"My boss instructed me to wait for you here ten minutes ago. Please follow me. Oh, the front door is closed, so we'll have to use the back entrance."
Kinoshita Yuko maintained a professional smile on the surface, but inwardly, she was incredibly nervous.
This girl, who looked like a high school student, was definitely a powerful Exorcist from the Ri (Other) World, perhaps even born into an ancient Exorcist family that had existed for thousands of years.
Her boss and the two ladies also looked like high school students, and this girl's eyes were also golden. Although they weren't as imposing as her boss's eyes, she was definitely super powerful.
"Oh," Yotsuya Miko's heart pounded, but her strong psychological fortitude kept her expression from changing much.
Ten minutes ago? She had only decided to come here at the last minute. A fortune teller? A prophet? Or an Onmyoji?
This is great, I'm saved!
The golden sunlight covering this entire street, invisible to ordinary people, must be an exorcism barrier set up by an Onmyoji!
Kinoshita Yuko breathed a slight sigh of relief. Such a calm reply, as expected of a powerful individual. Looking at the dim alleyway, she clapped her hands together and mumbled a few incantations.
A ball of light the size of a billiard ball appeared before her eyes.
"Lighting spell." Kinoshita Yuko was incredibly excited. It was her first time using a magic spell. She had been cultivating ever since she stood here, refining her mental energy into Curse Power.
In fact, Curse Power was a super-weakened version of magic power, and ordinary people could cultivate it.
'Sure enough, an Onmyoji!' Yotsuya Miko swallowed hard, carefully following her into the alleyway.
The door in the alleyway was the back door to the coffee shop's storage room. Entering through the back door led to the staff break area.
"Gulp—" Yotsuya Miko nervously looked around, but she didn't see any strange or unusual spellcasting tools, just a very ordinary coffee shop staff area.
"Boss, she's here." Kinoshita Yuko's voice made Yotsuya Miko instinctively look over.
She saw a very handsome male with golden eyes like her own sitting on the sofa. Two beautiful girls sat on either side of the table in front of the sofa, shelling sunflower seeds. The seeds had already formed a small mountain in the dish.
"Alright, you can go back now. Work will resume as usual tomorrow," Xia Wei said with a smile.
"Yes." Kinoshita Yuko bowed slightly, then obediently left, brushing past Yotsuya Miko.
"Work?" Yotsuya Miko was instantly flustered. Work? Exorcism work? Her heart was incredibly nervous. She timidly looked at the male sitting on the sofa. Three pairs of eyes were staring at her, and she immediately cowered, as if turning into a tiny hamster hiding in a corner.
"Yotsuya Miko." Xia Wei smiled as he looked at the timid but stubbornly strong-looking girl before him.
Her soul was not as pure as Busujima Yako's, but it was much brighter than that of ordinary people.
The souls of the staff members he had just bestowed with magical knowledge had only a few strands of light; they were just very ordinary people. For them to become Exorcists was a blessing they had accumulated over many lifetimes.
Yotsuya Miko's soul light had vaguely surpassed that of an ordinary God's Grace, reaching the level of an excellent God's Grace, but it was far from reaching the degree of being bestowed with Blessing.
She was much more outstanding than ordinary people, but compared to his dependents, she was too ordinary.
She needs training, she needs to grow.
"Yes—may I ask, are you, are you a God?" Yotsuya Miko asked cautiously.
She saw it.
The light on His body was as bright as sunlight, and the light covering an entire street emanated from Him.
He was like a walking sun; all the monsters touched by that light disappeared.
How could a human be so powerful? Only a God could be this powerful.
And those two beautiful girls, the life energy emanating from them was so exaggerated, roughly equivalent to dozens of little Hua.
Especially the girl with the large chest, a terrifying blood-red light emanated from her. Getting close would mean death.
She would definitely be killed.
"These eyes are truly an excellent talent. Not only can they break through cognitive barriers, but they can also analyze the essence of things to a certain extent." Xia Wei did not deny Yotsuya Miko's question.
"With such talent, an ordinary life has already left you, Yotsuya Miko."
"If you have the talent to 'see' but lack the ability to protect yourself, you will surely become a mermaid's bubble, shattering at a touch."
Yotsuya Miko instinctively clutched her skirt with both hands: "God, can you, can you help me? I, I will make an offering to you."
"Hmm?" Tendo Kisara and Saya Takagi both looked at Yotsuya Miko in surprise. An offering?
"Oh, how do you plan to make an offering, girl?" Xia Wei was also a bit surprised, then asked with a hint of amusement on his lips.
"That," Yotsuya Miko touched her wallet, which was empty. She came from a single-parent family, with her mother earning money to support her and her younger brother, so she didn't have much pocket money. She cautiously said, "Five yen? Or a Sanchoku Dango?"
When making offerings to God at a shrine, people usually throw a five-yen coin into the offering box or buy a skewer of Sanchoku Dango to place on the altar.
"Pfft!" Tendo Kisara burst out laughing, and Busujima Yako also found it a bit amusing.
"Uh—" Yotsuya Miko was flustered, unsure what she had done wrong.
"Oh? Solving your problem means I must bestow power upon you, or protect you until the end of your life. And for just this much offering?" Xia Wei couldn't help but tease the timid girl.
"How many monsters do you encounter every day? How many life-threatening situations will you face in your lifetime?"
"Girl, you're offering something worth five yen and wishing for five hundred billion."
Yotsuya Miko lowered her head in shame.
She also understood the crux of the problem. The one before her was a true God Himself; how could it be like making a wish at a shrine?
Yes, she didn't have many dangers to face. God is God; how could He protect her like a personal Guardian?
"But, I, I don't have money—" Yotsuya Miko said timidly, tears welling up in her eyes involuntarily.
Xia Wei watched Yotsuya Miko, who had tears in her eyes, with amusement. After all, she was still just a student; her thoughts wouldn't be as complex as an adult's.
"Idiot, I'm giving you a chance, and you're not taking it!" Tendo Kisara couldn't help but retort.
"A chance?" Yotsuya Miko looked at Tendo Kisara in confusion.
"What use does God have for money? God doesn't need human offerings; on the contrary, humans need God's protection," Tendo Kisara stated directly. "God values only you yourself."
"God bestows upon you the power to protect yourself and those you wish to protect, and then you repay God's Blessing with the rest of your life."
"Is it to become a Shrine Maiden?" Yotsuya Miko understood, swallowing hard. A Shrine Maiden—a girl bestowed with power by God, a maiden who serves God.
"It's not necessarily a Shrine Maiden." Xia Wei knew that Japanese people would immediately think of a Shrine Maiden when they heard this. Couldn't it be a nun?
"I bestow power upon you. You protect yourself and use these powers to slay those monsters."
"And you will obey My will."
"Nod if you agree, turn around and leave if you don't."