Help! I changed the gender of the male protagonist in the yandere game

After Yomei agreed to become Mikado's disciple, the former head of the Kurohimeyama family asked Hyakusuke about his plans.

"So, what are your plans? If you want to leave, I can send you back anytime."

Kurohimeyama Mikado had previously explained that her shikigami, 'The House of the Lost,' is an independent space with a different time flow than the outside world.

"I'm sure you've all heard the story of Urashima Taro."

Mikado explained with a smile.

"In fact, the structure of this 'Lost Home' is very similar to the Dragon Palace that Urashima Taro went to. They are both independent spaces with different time flow rates inside and outside.

According to the story, although Urashima Taro only stayed in the Dragon Palace for a very short time, hundreds of years had passed in the outside world. My House of the Lost is the opposite. Spending a few days here is only a few hours for the outside world."

Hearing this, Hyakusuke touched his chin with his finger.

He thought of the 'Room of Spirit and Time' in the Dragon Ball manga, and the magical item spaces in various cultivation and Xianxia novels…

"So, if I plant rice and grains in this so-called House of the Lost, can I successfully cultivate them in this space?"

He raised this question.

"No, you can't."

Mikado shook her head.

"Plants can't survive here for too long. Although there is light in this place, there is not enough sunlight. Anything you plant won't live long and will eventually wither."

The petite former head of the family added.

"In fact, even ordinary people can't stay in such a time and space disordered place for too long."

She explained, "My constitution is special and can withstand this time disorder. Ordinary people can't do it, even highly skilled exorcists can't stay in this environment for too long."

Kurohimeyama Mikado essentially possesses an 'immortal' body. She can probably stay in an environment like the 'House of the Lost' for a long time. According to her, no one else can easily do this.

"Then, Mikado-sama, how long do you intend to keep Yomei-sama here?"

Hyakusuke quickly asked.

"I would love to keep her hidden in the House of the Lost forever."

Mikado sighed, "First, it's actually difficult to do that, because the environment here is not suitable for her to stay for a long time… Second, the incident must be resolved somehow. The matter of Miyuki, and the matter of my two granddaughters, also need to be dealt with. She can't stay here forever."

Hyakusuke roughly understood her thoughts.

Mikado may not be standing firmly on the side of her two granddaughters, that is, she is not supporting Kohagi or Kuzuhana.

Her intention in doing this is to prevent the Kurohimeyama clan from falling into internal strife…

"I can't keep protecting the little girl forever. The key is her 'value'. The more value she shows, the more she can change from 'waiting for a price' to 'a rare commodity' in the eyes of various forces."

Mikado said lightly, "If the little girl can seize the opportunity, she will be qualified to get rid of this situation and take control of her own destiny. Of course, the first stage now is for her to pass my trial."

"'Trial'?"

Mikado nodded.

"She must learn how to use the 'eye' in a rudimentary way. If she doesn't master these, even if she leaves the House of the Lost, she may be caught or assassinated by the 'Shell Serpent Troupe'."

She said softly, "At most in a few days, Miyuki will send someone to attack. Don't think that she will restrain herself in Kasumi Castle in Dewa Province. I know my daughter very well. If the little girl doesn't have the ability to protect herself, it will be difficult to escape this calamity after leaving here."

—The Shell Serpent Troupe?

Hyakusuke also fell into deep thought.

The Shell Serpent Troupe is the current head of the family's 'secret service', and also an assassination squad. As long as the head of the family, Miyuki, gives the order, the Shell Serpent Troupe will faithfully execute it.

Hyakusuke knew how powerful they were.

Even the protagonist who awakened his abilities in the mid-to-late stages of the game's main storyline almost lost his life when facing those sorcerers and external law users. Yomei at this stage is indeed tantamount to courting death if she encounters them.

"I understand."

Hyakusuke took a deep breath and said, "Mikado-sama, please let me stay here too. I want to temporarily contribute to Yomei-sama's strength."

"Servant, even if you continue to stay here, it doesn't seem like you can contribute much, right?"

Mikado shook her head.

"Yomei-sama has helped me many times in the past. Out of this kindness, I can't abandon her."

Hyakusuke lowered his head.

In fact, he was a little worried about Mikado. Although she said it nicely, and the conditions she offered seemed to be beneficial to Yomei, he couldn't completely trust her.

"After all, I also know some ways to make the protagonist stronger… Of course, if the methods provided by Mikado are more effective, that's fine…"

However, for safety reasons, it was necessary for him to stay and take care of Tsukigara Yomei.

"Alright, that's fine too."

Mikado didn't object, she nodded silently.

"In addition, I have another request."

Hyakusuke shamelessly made another request.

"Since Mikado-sama can train Yomei-sama, please be sure to teach me as well."

"Oh!?"

Mikado chuckled.

"You little kid, you really know how to take advantage of the situation. Asking a former head of the family to guide you, you have such beautiful thoughts…"

Hyakusuke didn't answer, he just lowered his head deeply.

He knew that Kurohimeyama Mikado's character had the habit of 'being fond of teaching'. She was upright in nature, and compared to other women of the Kurohimeyama family, she was a normal person—after becoming an ally in the later stages of the game, she would specifically take time to guide the protagonist and teammates, helping the protagonist group to increase their strength or guide them in the direction they should go.

Well, if you don't consider a certain 'dark secret' on her, Mikado is indeed a person with the demeanor of an 'elder'.

However, she herself also has a certain problem, otherwise she wouldn't be known as one of the three great evil women of the Kurohimeyama clan.

'However, it hasn't reached the later stages of the game yet, Kurohimeyama Mikado won't suddenly betray me now…'

Hyakusuke felt that there was no need to worry about this. Mikado's 'rampage' and betrayal into an enemy role in the later stages of the game had traces to follow, so there was no need to worry about this matter now.

"Alright."

Mikado touched her petite chin and smiled slightly.

"I'll give you a little guidance…"

…

Mikado arranged different 'training' for Hyakusuke and her 'disciple' Yomei.

She didn't seriously guide Yomei, but told her that actual combat was the most beneficial training method for her.

However, Mikado found several powerful fierce demons to fight Yomei day and night, honing her through battle.

"The little girl's talent, aptitude, and swordsmanship are all top-notch. She is indeed a diamond in the rough, but unfortunately she lacks the most crucial thing, so it's not easy to become stronger…"

"What thing?"

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"'Heart', perhaps."

Mikado sighed, "I hate the idea of spiritualism, but this little girl Yomei lacks that kind of internal drive. She doesn't have the idea of becoming stronger for herself, and she lacks that kind of willingness—"

That's right.

Hyakusuke was also quite troubled by this matter.

The Yasashi protagonist in the original work also didn't have any intention of becoming stronger before the main storyline started.

Yomei is peace-loving by nature, and her personality is indifferent to worldly affairs. She doesn't have any urge to become stronger.

The environment she lives in is also too good, a gentle father, an adoptive brother who secretly protects her, and an adoptive sister who always takes care of her. Yomei, who grew up in this environment, is equivalent to a flower grown in a greenhouse.

The reason that forced her to become stronger in the game was that she had to work hard to protect the people around her. If she were a man, then protecting the woman she loved, and the women and friends around her, would become a matter of course.

However, now that she has become a woman, she has lost this source of motivation, and her internal drive has disappeared.

"So, we can only hope that she can break through under pressure, in a situation of crisis."

Mikado said her thoughts.

"Her trial this time is to defeat the three monsters that I have prepared for her. These three fierce demon-level monsters are all very special, and each one can suppress her current strength. If she doesn't find a breakthrough, she won't be able to leave here even after a few months."

The trial she gave was to have the girl challenge three vicious great demons. These three monsters are "Enkoma", "Kyūki" and "Satori".

—Enkoma, said to be a demon from the Netherworld Yomi, like the Iron Chicken, is a strange horse wrapped in flames.

It can move freely and at high speed in the air, attacking with flames and sound waves.

—Kyūki is a demon with a tiger's body and a human face, covered with spikes all over its body. It is extremely fierce, bloodthirsty, and likes to eat human flesh.

—Satori is a monster also known as "Satori Oni". It looks like a combination of an ape and a monster, and can see into people's hearts.

It is said that when a monster covered in black hair encounters a woodcutter in the deep mountains, it will say what people are thinking one after another, and then eat the person.

However, a woodcutter rested in a mountain hut and encountered Satori. When he was at his wit's end, he inadvertently put firewood next to the stove and burned it, which caused the firewood to explode, and wood chips and sparks flew onto "Satori", igniting his long hair and burning him.

Satori was surprised by this unexpected situation. He was taken aback and found that "this guy can attack me without thinking," and then ran away in a panic.

These three types of monsters are very troublesome, and Yomei's current swordsmanship alone is difficult to fight against.

In addition, in order to increase the difficulty, Mikado also took away her family's two treasured swords, "Maseō" and "Mizutsuken", and only gave her an ordinary spirit sword.

Ahhhhhhhhh!

I don't know how many times it has happened, the moment Yomei shouted like a scream, she was once again bombarded by Enkoma's sound waves and was blown into the lake, sinking again.

This is a training ground generated inside the "House of the Lost", which is a very wide terrain with some forests and grasslands.

Of course, this is a space generated by the "House of the Lost" itself. The materials here are not real objects. According to Mikado, they are directly "manifested" based on her memory.

The lake, mountains, and grasslands are generated based on memory and imagination, and are not actually existing things.

"Yomei-sama… seems to be having a hard time."

Hyakusuke smiled wryly when he saw Yomei being attacked by Enkoma.

"Don't think about her business, think about your own training first."

Mikado reminded him.

"You've learned a bit about barrier techniques. Whether you want to continue to improve depends on your future efforts. Next, I will teach you the spirit technique passed down through generations of the Kurohimeyama clan, which is also the basis of all spirit techniques—'Gora no Jutsu'."

She began to explain.

The so-called "Gora no Jutsu" is the five basics of spiritual power: the five elements of Ki, Fire, Water, Earth, and Void.

"Isn't there also a saying that spiritual power has 'five elements'?"

Hyakusuke asked suspiciously.

"In Onmyōdō, there is indeed such a concept, where the properties of things are divided into the five elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth."

Mikado nodded.

"However, the source of the Kurohimeyama clan's spells is more inclined to the Buddhist side, so the foundation is closer to the five-element theory rather than the five-element cycle."

However, even if there are differences between the two concepts, it is just the self-definition of people who study spirit techniques. Simply put, the core of Gora no Jutsu is to use the five elements of Ki, Fire, Water, Earth, and Void to generate various physical phenomena.

"I'll start by teaching you Ki-ra no Jutsu."

Mikado decided to teach him from the most basic place.

"The so-called 'Ki-ra' is the power to control the flow of spiritual power. From another perspective, this is also a technique that can release spiritual power."

The petite girl smiled slightly, she stretched out her index and middle fingers, and a finger-thick white light turned into a sharp arrow, flew out, and hit the tree trunk several feet away.

A large hole was pierced through the center of the tree trunk, making a crackling sound as it broke.