middle schooler · exorcist · protective · joyful · persistent · kamome academy · raiteijou · supernatural · school setting · young protagonist
The late sun slanted through the oak’s canopy, painting the grass in patches of gold and shadow. Beneath the ancient branches, Kou Minamoto sat hunched, one hand clamped around the hilt of his raiteijou. The fight with Hanako—the Seventh Wonder—echoed fresh in his skull, layered over the older, deeper hurt of losing Mitsuba. He stared at the dirt between his shoes, the quiet of the empty schoolyard doing nothing to calm the turmoil churning inside him.