strictlysupreme Chapter 1015 The Last Routine 194
Chapter 1015 The Last Routine 194
Chapter 1015 The Last Routine 194
"Simply put, Yuu picked up the magical artifact that Banir dropped and used it. After that, she can't see or hear anything, except for Aqua who can see her normally. What exactly happened?"
"Hooray...? This looks like things are getting interesting."
Hearing Kobayashi say that, Barnier became very interested, his eyes blinking as if he were thinking about something. And not only him, but Wiz also seemed quite interested and happy.
“Indeed, Miss Youyou looks absolutely fantastic right now.” Wiz clapped his hands happily and said excitedly, “She’ll be very popular for Halloween.”
"Huh!?" Youyou looked at her with some surprise and asked, "Miss Wiz can see it too?"
“Yes…” Wiz nodded and said, “I think Miss Youyou is now close to the state of a ghost or an undead, which is why many people can’t see you.”
Because they lack physical form, they are invisible. However, the reason why Aqua, Banir, and Wiz can all see them is because they are goddesses, demons, and undead, respectively, and thus can naturally see enemies and their own kind.
Most people would probably cry out in fear upon hearing this, but Youyou showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, she said with a hint of happiness, "So, maybe now I can become friends with Mr. Ghost and the others...!"
"Don't be like that, Yuuyu." Aqua patted her shoulder with some sympathy and said, "Even if you can't make friends with humans, don't befriend ghosts, and definitely don't befriend those damn demons or the undead!!"
"Oh ho, you really dare to say that, you useless goddess!" Barnier roared angrily, "What kind of help do you think you are? You'll only make things worse!"
"You're so nagging, it's none of your business!"
"This is a magic item shop, and we have a duty to protect it! If there's nothing else, get out of here! You've made a complete mess of the shop, you useless goddess!!"
"Ah! How dare you talk to me like that? Be careful, or I'll purify you right now!" Aqua naturally didn't want to hear Banir say that, and the two were about to start arguing. Seeing this, Yuuyu quickly tried to stop them, and at that moment, something fell out of her sleeve.
"Oh dear? Yoyo, something weird fell out of your sleeve." Aqua picked it up curiously, examined it closely, and said, "Hmm, I think I've seen this before..."
Wiz leaned closer, noticed it was an instruction manual, and subconsciously read its contents, saying, "Instruction manual for a forbidden magical item...? Ah! It draws out the user's power, but the price is that you can't do what you want, um..."
"Don't you know what kind of magical artifact that is?!" Lynn became agitated upon seeing Wiz trembling with fear, and loudly questioned, "Hey, Wiz! Didn't you bring this in yourself?!"
"I bought it because I only heard it was a rare magical item that could attract attention, but I didn't expect..." Wiz scratched his head awkwardly, wishing she wouldn't always buy such random magical items.
At this moment, Huihui seemed to realize something. She pointed at the note and shouted, "That's the thing that stole my title of 'handsome' and my opening act a while ago!! I think I understand now!"
Yes, so it was that magical artifact found in the shrine's basement that prevented Megumin from properly announcing her name, and even from casting spells—that bizarre artifact! Who would have thought Wiz would buy it? And even more unexpectedly, Banir angrily threw it into the forest outside Axel, where it was eventually found by Yuuyu.
Boomerangs and stuff like that...
“Yes,” Kobayashi nodded in agreement, saying, “Youyou’s wish is to make friends. If we can’t even see her, then it’s impossible for that to happen.”
"Eh!?!" Upon hearing this, Youyou exclaimed in surprise. She said anxiously and excitedly, "I thought I could make friends, that's why I thought of using magic items... There's no point in dressing up like this, it's so embarrassing...!"
The shy girl covered her exposed chest, but apart from Aqua, Banir, and Wiz, no one else could see it, so there was no need to be shy. However, she genuinely wanted to take off the dress, and I could understand that feeling.
"Hahaha—" Barnier laughed heartily, nodding with satisfaction and saying, "You feel the negative emotions of shame, huh! Thanks for the treat!" Then, as if intentionally reminding her, he added, "Be careful not to get accidentally purified by that useless goddess, after all, she's a ghost and an undead."
"I said! No matter what, I won't purify Yuuyu!" Aqua put her hands on her hips, indicating that she wouldn't attack a human, but then added with some distress, "If the ghosts think this child is one of their own and approach her, it'll be troublesome. We can't just leave those guys unpurified..."
Unlike Youyou, who is still human but was accidentally turned into a ghost by a magical artifact, the other ghosts are real ghosts. For the goddess, sending the dead back to the heavens is the proper thing to do.
"Waaah..." Yuu murmured timidly and fearfully, "So, ghosts are what Aqua is after all."
"Of course! What are you talking about?"
Aqua's matter-of-fact statement left Yu-Yu feeling extremely discouraged. After all, she had just thought that at least she could make friends with ghosts as a consolation, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Wiz clearly realized what Youyou was thinking, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Well, anyway, Miss Youyou, how about you stay in this shop until you return to your original state? I will return to my original state after a while, so Miss Youyou should be fine with that."
"Thank you." Youyou bowed gratefully, then stammered, "Well, I'll be troubling you for now—"
Just then, Youyou felt a gaze coming from outside the shop, which made her feel a little strange. Was someone peeping into the shop...? She looked like a lonely girl, what was wrong? After discovering that person, she felt even more puzzled.
"Miss Wiz, is there someone outside?"
"...Hmm! I have a feeling there's something unpleasant about this!!" Aqua's eyes sharpened as she shouted, "There are ghosts or undead nearby! Watch my... Holy Exorcism!!"
A bright light enveloped the entire magic item shop, causing Wiz to scream in pain. The stinging sensation was almost unbearable for the lich girl.
"Hey hey hey—stop, stop! I, I'm going to disappear!!"
"Waaaaaahh ...
Two days passed in this state, and Youyou still hadn't recovered from her ghostly state. Even Xiaolin and the others were starting to worry, wondering what would become of her.
“That Youyou…” Darkness said somewhat uncertainly, “You’re right in front of me, aren’t you? Can I take something from you?”
“Yes, yes,” Youyou said, picking up a pen beside her. “Holding the pen like this, we can have written conversations…”
Although it was a ghost, it could still control objects, but the pen floating in mid-air was truly an incredible sight. Darkness also found it a bit scary. To be honest, running outside now would be enough to play pranks, and perhaps even frighten the most timid people.
"Um..." Youyou said as she wrote, "Hello, did you come to see me? Are you worried about me as a friend? If so, I'll consider today a day to commemorate something happy that happened, and I'll remember it until I die. I'll treat you to a meal next time—"
She wrote very quickly, her handwriting flowing like a dragon, though slightly messy, indicating that Youyou was writing with great enthusiasm. Moreover, she showed no sign of stopping.
“Ah, hahaha…” Darkness chuckled slightly awkwardly and said, “It seems like we can communicate by writing. I was startled when I couldn’t see you…”
At this moment, the words Youyou had written reappeared on the paper.
"What... How are the preparations for tomorrow's Halloween performance going? They finally gave me an invitation ticket, and now it's in this state, I'm so sorry..."
After reading it, Darkness shook his head and said comfortingly, "I think even if the figure disappears, you can still watch the performance... Ah, but I still want to enjoy it without any worries. What should I do..."
After all, the appearance of a ghost at the scene is a test for both her and the other audience members. It might make things very difficult for her.
Seeing Darkness deep in thought, Youyou was deeply moved and said with tears in her eyes, "Miss Darkness is so worried about me...! But the performance is coming soon, I can't let her worry..." So, she wrote another sentence on the paper.
Darkness noticed this too, and read softly, "Um...it's perfectly fine!! I'm very happy and excited today!! I've had more opportunities to talk to Mr. Yuling lately, which is great!...Hmm?" Suddenly, she froze for a moment, then shouted, "Talking to a ghost!? What's going on? Is it really okay!?"
She was really panicking. What if Youyou turned into a ghost and never came back? She really had no way to explain it to Huihui and the Crimson Demon Clan!
At that very moment, Aqua's shout came from the doorway, "Holy Exorcism!!"
"That voice...it's Aqua...?" Darkness, after a slight pause upon hearing her companion's voice, said, "I'll go check it out!"
He ran quickly out of Wiz's magic item shop and onto the street, where he saw Aqua continuously using her skills to purify ghosts. Darkness ran over and shouted, "Hey, Aqua, are you alright...? What!? Those ghosts are...!?"
"Ugh, this is so annoying! I wish I could just become a Buddha already!!" Aqua kept using purification magic, purifying all the ghosts fleeing in the streets into Buddhas. Her body was bathed in a strange radiance, like a true goddess... No, no, she was a goddess all along.
However, Aqua, who was using all her strength to drive away the ghosts, clearly didn't care about Wiz's life or death. The weak-willed lich girl immediately cried out in pain, "Hey hey hey—, please stop—!"
"I don't know what happened, it just suddenly appeared!" Aqua said with a somewhat indignant snort. "There must be something strange around here that attracts ghosts! If we don't find that too...!"
“Recently, suddenly…?” Wiz seemed to realize something and said, “Could it be that I attracted the ghosts here…?”
But it was clearly not her, otherwise she wouldn't have appeared only now, but would have appeared long ago.
Yu-Yu, worried, rushed over. Seeing Aqua displaying her power on the street, she didn't dare approach, but soon spotted a strange figure. "Hey, isn't that the kid who was peeking into the shop earlier? What's she doing—"
"Okay, is it almost all taken care of?!" Aqua wiped the sweat from her forehead with a sigh of relief, as if she had done a good deed. Then, as if sensing something, she said, "Hmm? Is there any more movement? Hey, Yuuyu, are there any more ghosts around?"
"Eh!? Um, no, me too..."
"Ah, found it! Holy exorcism!!"
"Oh oh oh————"
Yu-Yu was really bad at lying, and Aqua followed her gaze and spotted the little girl in the corner. Then, without any mercy, she used purification magic, causing the little girl to let out a painful scream.
"Whoaaaaah!!" Yu-Yu quickly stopped her and scolded, "What are you doing, Miss Aqua! Such a cute little ghost girl, you don't need to purify her, do you?"
"Yuyu is so gentle." Aqua patted her head and explained with a gentle smile, "But, for ghosts, being purified is happier than staying in this world."
"Is that so?"
“Yes. It’s even more pitiful to be bound to this world even though you’re already dead,” Aqua said. “In that case, wouldn’t it be better to just go to the heavens and be reborn as a human, to have a fresh start?”
"Perhaps that's the case..."
Youyou was clearly convinced.
The traumatized ghost girl stammered pitifully, "Waaah...waaah...I want to be...friends..."
"Eh!? Waaah..."
Under Youyou's somewhat sad and disappointed gaze, the little ghost girl was completely purified, and her first ghost friend was thus perfectly missed.
(End of this chapter)