Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

'I cannot betray my wife!!!'

Well, that's how it is. Hayasaka Nao secretly made up her mind that if Gu Yun confessed to her next, she would definitely refuse him tactfully and say that she only wanted to be Gu Yun's older sister for life.

"Naiyo-nee?"

Gu Yun noticed that Nao Hayasaka's eyes were flickering, clearly indicating that she was thinking about something.

"I'm sorry, young master, please reconsider this matter. Madam will not agree!"

"Aha?"

Gu Yun was stunned for a moment; he didn't understand what Hayasaka Nao meant.

In fact, the reason why Gu Yun called Hayasaka Nao his family was because he intended to show her the world of yokai.

As the manager of the Iijima family, Hayasaka Nao is the person that Tanigumo and Iijima Tamaki trust the most.

She will find out about the existence of demons sooner or later.

Rather than scaring the other person later, it's better to be honest now.

"I think my mother will agree."

"!!!"

Gu Yun's words struck Hayasaka Nao like a thunderbolt. The usually calm girl blushed and her voice became unsteady: "But, but young master, you are still so young."

"So small?"

Gu Yun's eye twitched. He realized that the other party had definitely misunderstood: "Wait, Sister Naiyang, calm down first. I think we may have misunderstood each other."

"Hey?"

Hayasaka Nao was also taken aback; she had just been too excited.

Once she calmed down, the girl realized just how absurd and shameless her thoughts had been.

At that moment, the girl's gaze became empty, her eyes falling into a deathly stillness.

‘It’s over. ’

'Young Master must think I'm a shameless woman.'

"How interesting, young lady."

"who?!"

Hayasaka Nao's expression changed, and almost instinctively she shielded Gu Yun behind her.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a strange, handsome young man dressed in a kimono and wearing a demon mask, who had appeared beside her at some point.

With such unusual attire, is she a child from the neighborhood?

"Don't be nervous, Nao-nee."

Gu Yun explained, "This is Prajna, and also my family."

"A relative's child?"

Upon hearing the word "family," Hayasaka Nao assumed the person was a relative of the Iijima family, and wondered if Tanigumo had come here just to play with him.

"Ah, no, no, it's Prajna, it's a demon."

"Aha?"

Hayasaka Nao looked at Gu Yun with a puzzled expression.

The concept of "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome) didn't exist in this era, so she only took Gu Yun's words as a joke.

Monsters and such? How could such things possibly exist in this world?

"How can you prove it?"

"Prajna, is it alright if I float?"

Prajna can indeed manipulate the power of curses, but this energy is invisible to those without the ability to see ghosts.

This also includes various spells, as well as the light of spiritual energy.

It would be quite troublesome to let Nao Hayasaka see the supernatural world through these means.

So Gu Yun chose the simplest method, letting Prajna use a curse to lift him up, making him float in mid-air.

"this!"

Such a strange scene was truly beyond Hayasaka Nao's expectations.

"Etc., etc."

The girl rubbed her forehead, feeling that her worldview had been somewhat shaken: "This is magic, right? This child is actually a magician."

"It's not magic, Nao-nee."

As soon as Gu Yun finished speaking, Prajna waved her sleeve and released a massive amount of curse power at the trees beside her.

In an instant, thick black mist condensed, transforming into a terrifying storm that swept up a rock, causing it to tumble and spin in the air.

"Boom!"

With a clench of his right hand, Prajna shattered the rocks in mid-air.

"this…"

Nao Hayasaka was stunned; the scene before her completely overturned her worldview.

The girl couldn't see the dark magic, so in her eyes, the rocks rose into the air under an invisible force and shattered under an unknown pressure.

"Demons, are there really demons?"

"noob."

Gu Yun smiled slightly and summoned Xiao Bai.

"Little White is here!"

A white fox leaped out from within the shadow of Gu Yun. Hayasaka Nao's eyes widened: "It...it...did it talk?"

"Yes, Little White can talk."

"monster…"

Nao Hayasaka now believes it, but what she can't understand is why Tanigumo possesses such power.

"Young master, are you an Onmyoji? Or... or are you a yokai?"

Although monsters and such are somewhat scary, a young master is still a young master.

Even if it's a yokai, Hayasaka Nao will serve it faithfully.

“How could I possibly be a monster?” Gu Yun said, both amused and exasperated. “I am human, but not an Onmyoji.”

Modern people often associate Onmyoji with shikigami and exorcists, but in this world, Onmyoji are capitalists who specialize in divination and stand at the pinnacle of humanity.

"The Iijima family has such a secret!"

After Gu Yun's explanation, Hayasaka Nao learned about the deeds of Iijima Tamaki and Gu Yun, including the spiritual power in the Iijima family's bloodline.

Nao Hayasaka was already quite surprised, but when she heard that the Iijima family was also a family with a history of supernatural abilities, she became extremely excited.

This kind of plot development, which is like something out of a fantasy novel, even made a usually calm and intelligent girl start imagining it.

'Could it be that the young master and his wife are exorcists hiding among the common people?'

'To protect the world of ordinary people from invasion, they fight against monsters.'

'Does the lady actually go out to exorcise spirits every night?'

Nao Hayasaka already deeply admired and appreciated Tamaki Iijima, and this thought only fueled her admiration.

"It's not that exaggerated. Besides, my mother can only see monsters; she doesn't know magic."

Hayasaka Nao is the closest person to Gu Yun and his mother. To her, it's best to be honest: "However, my spiritual power is stronger, so I can command shikigami."

"The reason I came here today is to prepare to summon a new shikigami."

"A new shikigami? A yokai?"

Hayasaka Nao is now obsessed with the Iijima family's setting and is extremely excited about the shikigami that Tanigumo will summon.

"Naiyo-nee, have you heard of Momiji? You know, Momiji-gari."

Legend has it that in ancient Japan, there was a couple who had no children in their old age. They often went to temples to pray for a child, but their wish was never fulfilled.

The elderly couple, desperate for a child, even resorted to unorthodox methods, praying to Maheshvara, the sixth demon king, the highest demon king in the Desire Realm, for a child.

Soon after, the old woman became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Wu Ye, who was actually the daughter of the Demon King in disguise.

As Wu Ye grew up, she not only possessed unparalleled beauty, but was also proficient in playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing, making countless men in the vicinity dream of her.

A powerful man used his influence to coerce the two elders into marrying Wu Ye to him. Left with no other choice, Wu Ye turned to the Sixth Heavenly Demon King for help.

The Demon King bestowed upon Wu Ye demonic powers, and she used a maple leaf as a substitute to marry into a wealthy family. She then moved to Heian-kyo with the elderly couple, adopting the alias Momiji.

Soon, Momiji's beauty and talent spread throughout the capital, and suitors flocked to her. In the end, the garrison commander of Mutsu, Minamoto no Tsunemoto, took Momiji into his household as a concubine.

Momiji was unwilling to remain a concubine. She regarded Genji's wife as a thorn in her side and was determined to replace her. To this end, she cursed Tachibana Gozen at night, causing her to fall seriously ill.

Minamoto no Tsunemoto's son, Minamoto no Mitsunaka, became suspicious and invited the great Onmyōji, Kamo no Tadayuki.

Kamo no Tadayuki eventually discovered Momiji's identity and banished the demoness to Togakushi.

Unwilling to accept defeat after being expelled, Hongye resolved to take revenge and gathered bandits and outlaws to wreak havoc everywhere.

Upon learning of this, the imperial court dispatched General Ping Weimao to quell the rebellion.

As a result, the army was defeated by Momiji's sorcery in the very first encounter.

In order to fight against the red leaves, Taira no Koremoto fasted and practiced asceticism for seventeen days. Finally, he received a divine messenger from the Bodhisattva Hachiman, who gave him a precious sword.

And so, Ping Weimao beheaded Hongye with his divine sword. With Hongye dead, all of his bandits were wiped out.

Centuries later, the Sixth Demon King, seeking revenge for his daughter's death, reincarnated as Oda Nobunaga and became an enemy of Buddha.

"Aren't the 'momiji-gari' monsters terrifying yokai?"

The erudite Nao Hayasaka had naturally heard the story of Momiji, and in that legend, Momiji didn't seem like a good person.

"Ah, no, no."