I, the Heir of Heroes

Facing the pensive and worried look on Gan Hiko's face, Leo's straightforward answer directly covered the depressing atmosphere.

"……sure?"

"Well. Should I say, I'm begging you to do this. If you don't understand the reason, you can't do it."

Facing Leo's slightly shrugged and indifferent expression, Mihiko responded to this trust and further restrained his expression, reaching out to the package at his feet.

Driven by the orthodox talisman drawn with ink on the paper, the hidden fluctuations that cannot be detected by the naked eye spread from the closed-eyed Ganbigu, and then, under the eyes of everyone, there was indeed an unconcealable surprise.

"How should I put it... Leo, are you really human?"

"Hey, you are so polite."

It's fine if it's a joke, Leo couldn't laugh it off even if he said it from the bottom of his heart.

Mood was visibly affected.

However, at this time, Mihiko was so surprised that he ignored it, or it should be said that he didn't notice it.

"No, but...you can get up like this? If so much energy is consumed, the average practitioner will be unconscious!"

"Can you even know the amount you lost? That's amazing."

To Miyuki who adjusted the atmosphere with an exclamation tone, Miyuki explained with a not-so-bad smile.

"Because the ghost body and the physical body have the same shape, this means that the size of the container can be determined. Therefore, how much energy was originally contained and how much is missing now can be observed through spells."

Ganbigula raised his eyes, and looked at Leo again with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Currently, Leo, the energy left is only to the extent that ordinary people can't even get up, let alone get up. Being able to sit up and talk in this state can only be said to be because the performance of the body is quite high. Except In addition, according to my ability, I can't find a second suitable reason to explain it."

For Mihiko, it was a casual word.

But the expression of "high performance" slightly hurt Leo's heart.

"Well, my body is specially made."

Even so, Leo still smiled.I don't want to show the ugly look of venting anger to friends who know that they are not hostile.

"In short, I don't have any strength. It's because the masked woman ate up my energy. It's fine to understand that."

Leo suppressed the waves in his heart and asked.

"I think so, but..."

"but?"

"However, there are no scars or breath left on Leo's body, so there is no way to confirm further. What I know is not all of the world. As for whether it is a real monster, or an artificial spell that has not been announced, it is difficult to draw a conclusion. ..."

No one present could answer Ganbigu's question. With the current clues, they still have no way to reach the truth.

However, it is clear that they have been involved in unknown events.

The meeting time was over, and after saying goodbye, several people left the ward.

"That's right—Kanhiko."

"Ok?"

They walked to the door of the hospital together, when they were called suddenly, Miyuki and Mitsuki, who was talking to Miyuki, turned to Erica in surprise.

With one hand on her hip, her playful and mischievous face was gone.

With an apologetic expression, Mihiko took a few steps forward, and the whispered conversation happened to be heard only by the two of them.

"There's something I forgot to ask just now."

To be correct, it was a selective and intentional skip taking into account the environment and atmosphere at the time.

"What is it?"

"If... I said that if this thing is really done by those so-called demons and evil spirits, will these things happen frequently?"

Think for a while.

"...No, that rarely appears. Although it is written in the stories that they always hide somewhere and do evil, most of them are done by human magicians pretending to be demons. For example, the famous Shuten Doji of Oeyama, Our conclusion is that its true identity is just a magician."

Unconsciously, Mihiko put his hand on his chin, and put on a posture that was very suitable for thinking.

"In our ancient magic inheritance, the probability of encountering this kind of real monster is probably... only about one out of ten generations. Even so, it is basically the level of finding individuals who occasionally fall into this world. Really From the perspective of the whole world, it does not necessarily happen once in hundreds of years. Anyway, the last record of real monsters appearing in Japan is the demon fox that was wiped out nine hundred years ago."

"Hey~ Forget it, don't explain this to me, it's too complicated for me to understand. I just want to confirm that this thing was done by a real monster, right?"

Rarely serious, I don't know why Mihiko didn't choose to hide it under Erica's eyes.

"I think so."

"Do you think it was accidental?"

"Although it cannot be said that there is a chance of chance..."

Gan Hiko's answer was extremely cautious.

"But from Leo's description, I can't think that there is no reason for this incident. If this is the case, it is not something we can intervene in, Erica."

"is it?"

If the last picture Leo saw before he fell was true, then the complexity of this matter really needs to be taken seriously.Moreover, the attitude of those who reported to the police anonymously is worth pondering.