The Old Man Who Saved Another World 15 Years Ago is Now Getting Caught Up In A Modern Fantasy - Episode 10

At first glance, it was an unchanging landscape.

The setting sun remained as it was, the flow of the wind was gentle, and the crisp winter air that stung the skin remained as it was.

But there was some kind of discomfort.

“It’s quiet.”

That’s the true nature of the discomfort.

There is not enough sound here. The sounds of people’s lives, like car noises, birds chirping, and the voices of insects and animals.

All those various sounds that I had always taken for granted had disappeared from my surroundings.

“This is the other world, huh? The scenery is the same, but it’s eerie.”

“Well, it’s a fake world after all. It’s a den of demons, and there’s a sense you can feel with your skin, right?”

“I think it’s a place I dislike no matter how many times I come here.”

In response to my mutter, Kukuri and Mr. Genda replied like that.

Speaking of which, Gen-chan and the others came over here too, huh?

It was supposed to be just the two of us, Kukuri and me, fighting the demons. But since we gathered here, there’s no point in waiting over there.

It’s true that Kukuri took their jobs, but I feel a bit guilty about it.

“Well then, it’s showtime.”

Kukuri says.

In a world that is similar yet different from reality, a large shadow is approaching from over there.

It’s a giant snake the size of a house.

The skin covering its body is white, and its eyes are as red as bl00d. A white snake demon with a grotesque form and two heads.

The red gaze looks down on us from above.

“First, one of them. I’ll handle this. Genda and the others, keep watch from the back. Yukimura, make sure to observe closely.”

The person who gave the instructions steps forward.

With nothing in his hand, the sword he had used to fight me was still sheathed at his waist.

“Are you not going to use your sword?”

“For your education. I’ll show you a fight worthy of an exorcist, not one using a sword.”

Saying that, Kukuri took something out of her pocket.

“An amulet?”

“It’s a talisman that has been infused with spiritual power and techniques in advance. It’s one of the weapons for exorcists. While it has limitations in power and requires prior preparation, it allows for various effects.”

Kukuri, holding several talismans between her fingers, raised her other hand towards the demon and shouted.

“Urgent order! Go!”

When Kukuri chanted words like a spell, a talisman floated up, transformed into a fireball, and attacked the demon.

The fireball was blocked by the serpent’s tail, but immediately afterward, it exploded, shaking the serpent’s body.

Continuing, Kukuri readied another talisman.

“Continue! Urgently, as per the law!”

A talisman, now turned into an ice block, deeply pierces the body of the giant snake, which is still reeling from the explosion of the fireball.

Furthermore, centered there, ice begins to cover the surface of the giant serpent.

It doesn’t seem to be a fatal wound, but the giant snake groaned in pain and glared at Kukuri.

And then, it starts to move, twisting its large body.

The long body of the giant snake stretches out, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp fangs as it lunges at the target.

However, Kukuri, without panicking, once again readied her talisman.

“Protect me! Kyūkyūnyoritsuryō!”

A talisman floats between the giant snake and Kukuri—creating a transparent barrier to stop the approaching giant snake.

The barrier creaks and rattles.

It only held for a moment. As soon as it shattered, Kukuri had already moved on to the next action.

“Finish it! Fire element, water element, high mutual restraint, fierce and explosive! Urgent as per the law!”

A talisman flies into the mouth of the giant snake with its mouth wide open.

Immediately after, a massive explosion.

One of the two heads of the giant serpent was blown to smithereens from the inside.

The silent scream of the giant snake.

It made its large body bounce and took a big leap away from the restraint, unable to bear it any longer.

Kukuri, who had dealt significant damage to the giant serpent, let out a sigh and relaxed her stance.

“Something like this. This is talismanic magic.”

“Oh…!”

I can’t help but let out an exclamation of admiration.

Really exorcist-like… or rather, more like a yin-yang master.

“Fujutsu is one of the basic techniques of exorcists, but… to be honest, it’s somewhat outdated and not used much these days. I might have used fujutsu for the first time in a while.”

“Huh, is that so?”

“That’s why I don’t think Yukimura needs to seriously learn talisman techniques. I mean, are there even people using these things nowadays?”

“I’m completely hopeless. I only studied it when I was becoming an exorcist because it was on the exam. They say it’s considered an essential skill for onmyoji to preserve history and techniques.”

“Just as I thought. Fūjutsu is just that. Using it as a weapon is more the domain of barrier masters or astrologers, not exorcists. It’s more like self-defense for non-combatants.”

“Fujutsu…”

Not only Kukuri, but also Mr. Genda criticized the talisman technique. I thought it looked pretty cool from the side when they held the talisman and recited the spell.

“Since they blew the head off a high-ranking B-class demon, they seem strong.”

“That’s simply because the young lady is strong. Even if others tried, they wouldn’t be able to do it like that.”

Mr. Genda answers my question.

“If it were me, I could handle that with other means. I could slash it with a sword… but more importantly, modern exorcists have the weapon of exorcism techniques.”

Saying that, Kukuri glares at the retreating serpent.

The wind blows.

“Exorcism techniques are the very history of exorcists. They are inherited from ancestors, refined, and passed down to descendants. The techniques, woven through research, are the symbol of the power of the exorcist family.”

The wind that had begun to blow increased in force, swirling around Kukuri.

“The Secret Techniques of the Shiraha Family—’Wind'”

I have already seen this kind of exorcism technique before.

At that time, it was a troublesome power that fell upon me, but now, at this moment, the target of that power is not me but the serpent demon.

“My ability is simply to control the wind. But its scale and power are limitless. I’ll show you!”

The wounded and injured giant serpent’s red eyes become even redder and bloodshot with anger.

It suddenly approaches, trying to crush with its massive body.

In response, Kukuri had just one word.

“—Bow down.”

The wind howled, and the impact shook the ground violently.

The giant serpent’s massive body was slammed into the ground in an instant. The force of the wind was so powerful that it drove the serpent into the earth.

Before the giant serpent, unable to move a single muscle due to the invisible pressure, Kukuri surprisingly floated in mid-air.

“Flying in the sky… Seriously?”

“To think that I can’t move at all with just this, it’s so weak compared to someone else that it makes me sad.”

Kukuri, who murmured something softly, positioned herself above the giant serpent as if to glare down at it.

And then, extending my hand towards the wretched demon whose movements were sealed, I unilaterally declared its end.

“You are a butcher, and you chop things to bits!”

That is a wind slash.

The countless attacks I endured that day.

Although I didn’t suffer a fatal wound, the impact is literally bone-deep.

That’s crazy.

It came true as Kukuri declared.

The long, thick body of the demon snake was sliced into 16 pieces by a massive blade of wind, and immediately afterward, countless blades of wind turned the edges of its body into dust-like particles.

“Well, that means talismans aren’t necessary.”

An overwhelmingly powerful moment of devastation.

In front of Kukuri, who was serious, the powerful yokai ranked as upper B-class literally disappeared in less than a minute.

This is the power of the Twelve Divine Generals. The power of exorcism.

If there’s something like this, I can understand why they treat talisman techniques like that.

At the same time, I trembled for a different reason.

“Don’t casually use such dangerous power on people… Well, it was an unfortunate misunderstanding, and you sincerely apologized, but still.”

I gently stroked my neck, firmly confirming that it was properly connected, and let out a sigh of relief.