"What!? Give away your entire remaining life?"
After hearing Miko's explanation, Yulia Niguredou was obviously startled and nearly jumped up from the sofa.
"That... that's basically...?"
Slavery.
Although Yulia Niguredou didn't say this last word aloud, both Yotsuya Miko and Shin guessed what she meant.
However, although this word might sound harsh, judging purely from the conditions Yotsuya Miko had accepted, it wasn't wrong to say so.
After all, Yotsuya Miko's brain still contained Shin's "Black Requiem Lover." Shin could even kill Yotsuya Miko at any time.
"My situation at the time was rather special. I had no choice."
Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko also sighed. Yulia Niguredou had no idea how terrified Yotsuya Miko had been back then. Shin was the only lifeline she could grasp at that moment.
Although Yulia Niguredou's "spiritual sight" could also see some "spirits," she couldn't see those excessively dangerous evil spirits—only some harmless ordinary spirits with no real threat.
So Yulia Niguredou wasn't like Yotsuya Miko, constantly plagued by those evil spirits that would ask "can you see me?" If she wasn't careful, she could suffer.
At that time, Yotsuya Miko had been tormented by these evil spirits to the point where her spirit was nearly collapsing, so even if it meant giving her remaining life to Shin, she was willing to accept it.
Moreover, since completing the deal with Shin, he had never come to demand anything from her, which made Yotsuya Miko feel that Shin was a good person and her choice had been correct.
Of course, Yotsuya Miko didn't know that Shin hadn't sought her out purely because he already had enough girls to deal with normally, so there was no need to deliberately go after more.
"I... I see..."
Yulia Niguredou indeed didn't know what Yotsuya Miko had experienced back then, but seeing Yotsuya Miko's appearance, she seemed to have no regrets and even felt she had made the right decision.
After spending these past few days with Yotsuya Miko, Yulia Niguredou had roughly understood what kind of person she was—at least Yotsuya Miko's personality was still quite optimistic.
Since she could accept Shin's conditions... then perhaps giving one's remaining life to Shin wasn't actually a bad thing?
However, Yotsuya Miko had made such an extreme choice because her spirit was nearly collapsing, while Yulia Niguredou didn't have such extreme circumstances.
She simply wanted to become an exorcist and was interested in the ability called "Stand"—so could her interest support her in making such an incredible choice that ordinary people would find unthinkable?
Yotsuya Miko was also very curious about this and stared at Yulia Niguredou, wanting to hear her answer.
"Then... should I try it too?"
Seeing both Yotsuya Miko and Shin staring at her, a flash of hesitation crossed Yulia Niguredou's face, then she tentatively asked Shin in a small voice.
Her curiosity and desire for "Stands" still made her unable to resist making such a decision—even if it meant giving her remaining life to a boy she was meeting for the first time.
However, this was probably also because Yotsuya Miko had such high regard for Shin, giving Yulia Niguredou quite a bit of favorable impression toward him from the start, making her feel it was okay to entrust herself to him.
"Your answer is still hesitant. Think about it more."
Hearing Yulia Niguredou's answer, Shin smiled and shook his head, saying to her.
"Once you make this kind of decision, there's no turning back—I don't want you to awaken your Stand and then regret it. I can't strip your ability away."
Indeed, after awakening a Stand, Shin had no way to separate it from her. He couldn't just devour Yulia Niguredou whole, could he?
Although awakening a Stand was just a casual effort, he and Yulia Niguredou were meeting for the first time after all. This price still had to be paid.
This was already considering Yotsuya Miko's face. Otherwise, if it were just some random person, even if they wanted to exchange their remaining life for a Stand, Shin couldn't be bothered to deal with them.
"You can think it over carefully here. When I come back later, give me your answer. Don't agree just because you're caught up in the heat of the moment."
Saying this, Shin stood up and prepared to leave the reception room to check on Kessoku Band's situation.
The reason for giving Yulia Niguredou time to think was to avoid having her come pestering him later with regrets about being controlled by Shin after awakening her Stand.
After leaving the reception room, Shin noticed that Yotsuya Miko had also followed him out.
"Aren't you going to keep her company?"
Shin turned back to look at Yotsuya Miko, asking with a smile—he had thought Yotsuya Miko would stay inside to accompany Yulia Niguredou.
"It's better to let her think on her own. My presence would actually influence her decision."
Yotsuya Miko gently shook her head. She looked into Shin's eyes with a relaxed tone.
"Actually, even if she really gives you her remaining life, you won't make her do anything, right?"
"Oh? Not necessarily. After all, Niguredou is also a cute girl. Having a girl give me her entire life is quite heart-stirring."
Hearing Yotsuya Miko's words, Shin deliberately showed a slightly wicked smile on his face, just short of adding an evil "kukuku" laugh.
"Maybe I'll make her do some very embarrassing things."
"Then am I not cute?"
Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but speak—these words almost slipped out. Even Yotsuya Miko herself probably hadn't thought much about it.
"You clearly haven't done anything to me."
But as soon as these words left her mouth, Yotsuya Miko's face turned red—she also realized what she had said seemed a bit off.
Didn't this sound like she was hoping Shin would do something to her?
"Indeed, I haven't done anything to you all this time."
Hearing Yotsuya Miko's words, Shin chuckled lightly, then suddenly turned around and pulled Yotsuya Miko into his embrace.
Then, just like what Dio did to Erina in the first part of JoJo, he lowered his head and gave Yotsuya Miko an almost suffocating kiss.
"..."
Yotsuya Miko's eyes widened. She seemed not to have expected Shin to suddenly launch a sneak attack, and her entire body froze.
But soon, her body relaxed—or rather, when she had accepted Shin's conditions before, she had already prepared herself mentally for this.
Moreover, during this period when Shin hadn't come looking for her, Yotsuya Miko's heart had actually been increasingly anticipating such things happening.
After a while, Shin released Yotsuya Miko and looked at her shy expression with a smile:
"There are quite a few people at home. More in-depth matters will be saved for later."
Yotsuya Miko covered her face, feeling somewhat unable to look directly at Shin.
She wasn't like the girls at Shin's house who had already done everything with him—this was Yotsuya Miko's first time having such intimate contact with Shin.
To be continued…
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