Chapter 21

Perfect Linker (Perfect Linker, Perfect Linker) is 21st chapter in the Twin Star Exorcists manga series.

Summary
-Starts with Mayura thinking about how she’s not good at being an exorcist (t/n: no you’re good later on you’re so badass). -Then she opens locker room door and walks into a naked Shimon.

-Mayura continues staring until Shimon goes: how long are you going to stare for? quickly shut the door!

-Shimon despairs over how all of him was seen by Seigen’s daughter ahahaha

-Meanwhile, Rokuro wakes up to find a girl in his bed.

-Benio comes back from training to have Rokuro and Mayura going: THERE’S A STRANGE MAN/GIRL IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!

-The little girl says misleading things like: Didn’t I treat you well last night? Cue Benio and Mayura proceeding to throttle Rokuro. The girl gets him away from them and even goes: don’t you dare bully my prince!

-Shimon appears at the scene. The girl is introduced as Sayo, the examiner that Shimon mentioned before.

-Shimon and Sayo do address each other as siblings. However, Sayo is from the main family while Shimon is from a branch family. (t/n: Please take note that they’re not actual siblings although they do resemble each other and call each other brother/sister)

-Sayo is only 11 years old so cue some drama about her age.

-Then next few pages basically asking Rokuro about his determination and intentions for going to the island. Sayo was unimpressed initially but Rokuro went: I’ll do anything to get the the island.

-Since anything is mentioned. it’s now shopping time~

-Basically Rokuro goes out to Tokyo with Sayo. Ofc there’d be concerns whether it’s a date but since Rokuro said he’d do anything so here they are.

-Sayo is really happy because she got to achieve her dream.

-Meanwhile, Shimon, Benio and Mayura stalk Rokuro and Sayo. Benio asks Shimon why Sayo calls Rokuro her prince.

-Shimon says it’s because of influences from books and novels. Sayo is like a trapped princess in the story. She has not even left her home prior to coming to Tokyo

-This is because she has enchanted powers inherited from her bloodline. With so much power, it is dangerous for her to be in the outside world.

-2 years ago, Sayo receives a notification that she will be going to Tokyo to be examiner of Rokuro so that he can go to the island… To her, Rokuro is like a prince who saves her from being stuck in her house.

-Anyway, some hijinks happen when Sayo licks off a grain of rice from Rokuro’s face and even smears some sauce on her face for Rokuro to wipe it off.

-Benio intercepts, saying that there is no need for such skinships, she has husband/wife relationship with Rokuro and the exorcist association also says no illicit relationships are allowed.

-Some arguments later, Sayo goes as far to mention families: the Adashino family is lousy, to even produce a traitor like Yuuto. They’re living in disgrace on the island and maybe Benio wants to marry Rokuro so that she can throw the Adashino name away.

-Rokuro covers Sayo’s mouth. (t/n: never insult the wife or else…)

-Shimon also says that Sayo is wrong and she should understand more about the other families before saying things. Sayo runs away.

-Later on Benio finds Sayo at a park. Benio asks if Sayo likes Rokuro. Sayo says that she feels like she’s meeting an idol but she has a lot of dokis for some reason what is this feeling

-Sayo asks Benio if she could help her get closer to Rokuro since Benio dislikes the arranged marriage thing. Benio rejects, saying that Sayo is only 11 years old and that she feels uncomfortable whenever Rokuro is around people of the opposite gender.

-Sayo kind of recognises she lost that battle but also warns Benio to not do anything she would regret. Just because she and Rokuro are Twin Stars, doesn’t mean that she should be careless.

-Rokuro comes to bring them home and w/o context this cap make the 3 of them look like dad/mum and child

-Shimon goes to Seigen’s place. Shimon thinks that looking after Sayo, Rokuro, Benio and Mayura is keeping ducks. lol

-Anyway, there are 2 things Shimon came to discuss with Seigen. Firstly is the appraisal ceremony this evening. Secondly, Shimon returns a charm to Seigen, called Juusou Genpu (Beast Claw Talisman), not because he wants to, but due to the will of that charm.

-Seigen comes and the appraisal ceremony begins.

-Sayo takes off her clothes to reveal tattoos that control her enchanted powers. If these powers are not controlled, her body would break down.

-Time for Shimon/Mayuka as Shimon explains stuff to Mayuka. The reason why Sayo has this much power is because she has a guardian spirit. This is the true form of the enchanted powers.

ALSO A HUGE T/N HERE SINCE I SPENT SO MUCH TIME FIGURING IT OUT: the kanji of guardian spirit is 呪護者 which has furigana of shugosha. Googling and checking dictionary didn’t get me anywhere since it’s a wordplay. 呪 meaning enchanted and  守 meaning protect both have the pronunciation of shu. so 守  from 守護 was replaced with  呪 and i’m even more done with this series bye

-The name of the enchanted powers within Sayo is Kuzunoha, who is the mother of Abe no Seimei. She can be considered the mother of all exorcists.

-One of her powers is to see the true form of one’s enchanted powers so that one’s level of power can be seen and appraised.

-Mayuka starts talking about how Sayo and Benio are so incredible that she can’t catch up to them. Shimon asks if it’s about love matters and then encourages Mayuka, saying that there’s no need to worry about Benio since he does not see them having a good future.

-Changes occur to Rokuro’s body as he takes the form that appeared during the battle with Yuuto 2 years ago.

-Tankoubon version which is different from magazine (thanks to @eus-mylus​!)

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