For the first time, Yotsuya Miko dared to speak to her father, who had become a spirit. Tears welled up in her eyes, and the tip of her nose was a little red.
Since she was little, her father had doted on her and her younger brother. Not once had he gotten angry because they made a mistake. Instead, he constantly encouraged them, as if making mistakes was just a minor issue that could be corrected.
Yotsuya's father realized something and walked towards his daughter with a smile: "So, Miko could see them a long time ago."
"You must have been very scared to see them. I'm sorry, Father never knew and let that big guy stay at home."
Yotsuya Miko shook her head, her nose tingling, and choked back her words.
For those who are alive, any word of concern from a deceased family member is enough to break them.
"Don't cry, don't cry, it's all Father's fault." Yotsuya's father walked in front of his daughter, not reaching out to touch her because he couldn't.
He could imagine how scared his daughter must have been after seeing them, and how hard she must have worked to find the power she now used.
Only now did she have the courage to speak to him.
"Father can feel that the power Miko now possesses is very strong, like sunlight. Most of them can't harm Miko."
Yotsuya Miko raised her sleeve to wipe the tears from her eyes: "This is power bestowed by God. I have become God's shrine maiden."
Yotsuya's father was surprised: "God?" His expression became peaceful: "Then Father is relieved."
"With God protecting Miko, Father has nothing to worry about."
Yotsuya's father's spirit emitted a faint golden glow. The originally clear spirit body was still blurry, and the golden light emanated from the spirit body like fireflies.
"Father!" Yotsuya Miko reached out, but grasped at air. Yotsuya's father had already dissipated by more than half.
"Don't be sad, Miko. Father has no more worries, so he has achieved Buddhahood. You should be happy," Yotsuya's father said gently. After he finished speaking, his spirit body completely dissipated.
Yotsuya Miko pursed her lips, and the tears that had been wiped away from her eyes continued to fall uncontrollably. She looked up at her younger brother watching TV on the sofa, took a deep breath, turned around, and walked up the stairs.
It's better not to tell Mother and Kyousuke about this.
Even if she did, they probably wouldn't believe her.
The Cafe's name was changed by Lord Xia Wei to 'Ling Ling Cafe', symbolizing that it is a gathering place for Exorcists.
Many secret organizations set up shop in bars, clubs, and other places to hide in plain sight. By day, they are normal bars, but by night, they become a carnival for Ri (Other) World personnel.
Members who join the 'Ling Ling Cafe' are waiters by day, living their lives, and Exorcists by night.
Lord Xia Wei also created a dedicated internet website for Exorcists, and incidentally, created a 'Soul Angel' to serve as the website's administrator.
And it precisely collects information about ordinary people troubled by evil spirits through the internet, then sends out exorcism requests.
These ordinary people troubled by evil spirits will go to the 'Ling Ling Cafe' to request commissions.
After a commission is posted, an Exorcist will come to exorcise within one day.
There aren't that many Exorcists yet, so the current business is only in this city. It will expand globally when there are more Exorcists.
This is unavoidable, mainly because the world is relatively peaceful and not suitable for widespread Divine Blessing, and only a very small number of these evil spirits affect humans.
Therefore, it's enough to just spread some 'magic knowledge' to those humans who can see evil spirits.
Another point is that the world is too peaceful, which also leads to a pitifully small number of people who can trigger the granting of Divine Blessing.
There might not even be a thousand people in the whole world.
Heroes emerge in chaotic times, and saviors appear in apocalyptic times; these are not just empty words.
Tendo Kisara returned to the Cafe, opened the back door, and froze.
The second floor of the Cafe had undergone a huge change. It was so spacious inside, more than ten times larger than it appeared from the outside, roughly the size of a football field.
"The Upper God has expanded the space." Tendo Kisara came back to her senses and walked in, carefully observing the layout of the entire space.
The space was divided into 'living areas', 'training areas', and 'commission areas'.
The 'living area' had more than a dozen rooms, including the manager's room.
The 'training area' had a large ring, clearly for fighting and training, in addition to many training equipment.
The 'commission area' was entered directly from the back door and was also the public area of the 'Commission Hall'. A large display screen was affixed to the wall, and there were already several exorcism commissions on the screen.
Tendo Kisara walked to the door of the manager's room, pricked up her ears and pressed them against the door, with an expression as if she wanted to hear what was happening inside.
"Can't hear anything."
Her gaze finally rested on the doorknob. She swallowed and gripped the doorknob. Just as she was about to open the door, a ripple-like undulation appeared on the door the next moment.
"Lord Xia Wei is too much!" Tendo Kisara pouted. The door was sealed by a mysterious force that she couldn't understand at all. It must have been Lord Xia Wei who did it to prevent her from barging in.
"According to the standards of the Warring States period, fourteen years old is already considered an adult."
Tendo Kisara puffed out her cheeks, opened the adjacent door. The room was simple, no different from a normal bedroom. She slammed the door shut in a huff, flopped onto the bed, buried her head in the pillow, and complained with 'muttering' sounds.
In the manager's room, Lord Xia Wei ignored Tendo Kisara's complaints, simply indulging Saya Takagi, who was wrapped around his neck.
"Lord Xia Wei," Saya Takagi's eyes were practically overflowing with water. A woman with overwhelming killing intent becomes incredibly lethal when she acts seductive.
Lord Xia Wei could only say that Saya Takagi was truly moist, truly worthy of being the Gods' most murderous Dependents, she had completely surpassed Mitsuri Kanroji.
And she was still breaking her own records; even until tomorrow morning, she would still be full of energy.
Being able to stimulate divinity had greatly improved her physical constitution.
Time passed bit by bit.
The next morning arrived quietly. Tendo Kisara woke up early and found that she still couldn't open the door. She pouted and stomped her foot, clearly it wasn't over yet.
Senior Saya Takagi was too much, monopolizing Lord Xia Wei as soon as she arrived in the lower realm.
On the other side.
Yotsuya Miko, full of energy, arrived at school with her good friend Yurikawa Hana.
"Miko, you're so energetic today, you were so listless before." Yurikawa Hana happily hugged Yotsuya Miko's arm. "Mm, because I slept very well yesterday." Yotsuya Miko's face showed a hint of satisfaction as she looked at the evil spirit at the school gate, coolly emitting Black Smoke.
Today, the evil spirit had changed. The three-meter-tall giant evil spirit had been replaced by a normal-sized ordinary evil spirit.
Yotsuya Miko mumbled a spell while activating her Divine Blessing, "Exorcism."
"Whirlwind Arrow."
A cyan light arrow, invisible to ordinary people, appeared in Yotsuya Miko's hand and shot towards the evil spirit at the school gate, which was coolly emitting Black Smoke.
The cyan light arrow, enveloped in a cyan whirlwind, instantly struck the evil spirit. Before the evil spirit could make a sound, it was shredded as if it had fallen into a meat grinder.
"What did you say, Miko?" Yurikawa Hana asked, puzzled.
"Humming a song."
"What song? I want to hear it too."
"It's by that XX singer—"
Not far away, a petite girl with twin pigtails stood stunned and dumbfounded, as if her entire being had gone blank.