In the morning, the students of Raizen High School welcod the second day of their school trip.
"Mikoto, thank you for the book."
Tohka returned the book she had borrowed yesterday to Mikoto.
"No need to thank . I'm glad you liked it, Tohka."
"Umu! The pictures inside were very pretty!"
"The pictures… huh…"
Mikoto smiled bitterly. That was a very Tohka-like answer.
"Uuuu, Shido isn't here."
"Mm."
Mikoto nodded. Since he had to conquered the Yamai sisters, Shido had probably already been arranged by Reine to go sowhere without people around.
"Then, Mikoto, do you want to go to the beach? Maybe we can find Shido there."
"Mm, let's go. Let's go."
Mikoto nodded.
The two of them went to the beach. At the mont, a large number of students had gathered there. The Spirits in swimsuits drew countless gazes, and quite a few boys ca over to invite the two of them to play together. However, Tohka was focused only on searching for Shido, while Mikoto rejected them with a smile.
"Ah! Shido is actually over there!"
Suddenly, Tohka pointed toward a private beach in the distance.
"Eh?"
Mikoto narrowed her eyes and looked far away. She could indeed see three people there, both boys and girls. But being able to tell that one of them was Shido from just that—sure enough, the intuition of a natural airhead was amazing.
"Wait… Tohka?"
However, in just that brief mont of hesitation, Tohka had already jumped into the sea and started swimming over.
"Uu… it can't be helped."
Mikoto had not wanted to disturb Shido's capture plan, but since Tohka was already swimming toward that side, she should go over as well after all.
And so, the two arrived at the private beach on the other side. There, they saw Shido playing waterlon splitting with Kaguya and Yuzuru. Because of Mikoto and Tohka's arrival, plus Reine herself, the ga changed into a three on three beach volleyball match.
The teams were decided by drawing lots.
The lots had faces drawn on them, but the faces were so unclear that it was impossible to tell who they were. Then Reine would point out the nas and assign the teams. It looked like a cheating thod where Reine could freely adjust the teams if she wanted to, but Mikoto herself did not mind. After all, this was for the sake of the capture. She would just pretend not to see these little tricks.
And so…
Team A: Shido, Kaguya, Yuzuru.
Team B: Tohka, Mikoto, Reine.
At first, Shido's eyes were completely drawn to the girls's swaying chests. However, after noticing this, Mikoto gently tugged at the swimsuit on her chest. While Shido's gaze was drawn over, the girl jumped into the air and struck a fierce spike. The volleyball brushed past Shido's ear and slamd into the sand.
Looking at Shido's pale face, Mikoto smiled and made a big X with both hands. After that, Shido finally focused his attention on the volleyball, and not on any other balls. (TL: no horny~)
"Tohka, Mikoto, could I ask you two to provoke those two?"
Facing Kaguya and Yuzuru, who already had factors of discord between them, Tohka and the others had been scoring points one after another with overwhelming montum. At that mont, Reine walked over and spoke softly.
"Provoke?"
"It ans…"
Reine whispered beside Tohka for a while, and the girl seed to understand what provocation ant.
"…Oh, I understand."
"I'll cooperate too. There's sothing I'm a little curious about anyway."
Tohka and Mikoto both nodded.
"Hmph! What's this? So Kaguya and Yuzuru are nothing special after all."
"Agreent. If this is all you can do, the na Yamai will cry~."
[!!!]
After a round of provocation, they finally stirred up the two girls's fighting spirit. The Yamai sisters used gorgeous combination attacks completely different from before and evened the score. At the sa ti, Mikoto beca even more certain of the thought in her heart.
[Just as I thought, those two actually have a very good relationship.]
Rather than enemies trying to kill each other, they were more like close friends whose teamwork was so perfect that they could understand each other's thoughts and wishes without saying a word.
After the beach volleyball ended, Shido went to the restroom alone.
Although that was a very normal action, when Mikoto saw Shido again, she found that his expression was quite bad.
"What happened, Shido?"
"Yakumo-senpai, your feeling was right. Kaguya and Yuzuru… they actually…"
Shido looked at Mikoto and told her everything that had just happened.
[Hehehe… Then farewell, human. What has been made here is a blood pact. If you break it, your body and even your marrow will be burned by the flas of purgatory!]
[mo. Tomorrow, please say that you choose Kaguya. Otherwise, misfortune will befall Shido's friends.]
Those were the words Kaguya and Yuzuru had said to Shido in the restroom earlier. The two of them were willing to make themselves disappear. Even if they had to use threats, they wanted Shido to choose the other one.
Kaguya wanted Yuzuru to live.
Yuzuru wanted Kaguya to live.
For Shido, that was a result he could never accept. He had to save both of them, no matter what!
"…What? So that's how it is."
Unexpectedly, after hearing his thoughts, Mikoto smiled.
"Yakumo-senpai?"
"Hey, Shido. The situation is definitely troubleso. But… the ending where both of them survive is already in your hands, isn't it?
If they pay the price of losing their Spirit power."
At this point, Mikoto had no intention of trying to persuade those two to give up fighting over the na Yamai. If they were willing to sacrifice themselves and continue their mutual love-and kill act, then the battle over the na Yamai was probably unavoidable. However, that had one condition—that the two of them were still Spirits.
"I see! If the sealing succeeds, then the two of them will no longer have a reason to keep fighting over the na Yamai."
Hearing Mikoto's words, Shido's eyes widened.
"Mm, exactly. And right now, no matter how Shido tries to conquered them, those two probably only see Shido as an ordinary person who will judge the match. If Shido solves the situation that forces them to kill each other, their affection will reverse in one shot and go up, up, up without stopping."
Their mutual love and kill situation was troubleso, but luckily, the key to solving that trouble was right in Shido's hands.
With hope shining in their eyes, Shido and Mikoto went to find Reine and discuss the matter.
"But how can Shin make the two of them believe that he can seal their Spirit power?"
After listening, Reine asked.
"Ah… of course we can. But for that, I need Yakumo-senpai's and Tohka's help!"
Shido said.
"Mm, I understand."
Mikoto nodded. She knew what Shido was thinking. It was the sa as when he had sealed her. If a sealed Spirit appeared in front of them, the credibility should multiply.
After going through a series of events involving Yoshino, Kurumi, Kotori, and others, Mikoto and Tohka could now manifest a partial Astral Dress by their own will. That was the best proof that a Spirit had been sealed.
"I understand. Then we'll set the ti for after dinner."
Reine nodded and decided to help Shido complete his plan.
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