The Choice Between Light and Darkness 2

"Did she disappear?"

Seele searched the area, but she could not find any trace of that stray girl.

And Seele was certain that Dark Seele had not dragged her into the filthy liquid along with the yokai earlier, yet she was gone now.

Sure enough... this stray was different.

"Was it... Fujisaki Hiroto...?"

Seele could not help thinking about it. It seemed... she would have to visit Hiyori's school sometime. She might run into that perverted "old man."

"Seele, we'll be heading off now!"

Iki Hiyori stood beside Yato and Yukine as she said goodbye to Seele.

"Mm, it's so late. We should be heading back too."

Seele checked the time and realized it was almost midnight. It had gotten so late already...

"By the way, Hiyori, this brat is staying at your house, right?" Seele suddenly glanced at Yukine and asked Iki Hiyori.

"..."

Yukine was somewhat angered by Seele's form of address. He and Seele were about the same age, only fourteen.

"Yes, what is it? I was the one who invited Yukine."

Iki Hiyori did not deny it, merely looking at Seele curiously. Yato was homeless and wandered everywhere. Whenever he needed to rest at night, afraid that some yokai might suddenly attack him, he could only sleep inside the barrier of someone else's shrine.

Yukine could not stand spending the night like that with Yato, so Iki Hiyori invited the two of them to stay at her home. Yato refused, but Yukine agreed without hesitation.

"It's nothing. Just be careful yourself. At his age, boys can be quite impulsive around women, so watch yourself..." Seele glanced at Yukine, who was furious but dared not speak, and gave Iki Hiyori a direct warning in front of him. The implication could not have been clearer.

Seele remembered