4-52: I Knew It Would End Up Like This (1/5)

4-52: I Knew It Would End Up Like This (1/5)

For someone in her position, that was not something she could have been ignorant of.

In a sense, it was information meant precisely for those with a certain level of authority.

And by information, that was of course referring to the existence of the Mask that protected Kutoria and its students, while simultaneously threatening the whole world.

In other words, the existence of Masquerade.

She had already heard a little here and there about the Mask during the bombing incident.

It would be a lie to say that nothing had caught her attention back then.

Thats why when she heard what he did and what he said, her eyes opened wide.

She played that video oftragedy(anti-terrorism), of great light(anti-missile), and of a threat(anti-world) over and over again.

She looked at the information and events disclosed behind the scenes from multiple angles and even followed up on them.

Before long, her lips began to loosen(), and she thought to herself, what could this be?

The warmth spreading within her chest was so strong that all the evaluations and opinions of those around her fell on deaf ears.

And when she saw that monochrome picture, that warmth reached its climax.

Ahh, he() this is him telling us to take care of the rest!

And so, without anyone knowing, the girl(Aristel) swore to meet the boys expectations.



Oh, theyre doing it, theyre doing it.

Shinichi acted as though his foster were in camera mode and pointed it at a certain structure.

That structure was Aura Castle, the castle of the goddess of the Nyazda World, Goddess Aura.

Or at least, that was the setting of the castle-like attraction with European-styled towers that was the Japanese home of the mischievous goddess that always appeared in Nyazdas productions. Its design could be described as both divine and majestic with subdued colors befitting that of a goddess castle.

With a total height of 60 meters, any and all who beheld it for the first time could not keep themselves from gasping in admiration.

In the end, this ways the easiest for me, Shinichi said.

Indeed, unfortunately, Youko said.

Over in Falandia, these two have already seen lot of castles where real royalty ran the government and knights and servants worked, so this attraction wasnt really that interesting to them.

In fact, what was reflected on Shinichis foster had nothing to do with the castle, and a huge spherical space surrounded by stands could be seen on it instead.

There was a thinly colored barrier with cushion there, and a game was currently being held within its confines.

A fiercely fought game between young men and women riding on differently styled broomsticks.

Especially fierce was the competition between a dark-haired girl that straddled her broom and a boy that rode it standing up like a surfer.

Shinichis cheeks loosened as he watched the video feed of the giant monitor in the venue without permission.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

After all, both were familiar faces, and that was the case for the boy and girl following from behind as well.

Ha ha, she always gets so serious when competing.

While pretending to take a picture of the castle that could be said to be a landmark here, Shinichi stepped away from the crowd and leaned against the fence of an artificial flowerbed.

This was an inconspicuous spot due to the castle gathering so much attention, so he could safely raise his palm and speak his feelings.

Welcome home.

He was used to hiding, trailing, and observing people, but he knew things never went right when his family was involved.

I see, so thats why you had to use a shikigami experiment as an excuse.

Uu.

It was such a strange way of being considerate that Youko couldnt help but tease him like he would.

But thanks to that, we were able to confirm once again that youre terrible with familiar-like spells.

Despite continuing to chuckle, she reminded her master of that cold hard truth, and that there was never ever a need for an experiment since hes always been ill matched with such abilities.

I-Its because you cant increase mana or spiritual power with Skill; its a limitation of the conservation of energy.

Shinichi internally cried, but the ceiling in either department was just too low for him.

In that regard, no effort or ingenuity or skill could help him.

He could economize as much as he wanted, but at the end of the day, with less spiritual power, the spells just couldnt be maintained for long.

Sharing senses, changing orders, controlling from afar, maintaining their existence None of these things consume a lot of energy, but when you pile them all up, the consumption really is painful for you, huh, Master.

Shikis are better for versatility and stealth, but my spiritual power really is just too lacking.

Shikigami.

For awhile now, hes been wondering if he could use those to gather information.

Unlike the familiars of Falandia, there was no need to prepare the whole body to accommodate that goal.

He could just do something like he did earlier and make it so that the shikigami could hide among the real things.

They would also continue to function once an order has been given until they run out of spiritual power or are physically destroyed.

They had a lot of advantages over familiars, but while Shinichi could cheat attack jutsus by mixing in mana, shikis had too many parts that couldnt be compensated for with mana, so he struggled just to produce that one dove.

So the question boiled down to whether he would much rather break into the security system to gather information or waste his precious spiritual power.

Naturally, the former would be a much more economical option.

Though having more cards at his disposal wasnt a waste, this new card of his was a bit too difficult to use just to gather information.

Why would you ignore such an obvious and major premise? Youko asked.

But that was something that he shouldve realized without even having to try it out.

So when he did all that just to see how they were doing, Youko could more or less tell what his main purpose was behind his so-called experiment.

A huge grin surfaced on Youko.

Sheesh, enough already You can just use it in my place, Shinichi said.

Please dont ask the impossible of me. What even is Spiritual power? With my lowly C rank in Skill, I dont understand it and cant use it, Youko said.

Shinichi could tell by looking at her with Spirit Sight, that with the power of her soul, she should be able to specialize in Spiritual power.

However, since she didnt even understand spiritual power as a concept, he first needed to make her understand what it was, then have her be able to perceive it and manipulate it, and then and only then would she finally be able to use it.

Unfortunately, that was a concept as difficult as teaching mana to the people of this world that didnt understand the very concept of mana.

It was akin to asking a primitive man to read, write, and speak Japanese.

Thats not an impossible road by any means, but what a long road it is indeed.