Chapter 480 "Manager"
"Um?"
The sudden voice made Aize startled.
Because, before this voice appeared, he neither sensed any living breath nor heard any approaching footsteps.
"Who is it?"
Aize stood up unconsciously, clenched the Cong Yu Wan in his hand, and looked around.
But after looking around, Aize didn't see even a single person.
"Don't look around, Master."
Just when Aize was wondering if he had heard it wrong, the voice that was full of dissatisfaction in the previous words sounded crisp and pleasant this time.
"Up there, we are up there, look over here."
Hearing this, Aize immediately raised his head and looked above his head.
Upon seeing this, Aize couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
"Do you see me, Master?"
I saw a figure floating lightly in the air above Aize's head.
She was a girl with a petite figure like Kurama Koharu and long, flowing light green straight hair.
The girl was wearing a cool-looking kimono, a short skirt style. The main color of the kimono was black, and she had a red corset around her waist. Her long flowing hair was tied up with red and purple knots on both sides. She looked quite cute overall, at least not inferior to Kurama Koharu, and even more so.
The girl was just floating in the air, looking at Aize with her big, smart eyes. When she saw Aize looking at her, she opened her eyes wide and immediately smiled.
"Oh, it looks like you can really see me, Master."
Seeing the girl smiling happily, Aize was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
no way.
Although the girl in front of him was cute, the sight of her floating in the air was enough to shatter any modern person's worldview.
Coupled with the other party's repeated words such as "Did you see me?" and "As expected, you can see me", any normal person would feel scared.
"……ghost?"
Aize clenched Cong Yuwan almost reflexively, ready to chop it with a knife.
Who would have thought that after hearing the words that Aize murmured unconsciously, the girl got angry first.
"I am not a ghost!" The girl's smiling face immediately collapsed, and turned into anger. She shouted: "You treat Cong Yuwan as a cursed magic sword, and you treat me as a ghost. How can you be so rude as a master?"
"No, everyone will think you are a ghost, right?" Aize couldn't help but complain: "You are floating in the air and asking if others can see you. Aren't these the characteristics of a ghost?"
"No, no! Ghosts... How could I be that kind of thing?!" The girl reacted strongly. It was not known whether she was angry because of the slander or she felt a little guilty. She tried her best to refute on the spot, saying: "I am the manager of Cong Yuwan, the spirit that resides in the Yushen Sword. If I can be counted, I should be a sword spirit or a god spirit, not a ghost!"
"Sword spirit?" Aize was stunned for a moment, then blinked and said, "So, the person who conveyed joy and happiness to me earlier was you, right?"
When the girl heard what Aize said, she was stunned.
"What joy and happiness are you talking about?" The girl asked in bewilderment, "Have I told you, my master, about this?"
Aize's eyes flickered slightly, and his grip on Cong Yuwan's hand became tighter and tighter.
Even now, he could vaguely feel Cong Yuwan conveying happiness and joy to him, as if he had found his soul mate and was completely dependent on him.
Therefore, Aize believed that Cong Yuwan had a spirit, and it might be a sword spirit.
However, this light-hearted girl in front of him kept saying that she was the sword spirit?
Is this a lie?
"I see. I understand." Aize said, "You must be the vengeful spirit of the monster killed by Cong Yu Wan. Seeing that Cong Yu Wan was pulled out by me, you came to me to seek revenge, right?"
"Do you think I'm easy to deceive and bully?"
"Then you've really picked the wrong opponent."
As he said that, Aize was about to swing his knife.
But when Aize was about to swing his knife, a feeling of resistance came from Cong Yuwan.
It was as if he had sensed Aize's thoughts and became a little panicked, so he quickly stopped him.
The girl had no idea that she had just been to the gates of hell, and she gnashed her teeth in anger at Aize's words.
"So, we are neither ghosts nor monsters! And we are not vengeful spirits!"
The girl gnashed her teeth, looking as if she wanted to bite Aize, and spoke loudly.
"Listen carefully, Master. My name is Cong Yu, and I am the manager of Cong Yu Wan!"
"Murasamemaru is a human sword bestowed by God on Hoori. It has divine power, but cold steel cannot store divine power, so a soul that can store divine power needs to reside in the sword to give it divine power!"
"The divine power resides in me, and I reside in Cong Yuwan. This is the relationship between me and Cong Yuwan!"
"So, we are both the spirits that reside in the divine sword and the managers of the divine sword. We are definitely not ghosts or resentful spirits!"
The girl - Cong Yu said this angrily, which made Aize suddenly realize.
"In other words, you are just the spirit that resides in the divine sword, not the sword spirit of the divine sword itself, right?"
That makes sense.
Cong Yuwan has his own spirit, and the girl in front of him named Cong Yu is an external spirit, a being that carries divine power and resides in the divine sword.
It was the sword spirit of the divine sword itself that conveyed emotions such as joy and happiness to him and was in perfect harmony with him, but not Cong Yu, the god who carried divine power.
Cong Yu is more like a messenger, God's messenger and the manager of the magic sword.
However, this manager himself seems a little unreliable...
"I am the spirit in the divine sword. I don't feel the existence of the divine sword itself or anything like that."
Cong Yu said this angrily, leaving Aize speechless.
In other words, the manager of this magic sword himself doesn’t even know that the magic sword has a spirit?
Have you never communicated with your manager?
Aize silently recited to the Cong Yuwan in his hand.
--No!
Somehow, Aize seemed to hear such a righteous response, which made him feel a little funny.
Without dwelling on this matter any more, Aize looked at Cong Yu.
"So what do you mean by calling me Master?"
Aize asked this question for the time being.
"Because you are our master." Cong Yu said as a matter of course: "You pulled out Cong Yu Wan, so you are naturally the master chosen by Cong Yu Wan. Then, as the manager of Cong Yu Wan, I naturally have to recognize you as the master."
This is quite convincing.
"So, the legends about Hoori really happened?" Aize asked curiously, "Do gods and monsters really exist in this world?"
"Yes, Master." Cong Yu nodded and said, "Although I have never seen God, God definitely exists. The existence of Cong Yu Wan itself proves this."
This girl is really unreliable. She has never seen Cong Yuwan's sword spirit, nor has she seen a god, yet she still has the nerve to say that she carries divine power...
“Bang!”
When Aize was thinking this, the girl above his head suddenly floated down and knocked on his head.
"What are you doing?"
Aize was stunned.
"I always feel that you were thinking something very rude just now, Master." Cong Yu looked at Aize with his eyes closed and said, "Please look into my eyes."
Aize immediately moved away unconsciously.
"Ah! Look away! Look away!" Cong Yu yelled, "You are really thinking about something very rude, aren't you, Master?"
As he spoke, Cong Yu began to swing his little fists, pounding Aize's shoulders.
That puffy look is quite cute, you know what.
As for the damage caused by the opponent's small fist, it can only be said to be almost nothing.
Not only did Aize not feel any pain, but he even felt a comfortable sensation as if his shoulders were being massaged, which made him involuntarily say something.
"Press the other side. I've been holding the knife all day, so I'm a little tired."
Just one sentence made Cong Yu break down on the spot.
"I'm not giving you a massage, stupid master!"
Xiao Congyu started to use a series of punches, hitting Aize so hard that he couldn't help but scream.
"Ah~~Comfortable~~"
This cry made Cong Yu blush.
That was because I was angry.
"Owner--"
Cong Yu's cute little face instantly turned as fierce as a demon's. It was gloomy and dark, causing Aize's mouth to twitch.
"Calm down, aren't you making yourself look more like a ghost or a wraith?"
Aize danced skillfully on the grave.
"So, we are neither ghosts nor monsters! And we are not vengeful spirits!"
Cong Yu bared his fangs in exasperation and bit Aize's hastily raised hand.
“It hurts! It hurts so much!”
This time, Aize finally felt the pain.
Aren’t these little girl’s white teeth too sharp?
"I bite!"
Cong Yu seemed really angry. Not only did he not let go, he also bit it with all his might.
"It hurts! Cong Yu! Let go!"
Aize felt as if he was being bitten by a vicious dog. He swung his hands vigorously, causing the weightless girl to be swung up and down along with him. It was like a scene from a comedy anime.
Aize's attention was diverted until two footsteps approached.
"What are you making noise about here alone?"
The person who spoke was naturally Aize's stern and serious grandfather.
"Grandpa."
Aize looked at Kurama Genjuro and the people who were walking with him.
That should be the priest of Kenjiro Shrine. He was wearing priest's attire and was much younger than Kurama Genjuro, probably around 40 years old. However, he had a kind face and gave people a gentle and easy-going feeling.
However, the other party was looking at him with a pair of squinting eyes, which made Aize stop what he was doing.
"This is the chief priest of Kenshimi Shrine."
Kurama Genjuro introduced the other party to Aize.
"Hello, Mr. Xuanjuro's grandson." The other party greeted Aize kindly and said, "I am the chief priest of Kenji Shrine, Asatake Yasuharu."
"Your Majesty." Aize nodded to the other party as a greeting.
"Just call me An Qing." Chao Wu An Qing had no airs at all and smiled kindly, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting here for so long."
"Aze, Mr. Anqing wants to talk to you about the Imperial Sword." Kurama Genjuro said to Aize seriously: "The Imperial Sword... Musumemaru is the sacred sword enshrined in the Kenji Shrine, and it is the object of worship for Mr. Anqing, the shrine's chief priest."
"Since you have drawn the Imperial Sword, it proves that you have been recognized by the Imperial Sword."
"For someone like you, Mr. An Qing has something to ask of you. Just listen to him."
Kurama Genjuro spoke these words to Aize in a negotiating tone, with no intention of forcing him at all.
Aize also knew that although Kurama Genjuro appeared to be a hard-line person, the old man, although stubborn in some areas, would not really force others to do anything.
When Aize showed his great talent with the sword, Kurama Genjuro urged him to practice sword by giving him instructions, but he did not force him to do so.
This is the case with Kurama Rentaro, the grandson. When he was young, he and Aize received instruction from Kurama Genjuro and practiced kendo for a period of time. But it is said that he no longer touches the bamboo sword, and Kurama Genjuro did not say anything about this.
Now, grandpa still talked to Aize about this matter in a negotiating attitude, and he naturally would not lose face for his grandpa.
"Please go ahead, Mr. An Qing."
Aize ignored Cong Yu who was hanging on his arm and started talking to Wu Anqing.
He had already discovered that neither Kurama Genjuro nor Asatake Yasuharu, the chief priest of Kenji Shrine, could see Cong Yu.
Cong Yu seemed to know about this as well, so she ignored the two of them from beginning to end. She was still biting Aize's arm angrily, but her strength was much loosened, making Aize feel like he was being bitten by a young animal.
Chao Wu Anqing did not say anything directly, but said this.
"Before that, let me introduce my daughter to you."
He shouted to Wu Anqing outside.
"Fang Nai, come in."
As soon as the words were spoken, a small sense of silence suddenly appeared in the shrine.
After a while, a person slowly walked in from outside.
Exquisite facial features, snow-like long hair, luxurious and elegant witch clothes, and a tense expression...
There is no doubt that it was the shrine maiden who had performed the Kagura dance in front of the shrine and fascinated countless people.
As soon as the witch came in, her eyes immediately fell on Aize.
Those beautiful eyes like gems were filled with complex emotions.
Aize couldn't tell what was in those emotions, because they were too complicated, and he seemed to be trying hard to control them so that others wouldn't notice, which made the delicate face he had seen once before even more tense.
"…I'm Yoshino Asatake. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your guidance."
The girl - Yoshino Asatake bowed earnestly towards Aize.
But her gaze shifted to Aize's hands.
In Aize's right hand, he was holding Cong Yuwan.
Cong Yu was hanging on Aize’s left hand.
Looking at this scene, Yoshino Asatake's eyes became more complicated.
Then she cast a sharp look at Aize.
That look seemed to be resistance, and also seemed to be resolute.
(End of this chapter)
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