This is not the date I wanted.

However, although she was afraid, except for the attack on Shidou at the beginning, Tohka looked unhappy throughout the whole process, but she was actually quite well behaved. Even now that Rokuko had left, she did not do anything special and just waited patiently.

But... how should I put it. So far, the three reversal spirits that Shidao has seen, including Tohka, all launched indiscriminate attacks on the surroundings while reversing, so that Shidao has a very bad impression of the word reversal.

(But now that I think about it, I've never had the chance to communicate so calmly with a reversed spirit before.)

"Hey!"

Just when Shidou was thinking about this, Tohka suddenly spoke.

"What, what's wrong, Tohka?"

"That name again..." Tohka frowned and said in a questioning tone, "I've been concerned about this for a long time. What's with the 'Tohka' you keep talking about? Is it my name?"

"Ah... that's right."

Although Shidou was quite surprised that she would bring up the topic to him, he nodded anyway.

Tohka's eyebrows slightly raised, seeming a little surprised by this.

"I—no, I gave this name to myself, didn't I?"

"No, that was...my name."

"..."

Hearing Shidou's answer, Tohka narrowed her eyes silently, then stepped on Shidou without making a sound.

Shidou couldn't help but groan in pain.

"Woooa! What are you doing all of a sudden?"

"unconsciously."

"Eh……"

After hearing Tohka's answer, Shidou asked with a bit of depression as a bead of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"…Do you have any other names?"

"No, so although it's not my intention, you can call me Tohka."

"Really... Then, Tohka."

As Shidou said this name, Tohka kicked him again.

"You, what are you doing..."

"unconsciously."

Tohka replied without changing her expression.

Is this even possible? Shidou thought with a smile on his face.

Shidou coughed lightly and tried to adjust his emotions.

It was a rare opportunity to talk to the Reverse Spirit, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to confirm some things with Tohka.

"Um... Tohka. Who are you? What is a reversal? By the way, what exactly is a spirit..."

"Reversal... huh? That's what you call the phenomenon where I become me."

"Well... that's right."

After hearing Shidou's answer, Tohka let out a sigh of dissatisfaction.

"I don't really like this statement. In fact, I am the incarnation of the spirit crystal - the spirit itself."

"Eh? What does this mean?"

Shidou showed a confused expression.

The concept of reversal is a simple explanation that Shidou learned from Kotori, which is actually Ratatoskr. He does not grasp the true meaning of this phenomenon, and only makes guesses based on scattered information.

"cut……"

Clicking her lips in annoyance, Tohka explained with an impatient look on her face.

"When the first elves divided their power to create the spirit crystal, the properties of the spirit crystal were what you think of as the reversed state. However, if it were to merge with humans in this way, it would excessively erode the human body. That's why the first elves tried to transform the spirit crystal into its current state."

"Wait a moment!"

Originally it was just a question out of curiosity, but he unexpectedly got information beyond his imagination. Shidao, who was a little behind in keeping up, hurriedly called a halt, holding his head and began to sort out the information he heard.

"...In other words, our premise is reversed. The original elves reversed the properties of the spirit crystals in order to make humans adapt to them. They changed the original properties of the spirit crystals to what they are now."

"Humph, that's it."

Shidou was filled with hesitation.

The original elf was the culprit that caused the world's first space shock, the Eurasian Space Disaster, thirty years ago.

Although Shidao didn't understand why and why she adjusted the spirit crystals to adapt to human attributes, by coincidence, he happened to know someone who gave spirit crystals of unknown origin to humans and transformed them into spirits.

——Phantom.

(The first spirits that separated the spiritual power and made it into human spirit crystals, the phantoms that gave human female spirit crystals to turn them into spirits, and the power in me that seals spirits. Is all this really a coincidence?)

For some reason, Shidou suddenly remembered the name that Mana once mentioned, the name that he unconsciously said during his rampage - Mio.

In an instant, a terrible guess emerged in Shidao's mind, making his expression solemn.

(Could it be that I actually know the original spirits? Were Tohka, Origami, and Yoshino all turned into spirits by Phantom intentionally so that I could seal their spiritual powers?)

"However, the reversal you mentioned is not completely wrong in a sense."

At this moment, Shidou's thoughts were interrupted by a strange remark made by Tohka.

"What... do you mean?"

"The brown-haired woman just now, although her existence is very similar to that of an elf, she was not transformed from the spiritual crystal created by the original elves. In my case, I can only say that for some reason I changed back to my original form. If the reversal you are talking about is due to the stimulation of extreme emotions and the reversal of spiritual power, then the only one who fits this concept is the brown-haired woman."

Tohka's nonchalant words made Shidou completely lose his composure.

Because he knew that the tea-haired woman that Tohka was talking about was none other than Ryougi Yumezuki.

"The Dream Moon will reverse? What does this mean?!"

"Humph, who knows. It doesn't matter anyway."

However, facing Shidou's questioning, Tohka seemed to have lost interest in the conversation and tried to end the topic with a perfunctory reply.

"It's not a trivial matter! Tell me quickly!!!"

Anxiously grasping Tohka's shoulders, Shidou demanded in an almost rude tone.

Under normal circumstances, Shidou, who put the spirit's emotions first, would not continue to ask. But at this moment, he was already shaken and uneasy because of the reversal of the truth explained by Tohka, and when he heard the bad news that Yumezuki might have a reversal, it was like a flame ignited in a house full of gas, and his emotions were out of control for a while.

As expected, Tohka's face darkened, and she grabbed Shidou's collar with her left hand and lifted him up.

“Gu…ah…!?”

"Don't get too carried away, human. I didn't speak up at your request, I just spoke on the spur of the moment."

After giving a cold warning, Tohka swung her left hand, and Shidou's body crashed into the glass wall of the Tengu Tower.

Then, Tohka let go and took a step forward, pressing Shidou's throat with her arm and slowly approaching his cheek.

"Hmph, too weak. I'm going to have to do this sooner or later anyway, so I might as well take your lips. It's faster than running around to comply with that woman's demands."

"...Ten... Xiang."

Shidou managed to take a breath and spoke with difficulty.

(what to do?)

Looking at Tohka's face getting closer, Shidou hesitated.

If he wanted, he could release the spiritual power in his body to push Tohka away, but this action would undoubtedly be tantamount to declaring war on Tohka. And if, like last time, Tohka would recover from the reversal after the kiss, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for Shidao.

However, before he could make a choice between rejection and acceptance, a voice suddenly reached Shidou's ears.

"What are you trying to do to me?"

Glancing in the direction of the voice with his peripheral vision, Shidou saw that Hoshimiya Rokuko was standing not far from them. His expression seemed frozen, and the look he gave Tohka was full of murderous intent.

"Humph! It has nothing to do with you."

After noticing Rokuko's presence, Tohka let go of Shidou, turned to look at Rokuko, and replied coldly.

……

Time and space seemed to be frozen. This was Meng Yue's only feeling at this moment. If before, Rokuko and Tohka were like two blazing flames, then now, they were like ice that froze her bones.

(Why did it become like this?)

Looking at this scene that looked like a world-famous painting, Meng Yue couldn't help but cover her cheeks with a headache.

34 Rokuko's Reverse Scale

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"What are you trying to do to me?"

"Humph! It has nothing to do with you."

"What did you say?"

After hearing Tohka's answer, Rokuko, who had been trying to remain calm, couldn't help himself in an instant. He walked up to Tohka angrily, grabbed her collar like Tohka had just done to Shidou and questioned her.

“…Ahem…Wait! Rokuko…I…Ahem…I’m fine…”

Seeing Rokuko's excited reaction, Shidou, who was lying on the ground, hurriedly tried to get up and stop the two. However, because he was just strangled by Tohka, his breathing was not smooth for a while, causing Shidou to cough while speaking, and his voice became very hoarse and dry.

However, this scene made Rokuko even more convinced of Tohka's atrocities, and the anger and murderous intent in his eyes became more intense.

"You woman! Are you going to take the official away from Liu'er by force? Are you going to take away the person Liu Ku loves, the person who loves Liu'er?"

"I'm warning you once, let go."

Obviously angered by Rokuko's behavior, Tohka showed a hint of anger on her face.

"Wait! Don't get excited, Ms. Rokuko!"

"Calm down, Rokuko!"

"Don't stop Liu'er! This woman broke the rules first! If you don't teach this woman a lesson, she will only become more rampant! ~"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mengyue and Origami hurried over and tried to pull Rokuko away from Tohka. However, the emotionally excited Rokuko obviously did not listen to their persuasion and held Tohka tightly and refused to let go.

"I've already told you once! Let go!"

At this time, Tohka finally lost her patience, turned her right palm into a blade, and swung it forward.

A palm-sized spiritual power slash was swung out, and the dark crescent passed between Mengyue and Rokuko with a "whoosh", leaving a tiny wound on Rokuko's face and cutting off a strand of Rokuko's front hair. The golden hair slowly fell to the ground.

It was obvious that Tohka's attack was very measured and she used very little spiritual energy, so Rokuko was not seriously injured. Then, feeling Rokuko loosen Tohka's collar, Mengyue and Origami hurriedly pulled Rokuko away.

"—"

Without resisting the strength of Mengyue and Origami, and even ignoring the blood oozing from the wound on his cheek, Rokuko looked at the golden hair that fell to the ground in a daze.

Perhaps for Yatogami Tohka, this action was just a warning, but for Hoshimiya Rokuko, it was like touching the dragon's reverse scale, an unforgivable sin.

"You-you bastard!!!"

Slowly raising his head, Rokuko glared at Tohka with wide eyes and let out an angry roar from his throat.

The light instantly filled everyone's mind, and a huge amount of spiritual power rushed into Rokuko's body. The powerful thrust instantly bounced Origami and Mengyue who were standing next to Rokuko away.

Tohka, who was standing right in front of Rokuko, was knocked away and flew out of the tower after breaking the glass wall of the observation deck.

“…Ugh! Uwaaa!?”

Faced with the flying glass fragments, Shidao could not help but hold his head and lower his body. After a while, the alarm sounded in the tower and he raised his head hastily.

That was when a space shock alarm was issued after the fluctuation of spiritual power was detected.

At this time, outside the Tengu Tower, Yatogami Tohka and Hoshimiya Rokuko were ignoring the law of gravity of the earth, standing vertically on the outer wall of the observation deck, braving the cold wind that was howling from a height of hundreds of meters.

Staring at Tohka with a look full of resentment, Rokuko said in a deep voice.

"You cut off Liu'er's... hair. Sir - the long hair that was praised by you... Liu'er's most important hair... Only you... Only you cannot forgive me!!"

——The Divine Spiritual Outfit. Eloha!

Following Rokuko's summons, layers of shining light particles wrapped around Rokuko's body, transforming into a pink short cheongsam and knight armor on her hands and feet.