Anoseka Volume 3 Chapter 1

This is MTL. So, I cannot guarantee that the translation 100% contextually accurate or appropriate.

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Chapter 1 "The One Who Dwells in Sacred Tools"

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Part 1

The night of the day Marie received the saint's necklace from Leon.

Marie was sleeping on the bed, kicking off the blanket and sleeping happily with her stomach exposed.

She mumbles in her sleep with a happy face.

"Leon, you idiot——Luxion, damn it——Kuh~"

Marie sleeps soundly, but then the desk drawers start rattling.

When the drawer was opened, a black haze overflowed from it.

When the black haze gathers near Marie, it forms a human figure.

It was humanoid, with almond-shaped eyes.

Her eyes arched as she looked at Marie, and she seemed to be smiling.

[I've finally found it——I'll take your body.]

The black haze reached out to the drooling, sleeping Marie —— and just before it touched her, it pulled its hand back as if there was static electricity in the air.

The black haze widened its eyes in surprise.

[Did she resist? She looks dumb, but she's more headstrong than I thought.]

Marie is sleeping carefree, but unconsciously rejecting the black haze.

It seems it thought it couldn't easily take Marie's body, but it has no intention of giving up.

[Then I just have to go deep into the mind to interfere.]

Normally, this would have been met with more resistance, but fortunately Marie was asleep so it was easy to get inside her mind.

[You should have just let me take your body obediently.]

You would have been better off if you had just let me take your body, she means.

Inside the depths of Marie—— It starts interfering deep into Marie's mind.

[You have troubled me]

Marie's mental strength was stronger than she looked, so it couldn't take her body easily.

Therefore, the black haze has no choice but to take the time-consuming approach.

However, this is a means that also places a heavy burden on itself.

Normally, it had wanted to avoid this, but it was not willing to miss the opportunity that had finally come.

In order to be sure to get a physical body here, a little bit of pushing is considered acceptable.

[Fufu, I got there.]

The black haze had made its entry into Marie's mind, but there was a door.

Naturally, it was locked.

[The key to protecting your heart——no matter how powerful it is, it is meaningless in front of me.]

The black haze forcefully pried open the lock, opened the door, and stepped inside.

But it was immediately struck with a sense of discomfort.

[——What's this? The scene in her mind is a foreign room?]

The mental landscape is recreated in your mind.

It is not surprising that the individual's room is reproduced because it is the place where he or she feels most comfortable.

Marie's mental landscape of the room was girlish.

That in itself was not unusual, but the problem was that it was so different.

There are many things that are unfamiliar.

There was a lot of furniture as well as some kind of tools that it could not figure out how to use.

[Well, okay. More importantly, where is she?]

The black haze looked around the room, which was not large, and soon found Marie.

In her mind, Marie was asleep in bed.

But her appearance was different from what it had seen earlier.

The self in the mind is what one strongly perceives oneself to be.

It could have been different from reality, but it was too different from Marie, who had blond hair and blue eyes.

Not only the hair color, but also the body is more feminine.

[She looks so different. Is this her ideal? But still, even though there's an intruder, she's still sleeping peacefully.]

In a mysterious room, Marie wakes up wearing clothes that are far removed from reality.

She said while yawning in annoyance.

"What? So noisy~"

Deep down in Marie's heart —— her honest feeling woke her up, and she rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at the black haze.

"——Who are you?"

While Marie was half asleep, the black haze began to act to take over her body.

First, it introduced itself.

[Me? My name is——]

Marie gave a big yawn and began to slump down.

The black haze yells at Marie, who is about to close her eyes and fall asleep.

[Don't go to sleep after you've asked me!]

Marie looks up with a gasp, wipes her mouth, and excuses herself to the black haze.

"I-I'm not sleeping. If you can put me to sleep, that's something."

The excuses made no sense, perhaps because she had just woken up from sleep.

The black haze resisted the urge to exhale a sigh in the face of Marie's undisguised true feeling.

(Is it really okay to use this girl? But this is the only one I have now. I can't afford to be picky?)

The black haze switches its mind and speaks to Marie.

[I have a proposal for you. Don't you want my power? I am the power that resides in the necklace of the saint. If you accept it, I will lend you more power. Do you want the full power of the saint?]

Marie hugs her pillow and looks at the black haze with her bed hair.

She seemed doubtful and was looking at it with suspicion.

[D-Don't you want power? The power to have everything you want.]

In most cases, deep down in their hearts, they want power.

Because even if you doubt it with your rational mind, deep down —— your true feelings are different.

Everyone wants power.

It's something it has tried many times in the past.

But none of the people it has tried so far have been its blood relatives.

Therefore, it did not come close to taking the body.

At best, the black haze only intrigued and manipulated, and did not produce the desired results.

Marie snickered at the black haze that tried to entice her.

[What's the reaction!?]

In the face of the unusual reaction, the black haze was puzzled.

Marie doesn't seem to believe in the black haze one bit.

"There's something fishy about that. So I don't need the power of the Saint."

The black haze widened its eyes at Marie, who said she didn't want the power.

[Why? You'll get everything you want.]

Marie grins at the black haze.

"That's what's suspicious. It's like you're giving me power without asking for anything in return. Isn't it like you are saying "I'm too suspicious and I'm up to something"?"

[T-That's not true!]

Seeing the black haze that flustered after being hit by the bull's-eye, Marie looked convinced.

"That reaction hits the bull's-eye. Besides, even I would do the same thing if I were trying to trick people."

[——Eh?]

The black haze thought.

(Could this girl be akin to myself?)

In other words, she's a wicked.

But the black haze has seen many women of this caliber before.

[Fuh, if you've seen through me, I have no choice. Then let's make a deal.]

When it tried to say something to her, Marie lay on the bed, resting on her elbows, looking mockingly at the black haze in a bold manner.

The black haze began to doubt that they were blood relatives because of Marie's annoying attitude.

"Stop lying. You smell just like me."

[Don't lump me with you! I am not as bad as you!]

"I can tell. Women are sensitive to the dirty side of women. My woman's intuition tells me you are dangerous."

[T-This guy! She's got uselessly good instincts.]

The black haze jumped at Marie, trying to stop arguing and take her over by force.

Then, a barrier, a wall of Marie's mind, prevents her from doing so.

It was more powerful than the black haze had expected.

[What!?]

The black haze desperately reaches out to Marie, but an invisible wall prevents it from reaching her.

On the other side of the barrier, Marie was yawning while looking at the black haze.

"It's useless. I basically don't trust anyone. It's a mistake to think you can do whatever you want to me."

[You black-hearted womaaaan!]

When the black haze shouted, Marie lost her temper.

"Huh? What is this attitude you have towards me? This room is my personal space to begin with. It's my private space, so to speak. The moment you come in here without permission, you're a good-for-nothing."

Unfortunately, it was impossible to take over Marie's body because she didn't trust others.

(This girl has more resistance than I expected)

The black haze had no intention of giving up, and in a bad way, there was no gap in her heart.

Because Marie was a nasty woman, it was impossible to trick her, seal her mind, and take over her body.

In addition, her mental strength is oddly strong.

Not only did she not take a step back against the black haze, but she had the strength to overwhelm it.

[If I can't take your body, I will at least leave a deep scar on your heart. You will pay for the sin of mocking me!]

As payback, it'll go on a rampage in this room.

That means that it will hurt Marie's heart.

Marie's eyes widened at the black haze's declaration that it was going to carry out a spiritual attack deep within her heart.

Its long hair wriggled as if it were alive.

Its eyes glowed bewitchingly.

If a third party had been present and watching the two of them, one would have thought it was a confrontation between monsters.

Marie bares her hostility toward the black haze.

"You tried to rampage in my room! I will never forgive you. I will curse you. I will curse you for generations to comeeee!"

From Marie, it could feel that it was truly cursed.

[Those generations to come are you! You and I are blood relativeeees!]

As the two's powers collide, Marie's room becomes chaotic.

The black haze was terrified of Marie's power.

(What is this girl? Her mental strength is too abnormal!!)

Marie, who was acting and speaking like a monster, was about to take the final step against the black haze that was resisting her.

"This is my heart. I'll summon my strongest existence and kick your ass out of here. Onii-chan, help meeee! She's bullying meeee~!"

As Marie regained her form and let out a sweet voice, the black haze felt a presence outside the room.

(W-What's coming?)

It was emitting a strong power that surpassed even Marie in front of it.

When the door to the room opened, a man was standing there.

He seemed to be a young man, but he had a black aura and his eyes were glowing red.

He holds a metal bat in his hand.

"——I'll crush you."

He muttered a few words and swung the metal bat down on the black haze without question.

[Wha!?]

The strongest existence that Marie created in her heart.

Apparently, it's her older brother.

The strongest brother created by Marie hits the black haze with a metal bat.

[Wai, wait. Ouch! It huuuurts!!]

It was a black haze that screamed, but the big brother would not stop.

He continues to attack mercilessly until he knocks the black haze out of Marie's room.

He is simply strong.

Marie cheered him on with a smile.

"Onii-chan, do it! Beat her to a pulp and knock her out!"

The black haze was no match for the big brother created by Marie.

The reason is that Marie truly believes that her big brother is strong.

More importantly, the black haze was not satisfied with one thing.

[Are you letting your brother invade your personal space!?]

She even creates her own big brother and allows him to step into the personal space that is deep in her heart where she normally does not accept other people.

[Are you a bro-con!?]

Marie affirms it without embarrassment as she looks at the black haze that is fleeing.

"Yes, so what? I lo~ve onii-chan so much"

Marie in the depths of her heart was honest.

There is not the slightest sign of embarrassment.

"Now, get out of this room quickly."

Marie seems to have lost interest in the black haze and is yawning and trying to fall asleep.

[T-This kind is my descendaaant!]

Big brother makes a full swing with a metal bat at the black haze!

The black haze was forcibly blown away from Marie's heart.

[How dare youuuu! Don't think this is the eeend!]

The next thing it knows, it has been kicked out of Marie's heart.

The black haze looked worn out and exhausted.

[I didn't expect it to be this bad.]

It could not take Marie's body, which was carefree and sleeping.

It was a golden opportunity, but Marie's mental protection was so impregnable that she couldn't do anything about it.

[Damn it! What's going on. A blood relative of mine has gotten her hands on a tool that has my thoughts in it! What's the point in letting this precious opportunity be crushed by such a black-hearted woman?]

The saint's necklace contains the thoughts of a certain person.

That desire was frustrated by the fact that it could not take Marie's body.

Moreover, it was beaten back.

[She has the qualities. She also has strength. Her appearance is a little too young, but with all this perfectness —— To think her personality is so bad that I can't steal her body.]

As the black haze was annoyed at Marie in front of it, it noticed a sphere that had been floating in the corner of the room for some time.

[——What?]

A single red eye of the sphere looked at the black haze, emitting a mysterious light.

Sensing danger, it tries to escape, but the windows are covered with barriers and it can't escape.

[What an impudent. If this happens, I'll go back to the necklace ——Eh?]

It glanced at the desk drawer, but the necklace was gone.

The black haze gets impatient.

When it looked around, it saw the necklace floating right next to the sphere.

The sphere spoke a human language.

[Is this what you're looking for?]

[Did he talk? Is it some kind of lost item? But I've never heard of anything this high-performance.]

In contrast to the startled black haze, the sphere was calm.

[I guess I was right to be wary. Still, it is a very interesting phenomenon. Let's capture it as a sample.]

[No way I'm getting caught in a place like this! I have a mission to accomplish——]

When the black haze tried to escape, the entire room was already surrounded by a magic barrier.

The sphere moves as it tries to slip through the doorway.

[It's my first time dealing with an astral body, but magic seems to be effective.]

A vacuum cleaner-like machine appears and sucks in the black haze.

The black haze in the transparent bag went wild, but the bag did not break.

[L-Let me go!]

[No. You are a valuable sample. Besides, I have some questions I'd like to ask you.]

The sphere's gaze was directed at Marie, who was sleeping on the bed.

[Let's have a thorough investigation as to why you targeted Marie.]

The black haze was shrinking as if frightened at the sight of the single red eye.

[S-Stop. I have a purpose —— something to accomplish! I don't have time to get caught in a place like this!]

[Let's take our time and listen to what you have to say about that as well.]

[——To think that even this thing is obeying her]

When the black haze looked at Marie with annoyance, the person in question was happily sleeping with her stomach exposed and drooling.

"Onii~-cha~n~ I can't eat anymore"

She must be dreaming of eating something delicious.

The black haze glares at Marie.

[I can't believe I was defeated by this little girl!]

It was a black haze that couldn't accept the fact that it was defeated by Marie.

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Part 2

"I never expected a saint's necklace was filled with a grudge. Moreover, I can't forgive it for trying to take away my dainty and lovely body!"

Marie, biting into a cookie as she said this, did not seem to be thinking too much about the saint's necklace.

Even now, she is eating cookies deliciously.

"You were so carefree even though your body was about to be taken away from you. ——Sorry, it's my fault."

Frankly speaking, it was a mistake to hand over the saint's necklace so easily without checking it out.

If Luxion had not been protecting Marie —— no, it seems that she had managed to stop the takeover single-handedly, but I still feel sorry for her.

Marie acts so casual toward me.

"I can't believe Leon apologized so honestly, maybe you ate something weird?"

After I apologized to her, this is what she said.

"The fact that you can't understand the seriousness of the matter makes me envy you, because you don't seem to have any worries."

When I said this while pouring tea into a cup, Marie protested while wiping her mouth.

"Even I have my share of worries!"

"He~e, what kind of thing?"

When I asked her with laughter, Marie answered with her gaze wandering around.

"A-About the next test, or living expenses——"

Luxion, who is floating in the air, points out Marie's troubles.

[I don't think grades are that important at this school, though. As for living expenses, you received them from Master, right?]

Marie looks a little embarrassed and talks about other worries.

"——Like my height and chest."

When I heard that, I burst out laughing.

"Is that what you're worried about?"

When I laughed, Marie seemed embarrassed and started shouting.

"Shut up! I'm concerned about it too. What? Working too hard and having my growth stop is just too much. In my previous life, I was so confident in my body——"

Marie's boasting about her previous life began again.

Apparently, she was confident in her style in a previous life, but was shocked to lose it in this life.

"There's nothing you can do, so give up. Or do you want Luxion to do something about it?"

It would be easy for Luxion to perform plastic surgery.

Marie looks up and stares at Luxion with sparkling eyes.

"Luxion, please give me height and breasts!"

A full of desire wish.

To Marie, Luxion——.

[I refuse.]

——refused to do so.

"——Eh?"

Marie's smile twitched.

Luxion explains the reason.

[In the first place, there is no need to tamper with the appearance. Sure, Marie is underdeveloped, but you are healthy enough.]

Marie cried when her plastic surgery was refused.

"Isn't it fine! Please give me a little bit!"

[No.]

"So stingy!"

Thinking they are having a low-level conversation, I ask Marie.

"Why do you want height and breasts? You used to say I'm beautiful and that's all that matters."

Then Marie puffed out her cheeks and turned her face away from me.

"——Because you look at Olivia and have an indecent look on your face."

"Hah? When did I look at Olivia-san and have an indecent look on my face?"

When I retort that it is not true, Luxion shows me a video.

That is in the cafeteria.

There I was, looking at Olivia-san's chest.

[Your gaze had moved to her chest many times. I don't think it was a coincidence.]

"——You've got it wrong. Look, it's just instinct. It's not something you can control. A man's eyes just can't help but lock onto those breasts."

Every man has a high-performance lock-on device.

Marie threw a handkerchief at me as I made my excuses.

"I knew you were looking! Are those breasts really that nice, you idiot!"

"I like it, so I can't help it! Or what? Do I have to live my life lying to myself that I don't like big breasts? I'm not that smart that I can live my life lying to myself!"

"Why are you so serious about defending your fetish? Are you stupid? Aren't you ashamed having your fetish exposed?"

"I'm embarrassed! I'm embarrassed, but——I know if I bend myself here, I'm going to regret it for the rest of my life, so I'm not going to give in."

"The lines sound cool, but what they are saying is about big breasts. I really wonder why men are so stupid."

"I don't care if I'm stupid. I'm just trying to be true to myself."

"Die."

Why do I have to be blamed by Marie so much?

Isn't it okay to like big breasts?

As we glared at each other, the amazed Luxion said.

[I will make preparations for the upcoming event, so you two can continue your lover's quarrel.]

To Luxion, who brushes off our serious discussion as a lover's quarrel, mine and Marie's voices overlap in protest.

"This is not a lover's quarrel!" "This is not a lover's quarrel!"