CH 4.15

「W-what the hell are you people…..?」

The trembling voice of Onimatsuri echoed in the abandoned building, which had become quiet after the variants disappeared.

Yui and I looked at each other.

Yui nods and moves her lips slightly saying “Leave this to me”.

「What you saw is real. There are scary people in this world who eat humans.」

Yui, who began to speak gently, continued.

「However, if you forget what you saw here and keep your mouth shut, you probably won’t be targeted in the future.」

When Yui says “probably”, it’s true.

The problem is that they now know that Onimatsuri has value as a hostage against us.

A little research should reveal that she is not particularly valuable but since we don’t know their level of intelligence, we don’t know what they will do.

「Really…..?」

Onimatsuri looks at Yui with her messy face that is full of tears, snot, and vomit.

「Of course, you can’t tell anyone about us either. If you do, other scary people like the guys earlier will catch you.」

This time, she has a threatening tone.

If people hear about variants, they’ll think she’s crazy.

If variants hear about it, they will consider her as their next meal.

It would be more troublesome if they heard about us.

Besides, I don’t want to reveal my existence to the “organization” just yet.

It’s not difficult to imagine that a lot of people will come to use me or try to eliminate me.

Either case is nothing but a hassle.

「Understood. I won’t tell anyone, I won’t say anything! However….you’ll help Matsuri if anything happens again, right…..?」

Why can this girl say something like that without hesitation?

「We only helped you today because Kazu happened to notice.」

「T-that….」

「If you don’t want to die, you better don’t hang out at night.」

The variants she met today were moving behind the scenes.

As far as advice goes, that’s probably correct.

「I’ll help you if I see you. Thus, don’t talk to anyone about what you witnessed today. If you talk, you’ll be in a lot more pain than what they can do to you, understood?」

I pointed my index finger at her forehead.

「U-understood. I won’t tell anyone!」

As the frightened Onimatsuri said that, the magic circle that showed up between my finger and her forehead was absorbed by her forehead.

With this, the contract was complete.

If Onimatsuri tries to talk about what she saw today, she will experience a severe headache.

I can use a little memory-erasing magic but mine could erase her entire personality.

If that happened, the effect would be the opposite of what we want so this time, I used a curse….it’s contract based so it should be alright.

「Why are you guys so strong? You’re much stronger than the fighters on tv.」

「Not telling anyone also means no asking questions, okay?」

「U-understood! I heard you so don’t look so scary! And, ah, thanks….」

The fact that she can say thanks in this situation means she has a stronger mentality than expected.

The problem is the movement of the variants.

According to what I heard from Thor and from what the dark Valkyries have been doing, I thought that it was only those who lost to their instinct that would attack people but it seems like some group disagrees.

This building is probably not the only “restaurant” they have.

The variants that have survived for a long time have gained wisdom and integrated themselves into human society.

When mimicking humans, their magical power is almost the same as a normal human like Loki’s group.

Even I would have to get close enough to notice them.

The hurdle to protecting Yui was not that low.

However, I will definitely protect her.

This time, I won’t let them kill anyone I care about.