保護者の目
The Guardian's Eyes


Uzuki: That's how it is. Kei-san, here you go.

From her uniform's inside pocket, she takes a sheaf of papers and hands it to me.
Inscribed on their surface are complicated-looking kanji, written in an extravagant style.

Kei: Paper charms?

Uzuki: Demon-banishing talismans. While it has little effect on physical opponents, I can confirm its effect against spirit bodies.

Uzuki: If you paste these in the four corners of a room to make a barrier, you can avoid a repeat of last night.

Kei: But, Nozomi-chan and Mikage-chan want my blood, so don't they have a motive for entering?

Uzuki: It's all right. The barrier from this talisman isn't a low-strength, indirect effect, but a wall in itself that repels the passage of spirits.

Uzuki: Any spirit that attempts to pass will pay an equivalent price. To give an example, it's like surrounding a room with a high tension electric current.

Kei: Wah!

As if shocked by a static charge, my hand releases the sheaf.
Pinching the fluttering talismans in her fingers, Uzuki-san raises the edges of her lips in an awkward smile.

Uzuki: Since we have corporeal bodies, it is harmless, so there's no need to fear. The spirit energy flow is also delayed, so it must be set in advance.

Kei: Huh......

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