The cold night wind blew on Yoshino's body. Everyone in the family had been forced into a dream by her magic. They would definitely not wake up until the appointed time. Now Yoshino was sitting alone on a lounge chair on the second-floor balcony, looking at the moon in the sky. Her worried face was full of thoughts, but she, who was good at hiding herself, didn't want others to see her current appearance, so she could only hide alone and think about it.
"Today, Sister Niya was successfully rescued. Originally, Yoshino should be happy now. It's just that something was also exposed today." Looking at her hands, a blue light cluster of her spirit power appeared in one hand, and a golden light cluster full of divine power of the angel Zadkiel appeared in the other hand. These two forces, plus the 'Muse' necklace and the knowledge of the hundred and three thousand grimoires, are all the power she currently has... Before that, Yoshino thought so herself.
"Shiina, I feel a little scared of myself. What should I do?" Yoshino, who habitually wanted to confide her thoughts to Shiina, waited for a long time, but did not receive Shiina's answer at all. It felt very strange. Usually, as long as she spoke, Shiina would respond to her. Shiina's mouth never stopped when she was alone with her, but why did she suddenly become so quiet today? It's a little abnormal.
"Hehehehe～" When Yoshino felt doubtful, Shiina's mouth suddenly made a tone she had never heard before. This voice should be from a slightly older Big Sister. Just by listening to the voice, one could feel the charming feeling of the other person. But... this came from Shiina's mouth, so what's going on?
"Shiina?"
"Hee hee～ Shiina is asleep now, cute master. Now let me appear in her place and talk to you. You have to know that I spent a lot of effort to do this. I don't know how long I will fall into a deep sleep afterwards?" 'Shiina' reached out and stroked her cheek, and one could feel that the other party seemed very troubled in her tone.
"You're so cute, my master. Just now you said you were afraid of yourself? Tell me about it, now I can listen to your heart in place of Shiina. You need a confider, don't you? It's very uncomfortable to keep things bottled up in your heart."
After all, Shiina is a unique personality generated through spiritual power link. Although the current Shiina felt very strange, Yoshino could still not feel any malice from the other party through the spiritual power link. The guard in her heart gradually relaxed, and she began to be a little curious about this newly appeared personality.
"Where did Shiina go? Also... who are you? Why are you talking to me with Shiina's body now?" First ask the curious things first. The current situation is more important than her worries. After all, Shiina is a very important friend to her. She didn't know if she would be erased because of this inexplicable person who appeared. What should she do then?
"Ara ara, what a vigilant master. Hee hee～ Don't worry, your friend is fine now. It's just that I really wanted to see you, so I temporarily replaced it with my power. Now it's just taking a nap, and it will wake up after I leave, without the memory of our conversation. Isn't it very convenient for you and me?" Although she was speaking with Shiina's body now, her every move made Yoshino feel inexplicably elegant. What's going on?
"As for who I am? Hee hee～ I am the 'demon' who woke up when you reversed today. I think master should know my identity, right?" Her little master was much more interesting than she imagined. There were many interesting things in Yoshino's memory that she shouldn't have known, but she knew a little bit through special means.
"... Astaroth, the demon after my reversal." Just why? She was obviously not reversed now, so why would she appear?
"Yes, yes. As expected, master knows a lot. After all, master is a special existence. You must know that the demons of other Spirits are only in the form of weapons on their bodies. But the demon on master's body, that is, I, actually has self-awareness. Zadkiel used special means to give you a part of its consciousness and power, but it was useless. Compared to the consciousness of Zadkiel, I, Astaroth, am completely in master's heart." Looking at Yoshino, whose forehead was already covered in cold sweat, Astaroth let out a satisfied laugh. As expected, she was very cute, making people couldn't help but want to bully her.
"Alas～ It's a pity that the time master reversed this time was too short, and I stopped reversing before I could replenish my energy well. Otherwise, the time we meet this time might be longer. They were clearly just a few humans, but I didn't expect them to be able to restore master from the reversed state. It seems they are very important existences to master, right? Hmph!"
Hearing this, Yoshino felt a bad premonition in her heart. Astaroth, who had been without malice, exuded a slow malice. This malice made Yoshino, who was not afraid of the cold, feel a little shuddering.
"If something happens to them, I think master, you should feel very desperate, right? In that case, master, you should reverse, so that the mercy personality will disappear, and what will replace master will be the unfeeling (Adyeshach) that brings disaster to the world. I can feel that the power that has been hidden in master's body has only been sealed. As long as..."
"Shut up! Astaroth! Get back to me! Stop talking!!!" For the first time, the gentle Yoshino said the word 'get lost', which made her stunned for a moment, and completely concentrated the divine power on her body in her hands. This sudden behavior made her scream miserably. Gradually, mixed with unwilling emotions, she completely disappeared. It's just that Yoshino knew that she was only temporarily in a deep sleep.
After doing this, Yoshino knelt on the ground panting, thinking of the last words the other party had said, she couldn't help but feel a wave of fear. Yoshino could feel that when the other party said this sentence, she had no sense of guilt at all, as if it was as natural as eating and drinking water. But it was this kind of nature that made Yoshino feel like she was naked in a blizzard, feeling extremely cold.
Thinking that she might attack her important people without her knowledge, tears flowed down from her unpromising eyes as soon as she thought of this. It's just that the warm light emitted from her body made Yoshino feel that her body was starting to warm up. A figure appeared in front of her and gently hugged her.
"My cute guardian, you don't need to be so sad, and you don't need to worry that she will attack your important people. You need to know that your appearance is what Astaroth wants." Gently wiping away the tears on Yoshino's face, Zadkiel felt the emotion called heartache for the first time, which made her feel very fresh. It's just that she hated this feeling.
"You need to know that the negative fluctuations generated by your worried appearance will also replenish her energy. As long as guardian you want to be happy as usual, she will not have any chance to succeed. Also, practice more of what I gave you, so that I in your body will have more power to resist her." After speaking, she reached out and raised Yoshino's head, looking at her crying pear blossom with rain, her forehead pressed against her forehead.
"Remember, don't always keep your thoughts to yourself; share them with others. That's the most basic way to solve problems. I have to go now. May the Holy Light be with you, my lovely guardian."
After saying that, she turned into starlight and reintegrated into Yoshino's body, and the surroundings returned to normal.
Only now, the night breeze didn't feel as cold as before; instead, it felt very comfortable.
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