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Chapter 11

The duo sat down around a desk and looked at the medicines laying on it. The youkai with the third eye simply grabbed the bottles and shook them around with a smile but the librarian had a devastating face, trying to recover from the war that happened around a good 20 minutes ago.

Koishi: What should we look for next?

Y/N: ...Right, next thing would be to locate souls and bring them back in the library.

Koishi: Souls? Aren't the books made of that?

Y/N: If they were, we wouldn't need more.

He pulled a book from a bookshelf and opened it for her without looking at the title. He flipped through the pages quickly and closed it.

Y/N: It's all data and nothing else, this is why I'm capable of manifesting them since their books specify each parts of a person in great details.

Koishi: Hm... Where could we get a good amount of souls?

Y/N: How am I supposed to know? You're the expert.

Koishi: A good place would be the Netherworld but they won't allow us to leave with them. Plus, the one protecting the place can be scary when she puts her mind to it.

Y/N: We gonna have to take the risk, we're running out of time I'm afraid.

Koishi: Why? Did something happen?

Y/N: ...Let's just say that the library might receive guests really soon if my fears are right.

Somehow, he knew that killing that shrine maiden would be the start of his troubles. With all the abilities she had in addition of her resilience being better compared to the previous guests who fought inside the library, one could easily tell that it she was just cannon fodder for a bigger catastrophe. Plus, that witch will surely come back and another fight will happen.

Koishi: What else do you need?

Y/N: I would need to find some minerals along with some living objects like plants and wood so I'll start looking underground for some possible ores.

Koishi: What? Like iron?

Y/N: I'm surprised that you actually know what iron is, you don't seem the type.

Koishi: Some demons talk about finding and selling them in those caverns.

Y/N: ...I see, that shouldn't be a problem then. Alright, we should split the task to make the process faster.

Koishi: Split up? Weren't we going to gather everything together?

Y/N: You wanted to see the result right? That's what you said to me so I'm speeding up the process.

He turned in the direction of the door and pointed the exit with his hand.

Y/N: Since you know how to get to the Netherworld, I'll rely on you to get some souls and bring them back to me, I'll take care of the rest.

He knew where to get the things that he assigned to himself so it was safer than just jump into the unknown where a person who turned into a monster was chasing after him with the only goal of ending his life. Time was playing against him and he needed to play his cards right, at the cost of making the girl assisting him to something dangerous on her own.

Koishi: No, what will you do if someone like Mokou decides to attack you?

Y/N: I'll manage, that's all I've done so far.

She shook her head and insisted. She was actively driving him into an impasse and he realized that he wouldn't be able to talk her out of it, frozen with her mindset. The struggle was lost from the beginning and he acknowledged it, heaving a sigh.