"N-no, no need. I, I still..."
Seeing Ayato approaching, Kamiyo immediately panicked.
Ayato smiled. "Don't worry. Every servant receives this power."
"Without it, you won't be able to protect yourself against a strong enemy."
"Mmph..."
The next moment, Kamiyo's eyes immediately widened.
Her skin flushed pink.
In an instant!
She was completely red-faced.
Th-this was kissing?
Kamiyo's eyes began to grow dazed.
But...
Why did the taste feel so mixed?
Orange... lip balm...
Right.
These all belonged to the several seniors.
Not long passed.
Ayato released Kamiyo's shoulders.
His expression was as usual.
But Kamiyo remained stunned, in a dazed state.
Her first kiss was gone.
But... it felt pretty good.
Instinctively.
She looked at Ayato's handsome face, her face reddening again.
Seeing this, Miko showed a vigilant look.
Her little pink fists clenched as she muttered quietly, "With all those demands before, it looks like she'll be actively giving herself away soon."
If this continued, was she going to fall behind again?
Thinking of this possibility, Miko's face stiffened.
No way.
Absolutely not.
She had already lost to Momo.
Losing to a newcomer would be too much.
It seemed...
She had to take action soon.
On the other side.
Hana, noticing Miko's change, also began to kick the air uneasily.
It seemed...
Miko was going to act.
So what about her...
Thinking of something, Hana's pretty face flushed.
At the same time.
Ayato, having handed the magic book to Kamiyo, also spread his perception.
Using the wisps of energy he had just locked onto, he prepared to find the main body of the Star God Taisai Seikun.
"I see. So that's where it is... no wonder it took me so long to find it."
After a long while, Ayato's eyes lit up.
Seiko asked curiously, "Master, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing."
Ayato smiled. "I just need to make another trip."
"Oh, where is Master going?"
"The Hidden World."
The Hidden World.
Inside an endlessly majestic castle.
On the deepest throne.
A figure listlessly looked at the scenery outside.
He was a young boy in white.
He was strikingly the main body of the Star God Taisai Seikun.
In both shape and appearance, he was no different from his divided spirit.
But the only difference...
Was that his eye sockets were not pitch black, but held glowing pupils.
Within his pupils seemed to contain countless stars.
One glance would make you unable to help but fall deep into them.
But at this moment.
His pupils deeply contracted. Terrifying Cursed Energy surged throughout his body, instantly creating countless cracks in the surrounding ground.
"Seeking death."
The Star God Taisai Seikun was furious.
Someone had dared to kill his divided spirit.
For an existence like him, once he descended into the human world...
Even unintentionally, the destruction he caused would probably rival that of a Heretic God.
So he had always resided in the Hidden World.
But the long years...
Were far too boring.
So he had sent out a divided spirit to seek amusement in the human world.
Every so often...
The divided spirit would bring back new memories to relieve his boredom.
Now...
The divided spirit was dead.
"Lord, what happened?"
"Lord, why are you so angry?"
One by one, figures appeared in the palace.
These figures were all strange and varied. They were all shikigami created by the Star God Taisai Seikun.
The Star God Taisai Seikun glanced at them and said calmly, "My divided spirit is dead."
"Th-this... who would dare be so bold?"
A shikigami was shocked, an expression of disbelief on its face.
Regarding the lord's divided spirit...
It was actually not a secret in the jujutsu world.
So even if the divided spirit sometimes did some excessive things, no one was willing to provoke it.
The strong ones knew who stood behind the divided spirit.
The weak ones also couldn't do anything about a power that rivaled a fierce god.
And now...
Who was it?
Who would dare to do such a thing?
"I don't know."
The Star God Taisai Seikun shook his head and said coldly, "The only thing I can be sure of is that the other party is very strong."
"Otherwise, they couldn't have killed my divided spirit without it even being able to send back a single message."
"So, Lord, are we just letting this go?"
"How is that possible? Whoever killed my divided spirit, I will tear them into a thousand pieces to appease my hatred."
The Star God Taisai Seikun said calmly. "In this country, there probably aren't many who could accomplish such a thing."
"I will find them sooner or later."
"No need to go through the trouble. I'm already here."