chapter 27

It’s sunday evening. The place is in the mountains.

Currently there are long stairs to be climbed and the destination is the boastful huge yet rotting Shinto shrine.

The stairs I need to climb were already in the domain of the Nine-tails and it has become his governed area.

I’m wearing white clothes, and sighed while having the Bisen Osafune as a talisman in my bosom.

“Kaguya-chan. It became a regrettable result, but… This is a farewell present from me.”

Onee-sama said so and was giving me a jar full of pills.

“It must be terrible to be violated, tortured and then eaten alive. They are cocaine pills. Suicide while being sacrificed is prohibited however, modest relieve of pain isn’t.”

I received the jar and then threw it at the stone paving without saying anything.

“Kaguya… chan?”

“Don’t fuck around. Don’t act like you’re a nice person. The first one who cut off from being sisters was Onee… Sakuya-san. Is this your indulgence by worrying about your sister in the last moment? You’re disgusting.”

And she avoids from being hit by my spit while laughing *Fufu*.

As expected from being sisters, her expression terrifyingly matches with mine.

“You’re truly sisters. You suit each other. I would’ve done the same thing to Kaguya-chan if she did the same thing to me, too.”

“What is the reason for setting me?”

Sakuya-san seems like she can’t hold it anymore and makes an unsightly smile.

“Simple, you’re better than me. I don’t want to dispute the inheritance with you.”

I was shocked at the excessively bullshit reason.

With entreating-like feelings I turned my gaze to the bearded man next to Sakuya-san towards father.

“Father? Were you also included in this?”

Father nodded clearly.

“Political influence is also in the sacrificial ritual. This time, you were set up by your cousin Yui-san… That’s simply it.”

“Though, this is barely avoiding the rules… No, strictly speaking it’s against the rules. And then, Yui-san has decided to also marry the successor of the head of the family. Basically, it’s like that?”

「……」

The judge of the sacrificial ritual this time is Father.

And if it was as usual, he would’ve stopped this blatant method.

But, that didn’t happen this time.

Perhaps it can be that the determining factor was political strength. No… if it was that much included in it then it’s my complete defeat.

I breathed heavily and then sighed.

“Thanks for taking care of me these 17 years, Father.”

“You were just unlucky, Kaguya.”

“Yeah, truly.”

There were excessive feelings surging to slap father but, I gave up.

And I began climbing the long stairs.

On the climb to the top, I took my cell phone from my bosom.

And then I stopped for a bit and was writing a letter to Morishita-kun.

“We knew each other for a short time but it was fun. If I’m reborn and I meet you again, I will be happy if I’m your friend and not just mail friend. Thank you. Then—- Good bye.”

While writing the letter tears were coming out.

At the same time I sent it, I threw the phone on the ground and stepped on it with full strength.

The pieces scattered around, and with this all connections with the outside world have vanished.

I was seeing the decayed shrine as I climbed.

And there were two earth spiders on the shrine’s ground.

First the Nine-tails would neutralize me with the two earth spiders and after that it would toy around with me.

Despite my strength increasing thanks to Morishita-kun, I can only deal with one earth spider.

If both of them come at the same time… It will be my end in roughly 2 minutes.

But, I have no intention of simply losing.

I glared at the earth spider, unsheathed the katana and then called out to the blond-hair girl standing on one side of the Torii. (TN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii this shit for those who don’t know what a torii is.)

“Why are you here? Lela Sakaguchi?”

She held a lance, the fake Longinus.

As usual she wore the high-exposure bikini armor.

And pure white wings which are symbols of the magic angels.

Lela Sakaguchi shrugged.

“I kill ghosts and monsters in the world. That’s my mission.”

“Despite chasing around only weaklings, you didn’t go against big-shots like the Nine-tails?”

“As expected even I cannot go against the Nine-tails. However, I’m ready to go against earth spiders…”

“Despite saying that, you’re barely able to go against earth spiders, too. I heard last time you got beaten.”

“I’ll be troubled if you go and die without paying back the debt.”

“Debt?”

“Morishita Daiki’s birthday. You spared me from embarrassment.”

I smiled from being too astonished.

It seems she’s risking her life for that.

No, there’s immense pride in conducting herself here—-

Is it of being one of the Magic Angels: Dominions?

“Also, I might be meddling a bit too much but I also conveyed the situation to Morishita Daiki. I don’t know how much he’ll be able to do however, as long as it doesn’t get dangerous—- I’ll help you until he comes. Conversely, the moment it becomes dangerous I’ll escape, okay? Well, this is something I’ve decided for myself. My debt is not to that extent where I’ll follow you to the other world.”

*Gikin* I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

“What is he…?”

“I sent an email before I came here, so once I got here the reception was cut and couldn’t see the reply.”

This place is 2 hundred kilometers away from the city we live in.

At any rate, It’s impossible for him to arrive here before I get eaten.

They are 30 meters in front of me.

I glared at the earth spiders and then from the earth huge number of evil spirits came out.

And then, Lela Sakaguchi turned behind me.

We were keeping each others backs.

On the battleground, Lela Sakaguchi has been nothing but a hindrance.

However, there’s no more reliable person than her to leave my back.

Frankly speaking, combined we’re stronger than 4 shrine maidens that set me up…

As expected of the special forces of the Vatican.

“I can’t believe it and to think that I’m fighting together with a shrine maiden of the far east… I wouldn’t even dream of it.”

While smiling I talked to Lela Sakaguchi who was behind me.

“That’s my line.”

Now, me and Lela Sakaguchi glared at the huge piles of evil spirits.

“Shall we start the ghost extermination?”