Somewhere in a mountain forest in the suburbs.
Although the evil spirit's appearance remained terrifying, Kasumigaoka Utaha was not as frightened this time as she had been moments ago.
She glanced lightly at Lin. Her earlier fright had been a conditioned reflex. Now that she had some mental preparation, she wasn't worried about her safety. After all, Lin would certainly not let the evil spirit harm her.
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked away from Lin and toward the evil spirit. She found that the creature seemed to be firmly bound in place by something. Obviously, this was some ability of Lin's.
"Hmm?!"
At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha belatedly realized something was wrong with her body. She frowned slightly and looked down at her right foot. Her slipper was gone. The black stocking below her knee was also missing. She was stepping on the ground with her bare foot just like that.
She subconsciously turned her head to look at Lin.
Lin looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha's beautiful feet and smiled faintly. "You just gained this power, so you can't control it at will yet. Although the Red Aura won't hurt you, Utaha, it will damage things outside your body if used improperly. This is just a minor issue; you'll get familiar with it after using it a few more times."
"I see." Kasumigaoka Utaha came to a realization.
At this moment, Lin moved his thoughts. The Creation Card appeared, and he directly created a slipper exactly like the original one.
"Put it on." Lin smiled and handed over the slipper.
"As expected of a god..." Seeing Lin create a slipper out of thin air, Kasumigaoka Utaha blinked and praised him with a smile. "Thank you, Junior-kun."
She reached out, took the slipper, and put it on.
Next, Lin created two ordinary steel longswords.
"Here, go kill the evil spirit." He handed one to Kasumigaoka Utaha as he spoke.
"Why?" Kasumigaoka Utaha took the longsword, her eyes flickering slightly as she fell into thought.
Lin chuckled lightly. "Utaha, you can see evil spirits now, so you must be able to face them calmly. Under normal circumstances, evil spirits cannot harm humans, unless the evil spirit discovers that the human can see them. There are many evil spirits lurking in the Kanto region, especially in those uninhabited, dark corners where people rarely go. In the future, you might encounter evil spirits at any time when you go out. To ensure you can remain calm when facing an evil spirit alone, I need to build up your courage now."
"I understand." Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded as if enlightened.
Taking a light breath, she tightened her grip on the sword hilt with her right hand. Carefully, she injected Red Aura into the longsword.
The blade glowed with red light. Red flames wrapped around the body of the sword.
Holding the 'Joy of Fire', Kasumigaoka Utaha arrived in front of the terrifying evil spirit and stabbed out without hesitation.
She easily pierced its chest. The Red Aura inside the longsword erupted, and the flames instantly incinerated the evil spirit. The longsword in her hand also melted into a few drops of orange-red molten iron and fell to the ground, leaving only a sword hilt remaining.
"Again."
Lin gave her the longsword from his hand and grabbed another evil spirit.
Time and time again.
Kasumigaoka Utaha killed thirty-six evil spirits just like that. Watching an evil spirit rush toward her, she waved the longsword with her right hand. A blade of red flame energy instantly subjugated the opponent.
Her expression was calm, her gaze indifferent.
After killing dozens of evil spirits in a row, she felt her heart had become as cold as the longsword in her hand. Originally, she wasn't the type of person to be afraid of things like evil spirits. After all, she had always thought they didn't exist.
Now that she knew evil spirits really existed, although she was startled by the jump scare earlier, the fear didn't stay for long. Because she had superpowers. And she had a powerful god for a boyfriend by her side.
They were merely evil spirits. Aside from looking a bit scary, everything else about them was just average.
"Let's stop here for now."
Seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha easily behead this low-level evil spirit, Lin looked at her with a satisfied smile on his lips. Currently, aside from Yotsuya Miko—counting Sakurajima Mai, Machida Sonoko, and Yurikawa Hana—Kasumigaoka Utaha could be considered the best performer. Even a bit better than Sakurajima Mai.
Machida Sonoko's performance was average. And Yurikawa Hana performed the worst because she was naturally afraid of ghosts.
"Phew..."
Hearing Lin say it was over, Kasumigaoka Utaha relaxed her expression. She blinked and a smile appeared on her face. She turned to look at Lin and asked with a smile, "How was my performance?"
As her voice fell, she waved the intact longsword in her hand.
"Quite good." Lin gave his praise.
Receiving Lin's praise, Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled with satisfaction. "But of course. You didn't look at who I am."
Seeing this, the corners of Lin's mouth lifted slightly. "True, after all, you are the God's Shrine Maiden I selected, so of course you aren't an ordinary person."
"(▽～) Tch~~" Hearing Lin's words, Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled and rolled her eyes at him.
"By the way."
At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly remembered a question she had thought of before but hadn't asked. She asked with a hint of curiosity, "Junior-kun, who are your other clansmen?"
After all, they were all her love rivals; she ought to get to know them.
Lin smiled upon hearing this and said, "The first one is named Yotsuya Miko. She is an esper with the Yin-Yang Eye, and she's in Class 1-F at Private United High School."
"The second one..."
Lin began to introduce them one by one. Listening to Lin's introduction, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes widened slightly. Her gaze flickered, and shock constantly surfaced on her face.
Espers, vampires; giant dragons, the God of Wisdom of yokai; that national idol too, and there was even a Galactic Princess. Every single one was amazing.
"Finally..."
Speaking up to this point, Lin paused for a moment before continuing, "There's also our editor, who has become my clansman too."
"Even her?!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha froze. A look of astonishment appeared in her eyes. She hadn't expected Lin to actually get involved with Machida Sonoko.
Thinking of the source of power in her lower abdomen, her eyes flashed slightly. She spoke up and asked, "Junior-kun, what kind of god are you?"
"Well..." Lin said thoughtfully, "God of Separation, God of Omnipotence, God who Governs All Phenomena—any of those count."
Kasumigaoka Utaha blinked and said with a teasing smile, "Junior-kun, did you leave out titles like God of Harem or God of Indecency?"
"Why do you say that?" Lin looked at her thoughtfully.
Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, "You've collected such a large harem, and you definitely won't be satisfied; there will be even more in the future. And you say you aren't the God of Harem."
As she spoke, a look of resentment appeared in her eyes, and she suddenly felt a bit jealous in her heart. Although she could accept Lin having a harem, it didn't mean she wouldn't get jealous. After all, the values formed since childhood didn't allow her to accept it completely.
Then, she blushed slightly and said, "Also, your clansman contract mark is actually in a place like the lower abdomen. It just feels very indecent."
"So that's how it is..." Lin raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this. Then he smiled and said, "In that case, I'll accept the titles of God of Harem and God of Indecency. You are all my wings."
"o(ヘo)"
Seeing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but roll her eyes dramatically.
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