It's Auntie Benmaru!

#70

After Yuanhui left the dining room, Tianqing and Zhishi were left in the huge space.

Talking about the folk custom of Edo samurai letting their wives wear short swords, the two girls rarely talked about some love topics that had never been mentioned before.

Chatting like this for half the morning passed quickly. If the servants hadn't come to send a message, the two of them might have chatted into the evening.

It's just that business matters at the moment.

Tianqing and Zhishi exchanged a look, and the two girls led each other to Yuanhui's special resting room.

Before approaching, the subtle sound of porcelain made by the utensils when the tea was being poured inside came to the ears. The door connecting Yuanhui's room and the corridor was not closed. Yuanki with wet blond hair and open kimono.

At this moment, he is sitting casually with his right knee bent, the coffee table in front of him is covered with his notebooks for recording, seeing Zhishi and Tianqing coming, his gaze only rests on Tianqing's face for a moment, and he is very happy. Quickly look back.

"Since you are all ready, sit down quickly." Yuan Hui raised his hand to organize the papers on the table, without taking his eyes off the notebook: "Tomoyo too, what I told you this morning was only a rough outline, and there are still some plans that need you Cooperate."

"Yes, Master Hui."

Zhishi and Tianqing quickly sat on the cushions opposite Yuanhui.

Yuanhui raised his hand to make tea for both of them. The tea arranged according to his preference was stronger and bitterer than the tea Zhishi usually prepared for Tianqing. Tianqing took a sip and frowned unconsciously.

Only then did Yuanhui realize that his preferences were different from Tianqing's, so he raised his hand to take the teacup in her hand.

"Sorry, I didn't realize that you girls don't like to drink bitter tea."

He immediately asked the accompanying servants to change to a different kind of tea. Tianqing is usually not in charge of housekeeping, so naturally he doesn't know the difference between the various ways of making tea and the tea that the young master like Yuan Hui said, and just sits quietly with Zhishi. with.

After the servants left, the room seemed quiet.

Her slightly nervous heartbeat and even breathing sound were exceptionally clear in the eerily quiet atmosphere.

Tianqing remembered what Zhishi had discussed with her before coming to the room—Yuanhui had only told her to give him a chance with a serious expression in the morning, and now she understood Yuanhui's meaning through Zhishi. To be honest, she was very surprised. I can't believe that Yuanhui actually has a good impression of him.

She was indeed at a loss at first, but later, her heart quickly calmed down——

One is that the only place in her heart has already been given to someone else, and the other is that she suddenly remembered a sentence Yuan Hui said before, which made her feel that she and Yuan Hui probably... can't get along.

After all, he said it: in his eyes, she was a human being.

Tianqing knew that Yuanhui said this to comfort her, but when she heard it in the dessert shop, she didn't feel much warmth and gratitude in her heart, instead her mood became more complicated.

After all, she never wanted to hear anyone affirming that she was only a human being. It was an undeniable fact that she was half human and half demon, so even if anyone denied her other half identity, it would not make her happy.

She didn't want to give up on either side——

Both sides are inseparable parts of her soul.

So the only way to get along with her is to look directly into her eyes and understand her at the moment. Yuanhui is only obsessed with protecting her and hiding her differences from ordinary people. In fact, it is not her. original intention...

Tianqing shook her head.

No, thinking like this is really disrespectful to Yuanhui's intentions.

Yuan Hui is also just Yuan Hui, it is normal for the other party to have his own thoughts, she cannot deny Yuan Hui's position - but she will not be swayed by his words, after all, she already has a unique existence.

Tianqing's eyes fell on the dagger at her waist, and after a while, she raised her head and said with firm eyes: "Let's get to the point right away, dealing with Anzhiju's affairs now is the most important thing in this world."

When the servants brought tea to the three of them, Yuan Hui also looked up at Tian Qing—her eyes were clear when she said this, and she seemed to be focused on nothing else.

He smiled helplessly—it seems that his words didn't shake her in the slightest?

"...You are such an impulsive idiot whose mind is full of nosy things like monsters, spells, etc."

"Why are you still swearing all of a sudden? There's no reason why I don't care about this!"

"No, I think your appearance has changed, but your insides haven't changed at all, which is fine."

Yuan Hui shook his head, finally straightened his back and changed his lazy sitting posture, raised his eyes again, only seriousness remained in his blue eyes.

"...Then listen carefully."

"Currently, the number of victims in Kyoto has risen to at least [-]."

……

As soon as the number in Yuanhui's mouth came out, Tianqing heard Zhishi gasped, Tianqing also frowned.

"...This number includes humans who were suddenly turned into curse spirits, witnesses who were injured by the attacks of curse spirits, humans who were attacked by berserk monsters, and ordinary people living in houses that were affected during the battle."

"So according to this number, the conjurers have rated the current Anzhiju as a 'superior curse object' according to their standards, which belongs to the highest level among the curse objects... If you want to convert it into the class of an onmyoji, it is estimated to be It must be hundreds of times rarer than a famous person."

"Therefore, the Conjurer's Association also agreed that this curse must be removed. Especially according to your information, Anzhiju may become a conscious spell—we must prevent the disaster from happening."

Yuanhui found a map from the paper on the desktop, and spread it out for Tianqing and Zhishi to see.

"These places have suffered."

"This matter is too much..." Zhishi covered his face and sighed, Tianqing also got up and looked at the part marked by Yuanhui on the map of Kyoto with extra solemnity——and then raised his head: "Since the conjurer Bian decided to pull it out, so what is their plan? How should we cooperate with each other?"

"...that's what I'm going to say next." Yuan Hui took a sip of tea, then frowned and said, "Actually, long before you came back, the Conjurer's Association had tried many times to get close to Shiratori's house to investigate the spell. They even offered to directly enter Shiratori’s house as a guest, but since three months ago, Shiratori’s house has refused to allow any outsiders to enter.”

"They refused to cooperate with the investigation as a matter of course. It is not difficult to speculate that they are delaying time, and then release Anzhiju in one go after the development of Anzhiju. They decided to forcefully break through."

"The day is set on this day."

Yuanhui's slender fingers tapped the date marked on the handbook, and Tianqing's heart tightened when he looked at it—in fact, today is not far away, and the summer solstice is seven days later.

"I don't care, it's just...Hui-sang, is there any special reason why this day is chosen?"

"It's just because on this day, the conjurer organization can mobilize the most conjurers to the capital. At the same time, the matter of Anzhiju cannot be delayed. It is more useful to launch a general attack immediately when all the people are gathered." Yuan Hui said this, his face hard to hide his seriousness .

"what happened?"

"...It's nothing." Yuan Hui sighed: "If possible... In fact, so many conjurers have been mobilized. I personally hope that you will not participate in the battle. After all, what you have experienced before, I don't want it to happen again. Once again."

"I've spent the past few days trying my best to mobilize more Warlocks just to take you out of the battle plan."

"But, Huisang..."

"Of course I know you won't be willing." Yuan Hui raised his hand to interrupt Tian Qing, and smiled helplessly: "After all, you have this character."

"..."

"Also, we do need your ability at the moment."

After Yuan Hui said this, he began to tidy up the papers on the table one by one, then opened the drawer at the back, and took a stack of cut white papers to the tatami in front of Tianqing and Zhishi.

Zhishi naturally couldn't understand Yuanhui's appearance.

But Tianqing could feel it—the "white paper" on the tatami was covered with Yuanhui's spiritual power.

Sure enough, the next second Yuanhui ignited a handful of flame-like spiritual power at his fingertips, and then tapped towards the center of the white paper one by one—afterwards, complex runes suddenly appeared on the top of the white paper, and the runes were connected together. Interacting with each other, they become Yin-Yang runes floating in the air and a transparent dome in front of Tianqing and Zhishi.

Zhishi's face was refracted with some blue spiritual light: "Master Hui, this is..."

"This is the yin and yang technique used for recording, and it was written by Huisang with ink added with spiritual power." Tianqing explained.

Yuanhui also nodded, and then asked Tianqing: "Can you see what this is?"

"...It must be the outermost barrier of the Shiratori House." Tianqing nodded, "This shape and the way it was drawn before the circle was put together are similar to the first layer of barrier I understand."

"Yes." Yuan Hui pointed to the "simulated barrier" in front of him: "This is the part we need you for."

"Onmyoji and spells are similar but not interlinked. Curse spells cannot penetrate the barrier of Shiratori's house and directly remove the unknown Anshibai, so if you want to cast spells within the range of Shiratori's house, you must first destroy this barrier. Otherwise, the spells will be absorbed by the barrier, and even the magician will suffer backlash."

"The enchantment is the first thorny difficulty. The conjurer promised me to help defeat the cursed object, but the condition is that I have to find a way to solve the problem of the enchantment."

"I know that the one who built this barrier back then was Shiratori Zhengjie, the first Patriarch of the Shiratori family. He is a well-known contemporary barrier master, and his skills in array formation and barrier formation have reached the pinnacle."

"...Yes, I heard my grandfather said that." Tianqing nodded: "Grandfather also said that among the 33 formations designed by the first Patriarch, there are still many that no one can imitate—two of them are It is used in the current enchantment of the Shiratori family."

Yuanhui also continued the words neatly: "...and in total, the barrier surrounding Mount Shiratori has five layers, and each layer is a completely different technique. Once it fails to crack, it will suffer a terrible backlash— —From the second generation of patriarchs, only to maintain the enchantment, so far no one has the strength to modify the 'content'."

Tianqing nodded: "Yes, these are things that the first Patriarch of the Bainiao family announced to the world a hundred years ago. After all, he is confident that the barrier is unbreakable."

"But today, we can't break it." Yuanhui frowned: "Otherwise, not only would we not be able to pull out Anzhiju, but after Anzhiju comes, everything in the capital may be swallowed by Anzhiju."

"...I know." Tianqing nodded, and after taking her gaze away from Yuan Hui's face, she raised her hand to touch the outer edge of the barrier: "So our goal is to destroy all the barriers, right?"

"...Maybe not all of them, the minimum is the outermost enchantment—that enchantment is the most absorbing enchantment for outsiders, I know it's not easy, so during this time I spared no effort to collect the most intelligence."

As he said that, Yuanhui turned over the white paper in front of him. The white paper that had already absorbed spiritual power would emit new light, and a three-dimensional model of spiritual power in the shape of a mountain appeared in front of the eyes of the two girls—it was from Tianqing’s memory. The shape of Mount Shiratori.

"...I read all the documents related to the white bird's conquest of the world and the records of the Onmyoji Fighting Skills Conference, and sorted out all the enchantment styles he has publicly used."

As Yuanhui said, Tianqing saw a handful of flames ignited in several places on Mount Bainiao.

"I used shikigami to investigate the places where the barrier on the mountain needs to be repaired frequently, and found that the principle of the outer barrier is likely to be similar to the one used in this battle in the first generation..."

While explaining, Yuanhui handed Tianqing more information. When he got serious, his blue eyes were as focused as if two flames were burning, making it impossible for people to look away from his unlocking—this reminded Tianqing What Chishi said:

Zhishi once said that Yuanhui was the smartest person she had ever met. Since childhood, Yuanhui's learning ability has been outstanding, and he is also known as the strongest brain in the history of Yuanjia.

Whether it is reasoning, judgment or understanding, there is no doubt that he is a genius.

It’s just that I’m not interested in monsters—if he didn’t love his family deeply, otherwise he wouldn’t cooperate with the family to learn so many yin and yang spells, and would rather be bound by the family.

This is also why Yuanhui can reversely deduce the type and clues of the barrier based on these information.

He explained this to Tianqing for a long time, and soon Tianqing changed from having no confidence at the beginning to "having a clue" and "feeling that I can do it".

"Hui-sang, I didn't expect you to be able to investigate and learn so much in such a short period of time..."

Tianqing was amazed.

Yuan Hui looked up at her and shook his head: "I can't help it, because I know that I don't have the ability to break the formation, so I can only find a way to lighten your burden."

"If you do this, it can already be called the ability to break the formation..."

"It's not enough. If it wasn't for rushing to catch up now, it would be meaningless... I even want to destroy the barrier myself."

When Yuanhui said this, his eyes were full of persistence. Tianqing thought that this incident had ignited Yuanhui's desire to win—but he didn't know that Yuanhui still didn't say a word: it was that he didn't want to win in the future. Letting himself "not capable of breaking the formation" is because he finally understands that knowledge alone is not enough to protect important people.

He needs strength and experience, so that he can go ahead of the sky...Be ahead of the important people, and block all malice and attacks for the important people.

... But right now, all he can do is to tell Tianqing all the intelligence and strategic methods to increase the winning rate in the operation.

Tianqing also listened carefully until the pot of tea in front of the two of them was finished.

"……I see."

Tianqing's voice settled down calmly, and her eyes were particularly focused on the idea she and Yuanhui had just studied and written.

"Leave the matter of the enchantment to me—although there is a big chance that the outer layer cannot be completely destroyed, but it is only to the extent that everyone can take advantage of it... I have enough confidence. The enchantment of the Shiratori family It is impossible for the master to repair the enchantment in a short time, and I will buy at least an hour for everyone."

"After destroying the first layer, I will also find a way to the second, third, and subsequent barriers...I will swallow and digest all the efforts Huisang has made for me and the information I have obtained during this time."

"Go back and tell the people in the association, don't worry, act in seven days."

When she said this, Tomoyo behind her had already fallen asleep on her stomach because she couldn't keep up with the discussion between the two, so Tianqing's voice became very soft. Put it on her body.

"...Then I will ask my shikigami to pass the news back to the Genjia and the Conjurer Association. In the past few days, I will replace you to verify the assumptions you just said. It is still the same. Don't leave the Dao Temple You can't let the Bainiao family know of your return in advance."

"...Well." Tianqing nodded, seeing that Yuanhui had already started to pack his things, and then took out a handbook from his sleeve pocket: "Here is the introduction to other enchantment formations of the first Patriarch, you can Study it, I'll go first, you can explain it to Zhishi as you like."

"Be careful on the road, Huisang."

"...Come on."

Yuan Hui took a deep look at her, then turned and left the lounge.

……

Yuanhui's exclusive rest and outdoor sky gradually changed from pure white to orange.

After Yuanhui left, Tianqing stayed in the room with the sleeping Tomoyo for a while, then went outside with a letter written by Yuanhui, and found a servant to carry the sleeping Tomoyo back to her bedroom.

Suddenly she was the only one left around, and she had nowhere to go, so on a whim, she summoned Xue Tongzi to carry her to the eaves of the side hall of Daodao Temple's family.

Looking at the densely packed text on the handbook, the sky soon changed.

Looking at the past, the sky was filled with orange-gold, but the light of the setting sun today seems to be extraordinarily rich and dignified, like a solution of pure gold.

In the evening, a little sea of ​​clouds appeared near the mountains of Ping'an City, and the slowly sinking sun seemed to be silently saying goodbye, and it seemed to be doing its best to burn everything around it into blood red.

A gust of wind came from nowhere, rustling the pages of the manuscript in her hand.

Just when she was about to lower her head to close the letter, the short knife with the pattern of Genka's sword on her waist broke into her sight.

"...Pfft."

She couldn't help but chuckled—ever since Tomoyo knew about this well-known folklore in the Edo period, she would laugh when she saw Ktoo because she thought of Onikiri's sullenness.

"Even though he was a monster born in the Heian period, he actually learned the trend of the Edo period."

She closed the letter and put it in her pocket, then looked down at the knife.

"...You might as well tell me yourself, idiot."

Her eyes were soft, she sat on the eaves and let the wind blow her hair.

The surrounding area was dyed red by the setting sun, and she was about to move her sitting position, when the familiar low-pitched voice came from below, with a hint of helplessness in her tone: "...Why are you on the roof?"

Tianqing's hand that was pressing her hair stopped, she looked down, and saw the dark-haired handsome samurai with an uncontrollable happy smile on her lips: "Onikiri, you're back?"

Under the warm light, the figure she looked down from the eaves was petite, and her entire body was dyed the same color as the dusk.

It’s just that Onikiri somehow feels that the corners of her lips are more beautiful than the setting sun or any other scenery, especially her usually clear eyes—at this moment, the golden light of the setting sun is quenched, making him feel his heart is being pulled hard for a moment.

It was only then that he remembered that now she had completely returned to her original appearance - he knew that all the pieces of her had returned yesterday, but he had forgotten that her appearance would change after a night.

...and then transformed into a more beautiful appearance.

Onikiri looked at the girl, whether it was her golden hair that melted into the twilight or the way she looked at him, she looked like a goddess protruding from the light, he squinted his eyes, suddenly unable to control himself wanted to touch her right away.

Thinking about it, Onikiri was already preparing to approach her direction: "Wait there, I'll carry you down..."

"No, you were waiting there, I'll come down right away!"

"...What?" Onikiri was a little stunned.

"Catch me!" She threw down a sentence willfully, without leaving any room for Guiqie to retort and stop. The petite figure had already shrunk back, and Guiqie could only hear the rustling and ping-pong-pong sounds. Quickly stood up from the eaves.

"Hey, it's dangerous..." Onikiri scolded with a frown, but the girl jumped down without hesitation - Onikiri had to swallow all the words of reproach, and the instinctive reaction was to jump up and catch her firmly .

Her favorite scent of citrus blossoms came to her nostrils, and the hem of her kimono fluttered as she jumped down, as well as her long, blond hair.

It's really easy for Onikiri to catch her, and she really doesn't feel the slightest bit of discomfort.

It's just that her behavior is still too dangerous, so Guiqie cleared his throat and was about to reprimand him: "You... Hey!"

As a result, before the words were finished, Onikiri was interrupted by her for countless times. She happily stood on tiptoe in his arms, stretched her arms around his neck, and forcibly hugged Onikiri.

When he heard her cheerful laughter, he seemed very happy, and he didn't know if it was because he succeeded or because he thought of something—but considering the height difference between the two, Onikiri lowered his head to accommodate her first, and let her hug him , and then gently supported her lower back.

"……What’s wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I just missed you!"

"...!" He was attacked by her overly blunt coquettishness, and all the words of reproach and harsh tone were left behind by him——

After a long time, he was the one who was blushing a little bit and helplessly tightened his arms around her, and then bent down a little, so that she could hug him effortlessly.

Tianqing quickly found the most comfortable position in his arms, and asked curiously: "Onikiri, don't you tell me you miss me too? You should at least answer 'you too'!"

Guiqie's ears were even redder, and he always felt that he wanted to punish her for not letting go of his mouth: "Can't you just stay in peace?"

"I don't want it anymore, I just hope to run to you happily every day!"

"……idiot."

"Hey, so do you miss me or miss me?"

She asked, but Onikiri smiled helplessly, but did not respond.

Instead, he hugged her and looked at everything rendered by the warm yellow sunset. After a long time, he lowered his eyebrows and kissed the top of her head very piously and carefully.

——As if, he always had a more serious answer than this in his mind.

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The author has something to say:

The finale is coming! ! !In the end, I was still addicted to sprinkle sugar and couldn't move to fight the boss

Everyone, don’t worry, I’ll only write a few words (x) to fight the boss. Anyway, everyone prefers to watch happy endings than fighting! ! !

So I decided to come up with a side story qwq

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