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 29: The Tsuchimikado Family

This was seriously uncomfortable. Alone in the party venue, feeling the occasional glances directed my way while drinking juice, I expressed my dissatisfaction inwardly. Was it really possible for me to stand out this obviously? No matter what, this was terrible. I felt sadness as I leaned my back against the wall.

“…?!?!”

While thinking such things, I sensed the presence of cursed power approaching nearby and immediately distanced myself from that spot.

“Oh my, I was trying to surprise you.”

The next moment, a strikingly resonant voice echoed in this place, and the wall I had been leaning against until just now moved sideways, revealing a passage. Through that passage, one man and one girl sitting in a wheelchair being pushed by that man entered the venue.

“…Tsuchimikado-sama.”

Seeing that figure, one person in this party venue quietly let slip those words. I’d never met or seen him before, but I somehow understood. This person must be from the Tsuchimikado family. Eh… no, wait? Right now, was I about to be surprised by someone from the top onmyoji prestigious family? Why?

“You must be the only son of the Koutoku family?”

Such a person further spoke to me.

“It is my first time meeting you. As you say, I am the only son of the Koutoku family. I am Koutoku Touya. I am attending this occasion in place of my father, who is unwell.”

At this first contact, I greeted him with the utmost care.

“Such polite greetings for someone so young. Wonderfully pleasant.”

The Tsuchimikado person showed me a smile in response to my greeting.

“Would it be alright to entrust this child sitting in the wheelchair to you? She is my daughter. Could you look after her for a bit while I’m greeting people?”

“Of course.”

“Thank you.”

I received the wheelchair from the Tsuchimikado member.

“Please take care of me.”

I spoke words of greeting to the girl sitting in the wheelchair.

“…”

Again… Was I being ignored again? This was the same development as with Margaret-chan… Actually, this child also had the same dead-looking eyes as the European girl. Was this the current trend among girls these days?

While I felt dissatisfied at being ignored, the Tsuchimikado person went up to the stage.

“Everyone, thank you for gathering today. I’m grateful that you all came to my invitation. My daughter is also at the age to become an elementary student. I’ve arranged this occasion to serve as both an introduction among the children who will be in the same grade, and an introduction among us parents. There will likely be many opportunities for interaction from now on. This occasion is declared informal under my name, I, Onmyoji-no-kami Tsuchimikado Arima. Everyone, please enjoy yourselves comfortably.”

“…Eh?”

Wait? That person was the head of the Tsuchimikado family?! No way…?! He was an incredibly important person. Then the girl who ignored me was the daughter of the Tsuchimikado family head? No way, this child was also an incredibly important person. Why was the only son of a declining family holding such an important child’s wheelchair?

“Well, what shall we do?”

While thinking about such things, I dutifully called out to the girl in the wheelchair. I was entrusted by the head himself, so I couldn’t keep ignoring her either. While the adults around us were exchanging various words with each other, I continued talking to the girl…

She was the daughter of the Tsuchimikado head so he should pay a bit more attention here. I was standing out terribly.

Help me?

“Hm?”

While looking around desperately to seek help from anyone, I caught a fluctuation of cursed power at the edge of my vision. An unpleasant flow of cursed power.

“…This is it.”

I reached out with my hand to grasp one end of that power flow. Grasping cursed power was surprisingly easy. Ordinary people couldn’t see such an aura, but I could. It was just the simple task of reaching for something I could see. I grasped the unpleasant cursed power with my hand wrapped in my own magic and crushed it with my bare hands.

“…Eah?”

The next moment, the girl who was in the wheelchair made a sound.

“You… what did you just do?”

The girl who had been showing dead-looking eyes until just now looked at me with lively eyes.

“Ah, I see.”

What… So now she could speak…? That cursed power must have been the thing causing her trouble. It was a curse, a type I hadn’t seen in the other world… but the curse-breaking method should work with that, right? If that didn’t work, then it was impossible for me as I only knew one curse-breaking method.

“…Begone.”

I placed my hand on the girl’s shoulder and spoke one word filled with cursed power. I striked the curse being given from the outside with my own power, forcibly crushing it and pushing it out.

The next moment…

“Cough.”

I spat blood from my mouth and dropped to my knees on the floor.

“Oh, dear. I got backlash. And I couldn’t break the curse completely? Who… used such a tasteless curse?”

It was the worst as it was a strong spell. I couldn’t properly tell the strength of curses too.

“I even spit out blood, and couldn’t completely erase it… seriously the worst.”

My cursed power couldn’t completely push out the opponent’s own. Dregs-like cursed power remained in the girl’s body, and it was automatically regenerating, trying to return to their original size. It would probably be back to normal by tomorrow.

“…Wh-what did you do?!”

“Has the pain lessened?”

But right now, the curse’s influence should have decreased.

Completely different from before, I smiled at the girl who stood up from the wheelchair and sent a shocked gaze toward me.