The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Even if he went to another world and his strength increased a lot, if they were to face each other, he would definitely be slapped away.

"It won't be revived immediately."

The Inari deity immediately corrected the flaw in Hachiman Hikigaya's words.

Although the theft of her incense had a great impact on her, if that little bit of incense could revive the nine-tailed fox, then the incense's effect was simply too good.

In reality, the stolen incense only serves to awaken people at best.

Don't forget that the thief originally intended to take over the entire shrine, but he only chose to leave with the incense offerings because Hachiman Hikigaya returned in time.

"Because it's a fox, my incense is most effective for the revival of the nine-tailed fox. Even if the remnant soul of the nine-tailed fox is summoned and revived as a result, it should be hiding in some secluded corner, secretly accumulating power. Moreover, you don't actually need to worry too much about its power. Over the long years, the Killing Stone has been broken into countless fragments. Even if it collects most of the Killing Stones, its strength will at most reach the level of a lower-level demon. With the speed at which your strength is increasing, by the time it reappears in the world, it will no longer be a threat."

"Lower-level ghosts and spirits?"

Having learned of the new power ranking system from Inari, Hachiman Hikigaya showed an expression of interest.

"Let's talk about this when you reach the Emperor level."

The Inari God smiled slightly and declined to reveal the higher level of his realm to Hachiman Hikigaya.

After all, there's a deep chasm between the Emperor level and the God level, not to mention that Hachiman Hikigaya is currently only at the King level...

Moreover, even if Hachiman Hikigaya ultimately fails, it's not a big deal.

After all, he was only responsible for protecting Chiba at best; the real guardian of Kanto was someone else.

Thinking of the man she had met once before, the smile on Inari's face froze.

Compared to Hachiman Hikigaya's concept of equality for all beings, that guy was undoubtedly an extremist who firmly believed in the supremacy of humanity.

If it weren't for the other exorcists stopping her, she probably would have disappeared long ago.

"What incredibly domineering humans..."

Thinking of the terrifying aura that had made her soul tremble, Inari sighed softly, then looked at Hachiman Hikigaya with even more determination.

For the sake of his own safety and that of his attendants, Hachiman Hikigaya insisted that he must take over the position of the guardian of Kanto!

.............

Monday morning.

After Sakura joined, the Hikigaya siblings walked the same road to school together for the first time in a long time.

"It's been so long since we went to school together..."

Holding Sakura's hand, Komachi followed behind Hachiman Hikigaya on his bicycle. Since Hachiman Hikigaya went to high school, they had never walked the entire way to school together again. Komachi seemed a little excited.

"After all, it's Sakura's first day of school, so of course I have to go."

Thanks to the Inari God, Sakura and Illya's schooling problem was solved in just one week.

As it was Sakura's first day of school, a day to celebrate, Hachiman Hikigaya naturally couldn't be absent.

"What about your school, Onii-chan? Won't Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei be angry?"

Afterwards, the three siblings felt great going to school together, but when Komachi thought that today was also a normal school day for Hachiman Hikigaya, she couldn't help but worry.

After all, she had heard of Hiratsuka Shizuka's reputation more than once from Hikigaya Hachiman.

"I've already taken leave."

Although she was skeptical of the reason given—taking her younger sister to school—Hiratsuka Shizuka, undoubtedly a good teacher, ultimately granted Hikigaya Hachiman's request for leave.

The ease with which his application was approved made Hachiman Hikigaya somewhat uneasy; he feared he would be dragged into Shizuka Hiratsuka's office and interrogated again upon returning home...

"I don't want to go to school!"

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was worrying about his fate in a few hours, he suddenly heard a familiar shout.

Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see Ilya, who had already changed into her elementary school uniform, clinging to a telephone pole and putting up a desperate fight with Irisviel beside her.

“Ilya..…”

Looking at her willful daughter, Irisviel looked quite helpless.

They had already hypnotized her with magic while she was distracted by playing games, but they didn't expect Ilya's magic skills to be so high that she dispelled the hypnosis herself halfway there.

She could no longer use hypnosis to re-hypnotize Illya, so Irisviel had no choice but to try to take Illya to school by force.

Good morning, Irisviel.....

Just then, Hachiman Hikigaya walked over from a distance with his two younger sisters.

Ignoring the awkward posture of the mother and daughter, Hachiman Hikigaya raised his hand to greet them.

Good morning, Hachiman.

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's voice, Irisviel's eyes lit up as if she had seen a savior.

Unlike her mother's reaction, Illya's face showed a look of despair, as if she had encountered a great demon king, the moment she saw Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Good morning, Ilya..."

Just when Illya felt hopeless about life, Sakura's voice came from behind Hachiman Hikigaya.

"cherry!"

Ilya, who had been clinging to the telephone pole, immediately relaxed and smiled when she heard Sakura's voice.

This time, without Irisviel having to force her, she voluntarily let go of the telephone pole and ran to Sakura's side.

Chapter 270 Different Ways to Deal with Being Late

Are you going to school too?

Looking at Sakura wearing the same school uniform as herself, Illya's face was filled with anticipation.

"Well, but I'm going to the first year..."

Seeing the excited look on Ilya's face, Sakura, completely oblivious to the situation, poured cold water on her enthusiasm.

"First grade?"

Sure enough, Ilya's smile froze upon hearing which grade Sakura would be attending.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she turned to look at her mother and asked in a pleading tone, "Mom, should I go to first grade too?"

"How could something like this be changed on the spot!"

Hearing her daughter's innocent words, Irisviel felt both amused and annoyed.

It's worth noting that Illya was able to start school so quickly thanks to Hachiman Hikigaya.

Now that things have been settled, how could they let her do whatever she wants?

What's more, Ilya is a full two years older than Sakura.

Although her future height is still uncertain, at least for now, Ilya is about half a head taller than Sakura.

Keeping her in the first-grade class group chat is just too antisocial...

"Can't it be changed?"

After hearing her mother's refusal, Illya was somewhat disappointed, but then she looked at Hachiman Hikigaya with expectant eyes.

She clearly knew very well who had the most say in the room.

"It can't be changed."

However, the ending was destined to disappoint Ilya.

Despite Illya's longing gaze, Hachiman Hikigaya remained unmoved.

Hachiman Hikigaya refused for the same reason as Irisviel—Illya was too old.

"Well......."

After being rejected twice, Ilya pouted and made a face as if she was angry.

However, aside from making everyone think she was quite cute, her actions had absolutely no deterrent effect.

"I poke~"

Seeing Ilya's frustration at not being in the same grade as Sakura, Komachi moved closer to her and gently poked her chubby cheek with a finger.

Caught off guard, Ilya opened her mouth, and her entire face deflated instantly like a punctured balloon.

"Who are you?!"

Suddenly ambushed, Illya noticed that there was a smiling, dangerous-looking girl with Hachiman Hikigaya and Sakura by their side.

Subconsciously taking a few steps back, Ilya ran behind her mother without hesitation. After tightly gripping Irisviel's dress and feeling almost safe, Ilya peeked out again to examine the strange woman in front of her.

"My name is Komachi, and I'm Sakura's older sister~"

Raising her hand, Komachi greeted the mother and daughter in front of her quite warmly. She was especially excited when explaining her identity.

After all, when introducing herself to others in the past, she would always refer to herself as Hachiman Hikigaya's younger sister, and then talk about how much her older brother had taken care of her before.

Unexpectedly, after Sakura arrived, she was finally able to introduce herself as an elder!

"You're Hachiman's sister, aren't you?"

Although Irisviel had already guessed Komachi's identity when she first saw the three of them.

However, after Komachi formally introduced herself, Irisviel still politely showed a surprised expression.

I said, "Go to school..."

Seeing that Irisviel and Komachi both looked like they had known each other for ages and were about to chat for hours, Hachiman Hikigaya realized something was wrong and immediately steered the conversation back on track.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's reminder, Komachi took out her phone to check the time, only to tragically discover that she was about to be late.

"There's no other way, let's start running."

The time agreed upon with Sakura and Illya's homeroom teacher was also before the first class.

Seeing that time was running out, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately picked up Sakura and ran towards the school with Komachi.

"stare........."

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya pick up Sakura, Illya immediately turned to look at her mother.