Kejoro and Setsura were chatting happily while walking towards the door to Leo's office, bickering with each other.
Aw~
"Wait and see, I will make Lord Leo accept my feelings,"
Setsura said, cupping her cheeks as her imagination ran wild, confidently walking alongside Kejoro, who was carrying a set of documents.
"____"
"I don't think Lord Leo's taste includes dating an old hag,"
Kejoro retorted, giving Setsura an annoying look, noticing the smug smile on Setsura's face and her mouth practically drooling as she imagined something with a perverted look on her face.
"____"
Fufu~
"You!!! Who are you calling old? I am just 325 this year,"
Setsura stopped in her tracks, emitting a dark and cold aura as she tried to look at Kejoro with a gentle smile that sent chills down Kejoro's spine.
"Yeah... yeah... Lady Setsura is very young... you are even younger than... than... Lord Nurarihyon,"
Kejoro said with a nervous laugh, sweating as she tried to ease the atmosphere.
When Setsura heard it, the dark aura vanished as if it had never existed in the first place, and she started walking forward.
'What a scary old hag...'
Looking at the moving figure of Setsura, who had already reverted back to her perverted self, Kejoro cursed under her breath and started following behind.
When both of them arrived at Leo's office door, they opened it casually as they always would.
"____"
"____"
Thud~ Thud~
Both of their eyes widened and nearly popped out of their sockets, looking at the shocking scene happening before them.
Before them, Leo and Wakana were hugging tightly while Wakana was sobbing in his arms, and he was consoling her by rubbing her back while the background turned pink.
Thud~
With a little thud, Setsura closed the door while the couple before them didn't seem to notice them.
Both of them were silent for a few minutes and turned to look at each other.
They could see confusion, shock, and curiosity in each other's eyes.
"Well, he seems to like mature women,"
Kejoro broke the silence with a worried smile.
Sigh~
"It seems like we were a step behind... but I won't give up,"
Setsura said with a defeated sigh, shaking her head, and later with determined eyes, declared her resolve.
Inside Leo's office...
After hugging for a few minutes, both Leo and Wakana separated from the hug.
"I... I... I need to go. There are still only a few minutes before the store is opened,"
Wakana stuttered, not meeting Leo's eyes, and left the room in a hurry.
Kyoto...
Many yokai were surrounding a group of four onmyoji with sinister smiles.
When the Continental Hotel started spreading its influence on the southern territory, many yokai left Kyoto and joined them.
Since the Continental Hotel started implementing many changes, Yokai's life began to take a dramatic turn.
Their civilization started to develop rapidly, and many yokai's lives changed, leading to a happier and easier existence.
But not every yokai and supernatural being was happy about it.
Many Yokai felt their freedom was gone and wanted to overthrow the Continental Hotel.
But they were repelled by the forces of the Continental Hotel, and most of their friends and family were hunted down.
To escape the pursuit of the Continental Hotel forces, they were forced to move out of the territory under its control.
For them, it felt wrong that their birthrights were robbed by the Continental Hotel.
What they did was just hunt a few humans to satisfy their hunger and boredom.
But the Continental Hotel overreacted by placing a bounty on their heads and their families.
Many were nearly driven to extinction by the relentless pursuit of various forces.
When they arrived on the northern side of Japan, their lives became even more miserable.
On one side, they were continuously hunted by Kyoto's onmyoji, who ridiculously overpowered them.
On the other side, they were bullied and killed by other yokai stronger than them.
After all this time being oppressed, they finally got a chance to encounter a novice onmyoji group.
So this time, they wanted to show those damn onmyoji who they were by killing these kids before them.
With a cruel grin, all of them jumped at the four onmyoji at the same time from all directions.
Three novices onmyoji summoned their shikigami and launched their attacks.
"Damn... they're overpowering us in numbers."
Cursing, all three of them struggled to maintain their formation, which started to break.
Even though they could easily win battling this level of yokai, they were at a disadvantage in numbers.
There were only four of them present here, but their opponents normally consisted of over 20 to 30 yokai.
"If you struggle at this level of battle, it's better you go home and give up being onmyoji."
While they were struggling to keep up their battle formation and cursing how tough their opponents seemed to be, a cold voice came from behind them.
"____"
"____"
"____"
When they turned to look at their companion, who was looking at them coldly.
A young girl with a petite but seemingly frail build.
She sports short and spiky dark hair and generally dons a vapid expression, looking at them coldly.
"Rentai, Tanro."
Immediately, she took two shikigami papers and threw them in the air, calling loudly.
Immediately, the two shikigami papers started to shine brightly, and two shikigami were summoned.
Rentai is a shikigami in the shape of a beautiful koi fish with long tails that merge with the girl's right arm like a cannon.
Tanro is a Honshu Wolf shikigami used by Yura Keikain.
He has green eyes, white fur, and a red kanji letter on his head.
His size is already bigger than the girl's.
"Yura-sama..."
Looking at the girl who summoned two shikigami at the same time, the other three onmyoji were looking at her with respect.
Yura climbed on top of Tanro and started her counterattack.
"Yura Max!!!"
Exclaiming loudly, a blue beam of pure energy was shot out of Rentai's mouth like a cannon, disintegrating any yokai it touched.
The number of yokai slowly started to decrease at a rate visible to the naked eye.
When some yokai tried to sneak up on Yura, who wasn't paying attention to them, they were torn apart by the sharp and wild bite of Tanro.
Onmyoji Headquarters...
After eliminating the stray yokai, Yura and the three onmyoji returned to headquarters to report on the completion of their task.
"Good... not bad... go take a good rest. Tomorrow you are going to Ukiyoe Town,"
one of the elders nodded his head and advised Yura.
Hearing the elder's words, Yura nodded her head and looked like she wanted to ask something but was struggling with her emotions.
"Do you want to ask me something?"
Seeing Yura's struggle, the elder asked her with a raised eyebrow.
Sigh~
"Well, not all yokai are bad. Then why do you want to have an alliance with them?"
With a sigh, seeing she had found out, Yura asked the question that had been bothering her.
"____"
Hearing her question, the elder became silent for a few seconds.
"We are not seeking a yokai alliance but the one behind them," the elder said seriously, patting her shoulder.
"The one behind them? You mean Nurarihyon?"
With a confused look, Yura once again asked the elder, whose friendly expression turned serious.
"No... according to our information, he is the progenitor of all supernaturals, including ours."
Shaking his head in denial, the elder explained who they wanted to have a friendly relationship with.
Hearing the elder's words, Yura's eyes widened in shock. She wanted to know more about it, but the elder had already left.
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