Chapter 91 – The Return of Black Pepper Spice

“Alright! Everуоne, let’s gо! One finаl рush!”

Аs Sрiсе floatеd in the air аnd shоuted lоudlу, аll thе strеamеrs resрonded with а rеsоunding сheer.

Оver thеre, the four реople gathеrеd around the mahjong tаblе were unleashing somеthing likе magic? Оnmyоji Аrts? Таoist Arts? everу time theу fоrmеd a hand, sсаttеring the monstеrs.

“Flota, whаt is that?”

‘I don’t know that оnе… What kind of mаgiс systеm is that?’

So thеre’s something еven Flоtа doesn’t know, like Mаhjong Маgiс.

Anуway, whilе Sрiсe and thе othеrs wеrе рrеventing thе mоnstеrs from lаnding, Кiraboshi Hazuki clashed with the Great Demon General.

Whoa, the sea split open!

Great Demon General Octodemon fell into the seabed, and Kiraboshi Hazuki chased after it with a leap.

What a ridiculous battle.

‘In every era, a hero appears to exorcise evil. Though erased from records now, there was one in the great war a hundred years ago too.’

“Really!? One of those appears every hundred years? What a crazy world.”

※ ‘The truth of the world, now revealed!’ ‘Talking about that now!’ ‘Little Spice, behind you, behind you!’

“Whoa!? Torch!!”

Curling his fingers into a tube shape, he spewed flames from them to counterattack!

Hot!!

But he endured it and sizzled the monster that lunged at him.

‘Uguwaaah!!’

“Whew, mages really can’t handle close combat! Spice will be more careful to maintain distance! No letting your guard down, absolutely!”

※ ‘Yeah, yeah’ ‘Even when Little Spice is super careful, he keeps running into unbelievable trouble’ Rump ‘It’s a good thing we got our memories back, though.’

“True! There are still five Witches left, so we need to take them down while taking care of ourselves! Whoa! A loud ‘Uguwaaah’ came from across the sea! The sky is clearing up~!! Looks like it’s over.”

The Seafood Monsters around them fell to the ground one after another, flopped around for a moment, then sizzled as their bodies evaporated.

Only bones remained.

Those bones crumbled into dust and were carried away by the blowing wind.

And then…

The pouring sunlight is hot!!

Summer~!!

And so, the largest-scale battle in recent years to confront the Great Demon General Octodemon came to a close.

Well, Spice just heard about it midway and joined in!

Kinda got to take advantage of it, huh.

Plus, that Kiraboshi Hazuki was added to Zakko’s friend list.

A modern hero, a hero.

Probably no better connection to have.

Well, she seems like the type to casually chat with rookie streamers…

Probably not that heavy of a meaning.

And so, Spice ended his stream.

Changing back into Shogo in the shadows, time to head home.

Might as well take it easy and use the revived trains to get back.

Don’t wanna see the Otherworld for a while.

After a full two hours and a bit to get home…

Mashiro was sitting in front of the door, hugging her knees.

“Ah! It’s so hot, what are you doing?”

“Whoa!! That voice! Senpai!!”

Next to Mashiro who jumped up, a half-empty sports drink toppled over.

So she was hydrating…

Then she ran over and hugged me.

“I’m so glad!! I, my memories were gone… I forgot about you too, Senpai! What was that all about! Thanks to that, this past month was hell~”

She started wailing, which is gonna bother the neighbors.

I carried her inside while she clung to me.

“Oh, welcome back… whoops.”

Shino poofed, transforming into a fox.

“Huh? Felt like someone was here…”

“Must be the Grimoire.”

‘Yes, yes.’

Flota backed me up.

Somehow managing to lift Mashiro who was clinging and wouldn’t let go.

Plonking her down in the air-conditioned room.

“I’ll make some barley tea, wait here. Want some mizu yokan?”

“I’ll have some.”

Mashiro blew her nose loudly.

After that, I explained the detailed situation to her.

Three Grimoires flying out of the bag, and Floppy from the A-Phone.

The four of them flying around near the ceiling.

“This house got lively too, huh… Well, it was already lively…”

“Kon kon.”

“Huh, Shino wants mizu yokan too? Senpai, is it okay to give mizu yokan to dogs?”

“Normally no, but Ms. Shino is special, so it’s fine.”

She’s a Yokai, after all.

Wow, she’s munching on the mizu yokan.

And slurping the barley tea in the cup.

“So, Senpai, I put my streaming on hold.”

“Saw that. My fault? I’m back now, so gonna restart streaming?”

“Not planning to for a while. Actually, I’m really worried about you, Senpai, so I’m gonna help you out!”

“Help!?”

“Be your staff!! I mean, uh, we’re getting married, so doing stuff like that is totally natural, or normal, I guess.”

She started fidgeting.

Getting shy now?

“Alright, got it. Then Mashiro, come over here and help with streaming. Let’s make it an official staff employment. …Which means… It’s about time we reveal Ms. Shino’s situation.”

“Kon kon.”

Shino nodded.

“Reveal? What do you mean? This fox-like doggy?”

With a poof sound, Shino transformed.

Into a fox-eared girl.

“This is what I mean.”

“Wha, wha, whoa!!”

Mashiro fell over backwards.

“A, a dog turned into a girl!! What is this!? What is this!?”

“Not just a girl. Like this.”

Another poof sound, this time transforming into a man in a suit and sunglasses.

“I’m Murakami Shino from the Labyrinth Ministry. Pleased to meet you. Well, we’re just in a cooperative relationship; I’m actually a freelance Onmyoji myself.”

That’s right, he’s freelance.

If Mashiro’s gonna work with me, she needs to meet him too.

At the unexpected appearance of a dedicated staff member, Mashiro’s eyes went wide.

Well then… Leaving the two to their greetings, I’ve got my own work to do.

Need to give the original 140 people the thank-you voice and original wallpaper as presents…!!