Suddenly, she saw a two-tailed cat climb in from the wall again!
Oh no! That Onmyoji has come looking for them! He's found her!
Quan erected a barrier in the air, attempting to block the demonic energy within the mansion and disturb those coming from outside. But at that very moment, a man's voice rang out from outside the door.
Is anyone inside?
The Oboroguruma rumbled loudly, and Izumi's expression darkened. The shikigami were concealed by the barrier, but it seemed that none of this could stop the incredibly powerful onmyoji outside.
Quan calmed himself down and opened the door. Standing outside was a man in blue, about twenty years old, in the prime of his life.
"Greetings, sir." Izumi bowed respectfully to the man. "You've come from the Yin-Yang Bureau in Kyoto. Would you like to have a cup of tea in the courtyard?"
The man smiled with narrowed eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the cat that was climbing on the wall ran towards him again, turning into a leaf and hanging on his waist. Quan saw that there were more than ten leaves of different sizes there.
"Sorry to bother you."
The man said something and walked into the mansion.
Standing in the courtyard, the man smiled slightly and looked around. "There are quite a few unexpected monsters in your courtyard."
"You jest, sir."
Quan replied sullenly.
"Really... Hmm? The stove is still warm, you haven't had dinner yet?" the man said with a smile.
"Yes." Quan was drenched in sweat.
A bamboo tube rolled in from outside and landed at her feet, shaking a few times. The man bent down and opened the tube; inside, a fish was jumping around.
"Let's go grill it."
After saying this, the fish vanished into thin air, and the bamboo tube disappeared as well.
Sitting in the courtyard, Quan cautiously inquired about the man's identity. The man smiled and said, "Since you know that I serve the imperial court, you should also know the purpose of my visit."
"Yes," Quan replied.
This damn system is trying to urge me on!
(ノ-_-)ノ┻━┻
She doesn't even have ten shikigami, yet the system is urging her to return to Kyoto. Does it want her to go back and die?
“The marriage between your family and the Xiaotian family cannot be delayed any longer, so your father sent me here to find you and bring you home,” the man continued.
Damn it, was he forcing himself on her?
"So you should make plans to return to the capital first thing tomorrow morning."
He finally finished his lines.
"good."
Quan looked down at the ground, feeling so tired. An important match had ended before it even started.
"My lord, I want to know..."
"Our dinner is here."
The male NPC smiled.
Suddenly, two children ran in from outside the door, dressed in white hunting clothes. One carried a roasted fish in one hand and a pot of wine in the other, and they respectfully presented it to them.
Thank you.
Izumi said, drinking sake and eating grilled fish, his brows furrowed tightly.
The man sat beside her, like a statue, so perfect it seemed unreal.
After finishing the fish, Quan decided to make one last struggle before he died, and said sincerely, "I have received my father's orders, so please rest for the night and go about your business. You don't need to worry about me. I will set off early tomorrow morning."
The man hesitated for a moment, then agreed to her request, "Okay, I'll stay here for the night, and we'll go back together tomorrow."
ha?
"Don't worry, I have to go to Sanchuan on my way, so I may not be able to travel with you."
"good."
Quan readily agreed.
As long as it's not a one-day trip back to Beijing, it's fine.
After escorting the man to his guest room, Izumi left the mansion and went to a place inaccessible to the man and his shikigami to hold an emergency meeting with them.
"Did that lord mean that you must return to the capital?" Da Tengu asked.
"right."
Quan nodded.
She currently has a powerful SSR DPS character, Ootengu; two SR characters, Yuki Onna and Yasha, who are both semi-support/semi-DPS; and a fully support R character, Juzu. This might be troublesome.
"Little monk, would you like to come back to the capital with me?" Quan asked the one-eyed monk.
"Heian Kyo?"
The young monk's large eyes were pure and flawless.
"As far as I know, countless demons and monsters live among humans in the shadows of Heian-kyo, including fox spirits, bridge women, valley echoes... and even butterfly spirits."
"A butterfly spirit?"
The young monk's eyes lit up.
"I want to go to Heian-kyo!"
Quan nodded.
Aoandon yawned lazily, her charming smile dispelling the gloom in Izumi's heart. "And you?"
Quan sincerely hoped she would stay.
"Heian-kyo must have all sorts of strange stories. At the market, I want to tell more people ghost stories and also want to know more stories."
"Thank you, Aoandon."
"There's nothing to thank me for, we're just setting off together." Aoandon smiled.
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The next morning, after bidding farewell to the person from the previous day, Izumi led six shikigami towards Heian-kyo. On the way, she deliberately passed by the places where other shikigami were, but she could not find them.
"Monsters aren't so easy to find."
Aoandon shrugged.
"It seems that when I chose to follow the arrangement of fate, to follow the trajectory of the first summoning when I arrived, and to go against the plot to find the Snow Woman, I was destined to lose the other shikigami."
Quan thought to himself.
She wasted too much time in the snowy region and on those two demon mountains. The days passed quickly, but she did not take away the shikigami that were beneficial to her.
I really envy those pros now. How did they manage to find all the shikigami in the main story? There are a total of 108 shikigami here. Maybe she should watch their replays before starting the main story.
Where are the yokai like Hana-no-Maki, Tamamo-no-Mae, and Yuki-Douji? She should have held on to Umi-bozu when she encountered him before... But thankfully she found Ootengu, which is some consolation.
"The adult seems to be sighing."
The Snow Woman asked in confusion.
“Kyoto is not peaceful. Perhaps if we leave here and return to Heian-kyo, we will face a lot of turmoil.”
Quan first gave them a heads-up.
"Is that so?" Yuki-onna smiled brightly as she saw the Great Tengu behind her. "With the Great Tengu here, you need not worry, sir."
Quan smiled.
They're really on good terms now!
The gates of Heian-kyo were close at hand, and Izumi felt a pang of bitterness. There, her household guards stood with two miscellaneous spirits, seemingly having been waiting for her for a long time.
"Welcome back to Heian-kyo, Miss."
"Two guards said."
"Let's go."
Quan prepared to head home.
"etc!"
Two miscellaneous spirits blocked her way.
"This chariot cannot enter."
"Great Tengu, leave this carriage here."
Izumi gave the order, and the Great Tengu took out their things, put down the reins, and dismissed the Oboroguruma. The Oboroguruma disappeared in front of the city gate.
"Please conceal the forms of all your shikigami to avoid causing trouble," Zaling reminded her again.
Each shikigami transformed into a leaf and hung around Izumi. Izumi cast spells on each one to confirm their continued presence. The one-eyed monk, lacking sufficient demonic power, could not transform into a leaf, so he reverted to his original form as a wooden fish, which Izumi held in his hand.
“Let’s go,” Quan said.
They entered Heian-kyo (Kyoto).
Walking down the bustling street, Jiao Tu secretly peeked out with one eye, watching the shops on both sides and the passersby.
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