Chapter 254: Failed Date ; Meeting (1/2)

”That was odd,” I say while gazing at the sky.

Finding nothing, I shift my sight to Kurumi only to find her with a displeased look on her face.

”Hey, now,” I say, ”Do you still want to continue the date?”

Hearing my query, Kurumi makes eye contact with me and says, ”Of course.”

Beaming a smile at her response, I tighten my clasp on her hand before beginning to walk again.

After a short while, we found ourselves in the park, examining the surrounding nature.

”You idiot brother, what are you doing?! Leave the area as soon as possible!”

Deciding to ignore Kotori, I turn my head to gaze at Kurumi before asking her, ”Say, what did you mean by your statement from earlier?”

”Pardon me, but I don't know what you're speaking of,” she responds.

”I meant your objective. You said that you wanted to eat me, no?”

”Ara~ That, I did,” she replies as a grin forms on her lips, ”Perhaps, I should do it now?”

Sensing the slight hostility exuding from her, I am assured that her 'eating' is not what I had in mind.

Nevertheless, I remain unfazed as I ask, ”Do you still think you can?”

The moment those words leave my mouth, the hostility from Kurumi disappears as she says, ”No.”

Heh. It seems like the display from earlier has warded off any ulterior thoughts she may have had.

”Kurumi, I would like to ask you something.”

”And what would that be?” she responds while continuing to look in front of her.

”What do you think you are?”

”A spirit,” she replies almost immediately.

”Spirit? That's the only term that you know of?”

Hearing this, Kurumi squints her eyes as she stops in her tracks, causing me to do the same.

”You speak as if you know more than just that, Shido,” she says with a smile that doesn't seem genuine.

”Well,” I say, deciding to not reveal my identity yet, ”The term is a rather ambiguous one. I was just curious as to why they would call us as such.”

”Us?” Kurumi repeats as she squints her eyes.

Well, shit.

”That's right. I'm a 'spirit' as well.”

Following this statement, Kurumi chuckles for a solid five seconds before saying, ”Pardon my rudeness, but you're definitely not a spirit.”

”What do you mean?” I ask, genuinely confused.

”If you were a spirit, I would've been able to tell.”

Hearing her words, I realize something - She is considered a spirit despite being a Binary Factor.

Could the term be even more ambiguous than I thought?

”Then, what do you think I am?” I ask.

”An abnormal existence,” she responds, ”Not a spirit, but not a human either.”

There is a hint of amusement in her tone. Well, this is better than the aura she gave off previously.

At this moment, I notice something in the corner of my vision. A somewhat bulky brown-haired guy that seems to be in his early twenties is walking toward us. In his hand, he is holding a leash with a cute white dog tied to it that's whining for some reason.

Kurumi has noticed the guy as well as she looks over at him and the dog with an expression I hadn't seen on her face before - anger.

”Come on, you little turd. If it weren't for mom, I would've thrown you out of the house long ago,” the guy mutters as he tugs on the leash, causing the dog to whine further.

That results in the man getting even more irritated as he kicks the dog's head, causing it to whimper in fear and pain.

Seeing this, I'm once again reminded of the reason I hated humans in my past life.

I cast a glance at Kurumi, only to see that her anger has increased, but she soon notices my gaze as she regains her composure as a fake smile forms on her lips.