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 23: Traitor

The aquarium was now surrounded by a special barrier.

It was a barrier that could be called time-stopping for humans other than onmyoji who had activated the magical power in their bodies.

Once time was stopped, we couldn’t interfere with them. It was a barrier that only added walls that couldn’t be moved or broken to this place, a general-purpose technique meant solely for using onmyoji arts without being noticed by ordinary people even in crowds.

It was just a general-purpose technique, but what it did was the same as stopping time, and its activation difficulty was quite high.

In the books I’d read, it was introduced as the highest difficulty general-purpose technique, and I still couldn’t do it.

“I intended to end it with one blow.”

The man who had activated that general-purpose technique got up cheerfully as if nothing had happened even after receiving my back kick.

“To think I’d be interfered with by a single brat… Is that shikigami protecting Olivia also the brat’s?”

Black hair and black eyes.

The man wearing onmyoji hunting robes had just tried to pierce both my and Margaret-chan’s hearts with a knife-hand strike, while also sending onmyoji arts toward Olivia-san to kill her.

As the man said, this guy in front of me had intended to annihilate the entire Williams family that had come to Japan with a simultaneous strike.

“…Tsuchimikado Haruma-sama!?”

As the man and I glared at each other, naturally my father, who was an onmyoji maintaining consciousness in this situation, called out.

“Papa, do you know him?”

“Kn-know him or not… He’s from the prestigious Tsuchimikado family of Japanese onmyoji. The third son of the head of the family.”

“That’s right. I’m actually pretty important, you know?”

“…Why would someone like that be involved in such an attack?”

You could tell just by looking. I had thought he was a Japanese onmyoji.

But it turned out that someone more important than I’d thought had betrayed us.

“Like I’d tell you? You’re all going to die anyway. Think of it as bad luck and stay quiet.”

“Homura.”

Tsuchimikado Haruma, was it? The moment that man tried to take a step toward me, I burned the spot where he was about to step with shikigami techniques.

“Whoa!? …You, when did you learn to use onmyoji arts!?”

Receiving that attack, Haruma hastily pulled back his foot.

“Papa, protect Mama. I’ll handle this guy.”

“Wait! He’s not an opponent you can win against…!”

“Can Papa win?”

“Ugh.”

My father was at a loss for words at my question.

“I’m already stronger than the housekeeper, you know. Leave it to me.”

“What?”

“…The Koutoku family’s housekeeper is that beastman, right? You’re quite the boaster to claim you’re stronger than that, brat.”

My father froze at my words, and Haruma also voiced his doubt as if he couldn’t understand.

Hmm. I hadn’t really intended to stand out… but this couldn’t be helped now. I couldn’t hold back my power and let casualties occur.

It couldn’t be helped. I’d fully reveal my abilities.

“Margaret-chan, go to Olivia-san.”

“Y-yeah…”

I also had the anxious-looking Margaret-chan move back.

The moment Margaret-chan reached Olivia-san and Oni…

“…!?”

I slammed my consciousness against Haruma’s, then kicked off the ground to close the distance and drove a kick into his stomach.

“Guh!?”

Haruma barely managed to break his fall, but couldn’t completely deflect the impact and staggered backward.

I closed the distance with Haruma even further, drove my fist into his jaw, and sent him flying.

“You…!? Are you really just a brat!?”

“Shut up.”

Having kicked off the ground to reach above Haruma, who was flying through the air in an unseemly manner and screaming, I gripped my fist tightly.

“Sun.”

Then I struck Haruma with a fist wreathed in sun-like flames.

“Gyaaaaaaaaaah!?”

Haruma was slammed to the ground, broke through the aquarium floor, and fell from the second floor where we were to the first floor.

“I won’t let you get close to Margaret-chan and the others.”

Creating a barrier in empty air and kicking off it for propulsion, I chased after Haruma who had fallen to the floor below.

“Don’t underestimate adults! Kyukyu-nyoritsu-ryo!”

However, Haruma wouldn’t remain my punching bag forever either.

He sent a massive number of earth spears flying toward me as I tried to close the distance.

“Tch.”

The number easily exceeded a hundred, at a density I couldn’t possibly avoid no matter what.

“Kyukyu-nyoritsu-ryo.”

Using onmyoji arts to simplify the incantation, I deployed magical barriers and managed to block all those earth spears.

“Why are you still perfectly alive?”

While I was blocking those earth spears, Haruma had regained his stance.

It was time to regroup for now.

“Unlike you, I don’t take damage easily.”

“Tch.”

In front of Haruma, who was burned all over and already bleeding, I showed a fearless smile while looking perfectly fine.

“What an unlikeable brat.”

“I’d be troubled if a traitor found me likable.”

“Ha. Don’t go calling me a traitor on your own… Haah, can I even win this?”

“You can’t. Just surrender quietly and spill the information.”

“That’s not really an option for me.”

I had little experience fighting onmyoji from this world.

I still didn’t have enough to see what kind of trump cards they might have.

“Phew.”

I’d crush him with the might of my full power.

“Holy Sword—”