Chapter 50 The 50th Mom
"Hiss..." Bai Chuanmu withdrew his hand and blew on the wound on his finger.
Bai Chuanmu is unpacking the newly bought books. Although she runs a bookstore, she does not sell books. She just provides a place to read and drink coffee. Of course, there are other drinks, but they are basically brewed products. The main feature is that they are simple and cheap.
The name of her bookstore is "Ichishi no Xia". Looking at the storefront, you really can't tell that it is a bookstore. But it doesn't matter. For Baichuanmu, it is just a pastime, and she can also help customers solve the little troubles of being entangled by cursed spirits.
About every week, Baichuanmu would meet three or four guests whose lives were affected by cursed spirits. Most of them were small-time people, and occasionally there would be a fourth-level cursed spirit. However, the bodyguard that Xiayoujie gave her was a second-level cursed spirit, so it was easy to exorcise a fourth-level cursed spirit.
It may also be because the cursed spirits that Baichuanmu solved were all harmless minor troubles. Although they were promoted by the public, they did not spread too far and were only popular in small circles, without attracting the attention of the curse world.
Every month Bai Chuanmu would pick a few books and put them on the bookshelf. Half of the books she bought were comic books, and the other half were randomly selected by her based on the titles. She would occasionally read them herself, but she preferred the former.
Some books have sharp pages, so Bai Chuanmu would check them before opening the books and putting them on the shelf to prevent customers from getting hurt by the pages. So her fingertips would occasionally be scratched by the sharp pages, like now.
"I should have been more careful." Bai Chuanmu shook his head helplessly, took out a Band-Aid and put it on himself, then took out some fine sandpaper and gently polished the edges of the pages before putting the new book on the bookshelf.
Today is a weekday and it is morning. There are not many customers in the store. Bai Chuanmu is quite free. After putting the new books in place and tidying up the store, he prepares to make himself a cup of coffee so that he can leisurely pet cats and dogs while reading comic books.
Bai Chuanmu walked to the counter and took out the brewed coffee. When he was about to open the package, he found a light yellow lunch box next to it with a picture of a Pikachu on it.
"Oh..." Bai Chuanmu was stunned, "Xiaojie forgot to bring his lunch box to school."
Baichuanmu put away the coffee and prepared to deliver a lunch box to Xia Youjie at school. At this moment, the shop door was suddenly pushed open, and the wind chimes hanging on the door made a clear and pleasant "ding-dong ding-dong" sound.
"Welcome~" Bai Chuanmu said, but soon he showed a slightly apologetic smile, "I have to get ready to go out, the store will be closed for a while, I can't receive you for too long... hm?"
Two little girls came in, still wearing school uniforms. They were students of XX Primary School. Judging from the name tags on their clothes, they were in the third grade, the same grade as Geto Suguru, but not in the same school.
Baichuanmu remembers that XX school is a bit far from here and it takes an hour by bus to get there.
"Hmm? Little sister, it's still class time, right?" Bai Chuanmu asked, "Are you guys skipping class? That's not good~"
After she finished speaking, she narrowed her eyes again, feeling that something seemed to be wrong.
One of the girls had twin ponytails with a heart on her hairband, black hair and brown eyes, but the one that caught Bai Chuanmu's attention was the other girl. The other girl had shoulder-length hair, brown hair, dark brown eyes, a small teardrop mole under her left eye, and faint dark circles under her eyes. She looked lazy and seemed very tired.
Teardrop mole? Brown hair and brown eyes? And this lazy look?
It can’t be... such a coincidence, right?
Bai Chuanmu widened his eyes again, walked out of the counter and came in front of the two little girls.
Miki Toda came to this store last week, and Baichuanmu had some impression of her. Most of the customers in her store were teenagers around 20 years old, and elementary school students were quite rare.
Hearing Baichuanmu's question, Toda Miki stuck out her tongue: "We didn't skip class, right?"
She turned around and asked Ieiri Shoko, and only then did Toda Miki notice that Ieiri Shoko's face looked a little strange, as if she had seen something scary.
Miki Toda tilted her head in confusion. Come to think of it, just now Ieiri Naoko clenched her hands a little tighter and seemed to pull them back... Was it because the store manager asked them if they were skipping school?
"Glass~ don't forget, you are here on sick leave, it doesn't count as skipping school~" Toda Miki said with a smile.
She herself doesn't count! Because Toda Miki took advantage of Ieiri Naoko's sick leave, she lived close to Ieiri Naoko's house and had a good relationship with Ieiri Naoko, so she took the initiative to volunteer to send Ieiri Naoko home, and she could also skip class... cough...
Ieiri Shoko's mental state was really bad. It felt like she hadn't slept for several days. The teacher asked her to go to the health room to rest, but she was unwilling to go and muttered that there was a monster in the health room.
The teacher really had no choice but to let her go home and rest, and said that she would visit her home after school to ask about the situation.
At that time, Naoko Ieiri nodded and didn't say much. Even if she told the truth, no one would believe it. After all, it was a monster that no one could see.
Naoko Ieiri has an easy-going personality and is often lazy. She has a good relationship with people, but she doesn't have any particularly close friends.
Maybe Toda Miki can be considered a good friend? However, Toda Miki did not believe in the monsters that Ieiri Shoko said. She just thought Ieiri Shoko was telling ghost stories to scare her.
Because she can see monsters that others cannot see, there is still a gap between her and others.
When faced with a monster like this, it’s best to pretend you can’t see it, right?
But Ieiri Shoko couldn't help but tell others what she saw, perhaps to find someone who could see the same thing as her, or maybe doing so could relieve her fear?
Even Ieiri Nishiko herself doesn't know.
Because she had not had a good rest during this period, when she got off the bus, Naoko Ieiri noticed that Toda Miki took her to the opposite bus. She reminded her reluctantly, but found that she did it on purpose. However, Toda Miki was also thinking about her own sake. She felt that this coffee shop called "Ichiki no Xia" could help her solve this problem.
How is that possible?
Although she thought it was unlikely, Naoko Ieiri still followed Miki Toda into the coffee shop.
Then she was so frightened that she couldn't speak.
Ieiri Shoko widened her eyes and looked at Baichuan Mu who was walking towards them, mainly looking at the shadow under her feet. There were several bloodshot eyes in the shadow, and their eyeballs turned around and finally fixed on her and Toda Miki.
This... this is the monster she sees every day! They exude the same aura.
No...it's different. The monster under this person's feet is even more terrifying and definitely much stronger than the monsters she had encountered before.
Ieiri Shoko grabbed Toda Miki's hand and pulled her back, wanting to take her out of this scary shop, but her legs seemed to be frozen and she couldn't move. She wanted to tell Toda Miki to run quickly, but her mouth was half open and no sound came out for a long time.
This store manager sister... is so scary...
Miki Toda hadn't noticed the "danger" yet. She turned around and said with a smile, "Glass~ Don't forget, you're here on sick leave, it doesn't count as skipping school~"
When Bai Chuanmu heard the name, he almost jumped up: "Ah——?!"
Miki Toda asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Um, ah... nothing... you guys are really not skipping school, right..." Bai Chuanmu said hesitantly, then lightly stepped on his own shadow with the back of his left foot.
The black shadow curse spirit received the order and left Baichuanmu's shadow, but instead of returning to its three-dimensional state, it walked into the utility room along the floor.
Baichuanmu discovered a week after getting the Black Shadow Bodyguard that it couldn't hide completely even if it shrunk into its own shadow, so on a whim, she asked Xia Yujie to add a command. She had originally added it for fun, but she didn't expect it to come in handy today.
Normally, children would be scared when seeing this kind of thing, right?
There is no need to say much about people with Gojo Satoru's personality. He is fearless.
As for Geto Suguru... He has already beautified the cursed spirits into Pokémon in his mind. Although they are horrible versions of Pokémon, he has long overcome this fear as he wants to become a Pokémon training master.
After the black shadow curse spirit walked into the utility room, Ieiri Nozomi's expression eased a little, but there was still vigilance in her eyes when she looked at Baichuanmu.
Ieiri Naoko wondered in her heart, who on earth is this store manager who can control such a monster? Is she the leader of the monster?
If Baichuan Mu could hear what Ieiri Shoko was thinking, she would definitely put all the blame on Geto Suguru. Wait, this was originally Geto Suguru's fault. She was just an ordinary monkey.
Toda Miki said, "I really didn't skip school! Manager sister, if you don't believe me, we can show you the note. Glass, take out the note and show it to her... Glass, Glass?"
Toda Miki called out several times before Ieiri Naoko came to her senses. She pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, took out a leave application from her pocket and showed it to Baichuan Mu. Not only was there their teacher's signature on it, but there was also a seal on it.
"It's good that I didn't skip school..." Baichuan Mu murmured. Like Ieiri Nozomi, she had not fully recovered.
The point now is not whether she skipped school or not! The person in front of her is the super nanny in the world of sorcery - Ieiri Shoko!
Ye Moth Zhengdao, the three Super SSR cards that you will collect in the future are now in my hands... No, I got them all in advance.
"It's like this—" Toda Miki pushed Naoko Ieiri forward, "Noko's mental state hasn't been very good recently. She also said that she can see monsters, so I brought her to see the store manager~"
Baichuanmu: =. =So I am a doctor?
Ieiri Shoko turned her head to look at Toda Miki, then at Baichuan Mu, but avoided meeting her eyes.
Bai Chuanmu sighed helplessly, but still scared the child: "Please sit down first. What do you want to drink? I'll treat you."
"Thank you, sister!" Toda Miki's eyes lit up. She had to save her pocket money for the bus. "I want to drink coffee!"
Bai Chuanmu decisively refused: "Why should a child drink coffee? Drink milk."
Toda Miki muttered, "Didn't you say I could choose?"
Baichuanmu said: "You can choose between milk, orange juice, and boiled water."
Toda Miki said, "Then I'll choose milk. What about you, Glass?"
Ieiri Shoko looked at the outspoken Toda Miki with some helplessness. Didn’t she say that she had only been here once?
But Toda Miki's emotions still infected her, and Ieiri Naoko relaxed a little: "It's good to be the same as Miki."
Bai Chuanmu made a cup of milk for the two children and herself. She remembered that Jia Ruxiaozi didn't seem to like sweets, so she didn't put extra sugar in Jia Ruxiaozi's cup. It tasted only rich milk flavor and light sweetness.
She glanced at the time and thought that she would still have time to delay a little while before setting out to deliver the lunch box to Geto Suguru.
Miki Toda finished her milk and chattered about Ieiri Naoko's situation: "That's it. Naoko always thinks she can see monsters. Sister, aren't you a psychic? Can you help her?"
Bai Chuanmu smiled but said nothing, muttering to himself: I thought the ID card I got showed that I was a doctor, but it turns out I’m a medium…
After asking about the time, Toda Miki rummaged in her pocket and took out two hair bands decorated with stars. These were her spare hair ties. Toda Miki handed them to Baichuanmu: "Sister, thank you for buying me milk. This hair band is a thank you gift! And I hope you can help Gaozi, who is a very nice person! But I have to go back to school. My teacher has set a time for me to go back!"
"Thank you, what a beautiful hairband," Bai Chuanmu took it with a smile, "Do you have money for the bus? Don't sneak off to play somewhere else, go straight back to school."
"Yes." Toda Miki replied, but she planned to walk around the school gate before going back, so she still had plenty of time. "Then, Nataro, I'll go back first?"
"Okay, bye, Miki." Ieiri Shoko looked at Baichuan Mu with a little uneasiness, but she still did not try to keep Toda Miki, nor did she say that she wanted to go with Toda Miki, because it was rare for her to meet someone who could see as well as she did, and Ieiri Shoko did not want to miss this opportunity.
"Bye~" Miki Toda pushed the door and left.
The sound of wind chimes is very light and beautiful.
"Oh, you have a very good friend, Glass." Baichuanmu said with emotion, and she narrowed her eyes, "Now, we can have a good talk."
Looking at Baichuan Mu's narrowed eyes and smiling, Jialiu Glass couldn't help but hold her breath and clenched her fists.
Qiaodou Madai, Baichuanmu, you scared the child, did you know that?!
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