"What did you talk about with Gotoh-san just now?"
After Shin walked into the classroom and sat down in his seat, Katou Megumi in the front row immediately turned around and asked curiously.
After all, Katou Megumi cared about both Shin and Gotoh Hitori very much—even though Gotoh Hitori should also be considered one of her love rivals, Katou Megumi had no hostility toward Gotoh Hitori.
Rather, having witnessed Shin's ability to pick up girls, those who were still willing to be so close to Shin had long accepted the facts and acknowledged the existence of other girls.
Moreover, Gotoh Hitori's personality also made Katou Megumi quite worried. That overly socially anxious and timid performance when talking also made Katou Megumi very concerned.
So naturally, Katou Megumi was quite curious about what Gotoh Hitori had talked about alone with Shin.
"It's about awakening her Stand."
Shin didn't hide it from Katou Megumi either. Although Katou Megumi herself didn't have any special abilities yet, Shin had already told Katou Megumi about some things.
Katou Megumi naturally knew about the existence of Stand users, so there was nothing wrong with telling Katou Megumi about Gotoh Hitori's situation.
However, after Shin told Katou Megumi about the conversation with Gotoh Hitori just now, Katou Megumi revealed a somewhat surprised expression:
"Eh? After becoming a Stand user, you can see evil spirits... Are there really things like evil spirits in this world?"
"Hm? Didn't I tell you about evil spirits?"
Seeing Katou Megumi's surprised expression, Shin was somewhat astonished. He didn't expect that Katou Megumi would still be surprised by the existence of evil spirits.
"Shin really hasn't mentioned evil spirits before."
Katou Megumi looked at Shin with a very subtle expression, that look seeming to say "So even Shin has times when he forgets things."
After all, normally Shin seemed omnipotent in front of the girls, so Katou Megumi rarely saw Shin surprised because of forgetting something.
"...Then I probably really did forget. After all, Stands and evil spirits are completely different systems."
Shin thought about it. When he introduced the special circumstances at home to Katou Megumi, he had indeed introduced Stand users, mages, and dragons, but had never introduced evil spirits.
After all, things like evil spirits were basically only related to Yotsuya Miko, and for Stand users, they posed no threat whatsoever.
If one had to say, probably in the work where Yotsuya Miko appeared, there was an entity called "Mountain God" suspected to be an evil spirit that looked quite intimidating.
So it seemed reasonable that Shin had omitted information about evil spirits when introducing special people at home.
"Also, this is the first time I've heard that Shin gave that feather to Yukinoshita-san..."
After finishing talking about evil spirits, Katou Megumi brought up Yukinoshita Yukino's matter.
Just now, Shin had also told Katou Megumi what happened on Yukinoshita Yukino's side, so Katou Megumi also knew that obtaining Stand aptitude might also allow one to see evil spirits.
However, other people who were born with Stand aptitude didn't seem to be born able to see evil spirits—for example, Gotoh Hitori had very strong Stand aptitude, but had never been able to see them before.
So Yukinoshita Yukino being able to see evil spirits was probably not merely because she obtained Stand aptitude, but also to a certain extent affected by the Black Bird's feather, which strengthened her spiritual power.
"However, Yukinoshita-san is our schoolmate after all. Is it really okay to use her as an experimental subject?"
Katou Megumi said this with a somewhat worried expression.
Although she had heard before that ZShin and Yukinoshita Yukino had "rumors," after that, Shin hadn't communicated with Yukinoshita Yukino for a long time, so she had forgotten about it.
She didn't expect that this time, when she heard Yukinoshita Yukino's name from Shin again, it would be that Shin was using Yukinoshita Yukino to test whether "Black Bird's" feather could activate Stand aptitude.
"It's not really an experimental subject. This was Yukinoshita Yukino's own request. I didn't force her."
Shin smiled slightly. Yukinoshita Yukino obviously wanted to personally touch the other side of the world. Shin had only given her this opportunity.
Moreover, judging from the message Yukinoshita Yukino sent, she didn't seem to resent Shin for seeing evil spirits, but was just a bit afraid of evil spirits.
Shin even faintly felt that there seemed to be a trace of anticipation in Yukinoshita Yukino's words—perhaps Yukinoshita Yukino was actually quite enjoying this?
In the original work, Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't very satisfied with her own family and also held a trace of hostility toward her sister who she couldn't surpass.
Now she had a chance to surpass her sister. She would be grateful to him before it was too late. How could she have complaints?
"However, her test wasn't entirely without results. At least now I know that obtaining Stand aptitude through my feather might cause people to be able to see evil spirits in advance."
Thinking about how Yukinoshita Yukino might have been scared when she woke up this morning, Shin couldn't help but reveal a smile.
He really wanted to see Yukinoshita Yukino's frightened expression. It was a pity that he currently didn't have a chance to wake up in the same bed as Yukinoshita Yukino.
Of course, whether that would be the case in the future was uncertain.
"But this way, I'm a bit afraid to become a Stand user."
Katou Megumi puffed out her cheeks looking at Shin, just like a little girlfriend acting spoiled toward her boyfriend in a haunted house.
"I'm very afraid of ghosts. I don't hope to see evil spirits on the road every day or anything like that."
"Actually, the evil spirits in the area from our house to school have already been cleared out pretty thoroughly..."
Shin looked at Katou Megumi with a smile and said.
He had previously told Katou Megumi and the others that if they needed it, after he finished testing, he could also help them awaken Stands.
Katou Megumi now knew the testing method—it was to see whether Yukinoshita Yukino could successfully obtain Stand aptitude.
However, now that Yukinoshita Yukino had verified the method of obtaining Stand aptitude after the fact, Katou Megumi hesitated, and the reason was merely that she was afraid of ghosts.
Of course, Shin didn't force the girls around him to all have special abilities. After all, this everyday world didn't have any danger to speak of:
"So, do you really not plan to have Stand aptitude?"
"Mm... I guess I'll pass after all. Anyway, Shin will protect me, right?"
Katou Megumi looked at Shin, thought about it a bit, and finally made her decision, giving up the opportunity to become a Stand user.
She was different from Yukinoshita Yukino. She was already very satisfied with her current living situation, so naturally she wouldn't pursue any new breakthroughs.
Moreover, she also believed Shin could protect her well. Even without any Stand, she was already very close to Shin.
To be continued…