"Are you sisters? But your surnas seem to be different."
"We aren't biological sisters... Big Sister Elsa adopted ..."
ili answered in a small voice.
She had been abandoned in the forest as a child and, due to her special constitution, was picked up by Witchbeasts and lived among them.
Later, Elsa brought her out and she joined the Assassin Organization alongside her, risking her life for 'Mother'.
Because she was young and had not been properly disciplined, she admired and yearned for Elsa, blindly longing for her way of life; thus, she mimicked Elsa's style and tone of voice.
ili recounted her past in full detail, while Yuji Itadori narrowed his eyes slightly.
He noticed that when ili ntioned the na 'Mother', a look of terror surfaced on her face.
It was just like before.
Was this why ili was so worried about whether the mission was completed?
The Assassin Organization, and that 'Mother'—they were likely the masterminds behind all of this.
"Who is the client who hired you?"
"I—I don't know. Clients always contact Big Sister and the others directly. I just followed Big Sister here... My mission is different from hers; I wasn't hired."
"What is your mission?"
"Big Sister received a request to use any ans necessary to stop that silver-haired big sister from participating in the Royal Selection. I was only assisting her with so cleanup work... except the mission failed..."
ili looked up and stole a cautious glance at Yuji Itadori.
The reason Elsa's mission failed was because of the person in front of her.
After the mission failed, Elsa would surely face punishnt from Mother.
Perhaps she would as well...
After looking for only half a second, she hurriedly lowered her head again.
"My mission was assigned by Mother... she told to co here and create chaos."
"Create chaos? Why?"
"I don't know either..."
ili shook her head; she didn't seem to be lying.
"I see. What kind of person is this Mother you speak of?"
"She..."
In an instant, ili's face turned deathly pale, and her body couldn't stop shaking. For a long while, she couldn't speak.
"She... is terrifying..."
"Will you be punished after the mission fails?"
"Yes... she previously turned into... many frogs..."
As ili spoke, her voice couldn't help but choke up.
"Turned you into frogs?"
"Mother has a very horrifying ability... anyone she touches will be turned into various bizarrely shaped things by her... I even saw soone turned into a lump of flesh—"
The mont ili spoke, she felt an incredibly terrifying aura emanate from the man in front of her.
Yuji Itadori, who had a peaceful expression earlier, now wore an exceptionally serious look.
The words ili spoke were almost identical to a certain existence he knew.
Mahito.
Yuji Itadori could never forget what Mahito had done.
Yoshino Junpei, Nanami Kento... they had all fallen victim to Mahito's cruel hands.
Todo Aoi had lost a palm because of him.
Even Kugisaki Nobara was the sa; although she was eventually saved, she had lost an eye forever.
One could say that Mahito's deeds were even more vile than Sukuna's.
Even though Yuji Itadori could say he had killed Mahito twice, he still hadn't forgotten that guy.
The mont he heard ili's words, Mahito's face surfaced in Yuji Itadori's mind.
Could it be that Mahito has also co to this world?
Since the Chat Group exists, it isn't impossible.
Even if the person isn't Mahito, they are definitely an equally vile individual.
Such a person absolutely cannot be allowed to remain.
"I understand."
Yuji Itadori cald his emotions and nodded. Then, he reached out and gently patted ili's shoulder.
"You can rest easy from now on. As long as I'm here, that person won't hurt you, provided you don't do what you did before."
Yuji Itadori spoke to ili with a serious expression.
ili looked up sowhat blankly. For the first ti, their eyes t for an extended period.
"Why... why protect ? I should count as your enemy..."
ili didn't quite understand why Yuji Itadori was willing to protect her.
Moreover, she could sense that Yuji Itadori had never harbored any killing intent toward her.
Even during the battle earlier, it had been the sa.
"You may have done sothing very wrong in the past, but I don't have the right to judge you, because I have also done things that can't be undone."
Yuji Itadori's gaze beca deep.
"So, the only thing you can do now is not to repeat those mistakes. At the very least, you can do other things to make up for the errors you committed before."
Yuji Itadori knew that ili was just a child after all; in a sense, she was originally a blank sheet of paper.
It was just that she had been stained black.
The person who made ili beco like this was the one who truly deserved to pay the price.
"Mm."
ili nodded tremulously; she had no room for choice now.
"Want sothing to eat?"
Right then, Yuji Itadori took a bag of snacks from the Group Inventory and handed it to ili. Since visiting Sato Kazuma's world, he had started carrying so snacks and drinks with him.
ili had never seen such a thing before. She gave Yuji Itadori a worried look but eventually took it carefully and took a tentative bite—
"It's delicious!"
The two of them chatted while eating snacks, the previous tense atmosphere having completely vanished.
Before they knew it, the dark sky gradually turned gray, and light seed ready to burst forth from the horizon.
"It's ti to go."
Yuji Itadori stood up.
"Mm..."
ili nodded.
...
The day was fully bright now, with bright sunlight pouring down.
Yuji Itadori brought ili to the front of Roswaal's manor; this was the plan he had previously settled with Natsuki Subaru.
As Yuji Itadori reached the entrance, a young girl with short blue hair wearing a maid outfit appeared before them.
Her slightly baby-faced, youthful countenance was very cute, and the white stockings wrapping her thighs had a just-right amount of plumpness. The girl before him was undoubtedly a beauty.
Rem.
"Hello, may I ask if there is sothing you need?"
Seeing Yuji Itadori's unfamiliar face, Rem inquired politely.
She also recognized ili's appearance; that was the child she had seen in the village yesterday.
"I'm a friend of Natsuki Subaru. I've co to visit Emilia and Roswaal."
Yuji Itadori said to Rem.
"My na is Yuji Itadori."
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