"Fill, fill, fill, fill. Repeat four times...... Or five times? Oops, just one less charge...... That's it. ”

Ryunosuke hummed in a low tone through his nose as he traced the pattern of the magic circle on the floor of the living room with blood. This wasn't the first time he'd done something like this, and the fact that the ancient books were almost going through the pages made Ryunosuke very worried about his situation.

As an ancient book that has been handed down from the end of the shogunate, the moment Ryunosuke finds it from his own earthen warehouse, it really surprises him, and it is simply a fateful choice.

Ryunosuke's hometown is in a country that is not far away, his parents are honest people, and the passable family level made his childhood not lack material needs, and at the same time gave him enough time to immerse himself in his sick spiritual world.

After five years away from home, the reason for returning to his hometown was simply that he was tired of the thrill of killing. No matter how happy and addictive something is, it can be annoying after being repeated enough times. Ryunosuke didn't want to admit it, but simply hunting humans in the city every night was no longer enough to satisfy his spirit.

So he chose to go home to see, to his hometown where he hadn't been back for five years, to the earthen warehouse where the crime was committed for the first time, and to see his sister who was imprisoned inside. That stupid woman, who was surprised by her appearance, was just a long life of captivity, which had completely ruined this person, perhaps more appropriately described by the word creature.

Oops, I failed to draw again! I blame myself for thinking too much, Ryunosuke scratched his head in some distress. He walked over to the corpse lying on the ground, and re-stained it with the painting tools in his hand. This time he had to move out of the couch, having made more room to prepare for the next magic array.

It was an ordinary family of three, and when Ryunosuke lurked in, the family was still sitting in the living room watching TV, but now except for the young son, the two adults had fallen in a pool of blood on the floor.

If you fail again this time, you can only use the blood of this little ghost. Ryunosuke's gaze casually rested on the little boy, and when he was tied up with a sturdy imp, and when he let out a stumbling cry, his body curled up into the shape of a baby in the mother's body, but Ryunosuke didn't care about it at all.

"Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill. It's five times this time, OK!"

His eyes quickly swept over the pages, and Ryunosuke continued to chant the next incantation, but the absurdity in his heart inevitably rose. I can't believe that just because of this ancient book found in the earthen warehouse, I have traveled thousands of miles to this coastal city to try again and again.

If you can do this, you must be bored enough.

"Ah, it hurts. ”

The sudden sharp pain pulls Ryunosuke back from his fantasy to reality. The ancient book that fell from his hand was no longer bothered to pick it up at this time, and he placed the back of his right hand in front of his eyes, and Ryunosuke had some of the sudden pain just now.

It was as if someone had torn open the skin with a razor blade, and although the pain was fleeting, the remaining afterglow remained on the back of the skin, making the back of his hand numb.

“…… What is this? What is this......

In the darkness of deliberately extinguishing the lights and closing the curtains, Ryunosuke saw the back of his hand, and he didn't know when it was carved with a tattoo-like pattern.

Before he could take a closer look at the delicate patterns, he suddenly felt a subtle flow of air from the calm living room, and Ryunosuke scanned the surroundings even more curiously.

There was a wind blowing, and this breeze that blew out of nowhere quickly turned into a fierce whirlwind, blowing the whole living room into chaos. The magic array drawn on the floor began to glow faintly phosphorescent at some point, and Ryunosuke stared at it with a look of disbelief.

A mist gradually rose in the center of the magic circle that emitted the light, and there were faint lightning and sparks flying everywhere. Facing the scenery that cannot be seen in this world, Ryunosuke felt unprecedented excitement.

It's curiosity about the unknown————

I used to be curious about such an incredible thing as 'death', but I don't know when I get bored with the constant killing, but now I finally ————

A flash of light, followed by a thunderous roar.

“…… I ask you. ”

From the mist came a soft, uncanny sound, and the wind stopped imperceptibly. The magic array that had been emitting light just now had dimmed, and the blood on the floor had turned black and dried up as if it had been burned.

The thin haze gradually dissipated, like a mysterious thing that revealed the veil. Ryunosuke couldn't help but squint his eyes at the figure that was gradually revealing in front of him.

A smooth, youthful-looking face, with big eyes and smooth cheeks that rotate flexibly, and a brown face that matches him, makes Ryunosuke think of the word big-eyed doll.

"Plead me, call me, summoner who makes me appear in this world as a caster...... I'm here to ask your name. Where is it, who is it?"

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"Do you want me to get it for you, Sister Joan of Arc. ”

"No need, Sakura-chan. ”

The starlight at night shone on the road, and Joan of Arc, who had returned from the supermarket with Sakura Makiri, was holding a large bag of ingredients in her hand. As a three-day shopping time, Joan of Arc, who is more passionate about cooking than fighting, will never miss this important moment.

"We ...... Isn't it too much to buy. Ah, Sister Joan of Arc, you're crooked, there's a guardrail over there. ”

Sakura Kiri, who was following the other party, had to be reminded out loud, looking at the pile of things in Joan of Arc's hands, she couldn't help but be a little worried about whether she would be reprimanded by Arashi when she returned home. Since the doubling of the number of people in the household, household expenses have increased at an incredible rate.

"Eh......"

Joan of Arc poked her head out of the top of the ingredients, her light steps reorienting happily, and the cheerful tone that came out of her mouth said, "It's better to turn them into food than to spend them on meaningless things." ”

"Is that so?" "Sakura Makiri's small face twisted into a ball, like a freshly baked dim sum from a pastry shop, "Sister Joan of Arc, why don't you teach me how to cook." ”

"Does Sakura want to learn?" Joan of Arc, whose eyes lit up, glanced up and down at Sakura's figure, remembering that she was in her grade and could already prepare dinner for her parents who had returned from farming. Thinking like this, it shouldn't be a big problem to teach her how to cook.

"Hmm. Sakura nodded quite seriously.

"Yes. ”

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't spare his hands, Joan of Arc felt that she would definitely lean down and pinch Kirisakura's little face, and it would be nice if her previous self also had such a cute sister.

Sure enough, this case of beer is too heavy.

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"Don't you think you should explain?"

Walking up to Skaha, who was blowing by the window, the fragrance of the woman's freshly washed body wafted in the evening breeze, and the other party's wet hair occasionally naughtily brushed the tip of her nose, but Lan, who didn't feel anything about it, asked in a rather unkind tone.

"What did you say?" said Skaha, with his usual bewildered expression, and then laughed in a tone that was quick to praise me, "Hahaha, you said that case of beer! I told Joan of Arc that if she didn't buy it for me, I would take you with me to the store to rob it." ”

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