Chapter 529 I Still Want to See You Dance

According to Yoshino Asatake, although Hoori's curse has been largely lifted and no major disasters will occur, filth will still accumulate in this land and turn into an evil spirit when it reaches a certain level.

When the filth of the Chaowu family's daughter accumulates to a certain level, the curse will be triggered and she will grow animal ears. Even if she exorcises the evil spirits and purifies the filth again and again, there will come a day in the future when the curse can no longer be suppressed.

By then, the animal ears that were once visible only to special people will become visible to everyone, which is also the fundamental reason why the legend of "dog spirit possession" spread.

Of course, the harm the curse brought to the Chaowu family was more than just making people grow animal ears.

Even without explaining this to Takeshi Yoshino, Aize had already noticed it.

After all, he had lived in the Chaowu family for some time. Through his understanding during this period, he discovered that not only was the Chaowu family's bloodline only inherited from one generation to the next, but there had been no male heir for a long time.

Yoshino Asatake's mother was the only daughter of the Asatake family at that time, and so was her mother's mother. The same situation also existed in the generations before her. Almost every generation had a single son, and this person had to be a woman. As a result, the Asatake family had relied on recruiting sons-in-law to maintain the family inheritance for hundreds of years.

Asatake Yasuharu married into the Asatake family, as did Asatake Yoshino's maternal grandfather, and the same was true for the generations before him.

Including Yoshino Asatake, she is also the only bloodline of this generation of the Asatake family, so Aize mentioned the topic of marrying into the wife's family in his conversation with his mother before.

This situation has lasted for hundreds of years, as if it has continued since the time the curse appeared.

The curse's impact on the Chaowu family went beyond this. It also caused every generation of the Chaowu family's bloodline to have a very short lifespan, with almost no one living past the age of fifty.

This was the case with Yoshino Asatake's mother, who passed away several years ago when she was not even forty.

Because of this, the elders in Hoori are so nervous about Yoshino Asatake's engagement. Yoshino Asatake herself has been on constant blind dates at a young age, because if anything happens to her, the bloodline of the Asatake family will be cut off.

Aize had already known and guessed about these things. Even if Chaowu Fangno didn't say it, he knew it in his heart.

But now, Asatake Yoshino said them all out loud, and her face became extremely gloomy.

Confused about her own future, grieving over the untimely death of her beloved mother, and mourning the suffering of all the ancestors of the Asatake family, it is easy to imagine how Asatake Yoshino feels at this moment, with all these emotions intertwined in her heart.

To be honest, she just looked gloomy and didn't show any other expression. She was already very strong inside.

"I finally understand why you didn't want to tell me these things before." Aize sighed and said, "Is it because all this started from your family?"

The source of all this is nothing more than a battle for the family business launched by the heirs of the Chaowu family hundreds of years ago.

Because of the eldest son's personal unbearableness, willfulness and ugly desires, not only the descendants of the second son were cursed and persecuted, but even the people of Hoori were implicated and became victims of the fight for the family property between the two brothers of the Asamaki family, or in other words, innocent victims of the eldest son's venting of dissatisfaction and anger.

Putting aside the neighboring country that bewitched the eldest son, the culprit who brought all this into Hoori and made the people of Hoori suffer is ultimately the bloodline of the Asatake family.

In other words, this is the Chaowu family's scandal, the Chaowu family's dark history, and it cannot be told to outsiders.

Chaowu Yoshinai concealed all of this, firstly because family disgrace should not be made public, and secondly because he clearly understood that the source of all this came from the Chaowu family.

In other words, she didn't want to use the righteous reason of "for the good of the people of Hoori" to harass Aize and force him to contribute to the Chaowu family.

Of course, the main reason is that they don’t want to see innocent outsiders being implicated in their own affairs, not only being involved in trouble, but also in danger.

In addition, once she told the whole story, her affairs would be completely exposed, so she naturally didn't want to say it.

What else can she say?

Telling someone you've just met that if the curse circulating in Hoori isn't resolved, your family won't be able to give birth to a boy, and you'll have a short life and die young?

Is this moral kidnapping or trying to gain sympathy?

Anyway, Chao Wufang didn't want others to know the dilemma he was facing.

She always insisted that this was her business and she had to solve it herself, and there was no reason to trouble others.

It was not until today that she had to tell the truth and let Aize know the dilemma facing the Chaowu family.

"Lord Cong Yu, Mozi, and even my father were all very happy after you showed up, Mr. Aize, because they felt that your appearance might be able to change everything the Chaowu family is currently facing."

Yoshino Asatake clasped her hands together and squeezed them very hard.

"Once upon a time, our ancestor, the second son who could wield the Kusamemaru, used this divine sword to repel the neighboring army, purify the filth of Hoori, and save the entire town. Now that someone who can wield the Kusamemaru has appeared again, they will naturally have hope."

In fact, it wasn't just others. Yoshino Asatake also had some hope in her heart.

The Chaowu family has been suffering from a curse for hundreds of years. Now someone who can use Cong Yu Wan like their ancestor has appeared. This may not be a destined savior.

But after some inner struggle, Asatake Yoshino resolutely suppressed this idea and chose to exclude Aize.

They are not related to you at all, so why should you risk your life to fight the curse for your family's affairs?

Yoshino Asatake has been fighting against the curse. All the ancestors of the Asatake family have been fighting against the curse, but including Yoshino Asatake's mother, everyone failed in the end. They were injured in the process of fighting the curse again and again, becoming riddled with wounds until the end of their lives.

Therefore, she is the one who can empathize with this the most and feel the most pain.

Some people, after being caught in the rain, will want to hold an umbrella for others, while some people, after being caught in the rain, will want to tear up other people's umbrellas, so that others will feel the same cold and pain as themselves.

Yoshino Asatake is undoubtedly the former.

That's why she wanted to keep Aize, an innocent outsider, away from all this.

but……

"It turns out that I was the one who was incapable of doing so," Asatake Yoshino whispered, "If Mr. Aize wasn't strong and powerful enough, my actions would have been the cause of your unrecoverable destruction."

Yoshino Asatake thought about what had happened to her after she had kept hiding the truth.

Facts have proved that blindly concealing and blindly refusing will not only fail to solve the problem, but will lead to the worst outcome.

If Aize didn't have the strength to fight against the evil god alone, or even kill him, then he might have been killed on the night he was forced to go up the mountain to find the truth?

And what about yourself?

Instead, I kept holding him back...

"I'm sorry for bothering you all this time, hiding things from you, and causing you so much trouble."

Asatake Yoshino bowed her head deeply towards Aize.

She really lowered her head so low that it touched the tatami. She was in a state of sitting in meditation. Even her voice was very sad, as if she was so ashamed that she wanted to commit suicide by disembowelment.

Even the pair of animal ears that had not yet disappeared had fallen limply, looking listless.

"Don't be like that."

Aize smiled bitterly, came to Asatake Yoshino, held her shoulders and helped her up.

"I don't want to repeat myself anymore. This is your business. You have your reasons for not speaking up. It's your right." Aize said, "Besides, it's not too late to speak up now."

"Knowing the true source of the curse will definitely be beneficial for future research."

"I'm no longer like a headless chicken, not knowing where to start thinking."

It is said that he wants to study evil spirits, but Aize doesn’t know much about these so-called evil spirits. Where should he start?

Now that he knew the truth about the curse, he could proceed with his thoughts smoothly.

"...Can I really trouble you?"

Asatake Yoshino raised her head and looked at Aize's face so close to her, her eyes full of anxiety.

She still didn't want to implicate others, trouble others, or put others in danger.

"I told you, this isn't just your business; it's also closely related to me." Ai Ze met Chaowu Yoshino's gaze and said, "Although I'm an outsider, I don't think I'm a savior just because I pulled out Cong Yu Wan. I don't feel like I have a responsibility to save you and the Chaowu family."

"But I'm not the kind of person who can just stay out of things as a matter of course after getting the benefits."

Putting aside other things, just the fact that Cong Yuwan helped him introduce divine power and allowed him to come into contact with the most mysterious side of this world, Aize must repay him.

He was not unwillingly involved in all this, but was eager to step into the world inside.

The extraordinary realm is right in front of you. Now that you have come into contact with it, why should you stay away from it?

"Besides, even if it's just in name only, I'm still your fiancé. I'm not a complete outsider, right?" Aize smiled and said, "Or are you the kind of person with such strong self-esteem that you're unwilling to even accept help from your own fiancé?"

"No, that's not the case." Asatake Yoshino quickly shook her head. Looking at Aize's face so close to her, she couldn't help but blush and said, "It's just that a troublesome woman like me is not worthy of you, Mr. Aize."

Hearing this, Aize really smiled bitterly this time.

She is clearly Princess Hoori, and she is clearly an incredibly beautiful girl who seems like she shouldn't exist in reality, but this shrine maiden still has the same low opinion of herself as always.

No, that's not true either.

After being together for such a long time, Aize has already realized that this girl, Yoshino Asatake, is actually just easily uneasy and habitually cautious about things she has never come into contact with.

Looking at her uneasy expression now, who could have imagined that when they first met, she was still an icy beauty with a cold face and kept people at a distance?

By the way, when I first met Yoshino Asatake, she didn't seem to have a cold look on her face, but was dancing in front of the shrine with a serious look on her face.

I have to say that Yoshino Asatake's Kagura dance is really beautiful. No matter who sees it, they will be fascinated by it.

During this period, Aize has been exercising with Yoshino Asatake, although it is only in the morning. In the afternoon, he is usually the only one exercising. But that is because Yoshino Asatake needs to practice dancing by herself in the afternoon.

For this reason, Aize has watched Takefusa Yoshino dance from the sidelines more than once, and every time he would be fascinated by it involuntarily.

There was no way, that was the only scene where Aize couldn't control himself and felt his heart beating involuntarily.

So, Aize said unconsciously.

"I want to see you dance again in the future." Ai Ze looked straight at Chao Wu Fang Nai and said, "You are not allowed to die before I have seen enough."

Yoshino Asatake's eyes suddenly widened slightly, and she stood there in a daze.

She had never been treated in such a strong tone and attitude by anyone.

But for some reason, she didn't feel angry when Aize treated her like this, but her heart beat faster.

Especially when Aize's eyes were fixed on her, his hands were on her shoulders, and his face was very close to her, which made Asatake Yoshino's heart beat faster.

She didn't know why, but she vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a similar scene in the girl's comics that Mozi showed her.

When the boy and the girl look at each other affectionately like this, what will happen next?

What Hitachi Mako once said flashed through her mind.

"Could it be that they have already kissed each other in private?"

Kiss……

Kiss!

Yoshino Asatake's face instantly turned red.

However, she didn't know that her appearance made people imagine a lot.

Originally, Aize didn't have that intention, but when he saw the girl's face flushed and her eyes became full of panic, even if he didn't have any ideas, he would start to have some.

Unfortunately, at this time, there were only the two of them at Chao Wu's house, and no one else was there.

There are only the two of them in the whole house now.

A sentence immediately popped up in Aize's mind.

"You're not even going to do this?"

Having lived two lives, Aize, who has long passed the age of a naive little boy, naturally has no scruples.

So he lowered his head.

“Hmm…!”

Yoshino Asatake's eyes widened again, and opened as wide as they could.

"Mr. Aize...! Ugh..."

She wanted to say something, but was blocked and had no chance at all.

By the time her blank mind regained some clarity, she had already collapsed in Aize's arms, and she had lost all the strength to resist.

The bedroom was suddenly filled with a pink atmosphere, warm and ambiguous, which lasted for a long time...

(End of this chapter)