"You can think of it as such," Yomi responded.
"What do you mean by that?"
"You can think about it yourself. I want to maintain a sense of mystery."
"You have an excessive sense of mystery!" Seiji retorted.
"Heehee …" She chuckled in response.
"Why are you always' sleeping '?" Seiji asked a question that he really wanted to know the answer to.
"Because I want to sleep … Actually, I want to sleep right now as well. I've been busy for so long, and I'm a little tired."
"Wait a moment! I have a bunch of questions that I want to ask you … "
"I don't like men who ask too many questions." The female spirit yawned lazily. "Good night ~"
"Hey!"
There was no more sound.
Seiji felt helpless.
"What the hell …" He sighed.
…
Once upon a time, there was a spider.
It lived in a very, very large forest. There were many of its own species there, as well as many other creatures.
This spider was no different from its own species. Every day, it would create webs to prey on creatures that were weaker than itself, and it would hide from creatures that were stronger than itself. It lived by the laws of nature.
But one day, it suddenly began to doubt itself …
'Why do I have to eat weaker creatures? '
After this doubt appeared, the spider began to think.
After a while, it decided to do something that it had never done before — to hunt down creatures that appeared to be stronger than itself!
This wasn't easy, but it was able to skillfully use its own abilities and finally succeed.
The spider felt satisfied as it looked at the corpses of creatures that it had killed that were several times larger than itself.
From then on, the creatures that it hunted became larger and stronger.
After an unknown amount of time, this spider became a large spider. Not only did it far surpass its own species, it also surpassed all other creatures in the forest.
It became the ruler of the forest. There was no creature in the entire forest more powerful than it.
The large spider lived leisurely. Day after day, year after year, it gradually became bored.
At this time, a group of strange creatures arrived near the forest.
They had very little fur, and their bodies were covered in something that looked like leaves. They had four legs, but only two of the larger legs were used to walk. The other two were used to play with various things.
The big spider secretly observed them and found that they were very good at fiddling with things. They had a lot of movements and seemed to be quite agile.
These creatures built nests near the forest. Sometimes, they would enter the forest, kill and take away weaker creatures, or take away other things.
The big spider tried to catch a few of them and felt that they tasted okay.
These creatures reacted to the predation of their own kind, and the stronger ones gathered together and entered the forest.
The big spider could tell that they were looking for it and wanted to kill it. It was amused by this, so it happily fought them.
In the end, it killed a portion of them, while the rest escaped. A few of them lay on the ground and kept making strange noises.
The big spider, who hadn't been interested in them for a long time, didn't kill them. Instead, it captured them and sent them to their nests outside the forest.
After that, these creatures did not enter the forest for a period of time.
The spider was disappointed.
Although these strange creatures were quite weak, their movements and reactions were much richer than other creatures. It was very interesting to watch. They did not enter the forest out of fear, which was not what it wanted.
Until one day, these creatures finally entered the forest again.
They brought some things to an empty space, lay down together, and after making some strange noises, they got up and went back, leaving the things they brought in the empty space.
The big spider had seen similar actions from other creatures, so it knew that these things were offered to it.
So it went to take a look, fiddled with them a bit, and ate a bit. It tasted a bit strange, but not bad.
After a while, these creatures came again. They also left some things behind and left.
The big spider went to enjoy it again.
The third time, one of these creatures stayed behind with the things it brought, lying on the ground without moving.
The big spider walked in front of this creature.
This creature made strange noises, then a strange light floated out of its body and towards it.
Out of curiosity, the big spider didn't avoid it and let the light float on its body.
Then, it could clearly understand what the other party was trying to say.
This creature called itself and its kind "people", while it called itself "God".
Humans begged God for protection, promising to be respected and worshipped. This was an eternal promise.
The big spider agreed.
From then on, it became the Spider God.
After that, a long time passed.
The Spider God understood more and more about humans, and became more and more interested in them. It felt that compared to humans, its life as a god was too boring.
When this feeling reached its peak, it made a decision – to become a human!
After learning all kinds of knowledge from humans, it succeeded after a long period of trial and error.
After becoming a human woman … she walked out of the forest and went to play in human territory.
She experienced all kinds of things, tasted all kinds of food, saw all kinds of interesting sights, and played with all kinds of fun things … sometimes she helped people, sometimes she saved people, sometimes she hurt people, and sometimes she killed people …
The Spider God, or rather the Spider Goddess, enjoyed all the pleasures that humans could experience.
One day, she married a man in order to experience what it was like to be a human couple.
But later, rumors spread that she was having an affair with someone other than her husband.
As a lord, her husband believed the rumors and threw her into a box filled with poisonous spiders to execute her.
She felt bored, destroyed the box, came out, killed her husband and the people who spread the rumors, and left.
Not long after, she gave birth to a child.
At this time, many powerful individuals were chasing after her, and it was inconvenient to have a child with her. So, the Spider Goddess gave a portion of her power to the child, and then left the child with a human couple before leaving by herself.
…
Genji was unable to defeat the red spider.
Of course, as she was only an ordinary high school girl, how could she possibly defeat such a large monster?
Currently, she was in a pitiful state. She was lying on the ground with injuries all over her body, and was completely unable to crawl back up. All she could do was tightly hold onto her kasaya wooden sword.
This was the limit of what she could do … the red spider judged as it looked at the injured purple-haired girl.
Its essence was a remnant of the Spider Goddess' power left behind by her long ago.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have awakened within this girl's soul. However, due to some reason, it had been awakened and was able to perform its role, which was to carry out the trial.
The trial had been obstructed by an outsider who had mysteriously intruded, but it was now over.
As the inherited spirit of the Spider Goddess, the red spider's final judgment towards this girl who shouldn't have faced it was …
She barely passed.
The red spider closed its eyes as its gigantic body transformed into specks of red light that scattered. A small portion of the red light merged into the purple-haired girl's body.
Genji instantly felt as if her entire body was being torn apart!
She was in so much pain that she couldn't even scream. Her consciousness became hazy, and she felt as if she would die like this.
'No … I can't die …
'I still want … to be together with him …
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