I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 205 Reward Me
Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami shouted coldly, and immediately Shiori Kaori's scream was heard from the other end of the phone, followed by the slightly muffled footsteps of a girl's bare feet on the waxed wooden floor.

"As soon as they heard that uncle and aunt's condition had stabilized, they both returned to their tempers. If I have offended Dongye-san in any way, I apologize to you on their behalf."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami was probably kneeling while making the call. Her voice was as cold as ever, which made one imagine her kneeling with a dignified manner, her body straight, and her face expressionless as she spoke on the phone.

Higashino Yu guessed that Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami called him specifically because there must be news about the financial allocation from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

She is different from Asumi Sanae. She never makes calls or sends messages unless she has nothing to do. Her Line account remains grey most of the time, as if she is dead.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami is the kind of person who never comes to visit someone unless there is something important. When she calls, it is either for a bad reason or a good reason.

At the moment, it seems that the follow-up to Taoxiang must be coming!

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami, I want you to reward me!

Dong Yeyu was a little expectant, but he still smiled half politely and half sincerely.

"Ms. Shiori and Ms. Kaori are both very cute. After Momogo, they can be considered as companions who lived and died together. It is not rude, let alone offensive. Jinguji-san is too kind."

"Mr. Jinguji and Mrs. Jinguji were not in good condition before, so I was worried that Miss Shiori and Miss Kaori might be too sad. Now that I see that they have recovered, I am relieved."

Dong Yeyu paused here and rubbed his hands: "Well, it's been a long time since I last saw Jinguji-san. I wonder if you called me for something?"

"How long?" Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami on the phone was a little confused: "It's not even a week."

"Really? Ahem, what I meant is that there's an old saying in Shenzhou, 'One day without seeing you feels like three years have passed.' Suddenly, it feels like I haven't seen Jinguji-san for a long time."

"Higashino Nissan means he's missing his cousin." Kaori's voice came from far away on the phone.

Then Shiori's voice came: "But when my cousin was busy, Tono Nissan was not with her at the time. My cousin was not happy. If the confidentiality reward agreed last time is to our liking, ah - run!"

dong dong dong dong!

After a burst of screams, there was the sound of panicky footsteps.

The call volume of the fruit phone was not loud, but Yu Zi was not sitting opposite, but on the left hand side of Dongye Yu, which happened to be the direction where the phone was held, so she could vaguely hear the noise.

There were three girls, two of them were about the same age as me, and one was also very young.

I haven’t heard of Dongye Nissan. Did you meet him in Taoxiang?
Yu Zi's heart tightened. He was curious about the identities of these people, but also became alert.

However, Dongye Yu was on the phone and she didn't want to disturb him. She just ate noodles quietly and slowly. Although the taste was not to her liking, it was the meal made by Dongye Nissan and her grandmother said that food should not be wasted.

"The bounty from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been allocated. Higashino-san's bounty is 600,000 yen plus a certificate of commendation."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's voice didn't change much, but he still paused and explained, "The bounty is a bit small. It is said that their provincial funding is very limited by the Ministry of Finance."

"Another main reason is that Higashino-san doesn't have a formal demon exorcist qualification certificate. If he did, there would be more. I suggest that Higashino-san go to the Ministry of Religious Studies and Humanities to register for a certificate."

Six hundred thousand? Although it is three times the original amount, it is a little too little, right?

Although Higashino Yu was mentally prepared, he was still quite disappointed.

In the past life, there were many online novels about this kind of monster world. People who dealt with monsters could easily earn millions of dollars, but I was left with only a few hundred thousand yen?
Higashino Yu thought for two seconds and probably figured out the reason.

Although the fact is that he summoned thunder to kill Ueda Kagemasa, most people don't know it.

Because of his transformation, he rarely appeared in the battle of Taoxiang. In the eyes of many demon hunters, his presence was probably only slightly stronger than invisibility. Later, when he took them to Hishizawa Shrine to rescue Jinguji Nobuaki, his presence was stronger.

In the eyes of most people, the main C who can solve the problem of Uda Kagemasa is the divine thunder that came from nowhere and will most likely be pinned on the head of a certain Kunitsu God.

The assistants are those big monsters, and I, Monk Renshu and others are just on the sidelines. At most, our "Shikigami" is more eye-catching.

However, seeing that the funds for the Ministry of Religion and Culture are all allocated by the Ministry of Finance, even if Summon Thunder in human form gets the main credit, it probably won't be a one-time reward of much money. I guess some officials will come to recruit him.

Then you find yourself still studying, and perhaps there will be various subsidy policies for tuition and living expenses, and then after graduation you will have an invisible reward of a direct track to become a civil servant in the Ministry of Religion and Humanities.

After all, seeing that Takigawa Tadahiro and his entire Mobile Course were able to fight back and forth with scientific monsters like Tobi, there were no truly powerful characters - most of these people were in the hands of feudal legacy forces like the demon-hunting families.

Therefore, the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology should urgently need strong enough wild demon hunters to join.

Of course, these are all ideal situations. After all, I can't change back to human form and summon a group of thunder gods naked, right?

Having 600,000 yen helped me get out of the difficult situation after sending money back to Sunshine Garden. I no longer have to eat instant noodles every day, and I still have money to buy an electric scooter for commuting.

Higashino Yu was really fed up with Tokyo's crowded subway, especially when going to school every day, when students and office workers mixed together. Often when there were so many people, the subway staff even had to help push and squeeze to get as many people as possible on the subway, resulting in him always being surrounded by people when going to school.

So I still thanked him politely: "Thank you for your hard work, Jinguji-san. I will visit the office of the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology when I have time."

“It’s all I should do.”

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami said softly.

"There is one more thing. I told my father about Higashino-san sending a shikigami to protect me and Shiori Kaori in Taoxiang. The situation was extremely dangerous at the time. Thanks to Higashino-san's shikigami, otherwise Shiori Kaori and I would have died in the fog. After hearing this, my father decided to come to thank him today."

"Come today?"

When Dong Yeyu heard this, he looked around his own pitiful ten square meters. Even the entertaining classmates thought it was shabby, only Miss Moon Witch and Miko didn't mind.
Moreover, it would be better to do something practical than to go in person to express gratitude. However, if you say it directly like that, it would seem a bit too money-minded. Dong Ye Yu still cares a lot about his reputation, so he reminded him.

"Jinguji, don't you know the situation of my home? It's just a shabby little apartment of about ten square meters. There aren't many high-end places in Kita Ayase. If a big shot like your father comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain him well."

"Don't worry. My father is not the kind of person who would bully the weak and only care about material things."

"That's all right. When will your father come?"

"Is Higashino-san free this morning?"

"In the morning."

Dong Yeyu pondered for two seconds. This morning, he had to study with Miko, and then let Miss Moon Witch communicate with Fei Yi. He probably didn't have time to entertain the Jinguji family. Besides, there were guests at home, so if it could be arranged, it would be better to stagger them.

If Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's father comes over in the afternoon, I can send the money after seeing them off. By the way, I can use the 600,000 yen sent by Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami to buy a small electric scooter and ride it back. It will be much more convenient for me to go home after studying at school or working part-time in the future.

After making arrangements in his mind, Dong Yeyu asked, "Is this afternoon okay?"

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami hesitated for two seconds and said, "I will tell my father later, and then I will tell Higashino-san the exact time."

"Okay, see you then?"

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Higashino Yu was slurping noodles while thinking about how to spend the 600,000 yen.

Miko put down her chopsticks. She had finished the noodles in the bowl, leaving a bowl of soy sauce-colored noodle soup with oil oozing out of it. She naturally raised her head and met Higashino Yu's gaze.

"Are there any guests coming? Do you want me to go back first?"

"No, I'll ask them to come back in the afternoon or at another time. Yuzi, you learn first. I'll eat the noodles and clean up first."

Dong Ye Yu finished the noodles in a few bites and drank the soup. He cleaned up the tableware, washed the rice cooker and put it away, then sat down at the small square table and put his homework and exercise books on the table.

He turned sideways and glanced at Yuzi's homework. He didn't find any problems, so he said softly, "If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

Miko's feet, which were wearing white cotton socks, were slightly curled.

"I will. But compared to studying, I still have no clue about the sitting and forgetting that Tono Nissan taught me last time."

If you can easily sit and forget without learning the Pure and Tranquil Sutra, then I would like to call you a natural born holy body.

Dong Yeyu explained: "That's because you haven't finished learning the scripture I taught you before. Study and do your homework first, and I will continue to teach Yuzi the rest of the scriptures later."

"Yeah." Yuzi nodded slightly.

She enjoyed learning Chinese characters and the ancient Chinese text called "The Book of Purity and Tranquility" with Higashino Yu, not because she realized how precious this ancient text was.

So the two of them sat at the small square table and began to do their homework. It seemed that Yuko had encountered a lot of problems in her studies today.

Sometimes she would come to him with a question and Dong Ye Yu would take a look and give the solution on a piece of draft paper.

After the explanation, she quickly raised some key questions without thinking, and Dong Ye Yu explained these questions one by one, and this cycle continued.

Although this girl has a lot of homework that she doesn't know how to do, she seems to have a strong understanding.

Dong Ye Yu thought to himself that it was much easier to teach such a person than those who would make mistakes even after being told the same thing over and over again. Even if you needed to break it down and explain it to her, she would be able to learn it after just one explanation.

As it approached nine o'clock, the temperature gradually rose and the sunlight outside began to become less pleasant.

Higashino Yu turned on the old oscillating electric fan, thinking in his mind that he would take on more tasks after obtaining the demon exorcist certificate, and try to get the small air conditioner back as soon as possible. If that didn't work, he would have to find Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami to learn a cooling spell.

It's unbearable to live without air conditioning in Tokyo in the summer.

Bang bang bang~
As the electric fan started up weakly, the wind with a slight smell of rust brushed across his face like a veil, and Xiuji's eyelids began to droop.

It had just eaten a large bowl of mixed grains for breakfast, and after trying to perform its duties as Zuoemon for half an hour, it began to feel sleepy.

Looking at his lord and princess who were talking to each other in words that the bird could not understand, Xiuji smacked his beak and began to comb his feathers again.

He didn't think this kind of life was boring. Before he met Dong Ye Yu, he had to keep one eye open even when sleeping, for fear of being eaten by some monster.

Now that he can have three meals a day and be safe, Xiu Ji has nothing to say but gratitude. He can never repay his lord's kindness.

What's more, seeing that my lord may become a demon king-level figure in the future, as a minister in the palace, I still have a lot of room for improvement!
Xiuji was thinking in his mind whether he should become the Shogun or the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Higashino Shogunate in the future.

I don't know when it squatted there, its head drooped as if it was dead and it fell asleep.

Dong Yeyu noticed this but didn't wake him up.

Xiuji had indeed practiced all night last night, and it seemed that he had learned from his mistakes and was now more courageous than before. In addition, he had to spend several days a week visiting various cities to check on the living conditions of his benefactors. Therefore, it was rare for Xiuji to have a chance to rest at home.

They studied like this until around ten o'clock, when they had finished today's study. When Higashino Yu was about to continue teaching Yuko Chinese and the Pure and Tranquil Sutra, Miss Moon Witch called.

"Sir Knight, the light of the mirror moon has fallen outside your castle."

Dong Yeyu thought for a moment and replied, "I will open the front door wide and invite the moonlight in."

Asumi saw Sanae was stunned for a second, and replied softly: "You said it very well, please don't keep me waiting."

How about buying a collection of Shakespeare's poems or something someday? It seems that Miss Moon Witch really likes this kind of dramatic style of second-year dialogues.

Dong Ye Yu could feel the girl's joy and was thinking in his heart.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Xiuji, who was pretending to be awake because she was awakened by the sound of his voice, smiled, gave a brief explanation to Miko, got up and went out to pick up Asumi Sanae.

When I came downstairs, I saw the girl standing outside the door of the apartment. Even in the bright sunlight that illuminated the world, her brilliance could not be concealed.

Miss Moon Witch's outfit today is the same as the last time she investigated Nekomata. She wears a white lace shirt with a light blue vest, a Krabat scarf and a gemstone iris brooch. She wears a dark blue windbreaker as an outer garment, dark blue breeches as a lower garment, and a pair of black leather women's flat knight boots that are convenient for running.

Her bright golden hair was tied into a simple and neat right bun, and she wore an elegant Borsalino tweed hat with a French blue ribbon wrapped around the hat and a delicate bow tied on the right side.

On her shoulder was a small women's shoulder bag with a mysterious theme that belonged exclusively to the Moon Witch.

She stood in the sun, ignoring the curious glances from passers-by. The moment she saw Dong Ye Yu, her ice-blue eyes seemed to light up instantly. She took off her hat gracefully and saluted Dong Ye Yu, like a real moon witch.

(End of this chapter)