As I was processing my feelings of immorality and guilt at the thought of going up to a complete stranger’s house with my feet dirty, my father stopped.
“Itsuki. Come over here more.”
“Yes.”
As I approached, the “guiding thread Silvate” extended from my father’s body and formed a sphere.
“What is this?”
“It’s a barrier. The moment a monster enters, it automatically attacks.”
“I see….”
It can be used like that?
I was astonished as I watched my father’s magic.
It’s not the attribute change I’ve learned so far.
The one my father is using is the “trait transformation”.
I want to learn it as soon as possible.
I had been paying attention to my father’s every move with the intention of learning everything so as not to waste the practical magic lesson in front of me, but I never thought I would see actual magic in action so soon.
Once inside the barrier, we proceeded deeper into the hallway, which was dotted with black marks.
The inside of the house was no different from the outside, a typical Japanese house.
The white wallpaper glowed eerily under the dim light.
As we passed through the hallway and into the living room, my father stopped.
“Papa. What’s wrong?”
“…… Itsuki. Take a deep breath.”
“Okay.”
I took three deep breaths as my father told me to.
At that time, the smell of iron pierced the back of my nose.
Eh……? What’s that smell?
“When you’re ready, go in.”
“…..Yes.”
Then I stepped into the living room.
What I saw was red all over the walls.
The TV, the couch, the carpet, the wallpaper, everything was stained red.
No, it went beyond red to black.
In the center of the red, there was a crushed lump of flesh, barely recognizable as a person.
“Wh-What is this?”
The reason I didn’t cry out was because I was so shocked.
“It’s a second rank monster. They kill humans in more terrible ways in order to eat the magic from us.”
“No way……”
Next to me who was shocked, my father clasped his hands together.
I follow that pattern and put my hands together.
A fluffy, unrealistic sensation grabs me and doesn’t let go.
I felt as if I was dreaming.
“Today’s job is to find the monster that did this. It must still be in this house.”
“How do you know?”
“Oh, the policeman who contacted me is an exorcist, but only of the first rank, so he can’t exorcise monsters, but he can create a barrier to confine them to a single place.”
“I see….”
I was learning a lot.
I’m glad I came along after all.
My father and I continued on our way to the kitchen, but it was a dud.
There was no one there.
We also looked in the bathroom, toilet, etc., but the monster was nowhere to be found.
After searching the first floor inch by inch and not finding anything, we were left with the second floor.
My father and I looked at each other and stepped onto the stairs.
We heard a heavy wooden creaking sound, and at the same time, the “guiding silvate” came from the second floor!
“Papa!”
I moved quickly.
I created a wall in front of me with the “guiding Thread Silvate” and activated a trait change I wasn’t accustomed to.
Don’t make it sharp like a blade!
Build a wall.
Dooooonnnn!
A moment later, the violent sound of the impact crashing into the wall echoed through the house!
“It’s up! It’s up there!”
“……!”
My father, who had changed his blood phase, ran up the stairs.
I ran after him.
I never thought monsters would use magic!
The monsters I’ve met in my life have never shown any signs of using magic.
—-I don’t really know anything.
I can’t let my guard down just because I have a little more magic power.
I’m going to have to get stronger and stronger.
I went upstairs, determined, and saw a gray man in a trench coat standing in the middle of the hallway.
But it wasn’t a man.
It was a monster.
“Wow, what a shame….! 』
He doesn’t show his face, but you can tell from his voice that he is in a great hurry.
It can kill ordinary people, but it’s at a disadvantage when it comes to exorcists.
As I was looking at the sickening thing, the humanoid monster backed away, freaked out by my father’s presence.
Then it noticed me behind my father and chuckled..
“Ha! You’re with a child?”
He then stretched out his arm to bring out his guiding thread silvate.
“Are you telling me to aim at him?』
But before he could extend it, the monster’s body was punched away!
“…… you!”
Dooooooooo! The monster’s body, blown backward with a roar, hit the wall and bounced. As it bounces back, a second straight right hand flies in.
Of course, it’s not me hitting the monster. It’s my father.
“How dare you try to hurt my child?”
My father looks down at the monster on the ground and says ruthlessly.
The “guiding thread Silvate used for the barrier is wrapped around its arm.
He’s using physical enhancement after removing the barrier!
With two punches, the monster’s head is already half destroyed.
Its chest is dented as if it had been hit by a cannonball.
The beaten humanoid monster spits out what looks like blood and can only move its fingertips slightly.
Without allowing it to fight back at all, it’s overwhelmed……!
Uh, my father is too strong……!
“If you touch my child, it means you can’t complain even if you’re killed.”
“Then don’t bring your child here….”
It was a valid argument that didn’t make a sound, but my father, however, didn’t respond to it and tore the monster to pieces.
I heard he was strong, but I didn’t know he was this strong.
I was awestruck by my father’s battle, which I had never seen before.
“I exorcised the monster. All we have to do is find the other two victims who are supposed to be in the house, and we’ll be done for the day.”
“Yes. I understand.”
I nodded, and he and I set about our final task.
This was a family of three.
And the one who died in the living room was an adult in terms of size.
If that was the case, there had to be two more people somewhere.
I followed behind my father, repeating the premise in my head.
“…… here?”
My father opened the door, and it was a bedroom.
There was a bed in the center and a door next to it that appeared to be a closet, but a woman was lying in front of the door, bleeding from the neck.
…… dead.
“Itsuki. Are you alright?”
“…… yes. I’m fine.”
My father was very concerned about me, but for some reason I was fine.
For the first time in my life, I saw a dead body, but nothing moved me.
At first I thought it was because I was too shocked to accept the reality of the situation, but now I know that I was wrong.
The reason I was not shocked was because I had died once.
I had experienced the death of my own being, which was more important to me than anything else.
Compared to that, the death of another person wouldn’t move my emotions.
“Let’s find another room.”
As soon as my father turned on his heel, a guiding thread, Silvate extended from inside the closet. But only I, the one with the “true eye”, would notice it.
Just as before, I created a wall and played the monster’s attack and manipulated the thread to force the closet open. The woman’s corpse moves with a thud.
“Exorcist..! 』
Inside the closet was a male monster, also wearing a trench coat.
And a girl about 3 years old with a stunned face in his arms!
She’s alive.
That child is still alive!
“Don’t touch her. If you do, I’ll kill you!”
“It’s too late.”
Faster than my father can see the monster.
Faster than the monster can reach its fangs out to a girl.
My magic is aiming for the monster’s neck.
By superimposing “Attribute Change: Wind” and “Trait Change: Blade,” I can quickly slay the monster with my magic.
“Wind Blade: wind scythe.”
The next moment, a buzz！！！！
The monster’s head was obliterated with a tremendous sound!
Not only that, the monster’s head was also sliced off in the closet with a resounding “Bash!
Oh no! I must have accelerated it too much.
I’m sorry and at the same time the girl is released.
And just like that, with a thud, she fell to the ground.
“Are you okay?”
I rushed to the girl.
That was how I met Hina, who would later become my younger sister.
