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Join the ServerFinally appearing to notice that something was amiss, or perhaps sensing Little Sparrow’s mood, Di raised the massive pair of scissors.
Exerting force through his legs, he bounded across the gap between the two buildings in a single leap.
People of the Underworld can manipulate and infuse spiritual power to enhance their body’s explosive strength and endurance, thereby achieving so-called superhuman feats.
This was also one of the mandatory courses for a Shinigami.
[Eh, at least he hasn’t slacked off on physical fitness?]
Seeing him instantly bridge the gap between two buildings and accurately gauge the distance to land inside the classroom through the window, Di’s control over power and speed was currently one of the few shining moments Fini had witnessed in him.
Spiritual bodies in the mortal realm could freely choose whether to phase through mortal objects.
Di was originally capable of directly phasing through the glass before materializing on the floor…
This act of maintaining a materialized form to fly in through the window could only be considered showing off and trying to look cool in Fini’s eyes, right?
Well, although it was indeed quite difficult for a beginner.
The moment Di landed in the classroom, that gloomy aura seemed to notice the arrival of an uninvited guest.
It instantly restrained itself, allowing the atmosphere to return to normal.
Although it withdrew quickly, that slight trace of abnormality was still caught by Di, who had arrived swiftly…
The moment he landed, he indeed sensed that cold malice belonging to a spiritual body.
Without any hesitation, Di walked straight up to the main character of this incident.
The boy, who was incapable of seeing things from the Underworld, remained buried in his own work, completely unaware that someone holding a dangerous weapon was currently standing right before his eyes.
“Come out and talk. You were the one who did that just now, right? What were you planning to do just now?”
Rather than speaking to the boy, Di believed that a certain existence residing inside the boy’s body could perceive him and hear his words.
“The deceased are existences that should have already departed from the mortal realm; continuing to interfere with the living is a violation of the rules… Me covering for you was to fulfill your wish, but what were you planning to do just now?”
Spiritual bodies cannot interfere with mortal objects; this was an absolute rule.
Even the most legendary Shinigami, powerful beings who could wipe away a mountain peak with a single swing of their scythe, had no way of dealing with even a piece of broken glass in the mortal realm.
Objects in the mortal realm were indestructible units to spiritual bodies, and living humans were even more so.
Shinigami could not breach the physical body’s protection over the soul, and what they could harvest were only the souls of the deceased that had lost their connection to their physical bodies.
The same applied to lingering spirits.
They were souls, spiritual bodies, and likewise possessed no means of breaching the defenses of mortal objects…
However, they could exert considerable interference on a mental level.
Because no matter what, they still existed.
Even with the protection of a physical body, the soul of a living being could more or less sense the existence of these entities.
Just like how even if the surrounding temperature had not changed at all, you would still feel a chill.
Because your soul had sensed the presence of those spiritual bodies, which was an unavoidable instinct.
It was not a direct attack, yet it could affect the mind.
Therefore, even such indirect interference was strictly prohibited under the rules of the Underworld.
“If you still want to watch your child grow up, then behave and be quiet…”
Seeing that the other party was consistently unwilling to reveal herself, the Shinigami had no physical vessel, and as a spiritual body, it was not good to linger for long in a place crowded with living people.
Having no choice, Di could only quickly drop his warning and prepare to leave.
“However, it will only last until your child grows up. The day he reaches adulthood will be the day I harvest you, so please be mentally prepared.”
[No way, right? If it were me, I’d have thrust the blade in and reaped the soul right now, okay? You’re actually letting it slide when it showed such strong aggressiveness…]
Little Sparrow really wanted to fly up and fiercely peck her stupid partner, but there was no way.
The novice wasn’t recognizing the severity of the problem yet, and she was just a little sparrow without the capacity to forcibly take control.
[Do you really plan to stall like this, though? Even though the lifespan of someone from the Underworld is much longer compared to humans.]
Fini had guessed Di’s plan to some extent.
This kid was eighty to ninety percent planning to report up that everything was normal.
After passing the assessment, he would turn back after a certain someone reached adulthood to harvest this lingering spirit.
The idea was lovely and theoretically had no flaws, but Little Sparrow still really wanted to roast him—what makes you think a lingering spirit can remain stable for so many years?
[This is what happens when you don’t study properly; isn’t this clearly basic course material regarding lingering spirits?]
However, Fini maintained her previous attitude.
Only when a child falls and feels pain will they learn how to walk; if one doesn’t suffer a major setback, how could it count as a lesson?
Besides, she was more than happy to see the brilliant expression on Di’s face when he caused a mess…
[Go ahead and report it then, report whatever you like, report that everything is normal… It’s fine, I’ll cover for you when the time comes. Passing the assessment is guaranteed, but the lesson is for you to swallow yourself.]
Fini, who was almost unable to hold back her laughter, stood on the edge of the window frame flapping her skeletal wings.
However, remembering that she had to keep a closer eye on this side to prevent things from going too far, she found herself unable to laugh again.
[I don’t have flight capabilities as strong as spirit ravens… I’ll have to spend extra time and energy again.]
Glancing at the bone feathers on her skeletal wings, creatures like bone sparrows didn’t even possess proper feathers in the strict sense.
The so-called bone feathers were merely thin, lightweight bones used to replace the function of feathers.
One could imagine that with such wings and feathers, her flight ability could not compare at all to flying experts like spirit ravens.
If anything, the fact that Fini could fly instead of gliding like common poultry was considered a miracle in the eyes of many.
However, none of this was a problem.
For the sake of fun, it was all worth it; it was just a matter of wasting time and energy…
Was she ever lacking in such things?
Of course, if anyone were to know Little Sparrow’s thought, they would be dumbfounded for a while—how could you say you don’t lack time when bone sparrows are famous for being short-lived Underworld birds?
Yet Fini truly did not lack it.
Among bone sparrows, which generally had a lifespan of only twenty to thirty years, she was already a certified old monster…
Her earliest cooperation with a Shinigami was something that happened fifty or sixty years ago.
Nevertheless, Fini still maintained a juvenile appearance.
Her size was on the smaller side even among bone sparrows, to the point that everyone around her and the spirit ravens assumed she was a male bone sparrow because of it.
No one knew her origins, nor did anyone know how much longer she had to live.
Even she herself did not know how much longer she could live; her former companions and kin had long since vanished into the dust of the Underworld.
Furthermore, because her behavior was nothing like an elderly bird’s and she still maintained a child-like mindset, no one paid attention to this issue.
Most importantly, she was just a bone sparrow—a bird species far too weak and lowly, to the extent that it wasn’t even worthy of becoming food for the Underworld’s birds of prey.
No matter how special a bone sparrow was, what could it possibly do, and how special could it get?
Therefore, unnoticed by anyone, even though Fini possessed an extraordinary legend, she remained an existence looked down upon and despised by others.
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