After Spring Tiger left with the two guardians, Rozen's Spirit-branded Retainers were also very sensible and canceled their materialization one after another.
Only Rozen, Natsume, Suzuka, and Kyoko were left at the scene.
The four of them looked at each other, and in the end, the atmosphere became a little awkward.
It couldn't be helped.
Natsume had a lot of things he wanted to say to Rozen, but he didn't know how to say them. He could only stand there, unable to say a word for a long time.
Suzuka didn't even know what to say. He could only glare at Rozen with a fierce expression.
As for Kyoko, she was even more uncomfortable.
It should be known that in the past, Jingzi and Xia Mu were not on good terms. They often had disputes when they were in the Yin-Yang School. In order to compete, they had already engaged in incantation battles countless times in their first year. Their relationship could be said to be rather delicate.
Now, Kyoko had also become Rozen's Spirit-branded Shikigami. From now on, she would serve Rozen as a Spirit-branded Shikigami, just like Natsume. Similarly, Kyoko didn't know what Natsume would think of her.
Recalling how she had stripped herself naked in order to become Rozen's Spirit-branded Shikigami and let Rozen see her whole body, Kyoko couldn't help but blush and burn. She hurriedly lowered her head, not even daring to look at anyone else.
Suzuka only felt puzzled about this, while Natsume was feeling a little complicated, just as Kyoko thought. He didn't know how things had turned out this way.
Therefore, Natsume also looked at Rozen with a somewhat resentful gaze.
He looked as if he had been betrayed by a heartless man.
Under such circumstances, even Rozen felt a little guilty and couldn't help but avoid Natsume's gaze.
This was met with Suzuka's disdain and Kyoko's bitter smile, causing Rozen to feel uncomfortable.
(If Altoria and Joan of Arc were here and saw me like this, they would definitely make fun of me, right?)
Rozen could only feel helpless in his heart.
However, Rozen quickly adjusted his mentality.
(No matter what, he's still my Spirit-branded Retainer. What's there to be uncomfortable about?)
Rozen understood.
As a magician who prided himself on summoning, how could he not even be able to control his own Tamed Demons and Spirit-branded Retainers?
There was no such thing.
Thinking of this, Rozen calmed down and looked at Natsume and Suzuka.
"What do you think? How have you been over the past year and a half? "
Rozen tentatively asked such a question.
Natsume was about to answer, but Suzuka beat him to it.
"You've been hiding from place to place, being hunted by the Yin Yang Hall, and risking your life to undergo the special training of living beings. Do you think it'll be good?"
Suzuka answered in a displeased tone.
"What about the people of the Earth Imperial Family?"
Rozen touched his nose and changed the topic.
Natsume wanted to answer again, but Suzuka beat him to it again.
"They're living a good life. Yingkuan and Chizuru still show off their love in front of us every day and often forget about us. Taichun of the Earth Imperial Family doesn't seem to be very close to us either. He only appears during special training or hides in his room to watch the stars. He's much better off than us."
Suzuka said in a sarcastic tone.
"Okay …"
After being stabbed by Suzuka in such a lukewarm manner, Rozen couldn't find a topic to talk about. He could only smile bitterly and spread his hands, indicating that he surrendered.
Seeing this, Natsume's heart softened.
In the past year and a half, Natsume and Suzuka had indeed had a hard time.
Rozen could directly go to another world and continue to live a carefree life, but Natsume and Suzuka could only continue to be hunted by the Yin Yang Hall and live a life of hiding. In addition, they had to risk being devoured to train their power as living beings and improve their strength. As their master, Rozen, wasn't by their side. Not to mention Suzuka, even Natsume was a little resentful.
This was also the reason why Suzuka seemed to be full of thorns.
Natsume had thought before that when she found Rozen, she would definitely teach him a lesson.
However, Natsume realized that when she really returned to Rozen's side, she was only excited and touched. She had no complaints at all.
In this way, if she softened, Natsume would speak up for Rozen.
"I say, Suzuka, don't blame Qiu Guan." Natsume said to Suzuka, "Qiu Guan must have had a hard time in the past year and a half. Otherwise, he wouldn't have changed so much. His spiritual energy has become so magnificent, and he even took in a hundred ghosts as his spirit servers. He has terrifying strength, so he definitely put in as much effort as we did."
"Really?" Suzuka snorted coldly and said, "Now that they have so many powerful Spirit-branded Retainers, we are completely useless. Can we find a place to fend for ourselves?"
"This …" Natsume was speechless.
To be honest, Natsume actually felt the same way.
'Rozen already has so many powerful spirit servers. Does he still need the two of us?'
Natsume was confused.
Until …
"What are you talking about?" Rozen rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "I never said that you're useless, right? Why are you belittling yourself? "
Hearing this, Suzuka didn't appreciate it.
"Then tell me, what's going on with the cow over there?" Suzuka pointed at Kyoko and said in a domineering tone, "She's also your spirit server, isn't she? Didn't you take in a new spirit server because we're useless? "
As soon as she said this, before Rozen could say anything, Kyoko hurriedly spoke.
"I was the one who proposed to become Qiu Guan's spirit server, and it's a bit against his will. Don't blame him."
These words really sounded a little like a mistress helping to put in a good word for him, taking all the responsibility on himself.
At least, for Natsume, Kyoko's appearance gave him such a feeling.
At that moment, Natsume looked at Rozen with a trace of sadness.
Rozen was also at his wit's end.
"As for Kyoko becoming my spirit server, I'll tell you the reason later." Rozen could only sigh and said, "But no matter what, you've already become my spirit server. In that case, I hope you can accept each other. Otherwise, how can you fight side by side in the future?"
That was a fact.
Since they had already become Rozen's spirit server, they at least had to have the self-awareness of being a spirit server. They couldn't put their master's safety aside and cause internal strife.
Otherwise, they would be too incompetent.
Even Suzuka had such self-awareness, so she didn't say anything more.
Only Natsume, after hesitating for a moment, confirmed with Rozen.
"So, does Mr. Kurahashi already know the truth about the Kurahashi family?"
This sentence made Rozen silent, and it also made Kyoko slightly stunned.
"The truth about the Kurahashi family?" Kyoko asked subconsciously, "What truth?"
This reaction and this statement was equivalent to answering Natsume's question.
So …
"Natsume." Rozen said softly, "Tell everything to Kyoko."
Now that things had come to this, it was time to let Kyoko know everything.
"… I understand."
Natsume looked at Kyoko and finally nodded.
Tomorrow was the final battle, and he couldn't continue to hide it from Kyoko.
That was what Rozen and Natsume thought.
Natsume told Kyoko the truth about the Yin-Yang Hall, the Kurahashi family, and the Soma family one by one.
Kyoko's eyes suddenly opened slowly, and her face became pale.
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