Chapter 388: 388: Bad Crow (1)

Chapter 388: 388: Bad Crow (1)

Chapter 388: Bad Crow (1)

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[Master... are you alright?]

'A little annoyed, but otherwise fine.'

Neji and Sisty exchanged a few words via their mental connection, amidst class. Sisty was always in his head, so she had watched the entire scene unfold during the lunch break. She asked about his well-being only now, knowing he wasn't all right before.

Neji was certainly frustrated by this. It was almost as if he was being mocked. He has been searching for Kimi since the start, yet there was no development.

It was more frustrating than ever now, as he truly wished to see her. Nothing was going right; in this situation, the only way he could feel relaxed was if he could rest his head on her shoulder. She was not just his lover, after all, she was an aunt, an older sister, and finally a maid who took care of everything.

Yet, the closest thing to her that he found was that Yokai, who appeared to be nothing more than a mere mocking imitation of her. Neji knew that it was a stupid way to see things, but he didn't care right now.

Was Kimi truly in this world?

Honestly, he wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't. But at least he wished it was Nejire who was in this world, in that case. If he missed anyone after Kimi, or arguably as much as her, it would be his older sister. He wasn't worried about Nejire Hado's state, he had given her copies of a lot of his quirks, so she should be fine anywhere, so he didn't think much about her, but he did miss her too.

"Hey, Mistress Death,"

Neji wasn't sure why, but he called that woman in the middle of taking a class. All the students blinked, confused, but in his stead, Sisty put them under a temporary Genjutsu to make them ignore the scene.

"I know you said you won't tell me who is in this world... But can you at least confirm that there is indeed someone here?"

There was a reason why he asked that in particular. While Yuhei's existence was very frustrating to him, he wasn't slow to realize that she was the most likely candidate for Kimi to replace if she was in this world. So that could mean that Kimi was supposed to replace Yuhei, but something stopped her and so she wasn't in this world. There was also the possibility that Kimi just replaced someone else, or that the girl in this world was someone else entirely, but that's why he asked Death to be sure if there was anybody in this world at all. Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

Mistress Death wasn't Lady Luck, who had made him his agent. Lady Luck could talk in his head for that reason, but that was not the case with this being. So, her reply was in the form of a message.

[Entity Mistress Death comments, 'Oh my, how demanding, despite the fact that I had clearly refrained from answering a similar question earlier. Oh well, it doesn't matter. Yes, no worries, I can confirm that one of your remaining three girls is indeed in this world. They are alive in this world right now, as we speak.']

So someone was here. If it's Kimi but not in the body of Yuhei, then perhaps was she in the form of Grayfia Lucifuge? He could think of no similarities other than the fact that both of them were maids, but that could not be enough. So who, exactly?

Regardless, Neji appreciated the confirmation.

"Thank you."

He gave a curt nod at the air and snapped his finger, breaking the Genjutsu that Sisty has cast on the students, returning back to the class.

All of this was still frustrating, but now he was sure that someone was here for real. As for who... only time shall tell.

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Later, class ended and everyone scattered off. Neji did the same, as did Sisty and Asia on their own. They were taking different routes, hiding that they knew one another... for some reason.

Right, why was he hiding the fact that they knew each other? They had just done it out of the blue, and it just happened.

"Sisty, teleport to my side."

So in the end he just asked her to take the same route as him. By then it had been ten minutes since they were walking. Neji was enjoying the streets, filled with casual people, feeling a little relaxed, so he didn't even notice the time pass. Naturally, they were quite far from the school by now, and so even if they walked together now, there was no problem.

At least, that's what Neji had thought at first. Instead, Sisty told him something else over telepathy.

[Master, some priests are following us. Do I still teleport?]

"Priests?"

Neji didn't stop walking, he was in a busy neighborhood as he talked to himself. Some gave him looks, but he didn't care.

"Weird. They're probably after Asia. I am curious how they found her though."

Sisty and Neji began to kick the ground gently, propelling their swing back and forth, enjoying the air gently hitting their face, and pushing their hair to the side.

"That girl is cute, not gonna lie."

"Right? She is like a hamster."

Sisty commented, to which Neji agreed. She did give him a weird look when he labeled her as a hamster, but looking at it again, as Asia slipped down a slide, she could see it.

"Master?"

"Yes, love?"

"Can I sit on your lap?"

"Anytime you wish, sweetheart."

Sisty teleported from her swing and appeared in Neji's swing, sitting on his lap, facing his face, with her chest pressed against his.

"It's going to break down if you don't enforce it with Mana."

The dry flirting with both their expressions placid was a weird thing at first, but as seconds passed, and she rested her head on his chest, he couldn't help but smile softly. She smiled too, as the two swung back and forth, while Asia played. Asia sometimes peeked at the two of them but continued playing for the most part.

From what Neji knew, Asia still didn't know what Sisty was exactly. But she knew she was somehow related to Neji, possibly a sister – given her name.

At one point, Neji wrapped his hands around Sisty, as she had hers around his, and closed his eyes. The swing continued swinging, thanks to a telekinetic force, and it felt relaxing to just give in to the rhythm with eyes closed.

Neji was broken out of his trance when he felt something. His senses caught on a form made of a light elemental coming towards him. It was mostly thanks to his new skill, not his natural senses.

[Perception of Aether (Passive/Active): The user can sense, smell, hear, and feel Aether, a powerful and unique celestial element said to flow throughout the universe, and is present in everything other than things with dark energy. In direct action, this acts like a divine sense, allowing the user senses comparable to Gods.]

While for [Voidmancer] it was [Blank] that was the Maxed starting skill, that allowed him to avoid even Abstract Entities to read his mind, for [Lumomancer] it was this sensing skill. It was equally strong, he had to admit, as when he tried to use it on Mistress Death before, he could get a somewhat grasp of her power level.

In short, there probably wasn't any other sensing ability needed at his level, or in the nearby future, until he would max out Lumomancer to access all light-based abilities this Omniverse had to offer.

So of course, he sensed the flying bulb of light that he recognized to be a fallen angel when he opened his eyes. It was a girl with black hair and wings made of black feathers, as she waited in the sky for a few seconds before she landed near Asia.

[Raynare – Fallen Angel – Low Tier 5]

Asia panicked, yelling while the fallen acted as if Neji and Sisty didn't exist. The fallen probably thought they were nobodies since she couldn't sense their mana.

Neji sighed, as did Sisty.

"So those priests had already reported their findings to their higher-ups."

"Seems like it."

Slightly annoyed, Neji pondered if he should just destroy the weakling crow right away. A second later, he had a better idea as he kissed Sisty on her nape, put her down on the ground, and got up from the swing.

Neji could work with this, to be fair.

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