Ghost School

Spirit Leader Talks

"Then, the reason I followed Brother Yurin was because of our family's older brother. Brother has the blood of the Kintsuki royal lineage"

"What?!"

"I have 2 brothers, 1 older brother and 1 younger brother, Niki"

"My brother's name is Kintsuki Ichida. The difference between my age and my brother is 5 years"

"After Niki died, I became aware of my brother who had become king, as well as my brother's descendants and continued to follow their first child's descendants. Then, in the previous generation, their first son married a woman, and they finally had a child"

"The child is Yurin's brother. I kept watching and playing with my sister when my sister was left alone at home while my parents were working"

"Because Yurin's sister is tied to Izumi's sister, so I won't be hostile to the school ghost there. Izumi is also not a problem if you visit here. If anyone bothers you, Kiki will take care of it"

"So... You're my ancestor?" I'm surprised, too

"That's how" he answered with a smile

"So I met my ancestor, the original descendant of his brother and a king? How should I call him now?" Thought

"Call me Hana, brother Yurin"

"Baa... How could? you're ancestors. And why do you call me brother, while I am your descendant" I murmured

"Of course, I am a child, and just think of me as a child, not an ancestor" he replied

"By the way..." Hana glanced at Izumi

"Sister Izumi still doesn't have permission to enter our territory, so I'll give you a sign to reduce the spirits that bother you"

"Thus, big brother's strength is also not drained too much from being in this region"

Hana bit the tip of her index finger, then pointed towards Izumi using her injured hand. From the tip of his injured index finger, a bunch of light mixed with his blood appeared.

After the light gathered to the size of a ping pong ball, it immediately flew up and entered Izumi's chest. Soon a yellow symbol appeared on the back of Izumi's right hand.

Izumi watched the symbol in her hand.

"Heh... Very clever" Izumi muttered with a grin

"You're intentionally bonding with me, yes. That's why you put your power out of my chest so that your power flows and merges with my blood" Izumi said then glanced at Hana

"Even the power you use is the power of the heart crystal. You're so intent on making that bond, yeah"

"I have to make sure my brother's offspring is okay. If I don't do this, I won't be able to calm down" Hana replied

"What are you talking about?" Much

"The sign that this little boy gave me is no ordinary sign of permission. In it there are also conditions that I must do so that I get permission to enter here, and can use my power freely as when at school" Izumi replied

"Condition?"

"Sister Yurin is bound to Izumi's brother, but the bond is not fair to Yurin's brother, because only Yurin's brother receives all the consequences. Therefore I gave the bond back to Izumi's sister as well so that your bond would be fair"

"Your new blessing, 'If Yurin gets hurt, then the pain will be shared with Izumi, and vice versa, if Izumi gets hurt, then Yurin also feels the pain. If Yurin dies, then Izumi will disappear from the world, and vice versa, if Izumi disappears, then Yurin will die'."

"In this way, Brother Izumi will not be half-hearted to protect Brother Yurin, because Brother Yurin is the same as his life"

"Then, regarding the matter of strength, you previously said Izumi has 4 types of strength. That's what does that mean?" Much

"Every spirit has 1 type of power, namely good spirits or evil spirits. But it is different with the spirit leader"

"The power of the spirit leader is of two kinds. The first is the power of the soul, which means it is the pure power of the spirit. This soul power is what spirits usually have, in the form of evil or good spirit power"

"Then the second is the power of the heart crystal, which means that the power is obtained after becoming the leader of good or evil spirits. And if the heart crystal comes out because it is taken or so from the leader's body, it means that the spirit is no longer the leader" explained Hana

"Because in the leaders of the spirit there is a crystal that indicates he is the leader. And the source of the leader's power came from that crystal, hence it was given such a name. Then, the power of the heart crystal was very difficult to control. Therefore usually even spirit leaders did not use the power of the heart crystal. But if it can use it, it can be a very powerful weapon" Izumi replied

"Then special to me, I have four types of powers, namely two soul powers, as well as the power of a red heart crystal, and a blue heart crystal. The red heart crystal means the power of the evil spirit leader, and the blue power of the good spirit leader"

"To find a spirit has 2 types of strength alone is rare because it means the spirit is the leader. But I have 4 and cases like this only I've experienced it myself"

"I used the power of the red heart crystal before against the spirits in the hospital. You could see the difference in my eyes back then, right? Then such a great power. It was part of the heart's crystal power"

"Because this little boy used his blue heart crystal power on the permission and conditions he gave, so my bond is very strong, but I got a lot of strength from him"

Izumi glanced at Hana who was in front of her.

"By the way, it's also good that you gave me a lot of benefits just for this" Izumi said

"If you don't give me this bond, I'll keep it. Now it feels like I got a treasure in front of my own eyes. Don't you regret doing it without my consent?"

"If for the safety of my sister's offspring, it's nothing" Hana replied casually

"The power I give you must also be used to protect yourself and Brother Yurin. I don't feel any loss at all"

"I could have taken over a part of your territory with my current strength"

"If Izumi's sister wants to, I can give some of our territory close to the school to sister without the need for war"

"You're kidding me, right?" Izumi said in shock

"Although I'm a child, since I've been a spirit for over 400 years, there are some attitudes I've changed over time, one of which I don't like to joke about in serious conversations"

"I'm not serious about controlling some of that territory. I just want to see your reaction. It turns out you're more relaxed than I thought" Izumi said

"Actually I can really give it to her if Izumi really wants it. Or do I want to give it as a gift?"

"no need. My own territory is also huge. I would be troubled to go back and forth to visit if I had a territory here because I was the only leader in my territory"

"Wait, what does that mean? Your territory is big?" Much

"Yes" Izumi answered briefly

"Isn't your area just around school?" Much

"really. About 30km around the school was all my territory. For the size of me who has only been the leader for 2 years, this is already quite large" Izumi replied

"Then the school was like the center of all the territory that I controlled, because the beginning of my being a leader was at school. Looks like you misunderstood the center of my territory as my territory"

"Crazy! I've never heard of information like this! He might not have told me all this time!!" I was surprised to get mixed up

"yes too. Previously, Izumi's territory was very small before Izumi became the leader. That's a great achievement for a young spirit size like big sister" Hana said

"It was also influential because the previous leader of the evil spirits disappeared. Finally many neighboring areas that attack and control the region by utilizing the vacancy position of the leader of the evil spirit"

"The "evil spirit and the good spirit are very different. Therefore there must be a quarrel between the two camps, including the leaders. Because the leader of good and evil spirits is me, then I can freely control the situation and mobilize subordinates" said Izumi

"yes too. All decisions are in the hands of Izumi without needing consideration with other spirits. Which means not much disagreement" muttered Hana.

The four of us were silent for a while.

"By the way, why didn't you talk? I almost forgot that there was you" Izumi glanced at Niki

"There's nothing I need to talk about! I'm here because there's a sister here" Niki said and immediately embraced Hana's hand

"Waaah... She's really spoiled with her brother, yeah" I thought