The whole world knows that I crossed

Mikage Shrine, which has been away for several days, looks no different from before Qiao Wen left.

At best, it was just a little more snow in the courtyard, most of which were cleaned up, and the remaining small part was taken from local materials by two childlike ghost fire boys, and a few small snowmen were piled up in the corner—— ——There is a snowman with a hat and glasses, which is obviously the image of Mikage, and there is also a fox snowman with fox ears and tail who looks aggressive and a bit fierce, and a snowman with black hair and black eyes and a gentle smile, surrounded by many Qiaowen Snowman made into a little snowflake in the shape of a card.

Qiao Wen, who returned to the shrine, was warmly welcomed by the ghost fire boys.

"Lord Qiao Wen! What does Master Qiao Wen want to eat tonight? No matter what—we will prepare it right away!"

Onikiri looked up at Qiao Wen with his face up.

Hu Che, who surrounded Qiao Wen on the left and right with him, immediately nodded when he heard the words, expressing his absolute agreement with his companion:

"We really will prepare everything right away... Speaking of which, it's snowing again today! Sure enough, it's more suitable to eat some hot soup to warm up on a snowy day? What would Mr. Qiao Wen want to eat? Shouxi Pot? Ramen? Oden? Or..."

Qiao Wen changed into his usual home clothes, sat in the warm kotatsu, smiled and watched the two little guys happily discussing the menu for that night, no matter what suggestions Onikiri and Kotoru suggested, they all nodded with a smile Well, at the end, the two will-o’-the-wisps were even more distressed—because no matter what they said, Qiao Wen always had a good temper and agreed with him, although he was really caring and gentle. That's right...

"I still hope Master Qiao Wen won't be so tolerant towards us..."

The will-o'-the-wisps who are used to being ordered by (someone) sighed in distress.

But soon they won't have to worry about it anymore!

Because a certain black-haired god just received a call from Qiao Wen and heard him say that he had returned to Miying Shrine. " appeared in the reception room of Mikage Shrine.

As soon as Yato came, he immediately threw himself into the kotatsu, lay on his back on the cushion with a happy face and rolled back and forth a few times, exuding a certain kind of sincere satisfaction from his whole body.

Compared with him, Iki Hiyori and Yukine are much more polite.

The two said good evening to Qiao Wen, and then they also sat in the kotatsu at Qiao Wen's invitation.

"I said you don't have to be so polite with Xiao Qiao..."

Yato, who was lying on the floor with his eyes closed, spoke lazily, and he knew that this guy had already started to feel sleepy because he was too comfortable and at ease.

"Little Qiao is different from a certain fox. He is a gentle and caring boy, and he must be very welcome to us."

As he spoke, he barely opened his eyes halfway, and looked at Qiao Wen questioningly: "Really?"

Qiao Wen returned a silent smile.

He actually understood the reason why Yato often visited Mikage Shrine after learning the news of Ba Wei's disappearance—he was trying to make Qiao Wen feel at ease in his own way.

Otherwise, Qiao Wen hadn't been in the shrine for a month before, and if Yato just wanted to eat, drink, and kotatsu, he would come over at any time, and I believe that Onikiri and Kotoru would treat him as a guest.

But the truth is, Yato didn't visit once while Qiao Wen was away.

This is probably the unique tenderness and consideration of this nameless god.

Qiao Wen is very grateful for this, and is also very happy that Yato agrees to become his friend.

So for Yato's seemingly cheeky speech, he didn't mean to dislike it at all.

Yukine and Hiyori obviously understand this too, but because of their personalities, the two of them can't act as casually as Yato.

Yato didn't care about the little bit of shyness that his two companions couldn't let go of.

He folded his hands behind his head, squinted his eyes, and looked like he might fall asleep at any time:

"Speaking of which, I seem to have heard Onikiri and Kotoru discussing the evening menu on the phone?"

The two ghost fire boys nodded beside them.

Yato sat up, "Although ramen, oden, or udon are good too... But in this snowy weather, you still want to eat hot pot, right? Hot pot!"

"...Yes!" Onikiri and Kotoru couldn't help but sit upright because of his suddenly raised voice, and obediently responded.

"Very good, very good." Yato nodded in satisfaction, "Now that we have decided, let's prepare the materials? By the way, it would be even better if you could bring me two bottles of the cold spring brewed by Bawei..."

"Yato!" The girl who had been sitting next to her and Xue Yin quietly peeling oranges and eating heard such a dangerous speech, raised her eyebrows subconsciously, and whispered with a hint of warning.

The black-haired god pouted.

"What are you afraid of..." He plausibly said, "Since he dared to run away from home, he must bear the consequences of running away from home, right? When I drink all the good wine that he hid, let's see who he cries for when he comes back." go……"

"..." Qiao Wen and Ri He felt dumbfounded when they heard the words.

The two looked at each other...

"I have no objection to you giving Bawei a small 'lesson'," Qiao Wen stated his position in advance, "but if you go too far and be chased down by Bawei's real knife and real wooden warehouse, I will And they won't help you talk."

Before Yato had time to complain, he heard Hiyori say on the other side:

"I know that you and Mr. Ba Wei are very good friends, but even between friends, you should be careful when joking around? If you like to drink cold spring brew, it's okay to drink a little bit, but you can't really treasure others Steal and drink all the stock..."

Yato: "..."

He looked at his two friends without saying a word.

"What kind of image do I have in your hearts..." The black-haired god covered his forehead and lamented, "It's just a joke, who would really do such an outrageous thing..."

"... Oh." The person who refuted him this time became the boy Xueyin.

The blonde Zhengtai looked at her unruly master, and the expression on her face could be described as contempt:

"Then may I ask this Yato-sama who knows how to measure, who drew Bishamonten's unspeakable book and sold it to others at a high price?"

"The guy who did this kind of thing, you let us believe in his character?"

—It is better to dream.

Aggrieved, Yato retreated into the kotatsu to fill the quail.

"Really! What are you talking about in front of the ladies, Xueyin, you bastard! The thoughts in your heart with the face of a little devil are obviously more wretched than that of an adult god like me..."

He doesn't want to be complained about by such a brat!

Rihe and Qiaowen turned their faces away tacitly, pretending not to hear the routine confrontation between the master and servant.

……

The matter of Yeto inciting the two ghost fire boys to touch Ba Wei's treasured wine for him to drink finally came to nothing.

However, the richness and deliciousness of the dinner still healed his fragile (?) heart that had not been hit by anything.

After dinner is the usual snack time.

While eating snacks, Yato told Qiao Wen what he had gained in the past month.

During the month when Qiao Wen went to Academy Island to be an "exchange student" and completed the commission of the King of Gold, Yato was busy making money and making friends as usual, and it was not like he didn't do other things.

According to the guidelines in the "Kanto Region Monster Summary Illustrated Book" that Qiao Wen got from the King of Gold, he went to many monsters to ask about Ba Wei.

But because Yato is a god after all, even if he has no prejudice against monsters, he rarely kills monsters. Many monsters who are wary of gods are approached by him, but they still refuse to come out to meet him.

Most of these monsters either escaped or hid more covertly, so that Yato came to the door several times in a row but came to nothing...

"Such a guy who is overly wary of the gods will need you, Xiao Qiao, to find a way to contact him. In my case, no matter how many times I go again, it will probably be the result of being rejected."

Knowing that monsters and gods may not be able to live in harmony, and there are very few who even form a deep bond like Bawei and Mikage, Yato is not dissatisfied with the treatment he received, but Remind Qiao Wen that he wants to get information from these monsters, and he needs to find a way to meet him in the future.

However, Yeto doesn't have much doubt about Qiao Wen's success - monsters always have a certain fascination with those special human beings who can see their appearance and communicate with them normally, like Qiao Wen. Humans like Wen who have a gentle personality and have no subjective aversion or prejudice towards monsters are the most irresistible type of monsters.

So Yato was very relieved to leave the matter to Qiao Wen.

As for the monsters that Yato successfully met...

Either they don't know Bawei, or even though they have some friendship with Bawei, let alone where Bawei went, they don't even know about Bawei's disappearance.

Yato, of course, would not be so stupid as to tell the monsters that Bawei was missing, Barabara. He asked those monsters who knew Bawei if they had heard about Bawei recently. When asked the reason, he said He said that he wanted to ask Bawei for help, but he was not sure whether he would agree, so he wanted to ask some news first to see if he could match him, and knocked on his friendly door with a price enough to make Yaohu's heart beat...

It's a pity that Yato also visited many monsters in a month, but none of them could provide valuable clues.

Although it had been guessed that the result might be like this before, Yato and Qiao Wen felt a little disappointed when it was actually confirmed.

"Don't mention this," the black-haired god pulled himself together first, "How about the Higurashi Shrine you mentioned earlier? Any news?"

Qiao Wen shook his head, "I called again before, and it was Kagome's mother who answered the phone. She said Kagome had never been back..."

So naturally there is no news.

"Is that so..." Yato let out a long sigh.

The atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

"...Forget it, there is no way for us to be depressed here, let's continue to work hard from tomorrow! I can't believe that we can't find that cunning fox..."

Yetou originally intended to comfort Qiao Wen, but at the end, he gritted his teeth.

However, the effect is also significant. After all, Qiao Wen did smile again when he heard the last word.

By the time the snack time ended, it was getting late, and there was still class on the next day, so Yato simply took her and Yukine to say goodbye and left.

Qiao Wen sat alone in the reception room that had become empty again, and couldn't help but sighed deeply.

On the table are already made clay dolls.

The silver-haired demon fox was raising half of the corner of his mouth, looking at Qiao Wen with a half-smile, which seemed to be full of some very irritating provocation...

"What...you're so arrogant after turning into a doll..."

Muttering to himself, Qiao Wen stretched out his hand and poked lightly on the head of the clay doll that was supposed to be given to Ba Wei as a New Year's gift.

"If I see you again, I will beat you up..."

——It’s so worrying!

Qiao Wen's last words were still floating in the silent air, but he saw a dazzling white light suddenly flashed on the place where his fingers touched the forehead of the puppet Ba Wei...

Qiao Wen subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, and waited until he felt the dazzling light dissipate before putting down the arm that was blocking his eyes.

The next second, Qiao Wen was stunned.

On the low table, a small clay doll was standing there sullenly.

His head turned to the left, then to the right...

Finally, the frame was re-framed on Qiao Wen's familiar face, which was full of shock and disbelief at the moment:

"... Qiao Wen?"

Qiao Wen: ...

Qiao Wen:? ? ?

What the hell?The clay doll he made... has become a spirit again? !