Chapter 528 The Truth of the Curse
At this time, Asatake Yasuharu and Komagawa Mitsuha were both studying the evil spirit that kept hitting the Renjusou rope, and did not notice the situation here.
Therefore, Aize and Cong Yu are no different from being alone now. As long as they don't make too much noise, it should be difficult to attract the attention of Asatake Yasuharu and Komagawa Mitsuha.
Because of this, no one noticed that the atmosphere between Aize and Cong Yu had become a little heavy.
Only Cong Yu seemed to realize something and his expression changed slightly.
"...Is there something you want to tell me?"
Cong Yu hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question.
Even from the atmosphere, one could sense that what Aize was going to say next was probably no small matter.
That's the case.
"Rather than saying I have something to tell you, it's better to say I have something to ask you." Aize looked at Cong Yu and said, "Originally, I was planning to ask Mr. Anqing or Dr. Komagawa, but they would probably be concerned about Miss Chaowu's opinion, and the same is certainly true for Hitachi."
"So, I can only ask you, Cong Yu."
After hearing what Aize said, Cong Yu could more or less guess what he wanted to ask.
"Is there any truth to the curse?"
Cong Yu spoke softly.
It can be heard from Aize's words that what he wants to ask must involve Asatake Yoshino, so much so that others will be concerned about Asatake Yoshino's attitude.
There is nothing else to this matter except a curse.
"Although you've already given me some information before, I can tell from Miss Chao Wu's attitude that what I've learned so far is probably only part of the truth, right?" Aize said calmly, "You've probably concealed a lot about the filth and the curse, haven't you?"
This is something Aize has known for a long time.
For this reason, he wanted to continue to delve into Hoori's secrets and try to find out the truth.
"Before, I thought about slowly searching and investigating, but now that the evil spirit has already captured a living one and we're about to begin research on it, wouldn't it greatly delay our research if we only have a vague understanding of the filth and curse?"
Aize said this to Cong Yu.
"So, I want to learn from you the parts that I don't know yet."
"Please tell me, Cong Yu."
"I am the user of Cong Yu Wan, your master. If that's the case, then I'm not considered an unrelated person, right?"
Aize's implication was very simple, that is, it would be too boring to continue hiding things from him.
"This..." Cong Yu hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, or rather, I've wanted to tell you, Master, for a long time."
"If Kefang is like that, it's not right for us to say anything carelessly."
"This is not something I want to hide from you, but..."
Cong Yu's hesitant and ashamed look did not shake Aize's thoughts.
"I said it again. It was fine before, but now that the cursed god has been captured alive, hiding my secrets from you would not only be disrespectful and irresponsible to the Asatake family and all those who have been harmed by the curse throughout the generations of Hoori."
Aize said this bluntly.
"If you want to truly find a way to lift the curse, how can you do that with only a vague understanding of it?"
"I've already taken a solid step towards this end. I even captured a demon alive. Mr. An Qing is also happy that the deadlock has been broken. Are you still planning to stand still and refuse to keep up with me?"
"Then it would really be a drag."
Aize's blunt words made Cong Yu laugh bitterly.
"That's really an exaggeration, Master." Cong Yu smiled bitterly and said, "But you're right. It would be unbecoming if our own willfulness delayed your research on curses."
As he spoke, Cong Yu looked ahead and said something.
"Yoshino, Mozi, you guys think so too, right?"
Hearing this, Aize couldn't help but look in the direction where the two girls had just left.
There, Yoshino Asatake and Mako Hitachi had returned and were looking at Aize with complicated eyes.
Especially Yoshino Asatake, the complex expression on her face was so intense that anyone could see it.
"...You guys are back again?"
Aize pursed his lips and spoke slowly.
"I'm sorry." Hitachi Moko was the first to apologize to Aize, saying, "Because I noticed that Master Aize didn't catch up, so..."
Asatake Yoshino might have overlooked the fact that Aize did not follow, but Hitachi Mako would definitely have noticed it, otherwise it would have been unworthy of her identity as a female ninja.
Both of them thought that something happened to Aize, so they came back. Who would have thought that they heard what Aize just said.
"It's good that you're here," Cong Yu said. "You heard what I just said, right? What are you going to do?"
Hitachi Mako immediately looked at Asatake Yoshino.
After all, this was something that Yoshino Asatake should decide.
Asatake Yoshino lowered her eyes, her expression still complicated, but she was no longer like before, where she would immediately resist when the topic was brought up.
"Mr. Aize is right."
After a long time, Asatake Yoshino raised her eyes and looked at Aize.
"It's come to this point. If we continue to hide it, it will not only hinder us, but also be disrespectful and irresponsible to the Asamaki family and all those who have been harmed by the curse in the past generations of Hoori."
Her expression and eyes gradually became firm, as if she had made up her mind.
"Mr. Aize." Chaowu Fangnai said to Aize, "After you take a shower and before you go to bed, could you please come to my room first?"
Obviously, Chao Wufang was ready to tell him in person what he had concealed in the past.
"good."
Aize naturally would not refuse and nodded.
"I will go."
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As the gay man with the best physical strength and the least fatigue, Aize naturally would not compete with the girls for the bathroom. After returning to the Asatake family, he let Asatake Yoshino and Hitachi Mako take a bath first, and then he soaked in the bathtub.
Since he acquired divine power, Aize has found a way to purify himself from filth once he is contaminated by it, so he no longer takes a hot spring bath to purify filth, but simply to cleanse and relieve fatigue.
When Aize came out of the bathroom, Hitachi Mako seemed to have left the Asatake family and returned to the Hitachi family. Cong Yu was staying at the shrine with Asatake Yasuharu and Komagawa Mitsuha, and had not come back at all.
In other words, in the entire Chaowu family, there are only Aize and Chaowu Yoshino.
Aize was not nervous. He slowly walked across the corridor and came to Asatake Yoshino's room.
"Ms. Chaowu."
Aize knocked on the door and called out.
"Yes, I'm here." Yoshino Asatake's voice immediately came from the room, saying, "Please come in."
Aize reached out, opened the door, and walked into Asatake Yoshino's room.
This was the first time he entered Asatake Yoshino's room.
What caught his eye was a Japanese-style bedroom. The style was the same as his room in the Chaowu family. It was not full of girlish flavor like other girls' rooms. It made people vaguely glimpse the lack of the owner of the room in this aspect.
Yoshino Asatake, who is called "Miko-sama" in Hoori and has the same status as Her Royal Highness the Princess, may be just like this room in her heart, lacking the taste of life and the charm of a girl.
There is no way. The girl's life was destined from the moment she was born to be isolated from these things.
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late."
Yoshino Asatake asked Aize to sit down and apologized to him immediately.
At this point, the girl had already changed out of Chihaya and the shrine maiden's attire and put on pajamas that looked like a kimono or a nightgown. Her hair was still a little damp, and her skin was incredibly moisturized, letting an alluring fragrance fill the room.
"This is something I decided to listen to, but there's no reason for you to apologize."
Aize didn't know whether Yoshino Asatake noticed how attractive his current posture was to a boy in adolescence. He could only pick up the coarse tea that Yoshino Asatake had poured and drank it in a disguised manner.
"Then I still have to apologize to you." Asatake Yoshino said stubbornly, "I'm really sorry for keeping these important things from you all this time."
"I've said this before. Whether you speak or not, that's your right." Aize put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Asatake Yoshino, who looked guilty, and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not too late to speak out now."
After he finished speaking, Aize's expression began to become serious again.
"Then, could you please tell me the truth about the curse?"
Aize's request was met with a sigh from Asatake Yoshino.
"I should be the one asking you to listen to my story." Asatake Yoshino held the teacup in her hand, polishing it as she spoke. "Mr. Aize, you're familiar with the legend about Hoori now, right?"
"It's about a monster that bewitched the lord of Hoori's neighbor, causing him to lead his troops to attack Hoori, and then the Hoori people, blessed by the gods and given the Murasame Maru, repelled them, right?" Aize nodded and said, "Is there something wrong with this story itself?"
"That's about right." Asatake Yoshino said, looking at the tea sloshing in her cup. "After all, it's a legend that can be shared with the public. Even if it's true, it must have been embellished to some extent."
"Some truths that are inconvenient to be revealed have long been removed from the myths. Except for a small number of people who know the truth, the rest of the world is unaware of them."
That's true. It's impossible to tell everything to others, and it's even more impossible that the truth itself is a myth that can be made public. The truth is definitely more complicated and cruel than that.
As Aize listened, Asatake Yoshino began to tell her story...
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In the beginning, it was just a story about a pair of brothers.
These are a pair of brothers with completely different personalities and characters that are worlds apart.
The eldest among the brothers is a very willful, short-sighted person who is loyal to his own desires. Once his demands are not met, he will lose his temper and vent his anger on everything around him.
The second brother is the complete opposite. He has a noble character, is good at martial arts, respects others very much, and can be kind to people of lower status than him. He is a very loved and supported person.
The two brothers were both heirs to the Asatake family, which ruled over Hoori. After reaching a certain age, they naturally faced a problem.
That is, who should be the leader of the family and who should become the lord of Hoori and reach the top.
Needless to say, the result was that the second son was more respected by the subjects and retainers than the eldest son who was arbitrary and short-sighted.
Therefore, the second son was naturally supported to take the position of lord and was about to inherit the territory and family.
The eldest son, who acted according to his desires, naturally did not want to admit this result.
As expected, the two brothers started fighting over the family business, which caused chaos.
In order to fight for territory, the eldest son resorted to all means to bring in the army of a neighboring country and rebelled.
That's right, the reason why the neighboring country attacked Hoori was not because they were bewitched by monsters, but because they bewitched the eldest son, causing him to betray Hoori and the Asatake family and lead them into Hoori's territory.
The eldest son not only brought in the army of a neighboring country, but also, because he hated his father, his younger brother, and the relationship between his family and this territory, he found the hidden dog god in the mountains and sacrificed him using a forbidden method that was against the harmony of heaven and condemned by both humans and gods, thus triggering a curse.
The anger and curse of the dog god who was unfortunately sacrificed combined together, and eventually a great disaster broke out, making the people of Hoori miserable.
Famine, epidemics, mountain torrents...all kinds of disasters began to befall the land of Suizhi, making the people of Suizhi miserable.
Filth continued to accumulate on this land, causing various disasters and also cursing the Chaowu family, the lord.
Unfortunately, at this time, the neighboring country attacked Hoori, putting Hoori in a desperate situation.
In order to protect the territory and repel foreign enemies, the second son can only constantly practice martial arts, rush around on the battlefield, make up for the loss, and struggle desperately.
Until one day, the second son had a dream.
In his dream, he learned the location of a knife.
That is the sacred sword bestowed by Hoori's god. It is the only way to defeat curses, purify filth, exorcise disasters, and drive out foreign enemies.
As long as a human pillar is offered as a sacrifice to the divine sword, the power of the divine sword will be awakened and help the second son overcome everything.
"Human pillar..."
Aize murmured unconsciously.
"Yes." Asatake Yoshino smiled somewhat sadly and said, "It's a girl who was born weak and is said to have not much time left."
There is no need to say more about who this person is.
Who else could it be other than Cong Yu?
The girl who became a Jin-Haku and offered herself as a sacrifice became invisible to everyone. Not only did she appear in Hoori as the manager of the divine sword, but she also became the host of divine power.
The second son, who obtained this power, purified the filth, drove away the disaster, and led Hoori to defeat the army of the neighboring country. In the end, he killed the reckless eldest son with a sword, making him get the retribution he deserved.
But……
"The Chaowu family's curse continues, right?"
Aize said this.
"……Yes."
Yoshino Asatake's eyes looked very dim.
(End of this chapter)
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