Chapter 305

"We are back——"

"Welcome back."

Ritsuka Fujimaru took Mash through the outermost reception room and greeted the three Servants who stayed at home.

"How do you feel about your first day at school?" Abe Haruaki, who was lying on the sofa, turned his head to look at the two people who were wearing school uniforms and asked with a smile.

"I haven't been to class for a long time and I can't keep up at all." Fujimaru Ritsuka put down his schoolbag and gave a straightforward answer. "Also, even if we don't consider this factor, the simulated Tokyo in the Avenger anomaly shared by New Chaldea is still a bit scary, especially when the Cave King is also here..."

"I don't need to do this to force you to prove anything." Thinking of the murders committed by his pan-human history self in the simulated Tokyo, Edmund closed the book in his hand irritably and brought the topic back to the mission of the few people this time, "We are not the same as that world, Master. By the way, have you found any traces of the Holy Grail?"

"No." Mashu shook his head and looked over to see Ashiya Doman busy in the kitchen. "However, considering the active non-human creatures in this world, should we try to find traces of the Holy Grail by contacting the mysterious side? At least now my senior and I can confirm that there are no traces of the Holy Grail around Abe Harusai and Ashiya Hanae, the protagonists of one of the main stories."

"Then let's open the Detective Edmund Office this time." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and showed everyone a bunch of concept dresses, "Although it should be specialized in supernatural events."

"It would be better to call it the Kikyo Supernatural Agency." Abe Haruaki joined the battlefield with the Kikyo seal he created.

"No, I'm not a proper detective..." Edmund failed in his resistance and helplessly gave in to the eye contact with Fujimaru Ritsuka. "I understand, the name that Lord Haruaki came up with is very good - but please allow me to refuse to put my name on the sign, Master!"

"It's time to eat." Asaya Doman put the hot pot in the middle of the dining table and knocked on the table for the three people. "Mashu has already taken out the dishes and chopsticks. If you have anything to say, wait until we're done eating. And Master still has homework to do, right?"

"Gu! I need to brush up on what I learned in high school..."

"Come on, senior! I believe you can do it!"

Just like that, with the full commitment of Abe Haruaki and Asiya Michimitsu, the Kikyo Supernatural Agency with the Kikyo seal as its logo was officially opened for business - although the commissions they received were all unrelated to the mysterious side itself, such as problems such as aging water pipes and clogged sewers.

When Edmund finished dealing with the fifth commission of the day that had nothing to do with the mysterious side, Abe Haruaki and Asaya Michiman discovered a commission that was truly related to the mysterious side. Due to his body size, Abe Haruaki would not come out to meet the client, and all the reception work was handled by Edmund and Asaya Michiman, who had entered the performance state of "Great Onmyoji Abe Haruaki".

"Didn't see the client?" Edmond, who had just returned, opened the door of the restaurant and saw Abe Haruaki and Asaya Michimitsu staring at a letter and thinking. "Did you find anything else?"

"In terms of content, it's very ordinary, much more ordinary than those commissions for aging water pipes." Abe Haruaki tilted his head and looked at Edmund.

"After all, humans use adjectives to exaggerate their imaginations." Asiya Michimitsu smiled and continued Abe Haruaki's words. Edmund continued to introduce the circumstances of this commission, "It is an ordinary lost and found commission, but the unusual thing is that we found traces of monsters in this commission."

"Um?"

At the dinner table that night, Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had just returned from school, also learned about this.

"Then we may not be able to go." Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced at Mashu and reminded the three servants that they would not be able to go home directly after school in the near future. "After all, as transfer students, we have just joined the club. Although we don't have to take leave every day, it's not good to take leave on the first day..."

"Then I'll go alone this time." Abe Haruaki put down the Inari sushi in his hand and decided how to handle this request. "This request shouldn't involve dealing with ordinary people, so it's okay for me to go alone. Besides, communicating with monsters is pretty easy for me."

"So, what is the content of this commission?" Mashu asked while sipping his soup.

"Looking for something - although the description is vague, it should be something very important that is missing." Abe Haruaki quickly finished the last few Inari sushis and jumped off the chair, ready to handle the commission tonight. "Besides, I guess the monster that dared to come to us for a commission not long after we opened for business... should be a fox from nowhere."

"Fox?"

"As much as I hate to admit it, I have a strong attraction to foxes."

After the class on the second day ended, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu walked together towards the club activity venue - in fact, all the members of Chaldea were very enthusiastic about which club Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu would go to.

——Some members suggested that Fujimaru Ritsuka join a long-distance running club based on her experience of running across North America; some members suggested that she join an astronomy club or a mysticism club based on her studies in Chaldea; and some members proposed that both Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mari join the Kyudo club based on their own experiences.

As for Mashu——the members of the original Group A had dark faces and were ready to ask the others to shut up and watch Mashu make his own choice.

But in the end, everyone was defeated.

"We didn't expect them to choose this!!!"

"Excuse me." Fujimaru Ritsuka pushed open the door of the venue and greeted the seniors of the club with Mashu. "Nice to meet you. I'm Fujimaru Ritsuka, a second-year transfer student."

"Nice to meet you. I'm a first-year student named Kirie Mashiro." After unanimous agreement from all of Chaldea, Mash used the name of a girl whose face matched his own that the Lord of Pan-Human History had seen in the Avenger anomaly as the pseudonym for this operation.

“Ohhhh – we! We have a manager!!!”

“Still two!!!”

The young athletes, who were supposed to be busy training, collectively burst into deafening cheers.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu, who were used to chaotic scenes, accurately cast their gazes on the coach, waiting for the coach to speak and give instructions.

"It's not settled yet." The coach sternly sent the team members back to their original positions and walked in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu. "Although we haven't had a manager for many years, we can't just accept anyone to take the position of manager. Yesterday's basic knowledge test was just a stepping stone. You have to prove to me that you have mastered more than just this part."

"Today's test is simple. Use your own methods to observe their training and make corresponding conclusions. I will be responsible for judging whether your answers are correct, that's all."

While Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were taking the entrance exam given by their coach at school, Abe Haruaki, who had set out last night to handle a commission, ran into two other guys while catching the client.

"Abe!!! This guy! He has a tail just like Yahiko!!! And a lot of them!!!" The male high school student with short blue hair hurriedly retreated behind the male high school student with short blond hair, pointing at Abe Haruaki who was holding a red fox in one hand, "No - our client is being held in her hand!!!"

"Shut up, Asoya!" Abe Harusai glared at Asoya Hanae, walked in front of Abe Haruaki, squatted down and looked her in the eye, "Excuse me, what should I call you?"

"Call me Hakusan - the Hakusan of Hakusan-Hime Shrine." Abe Haruaki, who did not intend to give out his real name, used the name of a sword with a white fox as a scapegoat, and held up the red fox in his hand to Abe Harusai, "Koashaya said it was your client... What's going on? I captured it only because it asked me to help find something, and I didn't provide any detailed information."

"A lost object commission?"

"You guys, you actually found someone outside the Monster Temple to deal with it!!!"

The next moment, all the pressure in the audience was focused on the red fox.

"I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I will never do this again!" The red fox held in Abe Haruaki's hand cried and screamed.

"There won't be a next time - after I help you find the thing, I will send you back to the hidden world." Abe Harusai stared into the red fox's black eyes and ruthlessly issued an ultimatum, "You will not have the experience of causing trouble in human society again."

"I have no objection." Abe Haruaki let the fox fall to the ground and confirmed more detailed information with Abe Harusai. "So, what is this guy looking for?"

"I don't know. Even what we know is very vague." Abe Harusai glanced at Ashiya Hanae and Maorongrong, and told Abe Haruaki what they knew. "Ichiro - that's the red fox, said that a monster of some kind stole his things."

"So today we are going to follow it to the scene of the incident to track the traces of the monster." Ashiya Hanae explained to Abe Haruaki in a low voice.

"And its description of the monster was very vague - just scary."

"Then let's go and take a look at the scene." Abe Haruaki put away the final spiritual base stage that he had taken out in order to quickly approach the red fox, and changed back to the appearance of an ordinary human. "The monsters will feel that the terrifying existence may not be very strong, but it is definitely enough to make their instincts produce panic."

"Um?"

"For example, I was once frightened by a guy like this."

"Eh? Will Master Tianhu be scared too?"

"I'm not a celestial fox - never mind." Abe Haruaki gave up on correcting the red fox's title of himself and mentioned a thin young man he met in a certain record. "For example, the human who once ate the flesh of a fish and a mermaid at the same time - although he doesn't have the offensive power to defeat the monsters in one blow, he himself is like a natural enemy."

"Even if you know he won't do that, you still suspect he'll eat you in the next moment."