My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

The chairman explained many things.

For example, which class they are in, what time they should arrive for registration tomorrow, what they need to prepare for school, and what precautions those with spiritual power should take.

Shimizu Tamako gives off a very composed and gentle vibe, and her glasses add just the right touch of intellectual charm.

She already knew a lot about their abilities from the emails sent by Erina's parents, and was certain that they could control their powers, so she didn't test them, saving herself a lot of trouble.

After everything was explained, it was time for questions.

"Me! I'll go first! It's very important!"

Erina was the first to raise her hand and excitedly called out.

As expected, it must be that matter... Yoshiyuki thought to himself, looking forward to what kind of response the chairman would give.

Finally, the young lady asked a question!

"Chairman! Can I bring dumplings to school?!"

"This will do." She saw Erina take out a pink plush dumpling she always carried with her and gave a further hint: "But the one that will explode won't do."

"Yay!" Erina shouted excitedly. "As for explosives or anything, I won't put any in! How can I blow up something as cute as a dumpling!"

"So, Miss, when you play the dumpling world, why do you always use nuclear bombs—no, mega-yield TNT dumplings?!" Yoshiyuki yelled, unable to contain himself any longer. "Give me something serious!"

"Why are you yelling so loudly?" Erina muttered as she sat back down. "I'm too lazy to explain, Yoshiyuki, you explain."

"Yes, Miss."

Yi Xing cleared his throat and explained what had just happened between them and Yao Dao Ji. Then, he asked the chairman if he had any clues about her referring to the two as their parents.

Shimizu Tamako responded with a look of surprise.

"I'm sorry, this is indeed very strange, and I really don't know anything about it. In fact, I don't know much more about her than you do. Yusuke is right, Yaodao-hime never shows any enthusiasm towards others, and she's even distant towards me."

"You don't have a single clue?" Yoshiyuki was surprised. "Well, at least tell us when and how you encountered the Demon Blade Princess, right?"

"The first time we met? That was over a hundred years ago. Her story is short; I can tell it quickly."

Shimizu Tamako gave a wry smile and began to explain in detail.

At that time, Shimizu Tamako was still called Tamamo-no-Mae, and she was still dedicated to her work as an exorcist.

She received a report of a strong demonic aura and spiritual energy fluctuation coming from the ruins of the ancient castle on Sakurajima, so she went to investigate and met the bewildered Demon Sword Princess at the castle tower.

Because she showed no hostility, Tamamo-no-Mae did not make a move. Afterwards, Yoto-hime also learned to suppress her spiritual power and aura, thus no longer attracting attention.

For centuries, this ancient city has been occupied by a large number of demons, and few people have witnessed the Demon Blade Princess.

She also maintains a neutral stance with the other demons living there, forbidding any demon from entering her dwelling, otherwise they will be killed.

This situation was not broken until Shimizu Tamako bought Sakurajima at the end of the 20th century.

She led her team to eliminate all the evil demons entrenched in the ancient city, hired those demons who were willing to integrate into human society as workers, cleared the ruins, and built the private Sakurajima Academy.

However, how to deal with the Demon Blade Princess and the castle tower located in the center of the ancient city became the chairman's biggest headache.

In reality, the magnificent castle tower that Yaodao-hime had been lingering in and refusing to leave had long been reduced to ruins due to the war.

But she preferred to stay among the rubble rather than leave.

The Demon Blade Princess was too powerful, and Shimizu Tamako felt that confronting her head-on was too risky. So, after a difficult conversation with her, she rebuilt the ruins into the current Gothic style and allowed her to continue living on campus.

Despite knowing Yaodao-hime for so long and being neighbors for over twenty years, they were still not very close.

Yaodaoji never said a word to her, and her attitude towards her was only slightly warmer than towards ordinary people.

That's why Shimizu Tamako was so surprised when she heard Yoshiyuki and the other person recount the Demon Blade Princess's actions.

After listening to the chairman's story, Yi Xing's first thought was that all the holdouts he had heard of before were utterly insignificant.

The Demon Blade Princess has reached the highest level!

Of course, after Shimizu Tamako finished speaking, Yoshiyuki asked a few more questions.

These questions are: what was the original name of the old castle on Sakurajima? Who was the first to call her "Demon Blade Princess"? Did anyone else come looking for Demon Blade Princess? And does she have any mental health issues?

To the first question, Shimizu Tamako replied that it was called Sakurajima Country, a very small country where the entire nation worshipped the Sakura Goddess, Hatsuyuki. It was destroyed in a war that spanned several years. No detailed information remains.

The chairman said she had heard the title "Demon Blade Princess" more than a hundred years ago. The demons who dwelled on the ruins of the ancient city, revering her power, all called her that with such awe.

This account differs slightly from Yusuke's. Yusuke said it was a name given by the students.

Yoshiyuki felt there was a discrepancy because Yusuke himself didn't know the true origin of the name; he only heard it from other students after enrolling. That's why he thought that way.

As for the third and fourth questions, Shimizu Tamago gave a negative answer.

No one ever specifically sought out Yaodaoji, and her mental state remained consistently stable.

In the past twenty years, he has not done anything unusual, nor has he intentionally harmed anyone.

She just stayed here all alone, quietly passing each day.

She never experienced emotional fluctuations, never wanted to leave campus, never initiated conversations with anyone, and avoided all social interaction as much as possible.

...Only today has the behavior of the Demon Blade Princess become so abnormal.

In light of this, although it's hard to believe, the chairman still feels that Yaodao-hime is indeed their daughter. Even if she isn't their biological daughter, she is someone they will adopt in the future, and they have a very good relationship.

Otherwise, after not seeing each other for so long, their relationship would have long since become distant.

What sustained Yaodao-hime through her loneliness was her love for her parents.

"It's a bit hard to imagine... If she really is our daughter, wouldn't that mean she's traveled back over a century?" Erina imagined it for a moment, and felt a suffocating sense of loneliness, so she couldn't help but shudder. "What reason would she have to stay here silently?"

"If the spell malfunctioned and she was sent back over a hundred years, then perhaps she didn't know where she was and just stayed there."

After a moment of contemplation, Shimizu Tamako uttered words that sent a chill down Yoshiyuki's spine.

"Or perhaps, Yoto Hime is a 'second-playthrough player,' hoping to act according to what happened in the first playthrough at certain key points to avoid changes in the timeline... You know what I mean, right? In that case, she deliberately arrived more than a century early. Enduring long periods of loneliness, just so that before she had the chance to change her fate, everything would develop in the direction she already knew."

"She might have come back to save you... to change the future of her parents."