"Divine Artifact: Pandoras box - a magical box created by the gods of Ancient Greece, containing curses and disasters born from divine malice, the source of all evil spirits and nightmares in the world, but after nightmares comes hope."
"Ability: By opening it, it can release disasters and pain capable of killing gods, but the target of the attack is not specified."
Looking at the ability description of pandoras box, Yu curled his lips. This thing sounded powerful, but the fact that the target of the attack was not specified meant that this divine artifact was full of uncertainty.
Still, that was indeed how it was in mythology. Once Pandoras box was opened, it would bring indiscriminate catastrophe. Both humans and gods would turn to dust under the influence of those disasters.
Putting away Pandoras box, Yu raised his head toward the faintly visible full Moon. He raised his hand, and moonlight passed over his body. With a blurry flash, Yu returned to his bedroom.
"Whew~ I should go out and see them. I can't let Ichika and the others worry."
Letting out a deep sigh, Yu said that as he stood up and walked out of the room.
"Yu? You're back?"
Just as Yu walked out of the room and headed toward the living room to greet the Five Sisters, he heard Ichika's voice behind him.
Hearing that, Yu turned around and saw Ichika, dressed in a bright red yukata with cherry blossom patterns, with a fish streamer-shaped ornament in her short hair and geta sandals, looking at him in surprise.
"You are…"
Seeing Ichika, Yu's gaze slowly swept across her body with admiration. When it came to yukata clothing, in Japan it was generally only worn during fireworks festivals or holiday festivals, as well as during visits to onsen.
However, wearing such a vivid yukata like Ichika's during a visit to an onsen meant that Ichika was now planning to go to a fireworks festival?
He remembered that the Five Sisters had recently told him about the fireworks festival, and he had completely forgotten that it was today. He had almost missed it!
"Ichika looks beautiful in that yukata."
With a faint smile, Yu walked over, using a compliment to ease the awkwardness. After all, he had promised the Five Sisters that they would go to the fireworks festival together, but he had almost completely forgotten about it.
"Hmph! Yu suddenly disappeared during the last two days. If we didn't know that Yu wouldn't get into trouble, we would have worried ourselves to death!"
Seeing the young man she had not seen for an entire day, Ichika recovered from her brief surprise, snorted, and said that with her arms crossed.
As she spoke, a faint smile appeared on Ichika's face as she turned her head and closed her eyes.
All of them knew how powerful Nakano Yu was, but worry was not something they could control. After all, they had seen with their own eyes how terrifying Yu's divine battle against the Nordic queen Frigg had been.
Even if they knew that their young man could always turn danger into safety, still... they worried.
Thinking of that, Ichika's nose stung slightly. During these two days she had been uneasy, constantly afraid that Yu would leave them. She kept thinking about what they would do without Yu, and just the thought of it filled her with fear from the depths of her heart.
Even though they were connected to Yu through the Wing Contract and knew his approximate condition, they still could not help but worry.
But fortunately, fortunately Yu was fine.
"I was busy with something very important during the last two days, so Ichika, don't be angry anymore."
Seeing Ichika like that, Yu's body flickered, and he appeared behind the girl, gently wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder as he spoke.
"Hmph~ This time I won't be angry at Yu. Next time... you have to tell us..."
Feeling the familiar scent of the young man, Ichika did not continue further. Now was not the time to make a scene with Yu, and Ichika also knew that she could not stop Yu.
Honestly, Ichika actually did not understand why Yu often fought against those gods from mythology, even going to extremes every time, so much so that after every victory he would remain unconscious for a long time before waking up.
But Ichika knew that Yu must have his reasons for doing so. She was Yu's woman and did not want to doubt his actions. She only needed to quietly stay by his side and support the young man she loved.
"Don't worry, if this kind of situation happens again, Ichika, all of you just feel your power. If something were to happen to me..."
Patting Ichika on the head, Yu casually said. While he was speaking, Ichika suddenly turned around and placed a finger on his lips, preventing him from continuing:
"Alright, Yu, don't say such depressing things. Yu will definitely be fine."
"Alright!"
Looking at Ichika's eyes, which still contained a trace of anger, Yu nodded. While speaking, he suddenly recalled the prophecy Prometheus had left him with.
"I will die by your hand, but in the future, you are destined to die by the hand of a god."
The future me is destined to fight against a god and then die by that god's hand? That sounds really terrifying.
But who would be the god that would kill him? The Greek god Zeus? No, that was not right. When Prometheus spoke the prophecy, his attitude toward that Heretic God had been filled with extreme respect. If it had been Zeus, Prometheus definitely would not have acted that way.
Moreover, Yu did not think Zeus possessed the power to kill him.
Yu did not think too much about the god who was destined to kill him.
He knew that even if he knew such a thing, it would probably be unrealistic to reverse the future. Rather than worrying and preparing in advance, Yu thought it would be better to let things follow their natural course.
Besides, Yu did not believe that he would truly die at the hands of that Heretic God.
Prophecies were not 100% accurate. After all, Prometheus was not a god who controlled "fate."
Shaking his head, Yu regained his senses, released the girl from his embrace, and asked:
"Today is the fireworks festival, right? Where are Nino and the others?"
"They already left!"
Seeing Yu ask about that, Ichika thought briefly before answering.
Tonight's fireworks festival was being held on Ukiyoe Street. Of course, the real location could not truly be called Ukiyoe Street, but rather a small mountain shrine at the end of that street. That was the real place for watching fireworks.
After all, setting off fireworks in the middle of the city was somewhat dangerous.
As for Nino and the others, they had gone first to the Nakano apartment.
From there, they could directly see Ukiyoe Street, so the view was like the front row. Nino and Miku had been really looking forward to tonight's fireworks gathering, especially because they would be with a family member they had not seen in more than ten years.
However, it was unfortunate that Nakano Yu, who had spent more than ten years with them, was not there. Fortunately, Yu had returned in time. If he went there now, he would definitely surprise and delight Nino and the others, right?
Today was a rare moment when the whole family was going out together...
Thinking of that, a sweet smile appeared on Ichika's face.
"Nino and the others went to find Mother. Let's hurry too!"
Coming back to herself, Ichika added that, then pulled the young man and ran down the stairs. However, just as she reached the staircase, she suddenly realized something, stopped, turned toward Yu, and rubbed her chin with a thoughtful expression.
"What's wrong, Ichika?"
Seeing Ichika like that, Yu looked at himself in confusion and immediately noticed his heavily damaged clothes.
When he saw the torn clothes on his body, Yu fell silent.
His clothes had long been burned into rags during the battle against Heretic God Prometheus. He had slept naked for almost an entire day and had already gotten used to it, so he had not even noticed.
With Nakano Yu's current physical condition, he would not feel cold even if he were thrown completely naked into the middle of winter, since ordinary temperature changes could no longer affect the body of a God Slayer.
"No, Yu, you can't go outside dressed like that. It's still... early. Come on, let's go choose a yukata for Yu!"
Shaking her head, Ichika said that after glancing at the time. Seeing that there was still time before the fireworks festival started, she grabbed the young man's hand and ran down the stairs.
"There's no need to rush so much."
Seeing Ichika's hurried appearance, Yu smiled and said. As soon as his words fell, moonlight under his control passed over their bodies. With a flash of silver light, they instantly arrived at the yukata shop.
"Yu's ability is really useful."
Ichika, who had been teleported to the yukata shop using Moon Authority, was stunned. After looking around in confusion, she puffed up her cheeks and said.
"It's nothing special, it's just useful for traveling."
Scratching his head, Yu replied modestly. Moon Authority had many practical abilities, especially when it came to teleportation.
Since they were already at the yukata shop, Ichika chatted with Yu while she began choosing clothes for him.
The shop did not only sell yukata; more precisely, yukata were only sold during the few days of the fireworks festival, since they were otherwise not worn as everyday clothing.
Considering that Yu's clothes would probably often be destroyed in the future, besides yukata, Ichika also chose several sets of ordinary clothes for him.
And when the owner of the yukata shop saw the two people who had suddenly appeared inside his store, he was startled at first, but quickly recovered after seeing Yu's face.
Under the influence of the Tsuchimikado Onmyoji organization and the Police Department, Nakano Yu's status was now almost divine. Noticing his torn clothes, the owner naturally imagined a story about the young man fighting a desperate battle against an evil yokai monster on the day of the fireworks festival.
The owner was so moved that he decided to give Nakano Yu and Ichika everything for free.
On Yu's side, after choosing a yukata for the young man, Ichika pushed him into the changing booth. Since he could not refuse Ichika, Yu had no choice but to start changing clothes.
Previously, when he went to fireworks festivals with the Five Sisters, Yu rarely wore yukata because it was rather restrictive and inconvenient for movement. It was also not as comfortable as ordinary clothes. But today... he would agree to Ichika's wish, to make her happy.
However, yukata really was difficult to put on. In the end, Yu simply controlled the wind to dress himself in the yukata, then opened the sliding door of the booth and walked outside.
"Ichika, how does it look?"
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