Becoming a Shadow in the New World

He had memorized Yukina Himeragi's aura beforehand, and then used atomic radar to search for her aura and locate her before rushing over.

Atomic radar is a large-scale, highly static detection skill that compresses an already limited amount of magic to its limit and then decomposes it into particles.

It's very easy to learn. There are only two requirements: having the magic that normal people possess, and a little bit of magic control ability. However, his childhood friend Elon Siron always exaggerates this ability, claiming that he is the only one in the world who can do it.

"Let's go."

"Oh, okay... wait, senior, where are we going?"

Upon hearing Himeragi Yukina's question, Sid raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Himeragi Yukina.

"What, aren't you going home? If something happens, I can help you take care of it. It's not very safe at night lately, and it wouldn't be good if we ran into terrorists like last night."

Sid meant it sincerely. Yukina Himeragi, that unlucky girl, had considerable strength but ran into a conspiracy by the higher-ups. If it weren't for him transforming into a shadow and spouting a bunch of riddles last night, she would be dead by now.

If she's unlucky enough to run into Rudolph again tonight, will he have to transform into a shadow to save her once more? That would ruin the prestige of a shadow-wielding individual.

Therefore, he sincerely hoped that Yukina Himeragi could go home as soon as possible, so that he could investigate the conspiracy on the island that night and see if he could complete another item on his list of Shadow Powers.

"Ah, this, this, senior, I..."

Himeragi Yukina was at a loss. The reasons given by Sid were too convincing, leaving him speechless. Should she say that she was a sword priestess from the Lion King Organization, sent to monitor the legendary Fourth Progenitor?

"Hoo... Senior, I don't have anything to do. I just wanted to wander around since I just arrived at Itogami Island. But since you said so, let's go back first."

Taking a deep breath, Yukina Himeragi decided not to monitor the Fourth Progenitor. Sid's words reminded her that there were terrorists on the island. She should first escort her senior who cared about her home to prevent her from being targeted by the terrorists, and then come out to deal with the terrorists.

Anyway, she spends most of her time monitoring the Fourth Progenitor using shikigami, so what's the point of tracking her now? Blame the Lion King Organization for arranging for her to attend another school. The letter I sent to the Lion King Organization yesterday asking them to transfer her to another school still hasn't been answered.

"Oh fine."

Seeing that Sid hadn't noticed anything amiss, Himeragi Yukina followed with light steps to avoid being left behind.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Caihai Academy

"Yu-dou, are you telling the truth?"

"Yes, President, I vouch for it with my knighthood."

After hearing what Kiba Yuuto said, a girl with bright red hair and a perfect figure sighed and rubbed her forehead.

"Forget it, this is too big of a deal. I'll talk to my brother about it later. Yuto, tell me the name of the person you injured."

"Sid, the president, his name is Sid Cagaino."

Unbeknownst to Kiba Yuuto and Rias, when Kiba Yuuto uttered the name Sid, both the black-haired, ponytail-wearing older sister kneeling on the ground making tea and the white-haired loli sitting on the ground playing games paused for a moment, their ears perking up without them even noticing.

"How is his injury?"

Rias asked Kiba Yuuto about his injuries.

"It doesn't look like anything serious, it seems like just a minor cut."

"Huh, that's good."

Hearing that Sid was alright, Rias breathed a sigh of relief. What she didn't notice was that the black-haired mature woman and the white-haired loli standing next to her also seemed to relax after hearing Kiba Yuuto say that Sid was fine.

"Just to be on the safe side, Yuto, take him to the hospital for a check-up afterwards to make sure there are no undiscovered injuries. And don't say that you used your full strength in that attack outside. Just say that you accidentally hit his head and couldn't help but use your magic."

"President, this..."

Seeing Kiba Yuto's expression, Rias immediately knew what he was thinking.

“Yuto, don’t be so stubborn. Don’t worry, if anything really happens to him, I will do my best to make it up to him. But if you tell anyone about this, the crime of killing a classmate during training... Yuto, I don’t want you to become a monster.”

"I understand, President."

Seeing that Yuto had come to his senses, Rias finally felt relieved. At this point in time, to still kill a classmate from another world was a terrible mistake. If this matter were used by some people with ulterior motives, Yuto Kiba would die no matter how many reasons he had. Even if she was the sister of one of the Four Great Demons, she couldn't protect Yuto Kiba. In fact, it was precisely because she was the sister of one of the Four Great Demons that she absolutely could not bring herself to do it.

Chapter Thirty-Six: I Saw the Script

"boom!!!"

The sudden explosion interrupted the conversation between Sid and Yukina Himeragi, and both of them couldn't help but look up in the direction from which the explosion came.

As the lights of Itogami Island illuminated the night, a plume of black smoke rose into the sky.

"This direction leads to... the central area of ​​Itogami Island, could it be..."

After recognizing the source of the black smoke, Sid silently conjured a wisp of magic at his fingertips, instantly compressing it into a single point before spreading it out.

Sure enough, the feedback from the atomic radar indicated that the explosion occurred at the Central Gate, where two familiar auras were present: the teacher and the artificial life form Astarothie.

"It seems like something big has happened."

"Um, senior, I need to go now..."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Before Himeragi Yukina could finish speaking, Sid interrupted her and grabbed her arm.

"senior?!"

Himeragi Yukina, who was being pulled back, was puzzled and didn't know why Shid was pulling her back.

"Still trying to be a champion of justice? If someone hadn't saved you yesterday, you'd be dead by now."

"With such a commotion at the garrison headquarters, the guards will probably arrive soon. There's no need for you to carry out your duty of justice; let's hurry home. It's safer that way."

Hidra's purpose in keeping Himeragi Yukina there was simple: he didn't want her to get involved in this mess again. If she got knocked down again, he had no interest in saving her.

"This... senior, I..."

Himeragi Yukina's expression froze. She now understood the difficulty of concealing her identity. She had only been here a few days when she encountered terrorists, and to make matters worse, her senior was quite concerned about her.

Now she can't reveal her true identity, and she's also being watched by her senior.

And now she is also hesitant, unsure whether to go to the explosion center to help.

Her mission was to monitor Akatsuki Kojou, not to help Itogami Island deal with the terrorists.

She can justify not monitoring Akatsuki Kojou by saying that the Lion King Organization assigned her to the wrong school, forcing her to use shikigami to remotely monitor Akatsuki Kojou. But going to deal with terrorists is not a task given to her by the Lion King.

Unlike yesterday's remote location where no guards were present, this time the explosion occurred in the center of Itogami Island, the headquarters of most of the guards.

The Lion King, where she works, is one of the island nation's magical organizations. Strictly speaking, it needs to avoid any conflict of interest with the Itogami Island Guard. If they happen to meet on the road, she can explain it to her superiors. But abandoning her mission objective to help deal with terrorists at the Guard's headquarters is a serious violation of regulations.

Moreover, according to Sid, the explosion occurred in the center of Itogami Island, so the security forces should be able to defeat the terrorists quickly, and she shouldn't have to worry.

She had a lot on her mind, but only a few seconds had passed in reality. After calmly thinking things through, Yukina Himeragi decided to give up rushing to the center of Itogami Island, even though she was also worried about whether the security team could defeat the terrorists successfully. Instead, she decided to go home with Shido first and then go to monitor Akatsuki Kojou.

"Ding dong!"

Before she could finish speaking, a "ding-dong" interrupted Himeragi Yukina's actions.

Himeragi Yukina and Sid focused their attention on Himeragi Yukina's backpack, and the voice came from inside the backpack.

Himeragi Yukina unzipped her jacket, took out her phone, and turned it on. The screen showed an unread text message.

Himeragi Yukina glanced at Sid, who understood and turned his head away.

Only when she saw Sid turn her head did Yukina Himeragi breathe a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Sid; although they had only known each other for a day, she still trusted Sid as her senior. The main reason was that the message came from the Lion King, and she was afraid that Sid might see some important information and get into trouble.

She opened the text message the Lion King had sent her, quickly glanced through it, and a look of surprise appeared on Yukina Himeragi's face.

"Senior, you go first. I need to go over there and stop this crime."

Upon hearing Yukina Himeragi's words, Sid looked at her, assuming she might be acting impulsively, and offered some words of advice.

"You don't still dream of being some kind of hero, do you? I already said the security force will handle it. Trust the security force and hurry home."

Listening to Sid's advice, Himeragi Yukina did not reply. Instead, she half-squatted down, put the guitar case behind her on the ground, unzipped it, and took out a silver gun that Sid had seen yesterday.

"Senior, I hope you can keep what I'm about to say a secret."

Gripping her silver spear tightly, Yukina Himeragi stood up straight and looked at Sid sincerely.

"Senior, I am actually an attack mage from the Magic Disaster Management Bureau. As an attack mage, it is my duty to stop magical crimes, so now I am going to stop this crime."

"Eh?"

"I hope you don't need to worry about me. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

After saying that, without waiting for Sid's reply, Himeragi Yukina turned around and ran towards the black smoke.

"Hey! Xue..."

Hearing Sid's shouts behind her, Himeragi Yukina increased the spiritual power she channeled into her legs, making her even faster.

Last night, when she applied to the Lion King Organization for a transfer, she also wrote about encountering a magical crime.

The message she just received was from the Lion King Organization. In their reply, the Lion King Organization didn't mention the school transfer, but instead gave her a mission to solve a magical crime. They also said that if necessary, she could reveal her identity as a sword sorceress from the Lion King Organization to get help.

She didn't understand why the transfer school, which seemed to be the biggest obstacle to her monitoring of Akatsuki City's mission, hadn't responded, while the teacher she had casually mentioned had received such a formal reply.

She knew the matter was suspicious, but she didn't care. It was enough that her sense of responsibility and justice, which had been suppressed due to the mission and the pretense, could be upheld.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Sid watched as Yukina Himeragi ran towards the explosion, blinked, and stroked his chin.

"Could she really be someone who was manipulated by this conspiracy?"