Chapter 039
"Next, I want to talk about Jiro." Ubuyashiki Yoya waved at Jiro, who was standing on the eaves, where a crow had occupied a pine tree.
"Recently, thanks to Jiro's flying efficiency, we've been able to greatly improve our efficiency in obtaining information about ghosts. This has also allowed us to more quickly arrange for ghost hunters to go to places where ghosts are found to identify and kill them."
When Jiro saw Ubuyashiki Kakuya waving at him, he flapped his huge wings and flew into the corridor.
As he introduced the Five Pillars, it gradually came to his side.
Jiro looked like a lackey in the eyes of Qingxi who was standing quietly in the background.
The young wife looked so well-behaved, and there was no trace of the aggressive aura she had shown in the "battle" with him just now.
"I think you've all seen its speed, but it can't handle it on its own. I don't know if Jiro's secondary growth was just an accident, or if the food Ah Xi feeds it isn't from our world. I can only ask her to try raising a batch of crows first."
Following Ubuyashiki Kazuya's words, five pairs of eyes fell on Qingxi. Qingxi could feel that from two of them, they had initially treated her as nothing, but now they were paying attention to her and scrutinizing her.
"Let's introduce each other first. You already know Gyomei and Makijuro Aki. The other two are Wind Pillar Kitaya Genei and Water Pillar Hasegawa Naoto... As for Aki, her name is Qingxi. She's the child from another world that I mentioned to you before who was stranded here. Currently, she's a medical worker at the clinic, and she's trying to use food from her own world to help the ravens grow again."
Although Ubuyashiki Yoya had already told the four pillars present about Kiyoki's origins, he deliberately ignored her real age, which resulted in Kitaya Genei and Hasegawa Naoto still looking at Kiyoki with disbelief even after receiving the introduction from the people they served.
Qingxi: Just examine it, it won’t cost you a thing.
"So is there a second crow like Jiro?" asked Genei Kitaya.
Considering that such a situation might happen, Qingxi took her notebook before coming over, and then she handed it directly to Feng Zhu, who had a hideous scar from his brow to below his neck.
As the other person raised an eyebrow and took the notebook to flip through it, she said seriously, "I only noticed any changes in Jiro's body after I'd been feeding him for three or four months. The crows I'm trying to raise have only been there for a month. Aside from five that seem to have improved in all aspects, the other twenty-five crows haven't shown any signs of improvement yet. If we want to confirm it as soon as possible, it'll take another month."
At this point, she changed the subject and faced Ubuyashiki Kōya. She decided to mention Jiro and said, "Also, my lord, if there are crows that are confirmed to grow a second time like Jiro, please reduce Jiro's workload a little.
It's been so irritable lately that it's seriously affecting my work."
The resentful tone of her voice made it clear that the little girl had been entangled a lot recently.
Rengoku Makijuro's voice interrupted: "So, the fight between you and Jiro at the crow house just now was mainly about this?"
Qingxi gave the other person a "what do you think" smile and then shut up and started rolling up her sleeves silently, because she had seen that Jiro, who was standing next to Ubuyashiki Kakuya, was "angry and embarrassed" because she mentioned it, and wanted to "destroy the body".
Can it be called a fight if two kids who have no fighting skills fight each other?
That can only be called "playing".
What's more, before the man and the crow started fighting, they had already been stopped by their respective patriarchs.
Beiming Island Xingming knew that Qingxi wanted to kill the crow and barbecue it, so when he felt that the girl next to him was beginning to emanate "murderous intent", he clasped his hands together, and one of them fell on her head, patting her head as if he was patting the head of some weak little animal.
As for Jiro, comforted by Ubuyashiki Kazuya's gentle smile, he obediently folded up his spread wings again.
Thus, the smoke of war between the two children was eliminated without a single word by the two adults.
Kitani Xuanying: "..."
Hasegawa Naoto: “…”
My lord, it’s okay, but why is it that a big guy like you, Beimingyu, is so popular among children?
Ubuyashiki Yoya raised his hand and touched the fur on Jiro's back, and it was at this moment that he finally understood what the messy-looking crow feathers meant.
This has already happened.
"I'm sorry, my child." Ubuyashiki Kazuya said.
After observing Jiro, whose IQ is much higher than that of ordinary crows, Ubuyashiki Yoya can no longer regard it as a crow that can only understand human language. Its current IQ is close to that of a 6 or 7-year-old child, so when communicating with it, he will adopt the attitude of communicating with a human.
"Thank you for your hard work recently." He apologized to it first, "It's just that the Demon Slayer Corps currently doesn't have a crow to take on the job you're currently taking on, so I hope you can hold on for a while longer."
Jiro let out a "ga" cry, and although there was reluctance in his voice, he still accepted the fact.
After getting to know the remaining two pillars and reporting on the situation of the crows in the crow house behind the clinic, the five of them then faced the Demon Slayer Corps. Qingxi, who seemed to have nothing to do with her, a weakling in combat, sat next to Beiming Island Gyomei in a daze.
However, this daze didn't keep her awake for too long.
Because the servant working in the house hurried over to report that Madam Tianyin was about to give birth.
The semiannual pillar combination meeting was just coming to an end, so Ubuyashiki Yoya did not keep any more four pillars.
But putting aside the fact that it was still early, it was not convenient for them to leave now that Madam Tianyin was about to give birth, so when Madam Tianyin Kazuya hurried to see Madam Tianyin, they followed him.
Of course, it was not easy for four grown men to just rush into a woman's house, so they all waited outside the door.
Sensing someone's gaze on her, Qingxi looked up and met Rengoku Makijuro's gaze. The girl's blue pupils widened as if to say to him, "Mr. Rengoku, it's useless for you to look at me now. Do you think my small body can deliver a baby? It's good enough that I don't go in and cause trouble."
The girl's gaze was too innocent and straightforward. Rengoku Makijuro, who always saw his eldest son blowing Qingxi, wanted to let her go in to help Madam Tianyin deliver the baby at this time. But when he realized that the other party was also a child, his old face turned red, and he coughed twice to silently retract his gaze from her, and then continued to look at the sliding door in front of him.
She doesn't know how to deliver a baby, but she can do other things.
After looking around and not finding a suitable servant at the headquarters to ask, Qingxi pulled the haori that Beimingyu Xingming was wearing, which was made by her and was one size larger than the one she originally gave him.
When the other party lowered his head, she asked, "Mr. Beimingyu, do you know where the kitchen is?"
Beimingyu Xingming, who had stayed at the headquarters for dinner, naturally knew where the kitchen was. He nodded, but still asked, "Axi, what are you going there for?"
Qingxi said, "Use some of the nutritious ingredients I have here to make some nutritious postpartum meals for Madam Tianyin."
Hasegawa Naoto was surprised and blurted out, "Can people eat your ingredients?"
Qingxi choked, are all water-breathing people so speechless? !
She glared at him. What did it mean? Could humans eat the ingredients in the gourmet world?
If the ingredients in the gourmet world are not edible, then how did she survive and grow up there, and then complete her mission and come to the Meiji period?
The girl's resentment, as if she wanted to crush him to pieces, was too real. Knowing he had said the wrong thing, Hasegawa Naoto apologized readily, "I'm sorry."
Qingxi wrote down Hasegawa Naoto's name in the little notebook in her heart, turned around and followed Beiming Island Xingmei.
"Hmm, the food in Aki's world is very delicious." Rengoku Makijuro, who knew Qingxi's experience, quickly associated it with the origin of the sweet potatoes she brought every time she came to Rengoku House.
When Hasegawa Naoto looked over, he simply said, "It looks like a sweet potato on the outside, but when you eat it, it tastes like chestnuts, milk, fruit, corn, beef, and so many other different flavors. It's delicious and magical."
Hasegawa Naoto: “…”
Although he also thought it was magical, he really couldn't imagine it because he had never seen or eaten it.
Rengoku Makijuro thought for a moment and followed the two people, one large and one small, who had already walked away. "Hmm, waiting here is useless. Why not go over and see what kind of nutritious meal Ah Xi is preparing?"
Seeing them walking towards the kitchen one by one, Naoto Hasegawa and Genei Kitaya looked at each other, and finally, driven by curiosity, they followed.
All of a sudden, the four grown men who had been quietly waiting at the door of the matron's delivery room at the headquarters, waiting to see what was happening inside, all left.
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The kitchen at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters would be considered large in an ordinary person's home, but Qingxi, who came with Gyoumei Hirame, didn't think it was that big.
What's more, there are several servants inside who are busy lighting fires and boiling water.
After looking around the kitchen and thinking about the tons of ingredients in the gourmet backpack, she quietly retreated from it.
Confused, Beiming Island Xingming asked, "What's wrong?"
Qingxi: "The place is too small, let's find an open space in the yard."
After a pause, she added, "By the way, I need to put together a bigger table using a few large tables."
Compared to Hasegawa Naoto and Kitaya Genei who looked puzzled as if "what are you doing?", Beimei Yumei and Rengoku Makijuro were helping out.
The biggest feature of a traditional Japanese garden is its large space and elegant landscape. However, after today, it will take a long time for the elegant garden to recover.
The movable oversized stove is ready, as is the built-in temperature-adjustable flame seaweed ball, as are oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, pots, pans, and utensils...
In the spacious courtyard, the girl took things out of her gourmet backpack in an orderly manner. She looked so skilled as if she had done this countless times.
In this space, no one else can get involved at all; she is the master.
After all the tools were ready, Qingxi walked to the long table made up of six long tables.
In just a blink of an eye, a pink fish with a giant human face that looked like... ahem... not a very plump woman's face appeared.
Except for Gyoumei Gyomei of Sadamajima who was blind, everyone including the Flame Pillar, the Water Pillar, and the Wind Pillar were stunned.
Ah this, ah this this this.
"You tell me that thing is edible?" Pulling Rengoku Makijuro over, Hasegawa Naoto stared at him, his voice getting louder as his emotions fluctuated.
Have you ever seen a fish that big? Is that still a fish? It's twice as heavy as the bear in the mountains, okay?
Look at the color of the surface of the whole fish. Don't lie to me, I am not well-educated. You have eaten fish since you were a child. I can't say you have eaten fish all your life, but you can at least say you have eaten fish for your younger life. Among all the fish you have eaten, are there any of that color?
This can only be caused by being beaten countless times with unknown poison.
Make nutritious meals for Madam Tianyin?
She must be planning to poison the head lady of the Demon Slayer Corps in front of us.
Naoto Hasegawa is very irritable, and Genei Kitani also cannot accept such a fish. It can still be called a fish, but it can already be called a monster.
Faced with the murderous questioning looks from his two colleagues, Rengoku Makijuro, who had eaten the sweet potatoes that Kiyoki had brought to Kyojuro, was also at a loss.
Although a sweet potato weighing one or two pounds would make people exclaim that it is so big, it is still within an acceptable range. The fish she took out now was the first time he had seen it, and he didn't know how to explain it to his two colleagues.
Seeing that Rengoku Makijuro didn't say anything, Kitayani Genei directly judged his behavior as inexplicable. He didn't know either, and his right hand slowly placed on the Nichirin Sword hanging on his waist.
"Hmm, wait a minute, Kitani." Rengoku Makijuro reacted and pressed the other's hand. "What do you want to do?"
Kitani Xuanying, who couldn't get rid of the person for the time being, shouted angrily: "Chop that damn thing off!"
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