Rebirth From Ordinary Person To The Strongest Chapter 115: Chiming In

The following Monday ca, and I had successfully completed my first job.

It had already been a week since both my father and Irena hadn't returned ho.

Though, to be honest, it wasn't unusual for them to be away for a week or two.

So, I wasn't particularly worried, but from what my mother told , my father had already finished his initial job.

Normally, after finishing his job and exorcising the monsters, he would return ho, but he had been so swamped with work that he hadn't even had ti to co back.

Apparently, the sa was true for Irena. I overheard a bit of that conversation when Nina-chan was on the phone with her last night.

So, today, once again, I'm heading to school with Nina-chan.

It's fun going to school with soone.

"By the way, 'Actor' is such a strange na for a troupe mber, don't you think?"

"Is it?"

Nina-chan brought this up while we were waiting at the traffic light in the morning.

It wasn't like this topic suddenly popped up; ever since I completed my first job, it had co up regularly in our conversations.

"I an, 'actor' basically ans perforr, right? Do you think a Sixth-Rank Queen monster would really choose such a modest na for themselves?"

"Modest? What do you an?"

"Mom says Sixth-Rank Queen monsters tend to have strong egos and prefer flashy nas."

"Oh, I see."

"You've already exorcised two of them, haven't you, Itsuki?"

"Well, yeah, but..."

As I replied, I instinctively grasped the Raikodoji relic in my pocket.

"Wait, don't exorcists usually na the monsters? Are you saying monsters give themselves their own nas?"

When I asked that, Nina-chan looked a little confused, tilting her head as if she found it strange.

"…That's a good point. I wonder which one it is."

She didn't seem to have an imdiate answer either and fell into thought.

Setting aside Adashino Harunaga since that's a human-given na, I wonder if nas like Raikodoji and Ice Princess were given by humans or if the monsters nad themselves.

Now that I think about it, the Ice Princess seed to introduce herself.

Hmm? So, do monsters na themselves? If that's the case, did the Actor also choose that na?

While I pondered this, Nina-chan continued, still tilting her head.

"But if a monster were going to give themselves a na, wouldn't sothing like Leader or Manager be more fitting than Actor?"

Nina-chan adjusted her backpack as she said this.

Hmm, I see what she ans.

Up until now, all the Sixth-Rank monsters had nas that reflected their nature.

Raikodoji—since it used thunder.

Ice Princess—because it used ice.

And Adashino Harunaga, who was once an exorcist but turned into a monster.

As my teacher, Shirayuki-sensei, explained last year, these nas resonate with their true nature.

It's a form of sympathetic magic—the principle that things with similar nas possess similar traits.

If that's the case, then the na Actor probably holds so significance too.

For instance, when I hear the word Actor, the first thing that cos to mind is soone who performs. Maybe it's a monster that mimics humans and blends into society, hence the na Actor.

Yeah, that seems plausible.

What else could it be?

Let's try thinking about the actor part specifically.

Handso, scandal, affair…

Wait, no. My lack of interest in celebrities is making it hard to co up with more reasonable ideas.

"Itsuki, the light's red."

"...Oh, thanks."

Caught up in my thoughts, I almost walked into the crosswalk while the light was still red, and Nina-chan stopped .

She then switched to a completely different topic.

"By the way, Itsuki, you're going to keep taking on exorcist jobs, right?"

"Yeah, I plan to."

I stopped thinking about Actor and turned my attention back to Nina-chan.

She seed hesitant at first but then spoke up.

"I want to go with you. Would that be okay?"

"...Hmm..."

When Nina-chan asked that, I hesitated.

Honestly, I had been expecting Nina-chan to bring up sothing like this.

After all, she still deeply admires exorcists and genuinely wants to beco one.

We've even spent so of our after-school hours together, searching for and exorcising monsters.

So, I had a feeling she would want to co along on the official jobs as well.

But even so, I couldn't give her an imdiate yes.

"Did you talk to Irena-san about this?"

"Mom? Of course, I did."

"What did she say?"

"She said, 'If you're with Itsuki, it's fine.'"

…I was honestly expecting Irena-san to say no.

I couldn't help but think that.

But now that I rember, Irena-san is aware that Nina-chan and I used to go looking for monsters together after school. That's probably why she said it'd be fine if we were together.

"So… I'd be happy if you said yes."

With Nina-chan saying that, my response was pretty much decided.

"Yeah, it's fine. Let's go together."

"Really?!"

"But only when the next job cos in."

I quickly added that condition to rein in Nina-chan's growing excitent.

The truth is, my mother has arranged for to only receive jobs sparingly.

That was sothing she discussed with Akane-san.

And I have no idea when the next job will co in.

Even if it does, I can't exactly take Nina-chan to dangerous places.

That's why I gave her that reply, but…

"Don't worry. You'll get another job soon, I'm sure."

Nina-chan responded with an answer that was as ambiguous as it was confident, leaving unsure how to reply.

As I struggled to co up with sothing, she quickly changed the subject again.

"So, are we going to practice Castle Exchange today?"

"Castle Exchange? No, today I want to try a new spell."

"What spell?"

Nina-chan pouted a little, as if feeling left out.

Co to think of it, I hadn't told her yet.

"Thanks to you, I've gotten better at using fairy magic, right?"

"Well, you're still not there yet."

Nina-chan emphasized the "not there yet" part as she replied, and I continued.

"So I was thinking of combining it."

"Combining? Combining fairies?"

"No, that's not it."

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As I noticed the pedestrian light turn green, I shared with her the new magic idea I'd been thinking of for a while.

"I'm thinking of combining Fairy Magic and Thread Magic."