"Shutendouji-sama," Douketsu kneeled in front of me as I sat on the sofa, looking out the window and worrying.
"What is it, Douketsu?" I asked tensely.
I've been worrying a lot since the Princess disappeared off the radar and Himeno refused to tell me the truth. I know that the Princess can't have gone to a family trip to Kemamoto with the rest of the Agency without Himeno (especially Arihoshi), so the question that remained was where they had gone.
"It appears that the Princess and the other 3 Agency members had been kidnapped by an unknown figure during a case," he reported.
Immediately, I yelled, "What?!" while slamming a nearby desk, destroying it in the process.
"But it looks like Himeno Ayame had fought the figure and ended up going to another dimension, where she gained allies in 4 male adults," he continued. I blinked. "Upon returning here, she and her allies were attacked by Jorogumo, who had faked her death, but they managed to defeat and befriend her."
"How?" I asked. He suddenly looked nervous. I grew suspicious. Why is he so nervous?
"Douketsu, what are you hiding?" I coldly asked him.
"T-The 4 Great Enma Mirrors have finally chosen their users," his words caught me off guard. "The 4 people who Himeno Ayame had allied herself with.... They ended up becoming its wielders."
Silence.
"What?" The color drained from my face.
"You have got to be kidding me."
"I rarely kid, Shutendouji-sama."
"Could they be the ones behind the Princess' abduction?" I asked him. He shook his head.
"I highly doubt so. They are not of this world, so it's impossible for them to have taken the Princess."
"True," I sighed, but then got an idea which made me grin evilly. "Should we erase them then?"
I could see Douketsu's smirk as he stated, "I thought you would never ask."
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Help from the Shadows (Open Novella Contest)
Fanfiction(Fanfic Prompt 10: Their World Needs You) Kin Akino (金あきの), Kam Choiseung (감초승), Rau Maui, and Ren ChenHua (仁陈花, Rén chén huā) have always thought that what was fiction couldn't be real, until one day, Himeno Ayame arrived at Akino's doorstep, heavi...
