Chapter 134: The Victim is Leorio

"What the hell! What are you suddenly saying!?"

"If it's a wandering soul, it's best if they hate staying at your house. With this, those who can't afford to pay will go somewhere else; if you're lucky, only those like living room furniture and chocolate cake will be there. Arrive."

Leorio, who was the first to recover from Sora's "How to get rid of ghosts even an amateur can do," threw Sora onto Sora's head and poked into his body, but Sora answered with a straight face, showing no remorse.

This woman truly felt that this was the most effective way, so she did it.

"That's the problem!?"

"In fact, that guy who was staying there as a spectator has already left, just like Zoro and the others."

"It's not that you can't afford to pay, it's that you don't want to pay!?"

However, Leorio was certainly not satisfied with such a strange answer; pushing further, he would be bitten by an even more sloppy answer, and Alter might raise a question he considered the correct answer.

But I also hated that what Sora said might not be a lie. Apparently, before and after Sora opened the door and shouted, the coldness and discomfort felt after entering the house had subsided.

That guy who was originally just staying there for fun seemed to have been startled by this indecent request and left.

"... Or rather, Mr. Sora. What happened when you said 'don't treat the other party as a monster, treat him as a human'?"

Sora asked Jenny, who had regained her lost strength with Exorcism; this was certainly simpler, but in a sense, more absurd than Direct Death.

"Miss Jenny... The reason I am afraid of mysterious monsters is because I don't know what they are... In other words, I cannot understand them. And ghosts, even if they are already dead, are still the same people. That is to say, the things we fear and recoil from are very likely also being feared and recoiled from."

... In other words, the fastest and most peaceful way is to scare them, or make them feel they don't want to be your opponent, and win first.

"Is this what you mean!?"

"Unless there is some clear purpose or situation, you will not be able to have a discussion with someone who is trying to mess with you."

I mean, we don't even need to talk. The dead have dignity and should be protected, but since they are alive, give them human rights; setting aside excessive pain, there is no need to forgive them."

This might be a valid argument, but Jenny asked Sora a reasonable question; Sora said it might be fundamentally wrong, but Sora never wavered and responded immediately.

And for Jenny, who possesses saint-like kindness but is not sweet, and is quite strict with herself and others, Sora's words, "We should protect the dignity of the dead, but since they have no human rights, there is no need to forgive them," left her confused and convinced, as in this case, the ghosts were the perpetrators.

However, at the last moment, Leorio spoke up: "Miss Jenny! Please be strong! Don't be influenced by this idiot!" Fortunately, she wasn't tainted.

But it was already too late.

"... Mr. Sora. I heard that Febreze has an exorcism effect, but according to Mr. Sora's reasoning, does that mean 'Eliminate' is effective!?"

"I wonder if that's the case. For me, Balsan is better."

Even if they are already dead, it won't work, but if you are treated like a cockroach, locked up, and set on fire, you will suffer great mental damage."

"What are you asking, you smallest child over there! You didn't answer either!!"

Sure enough, when he said "pay the rent," his admiration completely flew away, but Lily, like a child, immediately changed into a strange bad car; Sora had no idea if he was joking with Sora or if he was serious, and Leorio rushed in to stop this evil rider who might lose control.

But Leorio's trouble was not over yet. Or rather, since it seemed only Leorio would step forward this time, his trouble was inevitable.

"... Shouldn't he have been made to back down at the first victory?... I see. That's why, once Laurent played 'Utopia' at a famous Favrotskies spot, there were no more strange phenomena afterwards."

"What confidence do you have in yourself!?"

"I mean, why would that person perform 'Utopia' at a psychic spot!?"

"What if you cut ties with him!?"

This time, Astolfo seemed to be moved by something, and when he muttered a memory that fit Sora's reasoning, he was attacked not only by Leorio but also by Sora and Alter. This was natural.

Even so, I was still curious about what kind of situation would lead to you being able to play 'Utopia' in a Favrotskies place, but at the same time, I didn't want to hear it to death.

By the way, 'Utopia' was an original story written on a web story chat bulletin board as a stress-relief method, the method being "First, be naked, and hit your buttocks with both hands. Turning with the whites of his eyes, he continued to go up and down on the bed for about 10 minutes, while shouting loudly: 'What a Utopia!'"

Really, why is it Astolfo's childhood friend. No, if you are a person who was dumped by a woman, naked, and drunk, you might have the ability to do this in a psychic place. I was really caught.

"... Jenny-oni, what is 'Utopia'?"

"Yeah, everyone, why are you always making a scene at the door? If our house is a bit better thanks to classmate Sora, let's go in!"

The chaos had somehow spiraled out of control, but since Lily was asking a helpless dirty joke with pure and innocent eyes, Jenny blushed and forcibly ended the conversation, pushing everyone into the living room.

By the way, do you know Jenny? "Utopia"...

"I just lost most of the normal people, but there are still some left."

This is the fastest way, but it is more likely that people who cannot communicate with you will stay after doing this, rather than those who actually pay the rent."

After entering the house, Sora got permission from the landlord Jenny to walk around the house, then sat down on the sofa in the living room and clicked his tongue:

"So, the rest is for you to kick the remaining people out?"

"No, if we don't eliminate the cause of the ghost gathering place, it's nothing more than a hot stone and hot water."

First, if it's just one person, even if we are not at fault and there is no reason, it might just be a bad-tempered guy who happened to come over and settle down, but more than one person must have a reason who can harm people."

Sora's words left Jeanne and the others puzzled, or rather, the situation was that only bad-tempered people were left, making them pale; Leorio intended to appease them, "It's no big deal," but Sora denied it, not reading the atmosphere.

He complained in his heart: "Seriously, read the air, you air-breaker..." But since this wasn't something that could be solved with a comforting word, Leorio didn't blame Sora's honesty, but said, "Well, what do you plan to do?" I advise you to speak first."

"For now, let's listen to the opinions of the people involved again. Even if they say it's of a bad nature, no one's life is in danger right now, so it doesn't matter if we do something to them later."

After saying this, Sora and the others finally settled down in the living room and began to listen to Jenny and the others about when the house started to have paranormal phenomena and what happened.

"Well, I don't know when your sisters noticed this, but I started thinking 'Hmm?' around October."

When I asked when it started, Lily took a cute diary out of her room and began to explain the specific dates and what happened.

"Oh, yes. On the night of October 14th, I was doing homework in my room, and someone knocked on the door, so I opened the door, and there was no one. That was the beginning, at least for me."

Also, the frequency is increasing every day, but I haven't actually seen or experienced anything important. The knocking and the intercom rang, but there was no one there when I went out. Cushions and books suddenly flew in front of me. Even though everyone was in the living room, I heard footsteps in the hallway. A live Fugura rained in the garden... that's this place."

Lily, who kept a diary, taught me everything in detail.

"Yes. I don't remember the specific date, but I felt that some strange things started to happen around October."

"... I don't believe in ghosts, but that was the only time I started having nightmares."

Jenny placed her right hand on her cheek and raised her eyebrows slightly, trying to recall.

In addition, Astolfo also claimed that "Jenny's face started to turn pale at that time," so about three months ago, this house became a gathering place for spirits.

In other words, it was natural to think that there must be some reason for that period, so Leorio didn't ask Sora, but asked: "Did anything happen before that?"

But the answer was not sweet.

"Aren't you being silly? We haven't noticed strange things happening suddenly about three months ago for a long time, so if you had any thoughts, even if you didn't ask, you would be the first to know to say, 'Could this be the reason?'"

Leorio's cold and heartless words, as always, made Leorio's temples throb again, but Jenny, Lily, and Astolfo scolded him instead, so he barely managed to avoid appearing grumpy and immature.

"I think so. By the way, are you Christians?"

"At least Jenny, right?"

Leorio had an awkward smile on his face, reciting "Haha, knowing Lida of Sono," trying hard to act like an adult.

Not only the sisters and Astolfo, but even Leorio was startled by this change, and even he couldn't explain what the connection was, but Jeanne answered suspiciously.

"? Um, yes. Alter said a bit that he didn't want to believe anymore because of his parents, but for the time being, my sisters and my parents have all received the Baptism of Catholicism."

"The reason Alter-chan resisted you is because he said things like 'The Lord has always been watching over us.'"

After Jenny answered, when I asked her why she was sure she was at least the only one, Sora mentioned the interaction at that coffee shop. Jenny and Alter looked embarrassed, and Lily and Astolfo said, "Pay attention to the details." I remember. I agreed admiringly.

Only Leorio knew that Sora was not a resident of this world, so he whispered: This is a world where only unknown things can be as common as usual.

"Hmm, what's the problem with that?"

For some reason, not only Sora, but even Leorio suddenly looked into the distance, and Jeanne asked suspiciously.

"Ah, sorry. Also, this might remind you of some unpleasant things, but when your parents passed away, you insulted your faith and recommended another religion... a new religion like a Kalluto, nothing more than suspicious. Do you have any relatives?"

Not only Jenny, but even Alter and Lily had their faces stiffened by the constant questioning.

Jenny looked sad, but Alter and Lily's expressions were clearly unpleasant, but their unpleasant and gloomy aura was clearly not directed at Sora.

Even though there was already a reaction that didn't need an answer, Alter answered Sora's question in one breath.

"... Yes. Halfway through the funeral, he said, 'Because you believe in this heresy, you have been punished.' That idiot who tried to distribute this book."

"Hmm, was that your uncle's sister-in-law?"

"No, it's my uncle's sister-in-law's sister-in-law's sister-in-law's sister-in-law."

Alter answered, Lily let Jenny remember who that annoying relative was, but she found that Lily was further away than she imagined, and she was a complete stranger, not a relative. Then, not only Lily but Leorio were unhappy, and even Astolfo was filled with righteous indignation.

"What is that!? What to believe depends on the other person, but it's not for me to say or do anything in front of you at the funeral!"

Or rather, a god who kills anyone who doesn't believe in him is not a god, and a religion that worships such a thing is a heresy!!"

"Astolfo, that sentence also violates our religious freedom... but thank you. You are angry for us."

Thanks to Astolfo, who was as angry as he was, the air of heavy memories of bad things was cleared, and Jenny thanked Astolfo for his Extreme remarks.

However, Jeanne seemed to have guessed why Sora would ask such a question, and while making a bitter face, she stated her guess.

"Mr. Sora, if you ask such a question, it is unlikely that he is related to religion..."

"Hmm? But that lady hasn't been home lately, and she hasn't called you, right?"

Jenny's words made Lily guess, but she flipped through her diary and pointed out the contradictions in her sister's guess.

Alter pretended to be uninterested, but said, "... I don't remember the exact date, but I don't think it was three months ago when he stopped coming. I kicked him out," he added.

"Eh? What did you do? I want to see it too."

"Oh, come to think of it, yes. I don't approve of violence, and I hope you don't do dangerous things again, but Alter was brave and cool at that time."

"You guys are noisy! You are ignoring me now!!"

Except for Alter, Astolfo showed aggression, Jenny showed off her sister's stupidity and activated Alter's tsundere, but Sora didn't mind at all and asked Lily: "When was your diary written?" and continued his own pace of the story.

Lily was a little confused by his pace, but she flipped through her diary and told her that it was about two months after her parents passed away.

After hearing this answer, Sora pointed to the garden across the living room and asked another question.

"That devout lady, I only let her in once or twice, didn't she keep coming into the garden to mess around several times?"

"!? Amazing! How did you know!?"

Facing Sora's question, Lily opened her eyes wide and asked back. Even Alter and Jenny, who were comforting her sister, looked back at Sora with expressions of astonishment that I don't know how many times.

Sora did not respond to the three sisters' surprise, nor did he answer Lily's question, and looked at the garden to state his guess.

"Yeah. I don't know if this is resentment towards him, or if his goal is a matching pump, but it is most likely a Kalluto-like religious Harassment."

I really don't understand why there is a gap. If your goal is a matching pump, if strange things happen immediately after you stop coming, it is most likely caused by you. Or, because he is a complete amateur, he may have activated it inadvertently after a long time."

Sora said while looking at the garden, reached his wrist into the gap of the sofa cushion he was sitting on, and immediately pulled it out, revealing it.

A Paper Doll with a letter or pattern drawn in the middle, it was unclear, it should have been inserted into the gap.

"!? What the hell!? When did you notice!?"

"From the beginning, Leorio also knew. Look at the picture frame, look at the bookshelf in the cabinet, look at the flower bed in the garden."

Leorio, who was also used to Sora's movements, rushed in, leaving the ordinary people who were stunned by what he suddenly showed without any preamble, but as expected, Sora was taught to do everything at his own pace. Said this was not the only one.

That said, Leorio also looked at what Sora pointed to with the 'concentration' he finally acquired while preparing for the exam, and of course he could also see the ominous palm-sized aura there.

"Hey!?"

"!? Oh, do you have it? The picture frame and the flower bed both have similar things!?"

I don't know what "Hard" is, but when Leorio raised his voice with a look of disgust, Jenny made a sound that was almost crying, but she hugged her two sisters as if to protect them, while Astolfo was unusually solemn. I had a grim face and boldly picked up the picture frame designated by Sora, trying to open the contents inside.

Between the photo and the frame, he found the same Paper Doll as the one Sora pulled out from the sofa, only the letters and patterns in the middle were slightly different.

"It seems they planted it in the house when they were allowed in the first house, and in the soil of the garden after they were not allowed to enter. I will do it."

Sora said lightly as if joking, but Leorio thought "Sorry" with a slightly pale face.

The woman's words were light, but compared to Astolfo and the three victimized sisters, she was probably angry at the Kalluto that caused the anomaly with her Nen Ability, as could be seen from her raised eyes.

I don't even know why he was angry. Or rather, since Leorio knew that this woman was the one who made what most sane people considered righteous indignation, he grabbed Sora's wrist and stopped her.

... Leorio was about to insert his fingertips into the right hand of the Paper Doll when he stopped.

"If it's 'Ryu', don't stop, let alone use 'Hatsu' to do it. The money on your back, that idiot will also carry yours."

Then, if it were you, you might be able to carry him and walk, but he is weaker than you and will definitely collapse on the way. If he is important to you, you should also be light."

Sora looked at me with a dumbfounded look, grabbing my wrist, but Leorio did not look him in the eye and warned me bluntly.

Sora's eyes had not yet fully grasped the Spiritual Power; he allowed the use of "lines" but refused to allow "points," citing his beloved.

Although killing a Nen Ability itself is not permitted. None.

Not because of herself, nor because of her beloved, same-aged, damnably shameless Hunter, but simply because she does not like herself.

However, Sora smiled and said "Yes," letting go of the hand that Leorio had grabbed by the wrist.

Leorio saw her eyes change from sky blue to sapphire and let go of her hand.

"Thank you, Leorio. My head is a bit bloody."

"I agree. Rather than dying suddenly for no reason, it is better to refute the doctrine and fight for more rewards with force!!"

"Why stop when you've stopped, you still want to fight directly!?"

"Hmm? Can you let me go? It's okay, it's okay. I am very good at making people cry when provoked by doctrines; you could say this is my hobby."

However, Leorio patted Sora's head and interrupted, indicating that he was planning to do something dangerous again, but Sora talked about his worrying feats and hobbies with a serious face. Whether it was bad taste or a meaningful hobby, this was a delicate place.

The sisters watched the sudden transition from serious to comedic in a daze, and Astolfo asked in that kind of voice, "... By the way, Sora-chan, what should I do?"

When asked, Sora also stopped the skit with Leorio, saying "You can break it" while tracing his part with his fingertips and splitting it in half.

Although it was a piece of paper, it was strange; even if I just traced it with my index finger, it was cut in half as if by Scissors, but if everyone here reacted to everything Sora did, the story would not progress. I think I learned that no one bothered me.

Feeling extremely sorry for this, Leorio looked away and apologized to Jenny and the others, saying, "... Seriously, I'm sorry for bringing this guy here."

"It's not something you can fix just by touching it. It's the kind that becomes invalid when broken, so don't worry, throw it away as soon as you find it."

Sora gave instructions and handed over the things planted in the house to the three sisters, who, presumably not wanting outsiders to see, decided to dig them up and take them to the garden.

Sora said, "Even if you touch or break it, it won't help," and I will go find it from here!

Lily also went to the second floor and apologized with a more mature expression than her sister, saying, "I'm sorry, Sister Alter."

Jenny carefully took the book out of the book space in the living room cabinet pointed out by Sora, looking for the culprit paper while speaking.

"Thank you for your concern. I don't let my relatives into my private room, and my house is very old, so when I go up and down the stairs, I hear the house rumbling.

So... Lily, in that case, even if someone stole our eyes and went upstairs, someone would definitely notice."

Listening carefully, you could hear a creaking sound when going upstairs to Lily, and Lily, of course, weighs less than 40 kilograms.

Jenny didn't say anything, but the woman who recruited her into the Kalluto was probably so fat that she couldn't even hear the screams on the stairs. Perhaps this woman was forbidden because she could hear someone trying to go upstairs without permission and was able to stop her at the last minute.

"It's not just Sora-chan, Leorio can see it too.

Honestly, Leorio is kind, so I thought his profession was a doctor, but he is not a Hunter, but I am glad he became a kind Hunter!

Now all that's left is to become a doctor! Hang in there!!"

Seeing Jenny and the others regain their composure, Astolfo was probably relieved and began to chat with an innocent smile.

Astolfo dug up the paper while listening to Sora's instructions, so as not to damage the flowers in the flower bed. Leorio already had a mental structure, turned his slightly red face away, ignored Astolfo, and spoke to Sora.

"Damn, you really put things in a troublesome place. But if this is the reason, then the case should be closed."

"This is why it became a gathering place for spirits, but it is not that effective. There is another reason for its motivation."

"'Eh?'"

Sora dug into the soil in the corner of the garden with a shovel, not even looking at Leorio, and said naturally, leaving not only the starting point of the story, Leorio, but even Astolfo speechless.

I don't know if it counts as lucky, but Jenny had already found the Paper Doll pointed out by Sora in the cabinet and went to explore the toilet and kitchen, which were likely installed elsewhere, so Sora's various spoiled remarks were only heard by two outsiders.

Thus, Leorio and Astolfo gathered around Sora for the time being to avoid being questioned by the three sisters, whispering, "What do you mean?"

"This paper... the aura around the Yorishiro does not really have the effect of becoming a gathering place for spirits. Just like that guy who possessed Alter-chan at the beginning, I am a bit dull, and I have been irritable for no reason lately. Let's leave it at that.

It's just a synergistic power-up. So if you find and destroy all the Yorishiro, you can certainly stop it from becoming a gathering place for spirits, but if you just leave it like this, even a passing dead person who shouldn't be a big deal will suffer the same pain."

"What the hell is this?!"

After all, Sora didn't even look at the two of them, dug out the Yorishiro buried in the garden, and answered indifferently.

I know this is an outburst, but Leorio doesn't really like Sora's reaction, which seems to be someone else's problem, and blood rose to his head.

He looked at Sora calmly and said.

"... Sora-chan. Have you already... or rather, did you notice the cause from the beginning?"

Answering Astolfo's question, Leorio made a stupid "Ah?" sound, but Sora said nothing, just continued to dig the soil to find the Yorishiro.

Nevertheless, Astolfo still did not get an answer from Sora.

"I don't know your situation yet, but from your evaluation of Leorio to your words and deeds now, if you haven't figured out why Jenny's house became like this, you are probably like this. I thought you wouldn't say it.

You are kind, but that's because you are so kind that you look like the type who lies. And he seems to be really good at lying; if he doesn't know anything, there is no way, he would rather not tell Jenny, let alone us, so he would be at ease."

Hearing this, Leorio was embarrassed by his rashness and wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.

Just as Astolfo said, Sora should have known long ago that she was that kind of woman, but when she thought it was solved, she was told that nothing had been done, and blood surged in her head, and she panicked. Although I couldn't do anything about it, I was embarrassed because I took it out on Sora, who always follows her own pace.

However, Sora didn't care about Leorio's outburst at all. It was precisely because he was genuinely worried about Jenny and the others that he became impatient with the fact that it "had not been solved yet." He understood that he had been irritated by the carefree Sora. And he seemed happy about it, unknowingly, he smiled brightly and said: "Don't worry, Leorio."

"Haha, you say so much, it's too embarrassing to lie to you.

Uh, okay. There are some things I still don't quite understand, but I do have a way."

To Sora, who confirmed Astolfo's guess and said it with a smile, the unusually serious Astolfo finally smiled with relief, "Good," while Leorio said provocatively, "If there is a solution, say it first."

However, after Sora apologized to Leorio with "Sorry, sorry," she sighed somewhat embarrassedly.

"However, that solution is troublesome... or rather, this is not the field I am good at that Leorio knows.

... Well, if I'm not good at it, half of the strange things happening in this house are not done by ghosts, so I really can't achieve a high score in my field of expertise."

"This is not a masterpiece of ghosts?"

Leorio and Astolfo couldn't help but repeat Sora's answer.

When Leorio asked "What do you mean?" that sentence overturned various assumptions, Sora broke the Yorishiro he had dug out and gave him a Suggestion instead of answering his question.

"Leorio.

Even if the other party is an ordinary girl, or in the position of a victim, if you are involved in this kind of crazy thing, please "focus" and look at it first. There is no harm in doing so, so make it a habit."

This was not an answer to Leorio's question, but this Suggestion had already answered 90% of what Leorio wanted to know.

However, the most important information had not yet been revealed; Leorio showed impatience once again, urging him to speak in a somewhat rude manner, saying: "Speak clearly!"

But he could not extract the core words from Sora.

"……Ah, that……Mr. Sora……"

"！？Lily! What's wrong!?"

Astolfo was the first to react and rushed over, rather than calling Sora.

Worried about Lily, who was pale and leaning against the balcony glass door, he rushed over, grabbed her shoulders, and asked: "What's wrong? Did something happen? Calm down." He patted my back. My head.

Sora just stood up, motionless.

Do not approach Lily on the spot and ask "What's wrong?".

"Uh……when I was looking for that Paper Doll in the room……I heard a knock at the door……so I opened the door……but……there was no one……there……"

Lily answered Sora's question with a pale face, and Astolfo and Leorio comforted her.

However, even as they comforted them, they felt uncomfortable.

Of course, it is scary to hear a knock at the door, only to open it and find no one there.

However, this had been the most common phenomenon in the last three months, and the youngest child was the least afraid of the strange occurrences in the house among the sisters.

Still, the two were not so dull as to think this complexion and reaction were not somewhat strange.

If the two of them noticed, Sora naturally noticed as well.

So Sora asked.

"……Lily-chan……that knocking sound, whose voice was it?"

Hearing this question, Lily shrugged, then opened her eyes wide and looked at Sora.

"How did you know?" his gaze said, although the question he asked was the same as when he pointed out a distant relative who could hardly be called a relative breaking into the garden, but that time was different. Unlike that, there was by no means a naive admiration for "greatness" there.

Lily was terrified. However, this fear was more suspicion and anxiety than dread.

Beyond fear, they could not understand a reaction that was less about being scared and more about wanting to know; Jenny returned to the living room as if she had finished exploring.

"？Lily? What's wrong?"

From Jenny's position, only Lily's back could be seen, so Jenny did not notice her sister's complexion and expression, but even from her back, she felt a trace of unease, so she ran to Lily in the room, but before she could run over. A slightly higher voice.

The intercom rang.

The intercom rang at this moment; Leorio and the others who were listening to Lily's story could not dismiss it as an ordinary visitor, but Jenny was the person closest to the intercom, looking at Lily with a worried face, so suddenly, she picked it up.

And the moment she said "Yes," the blood drained from her face instantly.

Astolfo and Leorio took off their shoes, wanting to rush toward her, but perhaps because of her pride as the eldest daughter, or perhaps to protect her younger sister rather than herself, she restrained them with her free hand and said: "Don't come over." Then she operated the intercom.

Due to the three sisters' family structure, the intercom function was not only a monitor for crime prevention but also had a hands-free function that could immediately tell the family what the person on the other side of the door was saying, and Jenny was on hands-free. I heard the voice of the person who should have been at the entrance on the other side of the door.

"Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up and open it."

It was the voice of a dissatisfied young woman.

Leorio's expression changed; everyone present felt the voice was too familiar, and Astolfo asked Lily in a hoarse voice.

"…………The voice Lily heard……it can't be……"

Lily answered tremblingly.

"……Next room……there was a sound……but……they knocked on the door……'Open it'……they said……"

Just after Lily finished answering, a voice continued to come from the intercom speaker.

"Hurry up and open it."

It was the voice of Alter, who should have been on the second floor looking for the Yorishiro.

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"！？Huh? What's wrong with you guys? That, are you Leorio? What on earth happened?"

Alter looked around her room, walked down the stairs, saw everyone gathered at the door for some reason, and asked.

Then you wouldn't understand.

For some reason, on her face, a bright red maple leaf appeared……there was a slap mark on her face.

Who did this person do something to? A severely confused Alter did not notice.

Except for Leorio, everyone else looked at her with very awkward faces.

Leorio muttered with a distant look while wiping the slap mark with a wet Towel brought by Jenny.

"……Honestly, I'd rather ask."

"Yeah, I understand how you feel, but if you ask me, it will definitely backfire, so I'm sorry, can you be Together with Lily?

I'm sorry for treating Lily-chan as an outcast, but the way she is stubborn in front of you might be different from how she is in front of Miss Jenny, so please wait in another room for a while."

Leorio's words were incomprehensible, but Sora's words and the subsequent instructions made Alter even more suspicious.

However, it seemed only Alter did not understand the intent of Sora's instructions; Leorio and Lily responded honestly, and Lily said: "Leorio-san, I'm really sorry. Are you okay?" I tried to pull my hand into his room to take him away.

Seeing this, Alter, who did not fully trust Leorio and Sora yet, yelled at Sora and the others: "Don't give out random instructions!"

"Lily! Regardless of whether the other party is an adult or a child, I cannot easily let a person of the opposite sex enter my room!

Jenny, why are you dazed! You always say your little sister is important to you, it's annoying, but how can you have no sense of crisis about such an important matter!!"

Having said so much, Alter finally felt a trace of incongruity.

Under normal circumstances, the two sisters and Astolfo would reprimand Alter for treating Leorio entirely as a potential sex offender, quite severely, but the three people who should have been reprimanding said: "What should I do……" Alter was even more confused when she discovered that Sora and Leorio, who had been unreasonably scolded, did not oppose Alter, but just looked at her with awkward faces.

"Huh? What's with that face? Wait, what kind of seniors are you guys!?"

"……Um, Alter."

Jenny asked her sister hesitantly; she could not understand the reactions of anyone other than herself, and she yelled at her again, instead of being angry.

The irrelevant question made Alter even more confused, but the "intercom" reminded her of a phenomenon that often occurred in this house, and her face suddenly turned pale.

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"Eh? The maple leaf on that guy's face, maybe it was hit by a ghost!? That ghost won't enter my house!?"

"Hey, there's a white tail head there! It won't do if I throw that paper away!?"

Hearing her sister's question, I finally understood why everyone else was gathered at the front door; perhaps it was because I had let my guard down, thinking, "I'm safe now." A panicked Alter ran down the stairs, grabbed Sora by the sternum, and interrogated him.

Moreover, although Sora was shaken by Alter, he continued to answer with an awkward expression, answering with doubt.

"That paper is the reason for the ghost's appearance, but the knocking and the intercom were caused by something completely different."

"What is that! Say it first! Then do something!"

Alter was between laughter and tears at Sora's answer, but even so, Sora frowned with an awkward expression and said to Leorio and Lily, "Please wait in another room, lest it be too late." attacking Alter.

"By the way, Alter-chan, just now Lily-chan said in the room next to you, 'I opened the door because someone knocked, but there was no one.' Is your room okay?"

"Why did you hit me so late!"

Although he had been anxious about the intercom question earlier, upon learning that the same thing had happened in his sister's room next door, he answered dutifully despite his teary eyes.

However, Sora's follow-up attack was not over yet. Sora asked, ignoring the more violent shaking.

"I see. But, Alter-chan. First of all, have you ever experienced 'I opened the door after knocking or breaking in, and there was no one inside'?"

"Are you so happy to chase me!?"

Alter, who was shaking Sora and trying to answer with momentum, noticed his own answer and stopped the action of shaking Sora.

"……Come to think of it, I haven't experienced it yet."

"Yes. Then the other one."

When asked about this, Sora realized that he had not experienced the most orthodox ghost story phenomena that his sister and the other sister had experienced. And raised a question.

"Have you heard the voice of a family member who shouldn't be here?"

Hearing this question, Alter froze for a moment, and then the blood drained further from his face. I am not good at horror, so I panicked immediately, thinking it was ridiculously stupid, but Alter is not such a bad person.

With this question, I understood everything.

I remembered.

About a month ago, seeing Alter return from shopping, the sister who was about to go upstairs was dumbfounded and asked with a pale face, "When did Alter go out?" I came.

Jenny remembered that she was about to go upstairs because Alter, who was supposed to have gone shopping, called her.

"……Hey, wait a minute……No……"

Guessing from the events in his memory why Sora would ask such a question, Alter turned around with the saddest expression on his face, asking his sister as if hugging himself.

However, until now, she had been careful, perhaps they were also unwilling to believe it.

"……Let me change it. Actually, the knocking sound heard in the room where Lily and I were was not just knocking, but also 'voice'. 'Open it quickly' intercom, I always reflect it on the monitor."

"……And that voice and figure, always……you. ……Also, sometimes I can hear sounds from other rooms, or when I turn around in the hallway, but there is no one there……but that's not all, 10% of it is people I don't know at all. It's your voice, but the remaining 90% is always your voice and appearance."

Alter was at a loss because of his sister's words.

Just as she was standing still, she was about to fall backward, but as if she had anticipated what would happen, Sora was waiting behind her, so she accepted it just like that.

However, as soon as Alter realized it was Sora who stopped her, she turned around and grabbed Sora's chest again, with a look of laughter and tears.

"What is going on!? What happened to me!? What is in this house!? What should I do!?"

"Alter! Please calm down!"

"If you want me to move, let go of my hand first! Sora-chan's neck is so tight!!"

Sora was relatively calm while being shaken by Alter, trying to pull Alter away, but the completely panicked Alter squeezed Sora even more, forming a vicious cycle.

Jenny and Astolfo hurriedly choked Alter and pulled him away from Sora. Sora was finally strangled by the panicked Alter, while Leorio and Lily were waiting in another room on the second floor, coughing, I confirmed, and answered Alter's question.

"Keho! Ah, you calm down first."

"The other you that Jenny-san and Lily-chan saw is a so-called Double."

"That's not someone I'll die if I see with my own eyes!!"

Although told to calm down, because he knew the true identity of the "other self" that Sora returned, and the anecdote about the "Double", Alter intensified his fear and panic.

Astolfo stared at it in a daze, hugged his wings tightly, and said, "I didn't see it, it's okay!"

"You are not that kind of person, it's okay. Or, I will never appear in front of you."

"……I mean, if you have the honesty to appear in front of you, I think you can solve many things before creating that kind of complexity."

"Is that so...?"

Sora, who finally caught his breath, announced to Alter, who was terrified by his own selfish rampage, that his worries were superfluous, and Alter finally calmed down a little.

But when he calmed down, he realized that he perhaps shouldn't have noticed.

"……Wait a minute. Almost all the knocking and intercoms were probably done by my Double, and the intercom just now was the same, right?"

"……Then, the person who hit Leorio was……me?"

"Yes."

Sora answered Alter's question with a straight face immediately.

When I turned to look at my sister and Astolfo, they didn't say anything, but they looked awkward and looked away.

He didn't have a good impression of that reaction, but he probably guessed that if he didn't know, the story wouldn't progress.

"When you opened the door it disappeared, so I thought if I could go around the garden to protect it, Leorio and Astolfo walked towards me, suddenly, Leorio ignored me and Astolfo, and gave a gorgeous slap. Waist. After finishing, I squatted on the spot and cried for some reason."

"So, when I opened the front door, Jenny-san and Lily-chan, who were watching through the intercom camera, rushed in and disappeared."

"What on earth do I want!?"

With Sora's answer, he finally understood why everyone was so embarrassed and at a loss, but after being bombarded with more mysterious information, Alter held his head and screamed.

The only thing I could say to Alter was, "I want to ask you this."