Maybe it's a teddy bear! Or maybe it's blue and white stripes! What a pity!
Illya looked at Shiori with a smile, ignoring the gazes of the other classmates. Her crimson pupils were fixed on Shiori's face, which was covered in sweat.
"Classmate Itsuka, you must be very troubled recently. Because of your younger sister's problem, you don't know what to do."
"!!! What... what do you know?"
Shiori's eyes widened. After a moment of hesitation, she looked at Illya's pretty face and asked.
"Of course, I know. When it comes to Spirits, no one knows more than us."
Not to mention there's Kurumi here, and Nia, a Spirit with the Angel of Omniscience. Whatever they want to know, they can find out.
Shiori wanted to ask something, but Illya put her index finger over her mouth, glancing at the other students in the classroom.
Shiori noticed Illya's action and the students watching them, realizing this wasn't the place to talk.
After class, Shiori kept thinking about Kotori. Clone Kurumi and Illya exchanged glances, unable to help but smile.
At noon, Clone Kurumi and Illya arrived at the school's Rooftop, the place where Makoto fought.
For some reason, every time Illya came to the Rooftop, the word 'hatchet' would always pop into her mind, along with heroines who commit murder, or heroines who declare they're pregnant yet are still virgins [beep~].
Illya and Clone Kurumi spread a picnic blanket here and took out the bento they had prepared, waiting for someone to arrive.
"Hey, Tsukiyo-chan. There's something I want to ask you."
"No, Kurumi-chan. Right now, you should call me Illya or Illya-chan. Otherwise, we might be exposed."
Illya cut Kurumi off with a giggle, correcting her use of the name.
Clone Kurumi paused, then shook her head with a wry smile. She still couldn't accept the fact that Inaba Tsukiyo had become Illya.
The Inaba Tsukiyo who was not necessarily serious but very cute had become the current Illya, who is very cute but loves to tease people. This made Clone Kurumi a little disoriented.
"So, Kurumi-chan, is there anything you want to ask me? If it's something I know, I can tell you."
"Actually... it's about my abilities. Although because of you, I've become a complete individual, my essence is still a clone born from the Original Body. As a clone, I don't possess the same powerful strength as the Original Body. It's just..."
Clone Kurumi took out her Angel, which was two guns, one long and one short. At the same time, she displayed her Astral Dress.
"Astral Dress... Is there a problem? Could it be that you couldn't wear an Astral Dress before?"
"I could, but it wasn't as powerful as the Original Body's. What surprised me is that I can actually use some of Zafkiel's techniques."
Perhaps due to her identity, Clone Kurumi couldn't use certain special bullets, but she could use techniques like First Bullet, and she was no less powerful than the Original Body.
What was going on? Clone Kurumi couldn't understand. She felt that although she was disconnected from the Original Body, she could obtain energy similar to, yet different from, the Original Body's from Inaba Tsukiyo. What was happening?
Illya didn't know what was happening regarding Clone Kurumi's question. She had only severed the connection between the clone and the Original Body, connecting her to the clone instead.
But the clone said she had energy similar to the Original Body's? What was going on? She came to this world because of Yoshino, so why would she have Kurumi's energy?
Wait a minute? Illya recalled the dream she had, where she went to the kabbalah tree of life and met Angels and Devils.
At that time, when she touched the fourth sephirah, it seemed that other sephirah also lit up besides the fourth sephirah.
Why did they light up? Could it be that besides the fourth sephirah, other sephirah could also establish a connection with her?
If that were true, would it mean she was the kabbalah tree of life's Original Body? That might be an exaggeration, or perhaps it meant she could use the power of all Spirits?
That would be too exaggerated. To use a Spirit's power, one must have a crucial item called a spirit crystal.
She should only have one spirit crystal, like Yoshino, and no other spirit crystals... But this couldn't be explained... What exactly was going on? It couldn't be that someone possessed the power of all Spirits and then shared it with her, could it?
Illya couldn't figure it out, and her head started to ache.
Just as they were talking, Shiori appeared.
According to their previous agreement, she came to find Clone Kurumi and Illya while the students were eating lunch.
Facing these two who loved to bully people, Shiori swallowed nervously.
For her beloved sister, Kotori, Shiori finally made up her mind and walked towards their spot with her bento.
Illya and Kurumi warmly welcomed Shiori's arrival and even shared their bento with her. Shiori also took out her own bento.
Just like a normal lunch, the three chatted and laughed about various things, but they didn't discuss Kotori's situation.
It wasn't until after they had all finished lunch that Shiori asked Illya and the other if there was a way to save Kotori.
Illya then showed a strange smile, her gaze lingering around Shiori's lips.
This made Shiori cautiously take a few steps back. A chill ran down her spine, as if someone was staring at her. Shiori didn't want the two of them to do anything strange to her.
"How to save her? Don't you know, Shiori-nee-chan? Five years ago, didn't you already do something like this?"
"And aren't you doing something like this now? Making Spirits blush and sealing their powers."
"Eh? Wait, are you saying...!"
Thinking of something terrible, Shiori's expression changed, and she spoke with a somewhat awkward smile.
"That's right, go on a date with her. Then make her blush, and then kiss her. You don't need to worry about anything anyway; she's not your biological sister, but an adopted one. Besides, you're both girls, so a kiss isn't a big deal. It's not like you haven't done it before."
"That's not it at all!!!"
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