Miss Zashiki

After repeatedly reassuring her that even if he jumped through the fire hoop, he would not be angry with her, Inugami finally managed to pull the quilt away.

Seeing that her face was flushed red, when he spoke, he couldn't help lowering his voice: "Master, what kind of place are you talking about just now?"

Although the master said that she was not in a hurry to go to those places, but he thought that if he had to go sooner or later, he had better know about it as soon as possible and make more preparations.

"Huh? Oh, those—" Fu Xiaoyue's thinking jumped for a few seconds before he recalled the place names he slipped out just now, and felt a little embarrassed, "...Actually, those are all drawn by me. I don’t know if it’s actually called that way here.”

As far as she can remember, in the game plot alone, there are many contradictions in various timelines and plot settings; moreover, many monsters do not exist in the same time period.

"It doesn't matter, you'll find it. What do these places look like?"

Seeing his serious expression yesterday, Fu Xiao couldn't help but smile: "I can't say what it looks like, I only know that those are the places where monsters live. Uh--if you think so, ask human beings about it." It’s no wonder that no one has heard of it... In fact, when I want to find these places, I just want to find the monsters living in them.”

"Master, are you looking for a monster?" The boy's dark eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"Well. It can be said to be my job. I need to find certain types of monsters." Although she didn't know what to do after finding them, "Like the drug seller we met before, he was actually my I was going to look for it, but luckily, I happened to come across it.”

Inugami nodded, and suddenly thought of something: "Me too, is it one of the monsters you are looking for?"

Fu Xiaoyue shook his head, with distressed eyes on his delicate white face: "How to put it, I'm actually not sure - I'm indeed looking for a monster called 'Inugami', but... that Inugami It seems to be a little different from you, uh."

The fingers with well-defined knuckles silently tightened on the quilt: "...why is it different?"

She didn't notice the nervous look on his face, and said in memory: "I remember, it should be a Shiba Inu, although it usually appears in human form..."

——To be precise, it is a human body and a dog head.

Thinking about it this way, subconsciously applying that sense of imagery to the young man in front of him, Fu Xiaoyue suddenly felt embarrassing and energetic, and looked away silently: "Also, when it fights, it uses a sword as a weapon. The big one in its skills Move...uh, that is to say, among the moves it knows, there is a move called 'Shinken Ranbu', which is an AOE...uh, that is to say, this move can cause damage to all enemies in front of it But it needs three will-o'-the-wisps to dance with the heart sword... Uh, that is to say, it needs to consume part of my blood as a medium for it to use demon power... Poor, that's what it means."

After stuttering, Fu Xiaoyue looked up at the bed curtain above his head expressionlessly——

Why... the whole setting is spoken out of her mouth, and the visual sense in the end is so miserable! ?

But having said this, she simply explained to him the setting of the "Guardian Mark" in Inugami's passive skill, and the relationship with "Sparrow" in the biography.

After chattering and chattering for a long time, Fu Xiaoyue finally stopped talking—you know, she has been holding back these words since she was still in Lanxinglou until today!At that time, every time the drug seller saw her appear with the birdcage, he would have a sneer of "please start your performance" on his face (not at all), and he could finally express his grievances for so many days— -Cool!

After having a good time, Fu Xiaoyue realized with conscience, looking at the young man in front of him who listened to his speech intently from the beginning to the end, he finally started to feel embarrassed: "Um... I, am I being too wordy? It obviously has nothing to do with you. …”

Because she was too involved in unilateral chattering, she yawned as soon as she finished speaking, and a layer of bright mist appeared in her eyes.

Hearing this, Inugami only shook his head, stretched out his hand to pull the quilt up for her, and watched her obediently close her eyes.

After turning off the lights, the young man guarding the bedside still sat quietly for a long time.He repeatedly thought about what she just said, and the expression on his face was completely hidden in the darkness.

The breath in his ears had become fine and even. After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind, and in the still silhouette, he nodded imperceptibly.

—He can learn to use a sword.He can also protect her.Without the guardian mark, he would tear the other person to pieces before they could hurt her.Everything she wants to do, he will work hard to achieve.

"...I will be your 'inugami'."

As if taking an oath, the boy said softly in the dark.

-

After waking up in the morning, the first thing Inugami saw was a pair of round, watery eyes that were close at hand.

"Good morning." Seeing him open his eyes, the owner of those eyes immediately smiled and grinned.

He let out a reflexive woof in his throat, and frightened the human form out of the black dog form on the spot, "...Master?"

Fu Xiaoyue straightened up, the smile on his face faded away, and he looked at him with a serious face instead: "Get up! We have business to do today!"

He hurriedly stood up, tensed his nerves immediately, and waited for her order.

Fu Xiaoyao nodded appreciatively, and with the momentum of a commander-in-chief commanding a large army, he waved his hand arrogantly: "I want to buy clothes for you today, so go find a shop that sells ready-made clothes and secretly wear one you like. !"

Inugami was silent for a second when he heard the words, he felt that he was still a little unconscious, shook his head secretly, and asked hesitantly: "Why did you suddenly decide to...?"

——Didn’t you worry about running out of money last night?

Fu Xiaoyue said with a serious face: "Because I had a nightmare last night. After waking up and thinking about it carefully, I think this dream is a hint to me that I need to spend all the money in my hand as soon as possible."

He was still a little stunned: "What nightmare?"

She raised her head and looked up at him confidently: "I dreamed that the two of us went to buy sugar figurines from the stall at the entrance of the inn, but all the money was stolen and we were kicked out by the innkeeper that day. The most important thing Yes! In the end, I didn’t even buy any sugar!”

Hearing her indignant tone, Inugami was silent for a while, and suddenly had some inexplicably familiar sense of sight, so he hesitated, cautiously, and tentatively asked: "So, the point is actually that you didn't buy any candy?"

As if the inflated balloon had been pricked by a needle, Fu Xiaoyue immediately lowered his head limply: "...I'm sorry."

What she had yesterday was not a nightmare, but a sweet dream.She dreamed that she contracted the sugar figurine stand at the entrance of the inn, but she had a great time eating it.Finally, I woke up early, drooling and stomach growling.

When I was still in the Lanxing Building, the girls in it ate lighter and lighter one by one in order to maintain their figure. Not to mention sweet snacks, even the oil in the vegetables was pitifully small.Fu Xiao ate half a month's "vegetarian meal" inside yesterday, and when he escaped, he ate some sour wild fruits.Passing by this inn yesterday, the moment I saw that stall, the saliva in my mouth was automatically secreted crazily, and I couldn't move, so I stayed with Inugami, and then I thought about it day and night——

But...while my companions are still running naked, I want to use the money to buy candy—this seems too heartless, doesn't it...So, at that time, I looked at the girl sleeping on the bed Black Dog, she came up with a bold idea——

#Anyway, sooner or later, I have to perform on the street, one day sooner or later, what difference does it make! ? #

As soon as this thought appeared, it conquered all her will—well, when Inugami woke up and told him that he wanted to buy clothes for him, he pretended to casually say, "Oh, there is not enough money to stay in the inn, huh? There is This stall turned out to be a sugar seller, let me see, the remaining money can just buy one/two/three/four/more!"

...that's what she planned.

——The master likes to eat candy.

Looking at the figure in front of him with his head bowed and red ears, Inugami made a quick note in his heart, and said softly: "It's okay. You don't need to buy clothes. Let's go buy candy."

Seeing that she still lowered her head, he thought for a while: "I want to eat too."

Fu Xiaoyue just raised his head and glanced at him, and whispered: "...Really?"

"Well. I haven't eaten."

Seeing him nodding earnestly to express his affirmation, Fu Xiaoyue quickly pursed a happy smile, and immediately stretched out his hand to push him: "Then buy one for you too. But buy clothes first, you go now!"

He obediently followed her strength to retreat to the window, and suddenly thought of something: "...Sneakily, come back wearing one?"

Fu Xiaoyue, who was sure that he could buy candy, regained his vigor. Hearing this, he had a mischievous smile on his face: "Put it back on first, and we'll take the money later."

How odd it would look for her so little to pick out men's clothes with a dog!It would be even more frightening to let Inugami buy it with money in his mouth... After much deliberation, she decided to get the goods first and then pay.

Inugami didn't express any objection, but he was a little uncertain suddenly: "Master...what do you like?"

It took Fu Xiaoyue two seconds to understand what he meant: "I don't need to like it, just wear what you like, and you can wear whatever you want." Thinking that he may have never worn a human I felt unconfident about the clothes, so I tried to encourage him, "It's okay! My dog ​​god is so handsome! No matter how you wear it, it looks good! Otherwise, it must be the fault of the clothes! You can just choose boldly!"

Inugami felt that his whole dog was about to float, and it took him a long time to remember the next sentence to ask: "Then...the 'Inugami' that the master mentioned, what clothes is he wearing?"

"What the hell? You look much cuter than him! Just wear what you think looks good! Go and go!" Fu Xiaoyue thought that there would be sweets to eat soon, and her mouth was so sweet that she desperately urged him to go out: " I'll be waiting for you next to the small stall downstairs, after buying the candy, we'll go to pay for the clothes together, and then we can go out and see what's interesting here..."

"—Be obedient!" In the end, she simply flattened her mouth, pushed her lower lip up slightly, and looked at him coquettishly.

......The young dog god stared blankly, his expression was in a trance, the tips of his ears turned red and turned into a dog shape, and his feet were weak, he jumped out of the window.

Fu Xiaoyue watched the black shadow disappear from his field of vision, and ran out of the room with thoughts in his mouth: "—but, by the way, it seems that dogs can't eat sweets... um, If he's a monster, he should be fine..."

-

...Does the owner think it will look good?

Inugami adjusted his sleeves carefully again, and hurried back to the inn with a stiff face.Although he didn't know what to do, but thinking that his master was still waiting for him, he put on one as soon as possible.

His chest was thumping, and he rushed towards the direction he came from. A mixture of joy and worry filled his body, and there seemed to be that slender voice ringing in his ears.

——The master praised him for being cute.

There seemed to be a roaring noise from the boiling blood in his ears, and he buried his head in the road until he stopped in front of a familiar shop sign, then took a deep breath, secretly gritted his teeth and raised his eyes.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that the noisy noise in his ears was not an illusion, and there were indeed people around the inn entrance, arguing about something loudly.

Inugami hadn't noticed any candy stalls in front of the store before, but now he looked around, but he didn't find anything similar—where is the owner waiting?He looked at the crowd in front of him—was he bored of waiting, what was the crowd crowded in to watch?

Thinking in this way, he hurried forward, but when he took a step, he heard someone shouted inside: "It's a monster!"

Just as he felt his heart skip a beat, he heard the fragmentary words of the people around him.

"Old man, don't talk nonsense, where is the monster in this blue sky?"

"Who is talking nonsense to you! I saw it with my own eyes! That bloody mouth, what is it if it's not a monster!?"

"Then according to what you said, why are you still standing here after bumping into a monster?"

"The monster ran to the little girl next to it first! After hearing my yell, seeing that there were going to be more people, it ran away because it was afraid that it would not be able to escape by itself!"

"Where is the little girl from?"

"A little girl who bought sugar figurines from me bought two and refused to eat them. She sat on the side and said she was waiting for someone. How could she know that a monster was waiting for her!"

Inugami's eyes were blank for two seconds, and he pushed away the person in front of him with all his strength, and squeezed in desperately.

The voice is still saying:

"Such a small child! What a crime! It was swallowed by that monster!"

At the end of that speech, he squeezed to the very inside, not caring about the cursing of the people around him. In the corner of the ground, two sugar figurines that had been smashed into pieces suddenly came into view, with a large pool of blood splattered on them. shocking.

——In that moment, he could clearly feel that the original thumping and roaring sound in his chest was suddenly annihilated.

The whole body, the world seems to have fallen into complete silence.