The Incompetent Noblewoman Marries the 'Devil of the Far East' as a Substitute Bride—Told by Her Parents to 'Die in Place of Your Sister,' She Left the House, but Her New Family Turned Out to Be Wonderful and She's Happy - Episode 1.15

“Rei! Are you okay!?”

Before I knew it, Satoru-sama was holding me.

Maybe you moved in an instant and protected me from the explosion with your own body.

“Are you hurt?!”

“Y-yes…”

“Thank goodness… really…”

Satoru-sama hugs me tightly.

I feel very happy.

N-no, I can’t. I’m… useless without magic.

On the other hand, Satoru-sama is a noble person.

Being hugged like this is something that should never happen.

If you don’t leave.

But… I don’t want to be apart.

Shinkuro-san clears his throat.

We hurriedly part ways.

“Are you hurt at all, Miss Rei?”

The bandaged-up Shinkuro-san is coming to visit.

“Yes, because Satoru-sama protected us.”

“Of course. You are my precious wife.”

This person is really kind, so… I, I can’t.

I shouldn’t be feeling this way, it’s too presumptuous of me…

“Even so, I was surprised. To think that Lord Rei has so much spiritual power that it could break the crystal used for measuring spiritual power…”

“Ah, I’m surprised too. And… it’s amazing.”

I tilt my head and ask Satoru-sama.

“What do you mean?”

“Ah, as of today, it means that you have become the strongest supernatural being in the Far East.”

Yes?

“I-I don’t understand the meaning…”

“The strength of a supernatural being depends not only on the rank of the yokai they keep but also heavily on their spiritual power, which is crucial for drawing out the yokai’s abilities.”

Relying on spiritual power…

In other words, the stronger the spiritual power, the stronger the ability as a supernatural being… is that what you mean?

“The one with the highest spiritual power in the Far East was me until now. A spiritual power of 15,000. This is the limit.”

Shinkuro continues.

“The young lady possesses spiritual power so great that she can shatter the crystal that even the strongest supernatural being in the Far East, Mr. Satoru, could not destroy. In other words, as of now, the strongest is the young lady.”

I kneel down on the spot and bow my head.

“I’m very sorry!”

“Wh…?”

“I, a mere worthless person, have committed the grave offense of daring to surpass you, Satoru-sama! I am truly sorry!”

“Rei… I’m sorry. Honestly, I have no idea what you’re apologizing for.”

I will talk about what happened at the Saiga family.

The most important person in this house is undoubtedly Satoru-sama, the head of the Ichijo family.

Such a thing as surpassing Satoru-sama must never happen.

It was the same in the Saiga family.

In any situation, it was not permitted to surpass or get ahead of the head of the family.

“Rei… how unfortunate…”

Satoru-sama gently hugged me.

“How terrible! How could you do such a thing to the young lady?!”

“A house that does terrible things to Lady Rei should just be destroyed!”

The people in black were genuinely angry.

For someone like me…?

“You freed the black-clad ones from hell, didn’t you? They all thank you and hold you dear.”

Yeah, yeah, the black-suited people are nodding.

Everyone… including you, Satoru-sama… you are all such kind people…

“You don’t need to keep apologizing. You’re amazing. You’re so amazing that you surpass the strongest in the Far East. Have confidence.”

“But… isn’t it disrespectful to be above Lord Satoru?”

“Never. I’m proud. I can have a wonderful daughter like you as my wife.”

I want to take this person’s words at face value.

But… I’ve been told since I was little that I’m worthless because I have no magical power.

I have no confidence in myself.

So, I can’t honestly accept his words. I’m really pathetic.

“The crystal broke, huh? Well, I can fix it right away, so don’t worry about it.”

Satoru-sama took a talisman from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and blew on it with a puff…

The bill quickly swelled up and eventually… transformed into a small doll.

It is a very deformed, cute doll with a distorted face and hands.

“What on earth is this…?”

“One cursed talisman, the Restoration Shikigami.”

“Jugon…?”

Ms. Akino Akino will explain.

“Jujutsu, or curse-breaking, is a technique that uses spiritual power to heal injuries and break curses.”

In other words, it seems to be about healing magic.

“The shikigami of restoration has a technique embedded in it to repair broken things. Just watch.”

The doll approaches with a little clattering sound and picks up the fallen crystal shard.

I take two pieces in my hands and fit them perfectly together.

As it faintly glowed, the two fragments merged into one.

“Broken things will be fixed!”

“Thus, the jujutsu not only heals injuries but can also repair objects.”

“It’s amazing… Do you think I could do it too?”

I broke it, so I have to fix it.

Then, Mr. Shinkuro shakes his head.

“Only men can use the cursed technique, you know.”

“Why is that?”

“Because only men can use the energy of the sun.”

They said that spiritual power is made up of the male’s yang energy and the female’s yin energy.

So, the curse-sealing technique can only be used by men.

“I see… I’m really sorry…”

“Don’t worry about it. If you leave it alone, the shikigami will take care of it. Well, it might take some time.”

Satoru-sama creates three shikigami.

The shikigami are dividing up and gathering the scattered fragments.

I feel somewhat guilty, and while I help gather the pieces, I suddenly think.

“Could it be that if we combine the yin energy, we could create yang energy?”

“What are you talking about?”

“When you multiply a negative by a negative, it becomes a positive, right? So, if we combine the yin energy, maybe women can use yang energy too.”

Starting with Satoru-sama, everyone was tilting their heads in confusion.

“Multiply a negative by a negative?”

“Yes, on the western continent, there is something called multiplication by negative numbers in arithmetic…”

Could it be that in the Far East, it’s not used? Negative multiplication.

“If women could use curse techniques, it would be an unbelievable thing. The common sense of supernatural abilities would be overturned.”

“Ex-excuse me. It’s just a novice’s whim. Please ignore it.”

“Well, how about giving it a try?”

Since I’ve received permission, let’s give it a try.

With the right hand, gather spiritual power. And with the left hand, gather spiritual power as well.

Both have negative, dark energy.

Combine these two, in other words… if you bring your hands together in front of your body…

“This is… solar energy!? No way!? Solar energy is being generated from a woman named Rei!?”

While Satoru-sama is astonished…

In my hand, the dazzling light is growing larger and larger.

And then, the light suddenly disappeared.

“Master Go! The crystal ball has returned!”

Shinkuro-san picks up the crystal.

N-Not working… I’m glad…

“My cursed talisman surpasses mine, a powerful cursed talisman…! Amazing, Rei!”