novelraw Chapter 11 Shikigami Vessel
Chapter 11 Shikigami Vessel
Ding!
After taking a shower, Izumi Takumi, drying his hair, picked up his phone from the coffee table with one hand.
The above is Kazuma Kato's reply.
[Kato Kazuma: I'm fine. The person who came today is my older brother. I just don't get along with him very well.]
[Kato Kazuma: I have something I want to tell you after school tomorrow.]
[Kato Kazuma: That's all for now, I haven't had dinner yet, I'm going to eat now.]
Staring at the messages on his phone, Izumi Takumi didn't pay much attention and turned around to pick up the hairdryer to dry his hair.
Having been fed, Kotoko Morishita floated out of Takumi Izumi's room, glanced at his naked upper body, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Good, very energetic."
Izumi Takumi was already thin, and after his body was strengthened by spiritual power, the outline of his muscles could be vaguely seen.
At first, Izumi Takumi would take Morishita Kotoko's teasing to heart, but as time went on, he became desensitized to it.
They've already seen all the handiwork, so seeing just the upper body doesn't matter anymore.
"Tch, boring." Unable to satisfy her perverse curiosity, Morishita Kotoko went to the living room to watch TV.
Although she can't touch the remote control, she can ask Izumi Takumi to change the channel for her.
After changing into his pajamas, Izumi Takumi took out the special paper he had obtained from Yukimura Yuri.
He plans to create a vessel for shikigami.
There are many vessels for shikigami, but with his current level, he can only create the lowest-level vessels.
It's the kind of small paper doll you often see in movies and TV shows.
This low-level carrier cannot support high-level spirits and is extremely fragile; it will break after just one use.
The main purpose of this project was to practice and broaden my horizons.
Making this little paper figure is also very simple. Use paper imbued with spiritual energy, use spiritual power as a knife to cut the paper into a human shape, and finally draw runes on it with blood.
Izumi Takumi didn't know what paper with spiritual power was, so he asked Yukimura Yuri.
The answer I received was just one sentence and a stack of spiritually significant papers.
"Pour ordinary paper into the blood of an Onmyoji or a yokai, take it out intact, and let it air dry naturally; it will then become paper with a spirit."
Calming himself down and clearing his mind of distractions, Izumi Takumi began his first attempt.
Tear!
With just a moment of distraction, the spiritual power was out of control, turning the entire sheet of paper into scraps.
Undeterred, Izumi Takumi embarked on a new endeavor.
Half an hour passed.
Izumi Takumi stared wide-eyed at the paper in his hand.
Carefully using spiritual power, I cut out a human shape...
"We finally succeeded!"
Looking at the paper figure in his hand, Izumi Takumi couldn't help but slap his thigh, wishing he could hug and kiss it.
Creating a vessel for a shikigami takes more effort than he imagined.
The first thing is the control of spiritual power; if you're not careful, you'll lose control and ruin the whole piece of paper.
Secondly, there's this piece of paper; it feels strange to the touch.
It feels very awkward to hold in your hand.
This can also lead to a loss of focus, which in turn can result in failure.
After numerous attempts, Izumi Takumi finally managed to create a barely acceptable carrier.
The next step is to draw the incantation with fresh blood.
"Blood..."
Izumi Takumi pursed his lips, silently picked up a fruit knife, and aimed it at the tip of his left index finger.
Taking a deep breath, Izumi Takumi repeatedly prepared himself mentally, but in the end, he still took the knife and made a small incision.
Squeezing some blood from his fingertips, Izumi Takumi began to draw based on the knowledge in his mind.
A moment later, looking at the finished product, Izumi Takumi took out his phone and took a picture.
He is now filled with a sense of accomplishment and wants to share it with someone.
We haven't figured out the situation with Kato Kazuma yet, so we won't send it to him.
As for the Yukimura sisters?
Izumi Takumi felt it was necessary to report his learning progress to his sponsor.
He sent the photos to the two sisters separately and quickly received different replies.
[Yukimura Yuri: Not bad, keep it up.]
[Yukimura Mashiro: Is this a shikigami vessel? Izumi-kun can already make such amazing things?!]
[Yukimura Mashiro: Surprised.JPG]
Satisfied, Izumi Takumi put away his phone and prepared to summon his first shikigami.
With this shabby vessel of mine, I probably can't summon any powerful spirits, right?
We also need to consider what type of spirit to summon.
Given my current situation, a spirit with combat capabilities is the best option.
"But with my strength, I can only attract beings weaker than myself."
With a self-deprecating laugh, Izumi Takumi closed his eyes and began chanting an incantation.
Kotoko Morishita, who was watching TV in the living room, suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.
With great effort, she turned her head, and her expression instantly turned fearful.
With his eyes closed, Izumi Takumi couldn't see that a giant red wolf with red wings on its back, as tall as three people, was calmly watching him.
Beneath the giant wolf, the vortex-shaped crimson portal gradually closed.
"Why does it feel so windy?"
Muttering to himself, Izumi Takumi continued chanting the incantation.
The next second, the giant red wolf flashed and disappeared into the paper figure in Izumi Takumi's hand.
The paper figure in human form gradually shrank and transformed into a dog.
When Izumi Takumi opened his eyes, he saw that the paper figure had turned into a paper dog, and Morishita Kotoko was lying on the floor trembling.
"This is the spirit I summoned? Wait, there was no contract signed, so how did you just go in?"
Izumi Takumi shook the paper dog.
Nothing happens.
So, was my summoning of the shikigami a success or a failure?
Since there was already a spirit inside, which would help keep the vessel from collapsing, Izumi Takumi stuffed the paper dog into his pocket.
He then turned his gaze to Kotoko Morishita, who was lying on the ground.
"Is this some kind of performance art?"
As the oppressive aura around her dissipated, Morishita Kotoko quickly flew up and pointed at Izumi Takumi's pocket in terror.
"dog……"
But as soon as she uttered a single word, that oppressive aura pressed down on her again, silencing her.
Izumi Takumi was completely unaware of this, and instead frowned.
"Hey, why are you swearing?"
From his perspective, it was as if Kotoko Morishita was pointing at him and calling him a dog.
He hasn't been doing anything lately, has he?
It's unacceptable to be scolded for no reason.
The oppressive aura dissipated once again, Morishita Kotoko said tentatively.
"Rice? Hamburger patty? Mmm...!"
I was about to say "pocket" when my mouth was blocked again.
For the next few moments, Kotoko Morishita tried desperately to express something.
After several attempts, I still got nowhere.
With a look of utter despair, Kotoko Morishita floated silently above the living room, unresponsive to Takumi Izumi's calls.
Izumi Takumi also realized that something was wrong.
He took out the disposable shikigami card and examined it from both sides.
No response.
Izumi Takumi tried to channel his spiritual energy.
The connection was immediately severed once the spiritual energy entered the paper dog's body.
Izumi Takumi: "?"
Undeterred, he lost a little more spiritual power.
The spiritual energy was still being consumed.
After a few seconds of silence, Izumi Takumi forcefully shook the paper dog.
The next second, a small gray mongrel, no bigger than an adult male's palm, fell out of the paper dog.
The little dog rolled twice on the ground before stopping the car with its head.
A man and a dog stared at each other.
Little mongrel: "Woof!"
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