Hoshinomiya Aira was relaxing on Lady Akita Beach and watching the sunset. As she was about to relax, she received a call from Keiichiro, her boss.

  ‘Hoshinomiya, are you there?’

  ‘Boss, why are you calling me on holiday?’ Aira sarcastically said.

  ‘I’m sorry for the sudden privacy invasion but we received a sudden mission from the principal of St. Paul Miki Academy. He said that the academy’s surroundings were strangely different from last month.’ Keiichiro explained.

  Aira was a paranormal hunter, a dangerous job to eliminated youkai in Japan. Youkais were dangerous beings who wandered Japan. Some of the youkais were harmless while some of them were threats or malevolent spirits. Aira found the job tiring because she couldn’t visit her family and was only able to on holiday or the number of phantoms decreased but at least the salary was high enough.

  ‘St. Paul Miki Academy? My old school? I always passed that school but never saw anything weird.’ Aira exclaimed. She went there when she was a teenager and never experienced anything weird at the school. Well, the school’s atmosphere was different last month so that made sense.

  ‘But St. Paul Miki Academy was far away. It will take me 2 hours from Lady Akita Beach to St. Paul Miki Academy by bus or taxi.’ Aira protested.

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  ‘Don’t worry, I’ll send our private PHA taxi to pick you up to St. Paul Miki Academy.’

  ‘sigh Fine, boss. I’ll pack up my things.’

  Aira went back to her hotel and when she was about to pack her things, she got a sudden knock from someone. ‘Yes? Who is it?’ Aira questioned.

  ‘Room number 211, you ordered the hotel service. Please take your order.’ The unknown man said.

  Wait, I didn’t order a room service. This must be a trap. Aira realized it was a fake room service. She prepared her Anti-Phantom Gun and a knife when suddenly, a bunch of spikes through her door.

  ‘Come out, Paranormal Hunter. I’m the servant of King Kiryuu.’ King Kiryuu? The king of phantoms? I must report my situation to my boss. Aira hid in the bathroom and locked the door.

  ‘Boss, I have been attacked by the servant of King Kiryuu. I will jump from the window since the entrance was blocked.’

  ‘On it. The driver will wait. Watch out, you’re on the 2nd floor.’ Keiichiro stated.

  Aira grabbed her belongings and jumped from the window. She carefully landed with no harm and she made it to the PHA taxi, which was behind the hotel.

  ‘Drove me to St. Paul Miki Academy. And please report to the boss after I make it there.’

  ‘Yes, madam.’

  They were chased by many of King Kiryuu’s servants and they barely managed to survive until a mysterious portal came and the taxi was sucked into the portal. After the portal disappeared, a man with a black was spotted in the alleyway and disappeared suddenly.

  They arrived at St. Paul Miki Academy thanks to the strange portal. Aira met the principal of the academy, Rokami Junkichi. Ahh, the principal changed. I know. I’ve been departed from this academy 15 years ago. She thought to herself.

  ‘Welcome, Hoshinomiya Aira, to St. Paul Miki Academy.”