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"Um... thank you."

Seeing the milk carton handed to her, Yukino Yukinoshita realized what was happening, quickly thanked them, and took it with both hands, holding it in her palms in a daze.

"Strawberry milk?"

"Sweets can make people feel good, especially if you need to calm down right now. Eating some sweets is the best choice."

"Um...thank you."

Yukino Yukinoshita expressed her gratitude again, but she couldn't help but look up at Aizen in front of her and ask him a question.

"Even Death knows... I mean, do you drink strawberry milk too?"

"What, do you think Death is some old relic who is completely ignorant of human affairs?"

"Sorry, that's not what I meant. I was just a little surprised. A lot happened today."

Today's experiences were a bit too surreal. First, I encountered a terrifying evil spirit and watched helplessly as it devoured a soul that looked like a cat. Then, I was followed by the evil spirit all afternoon. At the critical moment, I encountered a Grim Reaper, who fortunately appeared in time to save me, otherwise I was afraid I would have been eaten by that evil spirit.

"I understand. There aren't many people as unlucky as you. You're one in a million. You don't need to worry about it too much."

"..."

If you don't know how to comfort people, you don't have to.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Aizen with a speechless expression.

"Hurry up and drink it, drink something sweet to make yourself feel better."

Yukino looked down at the strawberry milk in her hand. It was the kind sold in the school's vending machine, a very common brand. Considering that the other person had just saved her, there was no possibility that they were trying to trick her with a drugged drink, so she opened the milk and started drinking.

Whether it was a placebo effect or the strawberry milk really worked, after taking a couple of sips, Yukinoshita felt much more relaxed and less nervous than before.

After calming herself down, Yukino looked at Aizen, her curiosity prompting her to ask the question that had been bothering her.

"Mr. Death, can you tell me what exactly happened with that evil spirit? And you... does Death really exist in this world?"

Aizen pushed up his glasses.

"Want to know about evil spirits and death? No problem, I can tell you. But right now, you need to take care of your own affairs first."

"My own business?"

"That's right, your companions have arrived."

"Ok?"

"Little Snow."

Yui Yuigahama appeared at the corner of the corridor.

"Ah, I've finally found you."

"The door to the activity room was locked. I thought you had gone home first."

Yui Yuigahama rushed up to Yukinoshita and braked suddenly, then began to look Yukinoshita up and down.

"Sorry, I locked the door when I left for lunch break, and I haven't been able to go over for some reason."

"Hmm~~ It's nothing, it's nothing."

Yuigahama Yui quickly shook her head.

"I'm just glad you're alright. I thought something had happened to you and you had to leave school."

Can't you see the Grim Reaper next to him at all...? He looks exactly like the evil spirit from before.

Yukinoshita glanced at Aizen beside her, then looked at Yuigahama Yui.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just thinking about some things."

"I never thought you, Xiaoxue, would have worries too."

"Why do you say that? Do I look like someone who doesn't have any worries?"

Yukinoshita looked at Yuigahama Yui with curiosity.

"Because Xiaoxue, you always seem very confident in everything you do, and you do it so easily. You seem really amazing!"

"I'm not confident in everything I do; I'm just good at what I'm relatively good at."

Yukinoshita was unusually modest. As the most beautiful girl in the whole school, she encountered something she couldn't handle today, and the Grim Reaper who witnessed it was standing by watching.

After tidying up, Yukino stood up from her seat.

"Yuihama, I have some things to take care of today, so I'll head back first. As for club activities, I'm sorry, we'll have to pause for today and continue tomorrow, okay?"

"Huh? Ah... okay!"

Yui Yuigahama paused for a moment, then nodded somewhat blankly.

"Then I'll be going now. Please inform Hachiman for me."

Carrying her schoolbag, Yukinoshita walked past Yuihama and left quickly. Yuihama stared blankly as Yukinoshita left, then frowned in confusion.

"What's wrong with Xiaoxue? Did something happen to her family?"

Although they've known each other for a while, Yui suddenly realized that she knew absolutely nothing about Yukinoshita, not even her hobbies or family situation.

After leaving Yukinoshita, she quickly left the teaching building, crossed the courtyard, and began walking alone to her residence. She did not choose to take a car but walked alone, because this way she could avoid other people and communicate with Mr. Death who was following behind her.

"Mr. Death, can you tell me about evil spirits and death now?"

“There’s no problem. If you’re an ordinary person, you can’t see evil spirits and death, so it doesn’t matter. But you’re different. You can see death and evil spirits. As the Grim Reaper, it’s necessary for you to know some of the truth about this world.”

[Aizen] explained very kindly.

Is the world real?

I never imagined that after living for more than a decade, I would now be able to come into contact with the true face of the world.

"That's right, this world has a soul, that is the essence of humanity. The human body is just a vessel for the soul. Under normal circumstances, humans will live out their short lives, be born, grow up, age, and die. After death, the human soul will separate from the body and become a pure soul."

“Souls without obsessions will go to the Soul Society, the home of souls, where souls live and reincarnate, which is what you humans call becoming a Buddha. But souls with obsessions, such as things they didn't finish before they died, or things they still care about, will remain in the mortal world because of their obsessions. As time goes by, they will gradually fall and become the evil spirits you just saw, which we call Hollows.”

"Their hearts are empty. They initially stayed in the world because of their own obsessions, but eventually, in order to continue to stay in the world, they began to devour other souls. This is because the world does not contain the nourishment necessary for the continued existence of souls, namely, spiritual particles."

"But the soul is made up of spirit particles, so the void will seek out other souls and devour them. The souls of living people contain the most spirit particles, especially those who can see souls, whose souls are even richer in spirit particles."

"So that's the kind of person I am?"

"That's right, this is a talent that only outstanding people possess."

Yukinoshita's face darkened. Although she was often praised for her excellence, she really didn't want this kind of excellence!

279. Make a contract with Death and become a magical girl...?

"As I said before, being able to see souls is a talent that only very outstanding people possess, and you are such an outstanding person."

"Such excellence is a bit too much for me."

Yukinoshita directly expressed her inner thoughts.

"Indeed, and just as I said before, you are one in a million unlucky people."

Is it because I can see souls?

"Yes."

Aizen pushed up his glasses.

"Being able to see souls proves the excellence of your own soul, which is indeed a talent. However, when this talent appears in a human body, it is not a talent but a burden. Because if you can see souls, it also means that souls can see you. Ordinary souls are fine, but if it is a Void, an evil spirit that has been transformed due to corruption, it will attack you the moment it realizes that you can see it."

"To them, your soul is the greatest nourishment. Having lost all attachment and only thinking about eking out a living in this world, they will frantically try to devour your soul!"

"That's terrible."

Yukinoshita recalled how the evil spirit had been following her, even testing her twice to see if she could see it. This was only the first time it had happened today, and if it continued to happen, it would be terrible.

The words spoken by the Grim Reaper clearly indicated that this situation would continue to occur, which is why he was called the unluckiest person in a million.

"That's right. They have the talent to see ghosts, but they don't have the corresponding power. When facing evil spirits, it will only be a tragedy."

"Because you can see the other party, you will be attacked as prey, but because you have no power to fight back, you can only be hunted and wait to die. You have no ability to resist. This is the price of bearing this talent."

“I don’t want this talent at all.”

Yukinoshita answered through gritted teeth.

"No need to say that. Under normal circumstances, you might not want this talent, but now you will be happy to have it because you have the power to change the world."

"What do you mean?"

Yukinoshita stopped abruptly, looking at Aizen with a puzzled expression.

"I just told you about evil spirits, now it's time to tell you about death."

Aizen raised the corner of his mouth and asked a question.

What do you think Death is?

"Generally speaking, in various mythologies, the so-called God of Death is a deity who controls human life and death?"

"In a sense, as the Grim Reaper, I do indeed hold the power of life and death over humanity. To humans, we are almost equivalent to gods. But unfortunately, we are not gods who control life and death. We, the so-called Grim Reapers, are actually guardians of the peace and stability of the human world."

[Aizen] raised his right hand, and green light began to emerge from his palm.

"Do you remember what I just said? After death, the human soul goes to the Soul Society, the home of the soul. It is where the souls live after death and where they are reincarnated. The human soul will wait there to be reincarnated, transforming into a spirit particle and returning to the human world as a new life with a new identity."

"And the one in charge of this is Death. Death is not the one who controls life and death, but rather the one who controls the reincarnation of souls."

"So, Death is a reincarnated god?"

Yukinoshita was somewhat surprised, as this kind of duty was generally not something that Grim Reapers should be doing.

"That's not all. Remember the Hollow I killed? Human souls that remain in the mortal world can degenerate into evil spirits like Hollows. These evil spirits wander the mortal world and devour the souls of those who have just died and haven't had a chance to go to the Soul Society. So another duty of us Shinigami is to clean up those evil spirits that have degenerated into Hollows and prevent them from devouring all the newly born souls in the mortal world, thereby maintaining the stability of the mortal world."

"Of course, there's another point, which is to protect people like you who have the ability to see ghosts."

"Why protect someone like me?"

Yukino Yukinoshita was very puzzled. In her opinion, the duty of the Grim Reaper should be to eliminate evil spirits. Why would the Grim Reaper protect someone like her who has the ability to see ghosts? Did the Grim Reaper take pity on someone like her?

Where do you think Death came from?

"grim Reaper...."

Yuki couldn't explain it clearly.