Volume 2, Chapter 5: Little Sister
The day after my hardships with Nagumo and Kaede.
I wondered if it was because of my climax exorcism or because Kaede did something.
Nagumo was absent on her second day of school and I felt a little relieved.
It couldn’t be helped… I had no idea how to face her after what happened yesterday.
However, I was still worried about Nagumo’s health. It was currently class break so I decided to head for the school store to buy her a small gift and was about to ask the few girls in class D (other than Karasuma) if they wanted to give Nagumo a visit as well.
"Ah, Furuya-kun! Nice timing!"
An energetic Soya came running up to me from across the hallway.
"I’ve just decided on what our next perverted case is going to be!"
"Another one? …I thought we were going to be cautious for a while?"
Well, I supposed it was fine though since another job would allow me to avoid taking supplementary lessons with Nagumo.
It was as if Soya’s depression from yesterday was a lie as she chuckled triumphantly with a "fufufu".
"I found it just now. A case that looks perfect for us. Here!"
Soya handed me her phone which showed an article from a news site.
There was a mysterious headline titled, "Monster of Justice Appears!"
"Monster of Justice…?"
After reading the article, it seemed that a monster that randomly attacked people on the streets like the woman who runs away from boobs had appeared in the Kanto region.
And if you’re wondering why it was called the monster of justice, the reason lied in its victims.
"What kind of monster… only attacks lolicons?"
Currently, a total of thirty victims were confirmed. Ten with minor injuries and twenty with serious injuries.
Eighteen of them were in possession of hardcore lolicon magazines when they were attacked, eventually giving rise to the existence of a monster that only attacked lolicons.
However, after plainly laying out what was currently known about the situation, the article concluded with this:
"The Exorcist Society is currently taking countermeasures after receiving a request from the police department. However, some experts are also stating that since the very existence of pedophiles is a source of anxiety for parents, it is questionable for the Society to strike against a monster that tries to eliminate such pedophiles."
What were those experts talking about? After all, it seemed like the lolicons that were attacked by the monster had never actually laid their hands on real children.
Although some people were thinking the same thing as me in the comment section, there were also a significant number of people saying things like "Poor lolicons lol", "Please do your best lolicon killer-san!", "Let’s give it a cooler name. How about Lolicon Slayer?", "Lolicon Slayer banzai!"
"…I see. This must be the ‘troublesome monster’ Kaede was talking about."
Although I couldn’t be sure, I had a feeling that this was definitely that monster.
Monsters were spiritual phenomena that occurred when people turned into evil spirits due to becoming consumed by complexes or resentment while continuing still being able to live their normal lives. Due to the nature of monsters, it was not uncommon for vengeful or heroic-seeming monsters to appear. These monsters were sometimes directly linked to public sentiment so severe criticism towards the Society broke out whenever it tried to deal with them.
This lolicon slayer was one of them. There were many people in the article’s comment section saying that lolicons deserved to be attacked and should be actively hunted down. I wanted to believe that they were the noisy minority but the loudness of their voices was quite troubling.
"…hey, Furuya-kun. By Kaede, could you be referring to Kuzunoha-san? From the Fox Spirit Family."
As I was thinking about how troublesome this lolicon slayer was,
"Do you usually talk to her?"
Soya, who had suddenly calmed down for some reason, began asking me strange questions.
"Oh right, I guess I’ve never told you. Kae–Kuzunoha-senpai maintains the seal on my climax exorcism ability for me. I’ve known the Kuzunoha Family for a long time so–"
I was about to say "that’s why I call her by her first name" but then remembered her giving me a punch and telling me not to speak to her informally in public back then.
"…hmm. That so… you’ve known her for a long time…"
"Hm? What’s with that gloomy expression? Are you not feeling well?"
"My stomach suddenly hurt a bit… I don’t know, maybe I ate too much breakfast?"
Soya made a strange face and seemed rather confused herself. Hey, are you really okay?
"Come to think of it, you collapsed and had to be hospitalized the other day didn’t you? Your face looks flushed. Maybe you got infected by some kind of strange spiritual phenomenon? Those kinds of things are quite common in hospitals after all."
"Uuh, maybe. I’ve been feeling strange ever since that time in the hospital. The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me though. Maybe I’ll let a proper exorcist take a look…"
Soya suddenly turned her face back up and regained her energy.
"No, no, no! We weren’t talking about that, we were talking about work! Work!"
Before I could say, "Hey, don’t push yourself," Soya took the phone back from me then showed me something else. It was the Society’s database which she had accessed using her about-to-be-revoked temporary license.
"The area the lolicon slayer appears in is too wide so they’re asking for help from all exorcists with a temporary license or higher. The monster’s estimated to be a fifth rank! This weird case could be connected to the lecherous relics and furthermore, the revocation of our temporary licenses will be easily canceled if we solve it! If we’re going to take on another case then this is the one!"
Soya declared excitedly with a "funfun".
"Even if that’s true, the monster’s appearing all over the entire Kanto region, right? Just Shinonome city was already exhausting for us, wouldn’t this just be a wild goose chase?"
"Tsk, tsk. You’re too naive, Furuya-kun. We won’t be patrolling blindly this time."
Soya raised her index finger and pointed to her own eyes.
"The lolicon slayer attacks lolicons, right? And my ability is…"
"Oh, right. So that’s how it is."
Looking at Soya’s eyes–her demon eyes–I could get a general idea of the plan she had in mind.
"We’re going to start working immediately this afternoon so tell Aoi-chan for me okay?"
After saying that, Soya returned to class B in a good mood.
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Soya’s plan was essentially an ambush.
Soya’s demon eyes, which could reveal all kinds of sexual information just by looking at a person’s face, also had the ability to uncover lolicons. The plan was to guard a lolicon until the lolicon slayer came to attack (also known as stalking). Soya had said, "If it’s finding lolicons then my spirit power won’t run out like what happened with the woman who runs away from boobs. It’s a perfect strategy with no holes!"
So with that, our team took the train from the School for Exorcists to Harugahara Station, where many of "those" kinds of stores were said to be located.
Since it would be bad to stand out too much this time, all of us, including Karasuma, wore plain casual clothes. However, since both Soya and Karasuma had outstanding looks, we ended up attracting a lot of attention anyway.
While Soya was surveying the crowd for a hardcore lolicon, Karasuma seemed bored as she quietly muttered,
"Well, even I don’t understand the appeal of lolis."
"Really? That’s surprising."
Since I was also bored, I replied. For some reason, Karasuma’s lips pursed indignantly.
"What’s surprising? What the hell do you think I am?"
A beast wearing the skin of a beautiful girl. A human penis. A disgraceful pervert.
"To be honest, I thought that you were fine with any girl. Was I wrong?"
"No, it’s true that little girls are cute but… they’re cute like small animals are cute. It’s not the kind of cute that makes my heart’s cock hard."
"Ah, I can kind of understand what you’re saying."
The way Karasuma said it was a bit questionable but I understood what she wanted to say.
"Especially when you have someone like a younger sister. Not just lolis, everyone younger than you looks like small animals."
"Huh? Furuya-kun, you have a sister?"
As if she felt lonely not being included in the conversation, Soya joined in while continuing to look around at the crowd.
"Ah, no, she’s my sister but we’re not related by blood. We only grew up in the same orphanage. We’re also the same age. I guess you could say she’s a sister-like existence to me. Well, she’s the only one though."
Piku.
Soya’s shoulders suddenly twitched. She pulled her gaze away from the crowd and looked at me.
"Oh, really? Then that girl is like… Kuzunoha-san, or rather, she’s even closer to you than Kuzunoha-san, isn’t she? How about now? Do you keep in touch with her?"
W, what was up with Soya so suddenly. Or rather, her eyes! Hearts were floating in her eyes! Wasn’t that the most dangerous mode her eyes went into when she poured spirit power into them!? The mode that could even uncover the length of a certain lower body part!? Stop it!
…Soya’s demon eyes couldn’t reveal what I did to Nagumo, could they? It’s not like I crossed the line, so… no wait, where was the line defined to be in the first place? Just making someone climax didn’t count right? Soya shouldn’t be able to find out as long as I didn’t fantasize about what happened to Nagumo right?
"So, do you keep in touch with her? Furuya-kun?"
Even as I fell into confusion, Soya continued to stare at me with her heart-filled eyes without giving up her questioning. I didn’t know what was bothering her so much but if things went on like this, we wouldn’t be able to find a lolicon and I would also feel uncomfortable.
"Most of the kids from the orphanage went to ordinary schools with the help of the Society and Kuzunoha. They’re probably living normal lives right now. But she–Sakura was different from the rest of us. She had talent. If I remember correctly, someone who used to be one of the Twelve Heavenly Masters took her into their care so she should be doing great right now."
Soya’s gaze seemed to ask, "What happened after that?" so I continued,
"She was someone who got lonely easily and used to follow me wherever I went. That’s why I was really surprised when I heard that she went off alone to become the disciple of someone who used to be one of the Twelve Heavenly Masters. It’s been a while since I’ve contacted her though, since I’m barely keeping up with my classes and she’s probably going through difficult training. I wonder if she’s doing well."
Since there was no reason to hide it, I honestly told Soya about Sakura. As I spoke, memories of Sakura which I had almost forgotten resurfaced.
When I was in elementary school, she would crawl under my covers at night saying, "I can’t sleep unless onii-chan’s with me" and on my birthday I received a letter from her that said, "I’ll become your wife onii-chan".
I somehow ended up becoming the person who looked after her so she was really attached to me. However, I was also happy to have someone who was like a little sister so before long, I started taking the initiative in taking care of her.
"And now I’m taking care of this perverted team…"
"Why are we suddenly being dissed?"
Karasuma protested but in terms of personality, wasn’t she the most perverted one?
"…huh."
For some reason, Soya who had been questioning me relentlessly was now releasing a strangely pressuring aura. She seemed disgruntled as she stared at me with half-lidded eyes. What was she dissatisfied about? I answered her question pretty well, didn’t I?
"You were wearing a pretty slovenly expression earlier, Furuya-kun. Grinning sloppily over old memories of your younger sister… aren’t you the one who’s a lolicon?"
"Hey, those eyes should be telling you that that’s obviously not true! Don’t go making strange accusations!"
After all, if it was Soya’s sexual information, more than just a few people were going to believe it. Being accused by her was no laughing matter.
And so with this and that, we continued searching for a lolicon for a while but couldn’t anyone who was genuinely a lolicon. We ended our search early that day and went home.
It seemed like there were unexpectedly few lolicons…
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"Huh? What are you doing, Kobayashi?"
When I returned to my dormitory, I saw a large amount of luggage being pulled out of the room next to mine. I called out to the confused-looking 100% breast milk juice Kobayashi as he exited the room.
"No, you see… the dorm manager suddenly ordered me to move to a different room."
"What? You have to move out immediately?"
"Right. Well, I agreed to it rather quickly though since they paid me quite a bit of money for my time and effort. After Nagumo-san, I wonder if a male transfer student’s coming now?"
Kobayashi puzzled over it for a moment then suddenly gave me a dirty smile.
"For him to go to such lengths just to get a room next to you, maybe he’s a guy with ‘those’ kinds of tastes."
"Stop it, you’re going to jinx me."
Even with things as they were, I was already being targeted by a girl who wanted me to make her climax so she could get bigger breasts.
I brushed off Kobayashi’s ominous words and continued back to my room.
Each student was given their own room in the School for Exorcists’ dormitories. The main reason for giving the students such privacy was not only to make it easier for them to regain their energy but also to make it easier for them to conceal any secret techniques they might have.
The rooms consisted of one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen (1DK). Although the kitchen was spacious, it was a bit of a waste since most students ate at the cafeteria or in convenience stores.
"Oh shoot, I forgot to take out the trash."
I pushed aside the trash bags piled at my door with my foot. I had forgotten to take them out after oversleeping this morning.
"Aah, I’m so tired today…"
I stretched out on the bed without changing out of my clothes. I had already accidentally fallen asleep several times doing this but just couldn’t seem to stop the habit.
"…I can’t let Sakura see me like this. This lifestyle."
And also, these two hands.
A curse I had hidden even from those who were like family to me at the orphanage.
As I stared absentmindedly at my climax exorcism cursed hands, my phone vibrated to alert me to an incoming message.
I assumed that it was from Soya or Kaede and opened my messages without thinking about it too much–then couldn’t help raising a surprised voice.
This must’ve been what people meant when they said, "Speak of the devil."
"I’ll be there tomorrow."
The sender of that short and blunt message was… Fumidori Sakura.
For a while, I couldn’t take my eyes off the message that had suddenly been sent by the little sister I grew up with.