If it were a normal situation, and Kurumi was being this proactive, Arthas naturally wouldn't let her go. But the girl's inexplicable "father" had completely stunned him.
What did "father" mean? Why would she, as a Spirit, say such a thing?
It was true that how Spirits were born was a mystery, but it couldn't be that she had inexplicably become his daughter, right?
Arthas was still thinking about these things, but the passionate Kurumi Tokisaki didn't have the patience to keep waiting. Before long, Arthas's clothes had been mostly taken off by the girl.
"Hey, you still haven't explained what you meant by what you said!"
Arthas seemed to want to struggle a bit, but Kurumi didn't give him a chance at all.
"I can't really explain it. You'll understand after we do it, Father."
As Kurumi's words fell, she didn't give Arthas a chance to resist, and their bodies intertwined.
A strange power was released from Kurumi's body, spreading little by little towards Arthas's body.
Along with the power, there were also many memories, and Arthas finally understood why Kurumi called him "father."
Because Kurumi was indeed an existence born from him, a crystallization of his scattered power that had fallen into this world and been devoured by an ordinary girl, giving birth to the existence of a Spirit.
"What will happen to you if you give the power back to me?"
Suddenly realizing this, Arthas asked nervously.
"Nothing will happen. I'll just become an ordinary girl. I didn't want this power anyway. It's best if I can give it back to Father."
Kurumi said this indifferently, but Arthas heard a faint sadness in the girl's words.
She had originally been an ordinary girl, but suddenly possessed the power of a monster, existing independently from humans and being hunted by her former companions. This didn't seem like something to be happy about.
And now, being able to return the power to Arthas, Kurumi's words also revealed a feeling of liberation.
"You'll disappear, won't you? When you give the power back to me."
Arthas said this, and Kurumi fell silent.
"Tell me, what can I do to stop you from disappearing?"
Gripping the girl's wrist tightly, Arthas said this. At the same time, the power that had been flowing from Kurumi's body towards Arthas stopped.
"What... What are you doing?!"
The girl shouted anxiously, but Arthas didn't pay any attention to her.
"Since it's my power, then naturally I'll be the one to decide what happens to it."
"You're so selfish, Father. But you can't do that, Mother will get angry," Kurumi said with a helpless sigh.
"Mother?"
Arthas was stunned for a moment again, and then a dreamy purple light flashed in the small changing room.
Scarlet eyes and a spiral-shaped dragon horn that stood up high. Azi appeared before Arthas and Kurumi.
"Eh, eh, eh... Azi, why are you here?!"
"If I didn't come, I don't know how long you would have dragged this out. Your power is right in front of you, and you're still not taking it back. What are you thinking?"
Looking at the two people with their limbs intertwined before her, Azi's face didn't show the slightest bit of shyness. She spoke in an almost cold and ruthless tone.
"If I take it back, she'll disappear, right? Not just Kurumi, but also Tohka and Yoshino. Do I need to go and take back their powers one by one?"
"That's right. All of this was originally your power. What are you waiting for if you don't take it back? They're just ordinary girls. What does it matter to you even if they disappear?"
Azi said this, and Kurumi fell silent. She was known as the Sinful Spirit, but in reality, she didn't mean anything in front of the two people before her. In front of Azi, she was as weak as a baby.
A long time ago, when she had obtained this power, Kurumi had been searching for the source of the power.
At that time, the girl had thought that this power came from the First Spirit, so she had frantically searched the world for her, wanting to use the power of time to go back thirty years and kill this First Spirit, ending everything.
Later, it wasn't until Azi appeared that Kurumi knew what kind of existence she was. And after learning the real truth, Kurumi couldn't help but feel relieved.
Although the ending seemed a little regrettable, at least she could still be freed from this power, right?
Her birth was a mistake to begin with, so now she would let this mistake disappear.
Towards Arthas, the person who had created her, who was indirectly her father, Kurumi didn't know why she couldn't muster a single bit of hatred.
Originally, Kurumi had thought that she would hate him very much, but after meeting him, she didn't have those thoughts or feelings.
Perhaps it was because of the power within her? She had a great sense of closeness to him, which was why she didn't hate him.
But none of this mattered anymore. After returning this power, she would finally be able to become a normal girl, even if she was only going to die in a short while.
She would disappear after losing her power. This was the result that Azi had told her, and Kurumi had accepted it calmly.
She didn't want to be stained with blood anymore. This kind of ending was undoubtedly the most perfect ending for her.
But it seemed that a certain idiot didn't want her to disappear like this.
She looked with some amusement at the man before her, the man who had taken her first time and created all of her tragedies.
"That's right. She's not wrong at all. I'm just an ordinary stranger to you, right? Whether I disappear or not won't have any effect on you, right?"
"Don't tell me you've fallen in love with me. Someone like you wouldn't be lacking women, right?"
"It has nothing to do with that. I don't want you to disappear, it's that simple."
Maintaining this posture, Arthas hugged Kurumi's body tightly, smelling the fragrance that belonged to the girl.
"I won't agree to something as foolish as letting a woman die for me for the sake of power. I can't afford to lose that face."
Looking at Kurumi Tokisaki, who was slightly taken aback before him, power erupted from Arthas's body once again, but this time, all of that power flowed into Kurumi Tokisaki's body in the opposite direction.
"You idiot, what are you doing!"
Azi, realizing that something was wrong, had just wanted to stop Arthas's actions, but she was a step too late.
The next moment, frost stained with ominous jet-black colors bloomed in an instant.
____________________
For more advance chapters visit my patreon
patreon.com/kane45
Tier: 10$ Casual Reader - +20 Advance Chapter
20$ Intermediate Reader - +40 Advance Chapter
40$ Expert Reader - +80 Advance Chapter
Update: "Monday to Friday - Update 3 Chapters a Day"
"Saturday and Sunday - Off"