257 Innocent Doesnt Mean Harmless (1/2)

”I should be able to… if I use a spell,” Shika answered. ”But this creature… seems to feel enmity towards me.”

Seiji understood what Shika meant. In this situation, if Shika tried to dispel the charm on Mika, Mashiro might do something.

Even though he didn’t know what this Spiritual Creature was capable of, it was obvious that she was no longer just a ball of light which knew how to fly. Perhaps she had considerable power of her own.

What should he do? Seiji mulled it over.

He walked up to them and smiled. ”Mika, could you let me hug Mashiro-chan for a little while?”

”Of course,” Mika replied with a smile. ”Mashiro-chan, let daddy hug you for a while~”

”Chirp?” The silver-winged loli looked towards Mika, before blinking at Seiji.

Seiji extended his arms to Mashiro. With Mika’s encouragement, Mashiro flew into Seiji’s arms.

Seiji hugged the silver-winged loli and gently patted her head. He then furtively turned around, using his body to block off her vision of Mika and Shika.

This was the perfect chance!

Shika took this opportunity to immediately create a seal and cast a spell on Mika. Mika’s body shook; her expression turned blank before she snapped back to her senses.

”What was I just…” Her memories were a little hazy. She felt as if she were dreaming… a wonderful and happy dream.

”You were under a charm, Uehara-san,” Shika said.

”I… was charmed?” Mika was astonished.

”I’ll give you a detailed explanation in a bit. Please unsummon your Spiritual Creature first.”

…

Mika took the silver-winged loli back from Seiji, coaxed her, and unsummoned her. After that, the three of them sat down at the table for a discussion.

Mashiro had already developed her own Spiritual Powers.

Mashiro was able to charm Mika and make Mika feel bliss and joy, much like the experience of an incredible dream.

This seemed to have no effect on Seiji.

”When I was hugging her, I was thinking that I would immediately let go if I felt like something was off, but I didn’t notice anything,” Seiji said.

”This is probably because Brother Seiji has a strong will. You were on guard to begin with,” Shika explained. ”From what I can tell… that Spiritual Creature Mashiro-chan’s charm spell isn’t that strong. If Uehara-san pays attention, she probably won’t be charmed by it again, either. But I don’t know how strong Mashiro-chan truly is… Mashiro-chan didn’t even intentionally use her powers. All she wanted was to make Uehara-san happy, so she used her natural powers instinctively.”

”So what you mean is, if Mashiro-chan uses this power consciously of her own volition, its strength will be greatly magnified?”

”Yes.” Shika nodded.

A moment of silence fell between them.

”Mashiro isn’t a bad child!” Mika glared at him. ”She just wanted to make me happy, and she didn’t cause harm to anyone; you shouldn’t talk about her like that…”

”No, Mika, you misunderstood what I meant.” Seiji glanced at her, privately thinking that she was just like an overprotective mother who couldn’t bear hearing anything bad about her precious child. ”What I mean is that even the best-behaved children will sometimes throw tantrums on occasion. And when naughty children throw tantrums… sometimes their destructiveness can be rather frightening.”

Mika couldn’t find any words to respond to this.

”Innocent doesn’t mean harmless, and this already applies to normal children—Mashiro’s a child with Spiritual Powers.” Seiji sighed. ”I don’t want to speak badly of Mashiro-chan, and I believe that she’s a good girl. But still, we need to have a better understanding of her powers, so that we can prevent any accidents from occurring.”

”Yeah…” Mika nodded in agreement.

She felt that what Seiji said was quite reasonable. But she was even happier at how Seiji was treating Mashiro as a ”child” and even saying that she was a ”good girl.”