The Reincarnated Onmyoji Who Returned From Another World ~ I Was Reincarnated Into An Onmyoji Family On The Verge Of Decline, But Thanks To My Experience As A Hero Who Fought In Another World And The Magical Power Training I've Been Doing Ever Since I Was Born, This Life Seems Like It Will Be Easy ~ - Chapter 12&13

Chapter 12: Homura

When I thought about it in a certain way, it could be said that this was my memorable first battle. With that thought in mind, I hence felt like doing something a bit flashy.

“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!”

The yokai firmly planted all four limbs on the floor and charged straight toward me with great vigor.

“Stop.”

I forcibly sealed it by surrounding the yokai on all sides with barrier techniques.

“AAH?!”

“Is this all you can do?”

It was a barrier technique I’d put up just as a makeshift measure, but I was able to reliably trap the opponent. It was unexpectedly weak… hmm, I thought a pretty strong one would be born, though? Had my intuition grown dull?

“Oni. Can I leave the control to you? I’ll handle the cursed energy output and technique creation.”

No, well, thinking about the matter could be done later.

[Nuu. It can’t be helped. Just this once, you hear?]

“Thanks.”

Using magic here would definitely be bad. I should at least maintain minimal appearances… With shikigami techniques, I could say I had learned them from books I had read on my own. It was utterly unreasonable, but it was not impossible to forcibly accept it as me merely being an incredibly gifted child. Therefore, what I’d use for this battle was shikigami techniques.

“T-Touya-sama…? Who exactly are you talking to?”

“The crystallization of my efforts. Watch the shikigami techniques I’ve become able to use.”

Shikigami techniques. Techniques I’d only recently, really just recently, become able to use. I recalled the content about shikigami techniques that the housekeeper had shown me just once.

“Red phosphorus.”

I chanted the incantation.

[Hmph.]

Red sparks scattered from the hands of the Oni standing beside me, and by rubbing them together with both hands, they transformed into an even stronger flame. From an outside perspective, it would look like sparks had suddenly flared up behind me.

“Mmm… I can’t control it at all.”

[Of course! This is my technique! As if you could control it so easily! Stand back. I’ll handle the control.]

“Yeah. Please do.”

Shikigami techniques. These referred to jujutsu that mainly used the innate techniques of those summoned as shikigami. While shikigami techniques could be used in various ways, that was the primary usage. What I was using right now was Oni’s technique. I’d thus obediently leave the control to her.

“Kyūkyū-nyo-ritsuryō.” (As urgent as laws and ordinances)

Having completely delegated control, I took out a single talisman and chanted the spell. These were the basics of jujutsu. In jujutsu that basically required elaborate rituals and preparation for activation, this world’s bug technique that cancelled out that preparation was kyūkyū-nyo-ritsuryō. Using this bug technique that didn’t even exist in the other world, I instantly completed the preparation for jujutsu activation.

[Here we go.]

Oni manipulated her hands, shaping a bow from flame and generating an arrow.

“Homura.”

And just by my chanting of the name of the jujutsu technique, the arrow was released and hit the yokai that was trapped within the barrier I had made.

“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!”

It was instantaneous. The yokai wrapped in flames screamed and disappeared completely and utterly.

“There. That’s the end of it.”

Having defeated the yokai, I released my arm that had been covering the housekeeper’s eyes.

“T-Touya-sama… what was that just now?”

“It’s a secret from Papa and Mama, okay?”

Would “it’s a secret” be enough to get forgiveness? While thinking such things, I smiled at the housekeeper while placing my index finger to my lips.

Chapter 13: Oath

Beastmen. This referred to those who had merged with the shikigami they had summoned, causing their bodies to transform. I too was one such beastman. The existence of onmyoji and yokai were kept secret, hidden from the public stage.

Most people living in this world lived without knowing anything about yokai. In such a world, beastmen like myself were beings that shouldn’t exist. We never went outside, living only within the world of onmyoji, and having gained extended lifespans from merging with shikigami, I had lived like this for over a hundred years.

I have served the Koutoku family, who’d taken me in when I had become a beastman and lost my place to go, for a hundred years.

Watching various births of the next head of the family… and having watched over many children, I could tell that this one was far too excellent and required far too little care. He hardly ever cried at night, and never threw tantrums. From infancy until now at three years old, he’d always been well-behaved. And he was a prodigy who immediately mastered the basic skills of onmyoji. In my hundred years of life, this was the first time I’d seen…

“T-Touya-sama… what was that just now?”

But even so, what was this? It certainly wasn’t weak. Living for over a hundred years, I had the awareness that I’d accumulated considerable strength. That yokai that had made me think I couldn’t defeat it, Touya-sama had defeated with a single strike.

“It’s a secret from Papa and Mama, okay?”

He was special from infancy. His sparkling silver hair and those kaleidoscope eyes were more beautiful than any jewel to be found. His features were as perfectly arranged as if God had crafted them with utmost care.

This child was surely a gift from God.

I thought such things while gazing at Touya-sama smiling before me.

…

……

The master returned three hours after Touya-sama had defeated the yokai.

“Is everyone alright?!”

Having finished the subjugation of the powerful yokai that had appeared in town, the master returned to the mansion in a hurried manner, covered in blood.

“I heard a yokai appeared in this house! My family!”

“They’re safe, I dealt with it. Both mother and child are uninjured.”

Meeting the master at the entrance, I immediately reported that everyone was safe.

“Th-thank goodness… I’m glad you were here with us.”

“I’m here for that purpose. This much is only natural.”

“No, no, nothing about it is natural. Our family is always being saved by you. I truly cannot thank you enough.”

“You honor me. Shizue-sama was exposed to the yokai’s cursed energy and is currently unconscious and sleeping. Touya-sama is awake, but I’m looking after him. Please rest easy, master.”

“Ah… yes. To be honest, it was quite a severe battle. I’ll gratefully accept your words.”

“…”

Since when had he been there? At some point, Touya-sama appeared behind the master, pressing his hands together and bowing his head as if in gratitude… He no longer hid the fact that he was special in front of me.

“This way, please.”

After lightly making eye contact with Touya-sama, I led the master to the recovery room where Shizue-sama was also sleeping.

“Please sleep.”

“Ah…”

After providing light treatment and putting the master to bed, I exited the recovery room.

“Thank you for keeping it a secret from Papa.”

Waiting for me was Touya-sama.

“It’s a request from my life’s savior, after all.”

“That helps. Objectively speaking, I don’t really seem like a three-year-old…”

“Such a Touya-sama is wonderful too.”

Touya-sama was undoubtedly someone who would leave his name in history.

“Have you already mastered hiragana?”

“Eh?”

“Being able to use shikigami techniques… Was that knowledge from the book I showed you before? Do you understand kanji too?”

“…I understand.”

To be trusted by such a person, it somehow made me feel proud.

“As expected. In that case, shall we move to the next stage? What would you like to learn next? I’ve lived a long life, you know. I know things beyond what’s written in the books in this house. What would you like me to teach you?”

“Really?! Thank you! Um… then, I’d like to start by becoming aware of my own innate technique…”

My role, the reason I was born, must be to raise this gift from God. I might be lacking in ability, but even so, I’d do whatever I could. As Touya-sama showed me his smile, I swore this in my heart.

I would dedicate my life to this Touya-sama.