"There wasn't..."
Seele turned around with the scythe longer than she was tall in hand and shook her head with a frown.
"What? There wasn't?"
Not only Asou Yuna, but even the high school boy beside her was stunned. He had clearly watched Seele deal with it...
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P.S. I suddenly remembered that tomorrow is my birthday. Please give me your blessings... I haven't celebrated a birthday in decades...
"That was merely her... clone, perhaps..."
After remaining silent for a moment, Seele spoke while holding Children's Rhyme with both hands.
Only after Seele had destroyed the evil spirit did she realize that it was not the real one. That half-bodied evil spirit had merely been formed from resentment; her true body was not here.
And she might have had more than one such clone—perhaps many.
"Then what do we do? If she isn't dead, then even though I escaped this time, she'll come after me again in seventy-two hours."
After hearing Seele's explanation, the high school boy looked at her helplessly. That evil spirit was terrifying. She would not easily let go of prey she had set her sights on.
If he had not run into Seele this time, something might already have happened to him. He had been lucky to meet Seele this time, but he might not be so lucky next time.
"It's already late today. How about this? She probably won't come after you again for now. Come find me at the shrine tomorrow, okay? You're a student, so you should still have classes tomorrow. Come to the shrine after school tomorrow afternoon, and then we'll find the source of that half-bodied evil spirit and purify it completely."
It was already midnight. Asou Yuna still had school tomorrow, so they