[Comprehensive] Youkai Reemployment Guide

"Seimei," Gui Deng sighed in a familiar tone. He stroked the wooden sign engraved with the words "Abe Seimei", his eyes showed intertwined emotions of nostalgia and guilt. After a while, he seemed to come back to his senses , and handed the wooden sign back to Yingcao, "I didn't expect you to be Abe Seimei's shikigami."

"Master Ghost Lantern, do you know Qingming, Master Qingming?" Yingcao asked eagerly, she couldn't help but grasp the red tassels on the wooden sign, and the bells hanging on it jingled crisply, very much like her heartbeat.

"Well," Gui Deng nodded, and he couldn't help but soften his eyes when looking at Yingcao, "Very capable humans, especially things about monsters, can always be solved easily, and they have helped us a lot, Yan Master Mo also praised him greatly before he left."

Being praised by such a serious Ghost Lantern, Yingcao immediately felt honored, and she puffed up her small chest, "Of course, Mr. Qingming is the best." Because she was in a happy mood, the dandelion in her hand was all over the place. It stretched out, even without the firefly grass infused with demonic power, it was as round as a ball, lightly pulling the firefly grass into the air, and it took a lot of effort for the firefly grass to swing down slowly.

"I heard that Master Seimei is missing." Yingcao frowned and asked Dandelion, when she looked at the ghost lamp, her eyes seemed to be filled with fragile worries, as long as a little weight is applied Broken into boundless water marks, it coincided with the indelible eyes in Ghost Lamp's memory, which made him dazed for a moment, but another name was muttered on his lips, "...virgin."

Seeing Yingcao looking at him suspiciously, Ghost Lamp first tightened the corners of his lips, which suddenly made his face seem to be immersed in black shadows, and there was a ferocious breath of beasts all over his body, a picture of "no one should enter" However, Yingcao is not afraid at all, and as always wants to find the answer, "Master Ghost Lantern?"

"Sorry, did I scare you?" Ghost Lamp restrained his breath, "I just thought of something."

Yingcao hugged the dandelion and shook her head. She is not a monster who can be difficult for others. Usually, when the other party shows obvious resistance, she will definitely not continue to ask. But when it comes to Qingming's father, she does not want to give up the pursuit at all. The answer, even if a fact has been pieced together from Yamata no Orochi, but if there is a one in ten thousand possibility of overturning this terrible conjecture, she will try it, Firefly grass said these sentences like a test , "What is it? It will make Lord Ghost Lamp so difficult."

The first assistant officer of hell is not so easy to fool. The clumsy performance of Yingcao, after witnessing the dead's fancy lies, the ghost lamp can be seen with closed eyes. If it is the dead, it will definitely Already screaming under his mace, but for Yingcao, who was still a cub, his expression slowed down involuntarily, as if he occasionally taught Tanggua and eggplant, and said in a gentle tone, "It's eight As for the news revealed by Qi Dashe, he kept it a secret at the time, but he also revealed some flaws."

One hit kill.

Yingcao stared at the ghost lamp in shock, unable to understand why he would know the source of her news, obviously only two days had passed.

"Don't worry, the underworld is not pretending, well, that thing called monitoring in the human world." Ghost Lantern, who was delighted by Yingcao's expression, said, "During the competition, I saw that strange banner, and the other end of the banner was eight. Orochi Qi, I heard from Xiaobai that Yamato no Orochi seemed to be beaten up by someone, and when I got in touch with this, I thought it was you who did it. Seimei also said that you dragged Yamato no Orochi The feat of running around, he was also intimidated at the time."

"Qingming often mentions you," Guideng sighed, "I also ask Duoyi Po to pay more attention. Every time Yingcao crosses the Santu River, I am very nervous. Counting the days, I am afraid that you will enter the underworld early."

Hearing this, Yingcao's tears swirled in the eye sockets, and two traces flowed down when she gently flapped her eyelashes, Yingcao wiped the corners of her eyes, "It's true, Dad Qingming, I'm the type who doesn't have to worry about it at all. ah."

"No, Seimei once said that with so many shikigami, he is most worried about you," Gui Deng said suddenly, "He is a monster but has a human heart. He should exist freely and freely, but he is easily trapped by his mood. , Carrying too much in my heart, it is too tiring, and it is not suitable for the way of survival of monsters."

This is the second time Yingcao has heard this sentence, she still doesn't understand it, but she seems to have vaguely touched Qingming's father's meaning.

Yingcao remained silent, Gui Deng sighed, and did not move the topic to other places, but continued directly, "Since you are Abe Seimei's shikigami, I think you should have the right to know."

And Yingcao's guess is roughly correct. Since Abe Seimei's soul returned to the underworld, he was unable to reincarnate due to his incomplete soul, and became a prison guard under the recommendation of the ghost lamp.

"Qingming's other half, Hei Qingming, hasn't come to the underworld to report for a long time. I have doubts, and I have been sending jailers to follow up on this matter. Hei Tongzi was in charge of this matter at that time." Lord Guideng said while recalling, "But It was as if there was no news, I felt uneasy at the time, and now I think about it, and I regret it."

"Shortly after, a large number of boys and girls in Yan Mo's book of life and death died, but none of their souls were recovered successfully. There is only one reason for this situation, sacrifice." With the existence of Izanami, Ghost Lamp frowned in disgust, "Tsk, at that time, King Yan Mo had just taken over Hell, and the power of that lord had not been cleared. I couldn't let go, and the other party did it again." It is concealed enough that it is impossible to deduce the cause and effect, so I temporarily asked Bai Tongzi to try to summon the soul first."

Even if it is a sacrifice, there may be remnant souls that have not dissipated in a relatively short period of time. The white boy who is born with the ability to summon souls, if he is lucky, can successfully recruit the remnant souls of boys and girls who have not dissipated.

"After trying many times and failing, when Qingming was pulled over by chance, I succeeded." Ghost Lamp said, but then stopped, Yingcao's heart was desolate, she had a premonition that what she would say next, must be something she didn't want at all. Listening, but she tried hard to suppress her instinct to cover her ears, she had to know what happened.

"The one who summoned you is a virgin, Abe Seimei's virgin."

In an instant, the string split.

When Ghost Lantern heard the news and rushed over, the atmosphere was oppressive like an ice hell with a wind of broken ice. He had never seen such a frosty look on the face of his friend who was always as gentle as the spring breeze. However, under the substantial anger, there was his thin, seemingly vulnerable figure.

The ghost lamp slowly shifted its gaze to the soul-calling array in the complicated lines, and there was a girl sitting kneeling, her beautiful feathers were broken, the once proud feathers were uprooted, and the wings around her ears were almost cruelly broken off Half of it, the scarred body under the feather coat, the naked/exposed skin was soaked in blood, but those eyes stared at Abe Seimei as if she was in a frenzy, she tilted her head, but her tone was the same as before, "Abbe Seimei, I have worked hard, praise me more, okay?"

Ghost Lamp turned her face away, this was after she suffered great pain during her lifetime, even after death, her soul faithfully reflected this, huge, indelible pain, which will accompany her until the last moment , but even in such pain, she responded to Abe Seimei's call in the midst of endless torment.

However, Seimei, who was begged by the virgin in such a gesture, stood motionless on the spot, so cold that he didn't look like him at all. The virgin seemed to cry, but in fact she had no tears at all. After death, tears are already a luxury. She covered her eyes and kept muttering, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Clearly knowing that it is not allowed, clearly knowing that it is not correct, clearly before Qingming's death, he was specially called in front of him and asked him repeatedly, but when he saw Qingming lying on the bed dying and calling his name, Even if he knew that it was not the real Qingming's father, he still committed the crime on his own initiative and hopelessly, as if he had been bewitched.

Deceiving his elder brother, seducing his own clan, offering sacrifices like a pool of blood to hell, and not being reincarnated, but that's not enough, Qingming said, he needs more, and then, it's his turn.

Pull off the feathers first, then cut off the wings, let go of the blood, and cut off the bone marrow. The moment the soul leaves the body, the body is burned by flames. Countless people of the same race are crying in the ear, and the virgin is curled up, lying on the boundless bed. In the midst of the abuse, he closed his eyes forever.

Human beings are really fragile, and they grow old in the blink of an eye, but we who stay in place are still greedy for the warmth he gives.

"No, I should be the one to say I'm sorry." Abe Seimei covered his eyes with his palm, "If it wasn't for my weakness, this incident shouldn't have happened. I have had countless opportunities to confront him in my life. I can decide between life and death, but I despicably wait for the end of my life, relying on the destiny."

"I should have thought about it a long time ago, he won't give up like this," Abe Seimei seemed to have calmed down, but his flat tone made Ghost Lamp feel creepy, "As an onmyoji, he naturally Just do your best to survive.”

"The news from the girl asked us that we killed Hei Qingming's hiding place, but we were a step too late. Only 66 of the [-] pairs of boys and girls were rescued. Under the cover of the big tengu, the seriously injured Hei Sunny is missing."

Yingcao staggered a few steps before she seemed to find the strength to stand still. She didn't know what answer she wanted, but asked stubbornly, "Where is the virgin?"

"It was just a wisp of remnant soul, so it naturally dissipated." Gui Deng turned his face away to avoid the seriousness and said lightly, they all knew that Yingcao didn't want to ask this.

Yingcao chuckled, and sighed, "It's okay if you don't want to say it, I know, Qingming will not forgive her, he has always been a very principled person." Just like he will not forgive himself .

Hotaru, who had prepared for the worst a few days ago, quickly calmed down. If it weren't for her unconsciously trembling shoulders, she would look exactly the same as usual. She told the story of meeting Ibaraki Doji before. , "Although there is no direct evidence, I think Ibaraki Doji should be related to Kuro Seimei."

Ghost Lantern nodded, expressing that he would take this matter to heart and investigate, "Actually, the black and white boy has been tracking this matter. If there is any news, I will let you know."

After thanking Mr. Ghost Lantern and bringing back the reborn who was staying next door, Yingcao looked exactly the same as usual. Ghost Lantern, who was troubled by the new appointment, made a suggestion, "For congratulatory gifts, how about referring to coffee jelly? It should be well received."

However, only Yingcao knows what kind of anger is burning in her heart, and the string called "reason" is dangerously lying on it, and it is only a little bit close to breaking directly, but Qingming's father will not want her Such.

She needs to be calm.

Yingcao told herself over and over again that the pinch marks on the nails between her palms went back and forth between bloodshot and healing, and finally she returned to the calm she should have masochistically.

Yingcao is the omnipotent and courageous Yingcao in Dad Qingming's mind again, and it is also the Yingcao that he is most worried about.

The author has something to say: 13. Among so many shikigami, who do you like the most?

Seimei: I am learning modern words recently. Is this the legendary Shura field? ...Well, from my point of view, every shikigami likes it, but Ebisu is my favorite.

Firefly: Isn't it me? (crying)

Seimei (can’t laugh or cry): Ebisu is a god with great faith in his heart. Talking to him can always benefit a lot, but it always feels very heavy. I can understand the way he is carrying, but I don’t agree.

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14. Do you have any annoying shikigami?

Seimei (categorically): no

Firefly (rolling lips): Ebisu