Well, I've been busy with some work and now I have some free time to write Fic.

Sorry for the late. Let's get started now

"Welcome back everyone, how was your visit Sanae?"

After sitting and talking, the three of them returned home. Touma was running behind so he arrived a few minutes later than Sanae, and Sanae, whose mood had returned to normal, happily responded to her mother.

"Yes, I'm very happy, everything is fine."

"Is that so, young man, why do you look so tired?"

"It's nothing, Miss Kanae."

Touma also quickly went into the house to help Kanae cook. Sanae also happily helped and did not forget to steal a glance at Touma. She could see that he was a bit tired. She felt sorry for leaving him behind and ran ahead, so she secretly apologized to him and helped him.

"Let me apologize for what happened earlier."

Touma still smiled and responded to her apology. And that surprised her a bit

"It's okay, as long as you're no longer sad. I'd rather see you smile than show that miserable face."

Touma gave a smile that made Sanae's heart pound and her face could clearly be seen to be extremely red. She quickly changed the subject so that Touma wouldn't notice her red face

"Is that so, thank you very much. Ahem, it seems my mother has finished cooking so I'm going to help her in the kitchen."

Sanae quickly went into the kitchen leaving Touma and Othinus right at the dining table. Both of them quickly put the dishes on the table. Othinus had already noticed Sanae's attitude, so she just looked at her friend in boredom.

"Oh right, it seems like Rei hasn't come back yet?"

At this time, they also noticed a person who had not returned even though he had finished preparing for dinner and had sat at the table. Touma also quickly got out of the dining table to search when they heard Rei's call.

"Miss Kanae, open the door for me."

"I come out now"

Kanae also quickly opened the door and she could clearly see Rei's extremely tired face. Kanae asked immediately

"What happened Rei?"

"It's nothing, Ms. Kanae, it's just that I'm a bit tired lately, so everyone should eat first, I'll go to bed early."

Rei lazily walked into her room, making everyone present in the kitchen wonder

"What's wrong with her, Mom?"

"I don't know, she looks very tired."

Kanae put her hand on her cheek and was worried about Rei. Even though it wasn't her biological child, she still thought this child was her child, so she decided to ask Rei

"I'm going to go talk to her, so you guys should eat first."

"Let me go ask her"

"Let me go check on the baby"

"Let me go ask because I'm her friend so of course I should go."

"Do you think you have much experience advising others?"

Kochiya and his mother started a small argument and they didn't notice that Touma had left the table and stopped the argument.

"Okay you two, Rei seems very tired, so it's not too late for her to rest a bit and then come ask later."

"But..."

Before Sanae could say anything else, Touma spoke before her

"That tired look shows that she doesn't want to hear anything from now on. If she does listen, she will only listen half-heartedly. Then all the advice and comfort will have no effect."

"..."

Both Kochiya and her mother heard what Touma said seemed reasonable, so they stopped arguing and had dinner. After a while, all the evening's activities were finished, and Rei was sitting tired and thinking about many things

She is fighting for herself, with family on one side and friendship on the other side, so she should decide what is right. If she chooses Family, others will see her as a traitor; if she chooses friendship, she will be seen as unfilial. All options did not help her

stomach growls*

"huh?"

She was very hungry and she looked at the clock and it was 11 o'clock at night. She decided to go down to find something to eat, she huddled away so as not to make a sound, she smelled hot food in the kitchen, she looked in and saw Kanae re-cooking the food to keep the food hot. Damaged

"Are you going down to eat, Rei?"

Rei was startled because she didn't expect to be discovered so quickly. She also showed up and greeted Kanae

"Hello"

"Hello at this hour might seem a bit redundant but it's a courtesy so I'll admit it, you've been brought up very well."

Kanae served food on the table and quickly invited Rei to sit down and eat. Rei was also hungry so her agreed to sit down to eat. Rei sat down to eat with a bit of guilt and pain in his heart. When her first bowl of rice had just finished, Kanae started asking about her

"What happened Rei?"

Rei was a bit startled again but then quickly regained her composure to answer Kanae

"It's okay, Miss Kanae, everything is normal."

"Really?"

Right after handing the second bowl of rice to Rei, Kanae was doing something under the table, it was a charm and was active. Sanae also started walking inside right after Rei finished her second bowl of rice.

"Sanae aren't you asleep yet?"

"Yeah, you don't have to act anymore."

"What do you mean by that!"

Rei quickly stood up and tried to pretend her didn't understand anything and went up to the bedroom, but a blue light covered the whole house, especially the kitchen.

"What is this, Miss Kanae?"

"What should I say, we just want to talk to you for a bit."

Rei also had to sit down, she also had the power given to her by her master, but if she used it, she would definitely be discovered, so she would continue to act.

"What do you two want to talk about?"

"about planning to save you family and others"

"?!?!?!"

Rei was startled and a little sweaty after hearing Kanae's statement

"You...you know everything already?"

"70% of everything probably?"

"I only have 60% of it, because I have a few doubts."

Rei was now sweating more than ever. She was worried and scared, then Sanae came close to her, making her extremely scared and retreated. Sanae got closer and closer and she slowly placed her hands on Rei's shoulders.

"Calm down Rei"

"I...I..."

"There's nothing to be afraid of"

Sanae calmed Rei down. After a while, Rei also calmed down and sat opposite Kochiya mother and daughter. She has so many questions and everything is happening faster than she thought. Kanae was the first to speak up

"If you want to ask anything, just ask."

"Have you known for a long time?"

Rei asked immediately even though her tone was clearly scared, Kanae calmly replied softly.

"Just recently, a year ago or something, I investigated this incident when something happened to Sanae. To prove Sanae's innocence, I investigated for a long time and discovered unbelievable things."

"Those unthinkable things are..?"

"A group that worships a mysterious person and he is an extremely dangerous person. Is he an Evil God?"

"If you know so much, why..."

Rei clenched her fists on her thighs with anger and tears falling. Sanae was about to say something but Rei suddenly stood up and slammed the table

"Why didn't you help me in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!" Do you know that I always have to fear for my family and also for myself!!!!! Your family has the power of gods, right??? But why didn't you help me from the beginning!!!!"

Rei knelt down, hugged herself and cried, Sanae could only put her hand on her friend's shoulder to comfort her. After a while, Rei calmed down and continued to chat with Kochiya and her daughter, this time it was Sanae who spoke up.

"Maybe it's my turn, right? After hearing my mother report back to me, I started seriously investigating the matter, but for some reason, the two gods who helped me investigate were mentally affected. As a result, the investigation was interrupted a lot."

"Two gods???? Are you investigating with a god!!!!"

"Yeah, what's wrong? I thought you were investigating me?"

"No, I thought you were sitting alone talking about autism."

"Oh, I forgot you're a normal person so you can't see them."

"So are you planning on making fun of normal people or what?"

"No, is that statement very ironic?"

"Only for people with high self-esteem"

The serious conversation is now becoming a conversation between two real friends, without any acting or pretense at all. After a while of settling down, the three of them began to continue their work

"If you two already know, is there any way?"

"If there is a way to defeat that Evil God, then there is no way, but if there is a way to save innocent people, there is definitely a way."

Hearing that, Rei had some hope in her and she was eager to hear what it was

"Me and the two gods that Sanae mentioned created a barrier that only humans can enter, and this barrier in particular is like an isolated world, so that guy definitely won't Where can I find it?"

"Then... everything will be resolved well, right?"

"Don't worry, we have already come up with a plan. The important thing is that guy. I don't know what power he has, but making even the gods' minds be controlled is not simple."

The three sat quietly and pondered more, but then it was interrupted by Rei's question

"That's right, where's Touma boy?"

"He's gone to sleep, after all I'm the one making him tired"

"..."

Rei suddenly became silent and stared at Sanae. Sanae didn't really understand that look so she ignored it. But what they didn't know was that Touma had already done something to Othinus, the two of them went to investigate because of what Othinus had noticed since they first entered the village.

"It's just like you said Othinus, there is indeed magic here."

"Yes, but don't deny it at this time. Who knows if this spell will be felt by its owner?"

"Well especially at this point, let's go find a few more. There's nothing to deny."

"Is everything arranged yet?"

Touma intended to continue running to find the remaining magic circles, but as soon as he heard the strangers' voices, he quickly hid in a large bush nearby, taking the opportunity to eavesdrop on their plan.

"It's all done, Captain, the magic circles arranged by element as he described were done quickly and correctly."

"Good, now let's set up a sacrificial magic circle and a barrier so that no normal human can leave here."

"Yes, Captain"

It was a small group of people given the task of carrying out the plan of the God they worshiped. After leaving the position, Touma has a chance to come out of the bushes

"It really hurts, who would have thought it would be bitten by an ant?"

"That's not as important as what just happened, it's clear that they not only want to sacrifice Sanae but also innocent people in the village."

"The plan of the other three is being implemented, so rest assured, our job now is to quickly find the locations to display the magic circle and barrier."

"Yeah"

Touma started looking for magic circles through Othinus, then he quickly found magic circles and his job now is to learn how the barrier works.

"It looks like the barrier has been applied, Human so your job is to punch them unconscious or kill them."

"It's fine to lose consciousness, there's no need to kill people, Othinus"

"I was only joking"

Touma and Othinus ran back to Sanae's house to see how the three of them were doing. Touma could see that the atmosphere among the three of them had become much more comfortable. When he entered, Sanae had already walked out of the kitchen.

"Are you not sleeping yet, Touma?"

"Not yet, but I have some information for everyone."

Touma quickly dragged Sanae back to the kitchen and told the three of them what he knew.

"That's useful information, but is there any way to destroy it without being detected?"

"What about kidnapping the user?"

Othinus immediately came up with an idea and it gained everyone's agreement. Although this method is a bit mean, because the situation is happening so quickly, this is the best plan they have.

"Rei, do you know who set up that magic circle?"

"It's a magician who specializes in magic formations, I think I have a picture of him"

Rei rummaged through the photos on her phone and it was a photo of a skinny magician with an extremely arrogant face, his appearance reminded Touma of someone when he first met him.

"So the next night we will act, when the ceremony is carried out?"

"There will be a solar eclipse in two days so we'll start taking action the next night as Miss Kanae said."

"Wait what kind of ritual requires an eclipse?"

Touma immediately asked about this issue because according to the little experience he knew, until now he had not seen any rituals related to the Solar Eclipse. Rei shook her head and said

"Actually, I don't know, but if I were to guess, is it similar to the rituals of the ancient Mayan civilization?"

"It's very possible, almost everything related to rituals related to the sun will immediately be associated with ancient Maya."

Othinus also somewhat speculated like Rei, Touma sighed, he wished Index was here to ask for more information. Everyone in the house thought for a long time before Kanae decided

"Just follow the plan we just discussed and then we will continue to calculate. Now we have to go to bed early to carry out the plan. We must have strength to do it."

Touma glanced at Sanae and Rei and then he did as Kanae wanted, he went to the first room to sleep. Kanae also went into the bedroom. Only Sanae and Rei are the last two left

"This Sanae"

"What's wrong, Rei?"

"Can I sleep with you tonight?"

Sanae blinked then she happily spoke

"Okay "

"Thank you"

The two happily went into the room to sleep together

End of Chapter 28

I know this chapter was rushed too fast, so in the future I will fix it after finishing Sanae's arc or a future Marisa arc. Thanks for following the story