Chapter 260 260: Conversation

"Wait, I didn't do that on purpose!"

Shido's eyes widened in shock as well. The softness in his hands made his mind feel as if it were melting.

"Ah! Next is this side? Which side are you, boy? The big chest faction? Or the flat chest faction?"

Finally, Shido let go with both hands. However, after that, he began walking uncontrollably toward Nia, then touched her chest.

"Sh-Shido became a chest groping maniac?"

Mikoto deliberately put on an expression of disbelief.

Yes, deliberately.

Although she did not know exactly what had happened, Shido clearly had not done this of his own will. That was probably the power of Rasiel.

"Wh-what exactly is going on?!"

Finally, after poor Shido finished touching Nia, he turned around and walked toward Mikoto again.

"Ugh… so flat chests really have no human rights? In the end, the boy's final choice is still the girl's full body?"

Nia pretended to be struck with shock.

"Okay, hurry up and stop playing around."

Mikoto obediently avoided Shido's chest attack. Although she did not hate Shido touching her, it was still embarrassing.

"Well? You understand now, right?"

Nia opened Rasiel and showed the pages to the two of them.

Shido and Mikoto, who had regained their freedom, saw that on Rasiel's page, there was a short manga of Shido turning into a chest groping maniac.

"I see… Because it is an Angel that records truth, the things drawn on it also become real?"

Mikoto nodded, showing that she understood Nia's power.

"But… why manga?"

Shido asked in confusion.

"Mm… because if it isn't manga, it's hard to express the feeling I want. As a result, for something that lasted only a few dozen seconds, I spent several times longer drawing it. It isn't that easy to use."

Nia said in distress.

"Uh…"

Hearing Nia's words, Shido suddenly felt that Rasiel's power actually had a lot of restrictions.

"Ah, you're looking down on me again, aren't you?"

As if seeing through Shido's thoughts, Nia said unhappily.

"In that case, I'll show you another hand. I'll make you understand how terrifying it is to know everything in this world."

As Nia spoke, she opened Rasiel.

"Mm… Roaring Flash Blast Wave? Oh, that's pretty cool."

"Urgh?"

Hearing Nia's words, Shido made a sound as if something had gotten stuck in his throat.

(Idiot Shido…)

Mikoto sighed in her heart.

In the end, Nia toyed with Shido's dark history until it was completely torn to pieces, providing all kinds of professional advice from the perspective of a professional manga artist. Only after making Shido feel so ashamed he wanted to die and yet could not did she close Rasiel in satisfaction.

"In short, because I still have to get busy with the doujinshi convention, I don't have that much time either."

Finally, Nia looked at Shido and said with a grin:

"This Akihabara trip will be your chance. If you can make me fall for you, then go ahead and try."

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"You mean a Spirit who was imprisoned by DEM?"

After returning home, Shido and Mikoto told Kotori about what they had encountered today.

At the moment, Mikoto was cooking, while Shido helped from the side. The three of them talked while standing in the kitchen.

"If it's that Angel, then maybe she can learn about Phantom."

Kotori was very interested in Nia's Angel. For the current Ratatoskr, their lack of information was a serious problem.

"If things go smoothly, maybe we can ask her to help us before sealing Nia."

Shido nodded. Although protecting Nia was the greatest priority, if they could receive Nia's help on that basis, that would be even better.

"Yeah. But the premise is that we protect Nia properly. In short, sealing her is still the main goal. Of course, we'll support you too."

Kotori said.

"Mm."

Shido nodded. Although he felt somewhat uneasy, Nia was willing to cooperate. That was a good start.

"Wait… senpai, the fish! The fish is burning!"

At that moment, he smelled something wrong. Turning his head, Shido saw that, for some reason, Mikoto, who was grilling fish, was a little spaced out. The fish had already begun giving off a slightly burnt smell.

"Oh no, what am I doing…"

Mikoto came back to herself and quickly moved the fish away from the grill. Looking at the slightly burnt fish, she blamed herself.

"That's rare. Were you thinking about something?"

Kotori asked. It was unusual for Mikoto to make a mistake while cooking.

"Mm. I was thinking about Nia. Somehow… there are many things I can't help being concerned about."

Mikoto nodded.

"Tell us. Your thoughts are very important to us too."

Kotori said.

Mikoto was very careful and could always notice things they easily overlooked.

"First is DEM. Nia said she doesn't remember what happened during the five years she was imprisoned. Somehow, that feels a little strange."

Mikoto thought for a moment and said.

No matter what, DEM's goal was to make Spirits fall into despair. It was almost impossible to hope that Nia had been treated kindly.

"That's true. Could it be because she fell into too much despair, so her brain erased the memories related to it?"

Kotori thought for a moment and said.

Sometimes humans would suddenly lose a portion of their memories in order to stop themselves from breaking down. That was also a form of self protection. Maybe Nia's situation was somewhat similar.

"But if that's the case, DEM's behavior itself also doesn't make sense. Losing Nia because of an accident is understandable, but the fact that they did nothing after that is really strange."

Mikoto said in distress.

Nia's actions could be considered very high profile. Not long after escaping DEM, she actually returned to BLAST and resumed serialization.

It was very hard to imagine that DEM had not noticed that. However, they had taken no action at all.

"That's true. It feels like there is some kind of plot."

Kotori's brows lightly furrowed.

Was it because they feared Rasiel's power, so they did not take action?

Somehow, she felt that Ellen Mathers would not stop because of something like that.

"Next is Rasiel."

Mikoto thought for a moment and said.

"What about that Angel?"

Shido asked.

"I think that Angel… has a very strong influence on its user. Isn't there a saying? Some things are better left unknown."

Mikoto felt that compared to Angels like Zadkiel or Gabriel, Rasiel's influence on the user was very strong.

If the user were clever and had strong self control, perhaps they could use that Angel properly and rationally.

But as for Nia, leaving aside whether she was clever or not…

Work that was still unfinished before the deadline, a fridge full of alcohol, a room filled with scattered manga—Mikoto felt that Nia's personality seemed quite far from someone with strong self control.

And with that kind of personality, she was probably unable to resist the temptation brought by an omniscient Angel.

"But Nia didn't seem like anything was wrong."

Shido thought for a moment. He felt that Nia had acted very normal.

"That's not true, right? If Nia really chose to forget as self protection, then what will happen if she uses Rasiel to investigate what kind of treatment she suffered over those five years?"

Hearing Mikoto's words, Kotori broke out in cold sweat. Somehow, she felt that Nia needed to be sealed as soon as possible.

"It isn't only that. Nia's current state—is it really normal?"

Mikoto hesitated for a moment, then continued:

"Although she agreed to go on a date with Shido… somehow… I feel like she doesn't think she can be sealed."

That was right. Although Nia had been actively cooperating with Shido, her last words before they left still made Mikoto feel something was off.

"If you can make me fall for you, then go ahead and try."

It was as if she were saying—

"Anyway, that's completely impossible."

(TL:Rezero book aside because it's depend on the author's publish but this book update will be slower for a few days cause I want to focus on "This is not the date I wanted" a bit cause it's enter it final arc)

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