I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 211: What a shame for the Moon Witch!
If he catches up, the Moon Witch will be humiliated, and then something unexpected may happen to the Mirror Moon.

In order to prevent this from happening, she couldn't let him see the mundane side of the Moon Witch.

Yes, I'm not afraid, I'm just mirroring the moon.

Seeing that Sanae was in a state of confusion, Asuhi held her bag with one hand and ran out of the shrine without looking back. She walked down the tree-lined approach. The girl's crisp footsteps echoed on the empty bluestone approach.

She looked a little dazed, and occasionally thought in her mind what she would do if he caught up with her. She felt a little scared and a little expectant.

Asumi Sanae actually has a good impression of Higashino Yu, but she always feels that they have been together for too short a time and she is not ready yet.

The Moon Witch's Veil should remain mysterious.

Occasionally, there is a blank space as if the thread was disconnected.

Until she accidentally stumbled and almost fell to the ground, and a short warning came from behind: "Be careful!"

Asuhi saw Sanae's back and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly woke up - it was very dangerous to be distracted on such a long downhill staircase.

If you fall, if you are lucky you may just get a bruised face and nose, but if you are unlucky you may even break your neck and become a paraplegic.

The girl obviously understood this truth. She suppressed her confused thoughts, stood still and took a deep breath. She managed to calm down. Then she remembered the voice she had just heard.

Did he catch up with me? Or was it just hallucination?

Asuhi saw Sanae standing there and rubbing her cheeks. Her expression returned to calm. She turned back casually and found that Higashino Yu neither caught up with her nor stopped chasing her.

He was standing at the top of the approach road, looking at himself.

Not an auditory hallucination.

In other words, he also saw how he almost fell just now?
The girl's mind went blank. This was the end of the Mirror Moon, and the Moon Witch's dignity was gone.

She stayed for a few seconds, nodded slightly at him stiffly, turned and left, but this time she was very careful and walked out of the torii gate soon.

After leaving the shade of the town forest, one feels as if one has passed through the barrier between gods and the world. The view in front of one's eyes suddenly becomes bright, and the noise of passing car horns and the scorching sun make one feel the reality.

Asuhi saw Sanae lost in thought beside a stone sculpture of a pair of Komainu and a fox. Now that things had come to this and she had been humiliated, how could she turn the situation around?
She thought for a moment, took out her phone, opened Line, found Dong Yeyu's Line, and was stunned for a second.

His avatar looked a bit strange, a khaki rat man with a steel fork in his right hand and a broken bowl with a few coins in his left hand, as if reaching out of the screen.

The nickname is also weird, Baimao Dasheng.

He seems to like doing these funny things. Asumi Sanae thought to herself, but she didn't pay much attention to it. She quickly pressed on the screen and typed a line of words.

Sir Knight, what just happened involves the safety of the Mirror Moon. The Moon Witch's enemy cast a curse in another timeline, but don't worry, that timeline has been buried by me.

After sending it, after waiting for a while, the message became read and the word "typing" appeared in the avatar box.

"I only have the power of force, and I cannot deal with such a strange and bizarre curse, so I can only pray for you. Please take care of yourself when I am not by your side to protect you."

On the left side of the Torii is a small parking lot attached to the shrine, where the Moon Witch's vehicle has been waiting for a long time.

The driver, dressed in formal attire, smiled and saluted Asumi Sanae, opened the door for her, and after both of them got in the car, the driver asked.

"Miss, where are we going?"

"Return to the Moon Court."

Asumi said softly, seeing that Sanae had regained her composure by this time.

The Toyota Century quickly drove out of the parking lot. She rolled down the car window, squinted her eyes and thought for a moment against the strong wind that blew into the car. Then she took out the notebook from her bag, flipped through it for a while, closed the car window, took out a pen and started writing again.

Although the Kingdom of Night is not as magnificent as the Moon Palace, it also has places worth visiting, and the monsters living here are also quite interesting.

It's just that the Knight has been stationed in the Kingdom of Night for too long and seems to have been infected by darkness. Not only did he lose his manners in front of the King, but he also brought shame to the Moon Witch. According to the Law of the Moon, the Inquisitor should give him severe punishment, but he came here because of my order, so it is my responsibility to make him return to purity.
Miss Moon Witch is a little reckless today. Is she shy because of what I said just now?
Higashino Yu shook her head. She was just being sincere towards her friends. It was really easy for teenage girls to have wrong thoughts.

Puxin Witch, steamed shrimp head.

"Nissan Higashino, is Miss Asumi okay?" Miko stood on tiptoe slightly with her cane and looked down the shrine. She only saw Asumi Sanae's back disappearing over the torii gate.

Dong Yeyu turned around and walked back to the shrine, saying, "It shouldn't be anything, I just think too much."

"That's it."

Miko nodded. Although she didn't like seeing Asumi Sanae and Higashino Yu together, putting that aside, this girl who was a few years older than her and liked to fantasize was still a very nice person.

Not only is she very thoughtful, she also likes to get along with monsters. It makes people feel comfortable to be with her.

Of course, if she appeared with Higashino Yu, it would be annoying.

Yuzi was leaning on a cane, and her brown leather shoes were stepping on the golden spots of light as she followed Dongye Yu with brisk steps.

Can I keep up with Dongye Nissan? The girl was a little happy.

Perhaps it was because the pill was being digested, or perhaps it was because of listening to Higashino Yu's sermon.

It's only been a morning, but my body seems to have relaxed a little, Yu Zi thought.

But in fact, it was Higashino Yu who slowed down so that Yuko could keep up with him - with his ability to control his body, it was easy for people not to notice that he was deliberately slowing down.

It's like exercising. If you can clearly see that you are making progress, most people can stick to it. But if you don't see obvious progress after exercising for a month or two, your enthusiasm will probably be lost.

Higashino Yu wanted to use this incentive method to make Yuko digest the Cao Huan Dan faster, not only to repay the favor, but also to ensure her speedy recovery.

The two walked into the shrine, and Feiyi, who was sitting in the rest area, jumped off the stone bench and walked over.

"Just now an old man came over there and asked us to go eat together." She pointed in the direction of Iori's family courtyard and then asked Higashino Yu, "Do you want to go?"

"That's Miko's grandfather. He invited us, so we just go. Besides, you will inevitably come into contact with them in life when you protect Miko in the future, so it's okay to go and get to know them." Higashino Yu explained, walking towards the courtyard of Iori's house. "By the way, Iori's grandmother cooks delicious food."

Miko's grandparents? Feiyi stood still, not because he was shy or afraid, but because he suddenly thought of the Furukawa family.

Does this mean I have joined the Iori family? But what about the Furukawa family?
They are so poor that the old woman's pension is not enough. Aki can occasionally make a lot of money. She said that it is enough to twist your body in front of men. Why should I twist when I can rob? Humans are always weird. The yellow-haired girl just now was like this, Aki is like this, and Dongye is a bully.

Aji's leg is not healed, Nobuyo lost his job again, and there is Shota, who always dislikes Aji for not calling him dad, but if the Furukawa family is gone...
"Are you thinking about those people? If Feiyi wants, you can go back anytime. I rarely leave Ayasezaka except when I'm at school. But let's eat first."

Miko smiled at her and reached out to take her hand.

When Fei Yi heard this, his eyes lit up.

Yes, protecting Yuko won’t prevent me from helping the old woman.

"Ok!"

The girl grinned, revealing her little fangs, and supported Yuzi as they walked towards the courtyard.

The Japanese-style room used as a dining room by the Iori family has good lighting. At lunch time, all the shoji doors are opened, and it is bright inside. You can see clearly without turning on the lights.

The table was set for lunch, all home-cooked dishes, miso soup, pan-fried fish, grilled squid and taro. Um! Grilled eel?
Last time I said I wanted to eat eel rice, did Miko remember it?
Dong Yeyu looked around for a while and found that there was no one inside.

The elders hadn't taken their seats yet, and it was not convenient for him to enter the restaurant, so he looked around and called out, "Grandpa Iori, we're back."

Just as he finished speaking, a few seconds later the door of the Japanese-style room not far away opened, and Iori Tadamichi and Iori Tomoko walked out.

Dong Ye Yu met their gaze and bowed to them.

The two smiled and nodded in greeting. After approaching, the old man patted Dong Yeyu's shoulder and said, "Let's eat."

As Iori Tadamichi was about to walk into the Japanese-style room, he suddenly saw a girl in a black dress standing next to Miko.

She is about the same age as her granddaughter, and looks quite cute, but has a slightly aggressive look, probably because she has a bad temper.

Is this Miko's classmate? Iori Tadamichi was happy for Miko when he thought of this. Bringing her home meant that she was a good friend. After so many years, Miko finally had a friend in school.

He first showed the girl a kind smile, then looked at Yuzi: "Yuzi, who is this?"

"Grandpa, her name is Tobi." Miko introduced.

"Fei Yi?"

Iori Tadamichi felt a little strange. What parents would give their daughter such a strange name?

But he still nodded and smiled at her: "Welcome to Iori's house, I am Miko's grandfather, Iori Tadamichi, and this is Miko's grandmother, Iori Tomoko."

After hearing this, Fei Yi just nodded and said "hmm", which was quite rude.

Dong Yeyu frowned, but thought that monsters probably had no family education, and killing them without teaching was cruelty, so he didn't say anything, but just reminded: "These two are elders, you should return the gift."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, just a kid."

Tadamichi Iori and Tomoko Iori just smiled and didn't care. It was normal for children to have some lack of family education these days. After all, it was already difficult for adults to support the family.

A child? She was probably older than all five old men put together.

Dong Yeyu pulled the corner of his mouth and explained: "Don't be fooled by her appearance of a little girl, she is actually a big monster. Although she is not good at magic, she is still a very powerful monster if compared with mortals."

"monster?"

Iori Tadamichi frowned and glanced at Higashino Yu first. Seeing that he looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, he pondered for two seconds and walked into the Japanese-style room: "No matter who you are, you are a guest when you come to the Iori family. Come in and talk."

He was not worried. Not to mention that the Inari God and the Gozen Inari named Haruhara were here, judging from the expressions of Ayu and Miko, even if this girl was a monster, she was probably not an evil ghost.

With Ayu's temper, he would even take revenge on Matsushige for making Miko cry. If he were an evil ghost, he would have drawn his sword long ago.

Iori Tomoko said nothing, nodded gently to Feiyi, took Miko's hand and led the others into the restaurant.

Iori Tadamichi was sitting at the head of the table. He waited until everyone was seated before looking at Higashino Yu: "What's going on, Yu, tell me?"

Higashino Yu then described the whole process, "It was roughly like this. After the Gozen Inari conveyed his intentions to Miko, I sent the shikigami to rescue Tobi. Perhaps this monster had a good character and caught the eye of the great god Inari. He will probably work at the Inari Shrine in the future."

"To protect Miko, I wanted to bring her here to meet you two, as I thought she would have to get along with Grandpa Iori and Grandma Iori."

After that, he pressed Fei Yi's head to salute the two old men. The girl struggled for a while, but ended up bumping into the dining table and kowtowed hard.

Damn bully, bastard! Fei Yi covered his head and glared at Dong Yeyu.

Iori Tadamichi nodded thoughtfully. After thinking for a while, he felt that it was feasible. After all, it was a monster that had caught the eyes of the great god Inari. Finally, he asked again, "Is it really a monster?"

"It's really a monster." Dong Yeyu answered seriously: "But her original form is a bit ferocious, it's a big crow, bigger than a bald eagle, I'm afraid it will scare you."

It's impossible to be scared.
Iori Tadamichi has been a priest all his life, so he is still very curious about monsters. However, as an elder, a man in his forties, he is too embarrassed to say that he wants to see a monster.

He was just wondering whether to make this presumptuous request when Grandma Iori looked at his expression carefully, then gave him a helpless look and bowed to Feiyi to express her gratitude.

"Then I'll leave it to Feiyi to take care of Miko from now on."

Fei Yi nodded slightly, turned to face Dong Yeyu's serious expression, pulled the corners of his mouth, and then bowed back: "I understand."

Probably realizing that his wife had seen through his thoughts, the old man smiled a little embarrassedly and clapped his hands: "Okay, there is a new member joining the Iori family today, which is a good thing, let's eat!"

After dinner, Iori's grandmother cleared the table, Iori Tadamichi went to the shrine, Higashino Yu accompanied Miko to the study to play chess, and Tobi sat absent-mindedly beside them.

When Dongye Yu first heard Yu Zi say that she wanted to play chess with him, he almost couldn't help but sneer out loud.

If you're talking about shogi, I don't know how to play it, but I've fought my way through a group of old men in the neighborhood to play Chinese chess. Although I don't have the skills of a professional, beating a Sakura girl like Miko is easy for me, right?
(End of this chapter)