Chapter 479: Why do you want her?
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu
A new generation, and Neo Humans… just how did these terms co about into existence? Did Yui know so top-secret information, or was she perhaps even a mber of the Soul World faction?
She remained silent and didn't answer his questions on that topic. Seiji could understand.
Just telling him what she did might have been quite risky for her. It ant that she wasn't able to tell him anything more.
What if she truly was a mber of the Soul World faction?
'Let's deal with it when the ti cos after I learn the truth about the Midnight Spell and the Soul World faction's goals,' Seiji thought to himself. And no matter what, Yui was his family.
By the way, a term like "Neo Humans…" Should he play around with a Gundam now?
'I really have played around in one! More than once, even! Well, even if it was only in the soul realm,' Seiji comnted in his mind.
Seiji went to the student council president's residence to practice cultivation. When he t the president there, Seiji thought that he should ntion sothing to her.
"Natsuya, there's sothing I'd like to discuss with you."
"Discuss… discuss what?" Natsuya was acting sowhat unnaturally.
This was mystifying to Seiji.
"Your expression is a little strange. What's the matter?"
"N-nothing." Natsuya averted her gaze as her face flushed slightly red. "I'm just… feeling slightly uncomfortable."
After all, she couldn't tell him that she was currently feeling awkward due to the discussion she'd had last night with his younger sister about potentially getting married to him.
Natsuya was quite worried that Hana would tell Seiji about the contents of their discussion regarding harems… but it seed that she hadn't, which helped Natsuya to calm down.
"If you're feeling uncomfortable, make sure to rest. You've been working too hard," Seiji said out of concern.
"Yeah… I will." Natsuya nodded with her red face. "What would you like to discuss with ?"
"It's about Shinobu Miaki… Akatsuki Mitarai's human puppet," Seiji told her. "I would like to be able to obtain her as one of the victory conditions in our duel."
Natsuya was incredibly astonished to hear this, and it showed on her face.
"Why do you want her?"
"It's like this. Actually…" Seiji gave her an explanation of how Shinobu was actually a newly-born demon.
Sothing flashed in Natsuya's eyes after she finished listening to Seiji's explanation.
"Yomi… is able to perceive demons to such an extent, and is even able to steal away a soul…"
"Have you figured out just which spirit she could be?"
"No… I have no idea." Natsuya shook her head slightly. "Can you contact her right now?"
Seiji tried ntally calling out to her.
"She's not responding… she's probably sleeping again."
"Marking a target to be able to steal away the target's soul in their soul realm is an incredibly powerful spell. It's considered a top-level soul magic spell," Natsuya told him seriously. "If this spell was used on a human… you can imagine just how fearso it is."
Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation. "Although I don't know much about magic compared to you, I realized it as well. She's actually really powerful."
Apart from being able to steal souls, Yomi was even capable of figuring out an Awakened's mystical connection, or sending soone down to hell to save a fallen and return safely… she was definitely an incredible existence!
"Yomi," a na which ant the netherworld, was an incredibly fitting na for her.
The person who gave her this na seed most likely to have been Seii Kamijou.
She ntioned how she used to be similar to Shinobu Miaki long, long ago in the past at first. Although Seiji was unsure exactly what she ant, he figured that it ant that they were both demons since Shinobu was also a demon.
When Yomi was still a demon freely roaming around on the land, she was quite likely to have been an incredibly powerful demon on the sa level as the famous three most powerful evil demons like Great Tengu, Shutendoji, and Tamamo no Mae. Soone who had a good enough relationship with her to give her a na… or in other words, soone who was able to suppress her power. The only person that Seiji could think of in Sakura Island's history was Seii Kamijou, his ancestor.
Seiji felt that his inference about Yomi being one of Seii Kamijou's Spirit-branded Retainers in the past was highly likely to be correct.
However, she always answered ambiguously about her identity.
This might be because she wanted to intentionally act mysterious to make people wonder about her. It also might be because… well, no idea, actually.
"If at all possible, I'd like to know as well. But, she keeps saying she wants to maintain a sense of mystery about her." Seiji extended his palms. "So, that's just how it is."
Natsuya nodded in understanding.
"Demons and spirits have all sorts of personalities, just like humans. eting such a carefree one like her isn't considered strange… But with how powerful she is, the fact that she's always sleeping might actually be her storing energy to use her power. What do you think?"
"I've thought about that possibility as well, and I've also asked her why she sleeps so much. But, her answer was 'because she wants to sleep.'" Seiji sighed.
"Let's change the topic. Tell more about Shinobu Miaki."
"Shinobu-chan's soul is currently within my body, and she's currently in a greatly weakened state. She's absorbing my Mana to slowly rest and recover… can you detect her?"
Natsuya cast Astral Vision and carefully observed Seiji for quite a while.
"I can see just a few traces. She's barely noticeable, and I wouldn't have been able to detect her if I wasn't especially looking for her."
"That's probably because she's too weak right now."
"Yes, she's incredibly weak. The power level of her existence compared to your bonded spirit is like the difference between an ant and an elephant."
"…You can even notice the difference to such a degree?" Seiji raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"I'm confident in my own judgent."
Natsuya ended her Astral Vision.
"I understand why you want her now. Simply speaking, just like how you took in Shika Kagura as your first girl, now you want to take in a female demon as well." Natsuya had a rather subtle expression.
Seiji was rendered speechless.
He felt like he was unable to counter her statent.
"Pretty much… but I still need to correct sothing you said. I didn't take Shika-chan in. She beca my adopted younger sister."
Natsuya stared at his face.
"You're just such a person, aren't you, Seiji."
'A harem story protagonist…' She was now feeling the full extent of just how true this statent describing him was. It gave her complex feelings inside.
Seiji was once again rendered speechless.
He felt like he had heard such things before multiple tis.
Both of them fell silent for a mont.
"I shall make obtaining that… Shinobu Miaki's body as one of the conditions of the duel." Natsuya finally retracted her gaze. "The prerequisite, obviously, is that we have to win the duel."
"Of course. We have to win the duel." Seiji nodded. "We're definitely going to win."
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Later that night, Seiji took a taxi to a large hotel which was close by to Thunderbolt Literature.
The Eighteenth Annual Newcor Authors' Award Ceremony was being held at this hotel's banquet room.
Since he was told beforehand that there were no particular formal clothing requirents, he wore his typical casual attire for cold weather, a jacket and long pants.
When he walked into the hotel, a tour group just happened to be undergoing the process for checking in. The female mbers of the tour group imdiately noticed such a handso young man like him passing by.
Seiji noticed their attention and smiled at them.
This imdiately caused a commotion as the won all had sparkles in their eyes as they raised their cell phones in unison to take pictures of Seiji.
Seiji had already gotten used to such behavior from others whenever he went out in public, so he ignored them and walked directly to the hotel's elevator.
Several other people who were waiting for the elevator as well noticed the commotion in the hotel's main hall. They turned around to see an overly handso smiling young man walking over. They all had the first impression that he must have been so idol or movie star and reflexively tried to recall who he was. However, nobody recognized him.
Seiji waited for the elevator together with these people. He then got on the elevator that arrived and pressed the button for the banquet hall floor.
Nobody pressed any other elevator buttons after him.
The others all looked at Seiji.
Seiji looked at them as well.
"I'm here for the Thunderbolt Literature Newcor Authors' Award Ceremony. Are all of you here for that as well?" he asked them politely.
The others exchanged awkward glances.
"Yeah, I'm here for that." A young man wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase who seed like a normal office worker was the first to reply.
"Sa for ." A middle-aged man who seed roughly thirty years old was the next to reply. He had ssy curly brown hair, incredibly thick eyeglasses, and was wearing a padded jacket with sweatpants.
"I'm one of the award winners…" a young man who seed like a college student spoke up. He was wearing a windbreaker and long pants, was rather thin, had short silver hair, and was wearing silver-rimd eyeglasses. "The Newcors' Award Ceremony typically has the award winners arrive half an hour first before everyone else. So, all of us here that have arrived at this ti just like , I'd think that you all won awards as well, right?"
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