"Hiks! Hiks! Why did you destroy Reira? She was the closest thing I have to a family since my mother died! But now you destroy Reira into many pieces! Take responsibility! Fix Reira! Or I will do something to make your life miserable!"
After Morikawa Ganko, the user of Kata Kugutsu, was beaten easily by Fuko without sweating at all. Ganko was on a tantrum and tried to hit Fuuko repeatedly, but Fuuko easily stopped Ganko by putting her hand at the top of Ganko's head.
"Listen to me, little girl, the doll you think of as a mother and family is just a lifeless doll. And even though Kata Kugutsu can make the doll look alive, it is not truly alive. The doll looks alive because you are unconsciously controlling it using Kata Kugutsu.
You have a talent in using the Madougu to make the doll look like a real-life person, but you must accept the truth: the doll my daughter-in-law tore into pieces is just a lifeless item.
So stop your tantrum and accept the reality, or I'll give you a lesson by spanking your ass. Just like I did to my two sons when the two of them were naughty!"
When Recca and Kaoru hear what Kagerou just said, both of them gulp. They know how painful the spanking from Kagerou is. For Recca and Kaoru, the spanking was a traumatic experience; they never want to have it once again. It was one of the reasons why both of them are trying to behave well and not try to be a rebel.
***
Kagerou's words are effective to calm down the tantrum. Ganko immediately stops her tantrum because she can feel an unknown fear. threat from the adult women in front of her.
"Wow, Recca. Your mother's words work better than I expected. Mama Kagerou's spanking must be really effective to stop a naughty little kid, huh?" Asked Fuuko, who was imagining what kind of experience both Kaoru and Recca had when they were spanked to the point the two brothers' faces became so pale. When they both heard Kagerou's words.
"....." Recca cannot answer his girlfriend's question because he feels the trauma from when he was spanked by Kagerou.
The same thing has happen with Kaoru whose faces was even paled then Recca.
"It looks like the two brothers are in silence because of the trauma they have," Tokiya said with a sigh and facepalm.
"Kagerou-san, I was the guardian for the first floor, and my job was to keep away an intruder from the mansion. But the guardian of the second floor was a brutal murderer who loved and enjoyed killing, and his name was Sekio, the user of Madougu Sekichu. He was a tall giant who was sealed by Kurei after doing an unnecessary killing."
Ganko, who was already out of her tantrum, was trying to help by telling who the next enemies are to Kagerou. She no longer had a wish to revive Reira, her doll, when she already saw a better mother figure like Kagerou.
***
"Sekichu? A Madougu to control a rock? It can be deadly in the right user. But if the user was a fool who had no brain and was fully a musclehead, then Sekichu is mostly useless. Recca, with your current power, I think facing the men named Seiko would be too easy; for Fuuko, it would be a little hard because the elements are mismatched. So, Tokiya-san, can you be the one who fought Sekio?"
Kagerou's genuine smile is making it hard for Tokiya to reject her wish. And because of his pride, he can only nod his head to answer Kagerou's question. And he agrees to fight the enemies for the sake of saving Yanagi.
"If you agree that it was good then, let's go to the next floor. I did not want to waste our time and make the little princess wait for us." They are all walking towards the stairs to the next floor without realizing Keitarou is helping them silently by destroying all the security cameras.
So the enemies cannot see Recca and all of his friends.
Keitarou wants Kurei to have a surprise by seeing the two people he hates the most appear in front of him. He really wanted to see what kind of face expression Kurei would show when he saw his stepmother and little brother appear before him.
'Heh, Kurei's reaction would be legendary, and I need to cut away his mask so I can take the picture of his facial expression.'
***
A bald two-meter giant with a metal covering half of his face appears in front of Recca. But because it was already decided that Tokiya would be the one to fight the giant Sekio, Recca and the others decided to not interfere.
Because this is a good time for Tokiya to improve his abilities. Sekio the bald giant had a yellow stone Madougu attached to his left chest. And without even talking, he ripped out one of the pillars on the second floor and then threw it to Tokiya.
"Just like you said, Ganko, those spherical madōgu attached to his left chest are Sekichou. It attracts stone to its user's body, acting as a sort of armor.
The stones can also be ripped off and flung with great force. The symbol stone (石, ishi) written on it was the proof it was the real Sekichou. The middle-level Madougu can be deadly if the user is smart enough to maximize the potential of the Madougu.
Tell me, Ganko, is Sekio smart, or is he retarded?" Ganko dropped a cold sweat from her body and then answered Kagerou's question.
"His body may be strong, Kagerou-san, but he was one hundred percent retarded according to Kurei. It was the side effect of all of the experiments the scientist did on his body. He has no morals and often wreaks havoc in this mansion even without any reason at all. That's why Kurei imprisoned him on the second floor, but he saw that he was free from the chain that bound his body. It was the proof that Kurei already knew about your arrival."
***
Just like Ganko said, Sekio are truly retarded. So Tokiya easily defeats Sekio using his ice sword without giving Sekio a chance to use his Madougu. The level of power that Tokiya showed was proof of his great talent in battle.
"Oh, you defeat him in only ten seconds. Tokiya-senpai, that was great. If Domon is going with us and he is the one who fights Sekio, I think he needs more time to defeat Sekio, and Domon also would try to act dramatic only to make a good impression in front of me. But sadly the only boy and man I would ever love is Recca!"
Fuuko said, admiring the way Tokiya fought.
"Shut up, I don't need your praise! We better hurry and save Yanagi! I have a feeling something bad is happening to her!"
Tokiya ignores Fuuko's words and decides to go to the stairs that will bring him to the next floor.
"Oh well, he was cold as usual; the only time I see him have a warm smile is when he is with Yanagi,"
Recca said while taking the Sekichou, which was falling to the floor, and putting it inside the inventory of the Chat Group.
"I think nothing bad would happen to Yanagi at all, because her luck in survival is abnormal."
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