Yo Readers! Sorry for really~~long update chapter. It's just... you know that write a lot of story in same time really take my time and currently I don't really have much time because I have final exam coming! anyway, enjoy reading!

Chapter 03: Doppelganger in the Shadow

Next day, times skip to lunch break

Shido, who was called by his sister to physics lab on lunch break, was watched along with his sister and Reine some video. On video, was seen the scene where Mana with her CR-Unit was meet Kurumi and slaughter her. Kurumi doesn't even have a chance to defend herself and get killed. Shido that can't stand it just turn his sight and covering his mouth. After Mana done with her "business", she dispelling her CR-Unit and go like it was nothing.

After he look that, Reine tell him that Tokisaki Kurumi was killed by Mana, but he denied by tell that he seen Kurumi went to school normally. As expected, Kotori and Reine already know along with Fraxinus crew but they're clueless about it.

"Under those kinds of circumstances…she revived?"

On video video again, can be seen AST member "cleaning" the mess. But what Shido and as well Kotori and Reine concern is what after that. Mana who done her job was exit the alley and meet certain young man suit in black coat that his face is hard to see due his hood covered it.

"Who is Mana met to? Is he some sort of AST member too?"

"We make little investigation about it. From what we get, he's was assigned as Mana supervisor, so that's mean he's related to whatever happen. But…"

"But…?"

"Pretty strange, this guy has no information about himself. Even the information we got from our informant was proven incorrect."

"So… whoever is this person is really mystery, right?"

"Correct. But we must be careful."

"Careful? About what?"

"Just as you meet your lost-real sister, we caught an image that he was observing you. He even follows you to house secretly."

"W-wait a sec… you mean he follow us all that time?"

"Mostly. Until now, you're lucky the government agency is not taking an eye to you by involved in spirit business. Well… even if they were concerned, Ratatoskr is gladly helping you to make you save, even that mean make we must go to another country and… it will hard to tell the reason to father and mother."

"Well… I hope it will not happen."

"There's always a risk, but for now you're safe. So…"

"So…?"

"Hah… must I remind you every time?"

"Ah no! I know what I must do. Well… I'll give it a try."

Before Kurumi gets killed again.

Before Mana murders again.

"—Let Kurumi, fall in love."

Meanwhile…

"Done with your business?"

Right after meet certain white haired girl, Kurumi was heading back to class. When, she was walking, out from nowhere, familiar voice was been heard by her.

"Ara? Dante-san? I can hear your voice but I can't see you."

"Just in case if that girl, Tobiichi Origami is it? Was still follow you because your sudden re-appearance after she see your 'death' yesterday."

"Such a careful person you're. Its make me want to eat you, if you're not hard to chew."

"Sorry for be hard to be chew. Moreover, what will you do next?"

"Ara ara, already ask to the point as always. For telling you, I'll just fool around for now."

"Patient gives bigger reward eh? Not bad. And I have a feeling that something that will smoother your plan will come near."

"Is that true? Is not fortune telling, right?"

"No… it's not. Let just say your main dish will come to you by himself."

"Eh? You know already about my main dish? U~~ it's not fun anymore."

"Well, sorry for be not fun person. But—"

From nearby wall that nothing there, become static and reveal a figure of young man in black hooded jacket. He lean his face near Kurumi's with intimidate expression.

"If you going too far… better prepare yourself."

"*Gulp*"

By all time she has, this is one of time she gulped because she's scarred. And coincidentally, it was because one same person.

"D-don't scare me like that Dante-san. And also, I still have a class to attend so, bye!"

She hurried to her class. Meanwhile, Dante activated his camouflage again and walk away from there.

"Is she thinking it's a threat? I just warn her because what I somehow see."

"Well… those images that suddenly pop out on your mind… it are seen too real even for me."

"Yeah…"

He's walking to the rooftop. When in middle of walking, he passes the white haired girl, Tobiichi Origami who was meet Kurumi few minutes ago. He passes her without look to her. When he pass her, she stop on her track and look back, only find no one there. Shook her head, she continues her walk.

Meanwhile, Dante has arrived to rooftop. He was reminding what he sees before meet Kurumi. The scene… on here… on this school rooftop… she… Princess… Origami… Mana… Itsuka Shido… they're on this school rooftop. Princess and Origami… was struggle from her shadow… Mana was defeated and fall unconscious… and the boy, Shido… was nearly see Kurumi destroy entire school by summon spacequake… but, it was cancelled. And the culprit of that—

"The flame spirit, Ifrit."

"That spirit only and firstly appear five years ago on this city. But… I feel something off from that spirit."

"What do you mean, Nishiro?"

"Somehow… I feel she's not a spirit… but she's a spirit."

"She's but she isn't? Hm… this is complicated."

"But I have one conclusion."

"What is it?"

"If you think about it… is there's a chance that human can turn into spirit?"

"Hm… wait a sec; I'm human that turn into spirit, right?"

"No. You're human that become one with spirit, not become spirit itself."

"Ah… I see. Well, I don't think it myself. But from what you conclusion about it—"

He looks to sky. The gentle wind passes him; make his mind become more relaxed.

"You're maybe right. Human that turn into spirit is exist. Moreover, that boy who also possessed sealing power as me. This is not coincidently anymore, this is—"

"Yeah. That woman is finally made a move."

"And we fall one step behind. Damn it!"

As he feel unbearable anger, without he know he wreck nearby iron fence. Snapped to his sense back, he realizes it.

"Ah…crap. I lost control myself again."

"You must try to hold your anger, Dante. Not to mention that you're still suffer little mental breakdown from last time you're check it."

"I know I know. But… strange…"

He is clenching his hands. Strange enough, when he was in anger before, he's sense something… like he was feel it before, but also he wasn't even feel it before.

"Just what's wrong with me?"

"No comment. I myself don't know about it."

"Argh! Stop makes me uneasy. Let's find some food! What do you want, Nishiro?"

"As always, Takoyaki!"

"Hah… is there other food you can think? I doubt there's one nearby—"

"Look there."

As he mention, Dante look to direction that mentioned. A food car not too far from school gate was there. And it was—

"Seriously!? You want and it comes suddenly!? What are you!? Man of luck!?"

"Maybe Lady Fortuna is fallen in love with me. Hehe~~~"

"She's maybe blind or too stupid to give you luck."

Meanwhile… god and goddess realm

*Sneeze*

"Is someone was talking about me?"

Back to reality

"Anyway, once I buy it for you we'll go back here."

"Hm? Why?"

"I just want to see how this boy asking her to go on date, as well make sure to know where they're will meet each other."

"It's easier to just detect her when she's outside?"

"Hah… are you forget when I do that, it mean I'll leak out little of spirit reading and the worst situation is they date will postponed and I must act as Slayer to escape."

"Well… sorry. I was little forgetting about that fact. Anyway, how you eavesdrop them? It's still school time, you know?"

"I know what I must do. Trust me."

"You mean—"

"Yep. I hate to admit it, but these part powers of yours that make me have nightmare for a week FINALLY have some use."

"I don't know is that praise or insult."

Few hours later, after school

The last homeroom ended. Shido quickly rise from his seat, walking towards Kurumi's direction. At this time, he can feel cold stare from both Tohka and Origami from each side from his side. He decides to ignore them and continued moving forward.

"Kurumi, do you have a minute?"

Meanwhile, not far from Shido class, Dante is normally walking on hall.

"(I know this is not a good idea.)"

The reason he says that because his condition now. Rather a young man with black hair like always he look like, right now due Nishiro power he's now look like a beautiful tall girl with long black hair and light blue eyes and dress in Raizen High girl uniform (basically, it's just as Shiori appearance with different is eyes and hair color). He (or she now?) was walking toward Shido class to eavesdrop them about date plan that mostly Shido will ask now.

"What you mean this is not a good idea?"

"(Look around you dumbass.)"

The reason he says that because a lot of stare from other students that look on him.

Whoaaa… who is that girl?

Is our school having that girl as student?

She's beautiful

Look like I was fallen in love

And many more from other students. Whatever they say and stare make Dante become more and more can't deal with it. He decides to walk forward and ignore whatever other student say about him.

"Well… is not bad to feel it one time. I remember back from your first time as wizard you have this kind of experience."

"(You think this is easy as you think!? I'm a girl right now, you know!? There's something that really-really different about it and I feel uneasy about my own body.)"

No other thing he says about it than some heavy feeling on his chest right now.

"Why not? Big breast is something that girls always dream of."

"(Only certain flat chest girls! Most of girls not really thinking about it and even some of it self confidence about how they look now.)"

"Eh…!? Just when you know about that thing? I never know it."

"(I don't know myself! Maybe this is girl instinct!? Damn! My minds turn into girl one now. Let's complete what we must do and get out from here!)"

"Right-right. You're not funny person."

He's arriving on Shido class. When he sees it, he can look Shido just about to talk with Kurumi outside of class. He's now standing beside nearby wall, try not be seen by either Kurumi or certain white haired girl that probably will suspicious if she look on him even in his girl form.

"Ah, aah...Is that okay with you?

"Of course. It would be my honor."

"Really, then...tomorrow at 10:30, I'll meet you in front of the ticket station of Tenguu station."

"Yes, I'll be waiting!"

"(Tenguu station… front of ticket station… tomorrow at 10:30… Got it…)"

As he seen again, Kurumi give a smile after accept date request. Feeling his job is done, he was going to go but—

—Shido suddenly come from other direction and bumps him.

"Kyaa!" he's falling.

"Ouch! Ah! Are you okay?"

Looking to black haired girl that he's just bump, he's lend a hand to help her stand up.

"…!"

But he just stands by himself and walking away from him, without even look back to him.

"Is something wrong with me? Wait… is our school has that girl as student? I never had seen her…"

He's concerned about that girl he's just bump but take aside of that and decide to come back to classroom. Only to find Origami stand on front of classroom door, surprise him.

Meanwhile… certain Takoyaki cart

"That was close~~"

Taking Nishiro request, Dante was eating Takoyaki's as he's hungry as well.

"But I don't know it's just reflex or what but… that time you let out a girly voi—"

"Said it and I'll done eating."

"S-sorry. Keep eating please~~"

"You got it."

Taking another stick and put it on his mouth. He's keep eating and as well planning about what he will do tomorrow. Until—

"Wait…"

"Hm? What is it?"

"Is this just me or his date will be bloody hell one?"

"Of course! He was dating Kurumi—"

"Nonono. It's not that. I got really bad feeling that his date will be bloody like hell for him."

"Maybe is just your thinking."

"You're right…"

Tommorow

"You're wrong. Really-really wrong Nishiro."

"Looks like we both was man of luck anyway."

"Oh shut up!"

Using his "Over-seeking Vision" and as well turn into spirit mode and make him invisible, Dante was watching Shido dates, float up on city sky. As he though before, Shido dates was bloody hell. Not just one but right now he was dating three different girls in same time. Look that makes him want to laughing and face-palming in same time.

"Kurumi… Tobiichi Origami… and Princess, no… Yatogami Tohka from what I get from student lists."

"Surely this is worst combination date ever. One is hard to deal because only seen each other for few days, one is honestly not really need to be concern but due her easily jealous that make her become one who must be concerned, and the last one—"

"Really-really can easily suspicious if there's something wrong around her. On top of that, she's race with Kurumi in terms of 'needed to be watch over' lists."

"Lucky Ratatoskr crew was helping him until now."

"Sure is… hey, I have an idea. Well… for help him."

"You're sure want to do it? IF by any chance you reveal yourself, how you will face it?"

"I'll think it later. Let's go!"

He then flies toward some restaurant; where Shido right now is take a food for dating Origami.

Inside restaurant

"Nn, Origami! Sorry, I have to use the washroom for while!"

Shido just make excuse so he can go to Tohka location due he was informed that she was feeling uneasy. When he passing the toilet and walking outside of the restaurant, something seen happen inside the washroom. After few second, Shido can seen out from washroom and go to Origami place.

"Sorry for that! Are you waiting too long?"

"It's okay Shido. It's not too long."

"Is that so? Well… anyway, let's go to cinema now. It's near time for screening time."

"Okay."

After paying their food, Shido and Origami go to cinema who just next door. Well… of course the one who with Origami is not Shido, rather—

"(Fiuuhh! Looks like I able to deceive her.)"

"It takes great amount of mana for make it long. You must make sure to not do anything necessary than this."

"(I'll mind it.)"

—It was Dante, who right now using Nishiro power to disguise perfectly into Shido. He knows when he does this, some uproar will happen inside Ratatoskr's Fraxinus. But he doesn't care it, as long helping Shido for make Origami stay away from him as possible.

Meanwhile, inside Fraxinus…

"Wait a second… are you all seen what I just seen now?"

"I… don't sure about it Commander."

Of course they're not sure what just happen now. Just a few sec before, Kotori tell Shido to go to Tohka location because her feeling uneasy after apart from Shido. But right after out from restaurant where he eating with Origami, Shido just pop out from washroom and now was take Origami to go to Cinema Theater.

"Why… why there's two Shido!? Is one of you order our man to do it?"

"It's not possible Commander. Even the good disguiser will not have to perfectly disguise as someone like Shido. Moreover, from beginning we don't have personnel that have that kind of capability."

"Then who is guy that was with Origami now!?"

"Don't know. But if we look aside from it, this is good for our condition now."

"Can you explain it?"

"Yes. Right now, Shido must dating three girls in same time. Decreasing the girls, moreover the one, who need take caution away, will make advantage for this dating plan."

"You're right. I don't know who's that guy but I hope he can deceive her long enough until we success our plan. I hope he's not idiot like Shido."

Meanwhile…

"Achoo!"

"Shido, are you catching flu?"

"Eh, um… no! I don't. Anyway, let's go watching movie (I don't know, but I feel someone was talking about me)."

Shido(Dante) rub his nose after explain to Origami. But she just staring him without blink.

"Err… is there something on my face?"

"Nothing."

"O-kay…?"

They're continuing walking toward cinema. As before, Origami was linking her arm to him but she seen concern about something. Before Shido seen embarrassed about it but now he's look calm and not show any shock feeling like before. It make her somehow feel uneasy because she's thinking that Shido who with him now seen different person.

"…!"

She releases her arm hugging. She doesn't know why, but she feels something wrong with it.

"Hm? What's the matter Origami?

"You're… you're not Shido, are you?"

Seen her suspicious about him, Shido(Dante) kind worried and try to persuaded her with what possible thing Shido will do in this current condition.

"W-What are you talking about? Why you think I was someone else?"

"Before, you seen shock when we linking arms. But why now you seen calm?"

"Um… that's… it's not like I wasn't shock. But I just… well… put it together, even if this feels embarrassing."

"…"

"Err…"

"I see."

"Eh?"

"Nothing. Just curious about what just happen to you. Let's go watching the movie now."

"A-alright."

They're going to cinema then. Shido(Dante) have a feel that something will happen when they're watching movies because… well the girl on his side is the reason.

Few hours later

It's already 3.30pm. Kurumi right now was sitting on the long bench at the park when she's take a little sighed. She's sighed after counted how much Shido was ran off to toilet. With five hours of date, she's just spent third of it together with him.

"—Well, it's fine, I guess."

Kurumi used her palm to support her chin, laughing lightly with a "Fufu.".

That's right. That was only a small issue. Everything was just a process, not a stretch of time.

"After all in the end—He'll still become mine."

Using her index finger to lightly tap her cheek, she hummed a song on a whim.

Closing her eyes, the face of Shidou naturally surfaced in her mind.

It was possible, that this feeling was what humans call love.

From the moment she found out about Shidou, regardless of whether she was sleeping or awake, issues regarding him kept appearing in her mind.

I want to know more about him.

His interests.

His thoughts.

His—flavour.

"—Hehe."

Kurumi's smile deepened, she stood up, and, lightly stretched. Just as she has delusions popping in her head, she's feeling something. Something likes… spirit mana. It's really small, too small that it almost disappears, but she's known who that belongs to.

"Fufu~~ Looks like he was moving too. I wonder what he does now."

Meanwhile…

Muuu… where has Shido gone…"

Tohka right now walking on sea of people. She's concern why Shido keep disappearing. When she's just in deep of her though, she's don't realize that someone was walking toward her and bump her.

"Nuuoooo…!"

Falling onto her butt. Tohka stood up while patting her behind.

"S-sorry. I walked too fast."

"It's all right. I wasn't paying enough attention."

Tohka apologized, and that person used a monotonous voice to reply. She's don't know why, but she was heard that sound somewhere. When she looks toward the person, her eyes wide open. That's because not only she's meet not only person that she know, but also—

"Tobi… Tobiichi Origami!? S…Shido!?"

"…Yatogami Tohka."

"(Crap! Why in most of time I must face this kind of situation!)"

Tohka body trembling because what she just look. Shido was with other girl but not ordinary girl. She's Tobiichi Origami off all off people.

"(Not good. At this time, the worst thing will happen. Then—)"

Quickly Shido(Dante) hit back of Origami neck and make unconscious. As Tohka confused by sudden thing happen, he's dash fast on her back and do a same thing to her and make her unconscious. Before both girl fall to ground, he's catch them both on his hands.

"Hah… like always, fate have a funny way to wreck my plan."

"That's why I told you for just watch them and leave them alone. Now, how you fix this situation?"

"You know that I'm good on alter memory of person, right?"

"Is that me who you're talking about?"

"It's not my fault that you admit it yourself, right?"

"Damn! You trick me! Anyway, what I must do? Just hurry so I can back to sleep."

"Alright. This is what you must alter…"

Dante talking to Nishiro on his mind. After he's done explain, Nishiro do his job and make it like he was rewind the time.

After altering memories success…

"Tobi…Tobiichi Origami!?"

"…Yatogami Tohka."

At this moment, Origami probably realized the same thing. At the same time Tohka called out, she replied with a bit of annoyance mixed in her voice.

"Why are you in a place like this?"

"Th, that's my line! What are you doing here?!"

"I am not obliged to answer your questions."

"Wha—"

Just as she was about to argue back, Tohka changed her mind, now wasn't the time or place to be quarrelling with Origami.

"...Well forget it. I'm very busy right now. I don't have time to spare for you."

"Right. I'm busy as well."

"Hmph. doing something that cannot be seen by others..."

"I have to find Shidou."

"...What?"

That name that came out of Origami's mouth, made Tohka frown.

"Hold on. Shidou is on a date with me, why do you have to butt in?"

"That's nonsense. Today Shidou, is on a date with me."

"Wh, what!? Stop lying!"

"I'm not lying. You on the other hand, should stop it with those unrealistic delusions."

"I, I'm not deluding myself! Today we came to the aquarium together!"

"What kind of Shidou are you talking about, a dog? Or a puppet?"

"Of course I'm talking about the human Shidou!"

"..."

As Tohka finished speaking, Origami showed an expression as though she was pondering on some issue—before long, she raised her head slightly as though she had noticed something.

"Don't tell me..."

Saying that, she left, leaving Tohka behind.

"S, stop right there! Finish your sentence! What exactly is going on!"

Tohka, on the other hand, chased after Origami's back. As these two left, from the alley nearby Dante who's already turn into his normal appearance seem satisfied.

"Looks like my hard work finally pay off."

"Hah… you just read light novels that time and you're just lucky that you can use it to this kind of situation. What is the name of light novel again?"

"Forget it. Now let's see what Kurumi doi—"

He's stopped right after he starts to walk. It's because he's sense something that no one can't. The sense… of spirit mana.

"What's that woman doing there!?"

He's hurried toward the exact position of her that he was predicting by his sense before. Without he knows, he's passing the two girls that were running before. As he passed Origami, she's quite surprise because who she just pass by.

"Is that… Karakūkyo Dante!? What he doing here?"

Don't know why but she has a feeling that if she follows him that she will found Shido. She's try to follow him but due he was running really fast she can't follow him and leave behind.

"…what is that speed? Is he really human?"

And so, his figure is already disappearing in middle of sea of people. When he's running, he's take out his phone and calling someone.

"Who're you called?"

"If needed, that girl needs to be punished. But due circumstance, I can't act by myself."

"Hou… that mean you will call your little grim reaper there."

"Don't call her grim reaper… say anything bad about her and you will also get punished directly from me!"

"A-Alright… I don't want to taste your punishment anymore. Then?"

"Just wait… ah! Finally! Connected!"

"[Hello? Who's this?]"

"Hello Mana? It's me Dante!"

"[Eh? Dante-san? How you—]"

"Let me explain it later. Right now, go to specific location that I'll tell you."

"[Eh? Why?]"

"I found [Nightmare]!"

"[Eh!? Really!? Where!?]"

"Just listen…"

He's telling the location to Mana. Mana answers it with nod on her place.

"[Alright! I get it! I'll go now.]"

"Good! I have a feeling your precious brother was there too so you better hurry."

"[Nii-sama there!? Alright! I'll go there straight!]"

With such harsh sound, she's end the call. Dante just smirk a little after heard it.

"Is that the way to provoke her?"

"As long I mentioned [Nightmare] and her brother, she'll move no matter what happen. Even if I can arrive there first than her, I'm still in place where I can't move recklessly."

"Hah… whatever you say. I'll struck as watcher as always."

"Thank you for your concern. Now, let's move!"

In Kurumi place

" —dou! Shidou! Run! Right now!"

Shidou at this point finally realised Kotori's repeated cries through the transmitter. Barely able to stand, he tried to force his trembling legs to escape from the area.

However.

"Ufufu, It's...useless, you know."

"Uwa...!?"

Kurumi's voice sounded out from the rear, at the same time Shidou's legs were suddenly caught, falling down with his back facing the sky. As it was too sudden, his head hit the ground heavily.

"..."

His eyes seeing sparks as a dull pain forced him to involuntarily twist his features in pain, but now wasn't the time to pay attention to such details.

He had to escape—However, something seeming to be binding his right leg, he couldn't even move a muscle.

White hands stretched out from within Kurumi's shadow, forcefully grabbing onto Shidou's leg.

"Wh, what...is this...!"

Shidou flipped his body, hastily trying to get rid of his restraints. However his legs were being held with such force that was impossible to imagine, there was no way he could escape.

At the same time all of this was being done, Kurumi slowly moved closer to Shidou's front.

"Fufu, I've caught you."

Meanwhile, Dante just arrive on location not far from them. He's hide behind the tree and watch carefully what will happen later to them.

"(I just little warn her before but she was just taking it aside like nothing. Don't blame me if something happen.)"

He's readied his laser blade beside him. He was know he shouldn't do it but if situation was called, he have no choice to get his hand on business, because… he have his own reason to not let Shido get "eaten" by Kurumi or anything else. But before he can act something happen.

Kurumi body somehow was blown off backwards, hitting the concrete wall behind. Shido who witness it don't know what just happen, but Dante know what happen.

"—are you alright, Nii-sama?"

From another direction, Mana was come out in her CR-Unit ready and stand in front of him like was protecting him. Dante that seen Mana arriving just sighed gladly and put off his laser blade.

"(Lucky she was arriving on right time.)"

"You're pretty lucky. I don't know how you deal it if she was not arriving in time."

"(I don't want to image it, because I know it will be mess.)"

As he watching, Mana has short talk with Kurumi until she attacks her without mercy. Kurumi able to evade her attack but in the end she was get hit and leave on dying state.

"(She isn't fight back… she isn't the real one.)"

"I wonder why she's using her clone to get close to Shido rather do it herself and make sure anything will not go wrong?"

"(That was her problem. I don't want to get involved more than this. Let's just leave it to Mana and go from here.)"

"Hah… I don't know your reason but you're quite bad for just leave it to her."

"…"

Without say anything, he's just stand up and disappears inside the shadow.

Few hour later, Dante apartment

After some sort of event before, he was not in his room on his apartment. As he was drink his coffee and read some book the door was knocked by someone.

"Dante-san? Are you inside?"

"Hm? Oh Mana. I'm inside."

"Can I go inside? There's something I want discuss with you."

"Discuss? Sure. Come inside already."

"Excuse me."

She's open the door and going inside. Dante end his reading and just looking toward Mana who heading to him after put of her shoes.

"Then, what will you discuss with me?"

"Before I can say it, I want you to promise me something."

"Promise you? Why?"

"I just… you know… I don't want anyone to know about it. Especially… our place…"

"Hm…"

He put his hand to his chin like was thinking something.

"(This is probably having some connection to her brother. That mean—)"

"Probably she already knows something about his brother get involved on spirit business."

"(If that the case, I can't just don't care about it) Very well… you can keep my promise to not tell anyone even to our place."

"You can?"

"I can. I'll say this is probably something private so I'll shut my mouth even if anyone using harsh method to make me speak."

"Come on! Don't say it like you already ready yourself of possibilities getting interrogated."

"Well… it's not wrong to prepare yourself for any possibilities. Anyway, just say what you want to discuss now. Let little girl inside man room in this time will make some wrong idea if someone seen it."

"I-I know! Let's just discuss it fast."

Then she said what she wants to said. She said about situation that his brother was happen before (that was Dante already know) and when she was clean up the mess she found a strange transmitter that she can heard a familiar voice from it and say it was from Shido current sister Itsuka Kotori (and again Dante already know it but pretend to not know it).

"So, you want to ask about if this is right to make some negotiation to take your brother to us after you found out your brother was send to spirit without any weapon possessed. Is that the case?"

"That's right. I can't believe she was send Nii-sama to spirit, moreover to [Nightmare] without any single weapon. You know how dangerous it is, right!?"

"Yeah… I know…"

He sure know how dangerous it is to face spirit without weapon (but for him it was not dangerous if "you know how you should do" thing). But rather than that, what make him concern most that was Mana want her brother to be take care by her who in that case mean there's a really big possibilities that he will somehow get involved to their place thing. In his though, that was something he ABSOLUTLY not want to happen.

"Mana."

"Yes?"

"Are you sure about your decision? From what I look, your brother sure live happily and safe—"

"That's not the point here. I know he was already having good life but after I know he was getting involved by this and most of it, the one who make him involved is his current sister! How I, his true/blood related sister not do anything after I know it by my own eyes and body!"

"M-Mana. Please keep down your voice here. Even if the wall is thick, if you yell out like that the sound can still be heard."

"Ah! Sorry! I'll take down my voice."

"Good. Now let's go back to main topic."

"O-Okay."

"Okay… first, what I want to tell you are you must ask and try to negotiate with your brother current sister now. Right now, she was the legally his sister and he was already part of her family for such time. Take him out just because of that reason is out of question, especially because their parent right now on some oversea job."

"Wait, where did you know about it?"

"Let just say I have make some little investigation before. Take that aside, from what I talk is this is not what I, the outsider of this case must take action. I can only give advice ad that was my advice."

"But—"

"No "but" Mana. I know you're already trust me like I was your own family but this is something that you must solve by your own."

"…okay."

"Hm?"

Even she was little down before, she's suddenly have a face of someone who have determination, even her eyes was burning of determination.

"I'll solve it by myself I'll give a good result to be seen by you Dante-san!"

"Hoi-hoi… doesn't act like a daughter who just wants to have exam to enter their choosing school. I'm not your father or anything, you know?"

"B-but... well…"

"Well…?"

"I was… just see you as… as my own big brother, you know? I-I mean, until now you're the one who take care of me without any single question. S-so… you know…"

She's shyly said it to Dante who now see Mana face with such cute-like expression.

"…( Oh… my… god… Mana, please don't make that kind of expression! I'm still 24 years old young healthy man you know? What will happen if I can't resist it and just jump suddenly to you!?)"

"Then I'll enjoy the pressure with you."

"(You know Nishiro, you're just dig your own grave for saying that.)"

"…" Nishiro not said anything and just run away inside the mind world.

"(You're dead.) Um… Mana, don't forget that you already know your brother so; please don't show that kind of shy emotion to me. If someone sees this they will think I was pedophile or something."

Remembered by Dante, Mana face gone quite red and jump out from her place and do dogeza immediately.

"W-waaa…! S-Sorry! I know I must not show something like that to you. I'm really sorry!"

Just look her behavior, Dante was smile a little and pat her head lightly.

"D-Dante-san!"

"Sorry~ I just can't hold myself. If you're my real little sister I was already hug you tightly for your cuteness."

"Y-you say that I… c-cute?"

"Nope. I don't say anything. Anyway, you must go back to your own place before it getting late."

He's point toward clock that already past 10pm.

"Oh! Right! I'll excuse myself then."

She's stand up and going toward door. After she put her shoes, she open the door and wave toward Dante, that was answer back by him with another wave. After she was out, Dante let out a sigh.

"Hm? You're sure look tired. Something wrong?"

"Huh… ah, nothing. Nothing at all. I just… feel this kind of thing… feel wrong."

"Wrong? What do you mean wrong?"

"I feel that I shouldn't be here now, on this time. It's just… like a feeling when actor who was already get their role suddenly getting change forcefully."

"I don't get what you say."

"Neither am I. Just… let's just sleep for now. Don't forget that tomorrow is when that happen."

"You're right."

After he's turn off the light, he's going to his bed and sleep.

Meanwhile, somewhere else…

On top of building, somewhere that was not far from Dante place, a figure that overshadowed by darkness of night was standing there.

"…"

After a while, the figure turns back and makes a crack in air. In instant, the figure disappears without trace.