My life in the underworld begins at the Takayanagi family!

“I’m not part of your team, so there’s no need to use this tactic against me.”

I'll be leaving town in a couple of days, so you don't need to worry about me causing too much of a disturbance.

The fact that Ichiro Takayanagi was willing to leave the small town relieved Naoto Nagisa on the other end of the phone.

"Patriarch Takayanagi, I have no intention of sending you away."

However, it may take some time for the impression of small towns on outsiders or big cities to change.

If our town ever truly needs outside support in the future, I will appeal to the Takayanagi family. I hope the head of the Takayanagi family will not refuse.

“I have a very good impression of this town. If there is anything I can do to help, Mr. Councilor, please just ask.”

"Dinner is ready..."

This is the voice of Amaneme Ei; she has already prepared dinner.

“Head of the Takayanagi family, then I will not disturb your gathering of friends.”

After Naoto finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately, without any intention of asking his daughter to come home right away, because he believed that Ichiro Takayanagi would definitely not bully his daughter.

.............

Nagisa family.

Without Nagisa Ichiyo, the eldest daughter, the family members were not feeling very comfortable. In fact, Nagisa Naoto had no intention of eating.

"Nogizaka-san, you and that girl from Ifukube are good friends, right?"

Naoto Nagisa looked at the maid in the house, Hatsuka Nogizaka.

Nogizaka Hatsuka is Nagisa Ichiyo's personal maid, and she should actually be by Nagisa Ichiyo's side right now.

However, Nagisa Ichiyo rejected her both days ago, but Nagisa Naoto didn't blame her.

Because Nogizaka Hatsuka only found a job in their family, not the kind of maid that has been there for generations.

If Naoto Nagisa didn't have a good reputation in this town, some people might think he used money to win over Hatsuka Nogizaka.

"Yes, we have a pretty good relationship. He seems to have been busy lately, and there's Mr. Gao Liu, an outsider, behind him."

When faced with Naoto Nagisa's question, Hatsuka Nogizaka made no attempt to hide anything.

"When you're resting in the future, you can visit Ifukube Yashiro more often. I think the relationship between Ifukube Yashiro and the head of the Takayanagi family is definitely not simple."

Of course, I'm not asking you to dig up any confidential information; I just want you two friends to communicate more.

"I understand."

Naoto Nagisa understood what Hatsuka Nogizaka meant, but she didn't expose him because she was also curious about the changes in Yashiro Ifukube.

.............

"Ying, your cooking is so delicious, even better than the cooking of the chefs in my family."

After eating the dinner prepared by Akira Amane herself, Ichiyo Nagisa gave extremely exaggerated praise, completely disparaging her family's chef.

It's certainly a happy thing to receive praise for the dinner you made, but Emi Amane didn't get carried away.

"Yiye, you used to bring two lunches to school, which must have been carefully prepared by the chefs at home, right?"

I think their skills are far superior to mine; I could never reach that level.

Chapter 501 Ying: You should also hold Yiye's hand.

This isn't the first time Nagisa Ichiyo has been this kind to Amatsume Ei.

Back in school, I often shared lunch with Akira Amamiya.

Those lunches were quite lavish, and Emi Tamamo-no-Mae believed that her culinary skills were definitely no match for the chefs at Nagisa Ichiyo's house.

"They all took advantage of the cheap ingredients. If they used the same ingredients as Ying, the dishes they made would definitely not be as good as Ying's."

It's rather strange that Akira Amami praised the chefs in Nagisa Ichiyo's household, while Nagisa Ichiyo thought they couldn't compare to Akira Amami's culinary skills.

"Have you ever thought that if Ying were to cook those high-quality ingredients, her poor cooking skills would also be exposed?"

Therefore, everyone has their own strengths, and there's no need to deliberately belittle others.

As soon as Takayanagi Ichiro finished speaking, Amamiya Ei nodded in agreement with his explanation.

Akira Amane was able to cook some meals for Ichiro Takayanagi and Ichiyo Nagisa because she knew that they would like her cooking; she never thought about comparing herself to others.

Nagisa Ichiyo now has more faith in Takayanagi Ichiro, because the way her father talks to Takayanagi Ichiro doesn't seem like an equal relationship; rather, it seems like he's inferior to her.

If it were an equal dialogue, they would definitely make me go home after meeting with Amamiya Ei here, and wouldn't be able to stay out overnight.

However, after learning that Takayanagi Ichiro was also at the shrine, her father no longer wanted her to go back.

Moreover, what Takayanagi Ichiro said was more accurate. Now that he had tasted the dishes personally prepared by Amamiya Akira, he didn't ask for anything more.

"I understand, I won't speak ill of my family's chef anymore," Nagisa Ichiyo immediately assured Takayanagi Ichiro and Amamiya Akira.

"Mr. Takayanagi, please rest outside. I'll go and tidy up these things first."

Today, Emi Tamamo is saying goodbye to her life here for good, so she has to do everything herself.

Nagisa Ichiyo had no intention of helping, because she knew her own limitations.

In the past, helping would only make things worse; it would be better to let Amamiya Eri have an easier time on her own.

Takayanagi Ichiro and Nagisa Ichiyo are free again, and now Nagisa Ichiyo can't chat with Takayanagi Ichiro as easily as before.

"Yiye-kun, I don't remember doing anything to you, so why do you seem like a frightened bird or beast to me right now?"

Hearing Takayanagi Ichiro compare him to a bird or beast, Nagisa Ichiyo wasn't angry. Instead, she asked somewhat nervously:

"Mr. Takayanagi, may I ask who you are?"

What do you want to ask?

Ichiro Takayanagi did not give an answer, but instead asked this question.

“If you, Mr. Takayanagi, were just someone with a little money and a little power, I would certainly feel more at ease letting Ei follow you.”

But after listening to the conversation between you, Mr. Takayanagi, and my father, I realize that your background is even more impressive than I thought.

Such a person would abandon others without any hesitation, so I'm a little worried.

Nagisa Ichiyo was never worried that Takayanagi Ichiro posed any threat to her; what she was worried about was that Takayanagi Ichiro would abandon Amatsume Akira.

If Takayanagi Ichiro's status and power were lower, Nagisa Ichiyo would be confident that she would seek revenge against him.

However, Takayanagi Ichiro's identity and background are now extraordinary, and even Nagisa Ichiyo has no way to deal with it. She can only choose to find out the truth.

"I think you don't need to worry about this at all, Yiye. Didn't you realize my attitude towards Ying just now?"

Upon hearing this, Nagisa Ichiyo recalled the situation that had previously made her envious and nodded slightly.

"Also, as I've said before, I won't force Ying to live in the outside world with me."

According to her thinking, she would definitely stay in this small town because there are things and people she cares about in this town.

This town is practically your territory. Even if I had some bad intentions, I believe you have the ability to stop me.

This is obviously an exaggeration of the Nagisa family's strength. If Takayanagi Ichiro really wanted to cause trouble here, the Nagisa family would have no ability to resist him.

However, Nagisa Ichiyo believes that her family is quite powerful here, and if there is any conflict here, she can really take good care of Akira.

“Mr. Takayanagi, I didn’t mean to target you, I just wanted to protect Ei.”

"Yes, we have the same goal."

"What are you talking about protecting me? Is there something wrong with me?" Tiannv Muying's voice came over. She had just finished dealing with everything.

Unfortunately, I only heard the latter part of the conversation, which is why I have some questions.

“Mr. Takayanagi is going back to his original world in a couple of days, which is why I said I would protect Ei.”

Nagisa Ichiyo didn't want Amamiya Akira to know more, and soon a new explanation came out.

“Mr. Takayanagi can come back anytime he wants.” Akira Amane thought it was no big deal. If Takayanagi Ichiro wanted her, he could come back. She wouldn’t have any objections.

“That makes sense. I will definitely come back often.” Takayanagi Ichiro also made such a promise, which brought a smile to Amatsume Ei’s face.

"Mr. Takayanagi, let's go for a walk outside. It'll be quite a different kind of fun tonight."

Takayanagi Ichiro was easily pulled up, and then the two of them went outside to see the shrine's nighttime scenery.

Of course, Nagisa Ichiyo had to follow along. Today, she was here to look for clues to help Tendo-me Ei.

Now that Takayanagi Ichiro is holding Amamiya Akira's hand, Nagisa Ichiyo feels a little strange, as if her own hand is being held by someone, and it feels a little warm.

However, when she touched it with her other hand, she didn't touch anything.

"Ichiyo, hurry up and catch up too. I'd love to enjoy the scenery with you this time." Tenjou-me Ei turned around and called to Nagisa Ichiyo, hoping she could catch up quickly.

After Nagisa Ichiyo caught up, Tenjoume Ei gave her a sweet smile, then turned to Takayanagi Ichiro and said:

"Mr. Takayanagi, why don't you take Ichiyo's hand?"

Because there are no lights installed outside the shrine at night, only the moon high in the sky.

So the road is a bit difficult to walk on, and holding Yiye's hand will make her safer.

Chapter 502 Carrying a Leaf on His Back

The shrine holds a relatively important position here, but its exterior decorations are not very elaborate because the original head priest of the shrine did not like to do this.

So outside the mythical beast, it was quite dark, and the dummy, without exceptional eyesight, would definitely trip and fall.

However, Emi Tendo had lived here for more than ten years and was very familiar with the place, so she could move freely even in the dark.

But Nagisa Ichiyo doesn't need that; she's the young lady of the town.

There's no darkness at night, so they must be sleeping.

"Isn't there a nice moon tonight? I can walk by moonlight without worrying about my safety at all."

Moreover, I am a native resident of this town, so I am quite sensitive to the brightness of the moonlight here.