"How could we do that? Forcibly taking the Zashiki-warashi away and imprisoning them..."
"What would make me any different from those bad people...?"
Seele immediately rejected Black Seele's suggestion.
Beings like Zashiki-warashi were spirits that could bring blessings and good fortune. Naturally, people had set their sights on them, and because of that, in ancient times, some selfish families would hire highly skilled mages to trap them in barriers and restrict their freedom.
So Black Seele's idea was not strange.
But Seele still refused. The good fortune gained that way would not last, and there might be other drawbacks as well—they simply did not know what they were yet.
"Then think of a way to talk her into it yourself! That Kujou Oto seems to care about you a lot. You could try asking her for help."
Black Seele was not surprised to hear Seele refuse... It would have been strange if Seele had not refused.
"..."
Seele said nothing in response to Black Seele's suggestion. She merely fell silent.
"Oh, right. Kazuko, when you went to look for River God Grandpa earlier, did you find him? How is he now?"
Kujou Oto sat beside Seele and Kazuko, asking Kazuko about it.
"No. I couldn't find him, and I have no idea where River God Grandpa went." Kazuko directly shook her head.
"He wasn't at the River God Shrine?"
Kujou Oto suddenly frowned as she asked.
"No, I searched it several times!"
"Strange... Where could he have gone? I don't know why... but I have this faint feeling of unease..."
Kujou Oto looked outside the door and murmured uncertainly.
"Why don't we go look again! And also... that dead cat. Oto, let's go teach that stinky cat a lesson!"
Hearing Kujou Oto's words, Kazuko hurriedly stood up and happily