"Brother Seiji, if you want to be alone with Uehara-san, you can just tell me directly. I'll hide in my room," Shika Kagura said with a calm expression.
His adopted younger sister instantly saw through his thoughts. This was even more awkward!
Seiji felt the urge to facepalm.
He glanced at Mika and saw that her face was flushed red and her head was lowered like a shy little girl.
This atmosphere was …
'Forget it! I'll just do what I need to do. '
"Little Shi, please give me some alone time with Mika," he requested in a serious tone.
"Alright, brother," Shika Kagura answered as he walked to his own room and closed the door behind him.
Seiji looked back at Mika.
The twintailed girl kept her head lowered.
It was difficult for him to say it … but he needed to say it.
"Mika … I … said that I don't intend to get a girlfriend for the time being.
My thoughts … haven't changed, so … as for your feelings … "
The more Seiji spoke, the heavier his heart became.
Was this really an acceptable answer?
The person in front of him was none other than Mika Uehara — his very first good friend. Was it really alright to respond to her with such words?
She continued to lower her head.
Seiji could tell that she was nervous and disappointed.
'This won't do!'
He stopped speaking and took a deep breath.
"Mika!" he called out her name in a loud voice.
Mika's body trembled in shock as she reflexively looked up.
She then discovered that he was hugging her!
He was hugging her …
She could feel the warmth from his body, as well as the sensation of his chest and hands.
Mika was unable to react in time.
Her brain felt like it was stuck, as if it had stopped working.
However, she could clearly feel what her body was feeling.
This was the first time she had ever been hugged by him.
His warmth, touch, smell … everything seemed to be engraved into her heart and would remain in her memory for a very long time.
"I really care about you," Seiji told her in a serious tone.
"I'm truly happy about your feelings.
I'll definitely be happy if I become your girlfriend.
"But, I don't want to lie to you …"
"I don't have any romantic feelings for you yet."
"You are my important friend, a very important friend, but above that, I don't have …"
"So, I'm sorry!"
Without any excuses, without the slightest bit of deceit, he conveyed his feelings with complete sincerity.
Hugging her tightly, he told her earnestly.
Mika received all of this.
Her brain still didn't work, but her body and mind accepted his feelings.
His chest felt uncomfortable.
Tears came out of her eyes.
However, it was not very painful.
Because he was trying so hard to convey …
"Seiji …"
Mika slowly raised her arms and hugged him.
"I know … I knew this would happen."
He had hesitated and thought about hiding his feelings and continuing to get along with her as before.
But … Feng Wu Juumonji, Genji Asamiya … all these outstanding girls had honestly expressed their feelings.
Why do I have to be secretive?
She was clearly by his side, and she clearly liked him so much, but she didn't express her feelings to him … She was too stupid.
So he decided to say it.
He pretended to be calm and did his best to say it.
Even if he knew what the result would be.
"I've resolved myself … to resolve the pain …"
He hugged her tightly.
"But now … it's so strange, I feel …"
The warm, blissful feeling seemed to surpass the pain?
"I feel … this is good …"
This was good enough.
She didn't know how to express it anymore.
She could only hug him, cry, and enjoy this moment.
Being rejected didn't end here.
From now on, she would truly work hard to get closer …
…
A long while later.
The two of them separated.
Seiji handed Mika a tissue.
Mika accepted it and wiped her face clean. Then, she looked at Mika and smiled.
Seiji smiled as well.
Many things were communicated through their smiles, and they settled down.
"About that … spirit of yours.
I'll call President Wanhua and ask her to take a look at it and determine what it is.
If it's dangerous, try to get rid of it, and if it's really not … "
"I'll 'hatch' it," Mika said resolutely.
Seiji didn't know what to say to her.
After that, it was Mika's turn.
She wanted to know what Seiji had been hiding from her. She wanted to know what he had been hiding from her.
Apart from his system and his own secrets, Seiji told her about everything else, including the Haruta family and Shika Kagura.
"Kagura-san … Kagura-san's constitution … the 'Reaper's Curse,' is there really no way to deal with it?"
After learning the truth, Mika felt sympathy for the black-haired girl.
"There's no way now, but in the future … there will be!" Seiji's eyes flashed as he spoke resolutely.
Mika felt warmth in her heart as she looked at him like this.
'Juumonji-sensei, you were right — he's a true hero.' She thought to herself.
After they finished their conversation, Mika left.
Seiji went to knock on Shika Kagura's door.
"Little Shi, what do you think about that thing? Is it really a so-called 'spirit?' "
Sakura-san was a legendary existence from the school festival. Her true form was unknown, and she was incredibly mysterious. Was what she gave Mika really what she said it was? Was it a spirit … egg?
In his previous life, there was an anime called "Sakura-san Buries A Corpse Under Her Feet." Although the title was a bit of a clickbait, and this Sakura wasn't the real "Sakura," Seiji still felt like something ominous was about to happen.
Shika Kagura fell silent for a moment.
"I don't know much about Yin Yang Masters' spirits. From what I can tell, that ball of light … doesn't seem dangerous."
"Oh … at least it doesn't seem dangerous, right?"
"Yes."
Seiji relaxed slightly after hearing his adopted younger sister's opinion.
But in the end, he still had to let Wanhua Summer Night take a look.
He immediately made a phone call.
"President, I'm sorry to bother you again, but it's like this …"
Yesterday, he had troubled Grand Mistress Natsuya when he was admitted to the hospital, and today, he called her again. Seiji was truly rather embarrassed.
After he explained the situation, the other side of the phone fell silent for a moment.
"So something like this actually happened …" Natsuya sighed.
"President, do you know about Sakura-san?"
"I do. She's an incredibly powerful demon who's active at Yuen Hwa Secondary. Not long after I entered school, she voluntarily appeared in front of me and talked to me.
Overall, she's a great demon with good intentions. She helped me when I was setting up the spell formation, and she also helped us in our duel against Okubo Yoshiaki. "
"Duel …" Seiji thought back to what had happened.
At the time, he hadn't seen any pink-clothed Sakura Island girl.
"At the end of the duel, I transferred the remaining power of the spell formation to you, and that was when she helped me. If she hadn't helped me, I … might have been unconscious until now. "
"I see." Seiji now understood.
Now that he thought about it, Wanhua Summer Night seemed like she was gambling with her life at the time, but she was able to get out of bed not long after the duel, and she seemed to be in good spirits … So it was because a great demon had helped her.
"I'm really grateful to her, and I was intending to meet up with her after I recovered a little, but I didn't expect that she …"
"She told Mika about us, and even gave Mika a strange present."
"Yes … she's generally a benevolent existence, but at her core … she's rather casual." The Grand Mistress sighed.
A moment of silence fell between them.
"President …"
"I know what you want to say, Haruta-kun. Why don't you bring Uehara -san over to my place tonight? I'll examine the item that Sakura-san gave her. "
"Thank you, President."
"No need to be polite. I'm also quite curious as to what exactly Sakura-san gave Uehara -san … I'm quite familiar with 'spirits,' but I've never heard of a 'spirit egg,' much less an 'incubation.' "
"There's no such thing as a 'spirit egg?'" Seiji raised his eyebrows in surprise.
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