His vision gradually went blank.
A gigantic dark-red monster appeared in front of him. He could faintly see large numbers of human faces and puppets attached to it. They all had various scary expressions.
The monster slowly approached him.
Seiji sensed that it wanted to do something. He wanted to react, but he was unable to move or even make a sound.
At this moment, a translucent silver-haired little girl appeared in front of him and faced the monster.
The monster stopped approaching.
The girl looked up at the monster and spoke in a soft voice.
The monster let out a shrill sound, as if countless people were cursing at the same time.
The girl fell silent for a moment before turning around to look at him.
'Shinobu-chan …' Seiji wanted to call out her name, but he was unable to make a sound.
The girl's mouth arced upwards slightly as she looked at him. She smiled faintly, pure and beautiful.
Seiji sensed that she wanted to do something and did his best to speak up and stop her.
But before he could say anything, Shinobu turned around and faced the monster again. She said something in a soft voice.
The monster then approached her and slowly enveloped her.
'No … don't do this … stop …'
Seiji did his best to break free from the bindings.
"Hurry up and stop!!!"
A sudden loud roar shook the entire room, causing Summer Night to jump in fright.
"Seiji … you're awake."
"… Eh?"
Seiji looked around him and discovered that he was lying on a bed in a luxurious hospital room.
"What's going on …" He had a confused expression.
"You vomited blood and fainted. Don't you remember?" Summer Night looked at him. "You collapsed right after I released that demon."
"I … fainted?"
Seiji had no recollection of this at all.
He was also quite concerned about the Grand Mistress's current appearance.
"Your hand …"
"It's fine. It's just a flesh wound. I didn't hurt my bones." Summer Night, who was wearing a hospital gown, smiled and lightly waved her bandaged hands. "I'll recover soon."
"How were you injured?"
"When you were casting your spell, the Ice Fan Cardinal attacked you."
"Where are Shuho-san and Kirin-san?"
"Hitaka and Rona both suffered some serious injuries, but they're fine after treatment. It's only a matter of time before they fully recover."
"That's … good." Seiji heaved a sigh of relief.
"How are you feeling now?" Summer Night asked with concern.
"I … It's nothing, just a little pain in my chest."
"It's best to rest here for a few days."
"Hmm …" Seiji frowned.
"What happened?"
"I can't sense Shinobu-chan … can you see her?"
"Shinobu-chan …" Summer Night immediately cast [Astral Vision] and carefully observed her.
After a moment, she ended her Spirit Vision and shook her head.
"I can't see."
Seiji was speechless.
"What happened?"
"… Let me calm down first."
Hearing his words, Summer Night looked at him for a while and nodded.
"Then you should rest first."
Then, she turned around and left the hospital room.
After Summer Night left, Seiji covered his face with his hands.
Shinobu had left! She went together with that demon to the other side.
Seiji found this difficult to accept. He wanted to load, but … if Shinobu didn't go together with them, would that demon really leave?
If the demon didn't leave, it would mean that the demon had failed to redeem itself and was doomed!
If he wanted to protect Shinobu, he would have to go even further and think of a way to prevent the demon from appearing …
Just as he was thinking this, Yomi's voice spoke up.
"Honestly, this child is too reckless."
Right after Yomi spoke, Seiji sensed Shinobu's existence!
"Shinobu-chan! Are you alright!? "
"I'm fine, but something almost happened to me because I came into contact with that demon," the female spirit told him. "It's good that I helped to redeem him, but that was too much. If it wasn't for me stopping him in time, he really would have disappeared."
"Yomi …"
"It was quite difficult for me to stop this child. Please praise me."
"Good job!" Seiji praised her from the bottom of his heart. "You're the best spirit!!"
"I'd rather be called the best woman, but this is fine, heehee ~" The female spirit chuckled lightly. "Now, I want to go to sleep again. Do you have any objections?"
"No! Go ahead and sleep. Thank you for your hard work. "
"I like hearing that. Good night ~"
Then, she fell silent.
Seiji silently sensed the little demon within his body and completely relaxed.
'It's fine as long as you're alright, Shinobu-chan.
'Thank you for helping me and protecting me, but sacrificing yourself isn't right. That's too sad.
I'll definitely have a good talk with you later … for now, rest well. '
Seiji heaved a long sigh as his mouth arced upwards in a reassuring manner. He slowly closed his eyes.
…
The duel between Wanhua Summer Night and Akira Mitarai ended with Wanhua Summer Night's victory and Akira Mitarai's death.
This was an outcome that nobody expected!
No matter if it was the Wanhua Family or the Mitarai Family, both believed that Akira Mitarai would win this duel. Even if he performed poorly, or if Wanhua Summer Night performed exceedingly well, it would at most be a draw.
Yet, Wanhua Summer Night won!!
This result was inconceivable to everyone.
If one had to describe the Wanhua Family's Grand Mistress's victory, it was somewhat acceptable.
However, Akatsuki Mitarai's death was something that Seiji was unable to accept.
The Mitarai Family was in an uproar because of the death of an outstanding member of the younger generation! However, the judge's video recording showed that it wasn't anyone on Wanhua Summer Night's side who killed Akira Mitarai. Akira Mitarai's own puppet Spirit-branded Retainer backfired on him, causing his death.
A puppet Spirit-branded Retainer's backfire … nobody would believe such a thing even if they said it out loud. However, the video recording was true. There was nothing fake about it!
The Mitarai Family didn't even know how to react to Akira's death.
Why did the puppet Spirit-branded Retainer backfire on him? If they wanted to investigate this, they would have to ask for Wanhua Summer Night's permission first. That was because the puppet Spirit-branded Retainer was also the stake of the duel. It was now Summer Night's property!
Ignore this and forcefully investigate? Sorry, the Himiki Tribe was responsible for guaranteeing the safety of the winner's property.
If anyone from the Mitarai Family dared to do anything, the Himiki Tribe would teach them a lesson. They would show them how the Mitarai Family's most trusted judges came to be.
That was why they could only obediently call the Wanhua Family's Grand Mistress, who was in the hospital. As expected, she refused to answer the call. The reason was simple: she was injured in a duel and was currently recuperating.
This was a perfectly normal attitude for a Grand Mistress who was willing to challenge the Mitarai Family's marriage alliance.
Thus, they could only contact the Wanhua Family's other members.
They also called the Wanhua Aoran Family's residence.
The Wanhua Family's second young master decisively refused the call when he saw that it was from the Mitarai Family.
He decided to let his older brother and father worry about this. He didn't care at all.
Aoran had been against this marriage from the very start. He was delighted to see such a duel result. However, this was far too much of a pleasant surprise.
He was certain that the Wanhua Family definitely didn't do anything to the duel. Still, he didn't believe that no one had done anything to the duel.
Out of curiosity, Aoran called a certain person.
"Do you know that Akira Mitarai is dead?" Aoran asked directly after he picked up the call and greeted the person on the other end.
The person on the other end fell silent for a moment.
"Why should I know?"
"I think that you should know."
"I don't know, nor am I interested in knowing."
"You have an incredibly powerful puppet master under your command. If it's her, she should be able to cause the puppet Spirit-branded Retainer to devour you, right? "
The person on the other end fell silent for a moment.
"I don't know why you're suddenly saying this … If there's something you want to say, please be more specific, Wanhua Family's young master Aoran." The female voice on the other end of the cell phone seemed to contain a hint of coldness.
Aoran smiled upon hearing this.
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