[Comprehensive] You see, this pot is big and round

— Do you want to go back?

It was just a few simple words, and when they were spoken at this time, they sounded like they contained some kind of delusion.Suzuka doesn't know why this is so, maybe this sentence itself has an endless sense of temptation.In any case, she had tried her best not to sound personal.

Suzuka knew very well that she must not use her emotions to make Otakemaru's decision, it was unfair.Dayakemaru's future should be decided by Dayuemaru herself, and she has no right to interfere.

But Otakemaru didn't seem to understand what she meant, and tilted his head to look at her in confusion.

"Go back? Go back where?"

"Go back to Mt. Suzuka, back to your homeland—back to your normal timeline. You can completely take what's happening now as a dream. Well, a dream."

Her voice was surprisingly calm, like a declarative tone, as if she was talking about something completely unrelated to herself.Actually, there really wasn't much connection, she thought.

Dayake Maru was startled.

This was clearly expected, and it was something he was also worried about before, but why did he mention it at this time...

Suzuka lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, guessing in his heart that he might be confused in those aspects, and then continued to explain to him: "The Demon Lord told me on the fourth day that with Hiruko Ming's eyes that can span time, you can Send those people and monsters who were unfortunately brought back to this era to their era. The eyes of Zhi Ziming are with me, I have taken this job, and I will send everyone back someday. I have already told Mr. Yuan, so I think it is necessary to tell you. After all, you and their nature are the same..."

Her voice was getting lower and lower, with a lack of self-confidence that she could hardly detect.

"That's it..."

Dayake Maru just responded, and didn't say anything more.He also looked away, looking at the distant horizon, without making a sound.

He was thinking about Suzuka's words.

In fact, he always wondered what happened to everyone in Suzuka Mountain after he disappeared without a trace in this bizarre way.Are they flustered or calm, and what kind of mood do they have about their disappearance.Without his protection, would it be difficult to resist the invasion of outsiders...

Sure enough, he was still worried about that small piece of land.

Suzuka was also thinking about his own words.

She remembered that Ogakumaru said that when he disappeared, it was the time when Suzuka Gozen tricked him into stealing two ghost swords, big and small, and planned to join forces with Sakaue Tamura Maro to kill him.

No wonder he didn't want to say more.

Sending him back to his past meant exposing him to his inevitable death.Even if Dayakemaru knew that he was destined to die now, there was no way for him to hide far away.Suzuka Gozen and Sakaue Tamura Maro are so determined to kill Otakemaru, so determined that nothing can change their minds.

It was as if he was being pushed to death—like, Suzuka had killed him again.

Suzuka was trembling all over, as if being strangled by the neck, he couldn't breathe at all.She felt withdrawn from the bottom of her heart.She really didn't want to do such evil to Dayake Maru again.

"Regarding this matter……"

Dayake Maru spoke slowly.Every word of his made Suzuka's heart tremble.

It was decided, and the moment he agreed, she immediately denied it.

I can't watch Dayake Maru die like this...

"Speaking of which, this matter is not in a hurry. It doesn't mean that it has to be completed within a few days, right?" He said calmly as usual, "If you are not in a hurry, you can do it later Send me back? I still have some things I care about now. But I will go back, I will definitely go back."

He repeated his words unconsciously twice.After speaking, he lowered his eyes and secretly looked at Suzuka.

Otakemaru watched her expression gradually become unnatural, like gnashing of teeth.Her clenched fists were trembling, but they gradually calmed down.She sat dejectedly.

"Do you really... really want to go back?" She lowered her voice, "You don't have to go back, you can stay. What are you going to do... You will die, you will die! I I will kill you, Sakagami Tamura Maro and I killed you, this can't be changed! You can't hide!"

She uttered the most authentic facts hysterically, and every word she yelled was rubbing against her chest with incomparable force, creating extremely painful and hard-to-heal abrasions.

"Yagi...Yagi." Otakemaru covered her clenched fist with his hand, the protruding joint made him feel distressed for some reason, "You are not Suzuka Gozen, and you will not kill me."

His joints were aching slightly, but his words didn't reach Suzuka's heart.

"I did all those things..."

"no!"

Otakemaru's tone was firmer than Suzuka had ever heard before, whether it was words or eyes, it contained complete trust in her.

He always treats himself that way.For a moment, Suzuka really wanted to think that everything in the past was really not her fault.

But only for a moment.

Suzuka withdrew his hand, wrapped his arms around his knees, and buried his face in the crook of his arms.

"Don't go back, okay?" Her voice sounded very dull, "I don't want you to die... really... If you go back, you will die. If you stay, you can also be in this place, Live well in this era, even live well... just treat me as a selfish guy. Otake Maru, can you think about my words for a little bit?"

With the last sentence, Suzuka felt as if she was humbly begging him.

But even if it is a humble plea, it doesn't matter, even if she is made to kneel in front of Dayakemaru.In any case, Suzuka must never push Otakemaru to death again.

Dayakemaru thought about her words over and over in his heart.For some reason, he seemed to hear a hint of guilt in Suzuka's words that wasn't real.

He would rather hear anger and dissatisfaction than guilt.

Dayakemaru pursed his lips.Originally, he wanted to ask something more, but he kept silent and nodded to her.

"I will think about it."

"thanks……"

That's not something to be thankful for at all, he thought.

With amazing efficiency, Minamoto and Kamaitachi found many victims who appeared in Tokyo due to Hiruko's time travel within three days.

The number of these victims was slightly less than Suzuka had imagined.

The number of humans on the human side is about less than twenty people, excluding shikigami.Among them, the Fujiwara family accounts for half, and the rest are either innocent villagers who eat melons, or little onmyojis who are not popular.

The number of monsters is even smaller, only a handful of them.According to what the three Kamaitachi brothers said, they had found a lot, but there were many monsters who didn't want to go back.They seem to think it's better here.

"What about you...do you want to go back?"

Suzuka asked them.

Otakemaru, who was listening on the sidelines, didn't react at all, he didn't seem to care, but there was something strange about his words.The three brothers widened their small eyes and looked at her stupidly.

"Why are we going back?" Ichitaro said naturally, "We are already your shikigami."

"That's right. I just think that you might want to go back to your past home more." She pulled out a stiff smile, "If you want to go back to the past, I can send you back. It doesn't matter , don't pay attention to me."

"But our three brothers like you very much, and you are really good here." Ichitaro blinked, "You are such a nice person, and your food is also delicious... Wait, is it because we eat too much? Did you just say that?!"

Ichitaro's words immediately sounded the alarm for the three brothers.The three sickle weasels looked at each other and panicked at the same time.

Santaro counted back and forth several times with his little paws, and said weakly: "It seems that we ate six bowls of rice yesterday..."

"That's a lot to eat." Dayue Maru joked on the side.

It was really hard for him to imagine how the three little mice would look round after eating them.

"We will eat less food in the future!" Ertaro slapped his thigh and quickly made a promise, "We will also work hard for you, don't send us away, we still want to continue to be your shikigami Woolen cloth!"

"The three of us really like you!" Santaro also swept away his panic and depression, and went to the second brother's side to beg for mercy, "We like you so--so much!"

It tried to stretch its small arms, and drew a circle out of thin air, trying to explain that its love for Suzuka was as big as this circle.Ichitaro and Ertaro also hurriedly learned its flattering way, extending their arms and starting to draw circles.

At one point, the scene becomes very amusing, with the clumsy movements of the three brothers looking like schoolchildren doing radio gymnastics.The dark clouds in Suzuka's heart were driven away by their decent movements, she couldn't help laughing, bent down, and gently stroked their ears.

"Thank you for staying by my side." She said softly, "It's okay to eat eight bowls of rice!"

"yeah!"

The three Kamaitachi brothers cheered and jumped up, running around the yard in excitement.Seeing them so cheerful, the smile on the corner of Suzuka's mouth drooped little by little.

From the joyful laughter, she thought of others.But she knew what kind of reality she was standing in.

"This time..." she murmured, "This time, I will definitely protect you."

This was originally just a soliloquy, but it happened to fall into Dayakemaru's ears.His heart skipped a beat.

She still...

He really can't leave.At least not now.

Before Suzuka clearly realized who he really was, he could never leave with a light hand.

Just take it as a false confidence—Otakemaru knew that he was the only one who could rescue Suzuka from the abyss of memories.

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Is there anything I can't think of? I'm going to fight (sigh)