[!!!]
Noticing that Mikoto's barrier had begun to fade, Natsumi's heart tightened.
At this mont, she was hiding in a place where Shido and Mikoto could never find her, quietly observing everyone.
That was why she understood how many roads those two had walked, and how many places they had searched, all to find her in case she had been caught in the satellite explosion.
No matter how much she wanted to doubt them, no matter how much she could not believe in herself, by now, Natsumi understood that these Spirits, as well as Shido, were truly sincere toward her.
She wanted to be with these people. She wanted to be friends with them. She wanted to help them.
Feelings she had never had before surged in Natsumi's heart.
But...
[What can soone like even do?]
Her overly self-hating heart made Natsumi decide on her own that even without her, Shido and the others would be able to overco everything. Because they were so bright, so bright that she could hardly look straight at them.
[Even without ... it'll be fine, right?]
Thinking that, Natsumi watched Tsukuyomi begin to collapse. And in that instant, for the first ti, she realized that she had to help these people.
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[!!!]
As Tsukuyomi beca hazy, the several ton satellite slowly sank under the power of its thrusters, pressing down on the barrier.
"Ugh..."
Mikoto gave everything she had, yet she still could not resist the satellite's fall. At this rate, the satellite would soon hit the ground and explode.
"Damn it!"
Shido also wanted to open Tsukuyomi and help her, but after using Sandalphon with all his strength before, he had already reached his limit too. (TL:train you dumbass)
Just as everyone was at a loss, sothing moved inside Shido's chest pocket.
"Eh?"
Shido was surprised to find that it was the small lollipop he had picked up not long ago in the underground facility, the one dropped by Natsumi while she had been disguised as Kotori.
The lollipop wriggled, then transford into a small girl in a flash of light.
"Natsumi?" x2
Shido and Mikoto called the girl's na in shock. The other Spirits' eyes widened too. None of them had imagined that Natsumi, who had seed to disappear completely, had been so close all along.
"Haniel!"
Natsumi raised her Angel. The light it released transford the satellite into a giant cartoon chocolate ball!
"Natsumi, you..."
While holding back Tohka, who looked like she wanted to leap over and bite the satellite, Shido said gratefully. According to Natsumi's ability, once an explosive was transford into a cartoon object, even if it exploded, it would only create a cartoon "BOOM!" effect. In other words, no matter the altitude now, they could directly break that satellite.
"Hurry up and do it already. Isn't the whole point to destroy that big thing?"
Natsumi pulled down her large witch hat, shyly hiding her expression.
"Yeah... Tohka..."
"Mm, Shido."
Tohka and Shido nodded. The two aid their Angels at the satellite.
"Kyaaa!"
At that mont, Miku's scream rang out beside them. Shido turned his head and saw a huge number of Bandersnatch breaking through the night and ice, charging into the barrier!
"This is bad!"
Not just Miku. Everyone was exhausted right now, making them easy targets for the Bandersnatch.
[What do I do?]
Switch Sandalphon to Tsukuyomi? But that would an losing the power to attack the satellite. There were limits to wielding Angels with a human body. Shido knew that his remaining stamina was only enough to use an Angel one more ti.
"Tch! I don't care anymore!"
He stretched out his hand, trying to manifest the divine realm to protect everyone.
"Haniel!"
At that mont, he noticed Natsumi raising her Angel again.
Was she trying to turn the Bandersnatch into cartoon characters? But although Natsumi had not been sealed, she was heavily wounded. She probably did not have enough strength left to transform so many Bandersnatch at once, Shido thought.
"Kaleidoscope!"
Along with Natsumi's voice, the entire broom shone like a mirror, then began to deform, twist, and spread like mist, transforming into the colors of night.
"You guys... The only one allowed to play pranks on Shido and Mikoto is eeee!"
Using her Angel's power, Natsumi copied Tsukuyomi and blew away all the Bandersnatch in one go.
"Shido, now!"
Mikoto shouted.
"Yeah! I know!"
Shido and Tohka swung Sandalphon. The slashes filled with spirit power rushed toward the satellite. At the sa ti, Fraxinus's main cannon fired its magical convergence cannon.
The perfect crossing firepower crushed the satellite, which had beco chocolate, in a satisfying blow. Along with a burst of cartoon sound effects, the giant chocolate ball beca a rain of chocolate falling toward the earth.
"Haah..."
Looking at that strange sight, Mikoto let out a long breath. Surely even DEM would not have prepared a fourth satellite. She turned her head and showed Natsumi a warm smile.
Natsumi's face turned red, and she hid it beneath her large hat.
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At this point, the matter finally ca to an end. The satellite crisis had been resolved. Natsumi had returned, and had even taken the initiative to help everyone. The only problem left now was probably that black Spirit.
"...Let's give her the codena Devil."
During the eting, Kotori said that.
On the other side, Mikoto, exhausted from using too much spirit power, did not attend the eting. Instead, she sat on a seat beside a vending machine, taking a short rest.
"Um..."
Suddenly, a small voice ca from the other side.
Mikoto turned her head and saw Natsumi clutching the vending machine, hiding in its shadow and cautiously peeking at her.
"Um, what's wrong?"
Natsumi's appearance made her look like a squirrel hiding in a tree hollow, and Mikoto could not help smiling.
"S-sorry..."
Natsumi stepped out with unease. When she had transford into Kotori before, although she had done it to confirm whether Mikoto was lying to her, she had still said so very cruel words. She still rembered the hurt expression on the girl's face.
"Eh? Ah... It's all right. As long as Natsumi can cheer up, that's enough."
Mikoto was first stunned, then understood Natsumi's feelings. She smiled and shook her head, her expression showing that she did not mind those words from before.
"Ugh... Soone like really shouldn't be alive in this world..."
Seeing the girl forgive her so easily, Natsumi felt even more depressed. What had she done to such a gentle girl?
"No... Please don't say things like that... I'd be very troubled if such a cute girl as Natsumi wanted to die."
Mikoto gave a wry smile. Natsumi's negative personality really was serious.
"Cute... Um... Am I really cute?"
Hearing Mikoto call her cute again, Natsumi's heart began to beat quickly.
Aside from the girl before her and Shido, nobody had ever said the word "cute" so directly to her current self.
"Mm, Natsumi is cute. I can say it as many tis as you want—Natsumi is super, super cute!"
And Mikoto said that with a cheerful smile.
"Ugh... Uwawawa, wh-what is this? Please marry ..."
As a result, Natsumi, thrown into confusion, said sothing rather outrageous.
"Eh?"
Mikoto froze. Although she had told Natsumi the secret she least wanted anyone to know in order to help Shido, what was going on here? Had she gone too far?
[It wasn't Shido who captured Natsumi... It was ?]
"N-no! That's not it! Um... Please tell how to seal spirit power!"
Just as Mikoto stood there in shock, thinking she had NTR'd Shido, Natsumi hurriedly corrected herself.
"Eh? Oh... As for that..."
Hearing Natsumi's words, Mikoto finally relaxed. She told Natsumi the thod of sealing.
"I understand. A kiss, right?"
"Mm."
Looking at Natsumi, who was still full of unease, Mikoto nodded. For Natsumi, being sealed also ant she would no longer be able to turn into her adult form. From then on, in her daily life, she would have to face her current self forever.
"Um... After I'm sealed, will you and Shido still teach how to put on makeup?"
However, Natsumi did not refuse.
"Of course."
Mikoto smiled and nodded.
"Then... I'm going to find Shido!"
As if infected by Mikoto's smile, Natsumi, who had always carried a gloomy air, smiled for the first ti. She turned around and ran away with quick little steps.
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