[Ibaraki]
"What do you mean?"
Marisa asked confusingly towards me and I can't blame her since I've told Ibaraki's background not mine
"There are things that must have been kept in secret, and it depends on when the liar reveals the truth..."
"Though I didn't lie, I didn't say the whole truth either... and I figure this is the time when I am telling you the whole thing"
because Stella is with me right now, and I figured even I mess up, she could salvage the situation somehow
"Also, I'm sorry for ignoring you, Patchouli-san..."
Argh...! Why are suffixes so awkward to say!
"It's fine, you two need to have a deep talk anyway, I will continue to read books just lower your voices"
she lazily dismissed the awkwardness and walk towards her desk... probably
"Thanks..."
I just thanked her awkwardly since I do not know how to act towards an unfamiliar person
"I'll return the books as promised!"
I looked at Marisa quite surprised... since she normally won't return the things she 'borrow's', so I look at her intend to get an answer from her, but she seemed shy and hide her face from me...
I see so that how it was... I guess for my sake, she return the things she 'borrowed', I am an idiot if I let her go.
"Marisa, thank you..."
"Why are you thanking me? It's normal to help the person that I love, isn't it?"
She spoke confusedly despite it, her words wraps my heart in warmth making me quite happy
"ahem..."
Shuten clears her throat and made me lose my daydream
"Shuten, you are ruining the moment"
"We should go to the main point, aren't we Ibaraki?"
Well, she had a point... so I took a deep breath and spoke hesitantly
"Marisa I'm going to tell you what is my whole past... so I can't blame you if you see me in a different light"
"Nonsense! No matter what is your past, I will still love you!"
She said it confidently and cheerfully like her previous sad face didn't exist
I sat down beside her and Stella besides me, but Marisa decided to sit between me and Stella, making Stella somewhat irked
But I decided to start before a fight will emerged
"it may sound absurd, but do you believe in reincarnation?"
"Of course, in fact, Akyuu from the village is the ninth reincarnation of herself"
Well... I can't say I'm surprised anymore.
"You could say that I and Shuten is a reincarnation too..."
"Does that mean you are married in the past?"
She asked worryingly towards me
"nope, in fact she refused several attempts of me pursuing her"
she suddenly had a big smile and a smug face and cling towards me while Stella had a regretful face while being annoyed at Marisa
seriously, what did Stella told her?
"Oh my... the one who boast is actually faking it? Who would've thought that it's a lie~"
she taunted Stella, making the latter more angry, but she is restraining herself so much that the veins in her arms can be seen because she clenched her hand so hard
I guess that's what you get for lying... I rub Marisa's head, so she would stop taunting Stella for a minute. Making her stopped, but Stella gets more angry and looked at me.
That's what you get after rejecting me several times!, I'm sure we are considered lovers, but she said we are only friends
"I will continue my story..."
She stopped and listened to me
"my previous life is akin to a warrior's house... they need to produce a warrior or else they will be removed from the battle"
I'm pretty sure mafia isn't a thing here... or I am wrong, but this is easier to understand
"the process to produce a warrior however isn't so honorable... no matter what methods it will take."
"No matter how downright inhumane it is, just for the sake to stay in the battlefield they will do anything just to produce one"
"and I am one of those 'products' I've experienced pain and helplessness and survive everything... yet I am just another product"
"Because I am a product... I committed several inhumane acts that looking back at it is very unpleasant".
"In the end I am being get rid of and here I am now, due to a god's whim"
once I finished the story, she is hugging me without me realizing it
"Marisa?..."
"It's been hard on you, right?"
She asked me and I replied truthfully
"yes..."
"That's why you could let go off the bad memories of the past..."
"Because we would create good more good memories in the present"
She smiled making my heart melts, and I shed tears...
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"I'm such a cry baby..."
"I disagree with'ya... without a doubt you are strong, but sometimes we need to shed a tear or two, y'know?"
She said cheerfully, and it seemed she regained her informal way of speaking
"What is your relationship with Shuten in the past?"
Marisa asked curiously
"she is a maid of some sort... but she is actually my closest friend-- no, she is my best friend"
She becomes happier, while Stella becomes more gloomy...
"Ibaraki, I need to talk to Marisa for a few minutes, can you read some books in the meantime"
I don't know what is she going to talk about, but I trust her that she will not do anything towards Marisa
"right back at'ya, I also need to talk"
Marisa said with a non backing down attitude
"fine, just don't fight..."
"Don't worry/no probs"
I walk away towards the librarian desk, so I could get some permission to read the books
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[Marisa]
"Spit it what d'ya wanna talk about?"
I asked the Oni in front of me, since she made me waste my tears on that bluff it made me angry that she fooled me
"you see... I think we need to settle who is going to be the main wife".
She said to me quite haughtily like she already claimed the victory
"yer attitude rubs me off, ill show you who's the best"
the two of us jumped towards the opposite ends as we clashed
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[Ibaraki]
I am here talking towards the librarian named Patchouli, a friend of Marisa since she started to rob her books
"this library is so vast, how did you manage to find these books?"
"Find? I write them".
"Huh?"
"I am the author of these books"
I grab a random book and saw her name... I grab another and the result is the same!
"You are so knowledgeable that you managed to fill this library... I'm quite amazed".
"Its normal..."
A loud explosion resounded making me and her startled
...
...
"*sigh* I apologize"
I shouldn't trust them when they say they won't fight...
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A/N: I am in pain... reason? I have back pain, my arms are screaming, and my neck is stiff.