Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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The man stepped forward and gently, very gently, placed the wooden sword on Chu Hua's shoulder.

boom--!

The sea slug's tentacles slammed heavily onto Chu Hua's shoulder, the force almost dislocating her entire shoulder.

Boom!

Chu Hua coughed up a mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground.

A piercing buzzing sound filled her ears, and she swayed as she raised her head, looking ahead with a blurred vision.

She saw a blurry male figure kneel down, raise his hand, and place it on his head.

The sea slug extended an anemone tentacle, covered Chu Hua's head, and swallowed half of her body.

"Actually, your parents have always been watching over you."

said the man.

"Although we can't be by your side, we can watch the videos of you busking on the streets, in bars, and in livehouses in Kamahama through our phones and silently give them a like."

“Dad…” Chu Hua opened her mouth vaguely and asked in a hoarse voice, “…Am I dreaming?”

“It’s not a dream.” The man continued, “Over the years, your reputation and your achievements have all been built up by your own hard work. The only thing your parents could do to help you was to get Mr. Toyokawa to pay more attention to you. In the end, what moved him was your own singing voice.”

"I haven't been home for so many years, don't you blame me?"

“What parent would blame their child for not coming home?” the man sighed. “We’re only worried about whether you’re doing well out there.”

"Although I was often tired and things didn't go well at first, I didn't dare tell you guys... But recently, I reunited with Xiaoxiang, and life has become happier."

Chu Hua said softly.

The sea anemone did not shred Chu Hua's body, but covered her little by little from top to bottom, as if it wanted to gently swallow her into its belly.

Chu Hua looked at her father in front of her, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Dad, I miss you so much."

"Dad misses you too." The man patted her head. "Come on, let's go home when you've had enough fun. Mom is waiting for us."

Chuhua nodded.

"Um......"

whoosh-

A faint sound of something cutting through the air came from not far away and reached Chu Hua's ears.

This was followed by Mana's hysterical roar.

"Chu Hua, wake up!"

An arrow with a blade was shot into the anemone's root, and after contacting the soft flesh of the root, the blade unfolded and severed the entire anemone tentacle.

Chu Hua suddenly regained her senses and looked directly at the face between the sea slug's eyes.

That face belonged to my father.

The Lost Tale: A Young Man's Spirit: Chapter 210 Let's Go Home

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The sea anemone was shredded by the blade that popped out from inside the arrow. The upper half of the limb, which had almost swallowed Chu Hua, fell to the ground with a thud, while the lower half hung in mid-air, its bluish-black blood splattering onto Chu Hua like a sprinkler.

Bathed in the warm blood, Chu Hua looked through the thick, foul-smelling blood at the face so close to her with her eyes, which had regained their clarity.

The sea slug had two tentacles with eyeballs hanging above its head, staring at Chu Hua. Between these two tentacles, her father's face was covered like a mask, or perhaps it grew out of the sea slug's body. Chu Hua couldn't tell whether it was covered or growing out.

It was a scene reminiscent of a cult tokusatsu film from the last century, something that would make one feel physically nauseous, yet Chu Hua felt no fear or disgust whatsoever.

Because just now... she saw her father.

He said, "Let's go home."

Chu Hua wished it were true, wished today was a happy day to go home and see her parents.

But none of this is true.

What she saw was a series of hallucinations, like a revolving lantern, that occurred after being stunned by the tentacles. If it weren't for Mana, Hatsuka would have almost been eaten.

The culprit that almost devoured him was now less than half a meter away. The human face that had grown out of the sea slug was a kind face that overlapped with the image of his father in his memory.

"what......"

The hallucination vanished completely, and Chu Hua returned to the cold reality, facing the monster with her father's face.

Do not......

Chu Hua's trembling pupils almost shattered.

She finally realized that it wasn't a monster with her father's face...

That was his own father.

Bathed in splattered blood, Chu Hua opened her mouth and let out a hoarse sob.

She found herself unable to speak.

Even with a thousand words she wanted to say, she didn't know which one to say, nor did she know if the "person" in front of her could still hear her voice.

Brushing aside the remnants of the sea anemone from her body, Chu Hua staggered forward two steps.

I raised my hand, trembling, and stroked the peaceful, serene face between the sea slug's tentacles.

"dad......"

"What's wrong, Chuhua?"

The man held his daughter's hand, which was pressed against her stubble-covered cheek, and looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Why are you crying?"

"Waaah..." Chu Hua raised her tear-filled eyes and looked at the human face on the sea slug. "Daddy... I'm sorry... I broke my promise... whether it was going home... or the dueling game..."

The man, somewhat at a loss, raised his hand and used his sea-breeze-washed fingers to wipe away the tears from Chu Hua's eyes.

"There's no need to apologize."

He said.

“You haven’t given up singing, and that’s enough for your dad.”

"Waaah..." Chu Hua bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears.

But the large tears still fell one by one.

"Besides, haven't we already achieved both going home and playing dueling games?"

The man took a step back, picked up the wooden sword and shield again, and tapped the shield as he had done at the beginning.

knock --

The dull thud of the wood colliding reached Chu Hua's ears.

She thought she was hallucinating.

The sea slug in front of it moved back several tens of centimeters and raised its tentacle sword and tentacle shield, which were covered with a layer of keratin, again.

The face on the sea slug seems to be smiling.

"Come on, Chuhua, Daddy's had enough fun. Now all we need to do is—"

In a world visible only to men, he and Chu Hua stood on the beach covered by a sea of ​​flowers, each holding a wooden sword and shield.

It was as if time had turned back to the night before Chu Hua left home.

"—Defeat me, and then we'll go home."

Buzz————!

Chu Hua couldn't remember what happened after that.

She only heard a vague chopping sound and the splashing of liquid. By the time she came to her senses, she had already chopped the sea slug into minced meat.

My father's voice is gone too.

Nothing is left.

She stood amidst the scattered pieces of flesh, panting heavily.

"what......"

She dry heaved, her voice hoarse.

The pain from being beaten and bruised all over by the sea slug suddenly disappeared.

Or rather, they no longer care.

She no longer cares about anything.

"what......."

"Ahhhhh..."

She clutched her head as the Hundred Forms Magic activated uncontrollably. Her bones rattled with a teeth-grinding sound, and a thick, dark keratin layer grew wildly on her body. A long, powerful tail pierced her coccyx, and tattered wings unfurled from her back. Her violet eyes were covered by a scarlet light.

“Aughhhhh.......”

The hoarse sobs gradually turned into the low growls of a wild beast.

The filthy Soul Gem finally reached its peak, and tiny cracks appeared on its surface.

The beast dropped its sword and shield, grabbed the still-wriggling bits of flesh that were trying to regenerate, and stuffed them into its mouth, for only in this way could it stop them from growing back.

“Aughhhh......”

As it chewed on the scraps of sea slug, it cast its scarlet gaze toward other directions from which the fishy smell wafted.

Not far away, Mana was struggling against several sea slugs.

However, in the eyes of the beast, the struggling Mana no longer existed.

All it could see were those sea slugs that smelled fishy.

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"what--!"

Mana, clutching her injured right arm, dodged the anemone tentacles' bites and landed to the side.

She glanced at the ordinary people huddled together and gritted her teeth.

He had to protect ordinary people while also facing attacks from several directions. He had already sustained a serious injury from the arrow he fired to help Chu Hua escape.

Now that his right arm is injured again, even drawing a bow will be difficult.

Is this really... the end for us?

“Hatsuka…” Mana pursed her lips bitterly, “If only you were alright, maybe you could… come and save us.”

“AUGHHHHH————!”

A deafening roar echoed through the night sky, causing the sea slugs that were gradually closing in to pause for a moment.

Mana stared in astonishment in the direction from which the sound came.

"what happened--"

The words have not yet fallen.

A dark shadow swept past Mana.

Immediately afterwards, the sea slug in front of me was torn to pieces.

The black image of the beast was a pitch-black storm that tore all the sea slugs to pieces.

Mana stood there, stunned, watching the wild beasts that had suddenly appeared and then suddenly started fighting, and murmured as she opened her mouth:

"Chu... Chuhua?"

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