CHAPTER 18 – SHIKIGAMI SAKURA
The voice of the haughty lady continued, “If it was not due to me, you might need been torn to shreds or was a human puppet by the hundred demons that night time! You didn’t thank me and even wish to minimize me together with your sword?”
“Eh?” Lily was shocked. She nonetheless vividly remembered the night time parade that day till now, however she nonetheless seemed everywhere in the room dubiously, “J-Simply the place are you? And who would possibly you be?”
“What? You aren’t going to thank me? Then I shall be leaving yo1.”
“Shouldn’t you at the least present your self and let me know your identification earlier than I can specific my gratitude to you? In any other case, even when I really feel grateful in my coronary heart, I don’t have a goal to precise it to!” Lily panicked.
It was adopted by a momentary silence.
The voice of that lady sounded a bit of depressed as she stated, “If I’ve the flexibility to point out myself, why would I be hiding?”
Lily bought extra confused the extra she heard, “Sorry, my benefactor. I’m very grateful to you. Nevertheless, I actually can not perceive your phrases. Simply who’re you? You stated you can not present your self, then the place precisely are you now?”
“You’re so silly… did the vitamins in your mind all went towards your breasts?”
“Huh?” Lily unconsciously coated her breasts, “A-Are you actually a god? Why is your phrase so casual?”
“A god? Hehehe, who instructed you I’m a god, at most, I’m only a shikigami,” stated the lady.
Shikigami? That gave Lily a shock. She had just lately discovered many issues concerning this world, nonetheless, when it got here to shikigami, it was solely talked about with a phrase or two. They solely talked about {that a} shikigami was a spirit with mysterious powers that could possibly be managed by unbelievable personage.
Lily thought to herself, If this voice got here from a shikigami, I’ve already heard it many occasions. In different phrases, this shikigami has been following me for the reason that starting? Then does that imply I can management this shikigami?
Nevertheless, this shikigami sounded a bit of smug. I shouldn’t bicker together with her, it’s higher if I simply go together with her move. There doesn’t appear to be any hazard for now. Since she has proven herself, perhaps she has a motive?”
Lily smiled softly, “So it’s truly Lord Shikigami… what has the Lord Shikigami descended to the mundane world for?”
“Sigh, how good wouldn’t it be if you’re this wise from the beginning, lest I waste my priceless awakening time.”
Awakening? Lily recalled how this lady’s voice out of the blue disappeared midway after giving her some nice recommendation. Who knew how lengthy would she keep awake for this time.
“Might I do know which shikigami is Your Honor and the place did you hibernate?” Lily requested respectfully.
“Hehehe, the place did I hibernate? I slept in the identical home as you daily, and but you didn’t know?”
“Eh?” Lily stiffened as she heard that. Though she felt that her sleeping posture was very ladylike, there have been nonetheless moments the place her legs would half by itself as soon as she fell asleep. There have been additionally occasions the place her garments would slide and expose elements that shouldn’t be revealed. Considering that this shikigami was at all times by her facet, Lily couldn’t assist however blush from ear to ear.
“Don’t present me that type of expression will you, I’m additionally a woman!”
“I-Is that so…” Lily felt relieved as she heard that. Since she was a woman, it shouldn’t pose any downside to be sleeping in the identical room. It’s simply that… she felt a bit of awkward not figuring out about this prematurely, “Are you maybe the spirit of the mirror?”
“Mistaken, assume once more~”
Not the mirror? Lily recalled how she solely had two objects when she arrived at this world. She immediately realized, “You’re that…”
“That’s proper, you lastly remembered. That paper parasol which helped to masks your presence from the night time parade is my fundamental physique. I’m the spirit of that Sakura Parasol. You possibly can name me Sakura,” stated the lady.
“Sakura? So it’s Girl Sakura…” Lily recalled how she was holding up a parasol that night time, encountered 100 demons and by some means managed to flee together with her life. So it was that parasol’s spirit who saved her life, it was truthfully all because of her!
Lily stood up and opened the wardrobe. She confronted the parasol that was positioned within the wardrobe and bowed wholeheartedly.
Lily didn’t anticipate that the parasol would jump-up impulsively, so she was scared by it and fell on her butt.
“Y-You…”
That parasol jumped out of the wardrobe and unfurled by itself. It was spinning and gracefully floated within the sky. The cherry blossom drew on the pure white floor of the paper underneath the parasol appeared as if they had been falling gently.
She was scared at first, however after seeing such a ravishing parasol blooming, reasonably than concern, Lily was full of admiration.
“Girl Sakura, this can be presumptuous of me to ask, you stated that you just can not present your self, then what do you appear to be…”
“I do not forget that I used to be an excellent cute little lady donning a parasol and a pink kimono mini costume, however I can not present my true kind now that I’ve misplaced most of my magic energy. I can solely speak to you want this in my unique kind. Even so, I’m nonetheless very weak and have to enter sleep mode regularly. The time once I’m awake could be very little.” Because the Sakura Parasol spun within the air, it will definitely landed and reclined on the wall.
Speaking to a parasol was maybe an occasion that one may solely expertise on this world, however since she had seen a Daruma Egg which spoke with ridiculous speech sample earlier than, Lily may settle for this extra simply.
“Please excuse me Girl Sakura, so that you can get up right now, do you maybe have some pointers for me?” Lily requested with respect and modesty.
“Un, your phrases are fairly nice to listen to after calming down, lady. Don’t make such a fuss over nothing like that the subsequent time all proper?”
“I apologize, it was because of my inexperience,” Lily stated helplessly, however she was cursing in her coronary heart; May you blame me for this? Who was the one going round scaring folks within the first place.
“Hehe, you may truly drop the Girl honorifics, as a result of, actually, you may truly be stated to be my grasp!”
“Eh?!?!?!” Lily was astounded. She was nonetheless scheming to see if she may management this shikigami, however it turned out that she was hers to start with!
“Right here you go once more. Are you able to be a bit of extra reserved? And right here I hoped that my grasp can be a clever and virtuous girl!”
Lily needed to stay reserved if she may assist it, however this… this was a shikigami they had been speaking about! The shikigami of folklore! How may Lily have imagined {that a} helpless lady like her would have a shikigami together with her? How may she not be stunned!
“That’s as a result of this parasol belongs to you and I’m a spirit born from this parasol, so you might be naturally my grasp. Anyway, my actual grasp must be the earlier proprietor of this parasol, however regardless of the case, since this parasol has fallen into your palms, then you might be my grasp for now.”
“Does that imply anybody can turn out to be your grasp in the event that they bought the parasol?”
“After all not! This solely occurs once I don’t have an proprietor and felt that our character match, or when the final proprietor met with an unlucky accident…” Mentioned the parasol as she folded midway.
Lily kneeled on the bottom together with her decrease legs unfold out, then she used her slender fingers to caress the parasol and stated with a mild voice, “You and I, each of us have misplaced somebody vital on this world. Any further, we must always depend upon each other.”
Generally, Lily simply couldn’t consider how female each single of her personal phrases and gestures could possibly be… Maybe solely when she picked up the wood sword would she have the ability to discover again some traces of her male nature?
“Grasp, I wakened right now as a result of I’ve one thing to do for you.”
“Eh? What’s it?”
“Grasp, you might be coaching day after day these days. Your bodily energy is already over the restrict. If this retains up, it is going to have an effect on your development, and it’s additionally unhealthy for the pores and skin. Grasp, don’t you wish to turn out to be stronger and extra lovely on the identical time?”
“Un… I suppose you’re proper…”
“Grasp, let me therapeutic massage for you!”2
“Eh? You know the way to therapeutic massage?”