"In a dream?"

  Was that even possible?

  Masumi herself was taken aback.

  But after hearing this, she thought of something and said with surprise, "I have felt like I was dreaming tely, but they were all pleasant dreams!"

  Besides, she'd had dreams before, and sihey were pleasant,

  Masumi hought much of it.

  "It's precisely because they're pleasant dreams that it's harder to wake up!"

  It was more surprising that she had experienced beautiful dreams for several secutive days.

  "Oh!"

  Masumi hadn't realized that.

  So there were so many hiddeo this!

  "Is there a way to solve this?"

  "e here."

  Ryuji didn't waste any words, simply motioning for Masumi to e over.

  "Huh?"

  After gng at Arisu beside her, Masumi nodded obediently and stepped in front of Ryuji.

  "You—" She was about to ask what he was going to do when suddenly, Ryuji raised a hand and touched her forehead.

  Before Masumi could react,

  Ryuji pulled out the form of a cursed spirit from her body.

  From its strength, it was only around a level two or three, nothing particurly powerful.

  The only unique aspect was its method of possession.

  "Ahhh!"

  The cursed spirit, initially fused as it was extracted, immediately let out a pierg scream.

  But the scream didn't st long.

  "Dissipate."

  Ryuji activated his cursed speech, and the cursed spirit's form vanished ihan a breath, pletely obliterated.

  With Ryuji's current power, such a cursed spirit didn't even warrant using his more advanced abilities.

  It simply disied with a single and.

  "This…"

  The girls in the service club didn't find this se stra all.

  They were well aware of Ryuji's capabilities. But even though Arisu had prepared herself mentally, she was still left speechless.

  She expected Ryuji to succeed, but not so effortlessly. She thought it would at least take some time.

  What just happened?

  It was resolved with just a word, showg just how formidable Ryuji truly was.

  No wonder her father had insisted on seeking him out.

  Arisu's i in Ryuji grew even more at that moment.

  "Is… is it over?"

  As the one directly affected, Masumi was at a loss for words. When she saw such a terrifyiy pulled out from her body,

  Her entire body shivered with fear.

  Who wouldn't be scared knowing a monstrous being had been living ihem?

  But she never expected that Ryuji would resolve it so easily.

  She looked at Ryuji, disbelief in her eyes.

  "What else?"

  Ryuji shrugged, seeming unfazed by the amazement.

  "Now that your problem is fixed, it's time to leave."

  Even if she was beautiful or had a signifit role, Ryuji wasn't particurly ied in girls who only sought him out with clear motives.

  After all, what's special about being a main character in some story? He was surrounded by plenty of those.

  "Uh!"

  Masumi was momentarily speechless.

  It wasn't that she was being arrogant.

  Masumi knew well enough that she was sidered attractive.

  There were plenty of boys who had shown i in her.

  Even those who weren't ied still treated her with courtesy.

  This kind of casual dismissal was a first for Masumi.

  "It seems Mr. Ryuji must have more important matters to attend to."

  pared to her, Arisu was much more posed.

  Not only did she take no offense, but she also smiled gracefully.

  "In that case, we won't overstay our wele!"

  With that, she began to guide Masumi out.

  "Hold on!"

  Saki couldn't stay silent any longer.

  "Huh?"

  Under Arisu's curious gaze, Saki spoke up, annoyed.

  "Did you fet the payment we discussed earlier?"

  No way. Saki wasn't oo help out of the kindness of her heart.

  She'd mentiohe reward upfront, and now that the issue was resolved, they couldn't just walk away.

  What did they think this was? Free service?

  "Oh, of course! My apologies."

  Arisu chuckled, realizing it had slipped her mind.

  Arisu wasn't g in funds. She immediately had a sum of one million transferred to Saki.

  It wasn't te of an amount, enough to avoid suspi ahings straightforward.

  Saki's face lit up as she checked her phone.

  Arisu didn't dwell on it and turned back to Ryuji with a sincere expression.

  "Thank you so much, Mr. Ryuji. If there's ever anything I do to assist you, please don't hesitate to ask."

  She bowed to Ryuji a, leaning on her e for support.

  "Uh…"

  Masumi, still feeling dazed, saw Arisu leaving and quickly followed.

  "That girl is not simple."

  Utaha, Yukino, and the others exged knowing looks, reizing the sharp mind behind Arisu's as.

  She was another smart one.

  "Right!"

  Before Ryuji could respond, Saki nodded in agreement.

  "And she's pretty rich, too."

  "…"

  Everyone rolled their eyes at Saki's remark but didn't say anything.

  "That girl doesn't seem well, does she?"

  If she were healthy, she wouldn't need a e.

  "Yes, genital heart disease."

  Ryuji didn't eborate on how he knew, only firmed it.

  It was indeed a serious dition.

  However—

  "It looks like she'll definitely be back to see Ryuji again."

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