I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 46 Meeting Gift

"Soon after I brought it back, its fur started to grow quickly. It was a very beautiful child. I found that there were some clumps of hair on its body that looked like cherry blossoms, so I named it Sakura. Later."

Sakurada Wakako said this, her eyes gradually became confused, "Later."

She touched her head and gave an apologetic look to Dong Yeyu and the others.

"I have forgotten some of the things that happened afterwards. That's how it is when you get old, your memory is not good. I only vaguely know that something terrible may have happened, and Sakura left here."

"When it appears again, it will be very strong, like a leopard, with two tails, and it can use magic—"

"——Excuse me." Asuhi saw Sanae raised her hand and asked calmly, "What kind of spell is that?"

Sakurada Wakako habitually covered her face with her sleeve while taking a sip of tea and pondered for two seconds.

"Sakura can spit out a cloud of purple mist, which can make anyone who comes into contact with it unconscious. Once, it came to see me and ran into a policeman on night patrol. It used this spell to escape. I don't know much about the rest."

"So now you don't know where Sakura is?"

"It would occasionally come back to look at me, but it would just glance from a distance and then leave immediately."

Sakurada Wakako stared blankly towards the entrance, as if waiting for Sakura to come in through the cat hole specially made at the door.

"That child was still close to humans even though he was covered in wounds. To become like this now, he must have encountered something bad that I can't imagine."

It is impossible to prove whether it is true or not, but the old lady looked so sad that the three of them didn't know what to say to comfort her, so the atmosphere became quiet.

The kittens outside the edge of the yard disappeared at some point, but there was a faint sound of cats meowing coming from somewhere. The courtyard wall, which was divided into light and dark parts by light and shadow, began to change. The morning sun prevailed, and the small courtyard gradually became brighter.

Mingri saw Sanae with her eyebrows lowered, a strand of golden hair slid down from her ear, making her fair cheeks with a little baby fat look even more charming.

She pursed her lips, as if immersed in a story that was hard to tell true from false. The brush in her hands that was constantly writing and painting stopped at some point.

In late spring, a breeze carrying the fragrance of unknown flowers passes by the edge of the house, and the wind chimes make a crisp "ding ding" sound.

The girl came back to her senses, took a deep breath, turned her head, looked at Dong Yeyu, blinked her eyes, and made a recording gesture on her notebook.

Dong Yeyu understood immediately and broke the silence by asking, "Mrs. Sakurada, can you repeat the characteristics of Sakura?"

Sakurada Wakako also woke up from her memories, smiled apologetically for her distraction again, and then said.

"After it became a demon, many of its features disappeared, but the 'cherry blossoms' on its butt still exist, other than that..."

She described Sakura's physical features in great detail, and Asumi Sanae wrote it all down.

Afterwards, Sakurada Wakako stood up, walked to the corridor outside the living room, and waved to Higashino Yu: "Higashino-kun, I have something to give you."

Dong Yeyu pointed at himself, the old lady smiled and nodded, so he stood up.

Mingri saw Sanae frowning slightly at this, and she felt inexplicably uneasy.

I had discovered some irregularities in the yard before. Although Dongye-kun did not give a reason afterwards, he seemed to have discovered something wrong.

But this Mrs. Sakurada seemed very normal, giving people a strange feeling of disconnection.

Although he didn't know the reason, this situation left Higashino-kun alone with Mrs. Sakurada. Asumi Sanae thought about it, reached out and gently pulled his sleeve, stood up, and seemed to want to go together.

Sakurada Wakako's gaze fell on the two of them, and she seemed to remember something and showed an emotional expression.

Then she gently rejected the girl: "This is a private message for the people of Kyoto."

Higashino Yu smiled at Asumi Sanae, indicating that there was no need to worry.

After this investigation, I became curious and wanted to know what exactly happened here.

He was certain that the Mrs. Sakurada in front of him was not a human being - let alone the smell of an old person, she didn't even smell like a human being.

As for whether it has malicious intentions, it seems that it does not have any at the moment. Even if it does, I am not very scared because I am a practicing fox.

Even if the fox fire cannot be defeated, there is still the demon thunder flag. If you can withstand a demon thunder that can destroy the altar and temple, then don't stay in this little house. Go to Izumo Taisha Shrine and pull down Okuninushi. You can sit on it and command the Kunitsu gods. Wouldn't it be great?
When entering the corridor, the light suddenly dimmed. It was obviously very clean, the floor was waxed and looked smooth and bright, but the musty and bloody smell was still stronger.

Higashino Yu felt a little uncomfortable in his nose and rubbed it, but Mrs. Sakurada seemed not to feel anything. She walked in front with quick steps, then turned the corner and went upstairs.

Dong Ye Yu followed behind, and the two of them came to a bedroom.

This is probably Mrs. Sakurada's bedroom. It is simply furnished, the windows are closed, the curtains are drawn, and not a single light comes in. One can only see vaguely with the light from outside the room.

She moved an empty cabinet and placed it on the table, then stepped on it and reached out her hand with some difficulty to feel for something on the lampshade on the ceiling while asking.

"Hitano-kun, has Kyoto changed in these years?"

Kyoto is a rather conservative city and has remained largely unchanged over the years, but tourism has flourished in recent years, and many shrines and temples have undergone large-scale renovations.

Dong Yeyu was afraid that she would fall, so he walked forward and held the cabinet.

"Apart from some normal municipal repairs and maintenance, there seems to be no other changes. The most notable change is that the Golden Pavilion was painted with gold again, which made it very gorgeous."

The Golden Pavilion is a major core building in Rokuon-ji Temple of the Shokoku-ji sect of the Rinzai sect in Kyoto.

In fact, it should be called the Shariden, but because its exterior is covered with gold foil decorations, it is called the Golden Pavilion, and Rokuon-ji Temple is often also called the Kinkaku-ji Temple.

"Golden paint again? I still like the way it was before. I remember going to the shrine with my childhood sweetheart one year. He was a person who didn't understand romance. I always imagined what the Golden Pavilion was like inside. The golden phoenix on the roof was beautiful, but he thought it was just an old house."

Sakurada Wakako talked on and on, smiling at herself.

"But I didn't expect that after so many years away, Kyoto has not changed much. One of the reasons why I left there was because I couldn't stand the unchanging stubbornness and boredom there. The funny thing is that now that I am old, I start to miss the stability of my hometown."

"Tokyo is really not a suitable place for elderly people to live."

"Ah, I found it! That brat missed this place, haha."

Sakurada Wakako looked at the thing in her hand and showed a sly smile that was unique to old people, as if she was playing a trick on the next generation.

With the help of Dong Yeyu, she slowly came down, put the cabinet back to its original position, and handed the things in her hand to Dong Yeyu: "Dong Yejun, please accept it. This is a gift for you."

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