Becoming a Shadow in the New World

"But…"

"Alright, two votes to one, I declare that the 'Blood Companion' project will continue."

Watching helplessly as Anshiro made her final decision, knowing that the plan could not be stopped, at least not now, Shizuko Yo could only suppress her anger and turn to talk about how Himeragi Yukina was being dealt with.

"Himehira Yukina?"

The sword sorcerer we initially sent to Xiaogu City's side?

Since she failed to become the Fourth Ancestor's first companion, what right does she have to be present at our meeting?

Let her be transferred or continue with the plan. If she disobeys or can't control her tongue, that's fine too. After all, she's just a sword sorceress who could potentially become one of the Three Saints.

Hearing that Shizuka Koyo was talking about how Himeragi Yukina was handled, the middle-aged man was puzzled. He wasn't the only one; Anshiro was also wondering why Shizuka Koyo specifically brought up her existence at the meeting of the Three Saints.

As a training institution, it's not that they don't care about the large number of sword wizards and other attack magic users, but they can still afford to lose one or two. Otherwise, the death rate of lower-level sword wizards when they carry out some extremely dangerous missions would break their hearts.

Although Yukina Himeragi has great potential and may become one of the Three Saints in the future, there are many geniuses with great potential. What's important is not genius, but genius who can become strong.

"She joined the Mitsukoshi Trading Company."

A simple sentence silenced both of them. After thinking for a while, Anbai Nai spoke first.

"Since she has joined the Mikoshi Trading Company, let's change Himeragi Yukina's mission objective from becoming the blood partner of the Fourth Progenitor to befriending the Mikoshi Trading Company. It just so happens that we lack channels of communication with the Mikoshi Trading Company."

After Anbaina finished speaking, the middle-aged man also spoke up.

“I have no objection to that. Being on good terms with someone doesn’t matter. But since Yukina Himeragi is gone, who will replace her as Kojou Akatsuki’s blood companion?”

The middle-aged man had no objections. After all, compared to Akatsuki City, which couldn't bring them any benefits at the moment, it would be much more profitable to build a good relationship with the Mitsukoshi Trading Company, which controlled most of the resources of World 3, whose strength was a mystery and which was showing signs of becoming a new world business giant.

The only problem is that a priestess with top-tier qualifications is a treasure wherever she goes, and the Lion King's organization doesn't have many of them, so they really can't find a reasonable reason to send her to Akatsuki Kojou's side in the short term.

As for the sword sorcerer who awakened the Lion's Gold in Akatsuki?

He was first severely injured by a burst of magic from Akatsuki, and then healed by Shadow's magic, but was hit by a boulder while escaping from the Keystone Gate. When he was found, he was practically a cripple.

Actually, there's another part to blame. After all, if they hadn't arranged for Akatsuki to suck her blood, creating an opening in her spiritual energy, those injuries wouldn't have caused her to lose most of her spiritual energy. At most, she would have been seriously injured, not completely lose her spiritual power.

There are only two possible futures for that sword sorceress. One is that the priestess sent to Akatsuki's side in the future fails, and then she is sent to Akatsuki's side again to get close to him by taking his first dose of blood.

The second option is to marry someone from within their Lion King organization and have several outstanding daughters to replace her. After all, it's just a loss of spirituality; there's no problem with talent. Children born from the union of two people with spiritual power can't be lacking in talent.

"I remember that among Endou En's disciples, there is a shrine maiden with exceptional talent who has a good relationship with Himeragi Yukina. We can tell her about the task that Himeragi Yukina is currently performing, and she will voluntarily take over Himeragi Yukina's work."

"Xian Gu Yong, is there anything else you want to report?"

"Gone."

Anshiro Nai made the final decision, giving the choice of someone to replace Himeragi Yukina.

Silence fell over the field again. Unlike before, all three players now knew what the next topic was, but none of them wanted to be the one to start it.

After a long while, seeing that neither of the two people in front of her had any intention of doing so, Anbaina decided to take the lead in bringing up this topic that neither of them wanted to discuss.

"Next, let's talk about the punishment the island nation's government imposed on us for our poor performance this time, and..."

The church should be compensated.

The three of them turned pale as the topic came up.

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"Can you please stop laughing?"

Claire's angry tone, coupled with her fierce expression, was enough to silence most people, as long as she wasn't facing a mass of empty air.

Yes, in the living room of the room she rented, she sat alone on the sofa, fuming at thin air—a scene that seemed so bizarre and terrifying.

As time ticked by, the anger in Claire's eyes did not diminish in the slightest; on the contrary, it burned even more fiercely.

His fists clenched tighter and tighter, and the magic power within his body began to flow, ready to be unleashed.

Finally, as if she had reached her limit, Claire instantly drew her mithril sword from its sheath, unleashing a surge of magic that stirred up black flames, and slashed down fiercely.

A silver line flashed, and the table in front of Claire was split in two, the cut surface smooth and flat.

Claire, who had chopped the table in half, showed no sign of calming down. As if fueled by the flames, she shouted at the two halves of the table with murderous intent.

"I'll chop you up one day."

Chapter Sixty-One: The Calamity Witch

"Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, I'm not angry, I'm not angry..."

Muttering to herself, Claire closed her eyes to calm herself down.

"Hahaha, hahaha..."

jump!

A burst of silvery laughter reached Claire's ears from behind, and Claire felt as if something had snapped in her head.

When she came to her senses, the sofa had followed in the footsteps of the table, and she was holding the mithril sword against the sofa that had been cleaved in two. Judging from the marks at the scene, she must have chopped the sofa herself.

"Calm down, Claire, you can't hit her, you can't hit her..."

With this thought in mind, Claire finally suppressed her anger, resisted the urge to swing her sword and kill someone, turned her head to the empty space to the side, and spoke.

"Stop laughing, Miss Aurora, the Witch of Calamity!"

In Claire's view, a woman with long black hair and violet eyes sat in the air. Her dark purple dress under her black robe accentuated her elegant temperament, and a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth added to her charm.

The gesture of covering her mouth and giggling did not ruin her temperament; on the contrary, it added a touch of the demureness of a well-bred lady.

Aurora, a mysterious girl who possessed Claire's body in an accidental encounter, is of unknown origin and may or may not be a ghost.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to."

Seemingly realizing she had laughed a bit too much, Miss Aurora stopped laughing, put her hands together in a gesture of respect, but still asked a question with a smile.

"In short, to put it simply, what you did these past two days was sell yourself out and, at the same time, swindle your younger brother out of you too, am I right?"

“While there’s a slight issue with what you’re saying, the process is fine, so if that’s how it is, then so be it… Hey, why are you laughing again?”

"Pfft! Hahaha... Sorry, hahaha, sorry, but I really couldn't help it."

Seeing the witch in front of her begin to mock her again, Claire only wanted to kill her, but then she crossed her arms in front of her chest and snorted coldly.

"Forget it, there's nothing to say to someone like you who doesn't have a younger brother. You simply don't understand the bond between my brother and me."

The witch laughed even louder.

"Tsk!"

Claire, who thought she had won back the score, was even more upset, but since she had no ability to attack her opponent, she could only click her tongue in dissatisfaction.

"Alright, enough laughing, let's get down to business. Aurora, didn't you say you'd only come out after you'd taken some time to fix my body?"

Why did you come out early? Have I encountered anything dangerous in the last few days?

Despite their playful banter, Claire was still able to distinguish right from wrong. The woman in front of her, known as the Calamity Witch, who, according to herself, had wiped out several races and committed countless sins, was someone Claire estimated to be among the top fifteen in the world.

The thing that could make such a being forget about repairing her body and come out of her body to ask what had happened in the past few days is not something she is qualified to touch now.

"Humph!"

Aurora stopped laughing and let out a cold snort.

Originally floating in the air at eye level with Claire, it slowly rose half a body length, looking down at Claire with a contemptuous gaze.

"Oh, Aurora, why are you looking at me like that?"

Claire, feeling a bit flustered by the way she was being stared at, asked anxiously.

"Scumbag!"

Aurora immediately called Claire a scumbag, leaving Claire even more confused, not understanding why Aurora was insulting her.

"Why didn't you tell me you came down from the world battlefield? Why should I be inside you repairing your body while you're out eating, drinking, and having fun?"

If I hadn't sensed his presence and come out to check, I wouldn't even have known you had left the world battlefield.

"Was it my fault for not telling you?"

How can I notify you if you're inside my body? Do you expect me to stab myself?

Besides, your life is now tied to mine, so a speedy recovery for me would be good for both of us, wouldn't it?

"Why not? I won't die anyway."

And I remember telling you that you're being protected, and you don't need to worry about dying at all.

"..."

Claire was speechless for a moment, wondering how this woman could say such cold words.

"In short, I'm not going to fix your body. It will recover automatically in a few months anyway. Isn't it too cruel to make a weak and beautiful girl like me, who can't even kill a chicken, stay in a dark and sunless place for several days just to save such a little time?"

Ultimately, I've already lent you my power; why should I have to repair your body because of your recklessness?

You, a witch who supposedly wiped out several races, claim to be powerless? Have some shame.

Claire was completely dumbfounded, but Aurora was not, and continued to complain to Claire.

"What's wrong with you paying my room rate if you live in my body? If you're so capable, then don't live in my body."