238 Chirp (1/2)

Killing a person.

Without a doubt, this was an impactful statement.

”The person that was dueling against me has already died, and we were the ones that killed him. And we’re still doing fine right now. Not only have we not had to take any responsibility, we even benefited from his death.”

There was a deep look in Natsuya’s eyes.

Mika couldn’t help but stiffen when faced with Natsuya’s expression.

”This is just how magical ability users work... Uehara-san, do you understand? Do you really realize what it means to join us? Have you really considered it?”

Natsuya’s tone of voice was normal, but the content of her words was rather heavy.

Seiji silently watched all this unfold.

With his relationship to Mika, he felt that it wasn't appropriate for him to be saying these things to her. Natsuya was the best person to do it.

He knew very clearly of Mika’s resolution.

But he still hoped that she would think about it some more, and understand what she was getting into.

A brief silence fell between them.

”I know... I know that I still know too little... almost nothing,” Mika slowly began speaking. ”But I’ve already decided. I want... to walk down this path, and no matter what, not regret my choices.”

Mika’s eyes shone with a resolute light.

Her hands were clenched and trembling slightly.

Maybe she wasn’t entirely fearless, but at the very least, her resolve didn't appear to be shaken.

Another period of silence fell between them.

Natsuya sighed. ”Alright then...”

Natsuya still wanted to say something, but Mika's face was overcome by a strange expression. She lifted her hand.

”It’s getting hot... come out!” Mika summoned the ball of light.

Natsuya instantly reacted and cast Astral Vision again.

Both girls could see the white ball of light shaking and glowing brilliantly as its shape extended; it seemed like something was about to come out of it!

”What happened?” Seiji hadn’t learned Astral Vision, so he couldn’t see anything and could only observe the girls’ reactions.

”It’s... it’s hatching...” Mika muttered.

What? Now? So quickly!?

Wasn’t it only supposed to ‘hatch’ after ‘hard work?’ That made it sound like it would take a long time... or at least some time was supposed to pass before it ‘hatched!’ Why was it already hatching!?

Seiji was astonished.

”Haruta-kun, take a few steps backwards,” Natsuya said as she lifted her hand.

Her kodachi flew into her hand from where it was resting on her hospital table.

Seiji reflexively obeyed the president’s command.

Natsuya prepared for battle just in case.

Mika nervously looked at the ball of light.

*Crack...* She heard the sound of the egg opening up.

*Swoosh!*

It was... a pair of wings! The two bat-shaped silver wings were roughly twice the size of a human’s hand.

After the wings expanded, they began flapping clumsily, and the entire ball of light began to fly shakily.

Mika and Natsuya were rendered speechless.

Both girls watched the now-winged ball of light flying around the room without knowing what to say.

Seiji could only deduce from their lines of sight that there was something flying around the room.

The ball of light flew for a while before it presumably grew tired as it flew into Mika’s arms.

*Chirp chirp!*

Mika heard a cute sound coming from it resembling that of a bird’s.

The two wings lightly flapped against Mika’s body, and the ball of light kept twisting and turning around, as if it was acting like it wanted to be spoiled by Mika.

No, it wasn’t just like that—it indeed wanted to be spoiled by Mika!

Mika realized this and slowly began petting it.

*Chirp~* A sound of delight came from the ball of light.

Mika felt a sense of attachment to it.

‘It’s so cute...’ she couldn’t help but think as she continued to gently pet the ball of light.

The ball of light seemed to curl up in her arms as it chirped and moved in seeming delight.

”This... this is truly wondrous,” Natsuya exclaimed, slowly putting down her kodachi. ”This egg... its structure actually changed! Even though it was clearly so chaotic earlier, now... how is this possible? Spiritual Creatures should have their own structures, and even changing or evolution has its own rules, but something like this... what exactly is happening? Just what exactly is this?”