Night fell.
After talking with Rias and finishing his work for the day, Tatsuma left work early and returned home.
"Welcome back, Master." Sakiko, who was cleaning, greeted him.
After the two-day holiday ended, she put on her maid outfit again and returned to her post.
"Oh... amazing! Tatsuma, you even have a maid at home!"
Rukia, who followed Tatsuma in, had her eyes shining and circled around Sakiko, observing her.
As the young lady of the Kuchiki clan, she had many maids specifically serving her at home. However, Soul Society's maids are different from the human world's.
After arriving in the Human World, Rukia, who had always been very curious about maids, saw one in person for the first time.
"Be careful, don't scare Sakiko like a pervert."
Tatsuma grabbed Rukia by the back of her collar and pulled her back, then introduced her to Sakiko.
"This fellow is called Rukia Kuchiki, the target of a commissioned task in my hands."
"For some reasons, she will be staying at home temporarily."
"Just call me Rukia." Rukia waved her hand and agreed.
Seeing this, Sakiko, who was originally a little nervous, relaxed and also introduced herself.
After some interaction, Rukia quickly became familiar with Sakiko and started talking about maids.
On the other side, while the two were chatting, Tatsuma pushed the door open and walked into Asia's room.
Asia's room layout was very simple. Besides some necessary daily items, the only thing slightly unusual was the Bible placed on the table and the cross hanging on the wall.
Although she had become a Devil, Asia had not completely abandoned the habits she had formed, and often prayed in private. As a price, Asia often came to Tatsuma holding her head for help, using Senjutsu to relieve the discomfort.
"Might as well take this opportunity to solve everything at once."
Looking around, Tatsuma came to the open space in the center of the room and began to engrave a magic circle.
Because he hadn't undergone systematic learning, he basically had no soul-based magic in his hands.
According to the original plan, Tatsuma was going to help Rukia gradually get rid of her weakness through Senjutsu. But just now, he suddenly had a good idea.
Engraving the magic circle on the ground, Tatsuma raised his hands. The next second, demonic power rose from his left hand, and natural energy surged from his right hand.
Slowly closing his hands, the demonic power and natural energy merged together like water and milk, turning into a ball of gray fused energy.
The total amount of fused energy was not much, slightly less than the sum of the two energies before fusion.
However, in terms of quality, the fused energy was much better, three times that of demonic power and natural energy.
Playing with it in his hands for a while, Tatsuma poured this ball of fused energy into the Magic circle beneath his feet.
Buzz!
Buzz!
White light bloomed on the Magic circle, automatically collecting the natural energy filling the air.
Tatsuma walked into the magic circle, and the collected natural energy began to circulate, nourishing the soul.
"Not bad, it succeeded."
A look of satisfaction appeared on Tatsuma's face.
This was the method he came up with temporarily, combining magic and Senjutsu through fused energy.
He could only create some simple formations now, and the effect was not very strong. But as long as there was enough time to research, creating lethal moves would not be difficult.
Turning around and walking out of the room, Tatsuma looked at the two people still chatting not far away.
"Rukia, come here for a moment."
"Coming."
Rukia ran into the room, received the Senjutsu, and learned about the usage of the magic circle at the same time.
On the other side, after watching Rukia and Tatsuma walk into the room, Sakiko was unusually lost in thought. Through the recent chat, she had learned that Rukia was not an ordinary person, but a Shinigami.
Shinigami, Nekomata, Devil Princess, former Church Saintess, Fallen Angel descendant...
Recalling the identities of the women in this house, Sakiko suddenly realized a serious problem.
She seemed to have no competitiveness.
Compared to these females around Tatsuma, she was just an ordinary person.
If there were more and more powerful females around Tatsuma in the future, then she...
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" A questioning voice suddenly sounded.
Sakiko's body trembled, and only then did she notice that Tatsuma had walked over at some point.
"If you're not feeling well, just tell me. Senjutsu is best at adjusting the body."
Tatsuma activated Senjutsu, pouring a streak of white light into Sakiko's body.
However, at this moment, he noticed that Sakiko's body was very healthy. Compared to her body, her mind seemed to be under some pressure, filled with intense unease.
Hmm?
Staring at Sakiko doubtfully for two seconds, Tatsuma suddenly realized.
"Sakiko, I have good news for you."
"Good news?"
"Yes, from today onwards, you are an esper."
"Huh?"
Sakiko was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Tatsuma meant.
Tatsuma didn't explain much about this.
Opening the Trait Inventory, Tatsuma found the traits he had selected in advance and slapped them onto Sakiko.
[Trait grant successful, click to view target panel.]
[Sakiko Toyokawa]
[Race: Human]
[Strength: Level 2]
[Traits: Instrument Mastery (White), Mind's Eye (Green), Administrator (Green), Psychic energy (Blue).]
[Mind's Eye (Green): Slightly increases perception and automatically warns when encountering danger.]
[Administrator (Green): Slightly increases management ability, consumption reduced by 20% when entering work state.]
[Psychic energy (Blue): Control psychic energy to attack enemies, multiple usage methods can be derived after deep development.]
Tatsuma gave Sakiko a total of three traits.
Mind's Eye is used to warn of danger.
Administrator is used to improve work efficiency.
Psychic energy, when encountering enemies, provides certain combat ability and the ability to fight back, stalling for time.
With the combination of these three traits, even if Sakiko doesn't become very strong, she will at least have a certain degree of combat power.
Withdrawing his gaze from the status panel, Tatsuma looked at the girl in front of him.
"How do you feel now?"
"...It feels like there's something extra in my body."
Sakiko reacted belatedly, trying to control the psychic energy that had suddenly appeared within her body.
Buzz... Buzz...
The psychic energy fluctuation turned into a ripple, spreading outwards from Sakiko as the center.
Affected by this psychic energy, various items in the living room floated into the air.