Fang Li's Existence

"Pick someone up?"

Fang Li's eyebrows immediately rose.

Fang Li's actions were successfully discovered by Tohno Akiha, who had been observing him.

"What is it?" Tohno Akiha asked directly, "Do you have any questions?"

"There are many questions." Fang Li was equally unreserved. Even though he was hired as a butler and the person in front of him was his employer, Fang Li's attitude remained unchanged. He said, "I heard Kohaku mention it briefly yesterday. It is said that the young lady's brother will be moving in today. Is he the one you want me to pick up?"

Upon hearing Fang Li's words, Tohno Akiha did not respond immediately. Instead, she picked up the Black Tea on the table and leisurely began to drink it.

However, Fang Li keenly noticed that Tohno Akiha's attention was not focused on this at all, as if she was hesitating about something.

Drinking tea serves two purposes: first, to conceal one's true feelings, and second, to prolong the time.

Because Tohno Akiha was still hesitating.

He hesitated whether or not to tell Fang Li about the person he mentioned needed to pick up.

Of course, Tohno Akiha was never the kind of person who dragged things out.

After a short while, the head of the Tohno family seemed to have made up his mind. He put down his teacup and looked directly at Fang Li.

Before that, I'd like to ask you a question.

Tohno Akiha began this important conversation with this sentence.

"Besides you, are there any other survivors from the Seven Nights Clan?"

The air suddenly seemed to freeze.

At this moment, both Kohaku and Hisui seemed to react to Tohno Akiha's words. Although they didn't say anything, a kind of tension emanated from them.

This is only natural.

Although Tohno Akiha's strong will led Fang Li to decide to accept Fang Li into the Tohno family, the fact remains that the girl's father had annihilated the Seven Nights Clan.

Given this fact, it was already extremely risky for Tohno Akiha to recruit the orphan of the demon-slaying clan, whose very family had been wiped out.

Who knows if Fang Li will take this opportunity to hurt Tohno Akiha Tohno Akiha and use her for revenge?

Tohno Akiha was certainly aware of this.

However, Tohno Akiha still managed to bring Fang Li into the Tohno family.

It's not that you're not afraid of retaliation if you're not Tohno Akiha.

However, since the decision has been made to make amends to Fang Li, if Tohno Akiha is still wary of such a person and does not sincerely accept him, how can they talk about resolving past grievances?

Resolving grievances is not just about talking; it requires actions to prove it.

With her upright character, Tohno Akiha told Fang Li that she genuinely intended to resolve everything.

However, today is only the first day, and Tohno Akiha has already brought up this grudge. Doesn't that make onlookers break out in a cold sweat?

If things go wrong, it could very well touch a raw nerve in Fang Li's heart and cause hatred to fester.

Unfortunately, this is only an objective analysis.

In reality, Fang Li had absolutely no reason to harbor hatred for this.

Therefore, Fang Li simply met Tohno Akiha's gaze and feigned confusion when he spoke.

"I am the only survivor of the Seven Nights Clan. As the head of the Tohno family, don't you even know this?"

Yes.

There was only one survivor.

At least, that's how it appears on the surface.

The former Shiki Nanaya has been erased from existence and has been reborn as Tohno Shiki at the Tohno family.

Therefore, in the eyes of those in the know, the only survivor of the Seven Nights Clan was the one who had managed to escape the encirclement and was subsequently hunted down by Tohno Shinku for several years.

As for Shiki Nanaya's existence, that is long gone.

Fang Li knew that.

I know why Tohno Akiha asked me that question.

They simply wanted to confirm whether Fang Li knew about the fact that there was another survivor in the Seven Nights Clan.

"..."

Tohno Akiha closed her eyes slightly.

When she opened her eyes again, there was no longer any confusion in Tohno Akiha's eyes.

"That's right, you are the only survivor of the Seven Nights Clan."

Tohno Akiha's words seemed to be spoken both to Fang Li and to herself.

"From now on, you will be the only survivor of the Seven Nights Clan."

Only those who know Tohno Shiki's true identity can understand the meaning of this sentence.

At that moment, Tohno Akiha made a decision.

Shiki Nanaya no longer exists.

The only person who exists in this world is that of the eldest son of the Tohno family — Tohno Shiki.

"My older brother was sent to be raised in a separate family when I was young."

Thus, Tohno Akiha finally got to the main point and began to tell her story.

As Tohno Akiha explained, Fang Li appeared calm on the surface, but gradually began to feel surprised inside.

no way.

Only at this moment did Fang Li realize that the special identity that the Main God Space had assigned to him this time had caused far more than just a minor impact.

In the world of Shakugan no Shana, those whose Power of Existence is devoured will have all traces of their existence in this world disappear.

Whether it's a memory in someone else's mind or something that can prove its existence, it will all disappear without a trace.

For example, a room. Once a person no longer exists, the room becomes something that no one has ever used. It will naturally lose the feeling of someone having lived there, and things like photos, beds, and even textbooks issued by the school will disappear.

In other words, it's about how the world would function and how the people around the person would act if "this person didn't exist," making it a logical and natural occurrence.

Now, Fang Li, as a counterexample, has had his existence implanted into this world by the Main God Space. Naturally, this will lead to the assumption that "this person exists" and what would happen to make it a reality.

Thus, under this special identity, many things changed.

Because one survivor of the Seven Nights Clan escaped, Tono Tohno Shinku, fearing the power of the Seven Nights Clan, relentlessly pursued him for several years.

The first consequence of this fact was Tohno Shinku rarely returned to the Tohno family while hunting down the orphans of the Seven Nights Clan.

"To be honest, after that, until my father died, I could count the number of times I saw him on one hand."

Tohno Akiha explained this to Fang Li.

"However, my father ultimately decided to regard me as the heir of the Tohno family, while my older brother was taken to live in the branch house, where he has been for eight years."

This is also a matter of course.

After all, Tohno Shiki is not a direct descendant of the Tohno family, so naturally he cannot inherit the Tohno family business.

"Now that my father has passed away, I hope you can bring him back to live with our family."

That's the reason behind it.