She looked up at him, eyes sparkling like a cat begging for treats.
Her way of addressing him had also changed naturallyfrom Lynn-san to Lynn-sama.
Lynn smiled, patting her head gently before pointing at the sun outside.
"If you don't mind exposing your devil identity to humans, then we can go right now."
"Uh"
Feeling the warmth of his touch, Miko's ears turned red, and her excitement simmered down a little.
"L-Let's wait until night, then."
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Meanwhile
Utaha, who had been writing in her Devil's Grimoire, briefly paused when she saw this affectionate master-servant interaction.
Then, as if nothing had happened, she resumed writing.
Only this time she was pressing her pen against the page way harder than necessary.
(Devil's Grimoire: .)
"Failed."
Utaha finished writing and casually stepped between Lynn and Miko, handing her Grimoire to Lynn.
Lynn flipped through it.
It contained records of Miko's two abilities.
They had tested whether Utaha's Archivist Devil skill could record and replicate these new abilities.
The result was clear: it couldn't.
"As expected."
Neither Lynn nor Utaha were surprised.
After all, Archivist Devil was described as a skill that recorded learnable magic and techniques.
Spirit Sight and Spirit Devil, however, were unique innate abilities awakened upon reincarnation.
They weren't something that could simply be copied or learned.
Lynn patted Utaha's head. "No worries. Archivist Devil is already plenty strong."
"I-I don't need comforting"
She said that, but she didn't pull away from the head pats, either.
Miko, on the other hand, wasn't paying much attention to their interaction.
She had peeked at the Devil's Grimoire and curiously asked, "What's this?"
"My awakened ability," Utaha replied matter-of-factly.
Since she had read Miko's abilities, it was only fair that she shared hers as well.
Miko was amazed. "That's awesome"
Utaha simply shrugged.
Archivist Devil was awesome, after all.
With that settled, Miko filled out her Club membership form and exchanged contact information with Lynn and Utaha.
Once Lynn added her to the peerage group chat, she stared at the group name with a weird expression.
So she was one of the harem.
What surprised her even more was that, aside from Lynn, the only members were herself and Utaha.
Which meant once the peerage grew, she would be one of the founding members?!
As these thoughts swirled in her mind, she continued discussing plans with Lynn-sama and Utaha-senpai for tonight's training session.
However
"I feel like I'm forgetting something"
Miko muttered to herself.
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Meanwhile
At the main entrance of the school building
Yurikawa Hana: "Where's Miko?"
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Spirit Absorption? Nah, It's EXP Pills!
[Miko: Sorry, sorry! Something came up, and I totally forgot about you.]
[Hana: Hmph! Miko, you're mean!]
[Miko: I'll buy you daifuku tomorrow as an apology!]
[Hana: Two of them!]
[Miko: No problem!!]
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After apologizing to Hana by messages, Miko finally let out a sigh of relief.
"This should be a good spot."
Lynn stopped in front of a deserted alleyway.
Hearing him, Miko put her phone back into her shoulder bag.
It was a dark, windy nightperfect for exorcising evil spirits!
Lynn scanned the area, picking the weakest curse spirit for Miko to practice on.
"That one should do." He pointed toward a spirit lurking ahead to the right.
Miko followed his gaze.
It was a bloated, greasy-looking spirit.
She took a deep breath and then stepped forward with determined strides toward the disgusting entity.
Even though she had mentally prepared herself, as she got closer, she couldn't help but feel tense. Her breathing instinctively grew quieter, and her scalp tingled.
To her, spirits had always been the stuff of nightmares.
Overcoming that fear was no easy task.
Emotions flashed through her mind one by one.
Finally, she stood face-to-face with the grotesque spirit.
"Can you see me?"
"Can you see me?"
Time to end this.
Farewell, Mr. Evil Spirit!
With unwavering eyes, Miko locked gazes with the greasy spirit.
The spirit froze for a moment before its expression visibly twisted into excitement. "You can see me! You can see me!!"
"That's right! I can see you!"
"Ah~ I've always wanted to say that~"
Miko suddenly felt a wave of satisfaction wash over her.
The spirit hesitated again, seemingly surprised.
It had never encountered such a fearless human before.
But it didn't think too much about itits grotesque mouth twisted into a grin as it let out a shrill roar. "I'll eat you! I'll eat you!!"
"Eat me? More like, eat this bag!"
Miko had no intention of dirtying her hands.
With a swift motion, she hurled her shoulder bag straight at the spirit, embedding it with magical energy as it flew.
Zzzzt
The moment the spirit came into contact with the bag, it reacted as if it had just met its natural predator. It only had time to let out a miserable scream before vanishing instantly.
Miko blinked, momentarily stunned. "That was... really easy."
A natural counter to spiritual beings.
In mere seconds, the spirit had been completely obliterated.
She hadn't even used much magic.
Glancing down at her bag, she muttered, "Huh. Are spirits actually this weak?"
"This one was just weak," Lynn reminded her. "Spirits have different ranks, and this was clearly a low-level one."
"I see."
Miko scratched her cheek, dialing back her overconfidence.
"That said, with your current power, dealing with most spirits shouldn't be a problem."
Lynn reassured her before continuing, "Now, let's try out some of your other abilities as a Devil."
"Yes, Master Lynn!"
"Forced Spirit Control"
Miko took a deep breath and focused her magic.
A nearby spirit's gaze dulled, and in an instant, she took control of it.
"I did it!"
Excited, she directed it to attack another spirit.
Roar!!
The two spirits immediately lunged at each other.
Seeing this, Miko took control of a few more spirits and sent them to gang up on the unfortunate target.
The besieged spirit was utterly dumbfounded.
Under the merciless beating of its fellow spirits, it quickly perished.
Miko exhaled slightly and reported, "Right now, I can only control about ten spirits at once."
'Low-level spirits.' Lynn mentally added the missing detail.
"That's already impressive," he said, clapping his hands in encouragement.
Miko could only control ten low-level spirits, but as for him? He could do much more.
After all, he was a high-ranking Devil.
Once Miko had rested for a bit, they moved on to testing another ability of her "Spirit Devil" skill.
Miko gathered the ten spirits together. Her eyes flashed as she parted her lips.
"Spirit Absorption!"
"Aaaaaaahhhh!!"
The spirits let out agonized wails as their bodies distorted, twisting toward a single point as if sucked into a black hole. They were compressed into small, crystal-clear purple beads.
Miko picked up one of them.
A moment later, it decayed like sand blowing in the wind.
Miko blinked, focusing on how she felt before hesitantly saying, "I think... nothing really changed?"
She absorbed the remaining nine beads one by one but still felt no difference.
Lynn rubbed his chin in thought.
"Alright, that's enough for today."
With that, a magic circle flickered beneath their feet, enveloping Miko and Utaha in its glow.
"Huh?"
Miko barely had time to react before they vanished from the alley.
Lynn's Home
A violet glow flickered in the living room.
The three of them appeared instantly.
Miko's eyes widened in amazement. "That was... incredible!"
In just a blink, they had arrived in an unfamiliar place!
Utaha, on the other hand, wasn't fazed. Having visited Kuoh Town, she was already used to Devil magic.
She even took a moment to explain things to Miko.
But Miko was more interested in something else.
"So this is Master Lynn's home?"
She eagerly looked around.
Utaha: "..."
I just explained an entire teleportation spell, and that's all you got from it!?
Of course, Lynn hadn't brought Miko here just to admire his house.
"Miko, take off your clothes."
"...Again?" Miko was briefly startled but obediently started undressing.
After all, she had already gone through this before.
Utaha made a guess. "Updating her blessing, huh..."
A drop of Lynn's blood fell onto Miko's back.
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[Yotsuya Miko]
Rank: Low-Class Devil
Race: Devil
Master: Lynn Valifer
Stats:
Strength: I0 I1
Agility: I0 I2
Endurance: I0 I1
Magic: I0 I9
Skills: [Spirit Sight] & [Spirit Devil]
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"As expected..."
Her stats had increased by 13 points, likely 10 from Spirit Absorption alone.
Even her physical stats had improved.
Spirit Absorption? Nah it's EXP pills?
Lynn's expression turned strange.
This ability... might be a little overpowered.
If she consumed a high-ranking curse spirit, would she skyrocket in strength?
There had to be a limit, right?
They needed more testing.
After copying down her updated stats, Miko got dressed and checked them over.
"Wow, my stats went up so fast! And even my strength increased?" She flexed her arms, confused.
Was it from swinging her bag?
"It must be 'Spirit Absorption,'" Utaha concluded.
Catching onto the nature of Miko's ability, she muttered enviously, "What a ridiculous skill..."
At that moment, Miko's phone rang.
"Oh no! I forgot to check in with Mom!"
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The Devil Lady and Her Loyal Servant
At the Yotsuya residence.
"Thank you for bringing me back, Lynn-sama!"
Yotsuya Miko stood at the doorstep, bowing slightly as she thanked Lynn.
Lynn waved it off. "No problem. I needed to come here to set a teleportation marker anyway."
"Um..." Miko hesitated for a moment before lowering her voice. "Would you... like to come in for a bit?"
Lynn glanced at the slightly opening door behind her and chuckled. "I think you'd better explain the situation to your mother first."
"Ah..." Miko stiffened and slowly turned her head, only to see the door had indeed been left open just a crack.
With a resigned sigh, she muttered, "Alright."
"Well then, see you tomorrow." Lynn gave a casual wave before stepping away and disappearing in a flash.
"Miikooo"
Miko's neck shrank in reflex.
Standing behind her was her mother, Yotsuya Touko, who sighed dramatically. "So this is why my dear Miko came home so late... She was out on a date with her boyfriend."
"Poor, poor Mom. I waited for you, even let the food go cold, and now I'm still starving..."
"I'M SORRY, MOM!" Miko apologized immediately, bowing deeply.
Touko grinned. "Alright! I'll forgive you... but next time, bring your boyfriend over for a visit!"
"Huh?!"
The Next Day
Supernatural Research Club
Miko arrived a little later than usual.
After leaving Hana behind yesterday, she had promised to make it up to her, so they had gone out for daifuku together. Only after parting ways with Hana did Miko rush back to school.
"I really need to learn Teleportation magic..." she thought to herself, recalling how effortlessly Lynn had teleported the night before.
During class, she had asked about it in the "Lynn's Harem Chat Group." However, when Utaha-Senpai sent her a massive wall of complicated theoretical knowledge, Miko immediately gave up.
"Yeah, nope. I'm just not cut out for studying..."
Standing outside the clubroom, she let out a small sigh of defeat before pushing the door open.
Inside, Lynn was seated by the window with his eyes closed, lost in thought.
To his side, Utaha was tapping away furiously on her tablet.
However, what truly caught Miko's attention was the massive, grotesque spirit in the middle of the roomso large that its head nearly touched the ceiling. And it was... tied up?
"Yiiaaaaa!!"
The bloated spirit let out an ear-piercing shriek.
Miko quickly stepped into the room and slammed the door shut behind her.
The speed at which she moved made it clear she was afraid the spirit's screams would echo throughout the entire school.
"Relax. Normal people can't see or hear it," Lynn said, opening his eyes.
Of course, that didn't mean Natsuki wouldn't send him a message complaining about the noise later.
Miko sighed in realization. "Ah, right..." She scratched her cheek awkwardly, then turned to the massive spirit. "Uh... so... what's the deal with this thing?"
She wasn't sure what to make of this situation.
Since when did the Supernatural Research Club... start abducting spirits?
If this had happened just a day earlier, she never would have believed it.
"This is a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit," Lynn explained. "Use Spirit Absorption on it, Miko."
"Oh! Right!" Miko quickly snapped to attention.
So this was an experimentto see just how effective her Spirit Absorption ability really was.
Taking a deep breath, she raised her hand, palm facing the spirit, and commanded firmly:
"Spirit Absorption!"
A hum resonated through the air as her magic activated.
The spirit's body began to ripple.
"AAAAA!!"
Sensing danger, it started thrashing wildly, desperately trying to break free from its bindings.
But... that was all it could do.
Lynn observed Miko closely as she started to breathe heavily.
"A Grade 2 Cursed Spirit... It's still a bit much for her right now."
Moreover, it wasn't even turning into an experience orb for her.
"That's enough," Lynn said, stopping Miko before she exhausted herself like Utaha had before.
Though, he wouldn't exactly mind helping his subordinates recover their magic in other ways...
"Haaah..." Miko exhaled, stopping her magic. Seeing that the spirit remained unchanged, she looked down in disappointment. "I'm sorry, Lynn-sama. I'm too weakI couldn't even weaken it."
Lynn simply patted her shoulder. "It's fine."
"Honestly, this is the expected result."
If there were no restrictions, he could just bring over a Special-Grade Cursed Spirit for Miko to absorb, and she'd level up like crazy.
Stepping closer to the bound spirit, Lynn casually patted it. "Alright, you're useless now."
The magic ropes binding the spirit instantly tightened.
