156 Refusal (1/2)

Okubo felt that this was a strange question.

Shika Kagura was the ‘Reaper’s Curse’ and his temporarily hired retainer.

He had wanted to utilize her special ability to destroy his enemy’s spell formation, but he failed and wasted his time.

Not only did he waste his time, money, and effort, he even suffered for it—he had to undergo some uncomfortable things in order to mitigate the ‘Reaper’s Curse’ on himself.

His plot failed, and his self-confidence had turned into humiliation… As for that temporary retainer, she was worthless.

No, she was worse than worthless—she was a piece of garbage! He never wanted to see her again.

Why was Seiji Haruta asking about this worthless piece of garbage?

Okubo mulled it over.

”Haruta-kun, are you worried that you’ll end up just like Shika Kagura if you listen to my orders? You don’t need to worry at all. As long as you help me, we’ll definitely defeat Natsuya Yoruhana, and I’ll keep my promise to you.”

Actually, he wouldn’t.

After making use of him, Seiji would be worthless. He didn’t care about Seiji at all.

But right now, it was necessary for Okubo to act sincerely.

”That wasn’t what I asked,” the voice on the phone replied. ”I asked what you thought of her—please answer me directly.”

Okubo felt confused again.

Why did Seiji care so much about that piece of trash?

Oh, right, Shika Kagura was rather beautiful; perhaps…

What an idiot.

Falling in love with the ‘Reaper’s Curse’ was foolish to the extreme! While Okubo admitted that Shika was extremely beautiful, anyone that got close to her would have misfortune befall them, and falling in love with her was akin to suicide.

Okubo felt even more condescension towards the scum he viewed as Seiji Haruta.

For scum to fall in love with garbage… Hmph, it was truly a perfect pairing. He mentally laughed at them.

Of course, he knew that he couldn’t express this out loud.

”Haruta-kun, could it be that you like Shika Kagura? She’s quite beautiful, but I don’t really recommend trying anything with her; you should consider your options more clearly. As for me… I only treated her as how a contractor should, and I have zero interest in her. I’ve never even touched her.”

‘I’m an intelligent person who knows how to protect himself. I’d never do anything so suicidal like touch the ‘Reaper’s Curse,’ unlike an incredible fool like you.’

”You never worried about her or wanted to save her after she was injured and captured, is that right?” Seiji continued asking.

Okubo was now feeling impatient.

Enough with the idiotic questions!

That girl was nothing more than a tool to him.

Okubo expressed his sentiments clearly.

If the scum wanted the garbage, then he was free to take it! Okubo didn’t care at all.

”I understand now,” Seiji said politely. ”Thank you for your honesty.”

”Haruta-kun, you…”

”Yoshiaki-san, I shall reply now after hearing so much from you.” Seiji raised his phone and stated his next sentence as clearly as he possibly could. ”About your request for me… I’m sorry, but I refuse.”

Refuse… Okubo was surprised at hearing this word.

But before he had any time to think, Seiji continued speaking.

”I wanted to hear about it from you personally, but after hearing you confirm everything for me, Yoshiaki-san… no, Okubo Yoshiaki.

”You… are a complete bastard.”