When the hodgepodge world of anime meets the shadow king

"Huh? Take me back to the family?"

A few days after the winter vacation started, Kitahara Akira received a call from Nagano Hirokazu asking him to take him back to his family home.

"Well, I'm on my way to Chiba to pick you up, it will probably take about an hour," replied Nagano Hirokazu on the other end of the line.

Kitahara Akatsuki couldn't help but ask curiously, "No... which family are you going back to?"

The only relative he had contact with over the years was his cousin, Kitahara Changyi, whom he met when he was six or seven years old.

Kitahara Akatsuki is quite envious of this cousin, after all, he has two lovely sisters (not blood-related)

Unfortunately, the three of them died together in a car accident during the holiday when Kitahara Akira was going to school. Kitahara Akira even attended their funeral.

But he had never heard of the Kitahara family, so...

"Of course I'll reply to the old man above me, your grandfather." Nagano Hirokazu's tone on the other end of the line was a little strange.

Kitahara Xiao was confused. "I still have a grandfather?"

From childhood to adulthood, Nagano Hiroichi had never told him such a thing. He thought there was something he couldn't tell, so he never asked.

"Yes, I do...but..." Nagano Hiroichi stopped talking. "Forget it, I'll tell you in detail on the way. I'm driving now."

"Okay," Kitahara Akira nodded.

"Oh, by the way, Xiao, remember to dress formally," Nagano Hiroichi said before hanging up the phone.

....................................

Two and a half hours later, Nagano Hiroichi got on the bus.

Kitahara Akira looked at Nagano Hirokazu and peeled off the wrapper with one hand and put a piece of chocolate into his mouth, and couldn't help asking

"I remember that Uncle Nagano didn't seem to like sweets very much, right?"

It’s been less than an hour since we started, and the other party has already eaten 5 pieces, and it seems that there is still a lot of stock left.

"This..." Nagano Hiroichi thought about it.

"I've been under a lot of work pressure lately, so chocolate is a good way to keep me energized."

Seeing that Kitahara Akira was in deep thought, Nagano Hiroichi quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, Xiao, the massager you gave me for Christmas is really good. I've been dealing with documents lately and my neck is a little tired."

"Ah, Uncle Nagano, I'm glad you like it, but you should also take care of your health while working."

Kitahara Akira's attention was diverted.

"Ah..." Nagano Hiroichi looked up at Kitahara Akira in the back seat through the rearview mirror and smiled, "I see."

As he spoke, his expression became serious again.

"dawn"

"What's wrong?" Seeing Nagano Hirokazu's serious expression, Kitahara Akira also became serious.

"You..." Nagano Hiroichi thought for a moment, "Do you believe in Onmyoji?"

At the end, he added, "It's the kind that often appears in light novels."

"Huh?" Kitahara Akira blinked. "Believe it..."

He always felt that the other party seemed to be about to reveal something incredible.

"In fact, the Nagano family is a family of Onmyojis," Nagano Hiroichi said calmly.

Seeing through the rearview mirror that Kitahara Akira didn't reply, he continued to explain.

"Our family has been one of the few Onmyoji families in Japan since the Heian period, and we have been secretly serving the Emperor."

'ah? ’

"But later, in a joint demon-killing operation, the Nagano family was also cursed, and the number of people became increasingly sparse. Basically, every generation had a child in old age, and it was almost always a single-line family."

"Fortunately, with each generation of family heads doing their best to break the curse, your grandfather, although he also had a son in his old age, had a total of four descendants including me, while other families basically only had two or three cats and kittens left."

"Nagano Nanyun, my second brother Nagano Kitatake, your mother Mieko, and me, these are the four of us brothers and sisters."

"Hmm?" Kitahara Akira felt that there was something hidden when he heard Nagano Hiroichi's address.

"Perhaps this is the price of having many children. In our generation, only Nagano Nanyun and my second brother have the qualifications to be Onmyojis. Especially my second brother, he has a very high talent for barrier techniques."

"But he was born with a desire for freedom and didn't want to be bound by his family. His relationship with the old man was as bad as mine."

"Nagano Nanyun is very good at pleasing the old man, and that guy's son, your cousin Nagano Tsubasa, has the highest talent in Yin-Yang magic in recent generations."

Nagano Hiroshi spat, "I guess that guy will show off when I go back this time."

Seeing Nagano Hiroshi's different attitudes towards several people between the lines, Kitahara Akatsuki had some guesses

"As expected, my grandfather treated people differently based on their talent in Yin-Yang magic?"

Seeing Kitahara Akira's heavy face, Nagano Hiroichi thought he was under a lot of pressure and couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry, we will just go back to attend the family meeting this time and won't have any interaction with those guys."

Nagano Hiroichi said as he opened another chocolate and put it in his mouth and started chewing.

"It's up to you whether you want to return to the family or not. No one can restrain you."

Kitahara Akira nodded, indicating that he understood

A few hours later, Nagano Hirokazu's car was parked in the open-air parking lot of a high-end hotel.

"The family is having a banquet here tonight, and all the guests are invited. The specific meeting will be held in the family land tomorrow."

"Partner?" Kitahara Akira asked curiously.

"Yes," Nagano Hiroshi nodded. "In addition to the main and side branches of the family, the family also trained some foreign Onmyojis."

"The old man has reached an agreement with some large and small consortiums or families in Japan to provide them with Onmyoji-related services and protection."

"In contrast, they provide worldly benefits and conveniences to the family."

It seems that this old man is not the kind of guy who sticks to his old ways.

"Mr. Nagano," a woman's voice came from behind.

Hirokazu Nagano looks back at "Ms. Yukinoshita"

Yukinoshita's mother and Yukinoshita Yukino came over

"Good afternoon, Uncle Nagano." Yukinoshita Yukino greeted Nagano Hirokazu first and then looked at Kitahara Akira.

"And Kitahara-kun"

"Ah, good afternoon." Kitahara Akira agreed and looked at Yukinoshita's mother with a smile, "Aunt Yukinoshita, long time no see."

He now understood why Yukinoshita's mother said that when he and Yukinoshita Yukino were caught by her last time when they were walking home together.

"Indeed," Yukinoshita's mother smiled, "Long time no see, Kitahara-kun."

She looked at Nagano Hiroichi and said, "It seems that Mr. Nagano has already told Kitahara-kun."

"Yeah..." Nagano Hiroichi seemed to be relieved. "It's time for Akatsuki to know this."

The two chatted for a while and then tacitly found an excuse to leave, leaving the scene to the two younger generations.

"Ah..." Kitahara Xiao relaxed.

"The little bit of momentum that Kitahara-kun had just had disappeared in an instant," Yukinoshita Yukino mercilessly complained

"Don't worry about it~" Kitahara Akira waved his hand. It was rare for him to relax in front of his peers.

"By the way, I didn't expect you to come here, Yukinoshita."

"I just heard it from my mother too," Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, "But I still don't quite believe in Onmyoji or something like that."

"Well... that's about right." Kitahara Akira didn't care.

He himself has a system plug-in, and his family is an Onmyoji or something, so he can only be a little surprised.

"But since Kitahara-kun is a branch of the Nagano family, does that mean he has become the capitalist I hate the most?"

"I think... something is wrong!" Kitahara Akira woke up

He looked at Yukinoshita Yukino who seemed to be smiling. "I shouldn't have told you this. How did you know about this, Yukinoshita?"

"That's what Hui said when we were chatting," Yukinoshita Yukino replied calmly.

"When did you two become so close?!"

"Don't worry about that, Kitahara-kun."

The two of them walked into the hotel venue while talking.