Chapter 009
A few people were chattering here about what to prepare before the coming of winter this year. However, Beiming Island Xingming, who was thought to continue chatting for a while, came over, and with him came the young man named Ubuyashiki Kyouya.
When Yangtai and the other three saw Beimingyu Xingming, they surrounded him and told him that two wild boars fell into a trap today. However, Qingxi noticed that someone was looking at him.
She looked back and, not surprisingly, met Ubuyashiki Kazuya's gaze.
He didn't feel embarrassed at being caught by his master's gaze. On the contrary, he even extended an invitation to her. "Qingxi, can we chat?"
Qingxi looked in the direction of Beimingyu Xingming, then turned back to look at him. As she walked towards him, she muttered, "After convincing Mr. Beimingyu, you want to convince me now? Do you think my small body can kill ghosts?"
"It seems so," Ubuyashiki Kōya said with a smile, glancing at her deliberately exposed slender wrist. He then changed the subject, explaining, "Actually, I'm just curious about your abilities, Aki."
Ubuyashiki Kōya's voice was very soft. He raised his head, his purple eyes gazing at the sunny, cloudless sky today, "I can be sure that you are a human, but you possess the ability to store objects.
You seem to have appeared out of nowhere. I don't have much information about you. Do you mind telling me about it?"
Qingxi widened her eyes. Since you said you minded, of course she wouldn’t tell anyone.
Also, isn't it said that this is an age of poorly informed people? Why are you, the Demon Slayer Corps, even more informed than the police?
In fact, those policemen are just the ones in the open. You, the Demon Slayer Corps, are the dark rulers of Japan hiding in the shadows.
But that wasn't right, even though she had basically forgotten about the set, the ruler of darkness was a ghost, right?
So, why are you Demon Slayer Corps so well-informed?!
The girl's face was filled with questions, but Ubuyashiki Kōya still smiled gently. "Let me introduce myself again. I'm Ubuyashiki Kōya, the manager of the Demon Slayer Corps. Your incident happened because one of our ravens saw it on its way back that day and reported it to me."
Qingxi was slow to react, and then she exclaimed, wow, it turned out that when she was brought here by Atong, her vest was directly handed over to the manager of the Demon Slayer Corps... Emmmm, she knew that it would be a miracle if her Atong could be reliable in anything other than food.
Qingxi silently pulled out the same Melk kitchen knife she had used to chop the female ghost from her gourmet backpack and pressed it against the ghost's heart. She said viciously, "If you want me to kill you, just tell me. Why are you still coming to me?"
Ubuyashiki Kōya looked down at the kitchen knife pressed against his chest, and then the smile on his handsome face deepened. He tilted his head innocently and asked, "Use the back of the knife?"
"Just be thankful. Be thankful that I'm just an ordinary person now, and that I don't kill people indiscriminately unless necessary, and I don't eat food without limit. Otherwise, I would have chopped you to pieces." Qingxi said angrily as he put the Melk kitchen knife back into his food backpack.
Ubuyashiki Yoya: "Thank you?"
Qingxi looked up and glared at him. Is this the right time to say thank you?
This person's way of thinking is incomprehensible, but at the same time, it doesn't make people really angry.
"Qingxi is my real name. I was originally a flower grower from across the sea. No, according to today's time, it should be... the Republic of China? Sorry, my history isn't very good. Anyway, I'm from that country a hundred years later.
Later, I died suddenly at work... My soul was possessed by the system... Just think of it as a god, a foodie god, who took me to a world filled with delicious food, but also a world where the dangers of food were greatly increased. There, I diligently worked for the god, collecting ingredients. Finally, my work was over, and the foodie god asked me whether I would stay in that world or return to my original world as an ordinary person. I chose the latter... Of course, I wouldn't be the same person after I returned, as my body would have been burned to ash. But in the end, I failed because of a coordinate error, so I ended up here."
After briefly explaining his experience, Qingxi looked up at Ubuyashiki Kōya, making sure he understood, and continued, "My storage ability isn't mine. It was given to me by the God of Food when I first arrived in the Food World. It was originally intended to make it easier for me to gather ingredients, but now it's become a part of me."
"...This is my situation. Do you have any questions?" she asked.
Ubuyashiki Yoya shook his head: "No, thank you for believing in me."
Qingxi curled her lips and said, "No, I should thank you instead, because if someone else came, he might think I was talking nonsense."
"Has the crow that discovered me come today?" she asked, changing the subject.
Ubuyashiki Yoya didn't understand what was going on, but he nodded and called over the crow that had brought him here.
Qingxi looked at the black crows circling overhead and silently took out her Melk kitchen knife. Great, she could make an extra dish for Yangtai and the others today. The name of the dish was Roasted Crow!
After hearing what Ubuyashiki Yoya said, the crow flew down and felt the murderous aura. It immediately flapped its wings and flew higher again. Before it died, the people below could still hear its shrill screams.
"Woooooooooooooo, help! Someone's trying to kill crows here!"
Facing everyone's gazes, Qingxi hid the hand holding the kitchen knife behind his back without changing his expression. Then, when Ubuyashiki Kakuya, who was standing behind him, looked down, he "openly" stuffed it into his food backpack. He looked like an old habitual offender, and it was so familiar that it was hard to describe.
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After removing the two wild boars from the trap, they ultimately didn't take them to town to sell them. After returning, Gyoumei told them that he had decided to join the Demon Slayer Corps, but before that, he needed to train. He had completely entrusted the care of their five children to Ubuyashiki Kōya.
Compared to the quietness of the three girls, Yangtai and Xiang couldn't help but feel excited when they heard that they could kill ghosts.
They had seen ghosts before, and had witnessed with their own eyes how ghosts killed their four companions with ease, so they also wanted to follow Beimingyu Xingming to practice.
"Teacher, please agree to let us follow you to practice."
"We will work very hard and will not hold you back, teacher."
The two boys usually act like older brothers, but now, in order to practice with Beimingyu Xingming, they instantly turn into spoiled monsters.
Seeing that Beiming Island Gyomei was about to lose heart, it was finally Ubuyashiki Kōya who spoke up to save him. "Beiming Island's training is not suitable for you at the moment. If you are sure that you want to kill demons in the future, I will arrange for someone to send you to a trainer. There, you can receive complete and systematic demon-killing training. Is that okay?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Tai and Xiang stopped pestering Beiming Island Xingming. One of them knelt down and bowed, then they said in unison, "Then we'll trouble you, my lord."
Yes, that's right. All the children present, including Qingxi, just followed Beimingyu Xingming and changed the way they addressed the young man in front of them.
The two boys' destinations had already been decided, leaving the three girls. Ubuyashiki Yoya didn't make any arrangements for her directly, but instead asked, "Aki, Airi, Sayo, do you have any plans?"
Airi looked at Youta and Sho, who were grinning as if they could learn powerful martial arts and slash demons one by one at any moment. She pursed her lips and asked under their encouraging gaze, "Can I, can I go with Youta and the others? I want to learn some self-defense techniques."
Ubuyashiki Yoya thought for a moment and asked, "Is Inubu okay?"
Facing the girl's puzzled gaze, he patiently explained, "Because not all disciples trained by trainers can face demons directly, but those children, because their relatives were killed by demons, hate themselves for being so weak, so they turned to become the logistics of the Demon Slayer Corps. Usually, after the demon hunters get rid of the demons, they will also be seriously injured. At this time, the hidden troops will be dispatched to send the injured to the nearest Wisteria House for treatment.
In other words, the Hidden Department is the logistics department."
Airi nodded repeatedly and said, "I'll go to Inubu when I'm done learning."
Ubuyashiki Yoya turned around and his gaze fell on Kiyoki.
Looking at the face of this young man who had a half smile on his face from beginning to end, Qingxi thought for a moment and said, "Does the Demon Slayer Corps have a medical department? I'll go there."
Ubuyashiki Kōya was surprised. He thought the other party might ask questions like whether the Demon Slayer Corps was short of chefs. After all, he had heard Mei Hirumi talk about her life plan before.
Ubuyashiki Yoya nodded and said, "Yes, we happen to be going the same way. Come back with me then."
Qingxi said he understood and stopped talking.
Now only Sayo, the youngest, is left.
Just as she had thought before, because Sayaka randomly pointed out Mr. Beimingyu when the police came to question her, even though she handled the matter later, there was a gap in their feelings for her.
Just when the air was becoming heavy, Beiming Island Xingming spoke first, "My lord, please find a family willing to adopt Shadai.
Sayo...is not suitable to stay in the Demon Slayer Corps."
He would not refuse any other children in the family who wanted to be with him and join the Demon Slayer Corps, except Sayaka. He was really worried that if he left her in the Demon Slayer Corps, one day she would be captured by a demon and would reveal the affairs of the Demon Slayer Corps to protect herself.
So, let her go to an ordinary family and live and grow up as an ordinary child.
This was the last thing he did for the child.
The destinations for all personnel have been determined, and the next step is moving.
The Demon Slayer Corps' logistics personnel were nearby, so when they received the letter from the Crow, seven or eight of them drove ox carts to the temple where Gyomei and the children on the island of Sadness lived.
Although I said I was packing up, there was nothing else to pack up except for some new things that had been added to the house since Qingxi joined.
Taking one or two pieces of clothing that had turned white from washing, the mattresses and quilts for everyone to sleep on, two iron pots, some farm tools, leftover rice and dried mushrooms, Beimingyu Xingming went down the mountain with everyone and was led by a member of the hidden army to the place where he was going to practice.
Yota, Sho, and Airi followed a member of the Hidden Corps and went directly to where the trainer was.
When both parties were about to leave, Qingxi stopped them. She divided the money that everyone had saved from selling things during this period into three parts, and Yangtai and the other two took the largest share.
Qingxi: "Poor family, rich road, although there is no rich road to take, anyway, you three should train as you like, and don't treat yourselves badly if you are hungry. And the trainer, I don't know what kind of personality he has, and whether he is easy to get along with, but it's always good to be a little sweet-mouthed.
If your senior brothers and sisters bully you by relying on their power, don't keep enduring it. The more you endure, the angrier you'll get. If you take a step back, the more you'll feel bad. If you have the guts, let's show our true strength."
Although it sounded a little strange, the three of them nodded awkwardly.
After talking to the three people, Qingxi turned around and stuffed another portion of money into Beimingyu Xingming's hand, "It's the same for Mr. Beimingyu. When you're hungry, spend money to buy food. Don't save money. Because if you save money, it may no longer be yours."
Before the other party could say, "I have a small appetite," Qingxi turned around and handed the last portion of money to Sayo, and helped her put it in her arms. "When you go to your new home, get along well with "Dad" and "Mom."
After saying this, Qingxi placed his hands on his hips and continued, "Don't worry about me. I'm in the Demon Slayer Corps' clinic. The lord has also said that food and lodging are provided, and I get a monthly salary... Who knows, I might even be the one living the most comfortably among you."
After she said that, the others didn't know how to speak anymore, so they accepted her kindness.
Qingxi watched the three groups of people leave in three different directions under the leadership of the Yinbu personnel. The smile on Qingxi's face drooped down until they could no longer be seen.
Suddenly, she slapped her forehead and forgot about the two wild boars.
Because we were leaving before, no one asked about this matter after Ubuyashiki Kōya said he could buy it. But now that I think about it, both Mr. Beimeishima and Youta deliberately didn't mention it.
He pulled a female member of the Hidden Ministry next to him, and when she lowered her head, he said to her, "Big sister, could you please divide the money from both ends into three parts and send it to them when the time comes?"
Qingxi didn't specify who they were, but anyone who had seen her just take out the money she had saved for everyone and distribute it all without leaving a single cent behind, the female Anbu staff member secretly glanced in the direction of Ubuyashiki Kōya, and when he nodded, she said, "I understand."
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