My name is Kanasaki.
I'm a high school student.
Even though I've been dead for decades.
I'm still a high school student.
After all, I've been stuck in this dilapidated place for so many years.
But today.
I met three Exorcists, and I'm really going to die.
All of this was Kanasaki's true thoughts from the bottom of her heart.
"Um, actually, we're not bad people."
Ayase Momo looked at Kanasaki, who was trembling, and quickly tried to reassure her.
That's right, how could Exorcists be bad people?
Kanasaki was still trembling, feeling like she would be eliminated any second.
Linde also couldn't help but say: "Actually, you really don't need to worry. If we wanted to eliminate you, how could we talk to you so much?"
Kanasaki froze.
It seemed that was indeed the case.
She weakly said: "You… you really won't harm me?"
"Of course not."
Linde smiled: "And we'll give you benefits."
"What benefits?"
Kanasaki blinked.
"Become my Retainer."
Linde smiled: "It means signing a contract, and then you will become an existence that serves me for life."
"That doesn't sound like a benefit at all, does it?"
Kanasaki complained, then sighed.
"Although, your face is indeed my type."
"But it's useless. As a bound spirit here, I can't leave this place at all."
Hearing this, Linde said: "That's not a problem at all, because after the Reincarnation Ritual, you will be a Demon, and naturally, you can break free from your shackles."
"W-wait, you said Demon?"
On the other side, Ayase Momo couldn't help but interject.
She seemed to have heard something incredible.
Linde didn't answer, he merely spread his Demon wings.
Whoosh!
An ominous aura spread out with the strong wind.
"Y-y-y-you're really a Demon?"
Ayase Momo was trembling all over, just like Kanasaki.
"The real deal."
Linde smiled and handed her a Demon Contract: "You don't need to worry, I won't harm you."
"And if you encounter trouble, just call my name."
"..."
Ayase Momo looked at the Demon Summoning contract in her hand and almost cried.
She only liked the supernatural.
But what was this?
Directly entering the high-end game, even Demons were brought out?
She swallowed, and cautiously said: "Um, if I take this, can I leave?"
"Of course."
Linde made a gesture of invitation.
"Um, hehe, it was nice to meet you."
Ayase Momo lowered her head, not even daring to look at Linde again, and fled from here as if escaping.
"Uh... Master, you just let her go like that?"
Yukinoshita Yukino was a bit confused.
If that was the case.
What did her original choice even mean?
Linde smiled, and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, she has already stepped into this world."
"And no one can refuse to embrace the mysterious."
Yukinoshita Yukino paused, then nodded thoughtfully: "So that's how it is."
She asked herself.
If it were her.
Knowing there was another world, more exciting and transcending reality, she would probably choose to enter it too.
And the choice her Master gave her.
It was merely accelerating that process slightly.
More importantly.
Although she had only recently become a Demon.
But that last bit of regret in her heart had long since vanished.
To be blunt.
This was absolutely an opportunity to ascend to heaven in one step.
"Originally, I thought it was absurd enough that I was a Cursed Spirit."
At this moment, Kanasaki came back to her senses, saying with some complexity: "But who would have thought that even Demons exist?"
"Actually, it's not just Demons."
Linde shrugged: "Even Angels, Fallen Angels, and all the gods and Buddhas are real."
"So, what's your answer?"
Kanasaki was silent for a moment, then smiled sweetly: "It is my honor to become your Retainer."
As long as she could leave this place.
Becoming a Demon was simply insignificant.
However.
She said with some apprehension: "I am a Cursed Spirit, and I don't have a body. Can I really become a Demon?"
"Don't worry, you just need to trust me."
Linde glanced at the flickering Demon Contract, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Mhm mhm."
Kanasaki nodded, and asked curiously: "So, what should I do?"
The ritual to reincarnate as a Demon, it truly made one curious.
"First..."
Linde extended his finger, and golden blood seeped out: "First, take off your outer clothing."
"???"
Kanasaki blinked, then said with a playful tone: "Oh my, I didn't expect the Demon's Reincarnation Ritual to be so... suggestive."
As she spoke, Kanasaki began to unbutton her top, one by one.
Watching this, Yukinoshita Yukino commented: "I thought ghosts didn't have clothes."
"Indeed, many Cursed Spirits' clothes are illusions."
Kanasaki explained: "But don't compare me to those guys."
"I still consider myself a living, beautiful high school girl, you know."
As her words fell, Kanasaki was left in only her black undergarments.
She looked at Linde, and said shyly: "Do I need any other preparations?"
Although she had lived for nearly a hundred years, counting both her life and afterlife.
This was the first time she had displayed herself like this in front of a man.
"That's enough."
Linde nodded, and dripped his fresh blood onto Kanasaki's fair skin.
"So hot..."
Feeling the sensation, a hint of joy flashed in Kanasaki's eyes.
This was... the first time in hundreds of years.
Then!
Kanasaki's eyes widened, feeling her body undergoing drastic changes.
Flesh regenerated, skin formed.
She had a body again.
And... she touched her back, feeling an unprecedented itch.
"It seems... something is about to come out."
The moment her words fell.
A pair of long, black wings had already burst forth from her body.
Heart-shaped tail tips emerged from her black dress, constantly swaying in the air.
"I've really become a devil..."
Kanasaki's face lit up with joy as she curiously gripped her tail, then couldn't help but shiver.
Her fair skin instantly became covered in a rosy flush.
She took a deep breath and quickly retracted both her tail and wings.
Kanasaki secretly glanced at Linde.
He hadn't noticed just now, had he?
But very soon...
She felt a gaze upon her.
Kanasaki turned her head and immediately met a pair of gem-like eyes.
"Ahaha, is something wrong?"
Kanasaki asked, a bit embarrassed.
"No... nothing."
Yukinoshita Yukino twitched her lips, thinking to herself, "Touching her tail causes such a big reaction?"
Ignoring their conversation...
Linde's gaze was completely drawn to the text on Kanasaki's skin.
Kanasaki
Race: Devil
Master: Linde Lucifergus
Level: LV11
skill: Ghost Form, Etherealization
Ghost Form: Transforms into a Ghost Form using demonic power, allowing the use of all Cursed Spirit abilities.
Etherealization: Allows one to freely enter an ethereal state, immune to all physical attacks.
"This really is..."
Linde's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the attribute information.
He truly hadn't expected it.
Kanasaki had given him such a big surprise.
The Ghost Form skill was expected.
But the Etherealization skill was simply a divine skill!
From now on, his self-preservation ability would be greatly enhanced.