Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 74: One dream

It was so relaxing. It was so long that she almost forgot this feeling, or rather; it might be the first time for her to be able to sleep like this since, in the past three years sleeping had always been torture for her.

When one gained power, one would have to pay something. That was the case with her.

She still remembers it vividly, like it was yesterday. She met her weapon when she visited the Asterisk with her parents. It was like a jolt in her spine, and she felt like she was about to throw up. Even if she was blind, she could tell how dangerous that weapon was. However, her mother, who could see her reaction toward this weapon, was pleased and gave her the weapon, making her feel conflicted.

However, she didn't hate her parents, and she also received that weaponPan-Dora without much thought, yet, she regretted it since that night, the moment she closed her eyes, she felt her death for the first time.

She opened her eyes as she went hysterical.

Pan-Dora.

It was the name of this weapon. It was one of the most powerful Orga Lux, which had ever been created with the ability of precognition. She could see the future, predicting all of the future actions of her opponent, rendering them meaningless and easily defeating them.

This was how she could become the rank 2nd on the Seidoukan.

Yet, for such a powerful weapon, there was a price.

It was like how Gravisheath drained Irene's Prana and even affected her mind so that it almost took her consciousness.

Similar to Gravisheath, Claudia had to pay a certain price to wield a Pan-Dora, and that price was to see her own death.

Yes, a death.

Every time she fell asleep at night, she would have a nightmare when she would die in many different ways.

Poisoning, assassinating, stabbing, bullet on her skull, being burnt, etc.

It was simply a nightmare, and it was enough to make one go crazy.

This was also the reason why all the holders of Pandora were almost crazy and even wished to die since death was several times better than being killed so many times.

However, Claudia was different. Even though the price of using Pan-Dora was like this, she continued to hold it and experienced herself being killed so many times. It had been more or less three years since she had this weapon, so she had been killed a thousand times. Each death was different, and the people who wanted to kill her were all different. Her parents, Julis, Saya, and many others, killed her, yet she happened to meet Amagari.

Amagiri was different since he had never killed her, and only he would save her even if, in the end, she was dying.

Yet, that day. That one day, everything changed.

His appearance was like a miracle.

When she had almost given up and just thought of Amagiri as her source of salvation since he was the only one that wouldn't kill her, "he" appeared.

Yes, "he."

He was like a single thread that gave her a chance to escape from hell.

While in the end, she kept dying; they died together and brought the world to ruin.

It was like a double suicide.

It was so beautiful and ephemeral.

Still, after that one time, he no longer appeared since Pan-Dora seemed scared of him for some reason. It was like trembling in fear, and it had never shown "him" again in her dream.

Yet, one was enough to make her obsessed with him. She used all of her power and her parents' connection to search for him. Whatever the method was, she did everything to find him. Even if Pandora showed the picture of Amagiri saved her many times, she didn't even glance at this person since, in the end, she would be dying.

However, dying with Amagiri was different from dying with "him."

She wanted him. She knew that, and even if she met someone who died every night, she had never given up since she thought that she would meet him.

One year, two years, three years.

He didn't exist. No matter how hard she tried and whatever methods she used, she couldn't find him, yet she kept trying. Fortunately, the population had dwindled after the Invertia, yet, even so, it was a long process.

However, she had never given up until finally, when she was in the high school year, she found him.

Inugamigyoubu Tamazuki.

When she found him, it made her heart bloom with happiness and excitement. When she found him, she wanted to meet him as soon as possible, yet she endured it since it was hard to get permission to leave the Asterisk. Even if she was on the student council and also had a mother of an executive, it would take a while for her to go out to meet him. More importantly, she didn't want anyone to know him, or he might attract someone's attention because of her.

She was like someone who happened to encounter a giant diamond by chance. Knowing how precious it was, she was extremely careful, so in the end, she sent him an invitation as a special scholarship student.

Yet, no matter how long she waited, she couldn't get his answer. Moreover, she couldn't ask her people to spy on him since the security of his people was rather intense. When one knew that they had tailed him, they would become fish pellets for Tokyo Bay, which made her helpless.

By then, she had lost him. She didn't know where he was, which made her desperate and almost go crazy. She even wished to slay those people in the administration of the island since they had made her lose him.

I want to meet him! I want to meet him! I want to meet him!

She was like someone that was possessed by a spirit. She had been working hard for so many years to meet him, but was she going to lose him again?

However, when she lost him, he suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of her screen, making her gray-like world again vibrant. At that time, she didn't care about her job and went to the Jie Long Seventh Institute to meet him. When she was about to meet him, she was a bit nervous, and she also felt anticipation and excitement, yet everything changed when she found out that he wasn't alone.

By his side, two beautiful girls smiled and were happy. Their relationship was harmonious like a single painting, causing her heart to be crushed by something, yet, she calmed herself. He was a charming man, and it was normal for him to be popular with girls, so after a moment of hesitation, she approached him and invited him as a student of the Seidoukan.

In the beginning, he didn't take her seriously, yet it was understandable since he wished to become strong. However, she didn't give up, and fortunately, her persistence was rewarded.

They were together, and they had done that.

Still, when she thought about last night, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed, yet she had to say it felt wonderful. Still, even though she was a Genestellar, she had to say her body was almost wrecked apart by him. The pleasure was so much that she wished to die.

Yet, when she opened her eyes, she thought that she had fallen into a nightmare. She couldn't see his figure anywhere, making her lose her calm.

"Tamazuki! Tamazuki!"

She was like a lost child, hoping to see her parents as soon as possible.

"What's wrong?"

Then, when she saw him open the door of her bedroom, looking at her with bewilderment, she jumped into him and hugged him tightly, so tight that it might snap his spine.

"...."

'What the hell is wrong with this girl?' Tamazuki felt confused.