The sun had begun to filter through when Shinji felt his body heavy.
"Ugh?... Why do I feel so heavy?... Huh?"
Opening his eyes, he noticed that one of the girls he had saved last night was actually on top of him.
Shinji's face turned a bit red when he realized that the girl's kimono was open at the chest, revealing the outline of her breasts.
"... 88... Huh?"
Shinji's eyes widened in surprise when that number slipped from his lips. After all, it was the skill the original Motohama was known for.
His surprise grew when he realized his morning wood was pressing against the girl.
Shoving her aside, he quickly got out of bed. The movent woke the girl.
"Uh? What's going on?"
"That's what I want to ask! I rember giving you and your companion a room."
"Oh, that. It's been so long since I was with my master, I didn't want to leave your side. You looked so cute while you were sleeping that I ended up staying in the room."
The girl smiled as she crawled across the bed toward Shinji. She hugged him, her expression shifting to that of a little puppy.
"Was I bad?"
Shinji knew it was a trick, but he couldn't deny that the girl was just too cute.
"Just... don't let it happen again..."
Shinji replied, turning his gaze away.
However, Shinji's mind clicked when he realized sothing, and he turned his gaze back to the girl.
"Now that I think about it, you never told your na."
The girl seed surprised before letting out an ironic smile.
"Actually, I didn't."
She answered, pulling away from Shinji.
"My na is Himari. I'm the spirit of a cute little kitten ~ ♥"
She smiled as a pair of cat ears appeared on her head.
Shinji, seeing this, was montarily stunned. In fact, Himari was a beauty in her own right, and those ears gave her an even greater charm.
Realizing his thoughts had begun to wander, Shinji cald himself as he turned his attention back to Himari.
"About what you were telling earlier... I'd like to know more."
Shinji's expression beca serious. After all, this was about his own past and his family in this world.
Himari's expression also beca serious. She nodded and began to speak.
"As I ntioned before, you, my master, belong to one of the twelve exorcist families of Japan."
"There are low-level or subordinate families, above them are the four noble families, and after those is the family that once ruled over all, the Yatahagane family."
"These families exist because the ancient governnt, many years ago, showed no rcy to the spirits that attacked humans. Many hunters and spirits died in the war that took place back then."
"However, with the rise of the three great powers, things changed, and a period of relative peace began."
"Ah, the three great powers are the ones I ntioned earlier."
"But, this era ended abruptly a few years ago with the death of the Yatahagane clan mbers at the hands of the Tenko clan, who proclaid themselves the new ruling family and declared war on the youkai."
Himari paused, waiting for Shinji to process all the information she had given him up to that point.
Shinji, who had listened attentively to everything, couldn't help but frown. This whole story certainly felt like the plot of a well-crafted ani, but he knew it didn't fit into the High School DxD plot he knew.
Considering that there was also a gateway to another world, things beca even more confusing.
This led him to think that this world was completely different from the High School DxD he was familiar with.
His attention returned to Himari. He had so doubts.
"I understand most of what you've said. But there are so things that bother . First: How does all this relate to ? Second: You said earlier that Japan is currently controlled by these three great powers. What about Kuoh and the biblical faction?"
The last question felt like a thorn. It was as if so being had twisted the story he once knew to create sothing completely different... sothing chaotic.
Himari nodded.
"Let clarify your doubts. You, master, are the last mber of the Yatahagane family."
Shinji's eyes widened in surprise. He never would have imagined he was connected to such a strange plot. No, this was a mistake. Since Himari's appearance, he had assud he was involved in sothing deeper, but he hadn't expected it to be to this extent.
"How is that possible? I've never heard of exorcists before. I don't even have the Yatahagane surna. My family na is Motohama."
"I understand your confusion, master. Let explain. Your ancestor, your great-grandfather, was Yatahagane Ginji. This man was despised by his family due to the condition he was born with. His spiritual power was greater than any high-ranking mber of the family, but this led him to attract bad energies and curses that affected those around him. His birth even caused the death of his own mother. For this reason, they expelled him and erased his existence from the records."
"That was the beginning of Master Ginji's journey to learn how to control his powers. Several years later, he saved my ancestor from being eliminated, earning the loyalty of my entire family. Then he t his wife, from whom he took his surna. That's how the Motohama family began."
Himari replied with a nostalgic smile before continuing.
"Your grandfather, Motohama Shounosuke, was lucky not to inherit the condition. Though the reason for this is that he turned out to be soone more special than anyone could have imagined, or at least that's what they say. I didn't have the honor of eting him in person."
"Your mother was also not born with this condition. Because of this, your grandfather decided that the Motohama family tradition would end with him. But everything changed when you were born."
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Himari nodded.
"You inherited your great-grandfather's condition. By that ti, there were various thods to repress the condition, so your mother didn't die. However, sothing was different about your condition. Fearing for your safety, your grandfather began traveling the world, researching different ways to pacify it sohow. That's how the amulet seal was created."
"This seal feeds off your runaway spiritual energy, creating a barrier that protects you from evil spirits while keeping your powers in check. Though sotis, they would leak out, causing bad luck or accidents. People around you hating or feeling disgust toward you without reason could also be a result of this."
"It was then established that when you ca of age, you would begin training to control your power."
Motohama rembered many of the bad situations he had been involved in.
His family situation...
The accidents that occurred in places he had been...
The school incident where a girl was hurt, and he was blad even though he had nothing to do with it.
In fact, now that he thought about it, many of these situations had been too unnatural.
The only tis things seed controlled were when he was near Issei or in Kuoh.
But everything cald down after he obtained the door.
"Answering your second question. Kuoh's situation is special, so to speak. I'm not fully inford on the matter, but I understand that the demons of the biblical faction have so sort of deal with the youkai to occupy this territory."
Shinji nodded in understanding. His mind, however, was a sea of emotions.
Everything he had experienced before awakening his mories was caused by a power he was born with.
His family had a more important and mysterious background than he had imagined.
The world he knew was no longer as he rembered, and even his own life had beco more dangerous than it already was.
It was too much information to digest all at once.
"Do you have any idea about the disappearance of my spiritual power?"
Himari shook her head.
"It's strange. It's simply as if it was never there. All I can feel is a great magical power."
Shinji nodded. He had a theory regarding this.
"For now, let's go have breakfast. Everything you've told has turned my world upside down. I need ti to process it."
Himari nodded.
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