"Amazing!"
The most surprised was Yotsuya Miko.
Seeing Rosen effortlessly deal with such a large spirit, the girl let out an envious sound.
"Don't be discouraged. You'll become as strong as I am now in the future."
After a word of comfort, Rosen looked at the now steady Bunny Girl.
"So, what are your thoughts now?"
Upon hearing this, the silent Sakurajima Mai slowly looked up.
Her originally rosy cheeks were now pale, clearly from being scared bloodless by the spirit just now.
"Don't be afraid! Rosen is here, no matter what spirits appear, they can't touch us!"
Yotsuya Miko had absolute trust in Rosen.
She used these words to soothe Sakurajima Mai's emotions.
After a few deep breaths, Sakurajima Mai finally felt her legs weren't so weak, and she said with a bitter smile, "I never thought… this world would be like this. Spirits really do exist."
Hearing this, Rosen couldn't help but laugh.
"You can accept your own situation, so why can't you accept spirits here?"
In Rosen's view, Sakurajima Mai's "Adolescence Syndrome" was even more outrageous than spirits.
At the very least, spirits could be explained by scientific or magical theories, but Adolescence Syndrome could only sit at the same table as quantum mechanics.
Sakurajima Mai was stunned.
But upon closer thought, it did make some sense.
"I have another question. If there are spirits, what do they usually do? Why can they appear during the day? Also… why didn't that spirit just now attack passersby, but instead came straight for me?"
Sakurajima Mai considered many questions after calming down.
"Let me answer these."
At Rosen's subtle signal, Yotsuya Miko, who was already a professional when it came to spirits, became the spokesperson for Sakurajima Mai's questions.
"Spirits are unintelligent or low-intelligent. They usually wander around fixed places according to their habits from when they were alive. The settings in horror movies are fake; sunlight has no effect on spirits. At most, at night, it just makes them seem scarier."
"As for your last question, spirits cannot attack people who can't see them. Rosen just now opened your spiritual eyes, and with the commotion he created, that spirit naturally assumed you could see it."
"The last part isn't entirely accurate. Spirits aren't unable to attack people who can't see them, but rather, as long as you unilaterally ignore them, and they are unsure if you can see them, they also cannot touch you."
Rosen pointed out one of the girl's mistakes.
In the original series, Yotsuya Miko had touched spirits' bodies multiple times, but by forcing herself to pretend she couldn't see them, she was able to pass directly through their bodies.
"Is… is that really how it is?"
Yotsuya Miko herself wasn't entirely sure.
After all, she was always very scared whenever she encountered a spirit.
"So that's how it is?"
Sakurajima Mai nodded slightly.
So, if ordinary people encounter spirits, there's a way for them to survive?
She remembered what Yotsuya Miko had told her.
So, before making a contract with this man, she had been living in this kind of environment all along?
If it were her…
Sakurajima Mai imagined it and felt that she would have died the moment she encountered her first spirit.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but admire Yotsuya Miko's courage.
Although she seemed a bit simple-minded, she was unexpectedly very brave.
As for Rosen.
He wasn't in a hurry to urge Sakurajima Mai to make a contract with him. Instead, he looked at Sakurajima Mai, who was still hesitating, and said, "I won't force you, and the spiritual eyes on you will soon expire. So, while I can still see you, why don't you go back and think about it?"
Upon hearing this, Sakurajima Mai instead showed a bitter smile: "…Do you think I have a second choice?"
"I agree to sign the contract."
"Since that's the case, I won't hide it from you. After signing the contract, you will become my subordinate and will be unable to resist my commands."
"…"
Sakurajima Mai had thought there would be a price, but she didn't expect it to be equivalent to selling herself.
If Rosen intended to do something to her, she wouldn't be able to resist him.
However, on second thought, Sakurajima Mai realized that if Rosen truly intended to do something perverted to her, she would still be utterly helpless.
Thinking about it that way, Rosen actually seemed a bit like a gentleman.
Of course, the main reason was that she didn't want to experience Disappearance of Existence, and after witnessing the "supernatural," she, an ordinary person, had no reason to refuse.
The choice to become supernatural was a huge temptation for anyone.
Sakurajima Mai was no exception.
Imagine, one day you suddenly hear a "ding" sound in your mind. Do you accept or refuse?
At the very least,
even if the words "Do you know the meaning of life? Do you want to truly live?" appeared, 90% of people would likely choose to accept.