( Arata's POV )
When the first classes ended, I went to the strange old man's shop, Chisaki was on her way back home with some friends and Sagiri had more ninja work to do so it was just Sun and me, and she was looking around excitedly, well she said she had never been able to explore the city so that was expected.
Arata: Hey, didn't you say that your father was too overprotective to let you explore the city, what happened to that?
Sun: eh-h That, you don't have to worry about that.
Arata: OK, then on our next day off you would like to go out with me and see around the city.
Sun: Yeah, I'd love that~
I didn't mean it would be like a date, but her response told me that's what she understood, that wasn't a bad thing, so I didn't say anything.
When we arrived at the suspicious store, Sun got distracted by all the stuff in there, and I went straight to the counter.
Old man: Oh a young soul, thirsty for-
Arata: spare me the speech.
Anciano: oh, if It isn't my favorite young couple, can I interest you in a newly acquired quality piece?
The old man searched the counter and showed me a small ornate box tied with a red string.
Arata: I didn't come to buy, I want information about the rings you sold me.
Old man: Oh but I already told you what those rings do.
Arata: I'm talking about whether there's some kind of legend surrounding the rings or something.
Old man: I'm sorry, there's nothing like that, but if you're interested in legends, this box is rumored to contain a scroll that was used by a priest to wipe out an army of evil Onis, it has not been opened in hundreds of years.
Now that I knew things like Onís were one hundred percent real, having something that could stop an army of them sounds way too tempting.
Arata: not opened in hundreds of years, how do I know it's not empty, then?
Old Man: No, I would never cheat an avid occult seeker like yourself, but to sweeten the deal I'll throw in what the young lady is holding.
Sun was looking at the many strange objects in the shop, and in her hands was a simple cup of tea, it didn't seem like anything special, but if it was free, I guess it didn't matter.
Arata: it's a deal.
I couldn't get any more information about the rings but at least we didn't come in vain, after taking the decorated box and the cup of tea, we left the shop.
Arata: Sun, Onís are real right?
Sun: Yes, that's right.
Arata: And they are strong right?
Sun: Physically, yes, with their exaggerated vitality, they can survive mortal wounds.
Arata: that's good to know.
We headed back home after that, talking about what we were going to do on our next day off but we both got distracted when we saw a group of thugs harassing a girl.
Thug 1: Come on, don't be so difficult.
Thug 2: We're going to show you a good time.
???: Really? But I already told you that my friends are waiting for me, I can't go with you~
Thug 1: Your friends can also come with us, the more, the merrier.
The girl was staying calm, but it was obvious that she was nervous, I approached, and when it seemed that one was going to grab the girl, I grabbed his hand, but it seemed I couldn't measure my strength because the thug immediately started screaming in pain.
Thug 2: Hey, who the hell are you!?
Arata: I should be asking what do you think you're doing here?
Thug 3: Man, that's Shirogane, shit.
Thug 1: Argum, we're not doing anything, We're going to leave if you let me go.
One of the advantages of my appearance was that I could scare away this kind of people easily, but it was rare for them to say my name, when I let go of the bully's hand, he and his companions ran away.
???: oh Thanks for that big guy~ I should thank you properly for the save.
Sun: You didn't say that your friends were waiting for you, you should go.
The girl I helped suddenly became very friendly, and when she spoke about thanking me, Sun stood between us, and the other girls left after waving her hand at us, I didn't know she was going to get jealous about that.
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When I got home I went up to my room, I looked at the box I had bought for a good few minutes and then I inspected the outside in detail, everything looked normal so I broke the red string and opened the box.
Inside it was a scroll, as the old man said, I reached out my hand to take it, but I felt a slight prick on my shoulder, and then a flame came out of my hand and burned the scroll in seconds.
I checked my shoulder and saw that the seal Urara put there had disappeared, what horrible timing for that, I thought I had completely wasted my money, but the scroll ashes flew into the back of my palm, and a few moments later, a kind of simple magic circle appeared there.
After all that, I thought it was better to leave things to the experts, I will ask Sagiri about this tomorrow, I went to sleep without giving a second thought to what happened.
Minutes after throwing myself on my bed I fell asleep and like the day before I appeared in the white space, and this time Urara appeared in front of me in a swimsuit, she pushed me to the ground and untied her top but I couldn't see anything because she was pressing her body against me.
???: Is perhaps that the only thing you have in your head, women? The future feels dark.
While I was concentrating on Urara, I heard a mysterious voice, and unfortunately, I was pulled out of that dream, why that couldn't last a few more seconds.