That afternoon!
Sunlight streamed through the windows.
Ayato helped Haruno down the stairs.
"Oh my, Yukino, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Haruno looked at Yukino's dark circles and said with a smile, "Do Devils have insomnia too?"
Yukino gritted her teeth and said, "Who do you think is the cause?"
"What does that have to do with me?"
Haruno looked completely innocent.
"..." Yukino.
Damn it!
She should have been the one to give herself away yesterday.
She had considered everything.
But someone else had picked the peach.
The most infuriating part was...
She couldn't even explain.
Damn it!
Her breast was aching again.
"Yukino, why are you so hostile to me?"
Haruno blinked. "Did I do something to offend you?"
Although her little sister usually didn't get along with her...
It was rare to see her like this.
Had something happened?
She looked around and blurted out, "Could it be because I stole your chance?"
"Impossible, absolutely not."
Yukino shook her head repeatedly.
This was her last stubbornness.
"So that's really it."
The corner of Haruno's mouth curled up. "Then I'm sorry. Your sister apologizes to you."
This little sister wore her heart on her sleeve.
Since childhood.
She was far too easy to read.
Thump!
Yukino felt an arrow pierce her heart.
Seeing this, Seiko and the others all showed expressions of sympathy.
Poor Miss Yukino.
This was a complete defeat.
Ayato, however, stroked his chin thoughtfully.
So that was why the bedsheets in his room had been changed.
So it was because of Yukino.
He didn't feel any regret.
After all, they were all his servants. Their entire beings belonged to him.
If she could give herself away once...
She could naturally give herself away a second time.
It was only a matter of time.
Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!
Just then.
Yayoi's phone rang.
"Sister Eiko?"
Muttering to herself, Yayoi answered the phone.
"Is something wrong, Sister Eiko?"
"Actually, although it sounds absurd, I think I've encountered something unclean. I heard you have some experience with this kind of thing."
A somewhat nervous voice came from the phone.
"Mm, tell me in detail."
"It's like this..."
On the other end of the phone, in a deserted park.
Hozuki Eiko walked cautiously.
From time to time!
She could see Cursed Spirits walking around.
Oh my god!
She usually chased after the supernatural.
She had visited all those dangerous places and never encountered a single one.
But why had she inexplicably run into them today?
"Listen to me, you have to stay calm."
Yayoi spoke slowly. "The ones you're encountering now should just be low-level Cursed Spirits."
"Whatever you do, don't let them know you can see them."
Eiko swallowed and said instinctively, "And then?"
"Tell me your location..."
"Okay, I'm at..."
"Mm, hang on. I'll be right there."
Yayoi hung up the phone and said, "Master, my cousin has run into some trouble. I need to go..."
"Mm."
Ayato nodded. "Perfect. Haruno just became a Devil. Take her along to get familiar with things here."
Yayoi's cousin... he had some impression of her.
Normally, Ayato wouldn't mind going.
But now he had something more important to do.
Because the long-silent other world summoning had finally appeared again.
Without coordinates...
He couldn't use teleportation magic.
Fortunately, although the park where Eiko was located was remote, it was still within the city.
Before long.
Yayoi had descended from the sky with Haruno.
Using magic power perception.
Yayoi found Eiko, who was trembling.
"Yayoi, you got here fast."
Seeing this, Eiko looked incredulous.
"Don't worry. Leave it to me."
Yayoi patted Yayoi Eiko's arm, then said, "Sister Haruno, you've learned magic power release, right?"
"M-me, fight them alone?"
Haruno twitched her mouth. "Wouldn't that be too difficult? That's the only move I know."
"Don't worry. Don't underestimate the power Master gave you."
Yayoi pulled her cousin behind her, pushed Haruno forward, and crooked her finger at the Cursed Spirits.
"You Cursed Spirits, come here!"
"They can see us?"
"They can all see us?"
The hundreds of Cursed Spirits around all got excited.
Without exception!
They all moved towards her at great speed.
Haruno: "..."
Good grief!
Had she just been tricked by a little kid?