It's almost two weeks I didn't updating a chapter lmao
I'm sorry for the inconsistent chapter updates because I've been busy with applying for job shit.
but I will never abandon things what I started from the beginning!
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[3rd POV]
[3 weeks later]
It should be a nice weather today. But unfortunately it suddenly rained in Tengu city.
Kuudemi and Tsundemi running in the street while covering their head so they didn't get soaked by rain even though they can use portal but they forgot.
"AAAHHHH! MOOUUU!! Why did it suddenly rain?!" Tsundemi complained.
"Nn.. it's raining because someone is getting a bad mood today." Dandemi said with no care.
"You just make it worst!!"
After that, they took shelter in a temple and changed their clothes because they were already soaked.
"Haa... At least we're getting a shelter."
"Nn.. that's right." Kuudemi agreed.
But when the rain got heavier, they saw a girl with a rabbit doll on her left hand who seemed to be playing in the rain.
She has the look of a young, cute girl at about 13 to 14 years of age with blue eyes and long, wavy blue hair. Her height is stated to be 144 cm, and she wore an oversized green raincoat with a rabbit theme, sporting a poofy tail with a pink ribbon tied to it on the coattail, and a pair of rabbit ears on the hood. The coat is lined with a gold zigzag pattern, white frills, and the sleeves are partially detached at her upper arms. She wears green boots matching the color of her raincoat with pink socks inside. Under her raincoat is a white dress and a pink ribbon around her neck.
Seeing the little girl in front of them, Kuudemi and Tsundemi immediately knew who this was. This is Yoshino, another Spirit nicknamed as Hermit.
"Hey, Aren't she is..." Tsundemi asked Kuudemi.
"Nn.. She's Yoshino." Kuudemi confirmed.
Then unexpectedly, Yoshino tripped from her skipping and falls.
This made Tsundemi's instinct to approaching Yoshino ignoring the rain that make her soak again and helping Yoshino from her fall
"Hey, are you okay?" Tsundemi said while she helped Yoshino stand up.
Unsurprisingly, Yoshino began to backs away from Tsundemi. "Eh-"
"Please... don't touch me..." She said with a little fear.
"Nn.." Kuudemi then appeared from behind with a Yoshinon doll on her hand. "It seems she's afraid of you, Tsundemi. Maybe you should get rid of that grumpy face."
"I-I'm not that terrible!" Tsundemi protested that went ignored by Kuudemi.
Kuudemi then retrieving Yoshinon to her. "This is yours, right?" She said while Yoshino take Yoshinon back to her left hand.
"T-thank you, onee-san..." She thanked her with a little shy.
This made the two clones a little surprised because it was Yoshino herself who thanked them, even though they remembered Yoshino being very shy.
{Yaha! Sorry onee-chan, I was helped.} The doll said boldly without the help of Yoshino's voice as if the doll was alive.
"Ah- you can speak?" Tsundemi asked.
{Gasp How cruel! You think I can't speak at all?} Yoshinon said touching the her chest.
"That's not what I mean!" Tsundemi tried objecting but failed. "Anyways, my name is Tsundemi. And this poker face name is Kuudemi."
{Oooh~ are you two twins? You look so alike side by side.} Yoshinon said while stroking her chin.
"That's-"
"Yeah, we're a twins." Kuudemi cut off Tsundemi's words who immediately gave her a glare. "And what's your name?"
{Oh my, how could Yoshinon forget to introduce herself?! My name is Yoshinon. It's cute, isn't it? Right?} Yoshinon said while waving.
"Nn.. That's a cute name. So if you're Yoshinon, then what about you." Kuudemi asking Yoshino.
"A-Ah..! Um..." Yoshino suddenly getting shy after Kuudemi asking her name. "I'm... Yoshino."
"Yoshino... You both have a similar name." Tsundemi said. "...Hey, aren't we supposed to go back now?" Kuudemi asking Tsundemi.
"Oh yeah, that's right!" Tsundemi come to realizing. "Oh yeah, you two. Do you want to come with us?"
{Wow, thanks for the offer! But yeah, I think we still want to stay here.} Yoshinon said politely refusing.
"...Are you sure?" Tsundemi ask.
{We're pretty sure!}
Tsundemi didn't force Yoshino's choice so she and Kuudemi hurried straight home. "Well then, we'll take our leave now. Bye!"
"Nn.. Take care of yourself."
{Bye good Onee-chan!} "Careful on the road..." Both of them waved to the two clones.
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[Few hours next~]
[Itsuka Residence]
It was still raining and Shido had just arrived home a little wet.
"I'm home!" He said while taking off his shoes. "Kotori, I'm going to take a shower first."
When Shido had taken off all his clothes and was about to open the bathroom door, he saw what the Author wanted to see.
Right in front of the bathroom door, he saw Tohka completely naked while taking a shower, which made Tohka immediately hit Shido's face and knock him out.
Later~
"What's going on?! Why is Tohka here?!" Shido asked Kotori.
"Oh, Onii-chan! Welcome!" Kotori said in her little sister mode.
"Ah, thank you... That's not it! Why is Tohka in our house?" Shido asked again.
"It's been decided that she will stay here temporarily!"
"That's why I asked, why is that?!"
"Of course there's a reason, Shin." Reine said answering Shido's question while pouring a lot of sugar in the cup.
"Reine-san?! Why are you here too?!" Shido was surprised to realize that Reine was already in the kitchen.
"Sorry, I think I put too much sugar in."
"Well, I didn't ask about that..."
They then sat at the dining table to discuss things about spirits with Shido. Reine explains that between Shido and Tohka there is a transparent line in the form of a connected path. And Kotori continued that if the Spirit falls in love with him and kisses him, Shido can seal her powers.
Shido asked why he could do it and Kotori replied that she didn't know about it. Then Reine also told him that if Spirit mental condition worsened then it was possible that their sealed powers would return and also told him that Tohka was calmer when she was around Shido. So until the Spirit house is finished being built, Tohka will live here temporarily.
"Besides, just think of it as part of your training." Kotori said.
"There's still more training?" Shido complained. "Didn't you say Tohka's powers were sealed?"
"Who said Tohka was the only Spirit? I told you so, didn't I?" Kototi said more seriously.
"Yes, when you were on a date with Tohka at the restaurant, Beside the table where you are eating, there is a Spirit who happens to be eating there too.
"Eh? They are Spirits too?" Shido said in surprise, remembering back when he looked around the restaurant.
"Yes and no, two of them are confirmed to be clones and one of them is confirmed to be Spirit. It is also the same Spirit that also sneaking on April 10th." Reine explains Shido about Kurumi's appearance.
"Not only that, they also followed you from behind during your date with Tohka. But the clones suddenly left and at the same time a spacequake was detected outside the city." Add Kotori.
Shido felt a little creeped out because it turned out he was being followed by the Spirit from the previous date.
'But... why do I feel like I've seen her before?' Shido thought he felt a little familiar with the girl.
"We received reports of several Spirits causing disasters other than Tohka." Reine gave more details about the other Spirits. "Shin, you must continue to approach these Spirits for all of us. To do this, we need to improve our ability to interact with women."
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[2 days later~]
[1st POV]
Around... Two or three week after Shido sealing Tohka.
Today is Saturday. I should be lying in bed, but unfortunately, I want to go to the market to buy meat because I heard there's a rare meat today.
Actually, I could just use a portal to get there, but I don't want to rely on my power completely on a daily basis like this.
So I walked there with an umbrella because it had been raining lately. And sure enough, it did rain.
Now I'm on my way back with meat in my shopping bag.
But on my way home I saw him again. Shido.
Wearing his school uniform, never changing, and holding an umbrella, I saw him go into an alleyway.
Wait a minute. It's been raining lately, and it's been almost a month since Shido sealed Tohka.
Oh right! It's Yoshino's arc now.
"What'cha doing there?"
"Gwaaaaah!!!" I exclaimed almost dropping my bag.
Turning behind, I saw Diomi standing behind me with her usual smile.
"Ugh, Can you just stop surprising people like that!"
"Ahaha! Sorry, sorry! I just bored in the house by the way. So I just stalking you behind from home till here." She has a habit of surprising people from behind without them knowing.
"...sigh You could just tell me you know. Also, check this out." I pointed to an alley where Shido and Yoshino were.
"Is that Shido? And that petite girl is Yoshino?"
"Yep."
"Shouldn't we call the police?"
"Wha? *Bonk* Don't be idiot!"
"Ow! Why?" She exclaimed rubbing her head.
"She may be underage but she's older than us."
"Doesn't leave a fact that's she looks like a minor."
"Tha- oh right..."
"Let's follow them!" She said before I stopped her from following them..
"Nahh let them go."
"Aww, I wanna do like you do with Dandemi and Deremi..."
"Don't be like that, it's not their date today... But can you call this a date?"
"Uhhh I guess so. Ah, where did they go?"
"...Seems like they went searching Yoshinon. Let's go home, I brought some meat."
"Yay!"
So we returned home in peace.
[Next day~]
Another day yet these rains didn't stop lately.
I was lying lazily on the sofa watching the Portal 2 game played by Kuudemi and Tsundemi.
Hmm... I wonder if Yoshino is okay right now. She's lost Yoshinon yesterday and that doll is actually get looted by Origami and stored it above her wardrobe.
I really want to help the haremist but yeah, let's leave it for now, next month I'll be the one appearing.
Oh yeah, Kuudemi and Tsundemi also reportedly met Yoshino three days ago, but it was only for a short time, then they went straight home. They were going to invite Yoshino, but she turned them down.
Well at least today wasn't too bad even though it was raining because it made me really relaxed today.
But it didn't last long.
I heard in the distance that the spacequake warning siren had sounded which must have signaled that the AST had moved against Yoshino.
Getting up from the sofa, I started walking towards the balcony and sure enough, from a distance I saw the ASTs starting to shoot at a giant rabbit-shaped creature AKA Yoshino's angel that was emitting cold air around it.
Sheeeesh those girls truly are merciless eh? Even if the Spirits physical body is a little girl they still considering her as a threat.
But as my instincts kicked in, The captain has probably called in reinforcements which will definitely make the situation even more difficult.
Looking behind me, Tsundemi and Kuudemi seemed finished with their duel which was won by Kuudemi.
"Nn.. I won again." The poker face Kurumi said pridefully.
"Ugh- I lost again..." While the spicy Kurumi felt humiliated.
Maybe I should just ask them to help Yoshino. They already know her, and they wouldn't be able to bear it if Yoshino got ganged up on by the AST.
"Hey you guys. Want to join me in helping Yoshino?" I said inviting them.
"Hmm? Yoshino... Hold on, ain't she get attacked by the AST today, right?!"
"That's what I'm talking about. Now here's the plan, You two take care of the reinforcements by triggering a spacequake from the other side of town, and I'll distract the AST attacking Yoshino. How about it?"
"Nn.. thats a good plan."
"Let's kick their asses for harassing Yoshino!"
"Good, that's the spirit!"
Then we changed our casual clothes into Astral Dress as usual before starting the fight.
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[3rd POV]
[Somewhere in Tengu city...]
A dome of blizzard was formed by Yoshino to protect herself from the AST's attack.. This makes it difficult for the AST forces to attack Yoshino, who is inside the blizzard.
"This is really bad. The ice storm can detect our magical energy fields and increase the defenses of its magical creatures. The problem is, we'll be hit by thousands of icicles if we deactivate this energy field. Our armor won't be able to withstand it!" One of the troops analyzed the blizzard in front of them.
"It's impossible to capture the Spirit by relying on physical strength. For now, we'll hold on and wait for reinforcements to arrive." Ryouko's response to the current situation.
Just a few second before reinforcements arrived, a spacequake occurred not far from their location.
"A spacequake?!" Ryouko was shocked to see the spacequake that occurred on the other side of the city.
"Bad news Captain! A spacequake has occurred not far from where the Hermit is! The spirit is... Nightmare?!" One of the AST troops reported and it turned out that the Spirit that appeared was Nightmare.
Nightmare, the most difficult Spirit they had ever fought. Even if it's just a clone, it was already a pain to fight.
"Kh- It seems the situation is getting more chaotic. looks like we'll have to deal with the Hermit ourselves. Incoming troops, deal with the Nightmare immediately!" Ryouko said ordering the reinforcements to focus on Nightmare.
"Roger that!"
Origami then approached a building and used her realizer to lift it.
"Origami?"
Half of the building disappeared due to the origami realizer, leaving only the upper part of the building.
"W-What are you doing?!" Ryouko was surprised by what Origami would do.
"I'll hit it head-on... As soon as the barrier is gone!" She then leaped and used part of the building to throw it at the blizzard, thinking she would strike right after the blizzard went down.
But the building was immediately shredded by a mysterious energy and one of the energies was aimed at Origami but she immediately avoided it.
Then it was revealed that the one who shredding the building was Tohka in her Astral dress merged with her school uniform and wielding Sandalphon in her hand.
"Still can dodging it?" Tohka said with a smile.
"Yatogami Tohka..." Origami immediately took out her energy sword and immediately attacked Tohka in a duel.
Seeing this, Ryouko immediately ordered the other troops to change their targets to Tohka or Princess.
Tohka then takes the AST away from the place, opening the opportunity for Shido to seal Yoshino.
Meanwhile, Kurumi, who was already wearing her Astral dress and had been observing the situation, saw that Tohka had made the AST who were surrounding Yoshino start chasing her.
"Okay, good. I think Tsundemi and Kuudemi can stop the reinforcements. But since I have nothing to do, let's just bother the one chasing Tohka." She then summons an Anti-matter Rifle that is capable of penetrating their territory shields.
"Perfect." With a grin on her face, Kurumi silently jumped from one building to another to make it easier to shoot.
A minutes has passed.
Tohka's fight against Origami and the AST was very intense even though she was alone, but Tohka was able to withstand attack after attack launched by the AST.
But then-
BOOM
"Gghk-!!"
Just as Origami was about to attacking Tohka, a shot was fired that penetrated her territory and destroyed her gear wings.
"What?!" She was shocked by the surprise attack.
Ryouko saw this reflexively looked to the direction that attacked her and saw Kurumi with her Anti-matter Rifle.
"Nightmare?!"
Having lost the wings, Origami immediately lost control and fell to the ground. Luckily, Ryouko quickly intervened and saved Origami from falling.
BOOM BOOM BOOM
Kurumi fired not just one but three other shots that hit the other AST troops but only targeted their wings. Luckily, before they hit the ground, they were saved by their surviving colleagues.
Ryouko looked back to see where Kurumi was but she was already gone by the time she caught Origami who had fallen.
"Tch- All troops, retreat immediately!"
"But the princess-"
"No, we can't make any further. Three Spirits appeared simultaneously, moreover one of them was Nightmare."
Ryouko's subordinates had no choice but to follow their captain's orders, including those fighting Nightmare, who immediately withdrew from the fight.
[1st POV]
I saw the AST retreating and the rain has finally subdued.
Tsundemi and Kuudemi also appeared on my back.
"Haa~ the rain has finally stopped!"
"Nn.. that's right."
I looked over to where Shido and Yoshino were, and yep, they were gone. It seemed they'd been teleported to Fraxinus.
Haa... Yoshino's arc is finally over.
Now it's just a matter of time before I show up.
...I think I need to practice so I don't act weirdly when I see Shido.
Go to school again? Ugh... I'm tired of school...
To be continued...
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Yesterday I participated in the company recruitment process at the interview stage, That's why last week I used my phone to prepare for interviews and find out about companies. so that's why the update was so delayed lol.
If I pass the health test stage then I will definitely be accepted! Lolololol.
See you in the next chapter!