I who was reincarnated as the shadowy villain with the power to antagonize the nation, worked hard since infancy to avoid the flag of ruin, resulting in an extraordinary magical power that made me the strongest.

Several months have passed since Shizuku turned four years old.

The special training with Ginko became a daily routine.

There have been a few changes since then. First, Shizuku has learned the technique of “Sozuka“ which allows her to wrap herself in “Shiden” Although she can’t output more than 10% of its power yet, she feels a significant increase in her physical ability.

Another change is that she’s not being instantly killed as often during their dream world training with Ginko. However, Ginko still seems to be holding back, and Shizuku sometimes gets frustrated with her own lack of progress.

To overcome this, Shizuku decides to increase the amount of training she does. In addition to her morning and evening training sessions with Ginko, she also practices with her father during the day.

These training sessions with her father, although infrequent due to his busy schedule, provide Shizuku with a different kind of combat experience compared to Ginko’s training.

Her father comments that she’s getting stronger day by day, and she agrees.

Shizuku reflects on her progress and the unique experiences she gains from her dream world training with Ginko, which includes developing the ability to sense hostile intent.

Her father, a high-ranking Onmyoji, acknowledges her growth and is impressed by her improved defensive and offensive skills.

Shizuku admires her father’s strength and acknowledges that he’s a formidable semi-first-class Onmyoji.

She explains the hierarchy among Onmyoji, where their class indicates their ability to exorcise demons of the same class.

Shizuku is determined to improve further in combat and learn more about her abilities, including mastering the use of “Sozuka” and the associated techniques.

She is not using “Sozuka” in combat for now, as she wishes to develop her combat and tactical skills independently first.

However, she uses her enhanced magic power to improve her physical abilities, which helps her during training sessions.

“Huff, huff… Thanks. But I haven’t landed a single hit yet.”

“Haha, no magic, and at the age of four, you can do this much? You can be proud.”

He came over here and roughly ruffled my hair.

It didn’t bother me because I could feel his genuine affection.

“Well, let’s call it a day for now.”

“Huh? I can still go on!”

“Hahaha, is that so? Well, you see, today I have some business, or rather, a guest is coming over. Sorry about that.”

“…I see. Got it.”

“Yeah, Tenji, you’re a good kid. Before you cool down, why don’t you take a bath?”

“Huh, aren’t you coming in with me?”

“Oh, it seems I just arrived.”

As my father said that, my mother appeared from behind him.

“Kyoshirou-san, we have a guest. Fuyuma-san is here.”

After my mother’s words, a man, quite the opposite of my stern father, revealed himself.

“Ah!”

“What’s wrong, Tenji?”

Seeing his face, I was surprised and quickly shook my head.

“N-nothing! I’ll go take a bath!”

Leaving my father, who looked puzzled by my strange behavior, I took off my shoes, entered the house, and headed for the bathroom.

In the midst of all this, my heart was trembling with joy.

“That person, he’s the one who supports Shizuku! Shizuku’s father!”

Tenji and Shizuku were supposed to meet for the first time at their Shichi-Go-San ceremony a year from now.

I wanted to hear about Shizuku from her father. Maybe there were some secret episodes not in the original story.

In any case, it was an honor to meet Shizuku’s blood relative.

“But why is he here?”

I didn’t remember such an event in the original story.

And my father had been at home all the time recently… Could something have happened?

Apart from my excitement, I felt a slight unease about this development that wasn’t in the original story.

Could the scenario be changing? But why? I haven’t done anything to alter the original story yet.

Or is it something like a black box that wasn’t mentioned in the original story?

Hmm, hmm, I pondered while heading to the veranda, sat down while looking at the two of them, and they noticed me.

“Quite early, have you warmed up properly?”

“Yeah!”

“Oh, so this is your child?… Impressive.”

“Right? He’s my pride and joy!”

“Yeah, I can understand why you proudly talk about him.”

Shizuku’s father, or rather, Fuyuma-san, observed me from head to toe.

Well, what’s this feeling?

…It’s kind of frustrating.

And that’s why, without realizing it, I blurted out,

“Uh, um! Could you, um, I mean, could you spar with me?”

“Quite early, is it warm enough for you?”

“Yeah!”

“Hmm, is this your child? Quite impressive.”

“Right? He’s my pride and joy!”

“I see, I can understand why you’d say that.”

Shizuku’s father, Fuyuma-san, observed me from head to toe.

“Well, he might not be able to match my daughter.”

“Mmm, that’s not something I want to hear.”

It feels… frustrating.

That’s probably why I found myself blurting out, “Uh, um! Could you please spar with me?”