So like with Aruku-Parcelmouth/Parceltongue, I'm going to invent an Asian word for Legilimens since I'm assuming there are different names for this ability in different cultures in the Wizarding World that don't have Latin as a root language. Hopefully that's not too confusing for you guys.
Ninety-Fifth Spell: Unmasked
Broken from his train of thought, Warumo glared at Haru.
"Say that again," Warumo demanded.
"I said I can't figure out this riddle," Haru repeated. "Would you mind coming over and helping me solve it?"
Warumo folded his arms and floated across the cavern pond to the island Haru stood on. As he did this, the ghosts of Daichi and Papurika followed him. Then Warumo pushed Haru aside and looked at the words floating in the shaft of blue light coming from the Magic Circle on the ground. Once he recited the riddle out, he chuckled.
"It's so simple!" Warumo declared.
"How so?" Haru asked.
"The answer is there is no truth, because the truth is what you choose to believe. And if I'm right, nothing should happen when I grab the stone."
Nervously, Haru watched as Warumo reached for the fake stone Haru put in the shaft of light earlier. But at the last minute, Warumo grabbed Haru by his blue jacket collar.
"You thought you could fool me, didn't you?" Warumo growled. "In addition to using Kotodama, I'm also a Gōsei, or Legilimens—meaning I can read your thoughts and project images into your mind."
"Is that why I sometimes heard your voice in my head and had those nightmares with you in them?" Haru guessed, though he didn't entirely understand the foreign word Warumo used to describe his ability.
"Exactly," Warumo confirmed. "Now give me the stone, or else!"
Daichi and Papurika made unnatural hissing sounds from their mouths.
"Why are you taking orders from him?" Haru said to Daichi and Papurika. "He's the one who killed you!"
Hearing that, the ghosts of Daichi and Papurika paused.
"Don't listen to him!" Warumo commanded. "It's because of him that you both died. He is a cursed child and brought nothing but misery to you in life!"
"That isn't true!" Haru argued. Looking pleadingly at Daichi, he said, "Remember when I saved you from that falling Ferris wheel? Did I bring misery then?"
"No, I was glad knowing you were holding me up—even though I didn't know how you were doing it," Daichi said as the black flames surrounding her body subsided.
"And Mom," Haru said, getting Papurika's attention. "I don't blame you for not telling me about my real parents. You were trying to protect me, just like Dad, and I didn't ask for anything in return except your love."
"Ugh, how sappy!" Warumo complained. "If you love your Manai family so much, then be smothered to death by them!"
So Warumo threw Haru toward Daichi and Papurika's ghosts. But because they were transparent, he went right through them. His body felt cold when he passed through them, which made his aching shoulder feel worse. Yet neither Daichi or Papurika attacked him.
"If you want proof of Warumo's treachery, look at Dad," Haru said as he involuntarily shivered. "Warumo stopped him from helping me, and he just wants to help you."
Looking back at the cavern entrance, Daichi and Papurika saw Uenō writhing on the ground still covered in the glowing yellow Spirit Scroll Warumo had trapped him in earlier. This made Papurika and Daichi float back and try to free Uenō even though their hands were burned by the glowing paper.
"Get back here!" Warumo ordered. "I didn't say you could leave me!"
But to Warumo's surprise, the two female ghosts ignored him and continued to try prying the Spirit Scroll from Uenō's body.
"Why aren't you listening to me?" Warumo complained. "I summoned you two with the Onryō Curse, so you should do what I tell you to do!"
"I know why they won't obey you, Warumo," Haru said, raising his wand up. "They don't bear a grudge against Uenō because he's their true family, and true families love each other no matter what. Higuāng!"
From Haru's wand leaped a small flame that traveled all the way across the pond and hit the Spirit Scroll. To everyone's surprise, the Spirit Scroll caught fire and instantly burned up allowing Uenō to free himself.
"Daddy!" Daichi said, hugging Uenō.
"My little Radish!" Uenō responded as he hugged Daichi tightly. "I thought I had lost you forever."
"As did I," Papurika said as she kissed Uenō on his transparent cheek. "When we were separated during that summoning ritual, I didn't know where you had gone."
"I never left, honey," Uenō said softly. "But before we leave this mortal plane together, let's help our son defeat the man who killed us."
Then the Dendes vanished much to Warumo and Haru's surprise. But then Uenō and Papurika reappeared, grabbing Warumo's arms on both sides.
"What are you doing?" Warumo said as he tried to lift Taka's wand. "You're supposed to be attacking Haru, not me!"
"Not anymore, you bad man!" Daichi said, using her tiny feet to kick Taka's wand out of Warumo's hand. "He's all yours, Big Brother!"
Haru didn't waste any time and got up. Ignoring his shivering body, he recited the first spell that came to mind, "Inazugō!"
In a split second, the bolt of lightning from Haru's wand struck Warumo's body. He convulsed from the pain of the lightning coursing through him, though the ghosts of the Dendes were unaffected as they still held on. With his white robes singed, the Dendes let go of Warumo, who collapsed onto the rocky floor of the island face-first causing his cypress snake demon mask to crack. Then Warumo's appearance suddenly changed from that of a tall young man with long black hair and cold-white robes to a short elderly man wearing a cream-white robe with long white hair tied up in a small bun.
"No way," Haru muttered as he knelt down. Turning the body over, he beheld a familiar face underneath the broken mask.
To be continued…