Part 1It was the worst occasion to

Part 1

It was the worst occasion to slip up. Natsume gritted her teeth, glaring at the suit-wearing young man - Yamashiro.

She had gone to such lengths to slip into the monastery concealing her identity, but her true self had been noticed by a National First-Class Onmyouji Mystical Investigator. That kind of thing was stupid as well as having the worst possible timing.

Yamashiro had surreptitiously drawn closer to Natsume. In other words, she was being watched to some degree. Natsume had avoided contact with the Divine Generals, and she originally thought she had concealed her aura quite well, but that had been too naive.

Though Natsume was angered at her inability, she immediately composed her feelings and focused on the situation before her. Fortunately, Harutora would appear at the dark temple today. She just needed to buy time until he appeared, and she had the magical tools that she needed for that.

......Right. Even if the opponent was a Divine General. She could only take a shot. Natsume instantly adjusted her mind to an alert state, letting magical energy swell up from her entire body.

"......Hmph." Yamashiro snorted upon 'seeing' Natsume's state.

But on the other hand, Natsume couldn't ignore Akino whom she was sheltering behind her. Akino was tense, her body stiff. There was no helping that.

Though the 'disciples' of Seishuku Temple constantly underwent magical training, Natsume knew after being with Akino the whole day yesterday that she hadn't received training as a practitioner.

She couldn't involve her in this, and she had to consider the possibility that she would be captured to be used as a hostage. If possible, she wanted to change the location of the battle, but it was unknown whether she would have such an opportunity.

Then, there was one more thing to remember--

"......That Tengu probably isn't your shikigami."

Yamashiro slowly turned his gaze towards the tengu shikigami. Of course, Yamashiro had recognized the existence of this Tengu beforehand, and he had been able to conclude that the shikigami probably wasn't Natsume's.

"Could it be that brat's shikigami? She's quite a 'strange' kid, that's for sure."

Now that he mentioned it, Akino's rabbit ears were out. Akino went stiff, frightened by Yamashiro's tone.

Natsume immediately said, "...Tengu? Can I entrust Akino's safety to you?"

"H-Hokuto?"

Akino had said that the tengu shikigami obeyed the orders of people in the temple. Natsume had just entered them monastery, but this shikigami seemed quite familiar to Akino who had grown up in the monastery.

As expected, Tengu slowly nodded to express acquiescence. She was extremely grateful. But she couldn't just drop her guard like this. Tengu's strength was still unknown, and she wasn't sure how much she could entrust it with. Moreover,

"You're also quite strange, Tsuchimikado Natsume." Yamashiro said this to the intently-staring Natsume. Moreover, he used a leisurely, chatting tone. Natsume's expression became sharpened at Yamashiro's words.

"You stayed at the Onmyou Academy until last year, and you were together with Tsuchimikado Harutora in the forty-seventh class of students if I remember correctly. In other words, you guys are my kouhai. Actually, I was also a student of the Onmyou Academy, of the forty-fifth class."

Natsume fought back from letting her eyes twitch. A difference of two years, or in other words, this man had already been a third-year when Natsume had entered the academy. Though there was very little contact between first-years and upperclassmen, she ought to have heard something like rumors about someone with the level of ability to gain 'First-Class Onmyou' qualifications.

Probably anticipating Natsume's suspicions, Yamashiro spoke.

"Originally, I no longer had anything to learn after my second year at the Onmyou Academy, but if I knew that someone from the Tsuchimikado family - or that Tsuchimikado Yakou's reincarnation was entering the academy - it wouldn't have been bad to stay for another year. How regrettable."

"............"

That meant that he had left by the time Natsume and the others entered.

The Onmyou Academy graduates mostly entered the Onmyou Agency for work, and it wasn't strange for the Mystical Investigators to have academy graduates.

"How unexpected for fellow academy members to meet in this kind of 'filthy' monastery. How ironic."

A look of 'irony' also appeared on Yamashiro's face as he said this. It was indeed 'ironic', but Natsume didn't have the leisure for jokes like that. The opponent was a professional at human-targeted magic along with a Divine General. Natsume knew quite well exactly how strong their powers were.

"But why are you here? I was guessing that you were definitely acting together with Tsuchimikado Harutora. Did you come beforehand to do scouting work?"

"............"

"Well, whatever. We don't have that kind of time either."

Yamashiro said this to the completely-silent Natsume, also losing his interest in further pursuing the subject. Yamashiro had a clear confidence on his face since he started thinking, and Natsume judged that this wasn't 'faked'. It was a good sign that the enemy was careless.

Outside of its relation to Harutora, the fact that he mentioned the Onmyou Academy topic was probably because he was a bit interested in Natsume as an Onmyou Academy kouhai. She was truly grateful that she was being looked down on at this time.

"......H-Hokuto."

Akino called out quietly from behind her back.

Her body was shaking. Natsume's heart was filled with apology towards Akino. She had just been granted the goodwill of her naive, brilliant personality, and in the end she had pulled her into a troublesome situation. But those thoughts also stopped there. She had a duty to send her back safe and sound.

"Akino, leave me and run back to the monastery with the tengu shikigami. It's alright, you should be able to get there in a flash with your speed from before."

"How can I! I-I can't leave Hokuto here alone!"

Just as Akino tried to speak frantically.

"...!? Order!"

At the same time as Natsume instantly put up a defensive wall by throwing out a protective charm, the Unmoving Golden Chains that Yamashiro released hurtled towards her. The magical wall shook intensely because of the magic collision.

...So fast!?

He hadn't needed to speak an incantation, he hadn't formed a hand seal, and he hadn't refined any magical energy. Though the magic was relatively incomplete, the victor would probably be decided if she took one of those to the face.

"Hey, don't make me waste time for no reason."

As Yamashiro spoke with a calm tone, he casually shortened the distance between the two.

Akino's wails sounded from behind her. Natsume changed the position of her arm that maintained the magical wall while refining magical energy. Then, she threw out a second protective charm, but this time she interfered with and rewrote the magic. She connected the magic to the magical wall she had put up before. She purposefully 'disrupted' the magic.

"Deflect! Order!"

The magical wall from before instantly swelled up after absorbing the second protective charm. A projectile magic that attacked with a magical wall. She forced the magical wall to go out of control, and it defended against the Unmoving Golden Chains that constantly shot out while moving in the direction of the attacks.

"......Tch."

Yamashiro clicked his tongue while turning to avoid the magical wall. She let the out-of-control magical wall fly at him directly as a means of attack. It seemed that there wouldn't be enough time to deal with each and every magic she used. Yamashiro 'watched' Natsume with a cold gaze.

Natsume ran to the right in a flash in order to put some distance from Akino, taking advantage of the opening from interrupting the Unmoving Golden Chains. It was because Yamashiro wasn't the kind of opponent that Natsume could deal with while protecting Akino at the same time. The tengu shikigami started approaching Akino as it had promised, as if taking Natsume's place. Akino was currently unable to move because of fear and nervousness, so it was better to have the shikigami move her to a safe place.

Yamashiro called out irritatedly:

"I said, don't make your senpai waste time for no reason, kouhai."

Yamashiro maintained his slightly forward-leaning posture as he said that, pursuing Natsume with agile steps.

He took out two charms from the front pocket of his suit and tossed them out. They were shikigami. Two completely blue catlike shikigami appeared. 'WA2 Cat Bandage', a Witchcraft Corporation binding shikigami that the Mystical Investigators commonly used. The two Cat Bandages leaped from the ground into a dash right after forming. Though they were just ordinary, commercial manmade shikigami, their aura and mobility were definitely on a different level under the control of a Divine General. The two split up to attack Natsume, like hunting lions.

Natsume ran while forming a seal. "Suzaku! Genbu! Byako! Koujin! Nanto! Hokuto! Sandai! Gyokujo! Seiryuu!"

Natsume suddenly stopped and turned her body, forming hand seals at the two shikigami. At the same time, a grid pattern filled with magical energy flashed with white light in front of Natsume. Kuji-kiri. Her black hair floated behind her as if blown by a strong wing. The two pouncing shikigami stopped because they collided with the kuji-kiri. But,

"Flow and bind. Order."

Yamashiro's attack came a split-second after the two shikigami were stopped. He held up a charm with two fingers, hurling the charm while chanting an incantation. It was a water-element charm. The magic became a torrent that rushed along the ground, approaching Natsume.

Though she reflexively wanted to take out a wood-element charm, Natsume immediately anticipated the entirety of the opponent's magic from the enemy's goals and magic. She pulled out a metal-element charm, throwing it as if to scatter the approaching charm magic.

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 1:

Bagian 1Ini adalah kesempatan terburuk untuk tergelincir. Natsume mengertakkan giginya, memelototi mengenakan setelan pemuda - Yamashiro.Ia pergi ke panjang seperti untuk masuk ke biara menyembunyikan identitasnya, tetapi diri sejati nya telah diperhatikan oleh Nasional kelas Onmyouji mistik penyidik. Hal semacam itu adalah bodoh serta memiliki waktu kemungkinan terburuk.Yamashiro telah diam-diam ditarik dekat Natsume. Dengan kata lain, dia adalah diawasi untuk beberapa derajat. Natsume telah menghindari kontak dengan Jenderal ilahi, dan dia awalnya berpikir dia telah disembunyikan aura cukup baik, tapi itu belum terlalu naif.Meskipun Natsume marah pada ketidakmampuan nya, dia segera terdiri perasaannya dan berfokus pada situasi sebelum dia. Untungnya, Harutora akan muncul di Kuil gelap hari ini. Dia hanya perlu untuk membeli waktu sampai ia muncul, dan ia alat ajaib yang ia butuhkan untuk itu.......Tepat. Bahkan jika lawan ilahi umum. Dia hanya bisa mengambil tembakan. Natsume langsung disesuaikan pikirannya negara waspada, membiarkan energi magis yang membengkak dari seluruh tubuhnya."......Hmph." Yamashiro mendengus berdasarkan 'melihat' Natsume di negara.Tapi di sisi lain, Natsume tidak bisa mengabaikan Akino siapa dia adalah berlindung belakangnya. Akino adalah tegang, kaku tubuh Nya. Ada tidak ada yang membantu.Meskipun 'murid-murid' Candi Seishuku terus-menerus menjalani pelatihan magis, Natsume tahu setelah berada bersama Akino sepanjang hari kemarin bahwa dia belum menerima pelatihan sebagai seorang praktisi.Dia tidak bisa melibatkan dirinya dalam hal ini, dan dia harus mempertimbangkan kemungkinan bahwa ia akan ditangkap untuk dijadikan sandera. Jika mungkin, ia ingin mengubah lokasi pertempuran, tapi itu tidak diketahui apakah ia akan memiliki kesempatan seperti itu.Kemudian, ada satu lagi hal untuk mengingat--"......Bahwa Tengu mungkin tidak shikigami Anda."Yamashiro perlahan-lahan mengalihkan perhatiannya ke arah tengu shikigami. Tentu saja, Yamashiro telah mengakui adanya Tengu ini sebelumnya, dan ia telah mampu menyimpulkan bahwa shikigami mungkin tidak Natsume's."Mungkin brat yang shikigami? Dia adalah anak cukup 'aneh', itu sudah pasti."Sekarang bahwa dia sebutkan itu, telinga kelinci Akino's sedang keluar. Akino pergi kaku, ketakutan oleh nada Yamashiro's.Natsume segera berkata, "...Tengu? Dapat saya mempercayakan Akino's keselamatan kepada Anda? ""H-Hokuto?"Akino mengatakan bahwa tengu shikigami mentaati perintah dari orang-orang di dalam Bait Suci. Natsume baru saja memasuki mereka biara, tetapi shikigami ini tampaknya cukup akrab bagi Akino yang dibesarkan di biara.Seperti yang diharapkan, Tengu perlahan-lahan mengangguk untuk Check persetujuan. Dia adalah sangat berterima kasih. Tapi dia tidak bisa hanya drop nya penjaga seperti ini. Kekuatan Tengu's adalah masih belum diketahui, dan dia tidak yakin berapa banyak dia bisa mempercayakan dengan. Selain itu,"Kau juga cukup aneh, Tsuchimikado Natsume." Yamashiro mengatakan hal ini kepada Natsume menatap dengan saksama. Selain itu, ia menggunakan nada santai, chatting. Natsume's ekspresi menjadi dipertajam Yamashiro's kata."Anda tinggal di Akademi Onmyou sampai tahun lalu, dan kau dengan Tsuchimikado Harutora di kelas empat puluh tujuh siswa jika saya ingat dengan benar. Dengan kata lain, kalian adalah kouhai saya. Sebenarnya, saya adalah juga seorang mahasiswa Akademi Onmyou, empat puluh lima kelas."Natsume berjuang kembali dari membiarkan matanya kedutan. Perbedaan dari dua tahun, atau dengan kata lain, orang ini sudah setahun ketiga ketika Natsume telah memasuki Akademi. Meskipun ada sedikit hubungan antara tahun pertama dan upperclassmen, dia seharusnya mendengar sesuatu seperti desas-desus tentang seseorang dengan tingkat kemampuan untuk memperoleh kualifikasi 'Kelas Onmyou'.Natsume mungkin mengantisipasi kecurigaan, Yamashiro berbicara."Awalnya, saya tidak punya apa-apa untuk belajar setelah tahun kedua saya di Akademi Onmyou, tetapi jika aku tahu bahwa seseorang dari keluarga Tsuchimikado - atau reinkarnasi Tsuchimikado Yakou yang sedang memasuki Akademi - itu tidak akan menjadi buruk untuk tinggal selama satu tahun. Bagaimana disesalkan.""............"Itu berarti bahwa ia telah meninggalkan pada saat Natsume dan yang lain masuk.Lulusan Akademi Onmyou sebagian besar memasuki badan Onmyou untuk bekerja, dan itu tidak aneh untuk para peneliti mistik untuk memiliki lulusan akademi."Bagaimana tak terduga untuk Akademi sesama anggota untuk bertemu di biara 'kotor' semacam ini. Betapa ironisnya."Lihat 'ironi' juga muncul di Yamashiro di wajah berkata ini. Itu memang 'ironis', tapi Natsume tidak memiliki rekreasi lelucon seperti itu. Lawan adalah seorang profesional di magic bertarget manusia dengan ilahi umum. Natsume tahu cukup baik persis seberapa kuat kekuatan mereka."Tapi kenapa kau di sini? Aku menebak bahwa Anda pasti bertindak bersama-sama dengan Tsuchimikado Harutora. Apakah Anda datang terlebih dahulu untuk melakukan pekerjaan Pramuka?""............""Yah, apa pun. Kami tidak memiliki waktu sebanyak itu baik."Yamashiro mengatakan hal ini kepada Natsume sepenuhnya-diam, juga kehilangan minat dalam mengejar lebih lanjut subjek. Yamashiro punya keyakinan jelas di wajahnya sejak ia mulai berpikir, dan Natsume dihakimi bahwa ini bukan 'palsu'. Itu adalah pertanda baik bahwa musuh adalah ceroboh.Di luar hubungannya dengan Harutora, fakta bahwa Dia menyebutkan topik Onmyou Akademi itu mungkin karena ia sedikit tertarik Natsume sebagai kouhai Onmyou Academy. Dia adalah benar-benar bersyukur bahwa ia adalah sedang melihat ke bawah saat ini."......H-Hokuto."Akino memanggil diam-diam dari belakang punggungnya.Tubuhnya gemetar. Natsume di jantung dipenuhi dengan permintaan maaf menuju Akino. Dia hanya telah diberikan goodwill nya naif, brilian kepribadian, dan pada akhirnya ia telah menarik dia ke dalam situasi yang mengganggu. Tapi pikiran-pikiran juga berhenti di sana. Dia punya kewajiban untuk mengirim kembali selamat dan sehat."Akino, meninggalkan saya dan berjalan kembali ke biara dengan tengu shikigami. It's alright, Anda harus mampu sampai di sana dalam sekejap dengan kecepatan Anda dari sebelumnya."Bagaimana bisa saya! Aku-aku tidak bisa meninggalkan Hokuto di sini sendirian! "Sama seperti Akino mencoba berbicara panik."...!? Order!"Pada saat yang sama sebagai Natsume langsung memasang tembok pertahanan dengan melemparkan keluar pesona pelindung, rantai emas tak bergerak yang Yamashiro dirilis hurtled terhadap dirinya. Dinding magis mengguncang intens karena tabrakan sihir....Begitu cepat!?Dia tidak perlu berbicara mantera, ia tidak membentuk segel tangan, dan ia tidak halus energi magis apapun. Meskipun keajaiban relatif lengkap, pemenang mungkin akan memutuskan jika dia mengambil salah satu dari mereka untuk menghadapi."Hei, jangan membuat saya membuang-buang waktu tanpa alasan."Sebagai Yamashiro berbicara dengan nada tenang, dia santai memperpendek jarak antara keduanya.Akino's wails terdengar dari padanya. Natsume berubah posisi lengan yang dipertahankan magis dinding sementara penyulingan magis energi. Kemudian, dia melemparkan keluar kedua pesona pelindung, tapi kali ini dia mengganggu dan menulis ulang keajaiban. Dia terhubung keajaiban tembok magis yang ia telah disiapkan sebelumnya. Dia sengaja 'terganggu' keajaiban."Membelokkan! Order!"Dinding magis dari sebelum langsung bengkak setelah menyerap kedua pesona pelindung. Proyektil sihir yang menyerang dengan dinding magis. Dia dipaksa dinding magis untuk pergi keluar dari kontrol, dan membela terhadap rantai emas tak bergerak yang terus-menerus ditembak sementara bergerak ke arah serangan."......TCH."Yamashiro diklik lidahnya sambil berpaling untuk menghindari dinding magis. Dia membiarkan tembok out-of-control ajaib yang terbang dia langsung sebagai sarana untuk serangan. Tampaknya bahwa tidak akan ada cukup waktu untuk berurusan dengan setiap sihir, ia digunakan. Yamashiro 'melihat' Natsume dengan tatapan dingin.Natsume berlari ke kanan di flash untuk meletakkan beberapa jarak dari Akino, mengambil keuntungan dari pembukaan dari menyela rantai emas tak bergerak. Itu karena Yamashiro tidak jenis lawan yang Natsume bisa menangani sekaligus melindungi Akino pada waktu yang sama. Tengu shikigami mulai mendekati Akino seperti yang dijanjikan, seolah-olah Natsume's berlangsung. Akino pada saat ini tidak dapat bergerak karena takut dan gugup, jadi lebih baik untuk memiliki shikigami yang menggerakkan ke tempat yang aman.Yamashiro memanggil irritatedly:"Aku berkata, jangan membuat senpai Anda membuang-buang waktu tanpa alasan, kouhai."Yamashiro dipertahankan posturnya sedikit miring maju sebagai dia mengatakan bahwa, mengejar Natsume dengan langkah-langkah yang gesit.Ia mengambil dua pesona dari saku depan dari setelannya dan melemparkan mereka keluar. Mereka adalah shikigami. Dua shikigami catlike benar-benar biru muncul. 'WA2 kucing perban', shikigami mengikat sihir Corporation yang para peneliti mistik sering digunakan. Dua kucing perban melompat dari tanah ke sebuah dash tepat setelah pembentukan. Meskipun mereka biasa-biasa saja, komersial shikigami buatan manusia, aura dan mobilitas yang jelas pada tingkat yang berbeda di bawah kendali ilahi umum. Keduanya berpisah untuk menyerang Natsume, seperti berburu singa.Natsume berlari sambil membentuk sebuah segel. "Suzaku! Genbu! Byako! Koujin! Nanto! Hokuto! Sandai, Ketapang! Gyokujo! Seiryuu!"Natsume tiba-tiba berhenti dan berbalik tubuhnya, membentuk tangan segel pada shikigami dua. Pada saat yang sama, pola grid diisi dengan energi magis yang melintas dengan cahaya putih di depan Natsume. Kuji-kiri. Rambutnya hitam melayang belakangnya seolah-olah tertiup sayap yang kuat. Dua menerkam shikigami berhenti karena mereka bertabrakan dengan kuji-kiri. Tapi"Mengalir dan mengikat. Order."Serangan Yamashiro's datang sepersekian detik setelah shikigami dua dihentikan. Ia mengangkat pesona dengan dua jari, melemparkan pesona sambil melantunkan mantera. Itu pesona elemen air. Keajaiban menjadi torrent yang bergegas sepanjang tanah, mendekati Natsume.Meskipun ia reflexively ingin mengambil kayu-elemen pesona, Natsume segera diantisipasi keseluruhan lawan sihir dari musuh tujuan dan sihir. Dia mengeluarkan pesona logam-elemen, melemparkan seolah-olah untuk menyebarkan keajaiban pesona mendekat.