Shido tilted his head in confusion.
Lingmeng, on the other hand, looked completely unfazed.
"So you used Yud's power to see Miku's past?"
"That's right."
The corners of Kurumi's lips rose slightly as she gave a gentle nod.
"The information from the photograph and CD was a little fragmented, but after piecing it together, I managed to learn exactly what Miss Miku went through."
"Enough beating around the bush. Tell us everything you know."
Lingmeng urged her on.
"Hehe, you really are impatient, Miss Lingmeng. You could have looked for yourself, you know."
Kurumi chuckled, then began explaining the truth.
A few minutes later, once Kurumi had explained everything, both Lingmeng and Shido wore expressions of surprise and mixed emotions.
"Whew... When you put it that way, Miku doesn't seem quite so annoying."
Lingmeng rubbed her chin as she reflected on it.
Shido nodded in agreement.
"I thought she just believed being a Spirit made her better than everyone else.
Now it looks like her whole personality is just a front she puts up because she's afraid of being betrayed..."
Their impression of Miku had improved somewhat.
They would have to be kinder when they saw her again.
But just then—
The windows around them began to tremble, and a loud sound came from outside a second later.
"An... alarm...!"
Shido's eyes widened in surprise, but he soon realized it wasn't the spacequake alarm he had heard so many times before.
—it was music.
A song began echoing throughout the streets, weaving together solemn music that sounded like an enormous Grand Pipe Organ and a heavenly voice that could captivate anyone who heard it.
The instant Shido heard that voice, the dizziness he had experienced before washed over him.
This was Miku's song.
Although the Spirits' spirit power within his