"I believe in Arthas. If Arthas said it, then it must be correct."
Kotori was still hoping that Tohka would recognize the trap in Arthas's words, but to her disappointment, Tohka didn't seem to realize what Arthas's words meant at all.
The girl just trusted Arthas's words unconditionally. Whatever he said was what she believed.
In Kotori's words, she had already been completely captured, with an affection level of 100%.
"So... why is that? Even for Arthas, he should have only met the Spirit for the first time the other day. Why does this Spirit trust him so much?"
Kotori couldn't understand, while Itsuka Shiori said it very naturally.
"Didn't he say that he's also a Spirit? Because they're both Spirits, that's why they trust each other so much, right?"
"How could it be that simple? Is big sister an idiot? If a man suddenly appeared and said he would take you to see goldfish eat lollipops, would you obediently follow him just because he's a human?"
"What a strange analogy! These are clearly two different things! Perhaps there are only these two Spirits in this world, right? If they don't trust each other... who else can they trust? Are you saying they should trust the humans who have been hurting her all along?"
Itsuka Shiori said this with a complicated expression, causing Kotori to fall into silence. After a long while, the girl shook her head firmly.
"No... That's impossible. How could there be a male Spirit? All Spirits are female."
"Why are you so sure? Didn't he admit that he's a Spirit?"
Itsuka Shiori asked this in confusion, and Kotori's expression showed a moment of panic, but then the girl smiled and concealed that hint of panic.
"Well, now is not the time to talk about these things. Anyway, no matter what he is, his words just now have made him the enemy of the entire AST. I'm afraid that like the Spirits, he has also been added to the kill list, right?"
Kotori said this, a mischievous smile on her face, staring at her big sister, causing the latter to feel a sense of foreboding.
"So now it's up to you, my dear big sister. If there are some problems with love between girls, then there wouldn't be so many concerns between a girl and a boy, right? Do your best, big sister! Show your strength and capture Arthas!"
"Eh, eh... What are you saying?!"
Listening to Kotori say this, Itsuka Shiori let out a cry of despair.
The day after the Spirit descended on the school.
After that, the Spirit returned to the boundary again, and Arthas didn't return either.
Looking at the ruins before her eyes, Itsuka Shiori couldn't help but sigh. She had originally thought that the Spirits were all ignorant and innocent girls. If they could be guided well, they wouldn't pose any harm to human society.
But Arthas's appearance completely shattered Itsuka Shiori's thoughts. Not all Spirits were as ignorant and innocent as Tohka. There were also existences who possessed the same great power and also possessed rationality.
Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for now was that at least Arthas wasn't the type who hated humans and wanted to wantonly destroy things, right? Listening to his words, it seemed that he only wanted to obtain the corresponding respect and status.
But even so, asking her to go on a date with him or something... Itsuka Shiori thought this, showing an expression that was both funny and helpless. Although Kotori kept talking about dating, this was clearly hinting at her to seduce him!
What's the difference between this and selling her big sister!
Thinking this gloomily, Itsuka Shiori looked as she moved forward through the ruins. The spacequake yesterday not only damaged the school, but also caused great destruction to the surrounding streets and shops.
She had originally planned to go to the market to buy some ingredients, but there were signs prohibiting entry along the road.
"Oh, no entry, huh?"
But even without that sign, it was easy to know that the road was impassable.
Because the asphalt road had been dug up haphazardly, the walls had collapsed, and even the apartment buildings had collapsed. It was just like it had been through a war.
"Ah, this is."
She remembered this place. It was a corner of the spacequake site where the girl had first seen the Spirit.
Perhaps the reconstruction team hadn't dealt with it yet. The tragedy from ten days ago remained to this day.
While recalling the figures of a man and a woman in her mind, she sighed slightly.
Tohka and Arthas.
The two beings known as Spirits and disasters.
"Shiori?"
It seemed that someone was calling her, and Itsuka Shiori couldn't help but raise her head in a somewhat dazed manner.
"Shiori, what are you looking at?"
Was it a hallucination? She seemed to have heard Arthas's voice. How could that be? Didn't Arthas leave with Tohka to return to the boundary?
"I said, could it be that because of my words yesterday, you've also made me an enemy?"
This time, the voice rang out directly in her ear. The source of the voice was behind her. Itsuka Shiori was clearly startled. When she turned around, she saw Arthas's smiling face.
"Yo-you, what are you doing here?!"
"Mm, why can't I be here? I was originally planning to go back to your house last night, but something like that happened during the day, so I felt a little embarrassed and didn't go back."
"Eh, eh... You didn't go back to the boundary?"
"I'm not a Spirit, why would I go back to the boundary? I'm also trying to figure out a way to solve this problem, to see if I can let Tohka stay in this world all the time."
"Eh... Stay in this world all the time?"
"That's right. The main reason why the Spirits are opposed by most people is the spacequakes, right? If they can stay in this world all the time, then this problem wouldn't exist, right? Without the spacequakes, Tohka is just an ordinary girl."
"That's... That's certainly true, but..."
Itsuka Shiori said this. She was also somewhat curious about what Arthas was if he wasn't a Spirit, to possess such great power.
"Arthas! I'm here!"
Just as Itsuka Shiori was about to say something, another voice interrupted her.
The two of them turned around together, looking in the direction of the voice. On a mountain of rubble, a girl wearing a dress that was clearly out of place on the street was standing there.
"To-Tohka!?"
Somewhat surprised and incredulous, the girl who inevitably brought unavoidable spacequakes every time she appeared had quietly appeared in this world this time.
"How did you do it... Why isn't there a spacequake?" Looking at the girl, Arthas asked with confusion.
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