"Really? You truly weren't afraid anymore, Seele?" The voice of her inner personality rang out. Though phrased as a question, it was clearly unconvinced.
"I..."
Seele had only just managed to gather her courage, but her inner personality's words made her feel like shrinking back again.
"If you truly aren't afraid, then go kill the monster in front of you!" Noticing Seele's hesitation, her inner personality seemed helpless and had no choice but to add another sentence.
"Other me, you'll fight with me too, right?" After a brief pause, Seele asked expectantly.
"Of course."
"..."
Hearing that, Seele calmed down a little...
Staring at the monster before her, Seele gripped her scythe and approached step by step.
At that moment, the monster noticed Seele, this uninvited intruder. Though the delicious meal before it—the Miko—was almost within its grasp, it clearly did not want to be disturbed while eating.
After confirming that the Miko would not run away, the monster turned toward Seele, raised its enormous arm covered in hateful eyes, and smashed it straight at her.
It did not like Seele's scent...
Watching that evil, terrifying arm come crashing down, Seele stopped in her tracks and even thought of turning around and running away.
But the thought was immediately suppressed!
"Enough! You coward!"
"No... I'm not! Seele... Seele isn't a coward!!"
"Weakness won't stop me..."
"Get... out of my way!"
As her voice fell, Seele swung the scythe in her hand at the monster before her!
"Bright Light!"
A blinding white flash streaked past. The monster stared at its severed body, terror and disbelief on its face. Then... it could only watch helplessly as the white light completely annihilated it!
When Seele lowered her scythe, not even a speck of dust remained of the monster before her. It had vanished