403 Spiritual Ability user teacher (1/2)
Seiji fell silent for a moment upon hearing her say this.
”You could go over to Mika's place and sleep there,” he suggested.
”It's not so good to go over to someone else's place for New Year's.”
”What is the person that slept on someone's kotatsu on the Winter Snow Festival saying?”
”You're right about that.” Chiaki sent him a chuckling emoticon. ”Not a bad suggestion. When we go greet the New Year's together later this morning, I'll ask Mika in hope that she'll take in the scaredy-cat me.”
At this moment, Seiji's cell phone beeped.
Yukari had replied to his text message. She wished him a Happy New Year, asking him what he meant by ”strange things.”
Seiji responded by asking her to log online as well, and showed her the ”posts about demons” on the message forum.
”Sweet Pig told me that someone he knew met with such a strange incident, and that it's no joke… that's why I was worried, so I sent out that message to you.”
”I see. Thank you so much for your concern, Seigo.” Yukari sent him a moved emoticon along with a floating heart. ”I like you even more now!”
Seiji didn't know how to respond to such a direct flirtation.
He paused for a moment before responding, ”No need to be polite… at any rate, be careful, especially when it's nighttime.”
”Yep, I will. You be careful as well.”
”Of course.”
”By the way, are demons really injuring people?”
”That's what the stories say. No matter what, it's probably true that there's something dangerous around.”
”Seigo, you're confident enough to defeat demons?”
”I have some confidence.”
”How reliable, as expected of our unyielding king!” Yukari sent him a saluting emoticon.
Seiji sent back a smiling emoticon.
”If you really meet something, then feel free to contact me.”
'So cool.' Yukari felt that he was so cool even from across the screen, causing her face to redden.
After that, Hoshi, Kaho, Rion and Kotomi all replied to his text message.
Seiji showed all of them the internet links regarding the demons, and was relieved to find out that none of them had met any demons.
The Amami siblings and Kaho all indicated their sincere thanks for Seiji's concern.
After that, it was the arranged time to greet the New Year.
Just as Seiji was about to turn off his computer, he received a phone call from Mika.
”Seiji, I can't go to the New Year's greeting anymore.”
”Why's that?”
”I received a phone call from Grandpa Zhao… He found a Spiritual Ability user teacher for me, and told me to contact her immediately.”
”What?”
”Spiritual Ability user teacher?” Seiji was astonished.
That Zhao-san had mentioned he would help Mika out… He didn't give her a spiritual artifact in the end, and found a teacher for her instead!?
No, it wasn't pretty good, it was the best method!
Mika indeed needed a teacher more than any spiritual artifact.
A good Spiritual Ability user teacher would be able to help her tremendously… Old Zhao-san was quite right about this.
”He said that her name was Ruri Kinchi, a skilled Spirit Controller that he found for me using his connections. He told me to call her and arrange a meeting time,” Mika told him.
”Then go ahead and contact her. I think that it's a great idea by Zhao-san. You do need a teacher.”
”I think it's good as well, and I'm quite grateful to Grandpa Zhao… But it's so sudden, and I'm a little nervous.”
”It is rather sudden.” Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation. ”How about I accompany you?”
Mika fell silent for a moment.
”I'd like for you to accompany me… but I also feel like it's better for me to go by myself,” Mika said in a light voice.
It didn't feel right to have someone else accompanying her on the first meeting with her teacher.
”Then go ahead and meet her by yourself.” Seiji gave her some encouragement. ”Conquer your nervousness and have a nice conversation with her. You can do it.”
”Yeah… Thank you, Seiji.”
”I haven't done anything worthy of being thanked for.” Seiji chuckled. ”As for greeting the New Year, I'll tell Chiaki to wait until later. After you finish meeting with that Kinchi-san, let's go together.”
”Okay.” Mika smiled.
They ended their phone call there.
Seiji called Chiaki after that and explained what just occurred.