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"Yeah... can you explain it to me? About that——the spirit called [Devil]." After Shidou finished speaking, Kotori sighed again, then nodded in agreement.

"[Devil]. Although it is confirmed that she has appeared, we have never successfully contacted her. She is an unknown elf. And—" Kotori paused for a beat before continuing:

"──I'm afraid it's a reverse body." "What...!" Shidou couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Reversed body...? What's going on here? You mean, do reversed elves normally appear in this world?"

"Just say I don't know the details yet." Kotori said impatiently.This must be information that Shidou in this world must have known long ago.

Why do inverted spirits appear──I haven't finished asking the question, there are a lot of things that Shidou doesn't know yet.Shidou regained his energy, and continued to ask: "...What is the [Spirit Hunting] you mentioned just now?"

"It literally means that [the devil] will not appear alone, it will definitely appear when other elves show up...and then take the initiative to attack that elf. Take the seven sins as an example. If it wasn't for Tohka and the others If someone helps her, she will be in danger."

After Kotori finished speaking, she glanced at Nanami.Perhaps remembering what happened at that time, Seven Sin slightly shook his shoulders.

"Wait...wait a minute. Attacking the elves? That's..."

"That's right. It's no different from AST and DEM. We also suspected at the beginning whether it was related to those organizations, thinking that they might win over elves and let her hunt other elves... But from my observation, [Demon] seems to be related to AST, There is no cooperative relationship between DEM. In fact, both AST and DEM are also attacking [demons].”

"Then...why [demons] attack elves...?"

"Who knows. There must be some reason, but I can't figure it out unless I ask myself. Because she disappeared to a certain place immediately, so Ratatosk didn't have any contact with her at all. Kotori exaggerated Shrugging his shoulders, Shidou's cheeks were dripping with sweat, and he put his hand on his chin.

A spirit that hunts spirits [demons].Ever since hearing this name, Shidou felt a strange feeling in his heart.

"Let me ask you... Is there a video or picture of that [demon] that I can see...?"

"Yes, there is... But I think it's meaningless to read it."

"Huh? Why?" Shidou asked, Kotori said. "Ugh—" whispered, then scratched his head, shaking the candy stick in his mouth up and down.

"Anyway... Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Wait for me." Kotori said and left the living room, and immediately took out a B5-sized terminal from her room.

"Look, it's her." Then he put the terminal on the table to play the video.

It's a movie of the town being shattered to pieces.Explosions and smoke were heard all around, indicating that fighting was currently underway.

──【That】... It's in this picture.It was a humanoid silhouette that seemed to be wrapped in darkness.That's the way it is, no wonder Kotori said "It doesn't make sense to read it".Even though it was finally determined that it was a human shape, her face was covered in darkness and she couldn't see clearly.

However, the countless feathery parts floating around the human figure are quite convincing in calling that outline "Devil".

Seeing this scene... "...Ah──" Shidou let out a small cry.It wasn't because he witnessed the elf's strange appearance.

──It was because he had an impression of that elf.He really couldn't see the elf's face and expression clearly.

But he just knew that he had seen the figure of that elf.

"No... right..." Shidou made the sound of "click click" teeth colliding, and his whole body kept trembling slightly.

Because, that is - "...folding... paper..." That's right.That was the reversed figure of Origami who had turned into an elf.

... ...

... ...

The next day, Shidou went to school with Tohka like yesterday, and as soon as he sat down in his seat, he yawned a big "huh~~.

Tohka, who was sitting on the seat to his right, widened her eyes suspiciously.

"Hm, Shidou, are you sleepy?"

"Yeah... I didn't sleep well last night"

"Well, that won't work. Are you all right?"

"Haha, anyway... After school, let me take a nap before dinner."

Shidou showed a wry smile, then wiped away the tears that were welling up in his eyes casually, sighed lightly, stared blankly at the seat on the left──the seat where Origami should be sitting in the original world──then Turn your eyes to the front ---

At this time, the student in that position has not come yet, but there seems to be a voice in Shidou's heart saying that that position belongs to someone else...

"..." ─ The reason for the lack of sleep is obvious.Because Shidou basically did two things last night.

One thing is going out.After Shidou finished his dinner, he slipped out of the house alone to go somewhere.That's right.His destination was the apartment where Origami lived in the original world, and the residential area of ​​Nanjia Town, Tiangong City, which was on fire five years ago.

There's a reason he'd do it, thinking that Origami might be there.

However, the reality is often not as expected.No one lived in the apartment room at all, and the house where the Tobi family lived in the past also had someone else's number on it.Shidou tentatively asked the current residents about the Tobi family, but he still didn't know the details of Origami's whereabouts.

As for the second thing, he stood on the open space next to his house until late at night. He didn't know what that meant, but standing there seemed to make him feel at ease- --

"Wh...what...why?" Shidou looked at the empty seat and muttered to himself.

After muttering like this, he shifted his gaze to the empty seat on his left again, compared to the inexplicable...cognition in front of him?Shidou knew the seat on the left, it should belong to Origami----

As for origami, in the video Kotori showed him yesterday, the unidentified elf [devil] that appeared in the screen is undoubtedly Tobiichi Origami, and it is not an ordinary elf──but a reversed posture.

Shidou clenched his teeth. ──He was puzzled.

I should have successfully changed history in the world five years ago.It stands to reason that Origami can live in an ordinary world as an ordinary girl.

But...why did Origami become an elf?And why is it reversed?And according to Kotori, Origami seems to attack other spirits.Wouldn't it be the same as when she belonged to AST?

And after the elves disappeared, the figure of the 【Demon】 seemed to disappear unknowingly.

Thanks to this, the town will not be destroyed so badly.

A lot of unexplained things made Shidou's mind confused.What happened in this world during these five years?Shidou scratched his head vigorously.

"Damn...why..." Shidou irritatedly said this while remembering another action he took yesterday.

Another action Shido took was to gather as much information about this world as possible.

──The moment he learned about Origami's existence in this world, unfathomable uneasiness and suspicion swirled in Shidou's mind.

Shidou thinks maybe he just didn't know about it, but in fact, there are other things happened in this world that are different from Shidou's memory, or──things that should have happened have been erased.

As soon as Shidou got home, he asked Kotori and the others about this world, and also asked Kotori to let him browse the database of Fraxinus.

As a result, he found that the history of this world developed almost according to his memory.

Five years ago, Kotori became an elf and was discovered by Ratatosk.

... ...

When the time came quickly, Teacher Xiaozhu drove to the classroom on time as usual, but it was different from the usual when she first took out the roster---

This time, as soon as she stepped onto the podium, she said with a smile, "I have good news for everyone. Today, I have a new friend to introduce to you~ Come in."