"Why is Kurumi here?"
Shido had never imagined that, upon opening the door, he would see this most dangerous and worst Spirit standing there to welco him ho.
Thinking of how her goal was his spirit power, and how only Tohka was beside him right now, Shido could not help feeling a chill down his spine.
"Ara, you do not need to be so tense. My purpose today has changed a little. I ca to help Shido-san."
As if she had guessed what Shido was thinking, Kurumi smiled.
"Help? What exactly are you trying to say, Tokisaki Kurumi?"
Tohka stood in front of Shido and questioned her while holding Sandalphon.
"I an exactly what I said. Yakumo-san has been captured by DEM, has she not? Surely Shido-san wants to bring her back?"
Kurumi said.
"How do you know…"
Shido stopped halfway through his sentence.
He rembered. This Spirit had countless "ears" and "eyes" across the city. It would not be strange for her to know anything.
"Hehehe, it seems you understand."
Seeing Shido's expression, Kurumi smiled proudly and continued.
"However, with only Shido-san and Tohka-san, no matter how much you want to rescue Yakumo-san, it would not be realistic, would it?"
"Ugh…"
Shido understood that Kurumi was telling the truth.
With only him and Tohka, they could not even defeat Ellen alone.
"That is why I ca to help Shido-san."
[!!!]
Hearing Kurumi's words, Shido widened his eyes.
She had a powerful Angel that could control ti. If Kurumi helped them, taking Mikoto back might not be impossible.
"But why do you want to help ?"
Shido asked.
"Ara, ara. You completely doubt . How heartbreaking~ I might cry~."
Kurumi deliberately put on a sorrowful expression. Then her expression changed again, and she smiled.
"But I suppose it cannot be helped that I have no credibility. I will be honest, then. I also have business with DEM Industries, so I intend to use Shido-san as bait. Give and take, as they say."
"You're planning to use Shido as bait!?"
Tohka grew angry after hearing that.
"No… it's fine. If that's all, then I accept your condition."
Shido stopped Tohka, who was about to snap, and nodded toward Kurumi.
After all, going to DEM was already decided. Whether Kurumi needed bait or not, he was going there.
"Hehehe, as expected of Shido-san. Then…"
"Yeah. Please help , Kurumi."
"Mm. Since Shido says so…"
Shido nodded, and Tohka also lowered her weapon.
"It is my honor. Then… until 'we' find Yakumo-san's location, please make sure Shido-san and Tohka-san rest properly."
Kurumi lifted the hem of her skirt and gave a slight bow.
Then she vanished into the shadows.
"Ahhh, I'm so mad, so mad, so mad… To think a re human would do that to …"
In a high-class hotel near Tengu Square, Miku was irritably slapping the table.
After using the power of her voice to drive away the people dining there, the entire hotel had currently beco Miku's private space.
Beside her stood three Spirits: Yoshino, Kaguya, and Yuzuru.
However, neither delicious food nor cute Spirits could ease the irritation in Miku's heart.
[Are you trying to say—Mikoto-san's life matters more than yours?]
[Of course.]
That answer had almost overturned Miku's entire view of the world.
Humans were creatures who lived only for themselves.
n were animals who treated won as toys and thought with the lower half of their bodies.
And yet Shido had given her the opposite answer.
"Unbelievable… unbelievable!"
[He must be lying! If he isn't… if he isn't…]
Thinking that far, Miku turned to the Spirits and asked.
"I want you to answer honestly. If, in order to save Mikoto-san, that guy called Shido had to risk his own life, what would he do?"
"Um… may I be honest, onee-sama?"
Yoshino timidly raised her hand.
"Yes. I want to hear the truth."
Miku nodded.
"Shi… Shido-san would definitely risk his life to save Mikoto-san. Even… even if he might die."
"…"
Miku bit her lip.
Her mood seed to beco even more agitated, making Yoshino let out a small frightened sound.
"What about you two?"
Miku looked toward the Yamai sisters.
"Ugh, well, if it is that Shido, he would definitely risk his life to save Mikoto. After all, even Yuzuru and I are alive now because of that guy."
"Affirmation. Shido is soone with a strange brain. If it were to save Mikoto, he would definitely throw everything aside."
"…"
Hearing the Yamai sisters' answers, Miku's expression grew even worse.
Could soone like that really exist?
Soone who would risk everything for another person. Soone who saw another person as more important than himself.
And a man, no less.
If… if soone like that truly existed, then why?
Why had her fans abandoned her so easily back then?
If… if there really had been soone like Shido…
[If that's how it is… then I'll be your fan! That voice that has no charm power in it, but still sings with all its heart—even if the whole world abandons it! I'll keep being your fan!]
In that instant, Shido's voice echoed through her mind.
Shido had rejected the charming song sung by Izayoi Miku the Spirit, yet chosen the song sung by Tsukino Yoimachi—the song that had been abandoned by everyone.
"Hey, let ask you… if…"
Thinking this, Miku slowly began to tell the story of Tsukino Yoimachi.
She did not tell the Spirits that the main character of the story was herself.
In her story, there was only a young singer who had been reported to be using drugs, having improper relationships with n, and having an abortion, and had then been abandoned by her fans.
Nothing more.
"If it was soone like that, would that guy called Shido still choose to beco her fan? I want the truth."
After finishing the story, she picked up the juice on the table, intending to wet her throat.
"Um, if it were Shido, rather than asking whether he would beco that singer's fan, I think he would definitely do everything he could to save that girl."
"Affirmation. If it were Shido, he would not leave soone like that alone."
Kaguya and Yuzuru exchanged a glance, then said that.
"B-Because we… were also saved… by Shido-san like that…"
Yoshino also nodded carefully.
Crash! (TL: drum roll~)
As a result, the glass filled with freshly squeezed juice slipped from the stunned girl's fingers before it could reach her lips.
It fell to the floor and shattered.
[I will definitely save you.] (TL:rizz without even being there~)
Those were the words Shido had said to her during their date at the Tenou Festival.
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