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Chapter 16

She asked while pointing the flying swords surrounding the girl. Aware of that, she gave them a small look of confusion.

Marisa: Just like I said, I woke up in the human village wearing this and capable of doing this, cool isn't it?

She asked with a small grin while playing with one of the projectiles, almost like second nature to her. However, that expression left her face soon after, not interested by that right now.

Marisa: I suppose that you want to save Reimu too?

Yukari: Well of course, whether you want to or not.

Marisa: Of course I won't stop you, they don't seem like it but those librarians are not human, they would be closer to actual monsters than anything else I saw here. They easily overpowered us so I'll get any help that I can.

Yukari: I understand.

Looking at the person standing beside her, the youkai who responded flashed them a small frown, clearly not in a good mood.

Yukari: We should hurry-

???: Indeed we should.

Marisa: Ze?

All turning around, another actor stepped onto the scene. Upon revealing herself, all recognized the person.

Yukari: Well, a surprise to see. I wasn't expecting you to be here Ibaraki.

Marisa: Kasen? What are you doing here?

Kasen: You should know the reason of my presence. Witnessing the empty shrine of a lazy shrine maiden, one could only question that disappearance.

Crossing her arms, the chain attacked to her left arm dangled in the air while her gaze was watching the other members of this 'reunion'. The witch responded with a sweat falling down her face, responsible for that disappearance.

Kasen: Though, I must admit that this is the first time that something like this has reached my ears. A library underground, I am rather surprised to have heard nothing about such a thing.

Marisa: If I had to take a guess, it would be because the librarians are not the type to let intruders escape alive.

Yukari: ...If it was the case then many people would have noticed the disappearances.

Ran: This sounds like an incident if I ever heard one, we should hurry.

Marisa: Should we warn Sanae about this?

Kasen: I will send them a message to their shrine while we reach for the library.

Marisa: ...I'll go say goodbye to Rinnosuke, no need to worry him.

With that, she ran inside the shop with her usual attitude, leaving the others outside. With her gone, they all exchanged a silent gaze.

Yukari: This might be more troublesome than expected.

Ran: Lady Yakumo?

Yukari: I can't... seem to be able to create a path to that library, something is stopping me.

Kasen: An interference with your ability? Is it perhaps that you do not know the location of that place?

Hurried footsteps joined the group and heard their conversation. The one who had to temporarely leave re-entered the talk.

Marisa: We need this I suppose.

She said while brandishing a simple letter held between her fingers. For the others, it didn't mean anything but for her, it was the very same invitation that took the life of her friend. Curious, Kasen calmly grabbed it and took a look at the message written on it.