As long as he apologized, Yutsuki would forgive him?
Hearing Nia's words, Shido widened his eyes in disbelief.
"No, no, that's way too far-fetched no matter how you look at it. How could there be such a simple thing? Yutsuki isn't that easy to talk to..."
Subconsciously wanting to wave his hand in denial, but after seriously pondering Nia's words, Shido couldn't help but lower his head in deep thought.
Indeed, in his impression, although Yutsuki looked extrely terrifying when angry, in their daily lives, no matter what mistakes anyone made to annoy her, as long as they honestly apologized, she wouldn't hold a grudge.
Back in November, Yutsuki had explicitly stated her unwillingness to have her Spirit power sealed by Shido. Shido originally thought she refused because she didn't need to be sealed. However, in reality, she was simply afraid of problems arising on Origami's end and wanted to preserve her full strength as insurance until the matter was resolved.
[Then, since Origami's problem hasn't been resolved yet. Isn't it better if I stay like this?]
Just taking it at face value, as long as Origami's problem was safely resolved, she was willing to seal her Spirit power and return to Shido's side.
Yutsuki might think a lot, but what she wanted to convey was often not that complicated.
"..."
Shido was montarily at a loss for words.
Although it sounded like a convenient explanation made up to deceive himself, the more he thought about it, Shido's intuition indeed told him that Honjou Nia's line of thought was correct.
"So you an, as long as I say 'I'm sorry' to Yutsuki, she will forgive ...?"
"Perhaps to Biri-chan, just getting the result of the other party admitting their mistake is enough." Nia wagged her finger and said, "Who knows, Boy, you might not even need to tell her in person. Just making a call right now, or sending a text saying 'I'm sorry, let's make up', Biri-chan would probably forgive you."
"No, that's way too..."
Although he felt doing that lacked sincerity, Shido still couldn't help but take out his phone. Looking at Yutsuki's phone number in his contacts, a hint of temptation and hesitation appeared in his eyes.
According to Kotori, Yutsuki should be holed up in her room at the Spirit apartnt sulking right now. Although their current location was likely no longer within Japanese territory, making a long-distance call should still be possible. But later, after boarding the airship and entering space, Shido wasn't confident if the phone signal could still reach the ground.
And honestly, if it weren't for his determination to save Mukuro forcing him to temporarily put personal matters aside, he would have already given Yutsuki a dogeza to apologize.
"No... as I thought, I should wait a bit."
After hesitating for a long ti, Shido still held back and put his phone back in his pocket.
If he called to admit his mistake now, he might get her forgiveness, but Itsuka Shido would only be taking advantage of Yutsuki's gentleness to act spoiled.
Even if it ant letting Yutsuki vent her anger by beating him up severely, what Shido wanted was a true reconciliation.
"Not going to call Biri-chan?"
"Mhm, no." Shido nodded, revealing a bitter smile with a hint of self-deprecation. "I'm the one who made the mistake, there's no need for Yutsuki to compromise. Apologizing is sothing that's definitely better said in person."
"Hmph... since the boy has decided so himself, I won't say any more."
"Mhm, thank you, Nia. You've been a big help."
"Don't ntion it, as long as you've figured it out. If you have any troubles, feel free to consult big sister here."
Proudly patting her chest, Nia tilted her head up, secretly observing Shido from the corner of her eye, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
(These two really are... enviable...)
Honestly, after hearing the contents of Yutsuki and Shido's argunt, Nia actually noticed another point that she didn't ntion.
Why did Itsuka Shido argue with Ryougi Yutsuki?
From the very beginning, Nia had used Rasiel to understand Itsuka Shido. Fundantally, he is a good-natured person. It goes without saying that he always disregards his own safety to save Spirits. When interacting with Spirits, regarding the various troubles they caused due to their ignorance of the world, Itsuka Shido, as the person involved, basically laughed them off with a tolerant mindset.
Then why would such a Shido argue with Yutsuki? This seems contradictory and unreasonable, but just changing the perspective reveals the answer.
The reason Itsuka Shido didn't get angry before wasn't just because he didn't want to get angry, but more so because he couldn't get angry. Good-natured people are also human; not getting angry easily doesn't an they won't get angry.
He couldn't let the Spirits lose control of their emotions, otherwise it would cause a reverse flow of Spirit power and trigger a massive tragedy—this understanding probably made Shido constantly and unconsciously avoid emotions like impatience and anger, treating the Spirits as carefully as holding fragile crafts. And the pressure that unconsciously accumulated also caused his Spirit power to go berserk in December.
Having figured this out, looking back at the incident of Shido and Yutsuki arguing? The aning it represented was completely different.
No need to worry about whether the other party's Spirit power would reverse flow, no problem with not suppressing himself. —In Itsuka Shido's heart, Ryougi Yutsuki had already beco an existence he could communicate with on equal footing.
(Is this the so-called 'the closer the relationship, the easier it is to fight'? Ahh, this is too much. Wait, Biri-chan... wouldn't she already know this?)
Thinking of this, Nia couldn't help but feel a drop of sweat.
"Boy... this might be my guess, but maybe your stance and Biri-chan's idea aren't actually contradictory."
"Hm?"
"Excuse . Coming through."
Suddenly, a technician wearing a coarse uniform pushed a handcart over from the other side of the ergency exit stairwell.
"Ah, sorry."
Realizing he seed to be blocking soone's way, Shido hurriedly stepped aside to make room.
"It's fine. You guys should be Commander Itsuka's people, right? It's almost ti for departure. Don't chat too long and keep people waiting."
Pressing down his baseball cap, the person answered in a deep, hoarse voice.
(Eh, it's a guy?)
Looking at the person's slender back, slightly shorter than himself, Shido felt a bit surprised.
"Well... thanks anyway."
"—!?"
Nia abruptly turned her head, looking at the technician who had just brushed past her, instantly widening her eyes in shock, as if she had seen a ghost.
"Nia?"
"...It's nothing. My facial muscles just cramped accidentally." After recovering, Nia smiled bitterly and scratched her hair sowhat distressedly. "It seems I was worrying for nothing."
"Eh, what are you..."
Before Shido had ti to ask. Suddenly, fierce vibrations hit from the ground. A series of explosions ca from the do.
Shido and Nia's expressions changed imdiately.
"Soone is attacking this base?!"
"It's those DEM guys, they probably used Beelzebub to find this location. Ah—how annoying, Boy! Hurry up and rendezvous with Imouto-chan and the others."
"Mhm!"
Nodding without hesitation, Shido picked Nia up and ran quickly towards the hangar where the Fraxinus EX was kept.
"Halt! You are not allowed to advance any further!"
Just then, dozens of enemies blocked Shido's path. They wore the wiring suits unique to Wizards and Realizers for indoor combat, aiming guns that fired magic bullets at Shido.
These weren't Ratatoskr employees, but DEM Wizards.
Bang bang bang—
Countless bullets ford an airtight barrage, sweeping out accompanied by tongues of fire bursting from the muzzles.
Shido instantly deployed a Spirit power shield to protect himself and Nia, deflecting all the bullets.
"Partial deploynt—Zadkiel!"
During a lull in the gunfire, bone-chilling cold silently spread to the Wizards's feet, freezing them completely along with their Territories.
"Phew~ So cool!"
Nia, expressing that she could only obediently watch the show, couldn't help but whistle in admiration.
After incapacitating the surrounding Wizards, Shido summoned Raphael and rushed non-stop towards the hangar at top speed.
However, when the two arrived at the scene, the Spirits who were originally waiting for them there were nowhere to be found. In their place, was a gray haired man exuding an ominous aura. Seeing Shido appear, the man revealed a cheerful smile.
"We et again, Itsuka Shido."
"Westcott!!"
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