How Can You Call Someone That?

The chubby kid climbed into the last truck and left with the movers.

I stepped into the house, familiar and strange all at once. The general layout hadn't changed. Neither had my master bedroom or Kiara's room. Only Nosaka Fuki's room looked much different.

Yuan Shikai said, "Stay here for tonight. Pick your own rooms. I'm going to visit a friend. He's already dead, so I'll burn some incense for him and have a chat."

Sajyou Manaka said, "He's dead, so I understand burning incense. But how are you going to chat with him? Don't tell me you've learned to talk to spirits."

Yuan Shikai said, "I haven't. I mean chat in the literal sense. I'll introduce you sometime. Don't make dinner for me. If there's food over there, I'll eat there."

As I walked down the country lane, I saw that only this place remained unchanged. Even the old streets were being renovated, but here, everything was exactly as it had been.

A few acres of farmland and an old mansion that had never been renovated.

Several tenant farmers were still at work. They were effectively servants hired by the Aozaki Family.

I didn't linger. I headed straight for the cave that had once been sealed. Aozaki Hachisuke's spirit should still be guarding it.

Following my memory, I found the cave entrance. Before I could go in, a cold voice came from within.

"I've waited a long time for you. You're finally here."

There was no need to guess. It was Aozaki Hachisuke, speaking in his spirit form.

To witness the perfect successor inherit the Fifth Magic, Aozaki Hachisuke had clung to existence as a spirit after death.

The price was sealing away his emotions. Only then could he maintain his spiritual form, which was why his voice sounded