Miss Zashiki

Canines have an innate, almost instinctive sense of loyalty, the man said.Dogs who recognize their master are more likely to go to extremes in this instinct.

Inugami agrees with this statement.

Although, it only recognized its owner when it was "advanced" at the age of 16.

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"Master is... who needs your protection, makes you feel warm, feels happy just seeing her, wants to stay by her side all the time, doesn't allow anything to hurt her, feels that she is more important than yourself... exist."

His father told him so when he was a child.

Is the father's master an ordinary human female -- or not?It can't remember.That woman married into the Tsukada household, gave birth to a son, and died a few years later—that's all it remembered about her.In fact, it still remembered such a person only because it had watched its father starve to death in front of her grave at that time.

It vaguely remembered that on the day the woman died, the big family was attacked by bandits. In order to protect her four-year-old son, she was finally hacked to death by bandits.Her father was already old at the time and could not save her.

Although the woman didn't have a chance to say a word until she died, her determination to protect her son was obvious.However, the father was indifferent to the fact that the child was taken away, and just stood motionless in front of the already cold body.

Failure to fulfill Master's order is the most embarrassing thing——

It didn't expect that its father would make such a nasty mistake, so it desperately stepped forward to snatch the child back from the bandits.At that time, it was glad that it reacted quickly enough, otherwise, its father would feel extremely ashamed when he recalled it in the future.

However, it didn't wait until the father remembered this, because within a few days, the father died in front of the woman's grave.

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Tsukada is not its owner.

It had never felt in Tsukada what his father had said.

Staying by Tsukada's side is just to make up for his father's past mistakes.It felt that it had to protect the child until he had the ability to protect himself, otherwise, when the father went to the underworld, he would definitely have no face to see that woman.

It also originally thought that until its death, there would never be a master it identified.

Until that day, that slender and immature voice sounded timidly above its head, and floated lightly into its chaotic consciousness at that time.

"——You, hello...Are you...youkai Inugami?"

A long time later, when he recalled that moment, he still felt that it was like a warm and bright sky light, mixed with a fragile and sweet fragrance, slowly falling in the chaos of drowsiness and pain.

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Every time it listens to her talk, it will feel very, very happy, so that later, it even begins to feel that this happiness is unreasonable and abnormal. Feeling sore?It knew she was a monster—could it be a monster's unique ability?

She always said some very weird things, but it couldn't help listening to every sentence seriously.In the past few days, she kept telling it many stories it had never heard before, such as Kong Rong making pears, Meng Jiangnu crying on the Great Wall, Sima Guang smashing the vat, ugly duckling... It took a long time It took time to realize that she seemed to want to sing to it the truth, goodness and beauty in the world - but isn't she a monster, why should she praise human beings?Finally, she held her small fist and looked at it seriously: "The world is so vast, and life is so beautiful! You must have hope and don't fall into a demon!"

...... No matter what she is for, in short, it subconsciously remembers in her heart - not to fall into a demon.

However, within a few days, she suddenly came to recite the previous stories from the beginning, and finally looked at it seriously with her fists clenched: "The world is so vast, and life is so beautiful! You must forget about Tsukada and fall into a demon as soon as possible." !"

——So...does she want it to fall into a demon?I have to say that it has been confused about this issue for a long time.

However, it soon discovered that as long as it was her wish, it didn't matter if it was inconsistent, it seemed to be willing to do everything - she didn't want it to fall into a demon, so it tried not to fall into a demon; if she wanted it to fall into a demon, it Just work hard--

...By the way, how can you fall into a demon?

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"You, no, really think that this will be useful, right?"

"Warning you not to hit me again, hey! Otherwise, do you have a better way?" The man carrying the medicine box always seemed to make her angry when he opened his mouth.

"Do you want to be its master?"

......what?

Not only her, but even it was completely stunned by what the man said.

—Would you like to be its master?

——Need protection, very warm, feel happy just seeing it, want to be with you all the time, can't be hurt, very important.

—Would you like to be its master?

--Owner?

Almost in an instant, all the blood in the whole body screamed and agitated frantically for this word.

Owner......

Owner!Owner!

Be my master!

"—Huh? Of course not, how can I be its master."

In the next second, it heard her say that.

The soft and childish utterance still seemed to be infused with a warm aroma, and every word was clearly heard in its ears.

Before his death, his father told it that if it has a recognized master, it must do everything in its power to protect it.Because in this world, the most terrible thing is to lose.But at that moment, it found that this was wrong, the terrible thing was not losing, but being abandoned.

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she left.

The cold silence returned to the room.

Not sure if it's an illusion, it seems to hear the creaking of bones all over its body, but it doesn't seem to be bones, it seems to be the sound of cold blood roaring and hitting its ears.

From the moment she said those words, this body began to fall apart slowly, the beating heartbeat in the chest was about to stop, the hair all over her body was about to fall off, it was about to turn into dust, and she couldn't see it. place, it will disappear.

- Click.

The iron chain hanging on the back slid to the ground, making a slight sound.

It lowered its head and saw a pair of palms that were definitely not owned by dogs.

Oh... turns out it didn't go away.

It's fallen.

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"What the hell are you messing with? Did I make you angry?"

She asked it like this.

It wasn't mad at her.In fact, it wants to tell her - I have become a monster.In fact, it wants to ask her one more question—as you wish, I have fallen into a demon, don't you still want to be my master?

But it dared not look at her.A dog abandoned by its supposed owner has absolutely no meaning in existence. It has fallen into unprecedented self-loathing and doubt. If it takes a look at her, it will definitely beg her to kill it.

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Hearing her voice, not hearing her voice, it couldn't tell which was more painful, and so was the waiting itself.

But she finally came.

It's just that she seems to be in trouble today - it sensed this consciousness before seeing her enter the door.

In the past, every time she came to talk to it with that birdcage, she always hummed an unknown little tune, and walked briskly into the door—from the moment she stepped into the courtyard, it could hear it. A unique, unique, small and light step—for the first time today, there is an obvious disorder and panic.

It secretly tightened its nerves.Sure enough, the moment that figure appeared at the door, it saw the obvious anxiety in her brows and eyes.

She seemed to be looking for something, but after looking around the room, she leaned against the corner in frustration.Did she come to the man with the medicine box?After that person went out from here last night, it never saw him again.

Last night, a stranger wearing a bamboo hat once entered this room. He looked like a woman and behaved strangely. After entering the door, he ignored him and went straight to the long cabinet in the corner.It vaguely heard words like "baby, baby, my poor babies..." in her mouth, and then it picked up the whole cabinet with its own strength and went out the door.

After that, the man carrying the medicine box followed and chased in the same direction.

There was nothing good in that cabinet, and it also knew that she had been worrying about this problem, so it didn't stop her when watching the strange woman with the bamboo hat remove the cabinet last night.

It originally thought that solving this trouble would make her happy, why doesn't it look like this now?

Seeing her frowning anxiously and walking around the room, it began to feel disgusted with itself again - it didn't even know what she was worried about - what are you worrying about?What makes you unhappy?What don't you like - let me get rid of it all for you, okay?

Just thinking about it, it heard her say - from now on, I may never have a chance to come to you again.

——will never come to you again.

Never come to me again.

Never see her again.

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It seemed to have been suffocated for a long time, until it saw something that seemed to be tears in her eyes, and then it was freed from the cold tinnitus feeling, and a little consciousness came out.

Is she... want to cry?Why?Because can't come to it?So are you sad?

——With the emergence of this idea, the blood that was originally stiff and frozen began to flow slowly again.

Shouldn't a qualified dog make its owner happy?But why at the time of seeing her tears, it almost had a strange feeling of the rest of life after death, and even thought: cry for me again, shed more tears for me.

It just stared at those tears falling down, and heard her say: Fallen demons for me.Give me your allegiance.

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How did it get caught?It's a little lost.

After transforming into a human form in front of her, its entire head was dazzled by overwhelming joy, and its memory was almost fragmented.All the way up to being chained limbs - and even now, it's in a state of, um, ecstasy of joy.

If I had to recall it, it seemed that people sent by Tsukada had stuck a strange charm on it, and it couldn't exert its strength.After that, it forced her into a monster form, and sent her out of that place with all its strength——because it was completely exhausted, it could only ensure her safety first, so it used its body to block the door that had been damaged beyond recognition , to buy enough time for her to escape.

It didn't even remember that in the process of holding her and moving towards the door, it accidentally ran over the young master Tsukada who heard the sound with his paw.

By the way, when she was at the door, she seemed to have said something to it, but it still couldn't remember clearly, it seemed to be "Heart Sword" or something?Forgive it, it was so happy and silly at the time, the sound of fireworks was all over its head and ears, and it really couldn't hear it clearly.

It watched her run away with small steps with a shy look.

——It successfully saved its master.It's really powerful.

- The host is awesome.The way he runs is so cute.

Those guys who tremblingly began to wrap iron chains and locks on it, could not imagine what kind of messy things were thinking in the mind of this ferocious monster in front of them.

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To be beheaded?

It lay on the ground, tilted its head, and didn't even have the slightest fear in its heart.

It has seen it long ago, its little master is lying on the wall, in the corner.

It's like a little sun.

It just watched its little sun fall from the wall without blinking.

she fell—

fell on it—

Then, caught by it.

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"Ah, ah, stop!" Fu Xiaoyue glanced at the familiar icy blue at the corner of the street, and shouted quickly, the huge black dog that was running fast stopped meekly.

She opened her eyes to see the familiar face of the other party, and said in amazement: "Mr. Yao Lang! Why are you here? Where did you go before?"

"Yes, something." The medicine seller's voice was still as cold as before.

The girl on the back of the black dog blinked her eyes when she heard the words, and didn't ask any more questions. She just heard the faint sound of horseshoes coming from behind her, and she had a rare mischievous and excited expression on her white and delicate face, and said crisply: "Mr. , we will continue to escape! You should also pay attention to safety, and see you later! Ah yes, I will return your little balance to you, thank you!"

Following her waving, the silent black dog continued to run forward tacitly in an instant, and the thrown small balance drew a smooth golden light in the air, and finally landed firmly on the drug seller's shoulder.

In just a few seconds, the figure of the giant dog ran to the end of the long street with the bright red color on its back, jumped up, and leaped straight to the other side of the city wall. The air came over, carrying a clear and happy smile.

The medicine seller looked at the two figures disappearing on the other side of the city wall with quiet eyes, as if he found it novel, and in the afterglow of the evening, they showed a somewhat soft and warm color.

The small balance that landed on the shoulder twisted its "body", spun and danced a short playful waltz, and finally turned towards the far direction, and bowed slightly in a gentlemanly manner.

"Ah. It seems that she likes it very much, she."

The drug seller reached out to let the scale rest on his fingertips, put it in the medicine box, and said something softly to it.

Behind him there was the sound of noisy soldiers and horses coming from far and near. He didn't look at the chasing soldiers and horses, and walked towards another road, while slightly raising his fingers.

"Let's go."

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In the middle of the square in the distance, hundreds of people stared at the huge ax strangely stagnant in mid-air. Near the edge of the ax blade, in a hidden corner that no one noticed, there were palms wide and long white hands. The paper fluttered down gently in the cool breeze.

In the next second, as if a certain action switch had been pressed, the entire giant ax suddenly fell to the ground, creating a hideous and deep crack.