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Chapter 32- Irena's Shadow Sending

If I remember correctly, Irena-san must have headed somewhere in Japan from Haneda Airport.

And since she’s not returning for the time being, I thought she was working as an exorcist somewhere there. For some reason, Irena-san is here in Tokyo.

“You look surprised, Itsuki-san."

“....Yes."

That’s because you suddenly appeared here in the school...... huh?

“There's a magic called "Replacement Castling” It's a magic that swaps my position with the fairy spirit if I blind time and magic. It's a very easy magic to use.”

I see.

I wonder if it's something like the [Transfer Magic] used by some monsters.

I’ll try it with Raikou-douji next time.

That’s not right.

“Rather than that, how did you know that Nina-chan didn’t come back even after curfew?”

"Huh? No, that's ...."

Irena-san hesitates.

That’s why I asked her for an answer.

“Irena-san, you've been watching Nina-chan the whole time.”

“No, that’s not.....”

In my arms is Nina-chan, who fainted.

Behind the errant Irena-san is the teacher who has fainted.

Neither side is in a position to pull away.

But that's okay.

I have no intention of pulling out.

I want to exorcise the rotten slime-like monster in front of me.

I have no intention of holding back until I achieve that goal.

“You don’t have to hide it. I've always wondered. Why is there no barrier in Nina-chan's house?”

If you are an exorcist, you must have wards in your house to protect yourself from monsters in your daily life.

However, Nina-chan's house didn’t have any barriers.

At first I thought that Irena-san was doing this because she didn't like Nina-chan.

But that thought was overturned when I was having tea with Nina-chan.

I realized that the house didn’t have a barrier.

But covered with a fairy spirit so thin that I had to strain my eyes to see it.

The fairy spirits were also very good at controlling the magic power that Nina-chan was leaking.

I am certain there must have been some other mechanism to protect her when monsters came. No, this is just a guess.

But the only thing that is true is that that fairy spirit was protecting Nina-chan instead of Irena-san.

That is why, on the contrary, the question remains.

“Why didn't you teach her magic, even though you were watching Nina-chan so much?"

“............"

“If you show up like this at a dangerous time, why don't you teach Nina-chan magic...?"

"...... That's not true, Itsuki-san."

The moment Irena said that, the slime transformed.

When It transformed into the form of a dog and tried to escape, it lost its right leg and fell down.

It was Irena's fairy spirit magic.

I shot magic at the dumb dog.

However, the slime released a black guiding thread silvate that erased my magic.

......That's troublesome.

“Not everyone in the world is as strong as you. Not everyone in the world has your talent. Nina's rank is 'Fourth Rank’. If you want to fight, you can fight. Just like me."

Irena's face was grim.

“But if I teach her magic, She will want to become an exorcist. With a half-hearted talent, she will try to enter this world where she can easily die.”

“But you could have taught her enough magic to defend herself.”

“If I teach her the magic of self-defense, she will say ‘I’ll fight’ when faced with a monster. The time it takes to consider that choice is what will be fatal. That is why I decided not to teach Nina anything. Because if I did, this girl's options would be narrowed."

I think I understand what she’s saying.

Because I had heard similar stories from my father.

Close combat and long range combat.

For an exorcist who learns both, the hardest thing to deal with is the enemy in between.

The moment you wonder which way to attack, you will die.

I had heard such a story from my father before.

"Is that why you didn't teach her magic?”

“Yes. And if I keep her away from me, she will resent me, and eventually she will resent my work as an exorcist. That way I was sure she wouldn't become an exorcist."

Irena laughed quietly as she said this.

“But that was also a mistake. She became an exorcist on her own. They say that children don't understand their parents' hearts, but even parents don't always understand their children's hearts, do they?”

“............”

Really? Seriously?

I'd say it’s simply a case of lack of communication.

While I was thinking that, the monster in the form of a dog, which had been lying on the ground, got up.

“Ah, two exorcists. I can't believe the Seventh rank and the Fourth rank are coming after me.... 』

The dog with one leg missing transforms into human form as it speaks.

“...... I'm so scared I'm going to cry. 』

As Irena's fairy spirit tried to pull out its body parts again, the black guiding thread silvate scattered the fairy spirit. The monster laughed.

“Let's not bully the weak. You don't want to fight someone stronger than you, do you? Who would want to die?”

The monster extended its thread silvate toward Irena-san.

The next moment, it was released as a spear of ice.

I stopped it with my netted silvate.

The monster shrugged its shoulders as if it knew I would block it from the start.

“Actually, I don't want to die either. 』

“You say that a lot.”

I stretch out my silvate.

The shadows of the school building at the edge of the field hide us from the rest of the kids.

Now is the time to do it. This is the perfect opportunity!

The silvate that I created forms a spear and bursts into flames.

“You tried to eat Nina-chan!”

Its magic is a spear of flame that can pierce any monster.

That's why its name is [Flame Bee ]

“You tried to kill Irena-san!”

My spear of flame, which was faster than the speed of sound, was drowned out by the black guiding thread silvate.

"Dangerous! If that hits me, I won't stand a chance.』

Just as I was about to make my next move after seeing the magic drowned out before it exploded, Irena-san stepped forward.

"So, shall we try the next one?"

As Irena-san said that, the monster's shadow extended for an unusually long time.

“Hmm? Magic that uses a shadow medium? 』

The shadow of the monster splits.

One, two, three monster shadows increase.

The next moment, one of the shadows grabbed the monster's leg.

Starting with that, two, then three shadows grab the monster. They grab the monster and drag it into the shadows. The monster's body sinks into the shadows, sloshing and surging.

“Oh, what are you doing? This is scary.』

The monster makes a small box with a black thread of silvate and holds it in its hand.

"I feel like I'm going to die unexpectedly. 』

The next moment, the monster completely sank into the shadows and disappeared.

However, Irena-san didn’t release her fighting stance.

Then, she said.

“My [Shadow Sending] can only buy you so much time. Perhaps the monster will emerge from the shadows in less than 30 seconds.”

“......How are we going to exorcise that thing?"

The tricky part is that black guiding thread silvate.

It drowns out our magic.

“The monster uses reverse-phase magic, which means that the magic power cancels each other out.”

When I asked Irena about it, she said it as if it was nothing.

“So, the strategy is very simple.”

A moment later, a shadow flooded in from nothing.

The monster crawls up from the ground, shaking off its own shadow.

The next moment, a black box opens and unfolds, and it falls to the ground.

The plane on which the box is deployed grows larger and larger, until it is so large that it could easily encircle us.

The next moment, the world closes.

Silence enveloped us once again.

“You were able to find a way out of the box earlier, but I've managed to block that too. I'm a coward. 』

I looked over and saw the fairy spirits that had surrounded Irena, shivering and disintegrating as they dispersed.

In a world where fairy magic was sealed, the monster kneaded the guiding thread silvate.

But Irena-san ignored all of that and said,

“You just have to put more magic power than your opponent and shoot through it.”

She looked at me with a smile.

“Itsuki-san, it should be easy, right?"

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