[Part 2/5]
In response to the demon's words, Shiro took a mont to confirm and finally accepted them, collapsing on the spot. And then, she began to sob softly, releasing tears of relief. It was proof of how much she had been worrying about her waiting companions.
...Of course, the demon was rely not telling a 'lie.' Indeed, that light was not an explosion, and that light wouldn't cause the servant's death. However, the danger to his servant's life was not the only concern.
"Nihihihi. Now then, what will happen from here..."
Just as the demon was about to indulge in her imagination of what would happen next, her expression suddenly turned blank. She beca expressionless, gazing at the dim eastern sky.
"So uninteresting guy has arrived."
"Huh...?"
"Well, that's the way it goes. I guess it's about ti for to leave. And you're quite amusing, aren't you, to wet yourself at this age,"
After casually uttering such words, in the next mont, the demon's figure vanished without a trace.
"Huh? Wait... Where are you... or rather!?"
Suddenly appearing and disappearing at will, Shiro searched the surroundings for the demon's figure. However, a mont later, she understood her remark and reflexively pressed her damp lower abdon, screaming as she realized the reality.
"Eeek... No way..."
Facing reality and pondering the future, the white fox involuntarily raised her tearful voice and looked up at the sky. She sighed. And then, right after that, she spotted sothing in the sky.
Descending slowly towards this place was a person riding a simple form shiki...
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"I'm... alive?"
As I regained consciousness, lying sprawled on the snowy field, I murmured. The last mory that flashed through my mind was the horrifying old woman's appearance and the jade light filling my vision at close range...
"I'm not... dead?"
Regardless of Iruka and the others, I was certain that being at such a close distance would undoubtedly make caught up in the explosion...!?
"Ugh!? My body... feels heavy...!"
As I tried to stand up, I imdiately collapsed back to the ground. Almost no strength coursed through my entire body. My legs couldn't support .
"Yama... nba...!?"
Desperately scanning the surroundings, I found it. Or rather, she was right there, very close by.
A dried-up skin-only corpse was discarded there. She almost seed like a salted slug. However, upon closer inspection, it beca clear what it was. Next to her lay a mass of jade partially buried in the snow.
"No way... this thing...!?"
Perhaps Gorilla-sama had tampered with it. The jade block seed to have absorbed the surrounding youkai aura and spiritual energy instead of exploding. The result was my pitiful state, with no strength left, collapsed beside the remains of Yamanba's skin-only corpse.
"Ah!? That's right!! Where's Iruka!? And Hikorokurō!?"
Imdiately, I realized, as if it were a belated thought, about the well-being of the others. I looked around even more, mustering the remaining strength and staggering as I stood up.
"Iruka!!?"
The first one I found was Iruka, who had fallen relatively close by. Most likely, she had also lost her spiritual power and faint due to the jade, collapsing next to the old man's puppet-like figure. I desperately made my way towards the half-youkai woman.
It seed that although she had lost consciousness, she was not in imdiate danger. She let out a small sigh, her chest rising and falling. I felt relieved and sighed in response. And...
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