"I'm not crazy, let me go!"
The crow struggled in her hand.
"Let it go, Yuki-onna."
The little snow maiden obediently let go, and the crow fell to the ground with a thud. It wanted to fly into the sky and soar, but could only flap its wings weakly a few times before collapsing to the ground.
"How did the mighty Tengu become like this? Are you trying to make me think you've arrested the wrong person and let you go?"
The spring flows gently.
"snort!"
The crow turned its head away and ignored her.
"Go find food and bring it back. Otherwise, I'll kill you," the little snow maiden's icy voice rang out.
Upon hearing this, the crow turned its head and said indignantly to Quan, "Let that bastard go find it! Do you think I'm the kind of person who does that kind of thing?"
"A ghost..."
The Snow Maiden took out a ball, inside which lay a clump of hair, jet black and shiny, with no split ends, very beautiful.
Quan looked up at the strand of black hair, sighed inwardly, and was about to ask the Snow Woman to release him when he saw the little Snow Woman pick up a snowball and shake it wildly!
"Aaaaaaah!!"
A scream erupted from inside the glass ball, followed by pleas for mercy.
"Stop shaking me! Stop shaking me! I'm begging you! Let me out!"
The Snow Maiden stopped what she was doing, raised her head, and whispered, "He can talk too."
Quan's heart is so tired.
"Let's put him down for now."
The little snow woman put the snowball away.
Izumi looked at Ōtengu, whose heart skipped a beat. He thought, "Why is this woman looking at me again?! What does she want now?!"
Izumi looked into his eyes and asked helplessly, "Great Tengu, do you know his story? Why was he so rebellious?"
Saying those words made her feel even more weary. Although they had only met a few times, her heart wouldn't lie to her; perhaps Gui Gui wasn't a good monster.
The Great Tengu was somewhat surprised that she would ask this question, and his stiff body relaxed.
"I didn't expect an Onmyoji to ask about yokai. Okay, I'll just say one thing... Wait! What are you doing?!"
The Great Tengu is roaring.
He had relaxed and was preparing to tell his ghost story. Unexpectedly, this woman pounced on him and started drawing a talisman on his forehead! It was strangely itchy… wait, was she…
"Let go, woman! I, the mighty Tengu, will not submit to a human woman! If you insist on making me your shikigami, I would rather die!"
Xiaoxue Nu glanced at him leisurely, her eyes clearly reflecting four words: You are lying.
"If you're that determined, then the demon won't need to search for food anymore. How about you sacrifice yourself to fill the spring's belly?"
Little Snow Maiden awaited his answer. With one hand, she took out a flint, and with the other, she stirred up a breeze, causing some dry branches to drift towards her.
Daitengu: "..."
He remained silent for a long while, confirming one thing: he was completely powerless to resist; he couldn't defeat this woman. Quan had already drawn runes on his body, and he could feel the connection between him and this woman.
After drawing the talisman, Quan stood up, dusted himself off, and met the dazed face and lifeless eyes of the Great Tengu.
"Would it be fair to die now, in accordance with the great cause of the Great Tengu clan?"
She asked seriously.
"Stay with us. Once I'm safely back in Kyoto, you can go wherever you want. I'll set you free."
Quan sighed inwardly. She couldn't stay here forever. The main storyline had a time limit, and a year was already her limit.
The Great Tengu's gaze remained gloomy. The Snow Maiden landed in front of him, untied him, and cheerfully said, "Tell me a story—a ghost story!"
The Great Tengu's gaze was fixed on one spot, as if he hadn't heard her. The Snow Maiden pouted and tapped his forehead and cheek, then repeated, "Start telling the story."
The Great Tengu still didn't move.
The little snow maiden, pouting, floated over to the spring's side with her hands on her hips. "He won't say a word!"
"Alas... I have made a contract with you as an Onmyoji, and now I request that you use the power of your shikigami and obey my arrangements."
The Great Tengu's face showed pain. After groaning a few times, he straightened up and was forced to begin his story.
"Women usually value their hair very much, regarding it as a standard for measuring beauty. Having a head of beautiful, black hair is something many women dream of. Precisely because of this, a woman's strong desires and obsessions are concentrated in her hair, making it easy to attract and breed monsters."
Monsters are born from evil thoughts and dwell in people's hearts, causing them great anxiety. Hair demons are monsters that originate from the strands of a woman's hair.
Because its true form is human desire, the hair demon has no face or facial features; it descends to the world filled with jealousy and a desire for more beautiful hair.
His very existence is malice; monsters born of jealousy are usually malevolent spirits, posing a threat to humans. Throughout history, very few Onmyoji have subdued the Hatsuki as a shikigami. Even those who did not subdue it possessed little power; it couldn't defeat powerful monsters, nor could it even defeat ordinary ones.
After the description was finished, a cold, sharp laugh rang out from the snowball, a sound that was simply torturous to their ears.
After the cold laugh, sarcastic remarks came to my ears.
"Lord Tengu, just as you said, I am a tiny, incompetent little monster, but don't think I'm afraid of you! Your wild, unkempt hair doesn't interest me at all, and that woman next to you, don't think I'll give in just because you had Yukihime trap me. Die!"
After speaking at length without stopping, Quan felt a chill in his heart. He picked up the snowball that had fallen to the ground, wanting to say something, but he felt that whatever he said would hurt him.
After a long silence in the mountains, the Great Tengu snorted and turned his head away. The Snow Woman took the snowball and put it away.
"I'll keep it safe, sir."
Izumi was heartbroken by her words. In Heian-kyo, she loved two shikigami the most: herself and the demon. She never imagined that after returning to thousands of years ago, the demon would despise her so much…
Her feelings for the two of them were incomparable to those of Satori, Daikoku, Hotaru, Juzu, Aoandon... and even Ichimokuren.
She was so heartbroken...
"Oh dear, I'm sorry to bother you~"
A voice drifted over, and Quan looked toward the sound to see a beautiful woman in a kimono walking toward her with a pipe in her hand.
"Yanyanluo?"
The Great Tengu was taken aback, and looked at Izumi with some surprise.
This unknown little monster, this woman... ugh! Lord Izumi actually recognized her at a glance. It seems you are a very knowledgeable person!
He never expected that.
After all, Quan looked somewhat immature and was quite small in stature, and his naivety was evident in his handling of matters. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a very knowledgeable person.
"You actually knew me."
Yanyanluo was also surprised. After a moment of astonishment, she no longer dared to underestimate this little Onmyoji.
"right."
Quan already knew why she had come.
[Yanyanluo, a kind of monster that lives in smoke, can transform into various forms with the smoke.]
Perhaps when she captured the Hair-Eating Demon, Yanyanluo was leisurely smoking nearby. Seeing that the Hair-Eating Demon had been captured, she rushed up to demand his return.
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