In Tokyo, building the Holy Light Girls team

"...So, Ms. Natsuki, can you tell me the secret now? I swear I won't tell anyone easily!"

"..."

"Wait a minute, Ms. Natsuki, if you're worried about the secret getting out, I can consider being your fiancée, please...?"

"Get out of my way!"

……

The school wasn't far from Sayuri's home, and it didn't take long for Natsuki to lead Sayuri home.

Because of Natsuki's instructions, Sayuri did not tell her mother about the terrible experience that happened today.

"...That's how it is. Thanks to Ms. Natsuki for bringing me back, otherwise this frail girl would have had to sleep at school because of her heavy studies! Thank you again, Ms. Natsuki!"

Sayuri spoke sincerely to Natsuki, but one eye kept blinking, as if afraid that Mikiko would see through her.

Seeing this, Xia Mu could only smile and agree, "That's right, I've seen Sayuri's hard work. I believe she won't disappoint in the next exam, right?"

Sayuri: "..."

Mikiko chuckled and covered her mouth, "In that case, we have no choice but to thank Natsuki-sensei..."

As Xia Mu talked, her gaze unconsciously swept over the face in a photo not far away. Thinking of what happened last night, she suddenly narrowed her eyes.

Later, Mikiko invited Natsuki to have dinner with her, and Natsuki couldn't resist her enthusiasm, so he agreed.

In fact, he was already starving at that moment.

Although obtaining the purple crystal helped to some extent recover from physical fatigue, physical energy replenishment was still essential.

In addition, Mikiko's cooking skills were indeed excellent, and the aroma wafting over from time to time made his mouth water.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

After a hearty meal, Xia Mu patted his stomach with satisfaction.

To express his gratitude, he even gave Sayuri some homework. Seeing her gritted teeth in gratitude, Natsuki laughed even harder!

"...Thank you for your hospitality, Madam. I'll take my leave now!"

Watching Natsuki turn and leave, Sayuri muttered softly, "Bad teacher!"

She couldn't explain it either. Despite having gone through such a dangerous experience, she felt a strong sense of security thanks to Xia Mu's help.

Despite her doubts, Sayuri could only accept it as Natsuki's magical power. Just as she was about to speak to Mikiko, she noticed that the other girl's expression was a little strange: "Mom, what's wrong?"

Mikiko stiffened for a moment before turning her head and smiling at Sayuri: "It's nothing."

Sayuri tilted her head, but without thinking too much, she took the other's arm as usual and chattered about what was happening at school.

Mikiko simply smiled and nodded, but her expression was strangely odd.

……

Chapter 7 You... are not Mom!

into the night.

After experiencing the events of the day, Sayuri quickly fell asleep, especially with her mother's company, which brought a peaceful smile to her face even in her sleep.

rustling...

The strange noise woke Sayuri from her sleep.

When she sat up and groggily opened her eyes, she found Mikiko facing the wall, her tilted shadow reflected in the moonlight. Combined with the quiet surroundings, the scene looked somewhat strange.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Sayuri asked in a somewhat frightened voice.

After she finished speaking, Mikiko finally turned around slowly, and her gaze toward her was filled with a strange crimson!

That strange state made Sayuri's heart tremble. Just as she was about to speak again, she heard a strange voice coming from behind Mikiko.

"Sayuri, let's be a family forever, never to be separated, okay?"

"Mom, what's wrong? Aren't we already together? What's going on...?"

Sayuri instinctively hugged the pillow tightly to her chest, as if only in this way could she give herself a sense of security. She also suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the "mother" in front of her!

Mikiko shook her head, the red light in her eyes growing even more chilling: "Sayuri, I meant together, with Mom and... Dad, together, never to be separated!"

"dad?"

Before Sayuri could react, she saw the slanted shadow on the wall behind "Mikiko" suddenly change, and the next second it condensed into a menacing posture, which made her even more frightened.

"You...you're not my mother! Who are you?!"

Sayuri mustered her courage and shouted, while her eyes darted around, trying to find a chance to escape.

As a result, it was discovered that the sky outside the window had been shrouded in darkness without anyone noticing, and the night had vanished at that moment. Even the area near the doorway was shrouded in a faint black mist.

This suddenly reminded her that she had just experienced a similar incident not long ago!

Sayuri never imagined that she, who always prided herself on loving the supernatural, had never seen one.

Unexpectedly, I encountered such a scene twice in just one day. It's simply unbelievable!

pat!

pat!

Mikiko walked over, her pajamas slipping down with her movements to reveal her stunning beauty underneath—

"Have we been found out? It doesn't matter. As long as I'm with Sayuri and Mikiko, that's the happiest thing in the world! Come here quickly, Sayuri..."

Even though Mikiko didn't say anything, voices could be heard around her. Sayuri hardened her heart, threw the pillow over, and rushed towards the door!

However, the pillow she threw was torn to shreds by an invisible force before it even got close to "Mikiko"!

It's sizzling!

Before Sayuri could even reach the door, a strange force suddenly wrapped tightly around her body, lifting her off the floor.

"Let go... let go of me now..."

Sayuri struggled incessantly, but what followed was an increasingly suffocating feeling of restraint.

At the same time, "Mikiko" walked up to Sayuri and opened her arms as if to embrace her. The shadow on the wall opened its blood-red mouth and slowly put Sayuri's shadow into its mouth.

An indescribable suffocation enveloped Sayuri, her movements gradually stiffening. In her despair, the image of a white-haired man involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

"Teacher Xia Mu... help me..."

Suddenly—

boom!

A dull thud suddenly came from the direction of the window. Mikiko paused slightly and subconsciously turned around to look at the source of the sound.

"It's you!!!"

Sayuri finally showed a look of surprise and delight; the man she had wanted to see most had appeared!

"Teacher Xia Mu!"

"really……"

The voices rang out one after the other.

The moment Xia Mu burst through the window, holy light surged from his body, like the sun, bringing a violent impact to "Mikiko".

Her shadow instinctively let go of Sayuri, but fortunately Natsuki lunged forward and managed to catch her in his arms.

boom!

Even though she was only wearing a thin nightgown, Sayuri clung tightly to Natsuki, and sobs broke out as well:

"Ms. Natsuki, thank goodness you came! Sayuri almost died just now, waaaaah..."

However, Xia Mu's expression was a little strange. Only then did he notice that what was hidden under his school uniform was such a hot body!

When he looked up and saw "Mikiko" in front of him, Natsuki felt relieved. Like mother, like daughter—there's some truth to that saying.

He helped Sayuri up, his gaze falling on "Mikiko" opposite him, and said, "You really did come out, Nakamura Ichiro!"

When Xia Mu arrived here, he sensed traces of a ghost through the power of the necklace.

Having had previous contact with the person, he immediately recognized that the ghost was the spirit of Mikiko's deceased husband, "Nakamura Ichiro".

Strangely, when he used the Holy Light to search, he was unable to find its true location, so he pretended to leave but actually hid in the surroundings until "Nakamura Ichiro" revealed his presence just now, at which point he reappeared!

However, to his surprise, although he clearly sensed the aura of "Nakamura Ichiro", he was actually seeing Mikiko. Thinking of a certain possibility, Natsuki's face immediately turned gloomy.

Mikiko, could she have been eaten by this guy?

"Nakamura..."

Sayuri was still somewhat taken aback when she heard Natsuki's words. But when she remembered what he had just said, she exclaimed in disbelief, "Is it... Dad?"

As Mikiko's facial expressions changed, the shadow behind her swayed along with them.

“That’s right, I’m your dad, Nakamura. Come on over and join your mom and dad. A family should always be together…”

"dad……"

Sayuri's eyes became glazed over, and she subconsciously walked towards "Mikiko," but as soon as she took a step, Natsuki pulled her back into his arms.

"Wake up, Sayuri!"

Natsuki suddenly shouted at Sayuri, his words imbued with the power of holy light, forcibly waking her from her dazed state.

"Huh?"

"Are you an idiot? That guy clearly tried to kill you! What father in the world would want to kill his own child!"

"This thing, it's just a simple evil spirit!"

"Evil spirit..."

Sayuri repeated Natsuki's words, her gaze fixed on "Mikiko" before her, her expression visibly wavering.

After all, she's still just a child...

Natsuki sighed inwardly, then pulled Sayuri behind him and looked at "Mikiko" approaching again, holy light appearing on his fist.