Chapter 52: Tokisaki Kurumi

Chapter 52: Tokisaki Kurumi

Author: Geraint

Date Posted: May 12, 2024 Sat @6:47PM

While relaxing in the hot spring, the tiredness that has been accumulated from the long travel has been slowly relieving, making me feel and achieve heaven. I feel at ease since I was the last one to use the hot spring bath and no one will disturb me just after the dinner. Everyone was changing into their Pajamas and preparing themselves to rest for the night. Aqua and Megumin are playing game console that we just installed on our large screen smart TV and they are competing with each other which may become reason for them on not going home and stay for the night until they got satisfied or addiction has already struck them.

Unable to ignore anymore the spirit aura that has been lurking around my home, I decided to call out for her and ask her intentions.

"Come out and show yourself already! How did you get here in the first place? This is a different world!"

A shadow was moving quickly on the shade of every objects around the bath until it arrived down on the water and a naked beautiful girl with long black hair emerged out and she turned towards me smiling as her right crimson eye glowed while her other eye was covered by covered by her long bangs. Her appearance is completely identical to my little sister which made me already concluded her identity.

"Tokisaki Kurumi, I'll give you one minute to explain yourself."

Upon hearing my intimidating words, she wasn't affected and decided to sit on another side while she continues to smile at me.

"Ara~ Threatening me already? How scary... I'm a guest, you know?"

"I give a warm welcome to those who knock and enter the front door, not to someone like you who sneaks and hides around my home. This is my warning to you."

Kurumi sighed, raising both of her hands to show me that she's not here to do anything bad.

"Wait! I actually want to do a proper visit but your little sister, White Queen sees me as a threat and she won't hesitate to attack me without any warning."

Understanding her situation, treating her as a guest will be fine.

"I see... I understand now but how did you get here? How will you protect Shido if you are here in different world?"

After asking her, her expression remained smiling but I can see traces of sadness on her face.

"Well... I'm not from that world anymore. I ended up in the Neighboring World after being killed by myself."

"So, you're Tokisaki Kurumi from different dimensions."

"Yeah, I was planning of taking down White Queen but I was confused when she started acting strange and she was always leaving her throne without telling any of her subordinates. She's not doing her job as a Dominion and showed no care on third region that she rules over. Quasi-spirits was thinking of dethroning her when they sense an overwhelming and sinister aura that can bring anyone on their knees. After retreating, they never dare to think of dethroning her ever again. I just came to check the source of that sinister power and I found White Queen happily clinging to a man which is you." Kurumi pointed her index finger on my direction.

"After that, I just waited for a chance to follow her up here and it was easy since she always gets distracted because she thinking of you quite often. I just followed her up to the portal and I arrived here." She shrugged her shoulders, thinking that Lolisa was easy to get trick because of me.

"Then what now? Do you want me to open a portal for you to return back to Neighboring World?"

"I heard that you can travel in different world. I'm interested on that."

"Oh, do you want to return to your former world? I can see that you're still in love with Shido."

"Well... it's not that important anymore. You see... my goal is to kill the Spirit of Origin. What do you think of her?"

"Spirit of Origin?"

"Yeah, her real identity is Takamiya Mio, also know as phantom."

I already knew her real identity but I didn't really care anything about her as long as she don't bring any harm to anyone close to me.

"She's currently the strongest Spirit that even I had to admit that I won't be able to kill her."

"Strongest? All I can see is a weak woman who can't move on from her dead lover."

Kurumi's eyes widened then she smiled and stood up, not minding if I seen her naked body.

"It seems like you've already seen through her." she went towards me and sat on my side as she follows, "I wonder who's stronger, you or her?"

"Well... If Mio regained all of her power, I might have a little disadvantage against her."

"So, you're going to lose?" she moved her face closer to me then rested her chin on my shoulder, giving me a cheeky smile.

"Nah, I'd win." I responded with confidence tone.

"KURUMI!!"

"Huh?"

After sensing someone approaching which surprised us, it was Lolisa wearing a sleeping gown whom just jumped inside over the wooden fence while holding her sword and flintlock pistol.

"Unforgivable, Kurumi-san! I'm going to kill you!"

"Ara~ Sawa-san, it's been a while. Don't you want to get revenge against me?"

"I don't really care about that! How dare you sneak here while Onii-sama is taking a bath!"

"That's the reason?" Kurumi's cheek was twitching because of Lolisa's weirdness.

Lolisa was about to jump on the water when she noticed that she's wearing a dress and she immediately stripped everything including her underwear then she jumped down on the water and fought with Kurumi. Watching them wrestled with each other made me sighed as the relationship between best friends started to restore.

"Do you remember, Sawa-san? I'm the one who killed you!"

"I was killed by your naiveness but it isn't totally your fault! It's the Spirit of Origin who caused you to kill me without you knowing, right?"

"Still... I'm the one who pulled the trigger--"

Lolisa suddenly hugged Kurumi tightly.

"Sawa-san..."

Tears fell from Kurumi's eyes as she hugged her back.

"I'm sorry!! I'm sorry, Sawa-san!"

"Kurumi-san, it's fine. From here on, we'll be together again."

Seeing two naked girls hugging each other in front of me has made me a little sexually aroused but I noticed that Lolisa was acting a bit of strange which is out of her character.

"Huh?"

Lolisa suddenly carried Kurumi and threw him down into the water.

"Eh?"

Water splashes on the surroundings.

"That wasn't me, Onii-sama. It was the real Sawa. She asked me to switch with her for a moment."

"You're supposed to have multiple personalities, right? Because of your spirit power."

"Yes... due to me knowing the reason of the death of Sawa. After our memories fused together, all her hatred for Kurumi has lost and she became sympathetic of her. Right now, she wants to help her defeat the Spirit of Origin."

White Queen has multiple personalities due to using the Scorpion Bullet <Akrab > on herself but since Lolisa took over the body, the other personalities integrated with each other, turning back into the pure and kind-hearted girl which is Kurumi's best-friend Sawa. Lolisa still have the dominant control of the body but sometimes Sawa's feelings intervene.

"Sawa-san..." Kurumi was staring at her while her whole body is submerged in the water.

"Fine." Lolisa sighed then followed, "I can't refuse since Sawa desired it."

Kurumi turned towards me and gave me the same look, expecting me to help them.

"What about you, Onii-sama?"

"Oi! You're not his little sister!" Lolisa got mad of her.

"Then Haru-kun!"

"I'll help but Mio is not actually your real opponent here. Wescott is the real enemy. Shido can deal with Mio by sealing her powers but Westcott is different. It will take a lot to defeat him."

"So, you would lose against him?"

"Nah, I'd win."

(To be continued.)