My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

"What's wrong, young lady?"

Yoshiyuki stopped and turned back to look at Erina with concern.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

However, I hesitated.

Yi Xing didn't press further, but quietly waited for her to speak.

Finally, she said it softly.

"Hey, Yoshiyuki. This is the first time I've faced such a powerful monster, I'm a little scared."

Erina's words surprised Yoshiyuki.

This was not what he originally expected.

So I breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought the young lady was saying she couldn't sleep and wanted to stay up all night, which would have meant spending a lot of time coaxing her.

Erina had previously displayed confidence in both Ms. Fujimori and the police.

She gives the impression that the Witch of the Underworld deals with Shuten-dōji with ease, as easily as crushing an ant with one hand.

But that wasn't the case. Lacking combat experience, she was actually quite uncertain about her own abilities.

Yi Xing had long been aware of this.

Erina was only willing to expose her hidden vulnerability to him.

Yi Xing secretly vowed that he would never betray this trust.

"Don't worry, young lady, I won't let you get hurt." Yi Xing squatted down, gently took the young lady's hand, and assured her, "With me here, no matter how powerful the monster is, it won't be able to get close to you."

"I know. That's why I'm worried about you getting hurt." Erina looked a little downcast and muttered softly, "The exact same thing happened when we were little..."

She was referring to the time when the two of them were attacked by a demon in the mountains when they were children.

The term "Prajna" in Japan does not refer to wisdom in Buddhism.

Rather, it is an evil spirit formed from a woman's intense jealousy and resentment.

The Prajna demon usually lives in the deep mountains and goes to eat people at midnight, especially children.

Moreover, she also emits a terrifying, chilling laugh.

That was the first time Erina was stood up by her family because of her going to school in Tokyo.

When she was in elementary school, her family promised that she would go to Tokyo for junior high school, but they went back on their word. This caused Erina to run away from home in anger and hide in the mountains where she and Yoshiyuki built a secret base.

Her family couldn't find her anywhere. Only Yoshiyuki knew where the young lady might be, but he also knew that she wanted to be alone and didn't want to be seen by her family. So he went into the mountains alone and found Erina.

It was already quite late, around dusk.

The deep mountains at night are very dangerous, and everyone in Yoda Village knows this, so they all rush down the mountain before dark.

But in reality, for someone as highly inspired as Erina, dusk is also extremely dangerous.

Because dusk is the "moonlight of demons." During this time, demons and spirits are most likely to break through the interference of worldly laws and easily trigger supernatural phenomena targeting those with spiritual inspiration.

Erina and Yoshiyuki, who were trying to descend the mountain, fell into a trap and encountered a maze of ghosts.

They couldn't get down the mountain no matter what they did, and were trapped in the endless loop of the mountain path. They also couldn't see any of the Yoda clan members or servants searching the mountain.

Essentially, they left the real world and entered the barrier of another world.

Since she discovered that the barrier would only last until tomorrow morning at most, Erina decided not to risk wandering around to find the weakest point of the barrier and break it in advance. She would just stay where she was and wait for it to break down automatically.

At first, there was no danger.

Around midnight, the terrifying laughter of the Hannya demon began to echo.

Having just graduated from elementary school, the two naturally belong to the category of children.

Erina's skin was especially delicate, and she was filled with abundant spiritual energy and a familiar aura of the underworld, making her an ideal meal for the Hannya demon. Eating her would greatly enhance the power of the evil spirit.

But even if Yixing risked his life, he would never let such a thing happen.

The demon Hannya was very powerful; for Yoshiyuki at that time, he was an opponent he had never imagined being so strong.

The two were locked in a fierce battle. Although Yoshiyuki eventually succeeded in burning the demon to ashes with a fiery slash combined with Erina's raging winds that fueled the fire, he was also injured while shielding the young lady from an attack.

His arm was slashed by the claw-shaped blood wave lashed out by the demon's sharp claws, and three of his ribs were broken when he was knocked away, with bone fragments piercing his internal organs.

After the battle, Yoshiyuki was coughing up blood and could barely stand. Although Erina used magic to heal him, it wasn't the Yomi Shrine Maiden's specialty, so she could only alleviate his injuries and couldn't truly cure him.

Fortunately, the patriarch, who was the high priest, appeared with his men at this time. He had sensed the barrier at dusk, but had been preparing to cast a spell until late at night when he finally completed the ritual and shattered it.

After they rescued the two, Yoshiyuki was quickly sent for treatment, while Erina was severely scolded by her family and told not to run away on her own again.

That was the first time the young lady had been scolded so harshly.

But she burst into tears not because she was scolded, but because she felt extremely guilty for causing Yixing to be seriously injured.

Because of his high physical strength, Yi Xing recovered very quickly.

Even so, he stayed in bed for a week. During that time, Erina took care of him, except for helping him go to the toilet and cleaning his private parts.

Yixing still remembers the feeling of the young lady feeding him porridge, wiping his face, and changing his dressings.

He vividly remembered that this despicable owner had done such a thing: peeling an apple in front of him, then feeding the peel to Yixing while she ate the flesh herself.

"I'll be careful, young lady." Yixing recalled what had happened back then, feeling a warm current welling up in his heart because of her concern: "I'm not the same person I used to be. My strength has improved by leaps and bounds in the past three years, as you have seen."

"Yeah, that's right... You can beat Hiroshi from time to time now. Hehe." Erina's smile brightened. "I've improved a lot too, you know? Not only do I remember to take you with me when I run away from home, but I've even gone from eating one bowl of rice per meal to being able to eat up to three bowls."

"Young Miss, please save your food. Don't make such rapid progress in becoming a glutton."

After making that comment, he ruffled her hair again, like petting a Samoyed.

"Alright, don't worry about it, Miss. Goodnight."

"Okay, goodnight."

And so, Yixing had to leave again.

However, Erina called him back again.

"What is it now, Master?"

"Yixing, I want to eat British food tomorrow morning."

"Miss, life is wonderful, don't think too much about it. You should face danger with a smile."

"I mean a traditional English breakfast! The kind with sausages and bacon!"

"Oh, that? That's not bad." Yixing thought for a moment, then remarked, "After all, it's the only decent dish Britain has besides desserts... Alright, Miss, I've got it. Goodnight."

"Um."

Yi Xing prepared to leave again.

However, she spoke again after taking only a couple of steps.

"A righteous act..."

"Young Miss, that's enough."