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Chapter 24- Round Relationships, Square Relationships

“...... Itsuki”

I turned to Nina-chan as she tugged at my clothes.

“What's wrong? Show me.”

“Okay. Hold on.”

I'm still wondering if I should show her or not.

I’m worried, but it would be weird not to show her.

We’re here because Nina-chan wanted to see monsters in the first place.

I created a circle around Nina-chan's eyes with guide thread silvate and used it like a lens to enhance her eyesight. Now she should be able to see monsters.

"Haa…. Haa."

Nina exhaled shortly.

Is this what happens when you just see a monster from a distance?

I think it's better to stop looking at it after all.

“It’s okay Nina-chan. If you don't want to see it, you can always tell me.”

“It's okay. I'm fine.”

Nina-chan was trembling.

Oh, come on. Are you sure you're okay?

I'm worried, but it's her wish. It would be unreasonable to stop her from doing so.

I was watching Nina-chan with that in mind, when her hand grabbed my wrist.

“What's wrong?"

“............"

Nina-chan was silent.

I wonder if she doesn't hear me, is she ignoring me, or is she unconscious?

I don't know why Nina-chan grabbed my hand, but I know what she is doing now. She is trying to overcome her difficulties. She is just trying to make her dream come true.

“I remember the good old days. Every park had ball equipment, equipment that went round and round. Parks used to be the best place man had ever created! 』

But I don't understand what the monster over here is saying.

What is a spinning ball playground equipment?

As I was thinking that, she glared at the two children and shouted.

“And there used to be a lot of little people playing ball in the park. Balls are good. It's the best invention mankind has ever made. I don't like people, but I like balls. It's the perfection of beauty. And yet! And you people! Even though there’s a part, you don't even play with a ball! What the hell were you thinking? 』

I thought to myself, "This is so out of date," as I watched the monster kicking the fence of the slide.

Nowadays, there are no children playing with a ball in the park.

I guess this depends on the area, but it's been that way since I was a kid in my previous life.

I mean, how can you play ball in such a small park?

What a thought, but if you could understand that, you wouldn't kidnap children.

Besides, you can't understand monsters.

“Do you know why children don't play with a ball?”

The guide thread silvate, which has grown straight, ties up the monster's body. A fist of pursuit extends to the monster, which is pulled by force and knocked off the slide.

“That's because of perverts like you.”

“You’re here, exorcist! 』

I saw my father swing his fist down.

The sound of impact was heard next. I picked up all the strange noises that suddenly echoed through the residential area with my 'enhanced hearing'. It's too loud!

But the black mist didn’t rise from the park.

The monster is not dead yet.

Perhaps the monster somehow avoided my father's fist.

The next moment, the monster's thread silvate stretched straight out from the park.

It crashed into a crow that was flying in the sky. The crow becomes a living cubic cube. It changes. Isn't that a sphere?

“It was you, wasn't it? You killed my sister! 』

"Sister? Monsters don't have the concept of sisters. You're not even related to her.”

“Ha? I don’t need blood to have a family! What is needed is will and love! As long as you have love, you can be a family! 』

The body of the monster that said that broke through the wire fence of the park and crashed into the block wall of the house behind it, getting caught in the collapsing block wall. That looks painful.

And the person who did it slithers out of the park.

“I suppose you have a point.”

“That's a very kind word from a very kind sister. Let that sink into your ears. And now! 』

The monster stands up unsteadily and raises her hands in the air.

“Love is pain! Pain is the source of love! 』

With that, the monster stood up, hugging itself.

Just when I thought it was too painful, Nina-chan's grip on my wrist became stronger. It hurts.

“Come on, Exorcist! You will die here. After you die, I'll turn you into a beautiful ball and use you as my sister's tombstone! I've always thought that tombstones should be round too! 』

The crows that had been flying in the sky earlier fell all at once at the moment the monster, who had lost her temper at something I didn't understand, shouted. All of those crows have thread silvates wrapped around them.

“Papa!"

I don't know what it did, but it was a transformation in the shape of the object.

It's the same kind of magic as an acorn bomb!

As soon as I shouted, my father stepped backward with two thread silvates wrapped around his legs. Holding two children in the park, he kicked the ground and flew away.

The moment a falling crow touched the slide, it scraped it into a sphere and vanished.

But my shout brought the monster's attention back to us.

Nina-chan, who was standing next to me, gripped my wrist tighter.

I take a half step forward.

I'm already kneading the magic.

“Oh, my! I found you! You're the exorcist who killed my sister, aren't you? 』

As soon as the monster flew toward us, it fell down on the spot. It was as if it had suddenly lost its balance.

I looked at it and immediately denied my earlier thought.

It was not as if she had lost her balance.

It was really off-balance.

Because the monster was already missing its right ankle.

Then I heard a woman's voice from right behind me.

“There are some spirits who enjoy annoying people. For example, they tease people, lead them astray, or make them lose things that belong to them."

Nina-chan, who turned around as if she had been shot, muttered in a gravelly voice.

“...... mama."

“This is a reproduction of that, Itsuki-kun."

But she doesn't look at Nina-chan.

She looked at me and continued.

“The spirit took the monster's body. Some spirits take what they’ve taken away and bring it back to their own home. Isn't that lovely?"

The next moment after Irena said that, the monster's hands were taken away.

Its flanks were shaved into squares. Like a leaf being eaten by insects, the body parts were taken away one by one.

“Shhhh, I'm going to become a square! My body is going to become a sister! 』

I don't get it.

“British-style magic has the advantage that the magician and the spirit are independent. In fact, you see, I am only asking the spirit to help me defeat that monster."

The moment Irena-san smiled like that at the end, the monster's head was pulled out in a rectangular shape. That must have been the tome. It turned into a black mist.

“How about it, Itsuki-kun? Wouldn't you like to study magic in England?”

“......I'm not going.”

“I see. It’s sad to hear that.”

Irena smiled at my words and turned away, heading for my father who was protecting the children.

“Wait! Mama!”

Nina-chan started to say something, but Irena-san didn't notice her little voice fading away at the bottom. But Nina-chan's grip on my hand was so tight that it hurt, and she grabbed my wrist and wouldn't let go.

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