Chapter 642: Thank you, my dear knight

Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu

Later that night, Seiji was contacted by Hana .

"Those daggers are a spiritual weapon crafted by the Messengers organization . The people you met are from that faction," the cat-eared hat girl reported to him . "The Messengers organization is actually a new faction that split off from Soul World . The Messengers were created by some former members of Soul World that believe in using any means necessary to achieve what they desire . "

That was a lot of information to take in at once!

"...Did Sister Yui give you this information?" Seiji inquired .

"That's right, Sister Yui told it to me . She's a member of Soul World," Hana quietly stated something that should have been an incredible secret .

"Since she's let you know about her identity, that probably means it doesn't need to be a secret anymore . "

"Yep, since it's no longer considered to be a crime to be a member of Soul World . "

"Will she join Soul Society later on as one of their higher-ups?"

"I don't know, but I think it's highly possible . "

They both fell silent for a moment .

"So the Messengers are an evil organization that split off from Soul World, and Soul Society is the organization of justice that opposes them...?" Seiji folded his arms .

"I think that a more appropriate analogy would be to call them factions of chaos and order . " Hana also folded her arms .

"I suppose you're right... so the next classical development will be the battle between chaos and order?"

"That depends on what the Messengers' goal is . "

"Sister Yui doesn't know their overall goal?"

"She didn't say anything about that . She only said that the creator of the Messengers was someone who would stoop to any means . "

Stoop to any means? This typically meant that one wouldn't care about any collateral damage or harm caused to others . No matter what this organization wanted to achieve, being willing to "use any means" was already the best evidence that they were relatively dangerous .

It was truly unfortunate that Seiji had created a grudge with such a faction... but perhaps it was something bound to occur .

"What about anything else? Is there anything special about those daggers?"

"They're a weapon that's specially created for the Awakened . These daggers are capable of absorbing and storing the energy from defeated spiritual monsters and transmitting it to the holder . However, it should be noted that the transference mechanism is under remote control . Someone else is capable of controlling the mechanism and adjusting the energy output . "

"So, you're saying that this weapon's energy output can be controlled by someone else?"

"That's right . This design allows someone else to control the weapon's holder . Someone else with the control mechanism can self-destruct the weapon with a single press of a button . Or, it's possible to instantly have the weapon start transmitting energy at maximum level, without any regard to the weapon holder's will or well-being . "

Seiji recalled the scene from before when he heard this .

Those three individuals who attacked him had all seemed to be rather abnormal . Perhaps they hadn't attacked him out of their own will . Perhaps it was due to that person behind them...

Seiji felt that it was a pity he didn't manage to stop that Spiritual Ability user and the last Awakened there .

Seiji felt pity for the three people under the Messenger organization's control . He now also concretely had a better idea of what the Messengers were really like .

"Is there any more information?"

"That's all about the daggers . Next would be regarding your friend Hoshi Amami's combat uniform . " Hana paused for a moment . "The damage to his uniform is highly likely to have been caused by spiritual weapons . "

"...Are you talking about all of the damage?" Seiji now had a serious expression .

"Yep, 100% . "

They both fell silent yet again .

Hoshi had stayed behind in that realm by himself for more than three hours . All the various types of damage done to his clothing had been from spiritual weapons... Did Hoshi go fight a battle against an army of Spiritual Ability users!?

Just how many people were there? What faction were they from? What was the result? Those were all important questions .

Yet, the main character of the incident in question had lost his memories!

It would have been fine if Hoshi had only been fighting against spiritual creatures . Yet losing his memories after fighting against humans? That was no laughing matter at all .

"We need to think of some method to help Hoshi recover his memories . Otherwise, we won't even know what trouble he's gotten into . " Seiji sighed .

"Perhaps he met another group from the Messengers and had a huge fight against them . " Hana took a random guess .

"...That's possible, but we'll only know for certain once he remembers . "

Well, it would be slightly better if Hoshi had fought against another group of Messengers, since Seiji and his friends had killed three of them already . It wouldn't change much more if they antagonized the Messengers again... the important part was if Hoshi's identity was exposed or not! Did they see his face!?

The Messengers organization was a split-off faction from Soul World that trended towards chaos . Becoming enemies with them would be no laughing matter . If Hoshi's identity was exposed, that would be incredibly dangerous!

'Maybe I should load back in time . ' Seiji suddenly had such a thought .

But, he then sighed after recalling what Hoshi had said back then .

'Let's try to have my idiot junior recover his memories first before deciding what to do . '

Hoshi was sitting down under a tree, observing beautiful flowers while watching tiny butterflies dance among the flowers .

A light breeze blew past which slightly shook the flowers . There was a sweet aroma and bright red leaves were falling... This scene and atmosphere were so beautiful as to be addictive .

An ethereal song sounded . When Hoshi looked to find the source, he noticed that the golden-haired girl was already standing next to him since an unknown time .

Hoshi silently looked at her and listened to her song . He felt as if his very soul was being cleansed . He had no idle thoughts whatsoever, and his heart was completely calm .

At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded .

Hoshi turned around and saw a squadron of people in various types of clothing . They were all holding blood-red weapons or guns .

All of them had black, gray, or red misty auras around them which gave Hoshi an ominous impression . He felt that they didn't belong in such a beautiful location at all .

The golden-haired girl also looked at this squadron and stopped her singing .

These people then did something that caused a dense gray mist to arrive . The air speedily became chilly .

The flowers started losing their color as they wilted in large patches . All the butterflies dropped on the ground and turned into dust .

Even the tall red-leafed tree was speedily losing its life force at a visible rate . Its bark dimmed in color as its leaves kept dropping... it finally became rather ugly and scary with how dried out it appeared .

This squadron of people then left this area .

They destroyed the beauty and calmness of this location and then left just like that .

A feeling of anger arose within Hoshi's heart .

He looked at the golden-haired girl . Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, he could sense her sadness .

Hoshi then witnessed this scene repeating itself countless times .

At first, the golden-haired girl didn't do anything at all . But as her sadness increased, she started hiding her garden's presence .

Yet, those people still kept finding and destroying her garden . Evidently, they had a method of locating her garden .

After that, she was forced to start fighting off those people .

But even if she chased them away, they would soon return with even more and stronger companions!

The golden-haired girl was having a bitter and difficult time fighting against those people .

All she wanted was to maintain her garden . Yet, those people always brought along destruction and turned the entire world to grayness .

Hoshi's anger reached its peak after witnessing all of this .

Just chasing those people away would be insufficient . They needed to be killed!

Only by killing them would they never return .

As if she sensed his anger, the golden-haired girl looked at him and slowly reached out with her tiny hand .

Hoshi stretched out his hand and lightly held her hand in his .

Her hand was cool, soft, and smooth... a subtly wondrous sensation .

But, that wasn't the important part . The important part was that this was the first time that he was finally able to touch her .

Hoshi tightly gripped her hand, transmitting his own will .

'I will help you .

'I will protect your garden, your home! I shall make those people that bring destruction pay a fitting price!!'

The girl sensed his feelings . Her mouth arced upwards slightly as she smiled movingly .

She then spoke one sentence .

Hoshi didn't recognize the language she spoke in . Yet, he was mystically able to understand the meaning . . .

"Thank you, my dear knight . "