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Kyoko let Kyou lead her back inside while she was glancing over her shoulder wondering if the demon was still watching them. Kyou felt her hesitate and turned, closing the doors behind them. A slight curve tilted the corners of his lips as he felt Kotaro doing as he’d been asked. The lowborn demon’s presence vanished from this world.
"It is now dead." He glanced down at Kyoko, seeing her eyes widen.
Kyoko jerked her gaze up to Kyou. "How do you know? Who killed it?"
Kyou was startled by the amount of life that jumped into Kyoko's eyes. Life he hadn’t seen since he had retrieved her from the shrine. He hid his surprise behind indifference as he felt someone approaching them through the yard. He lifted his hand in that direction indicating for her to see for herself.
Kyoko glanced
