A paid service.
Spiritual Ability users … was this what Spirit Controllers usually did!?
Mika was astonished.
Ruri chuckled.
She folded her arms and covered her mouth as she giggled. Something was flashing in her red eyes.
"Heeheehee … I was just joking."
"What?"
"I was just joking. I was just saying it casually," she stated casually. "I didn't expect that you'd take it seriously and have such a cute expression."
Mika was rendered speechless.
"Ma-sensei!"
Wasn't this joke a little too much? Her expression became angry.
Ruri smiled as she looked directly at her face. Something flashed in her eyes.
"Although it was a joke, I basically understand that you're an honest child."
"Eh?"
"If you chose to 'deal with' it, I really could do that as well. But you chose not to. How honest … or perhaps I should say naive. "
Ruri reached out her hand and gently caressed Mika's cheek with a suggestive smile.
"I don't dislike such a disciple."
Mika didn't know what to say as she enjoyed the sensation of Ruri's hand.
"Heehee." The red-eyed girl retracted her hand. "See you in the afternoon, Mika."
She turned around and left, her hair fluttering in the wind.
Mika watched her leave in a daze.
She felt indescribable … only when a familiar voice called out to her did she regain her senses.
"What's the matter? Why are you so distracted? Did you fall in love with that beautiful sensei? "Chiaki teased her.
Then, she saw a complex expression appear on the double-pigtailed girl's face.
"What's with that expression? What happened? "
"No … nothing." Mika averted her gaze.
It was obvious that it wasn't nothing.
Seiji and Chiaki exchanged awkward glances.
"What exactly is the matter, Mika? Is there something wrong with that sensei? "Was Ruri really a chuunibyou? Seiji thought to himself.
The double-pigtailed girl fell silent for a moment.
"Should I say that something's wrong, or that it's bad …" she muttered to herself.
Seiji and Chiaki were both rendered speechless.
"It should be fine … probably." Mika sighed after feeling conflicted.
Then she said nothing more.
Although they were a little worried about Mika's condition, Seiji and Chiaki didn't want to ask too much about her.
After that, the three of them returned to Uehara's apartment.
Seiji wanted to bring Little Ling Yang with him, and Mika wanted to call the landlady to visit the shrine together.
He opened the door and saw Feng Wu in the living room, playing games with Ling Yang.
"Happy New Year, Harano-kun."
"Happy New Year, Juumonji-sensei." Seiji looked directly at her. "We're going to pay our respects. Would Sensei like to come with us?"
"Sure." Feng Wu agreed with a smile.
After he brought the loli and the domineering older sister out, he saw the wife next door.
"Happy New Year, everyone," Nozomi greeted everyone.
Seiji and the others returned the greeting.
Nozomi then gave Ling Yang some New Year's money. Ling Yang happily thanked Nozomi.
'Should I give her some as well?' Seiji wondered to himself.
And so, their group set off.
"Seigo, let's see who gets the better number when we draw lots later." Chiaki started a conversation.
"Sure, who wins or loses?" Seiji accepted.
"If I win, you have to sleep with me."
"Don't make such an outrageous request immediately!"
"If I lose, I have to sleep with you."
"Hey, isn't that the same!"
"If I win and I can have Harano-kun sleep with me, then I want to participate as well." Feng Wu grinned as she interrupted.
"Sensei, please have some self-respect!" Mika retorted.
"I want to participate as well." Nozomi grinned as well.
"Mom, please have some self-respect as well!"
"I sleep together with Brother Harano every day, so I don't need to participate." Ling Yang proudly raised her head.
The air instantly froze over.
"Harano-kun …"
"Is this true?"
Feng Wu and Nozomi maintained their smiling expressions as they simultaneously looked at Seiji with a strange light flashing in their eyes.
Seiji was rendered speechless.
He felt as if he was breaking out into a cold sweat.
"Um … that's because we don't have any more beds at home …"
He endured the invisible pressure as he explained everything, doing his very best not to reveal even the slightest hint of guilt.
Chiaki grinned as she watched this scene and decided not to cause any more trouble for the time being. Mika observed this coldly from the sidelines.
With Little Ling Yang's testimony, Feng Wu and Nozomi accepted Seiji's story, allowing him to narrowly escape the suspicion of being a pervert once again.
"It's such a pity that you weren't convicted … whoops, that's wonderful, Seigo." Chiaki smiled.
"You're still going on about it! It's all because of you! "
"How about we talk about your shared sleeping experience?"
"Please don't say it! It's all my fault! "
Seiji wanted to cry but had no tears.
Chiaki giggled and stopped teasing him. She changed the topic to something else.
Everyone chatted and laughed as they happily continued on their way.
…
They arrived at the shrine.
As expected, there were many people here, and it was quite lively.
Seiji and the others passed through a torii, which was the "open" -shaped building that was often seen in anime and manga. They walked along a path and arrived at a washroom to wash their hands and mouths. After that, they passed through another torii and arrived at the main hall.
They lined up to pay their respects.
When it was their turn, they tossed money, rang a bell, bowed, high-fived, and made a wish.
Seiji's wish was that he and the people he cared about would have a safe and happy life for the next year.
But judging from what had already happened, this wish seemed unlikely to come true …
After paying their respects, it was time to ask for a fortune stick.
After Seiji received his fortune stick, he opened it and looked at it …
"Great Misfortune."
The corner of his eye twitched.
'Hey hey, didn't they say that the chances of drawing a "Great Misfortune" at New Year's were incredibly low? Why did I draw one at a time!? '
He really wanted to use this luck when he drew cards in his previous life.
"What did Seigo draw … pffft!" Chiaki came over and saw his fortune stick and instantly choked on her saliva.
"It's actually a Great Misfortune! You're so amazing, this is even more difficult to draw than Great Fortune! "She chuckled.
"Seigo drew a Great Misfortune?" Mika also came over to take a look. "… This is the first time I've seen a Great Misfortune stick."
Feng Wu and Nozomi also came over to take a look. Even Little Ling Yang wanted to take a look.
"This is the first time I've seen a Great Misfortune stick as well," Feng Wu told him.
"I drew it once when I was young, and this is the second time I've seen it," Nozomi told him.
"Great Misfortune, it seems so powerful," Ling Yang commented.
"It's the coolest, most difficult, and most difficult to draw!" Chiaki chuckled. "You win this time, Seigo."
"I didn't want to draw such a fortune stick to win at all." Seiji sighed.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if it's good or bad. What's important is what's written on the stick." Nozomi smiled. "Let's see what's written on the stick."
Seiji took a closer look at the stick.
Love, work, money, family, health … all of them stated that the situation was bad, and then explained how to resolve or avoid it.
All in all, it felt like it was accurate, but also not too accurate.
That was probably the content of this stick. If you believed it, then it was true. If you didn't, then it was false.
"Are you done? Let me take a look as well. I'm really curious about what's written on the Great Misfortune stick, "Chiaki requested.
"Please allow me to refuse," Seiji said decisively as he folded the stick.
"Just take a look, don't be so stingy ~"
"I'd like to see it as well, especially the 'love' stick."
"I'd like to see it as well …"
"Brother, I'd like to see it as well."
"Heh heh, I'd like to see it as well."
"Please allow me to refuse!"
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