The Exorcist of Flowers
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Let me go! I need to save Momone and Sensei...!
Please get back, Rin-sama!
Momone...?
That day...
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the girl said to be a genius exorcist
Ah...
became half-ogre.
I guess we can't fight together anymore...
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Year - Class
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Other choicesI, Kibihana Momone, am in the greatest crisis of my life!
It's impossible!
There's no way I would know that right after entering high school~!
I was thinking of getting a job since I don't like studying...
but I can no longer do the thing I want to do...
Job hunting sounds like a pain too.
I wonder if somebody will scout me instead...
Hah...
Then you should just work at my house as a maid.
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Rin-chan!
Shall I prepare a frilly maid outfit for you, Momone?
What does that mean!?
This girl is Momomiya Rin-chan.
The daughter of the traditional family who runs the famous school I go to.
Wow~
She says some weird things from time to time,
but she's strong, beautiful, kind, and someone I'm proud to call my childhood friend!
Come to think of it, shouldn't you be on duty today?
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Ah... well.
They don't really let me in on any patrol shifts.
They can't exactly let a rich daughter do something like that, huh...
The town I live in, Kibitsu-cho, is a little peculiar.
This town has door known as "Kimon" which connects to a world where ogres live.
Ogres are evil beings who eat humans and bring about disaster.
The ones who subjugate these ogres and monitor the Kimon
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are the exorcist.
They wield special weapons embued with the power of God
and protect this town in secret.
As for why I know about this little secret,
I was an exorcist apprentice until two years ago.
I didn't have the best family background,
but Sensei brought me in because I had a talent for exorcism.
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Sensei was strict and put me through harsh training every day,
but it was a comfortable place that was precious to me.
However...
during one mission, a powerful ogre appeared from the Kimon
and dragged me and Sensei through it.
By some miracle, I alone returned alive as a half-ogre.
My exorcist power kept me from becoming a full ogre somehow,
but I became unable to use my power as an exorcist ever again.
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The memories of the days when that power was with me are very dear to me,
but no matter how much I wish for it, there's nothing I can do.
I need to become self-reliant so Rin-chan can be at ease...!
Uwah!
What's wrong, Rin-chan!?
Kya~
You seemed kinda lonely, Momone...
You smell good.
I'm so jealous...
That really ruins the moment!
Thanks for worrying about me.
Oh right!
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I caught two of these! You can have one if you don't mind matching with me!
I'd be glad to. It shall be my family heirloom.
Heirloom, you say...
Kya, what a prince!
Why am I a prince?
I'm a girl...!
It's because you're so cool, Rin-chan!
You're the prince here, Momone.
In what way?
You're strong and have always protected me.
And I've never once managed to beat you at sparring in the end...
That's...
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Somebody help!
Heh?
Oh no you don't!
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Kyan!
Phew~ Thank goodness I managed to catch it~
Wait...
My ogre power unconsciously came out...!
My horn!
What do I do, Rin-chan? I...
Momone...
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Such bliss...
I'm done for...
Rin-chaaan!?
That was so cool just now!
You've gotten better at handling the beast too!
I'm fine.
Beast, you say...
Maybe I could be an animal trainer!
?
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Say.
Couldn't you just do office work for the exorcist association?
You were already an exorcist, so getting a job there should be easy.
Hmm...
I guess she's not against being near someone who may become her enemy someday...
Then you should be the Momomiya's household frilly maid...!
Why that!?
I want you close by.
You're my dear friend who always
treats me normally, Momone.
That's why...
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Is wanting us to be together... weird?
You shouldn't pull out the handsome act so recklessly!
You should save those for special occassions!
So cool<3
I'm dead...
Why doesn't it work on you, Momone?
Hey! You know you're doing it!?
Sorry to interrupt~
It's you, isn't it?
The former genius exorcist who turned half-ogre.
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I'm a first-class exorcist sent from the exorcist headquarters.
Sha Keiki's the name.
Shut up! Stay away and go home!
Grr!
Hey...! He's a bigshot first-class from HQ, y'know!?
She's like a guard dog.
I'm no genius, but that's probably me.
Did you need me for anything?
I'm hear to request a subjugation from you.
!?
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By allowing the power of exorcists and ogres to clash,
you've found a way to live as a normal human being.
We could use someone with your talent.
That was just a coincidence...
and I can't fight anymore...
I know.
But for this ogre, we need your power.
That's...
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I'd like to talk without your little guard dog, so
My card~
Th-Thanks.
Huh?
could you contact me here?
Later!
Momone! Don't you dare!
But he seems to be troubled...
No!
If anything were to happen to you, Momone,
it would be problematic for me...
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Rin-chan...
I somehow understood.
The reason why Rin-chan stays close to me every day even though we're in different high schools.
Even if we are friends, Rin-chan doesn't have enough free time to spend every day with me.
Her role is likely to observe me in the event the worst happens.
I can't trouble her any further.
Alright. I won't get involved with this case.
I don't want Rin-chan to have any painful memories!
There's one thing I can do to put her at ease...
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and that's to find a new dream!
So with that said,
Yay~
what kind of career do you think would suit me?
Do you want to become an entertainer, Momone?
Considering my disposition, that's probably my field of expertise...
I know I can't do anything about it, but I'll be sad if you go somewhere far away...
Rin-chan...
But...
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You can leave the outfits to me!
I'll prepare a cute frilly one for you.
Why!?
Ever since that day, I've been thinking about what I should do,
but to be honest, nothing's clicking for me.
Maybe it's because I still have lingering attachments...
I thought I'd always be an exorcist.
Exorcist Association - Toukai Branch
There were a lot of painful times,
but it was kinda cool to be fighting for people from the shadows.
That, and I loved the time I spent with Rin-chan and Sensei...
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It was a shock when I learned I couldn't fight anymore.
It felt like I alone was being left behind.
You haven't found your next employer yet either, huh?
We're birds of a feather.
There you are~!
What are you sneaking around here for...?
This place is off-limits to outsiders.
And why didn't you contact me~?
Erm, Sha...
You can just call me by my first name. Honorifics are fine.
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Feel like fighting?
I just didn't want to see my friend.
Your friend, huh...
You're strong, Keiki-kun, so why don't you use this girl?
She's really sharp, light and easy to weild!
I guarantee it!
No way!
Do you know what everyone calls that thing?
Dakki.
It grants its wielder their wish but steals their exorcist power from their roots.
A mid-grade user would collapse before their wish can be granted.
Eh? But that's never happened to me.
Well yeah, that's because...
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your "power of control" towers above everyone else.
!?
...Seriously? You didn't even know...?
Ahaha~
Your exorcist power lets you turn weapons and animals into your own strength.
In other words, you're good at "controlling" them.
That's how you could wield Dakki's power without it sapping your strength.
It's as if you don't need any requirements to use it.
That's how you became known as the genius exorcist.
I had no idea!!
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If that's true, then what can I do?
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Control the power of an ogre.
I want you to use your power to control the opposing ogre and slow it down.
That's what you've been requested for.
Can I even do that!?
Anime protagonists can do it, can't they?
That's cos it's anime!
Oh crap...
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Rin-chan!?
What are you doing here?
I had a bad feeling.
Uwah
You Obi-wan or something?
What's the meaning of this?
The power to control a demon? What if something happens to Momone...
Sacrifices are an unavoidable part of risks.
!
If we do nothing, there'll only be more civilian casualties.
It's only natural that an exorcist would be able to help, even a former one, no?
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Why you...!
C-Calm down!
More importantly, does Hana-chan know what kind of ogre is gonna show?
Th-That's...
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Wh-What!?
Sensei?
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What's going on here!? Why is sensei here!?
Momone, get back!
A-Alright!
There's a lot I'm curious about, but I should start with what I can do...
Kyaah!
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Rin-chan!
Sensei, why...!
...This is the truth that only few people know of...
Ogres are what's left of exorcists after their power has been consumed.
Eh...?
It seems when they become ogres, they become really hungry
and eat humans to fill that hunger.
And the tastiest cuisine of all...
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are those who carry the name of Momo.
They're apparently sweet and delicious to ogres.
It's my fault...
It's because I was there that you two got caught up in this.
But I had no idea back then...!
I don't want to feel like this anymore...
That's why...
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this time, I'll be the one to protect you!
Rin-chan...
She's been carrying the burder of that day all by herself and protecting me.
And yet it takes everything I have to look out for myself...
If there's still something I can do, then...
Momone!
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What are you doing, you moron...!
Rin-chan!
Let me fight with you!
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Don't be stupid! At this rate...
I have to get results so I can be by your side, Rin-chan.
Besides,
I want to protect my precious someone too.
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...Alright.
Go on, lady! Hurry up! Let's buy her some time!
Don't order me around!
Thanks, you two.
I will definitely make this work.
So I'll use both my exorcist power and my ogre power. All of it!
Please...
Lend me your power!
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What is this!?
Precious<3
Momone! You're knocking out the wrong opponent!
Eeeh!?
Shit! Did the plan fail!? I need to think up a new one...
Momone!
This is bad! How am I supposed to fight without a weapon...?
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The ogre armor became undone!?
Could her magical girl outfit
be her katana transformed!?
Ooh~
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To think you would feed me yourself.
Momone!
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With this, you're finished!
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Afterwards, Sensei was taken into the Exorcist Association's custody.
The results of her diagnosis show that all of her ogre power had disappeared.
The control was intended to just stop her movements,
but it seems I expelled it altogether by force.
There are no problems with Sensei's body
and she'll likely wake up eventually with time,
but it seems she won't be fighting as an exorcist anymore.
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As for me...
Exorcist Association - Toukai Branch
Yay~
I'm resuming my work as an exorcist~!
My ability to eliminate an ogre's power has proven myself to be pretty useful!
It does come with the caveat that I'll be killed if I go full ogre,
but for the meantime, that's my job secured!cringe~
I know I'm one to talk, but are you okay with that?
You can be more upset about this, Momone!
Well, I am a half-ogre
so I expected this much!
No way...
I'm sure things'll be rough going forward, but...
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this is where I want to be.
I'll be in your care again.
Hey...
Your character's collapsing, milady...
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