Editing Reinousha Minato: Volume 01 Chapter 01 (section)

=Part 3=
I think each one of them is an idiot.

To have a faith, to honor the gods, to live in such humility. Believing that the power you have to subdue the specters comes from Buddha.

It’s a silly teaching. Akabane Yuuki has not belived nor honoured the gods since he was born. Yet, his spiritual power is stronger than anyone else, since he was young.

He can see what others cannot since he was a baby. As he is able to see them just like human, car, and bugs, he never thought that they were scary.

When he was 3 years old, he shook off the ugly black thing who was behind his grandmother with a sword toys, and it was gone in an instant.

When his grandmother saw it, she hugged Yuuki and said that he had the same blessing from the gods as his mother and grandfather.

However, his kind grandmother died from a disease, and Yuuki became alone. One of Akabane’s relative conducted the funeral, although there was the organization which help him to conduct it, amongst the condolence caller there was a strange monk.

He heard from this strange monk who claimed that they were from the head temple, that his grandfather and mother were also a famous spiritual user. However, Yuuki’s grandfather and mother died in accident abruptly when Yuuki was a baby.

Neither their religiousity nor the Buddha protected their family.

On the contrary, the power which supposed to be bestowed from the gods has isolate Yuuki.

He can learn and memorize difficult arts very quickly

He can figure out the proper use of a spell at a glance too.

He sometimes could defeat a spectre who couldn’t even be seen by dozens of monk who had been training fo years.

However, the voices that he hears are these.

--- You can only fly high in your small island, there are bigger claws waiting to prey upon you.

How noisy.

--- Keep your bark. You’re still in our protection after all. Annoying child like you will come back crying in the end.

You speak well despite doing nothing but recite in the back while you fight with the spectre.

For those who belived in the illusion of increasing spiritual power after years of training, his existence was an eyesore. He has become a source of jealousy and inferiority complex to them.

Just because of that, the head temple became noisy.

Seems like he was seen as a business rival for Shinto. Incidents related to specters which were supposed to be buried underground, turned into major events which couldn’t be contained from the media anymore.

With the name of ‘hito-shirazu’, they have the opportunity to intervene with the investigation, it was a sordid idea of a high priest who want to show off ourselves by stealing the credits. They carry neither humility nor honor, seems like they only carry their god’s honor.

There’s no point in  lying low in this kind of shitty organization.

As a child himself, the only things I can’t do are back dealings with the media and police, and the negotiations with the clients. He has no interest in money. That kind of things are better left in the hands of adults.

Amongst the hito-shirazu’s rank, the number of specters he had got rid of has surpassed the others, Shinto and the head temple could no longer ignore his presence. Not only that he has silenced the incompetent members, his power is also respected, so he was granted more freedom in his movements. 
If he think about it, whether he stays doesn’t affect him at all.

He was wearing his favorite jumper and a baseball cap. Upon exiting the room, his brown hair shook behind his hat after the wind.

“The spectre from hito-shirazu’s grove, is it?”

In front of Yuuki was a monk in his late twenties. The monk’s name is Arata Kougen. Despite his youth, he holds a high positionin the head temple, he was a spiritual user which primarily responsible for public relation. He was also one of the people who would listen to Yuuki properly.

His power has the nickname of ‘temple of mugwort lantern at noonday’, but for him to actually acknowledge a kid like Yuuki was quite formidable, at least Yuuki thought so.

Since he was in charge of external liaison, he was unlike other monks who trained to recite words of spells in humble, he has an informal atmosphere and a soft demeanor.

“You mean you want to defeat the spectre by yourself?”

Kougen was supposed to make a trouble face, yet somehow it turned to be a surprised face.

“Are you goint to say that it’s impossible for a kid, and you better go to sleep early?”

“No, no, not at all”

Kougen with his kind face, nod several times in affirmation.

“I think Yuuki-kun might be able to defeat it. I can understand Yuuki-kun’s feeling as well. I want to cooperate with you, but we also have to maintain the relationship with the Shinto. The head temple is quite straightforward in this matter, so I cannot afford to move”

The reason was a legitimate one. As expected, it was impossible. Soon after Yuuki’s shoulders dropped in disappointment,

“that was how it’s supposed to be”

With that, Kougen’s finger swung left and right.

“I’m also surprised. I was about to ask Yuuki-kun for a favour, right before you ask me if you can get rid of it just now”

This time, it was Yuuki’s time to be surprised.

“I have been requested for a help. Both the head temple and the Shinto want to resolve this incident before innocent humans become victims. You’re going to protect them against the spectre if you’re to be involved in this mission”

“protection means, it won’t be my credit”

Yuuki with his sharp mouth, didn’t even try to hide his displeasement. However, Kougen’s reaction was purely opposite.

“It’s alright. Since you’ll be working with him, the chance for you to show off your power won’t be gone. After all, he cannot use any spell nor spiritual power. That’s because…”

Kougen smiled before finishing his sentence.

“He is Kujou Minato. The zero ability person”