Insidious, cunning, terrifying, evil.
Taking pleasure in toying with human hearts, bewitching, and trampling on humans.
The instigator of disasters.
The above were Yotsuya Miko’s stereotypes about devils.
When Xin said they were devils, Yotsuya Miko wasn’t without doubts as to whether they were trying to scare her.
But as someone who had witnessed the true side of the world…
Since things like Evil Spirits existed, the existence of devils was also reasonable!
“Alright, Club President, stop scaring her.”
Seeing Yotsuya Miko trembling, Kasumigaoka Utaha was afraid that Xin might scare her into some kind of trauma.
It’s Senior Kasumigaoka!
Yotsuya Miko swore that this was the most pleasant voice she had ever heard in her life.
It really, really was to scare her, huh.
Devils and all that must be fake after all.
Giving Kasumigaoka Utaha a grateful look, Yotsuya Miko felt a lot more relaxed.
Xin shrugged and said, “Alright.”
“How about it, do you want to join the Supernatural Investigation Club?”
Yotsuya Miko calmed her emotions and stared at the club application form in her hand.
When she first arrived, Yotsuya Miko really had no intention of joining the club.
But that sentence from before…
‘Yotsuya-san, you can see them, right?’
So intriguing!
“Um…”
Xin briefly introduced himself, “Just call me Xin.
I’m a freshman at Shuchiin Academy just like you.”
“Okay, Xin.”
Yotsuya Miko nodded, and then couldn’t help asking, “Xin…
can you see them too?”
“Of course.”
Xin nodded without hesitation and continued, “Otherwise what did you think the Supernatural Investigation Club is for?”
As expected!
Yotsuya Miko’s eyes lit up.
Finding someone of the same kind, as if seeing hope, she eagerly asked, “Then does Xin have any solutions?”
If she accidentally got noticed, bad things would happen.
She couldn’t live this heart-pounding life for even another second!
“A solution?”
“Mhm mhm!”
Yotsuya Miko nodded, staring expectantly at Xin.
Xin smiled and said, “Of course there is.”
Yes!!
Finally!
Finally going to…!
Yotsuya Miko stood up without hesitation, bowed deeply, and said, “Please, let me return to the life of an ordinary person!”
“Wouldn’t it be fine just to kill them?”
Yotsuya Miko and Xin spoke at the same time.
But their words plunged the Supernatural Investigation Club into a brief silence.
Xin speechlessly glanced at Yotsuya Miko.
As expected of you, Yotsuya·Cowardly·Wimpy·Miko.
After being silent for a moment, Yotsuya Miko stiffly raised her head, looked at Xin’s calm expression, and stammered, “K-Kill them?”
Those Evil Spirits?
Her?
No no no!
She couldn’t do it!
There’s no way she could ever do that!
“Still the same words.”
Xin calmly gazed at Yotsuya Miko and asked, “Do you want to join the Supernatural Investigation Club?”
“Or rather, Yotsuya-san, do you want to become my family member?”
Yotsuya Miko was silent for a moment, then whispered, “Joining the Supernatural Investigation Club, can I…
kill the Evil Spirits?”
“Naturally.”
Xin gave an affirmative reply.
Is that really possible?
Yotsuya Miko was somewhat doubtful.
Until now, she had never encountered a situation where an Evil Spirit was killed by a human.
But…
Anyway, there weren’t any other methods.
Might as well trust Xin!
Like a drowning person, even if it was just a straw, Yotsuya Miko didn’t want to miss it.
Furthermore, it was just joining a club, there was no loss.
Subconsciously, she ignored the meaning of ‘family member’ and thought it was just another way of phrasing joining the club.
“Alright, I’ll join!”
Yotsuya Miko’s eyes were firm.
Xin smiled, “Welcome Yotsuya-san to join the Supernatural Investigation Club!”
“By the way.” Just as Yotsuya Miko was about to smile, she heard Xin continue, “The devil part is real.”
Yotsuya Miko paused for a moment, then reproached, “Xin is still trying to scare me.”
Xin didn’t speak, just grinned, his back suddenly undulating irregularly.
With a ripping sound, two holes suddenly burst open at the waist and abdomen of Shuchiin Academy’s uniform.
A pair of black wings stretched out.
Whoosh—
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Yotsuya Miko’s pupils dilated abruptly, and she was completely dumbfounded.
A devil!
It was a genuine devil!!
The moment Xin revealed his devil wings, Yotsuya Miko’s brain crashed directly.
Xin crossed his hands with his chin resting on them, a profound and hard-to-understand color flashing in his red eyes, “Yotsuya-san, since you’ve witnessed my true identity, you’re not allowed to run away anymore~”
If she didn’t join, would she…
would she be killed to keep her mouth shut?
Would she?
She definitely would, right??
Yotsuya Miko’s tears swirled in her eyes, letting out a fierce wail in her heart.
Then she slid to her knees at light speed, exhausting all she had learned in her life, and performed a very standard dogeza.
She shouted loudly, “Please give your orders, Devil King!”
‘Your method of taking in family members is really simple and crude.’
Kasumigaoka Utaha gave Xin a look.
‘But it’s very effective, isn’t it?’
Xin shrugged, and then materialized a demon chess piece.
“Then, pick a spot on your body and stuff this thing in.”
Seeing Xin take out the demon chess pieces, the corners of Kasumigaoka Utaha’s eyes twitched reflexively.
Yotsuya Miko looked up, revealing a smile uglier than crying, and stammered, “Devil King, m-may I ask what this is?”
“Reincarnation ritual.”
Xin explained, “Reincarnated Devil, awaken extraordinary power.”
“By then, a mere Curse Spirit can be destroyed with a wave of your hand.”
Yotsuya Miko was stunned for a moment.
So this was the method to kill Evil Spirits?
To abandon a human identity and become a devil?
She secretly glanced at Xin’s wings and sighed in her heart.
It seemed there was no other choice left.
After making her decision, Yotsuya Miko unexpectedly discovered that she didn’t seem to have such a hard time accepting it.
Speaking of which.
Rather than maintaining a human identity and continuing to struggle in a world surrounded by Evil Spirits, it might be better to become a devil and gain extraordinary power.
And…
Although Xin was a devil, he only actively exposed his identity when she confirmed joining the Supernatural Investigation Club.
If she hadn’t chosen to join at that time, he probably would have just let her leave like that.
Furthermore, Xin had clearly already warned her once before.
She simply chose not to believe it.
After thoroughly building up her psychological defenses, Yotsuya Miko’s gaze became resolute.
She was going to become a devil!