"Th-this... y-you..."
Seeing Yui turn white and transparent, the transparent figure instantly lost its confidence. Its voice trembled, and it struggled to meet her eyes.
"So you do have a way to deal with me!" It gave an awkward smile and scratched its head. "You should have said so! If you'd told me earlier, I would have told you everything!"
It admitted its mistake readily, without the slightest hesitation.
By now, it had cursed Yui a thousand times over in its mind. She had an ability like this and hadn't used it-she could actually separate her soul from her body. Had this woman been toying with it?
Oh, I'm so unlucky!
"Enough nonsense. Tell me why you know me!" Yui shook the transparent figure in her hand, her ethereal voice brooking no argument.
Feeling Yui's attitude toward it, the transparent figure thought it was rather unfortunate. After struggling a few times, it decided to resist to the bitter end. Otherwise, wouldn't it lose all dignity?
"Get lost, you heartless woman! Even if I don't tell you, what can you do to me?"
"Do you dare kill me? You don't, do you?" It pulled itself upward, trying to struggle free and escape.
Watching the transparent figure struggle incessantly in her hand, Yui gave a soft laugh. "Heh!"
"Do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"
She spread her fingers, clamped her palm over the transparent figure's head, and closed her eyes to begin reading its memories.
"Hiss..." Yui let out a soft gasp. The swelling pain in her head brought her progress to a momentary halt. As soon as she touched its memories, she sensed something unusual.
"There's so much resistance."
It felt like being trapped in a mire that reached the tops of her thighs. Even