Chapter 258: Innocent Doesn't an Harmless
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: vb24
"I should be able to… if I use a spell," Shika answered. "But this creature… seems to feel enmity towards ."
Seiji understood what Shika ant. In this situation, if Shika tried to dispel the charm on Mika, Mashiro might do sothing.
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 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 encouragent, 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 imdiately 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 mories 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 chard?" 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 seed to have no effect on Seiji.
"When I was hugging her, I was thinking that I would imdiately let go if I felt like sothing 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 chard 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 an is, if Mashiro-chan uses this power consciously of her own volition, its strength will be greatly magnified?"
"Yes." Shika nodded.
A mont of silence fell between them.
"I feel like we should test Mashiro-chan’s Spiritual Powers. We should understand what powers she has, and how strong they are." Seiji furrowed his brows. "We need to understand the situation clearly, otherwise… sothing bad may happen."
"Mashiro isn’t a bad child!" Mika glared at him. "She just wanted to make happy, and she didn’t cause harm to anyone; you shouldn’t talk about her like that…"
"No, Mika, you misunderstood what I ant." 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 an is that even the best-behaved children will sotis throw tantrums on occasion. And when naughty children throw tantrums… sotis their destructiveness can be rather frightening."
Mika couldn’t find any words to respond to this.
"Innocent doesn’t an 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 agreent.
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."
‘Seiji will definitely beco a good father,’ Mika thought happily.
When she imagined the scene of the three of them together with Mashiro having learned how to say ‘mommy’ and ‘daddy,’ she felt her face burning up.
"As for how to test her powers… I’ll have to bother President Yoruhana once again." Seiji took out his cell phone and dialed that familiar number.
She answered his call.
"Hey, good evening, President."
"Good evening, Haruta-kun."
"Sorry to bother you again. How are you doing? Are you feeling better after resting for one week?"
"Thanks for your concern. I’ve already left the hospital, and I’m currently outside drinking tea with soone."
In a luxurious traditional Sakura Island thed room, Natsuya turned on speakerphone so that the girl sitting across from her could also hear the conversation.
"Congratulations for being able to leave the hospital," Seiji said sincerely. "My apologies for bothering you when you’re busy. I had a small request to make of you, but it’s nothing urgent, so I’ll call back again tomorrow."
"You can ask right now; it’s fine."
"Eh? But weren’t you with soone…"
"It’s okay; she won’t mind." Natsuya smiled faintly at the girl sitting across from her.
"Oh… I’ll explain then, actually…" Seiji summarized Mashiro's situation and made his request.
"Testing her powers… of course, that’s fine." Natsuya readily agreed. "Tomorrow after school—could you and Uehara-san co to my residence?"
"No problem—and thank you." Seiji agreed to the ti and politely said goodnight before hanging up the call.
"Mika Uehara… that apartnt landlord’s daughter… Wasn’t she just an ordinary human?" the black-haired beauty sitting across from Natsuya asked up in a light, clear voice.
"She used to be, but she encountered a miracle… I was astonished to learn about it as well at the ti." Natsuya smiled. "Would you like to hear this story?"
"…I still have so ti, so I might as well."
"After all, it’s about sothing that happened around him, right?" Natsuya asked with a smile.
"Please don’t say anything unnecessary."
"Hee hee… alright. This actually happened during the school festival…" Natsuya began a summary.
The black-haired girl listened quietly as she sipped her tea.
"…And that’s how it is." After a while, Natsuya finished her explanation. "Now, apart from Shika Kagura, he also has a Spirit Controller by his side. If he succeeds in becoming a Yin-Yang Master, I presu that these two girls will be more than happy to beco his Spirit-branded Retainers."
"One is the ‘Reaper’s Curse,’ and one is just a normal girl that coincidentally managed to receive a strange Spiritual Creature…"
"Even so, for a boy who’s been exiled from his family, and has no resources or help from his family at all, this is quite excellent in my opinion," Natsuya replied. "If it were , in the sa conditions, I don’t have the self-confidence to say that I could have done as well as him."
"…Are you making fun of ?" the girl asked.
"Of course not. I just an that he’s already done a great job. And, he’ll definitely do even better in the future."
The black-haired girl didn’t respond to this.
"You actually believe this as well, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have specially invited to a eting to ask so many details about him."
"Natsuya Yoruhana, my eting you is primarily for business. Anything else I ask is just making conversation."
"Primarily for business? We talked business for less than five minutes and spent much longer on chatting." Natsuya smiled faintly. "This isn’t like you at all, Yui Haruta."
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