Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - V4 Chapter 12

Chapter 12: “Hero vs. Shikigami User, Right?” ①

“Oh dear, looks like the bear got taken down. What a useless guy. After making me pay for his bullet train ticket, losing to a second-rate psychic like that? Embarrassing.”

The boy who had come from Kyoto shrugged his shoulders casually, showing no concern even after seeing Kumazaki fall.

His composed demeanor made Yusuke frown suspiciously, but Yusuke still offered him a chance to surrender.

“Let me make this clear—you’d better surrender now while you can. I’m a pacifist. You haven’t harmed the yokai yet, so if you leave peacefully, I’d strongly recommend it.”

“Oh my, how amusing. A human who claims to love disgusting creatures like yokai, and even thinks this way? That’s just hilarious. Do you really expect me to say, ‘Sure, I’ll leave,’ after coming all the way from Kyoto to Iwate?”

“I want to believe you’re capable of reasoning.”

The boy’s previously carefree attitude shifted dramatically at Yusuke’s words.

A terrifying wave of killing intent erupted from him, flooding the air around them.

“Don’t make me laugh. Someone like you, who loves yokai, talking about reason? Makes me sick. Keep saying nonsense like that, and I’ll tear your mouth open and shove your precious yokai’s eyeballs into it.”

“…I don’t know why you hate yokai so much, but I won’t let you hurt the ones who are just living quietly.”

“Oh, how scary. But, are you sure?”

“What do you mean?”

“While you were so busy talking to me… I’ve already finished my spell. I’ve sealed your magic—better hurry and figure something out.”

The boy held a charm in his right hand and softly blew on it with his thin lips.

“—Huh?”

In the next instant, most of Yusuke’s magic became unusable.

He could still sense the magic inside him, but it felt unbearably heavy, as if it had been chained down.

“Onmyodo and all that might’ve faded out, but the Abe Clan took everything they could find, mashed it together, and made themselves stronger. That’s the kind of power we’ve got now.”

“…You didn’t seal all my magic, did you? I can still fight just fine!”

“Looks like it. Your magic is impressive, and it doesn’t seem mixed or impure. But no matter what kind of power you use, it won’t work on me. My specialty is sealing demons—that is, ‘magic.’ And while I’m at it, I can seal human techniques too.”

“That’s a nasty skill you’ve got.”

Yusuke tried to stretch out the conversation, hoping to figure out a way to counteract the magic that had been sealed.

The boy, confident in his spell, showed no signs of worry.

“It’s so entertaining, you know? Those arrogant yokai, crying and begging for their lives the moment they lose their power. …Do you even realize how many humans they’ve devoured? Crushing those yokai, grinding them into the ground until they’re nothing—it’s just so satisfying. Addictive, even.”

Seeing the boy’s ecstatic expression, Yusuke couldn’t hold back his disgust.

“…What kind of person are you?”

“Right back at you. A human siding with yokai? That’s way harder to understand.”

The boy pulled out another charm and threw it onto the ground.

The charm glowed faintly, and a small oni appeared.

“This is a shikigami. Oh, right, I only asked for your name earlier, didn’t I? I didn’t introduce myself. I’m Madoka Abe. Nice to meet you.”

〜〜Afterword〜〜

For clarification, the Abe Clan is just the Abe Clan in the psychic industry.
There are no actual onmyoji in the modern day.

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