Yusei quickly waved his hand to stop her. Tohru was being overly enthusiastic today, but Yusei could understand why. Not that he minded the enthusiasm.
"No need, my eyes can recover on their own. Let's just rest properly today. Have a meal, take a bath, get some sleep."
"Alright then."
Tohru nodded regretfully, her tail drooping.
But soon, she thought of something, and her tail perked up happily again.
"Later, I can act as a body pillow to help Yusei sleep better."
After saying this, Tohru looked at Yusei with a 'if you don't agree, I won't cook for you' expression.
"Fine. Then cooking will be up to you for now. But no tail meat, okay? I always feel like that would really hurt you."
"Hehe, it's fine. It's like a lizard losing its tail, and it doesn't hurt at all," Tohru giggled, happily hopping and skipping into the kitchen.
Watching Tohru enter the kitchen, Yusei shook his head and returned to his room to lie down.
He was feeling a bit lightheaded, as he had indeed overused his Ocular Power today.
Lying on the bed, Yusei originally just wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, but somehow, he fell directly into a deep sleep.
When Yusei opened his eyes again, his memory was very blurry. In the dreamlike, dazzling light, he vaguely saw overwhelming flowering vines and branches, a sky full of radiance, and illusory figures high in the sky.
Then, after a piercing light that made it impossible to keep his eyes open flashed, Yusei jolted awake abruptly.
Sitting up, Yusei realized he was in his own bed, and everything just now had been a dream.
Yusei let out a long breath. That dream felt so real, unlike his usual dreams.
"Probably because I was too tired today?" Yusei rubbed his temples.
Just then, Tohru's lively voice came from outside.
"Yusei, the food is ready! Remember to call Kanna and Shiro! I'll serve the rice."
"Okay, I'm coming."
Yusei responded.
He got up and went to the two little girls' room. They were both lively, competing fiercely in a video game.
Yusei came up behind them, placed a hand on each of their little heads, and said with a smile, "Time to eat. Also, playing too many games can affect your eyesight, you know."
"It's okay, dragons aren't afraid of nearsightedness," Kanna said with a serious face.
"Nii will heal me," Shiro said flatly.
Yusei: "..."
Faced with these two little girls, he had no recourse and could only smile wryly helplessly. But nearsightedness wasn't really a big deal, as Healing Spell could indeed fix it.
"Alright, anyway, come out and eat now."
He took the two little girls to wash their hands, then came to the dining table where Tohru was already waiting.
During the meal, everyone already felt like a proper family.
Shiro and Kanna asked about the outcome of the earlier events. Although they knew both had returned safely, they didn't know the specifics.
After Yusei and Tohru explained, the two little girls finally felt relieved.
After finishing the meal and taking a bath, Yusei didn't think about the 'body pillow' and went straight to sleep.
He had napped a little earlier, but that nap felt worse than not sleeping at all.
On the contrary, that glaring light screen from the dream seemed to affect reality, making his head ache and feel swollen.
When Yusei woke up the next day, he felt his body was somewhat heavy.
Looking up, he saw three figures, large and small, draped over him and lying beside him.
Yusei was speechless. He carefully extracted himself, got out of bed, and went to wash up.
This time, he didn't ask Tohru to get up and make breakfast for him.
Today's destination was also very clear. School and such could wait. For now, he had to go to the Shinomiya main house.
Even though he couldn't see it or separate it out, Nameless, or rather, Futsu no Mitama, truly existed within his body.
And in fact, he could manifest the sword in the form of 'illusory energy'.
Yusei raised his right hand, and with a thought, a sapphire-blue long sword, both ethereal and solid, intertwined with lightning, appeared in his hand.
Futsu no Mitama could be large or small. When small, it served as his own weapon, and when large, it could serve as the Susanoo's weapon.
As a divine artifact, it had no fixed form itself, completely adjusting its blade according to the user.
Going to the Shinomiya main house was naturally to explain why their family's [Nameless] had suddenly disappeared.
Taking the train, Yusei headed for the Shinomiya main house.
Koken usually stayed at home practicing Kendo if he had no important business, so finding him was easy.
Being familiar with the place, Yusei entered the Shinomiya main house directly and found Koken in the Kendo Hall.
Koken currently had a trace of worry between his brows. Seeing Yusei arrive, that sense of urgency eased slightly.
"Shisou." Yusei rarely addressed Koken so respectfully.
"Hm. Aren't you going to school today?"
"No. I came today to talk about the trouble and confusion you're probably facing..." Yusei said somewhat apologetically.
"You know what I'm worried about right now?" Koken looked strangely at Yusei.
"Yeah. [Nameless] is missing, right?"
Hearing this, Koken looked at Yusei in surprise, "How do you know? Did a maid tell you?"
"Uh... no. Actually, that sword is in my hands. To be precise, it flew to me on its own."
As he spoke, Yusei materialized the long sword.
The blue energy long sword floated just above Yusei's palm, bearing no resemblance to the previous Nameless at all.
Koken stared at the sword, his face full of disbelief.
"This is Nameless?"
"Ah, it is Nameless. Its real name, which I learned upon contact, is Futsu no Mitama. I was in a battle at the time and couldn't defeat my opponent, then it suddenly appeared by my side, helped me defeat the enemy, and then it became like this."
"Futsu no Mitama... So the rusty appearance was just its method of hiding itself. Now that it acknowledges you, it shows its true form? How lamentable that an old man like me couldn't gain its acknowledgment in decades."
Koken sighed with emotion and instructed his staff to stop searching for Nameless.
After the person left, Yusei said awkwardly, "The troublesome part is, I can't separate this sword from myself now. It seems to have 'moved in' to my body?"