The Hero Who Returned Remains the Strongest in the Modern World Chapter 21

Downtown.

There is a stylish coffee lounge in Daikanyama and behind curtains it's a demon world.

The time inside the coffee lounge it's early afternoon.

Naturally, it's crowded by stylish girls.

The girls there are saying "Eeh~ Seriously funny~" while not smiling fully.

And again when they said "Seriously amazing~" they weren't fully surprised.

Even if they say it's seriously funny but that thing which they say is funny can't induce laughter then they'll have to smile at least.

Rather, if all of the stylish girls theoretically say "Eeh~ Seriously funny" while being expressionless as an audience towards the entertaining guest… Then even guests will cry.

That's right, how would you describe this place without calling it a demon world.

And, in the corner of that coffee lounge— That demon world— There were different beings.

Appearance-wise they were no different.

Rather, those two were unbelievably beautiful. However, their clothes could also be called stylish and those clothes were high-class.

In that regard, there were no others who looked better than them in the stylish coffee lounge.

However, these girls have a secret.

That's right… They were cousins to each other and who belong to the same family of shrine maidens.

"The sudden awakening of your little sister… It was unexpected."

The brown ringlets haired, Abeno Yui.

She's the girl that had quarreled with Abeno Kaguya and spat her coffee just several days ago and she started talking first.

"Hm, that's right, Yui-san. It was probably unavoidable."

Shoulder length hair and its colour was humbled brown.

A woman adorned in chic clothes sighed.

"However, is she your real sister? Sakuysan… Is it really okay?"

"Kaguychan is my real sister."

"The secret agreement from now on which is between us is to make a half-foul in the gray zone at the very last moment of the sacrificial selection, right? Do you have the resolution… to set your real sister up?"

Then, Abeno Sakuya took out menthol tobacco from her bosom.

"Frankly said, my family's shrine maiden business has failed and we are surviving on real estate income."

"Now that you say it, your family does hold several plots of land in front of the station in the provincial city of Kanagawa."

"That's right. They're quality buildings… No risks, no manual work, no troublesome work like lending the buildings to owners, everything was left to the realtor… Truly a simple work that even a monkey can do. Though, this is a serious question if it can even be called work."

"I see. So?"

"Hundreds of millions of yen comes just from renting land left and right. I can't stop laughing. I'm thankful to my ancestors. Truly nothing to do… So much is coming just by doing nothing. The word *effort* seems absurd now."

"My house's shrine business is also not profitable… Our situation is kind of similar however, the level of us becoming land holders had been decided at birth."

Abeno Sakuya exhaled smoke in melancholy.

"Well, since time's memorial we've been doing exorcism and we've been compensated with ownership, land and other rights. And the general law of inheritance is not applicable to us… Basically it became where the successor of the next era takes everything. Naturally, if we refuse exorcism… going up against the head house will have our land confiscated, as far as we know."

"What do you mean, basically?"

"I don't want to give up in the heritage dispute. However, in this sacrificial ritual somebody has to die, right? Furthermore, Kaguychan's who was a genius at start had her talent now cause waves… At this rate, I'll be at a disadvantage in the inheritance of future head. Truly troubling."

Basically… Abeno Sakuya smiled.

"Kaguychan is a hindrance to me."

"But, she's your real sister? Is it really that simple?"

"It is that simple."

"Such as?"

"Because, I simply love money. This isn't a conversation about several millions or tens of millions. At that amount naturally I'll pick my little sister. However, the question here is inheritance of land worth billions of yen. Where I usually thought her as a hindrance, I've found a good chance."

Hearing those words, Abeno Yui smiled, too.

"Jesus Christ… you're refreshingly garbage. However, this is why you're more reliable than that miserable bunch with strong duty."

"Being called garbage is terrible."

"Despite picking money over your real sister?"

"I'm just a little more… honest than the rest of the bunch."

Chapter end