who had been attacking me for a long time had all had ‘desires’ and ‘malice’ within their hearts, and so they had been possessed.
Desire and malice were used simply because they were the strongest and simplest feelings that people had, but some people had some pretty strong [Negative] emotions.
Those feelings, like ‘rage’, or ‘hatred’……
There’s a tremendous energy in sustaining such emotions. Of all the people in the area, the only one a ‘rage’ that was this strong …… was him.
“Yuuki-kun…… were your feelings used?”
Author’s Notes:
Next time, the [Hero] who’d trained his power in multiple worlds faces Yuzu.