Vientiane Senro

Xiaohumaru walked on the avenue at night.The night was quiet and silent. Compared with the night when Kaguya Ji talked with the Void Demon the night before, the environment was much darker and colder.

It rained heavily during the day today, and the terrain in some places was not good enough for the water to pour down, mixed with the mud left by driving, and it was not suitable for passers-by to walk.But this is not the modern age when the public construction is well done, so Xiaohumaru didn't complain. He held his own sword and was walking from the prince's mansion of Heihu to the shrine outside the city... The gods still have subordinates in this ancient era, Xiaohumaru said that this is also quite interesting.

He didn't want to think about the affairs of the time government. Since he was born from the sword that was born from the Honmaru of the God Judge, and he also recognized that extraordinary young man as his master, as long as the God Judge doesn't do anything Any bad thing that can cause all the swords in the entire Honmaru to fall in the dark, his loyalty to his master will be like the bright moon in the sky, as clear as washing.

A dark cloud drifted past, covering most of the body with the moon as bright as silver.

"Young samurai," a hoarse gravel-like voice sounded from a dark corner, "Do you want to buy powder?"

Xiaohuwan was startled, he was about to pull out the sword in his hand, his eyes widened slightly, and he saw an old woman with a hunched body coming out of the dark night, her cheeky face There are many ravines on the top, drooping eyes, and dry lips like firewood. She is wearing a sloppy kimono. It seems that she is worried that the rain will continue, so there is a brown oil-paper umbrella under the creaking nest. She holds a Seeing the look in Xiaohuwan's eyes, she smiled kindly: "The young man is in such a hurry, is he going to meet the sweetheart he never forgets? Why don't you dress up a bit to meet the sweetheart Here I am, with the high-quality rouge powder that the nobles in Kyoto are vying for. If you apply it, it must be more handsome. No matter which girl it is, it will definitely fall in love with you. , this person, doesn't he rely on clothes..."

"You..." Xiaohuwan was a little speechless, he felt his forehead twitching: "Old woman, you are in the rouge and gouache business, shouldn't you go to those women who love beauty..."

"Ah, you men," the mother-in-law sighed, "you both love beauty, but you are also shy and unwilling to admit it. Look at the nobles in the palace, is there any one who doesn't dress up? Pretty? Not only women want to put on powder, but also men. I don’t know how many men who want to be liked by Kaguya Hime patronize my business. Now, it’s men’s business that is better! "

"Can it still be like this?" Xiaohuwan is a sword with some history. Knowing that in the early era, it was not unbelievable for men to wear makeup and skirts. He shook his head and did not want to try the old woman wine. The meaning of smearing powder in the pot is just a slight smile: "Even if what you said is reasonable, but ah, I dare not use your things."

"Huh?" The old lady was a little surprised: "Young man, why do you say that..."

"Swipe—" A flash of sword light lit up in the dark night, the rustling sword edge was more piercing than the cold wind at night, projected into the old woman's haggard eyes, and instantly snatched away the light of the moon in the high sky.She let out a cry of pain, and the umbrella in her hand fell to the ground together with the jug, and her whole body turned into a mass of fleeing shadows, and her sharp voice shouted in the distance: "Ah! You should die!"

Xiao Humaru flicked the blade of the sword in his hand with some dissatisfaction, he sneered, and said in a low voice: "A monster actually hit my head with ideas, I really don't pick it. I don't even look at myself. Is it human in the end?"

It's a pity that although he made a contribution with one blow, he still didn't completely keep the monster.The ghost of this old woman reminded Kohomaru of the legend that was spread in people's mouths later. It was said that there was a "white|pink woman" who deceived girls to apply powder. She used a gentle and friendly disguise to sell powder that was said to make people beautiful. , after painting the girl's young and vibrant face, and collecting the fallen human skin... It is a monster that makes women fear.

Thinking of this, Xiaohumaru raised his hand and touched his face.Now even men have to learn to protect themselves?In other words, if there is a demand, there will be a market. The group of men chasing after Kaguya Ji's skirt are really persistent and crazy.

"Zheng—" He put the knife back into its sheath, without thinking too much, and started on the road back to the shrine.

In the mid-air that he couldn't see, a monster that was nothingness in nature was silently smiling and looking down on all this. After being seriously injured and defeated, the smile on its face became even more exaggerated, "Sure enough," the Void Demon felt as if he had found something interesting: "The prince's abandonment was not a simple matter."

Although it was strange for the sudden change of the prince, the Void Demon knew that it was just out of its own curiosity.Since it came down from the moon, it will find it very interesting to look at everything in this world.Unlike Kaguya Hime who was caught in the predicament of being proposed, the character of the Void Demon is even worse. In the past, it was threatened by the existence of Tsukiyo Mito, although because of its own nature, there is no It was discovered, but after all, it was bound by its personality, and after it came to the earth and was liberated, it completely followed its own temperament, otherwise, it would not have behaved so frivolously in the conversation with Kaguya Ji .

It didn't care about the Bai|Fenpo who was lured here by it, but just looked at Xiaohuwan. "Fu Sangshen?" After the other party let go of his aura, it saw through Xiaohuwan's essence, rolled its eyeballs, laughed, and followed Xiaohuwan's body silently. Float behind.

The night city gates of Kyoto City have been closed, but this can only prevent the passage of humans, and it has little effect on those non-human creatures.Now is not the Heian era in the future, without Abe Seimei setting up a large-scale barrier covering all the buildings in Kyoto City. Although there are some restrictions, it still cannot prevent some demons.

Xiaohumaru walked briskly into the unnamed shrine outside the city, saw his figure disappear behind the open gate, but the void demon stopped his erratic body far away.

"This familiar feeling..." The Void Demon narrowed his eyes, and it immediately recognized the shrine of a god in front of him.

"This kind of field," Void Demon was startled: "How could it be those wild gods without names?"

It feels like it was completely wrong to begin with.Because I eavesdropped on the conversation between Xiaohumaru and the black fox prince, I thought that the unlucky prince was deceived by a wild god with ulterior motives. Human-swallowing monsters do little harm. If ordinary people fall into their traps, they will not only lose themselves, but it is common for family members, friends, and even bloodline descendants to be harmed.

It looked far away, and when it saw that the name of the god was not written on the forehead in the middle of the torii gate, its thoughts suddenly surged.It feels like it has smashed through the plan of a certain god, even the name can be erased, isn't it just trying to hide its identity?If you didn't want to do some unknown things, how could you deliberately hide it?The gods are the most upright group of people in this world. They are noble and powerful, so what makes them act quietly?

Could it be related to Kaguya Hime who was demoted to the human world?

After retreating for a moment, the Void Demon sneaked in silently with the excitement of peeking at the secret.

Until it heard the voice of conversation inside.

"Heihu has given up his pursuit of Kaguya Ji," Xiaohumaru reported the information he collected this time: "He wants to ask you, if he interfered in the change of state power, do you know Will it affect you?"