The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Although they were still in a cold war, Yukino Yukinoshita was still very concerned about Hachiman Hikigaya's unusual reaction of panting heavily.

After all, although this guy is annoying, he is still a member of the Service Department, and as the head of the department, she has to make sure that the members are in good health.

"No, it's nothing..."

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head and sat back down in his seat.

The girl's face reappeared in his mind.

Not only that, but with a flash of light, he suddenly found himself in a place filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

"It's a beautiful place, isn't it?"

A lively voice came from behind.

Hachiman Hikigaya turned his head and saw the face that had just flashed through his mind standing not far from him.

"you are?"

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Hachiman Hikigaya asked somewhat hesitantly.

"My game ID is Yuki, and my real name is no longer important."

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's question, Yuuki smiled and then stretched, walking towards Hachiman Hikigaya with a relaxed expression.

"Game ID? Where am I?!"

Upon seeing the girl who called herself Yuuki approaching him, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately became wary.

Don't be too nervous.

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya's wary expression, Yuuki covered her mouth and laughed.

After laughing for a while, she seemed to have thought of something even happier, and she started rolling around on the grass, clutching her stomach.

"Hey!"

Seeing Yuuki standing to the side, laughing to himself, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I was just thinking that with your personality, you'd definitely survive long enough to finish the game if you went there, and maybe even become a famous powerhouse..."

Wiping away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, Yuki got up from the ground and straightened her clothes.

"Game completed?"

Again, it was a completely unfamiliar word. Hachiman Hikigaya frowned and looked at Yuuki.

"I'm sorry, these things probably don't exist in your world. So I won't waste any more time explaining."

As she spoke, Yuki paused, then a solemn expression appeared on her face.

"You're here to learn the Virgin Mary aria, right?"

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

"Put the sugar and butter into a pot of hot water and let them melt. Let it sit for ten minutes. Then use a whisk to scrape the butter and press it into small pieces."

"Then beat the butter with an egg beater until it becomes a crumbly mixture. Add the raw egg liquid and beat quickly. Add the mixture of flour and milk powder and beat until it becomes a crumbly mixture. Divide it into two parts."

"Part of the mixture is added to a blend of flour and cocoa powder, and the other part is added to flour. The mixture is shaped using molds, baked in oil until the cookies harden, then flipped..."

Yukino Yukinoshita patiently teaches Yui Yuigahama how to make cookies.

He didn't forget to look up at Hachiman Hikigaya, who was sitting motionless on the stool, to see if he was dead.

Finally, after wasting almost all the ingredients, Yui Yuigahama completed the last step of making the cookies, "independently" creating a cookie that, apart from being a bit dark in color, smelled and shaped almost exactly like the one made by Yukino Yukinoshita.

"This time it shouldn't kill anyone, right?"

As Yui Yuigahama placed the finished cookies onto a plate, Yukino Yukinoshita muttered to herself.

Well, probably not.

The cookies that were clearly poisonous just now were able to revive Hachiman Hikigaya after he ate them. This time, she personally oversaw the quality of the cookies, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Thinking this, Yukino Yukinoshita told Yui Yuigahama to rest for a bit, and then she walked towards Hachiman Hikigaya, wanting him to taste the newly made cookies again.

Chapter 53 Congratulations on completing your apprenticeship!

Streaks of sword light approached Hachiman Hikigaya.

Looking at Yuuki, who was easily wielding her longsword and using Aria of Sorrow to knock the demon-slaying sword out of his hand once again, Hachiman Hikigaya had a helpless expression on his face.

"You're incredibly fast..."

Hachiman Hikigaya originally thought that after receiving the enhancement of spiritual power, his speed should have reached the peak of human speed.

Yuki's appearance made him understand the principle that there are always people more capable than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding.

Whether it's reaction speed or the power of his sword swing, Hachiman Hikigaya was completely defeated!

Looking at Yuki's petite figure, Hachiman Hikigaya simply couldn't understand why such powerful energy could erupt from her body.

"It's not that I'm too fast, it's that you're too slow!"

Yuuki winked playfully at Hachiman Hikigaya, and Yuuki picked up the fallen Demon Slayer Sword and handed it to him.

She then returned to her original position.

"Come again!"

.......

As his demon-slaying sword was repeatedly knocked away, Hachiman Hikigaya finally grasped a bit of the knack.

He no longer relied solely on his eyes to observe Yuki's next move, but instead anticipated her next attack and prepared to block it in advance.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Hachiman Hikigaya successfully defended against Yuki's Mother's Lament for the first time.

“Snap, snap, snap…”

Looking at Hachiman Hikigaya, who was in a terrible state but had successfully withstood her attacks after she held back, Yuuki clapped her hands to applaud his achievement.

"Congratulations! You have already learned the basics of the Virgin Mary aria!"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing Yuki's words, Hachiman Hikigaya looked up in surprise.

He was getting beaten up the whole time, so how did he manage to learn the Ave Maria aria?

But what came into his view was not Yuuki's lively and cute face, but himself holding the Demon Slayer Sword!

"Have I always been alone?"

Looking at the clone that suddenly disappeared before his eyes, Hachiman Hikigaya seemed to be deep in thought.

No, that's not right, Yuuki really does exist!

Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head, reaffirming his decision.

He slowly raised the demon-slaying sword in his hand, took a deep breath, and looked at a large tree in front of him.

A sense of familiarity spread through my body.

Just as Yuki said, he has already learned the Aria of the Virgin Mary.

The demon-slaying sword in his hand flashed out like lightning, first making five consecutive thrusts from the upper right to the lower left, then making five consecutive thrusts from the upper left to the lower right, and finally making a powerful final thrust in the middle.

Hachiman Hikigaya could clearly sense that the Demon Slayer Sword in his hand was not the best weapon for using Ave Maria, but this did not hinder the power of Ave Maria.

Facing the giant tree before him, he seemed to see the evil spirit being suppressed by his move, forced to retreat continuously, and finally dying under his strongest attack.

"It's done!"

Looking at the wounds on the tree trunk, Hachiman Hikigaya reached out to check just how powerful the damage was.

But just then, Yukino Yukinoshita's stern voice came from the void.

"Pervert, what do you want to do?"

Huh? When did I go from being a voyeur to a pervert?

With a sense of doubt, Hachiman Hikigaya looked up in the direction from which Yukino Yukinoshita's voice was coming.

The scene in his vision began to distort, and when it returned to normal, Hachiman Hikigaya found Yukino Yukinoshita standing in front of him with a frosty expression.

His hand was outstretched in mid-air, almost touching the forbidden area.

"Sorry, I accidentally fell asleep just now..."

Hachiman Hikigaya reluctantly withdrew his hand, an embarrassed expression on his face.

He never imagined that his actions in the realm of consciousness would be brought into reality.

"Oh? I wonder what this pervert dreamed about while he was sleeping that made him do that when I came over?"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's explanation, Yukino Yukinoshita revealed a cold smile.

Clearly, she didn't believe Hachiman Hikigaya's nonsense, but rather took his actions as intentional.

"this...."

Hachiman Hikigaya was speechless.

"Forget it, I don't want to talk about this anymore. The second batch of cookies is ready, come and try them."

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya was speechless, Yukino Yukinoshita felt a pang of disappointment. She coldly uttered a sentence and walked back to Yui Yuigahama's side.

"Yukinoshita-san, what's wrong?"

Because Yui was blocked by Yukinoshita's body, Yui didn't see what had just happened.

At this moment, she looked at Yukino Yukinoshita, who had only gone over to call someone and whose face suddenly turned pale when she returned, and a blank expression appeared on her face.

"Cough cough..."

Hachiman Hikigaya happened to walk by and overheard Yui Yuigahama's question.

He coughed awkwardly twice, then went to the two plates of cookies.

Needless to say, the one with the normal color must have been made by Yukino Yukinoshita, while the one next to it that was somewhat dark in color was naturally made by Yui Yuigahama.

Logically speaking, Hachiman Hikigaya only needed to taste Yui Yuigahama's cookie.

After all, his role here is to check whether Yui Yuigahama's cookies are up to standard.