Deep in the forest where the overnight recreational event was taking place, there was Junkanai Mizukami talking with a female Yin-Yang Master dressed in a robe with an air-blocking technique.

''That's all I have to report,''
I see. So three sorcerers from the Dusk and Dawn Gang have infiltrated Asahikawa in search of the 'fairy seed'?
'Yes. That's what I'm going to do with the information we have now.

　The female Yin-Yang Master who reports to Junkanai is a sorcerer of the Mizukami family who is in charge of the investigation and management of the Asahikawa area.

''We have tracked the movements of two of the infiltrating sorcerers, but we don't know the whereabouts of the remaining one. Please be careful, Junkane-sama.
All right. And thank you for the information. Please continue to follow the movements of the infiltrating sorcerer. I'll take care of the fairy species.
I'm sorry, sir.

　After saying that, the female Yin-Yang Master ran off into the forest.

''Huh, it's a complicated case but I have to try my best.

　Junkanai put the incident in his mind and thought about the action he should take.

　This incident started with an internal split in the British witchcraft organization, the Dusk and Dawn group.

　The Dusk and Dawn Group is a group of gentlemen who wish to prevent the crisis and decline of humanity and wish for new development and prosperity.
　There are two factions: one group that wishes to destroy the gods and sinners who do harm to mankind, and the other group that wishes for the evolution and possibility of a new humanity.

　The dispute between the two factions, which was born out of a difference in perceptions of the organization's name, "Dusk and Dawn Group," is the root of this incident.

"So the Forced Faction stole the 'Fairy Seeds' from the Moderate Faction, and in the course of the transaction, the Forced Faction also lost the 'Fairy Seeds' to someone else, so both factions are searching for the 'Fairy Seeds'.......

　Since the Mizukami family is close to the moderate faction to which Auru belongs, as a member of the moderate faction, they are helping to search for the fairy species this time.
　Therefore, even during the overnight recreation, Jungana was in close contact with the sorcerers and demons in the Asahikawa area and was searching for the movements of the forceful group.

''Huh ... I'm tired.''

　However, two other hardships existed for Junkanai as well.

''Even if it's to give Junna and Auru-chan some experience.......I want you to consider my hardships as well......''

　The first hardship is that in order for Junna and Aru to gain experience, he has asked them to work together to solve this case.
　The first thing is, in order to make sure that Junna and Aru were able to gain experience, the two of them were asked to work together to solve this case.

It's a very difficult thing to know when the time comes. I'm not sure why Yuki-kun is involved....?

　The second difficulty was that Kosuke Yuki was involved in the case for some reason.
　Since Junnana and the Mizukami family sorcerers had outwardly refused to help him, Junna and Auru were working to solve the case alone. Because of this, the reason for Kosuke's involvement in the case was only shared between Junna and Auru.
　Junkanai had no way of knowing that the fairy species that also started the incident by Kosuke's creation of the Ururu did not already exist.

''I flew the shikigami to find out why, but for some reason it's going to get out of control...''

　In order to find out why Kosuke was involved, Junkanai tried to overhear the conversation of Kosuke and his friends with the help of the shikigami, but the sparrow-shaped shikigami he was pointing at lost control and flew away.
　However, he was unable to find out the reason for his involvement because the sparrow-shaped shikigami lost control and flew away.

'I think I can hear 'Kono shikigami, ow owlishimasu' right before I lose control.......but it's just my imagination. I guess I'm tired after all........

　Remembering the animals he saw at the zoo, Junkanai calmed himself down.
　Then, using her cleared thoughts to the fullest, she decided on the next action to take.

''Alright! Let's keep an eye on Auru-chan's movements as much as we can while also trying to find out what's going on with Yuki-kun and why he's involved.

　I'm not going to be the only one who has been in a position to do that.
　I'm not going to be able to tell you what to do with it.

''Before that, I have to work on making pottery first.

　Instructing the sorcerers and demons. Supporting Junna and Auru. Searching for elves and observing Kosuke's movements. And school events and work as a committee chairman.

　Mizukami Junkanai. She is the person who has been struggling the most in this case.




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I'm here. I've been here.

　Black and his friends have been taken deep into the mountains of the city.
　At first glance, the forest appears to be a nondescript, tree-lined area, but Black, White and Linn see a different scene.

'Wow! Ky.
Kerr.
Mm, there are a lot of them.

　The forest in front of me was covered with many layers of wards.
　On the outside, there were layers of wards that prevented and hid people, and on the inside, there were layers of wards that provided protection and automatic repair.

　They are so cleverly concealed that an ordinary magician cannot even find them, and even if he did, the multiple wards are so strong that it is impossible to break through them.

'We've been putting up wards and adding to them for hundreds of years. Wards have influenced each other and the ground vein, and it's become an uncontrollably powerful warding area for me to control...

　Waco, the one who created the scene in front of him, replies with a troubled expression.

''Even though I can't control it, I've never seen anyone who could put up such a warding as this... or was there one?''
Kerr.
Aruji's wards are awesome too!

　Black and the others can picture their master easily using a 'triple ward' that is difficult to create even if it takes several advanced magicians to create it.

''I had imagined when I heard that you got the name Kuro instead of the cat god, but you too chose to serve others.''

　Waco muttered with a sad expression, remembering the face of his master he once spent time with.

''Waco-sama........''
Sis...
....

　Iwa, Kolo, and Sei agree with Waco's words, and their expressions become sorrowful.
　Wako, Iwa, Kolo, and Sei.
　They are all demons who once served a young Ainu man as their master.

I'm old, I'm getting a little nostalgic. We didn't want to talk about that, we wanted to talk about what this ward protects.
What warding protects you?
'Here, you see, the body of the evil god that our master defeated is sealed in here.
An evil spirit's torso?
'Yes. Not a half-baked being like you and me. It's a being that has truly elevated its existence to God. The body of it.
'Such a dangerous thing sealed up!

　The absoluteness of the existence of God, which we know because we are revered as cat gods and feel the realm of God. And the danger when it is misused.
　At Waco's words that his body was sealed, Kuro felt an uncommon sense of danger.

I don't have a head, so I'm not going to move. But it's still dangerous if it's abused.

　Waco is also very aware of the danger of this and continues to speak.

''Just a few moments ago, there was a reaction where someone interfered with the wards. Immediately after that, you guys appeared at the divine ancient lake, so I thought it was a diversionary tactic or something, and sent Iwa and the others there.
Was that why you were attacked earlier?
Kerr.
Yes. I'm sorry.

　At Waco's words, Black and White showed their agreement.

'If you didn't know about this place, then whoever interfered with the wards wasn't one of you, right?
Hmm. I don't remember anything about it. Maybe not even our masters.

　There was no sign or scent of Kosuke, Nia or Uru around, so Kuro dismissed the possibility that Kosuke had accidentally interfered with the wards.

''I see. So that means that someone happened to appear at the timing of your appearance at the divine ancient lake...''
Ka!

　Just before Waco's words ended, White noticed an unseen presence and shouted.
　Immediately afterwards, a sound like shattering glass echoes, and an old woman with red hair emerges from within the cavernous ward.

''Hmm? Who are you people, that you are?

　The old red-haired woman looked around, tilting her head to ask the question.

'That's our line! How in the world are you going to break this warding...!

　Just before he finishes his words, Waco is startled to notice the black sphere held by the old red-haired woman.

'Yeah, give it back!
I don't like it, that I don't. It was hard to get it off, that it was.

　A black sphere that ran like a red-black blood vessel, pulsating, contracting and expanding repeatedly.
　Black also noticed a little later the identity of the sphere held by the old red-haired woman.

''Is that the heart of an evil god!
That is true. It is much smaller than its body, that it is. He has a small heart, that he does.

　The old red-haired woman who muttered that while laughing gradually changed her appearance to that of a man wearing a capped knit hat.

''Nah...!
Are there any signs of...?

　The moment they see the man, Kuro and Wako are struck by a strange sensation.

　A young man who has resurrected himself by saving God and carrying God's power in his body. Yuki Kosuke.
　The master of Waco and his friends, the heroes of Kamii Kotan, who received their power from the mountain gods and defeated the evil gods.

　Their presence coincided with the presence of the man in front of them.

''Waco-sama, what's wrong?''
Black, you're looking a little pale.

　Despite listening to the words of worried Iwa and Lin, Kuro and Waco didn't take their eyes off the man in the knit hat.

'Is it the famous cat god and former nine-tailed master and his merry band of friends, that it is?
'A little bit? I don't know who you are, but don't lick it!

　Coro judges the man with the heart of an evil god as an enemy and flies his jet-black sword at him.

"The ability to turn feathers into weapons, that it is. But it won't work in this form, that it won't work.

　The moment the man turned into the same old red-haired woman as before. The flying sword returned to the black wings.

''This figure is an xenophobe named Flare, that it is. It has the ability to nullify all of the techniques and abilities within its range, that it has.
I see, so you were able to use your powers to break through my wards and get inside.

　With a sideways glance at the hole in the ward that is being automatically repaired, Waco calmly analyzes the reason why his own ward has been broken.

''That's a correct answer, that it is. This unusual ability is very useful, that it is.''
'If your powers don't work, just hit them directly.

　Iwa, who was creeping up behind him as he penetrated the ground, swung his fist at the old red-haired woman.
　However, the red-haired old woman transformed into a large blond-haired man and received Iwa's fist with ease.

''I believe this figure is an 'enhanced' xenophobe called Diess, that it is. Unorthodoxy is useful after all, that it is.
"You can use the shape-shifting powers of an impersonator!
It's not just different skills, that it is, I can imitate techniques as well. Bakugan Ken.

　As he answered Black's words, the man transformed into a skinheaded old man and blasted Iwa with a blast of fire from his fist.

'Iwa, you're okay!'
It's okay. I avoided a mortal wound.

　Wako's worried words are answered by Iwa, holding her burning right arm.

That's the former head of the Hinoyama family!
Good answer, that it is. Now, how does this look, that it does?

　He muttered, and the man's form changed to Kosuke Yuki.