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Heather followed Layla up the long shrine stairs towards their destination. “Layla…are all your adventures like this? This just feels like we've been doing a bunch of fetch quests back to back.” Heather lamented. And now they were walking up a staircase taller than any she ever had at Hogwarts!

Layla sighed. “They're not usually this boring. The problem is we came here with almost no intel. That was on me. I should have asked Lady Death about this universe before just coming here.”

“What? Were you too distracted by her tits or something?” Heather asked while giggling.

“You're too young to ask questions like that! …And yes I was!” Layla and Heather both laughed. The two of them continued to climb the unnecessarily long staircase.

Layla explained to Heather that they couldn’t fly directly up there because there was a tricky barrier preventing that. Yokai shrines could only be accessed from the front entrance. Attempting to enter any other way will result in you just finding a deserted empty shrine…

“I smell blood…” Heather said as they made it to the top. It was unfortunately a smell she had become intimately familiar with throughout her life. “This–this is horrible!” Heather exclaimed. The shrine grounds were littered with Yokai bodies!

Layla could also see the bodies of exorcists scattered around as well. A battle had just occurred here recently.

Very recently.

The blood on the ground wasn't dried yet.

BOOM!

A pillar of Blue Fox Fire, that Layla recognized, went up on the other side of the shrine building. “Come on!” Layla grabbed hold of Heather and took to the air. She flew over the Ancient Japanese building with Heather in her arms.

Heather had gotten quieter and was calmly taking in the gruesome sights below. “The Ancient One warned me that I would see terrible things in the future, if I agreed to become her apprentice.” Heather said. “The supernatural is dangerous, she said…” Heather trailed off.

“Do you regret accepting her offer? You can still back out? You can be just a regular girl you know. I can send you home right now.” Layla offered.

Heather shook her head. She loved magic! She wouldn't give it up for anything. She also wanted to start helping people herself! Otherwise, what had all of her months of training been for! “No! This guy killed all these Yokai for what reason!? Let me try and fight him first!” Heather declared.

Layla nodded. “If you’re sure…”

…

“Hahahaha! Filthy Yokai scum! You're the last one left!” A young man's voice shouted out. He was Japanese but wearing an exorcist uniform. He had a red gauntlet over his left arm. It was drenched in blood.

“Damn you, Red Dragon! I will have revenge! Even if I die! I will curse you for the atrocities you've committed!” The fox girl, currently facing Issei Hyoudou, spat out angrily. She had tears in her eyes as she lobbed balls of blue fire towards Issei. He was able to dodge all of them before they exploded with the force of grenades.

Layla noticed that this version of Kunou wasn't a child. She looked older. She looked to be around the same age as Heather, give or take a year. Layla could see that Kunou was wounded heavily. She had gash marks raked across her form that matched the bloody gauntlet Issei had. Kunou seemed to be on her last legs and was swaying back and forth–probably from blood loss.

“Die!” Issei screamed and charged forwards. His left hand reared back, preparing to deliver the final blow.

Layla quickly conjured a [Lightspear] and hurled it directly in front of his path. He was so distracted with Kunou that Layla could have taken his head off, but unfortunately she needed him alive for now. Heather also claimed she wanted to face him.

Issei saw the purple spear slam into the ground in front of him and his eyes widened in shock! He quickly jumped backwards and looked around. His eyes landed on Layla who was hovering in the air nearby with Heather in her arms.

Layla descended towards the ground.

“Angel-sama! Why are you stopping me from killing this beast!?” Issei asked when he saw her wings. “We've almost completely cleaned my homeland of them! She's the last one!”

Layla cringed at hearing that. Kunou was the last living Yokai?

Heather hopped out of Layla’s arms and glared at Issei. “How could you do this!? How could you murder a whole race!?”

Issei looked Heather over. He could tell that she was Human and even had the blessings of the Angels like he did himself. He couldn't understand why she cared about the Yokai though. “The only beings who should inhabit this Earth are God, his Angel’s, and we humans! Everyone else should be eradicated! With this, I'm one step closer to cleansing this barbaric country!” Issei said as he spread his arms wide and smiled at all the yokai bodies scattered around.

“Isn't this your home country?”

Issei scowled. “I was born here, but thankfully my friend Irina and her family rescued me from my wicked pagan parents! They took me in so I could be properly raised by the church!”

[So basically, the church found out about his Sacred Gear and abducted him as a child to turn into their killing machine...]

‘That sounds about right.’ Layla agreed with the system. This Issei had been brainwashed since a young age and had probably committed uncountable atrocities.

Layla didn’t know if Heather came to the same conclusion, but the girl pulled out her wand and started casting spells at Issei. He ducked out of the way of some of them, and others splashed harmlessly against his gauntlet.

“Fine then, traitor to humanity! You can die too!”

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