' ' Ah. '

Shiki tilts her head back, and looks up. Beside her, Kinji also repeats the same motion, albeit with one hand held up to shade his eyes from the glare of the sun as he does so.

'What in the world '? ' Kamo-san, however, is not nearly as composed. The boy takes an instinctive half-step backwards, before he catches himself and forcibly steadies his footing. 'That ' is that '?! '

It 's quite unbecoming for the heir of a clan to fumble their words like this. Then again, Kamo-san 's surprise is understandable in this instance, somewhat. Shiki doesn 't know what the boy 's mission record is like, but she would not be surprised if this was the very first time that he has encountered a Special Grade cursed spirit in person. So in that sense, perhaps his surprise is not particularly

shocking.

A short distance ahead of them in the forest clearing, Okkotsu Yuta turns around.