I transformed into a demonic spider lily.

Suddenly, the other flower didn't know how to address the other.

"Just call me Snow Road."

Snow Road didn't care about this issue.

"Since you insist, I'll reluctantly call you Yukiro. Very well, Yukiro, I find you quite agreeable today. I can help you with your problem. Just tell me the details."

Just because the other party was willing to pour her tea, Higanbana had a basic liking for Yukiji, but that wasn't the main reason. The main reason was that she wanted to take on a quest to level up.

"I do not know."

However, Xuelu shook his head slightly.

"Huh? Wait a minute! You're the person involved, right? Since you came here to submit a request, how could you not know?" Higanbana was surprised by Yukiji's answer.

"I'm sorry." Yukiji lowered his head.

"Flowers should not be treated arbitrarily."

Kikyo repeated what she had said before.

Taking a deep breath, Higanbana calmed herself down and then asked, "But didn't you just say you were being haunted by a demon? What were the details or the reason?"

"I've been feeling restless lately..."

This is the reason given by Xuelu.

"Wow~ You've gone too far. Your mind is not at peace. What does this have to do with monsters? It's purely your own problem. Don't blame everything on monsters, or I'll sue you! You're slandering the reputation of us monsters."

This is like someone going to the police station to report that they were being followed by a stranger. The officer asks where the person following them is, and the person points to their own shadow and says, "Here."

Is this appropriate? No, this is not appropriate!

This is pure paranoia.

You're sick, and you're hard to cure.

If it weren't for Kikyo's image, Higanbana would have said those words outright, but even though she held them back, she couldn't help but say what she had just said.

"Hana, things aren't as you think. Miss Yukiji's situation is complicated, and I can't explain it to you right now," Kikyo explained to prevent Higanbana from misunderstanding.

“Before, when I was an orphan girl in the village, I was never bothered by monsters. Until later, the lady found me and took me in as her adopted daughter.”

Xueji was also worried that Higanbana would misunderstand, so he told her about her past one by one: "It was at that time, no, to be precise, it was by chance after that that a monster entered the city and ran rampant. Its target should have been other people, but it happened to find me in the chaos."

"...Ah, and then what?"

This seems to have nothing to do with your current problem.

But since it's a story, the other shore flower doesn't mind listening to the whole thing.

"That time, many people protected me and repelled the monster. However, because we only repelled it and did not kill it, other monsters frequently came to wreak havoc on the city for the next two months, and they all had the same target: me."

Having said that, Xuelu gripped her teacup tightly; the residual warmth of the cup gave her a sense of security. She continued, "Later, Madam invited some exorcists to help me, which barely managed to quell the commotion I caused. Things should have ended there, but who knew that a minotaur demon, whom even the exorcists couldn't handle, would appear and want to marry me..."

"...Pfft, cough cough cough!"

Upon hearing this, the expression on Higanbana's face could no longer be concealed. What had she just heard? Did the Minotaur Chieftain want to become a God of Pure Love?

Now all she can think about are Minos.

"Minotaur, Minotaur, hahahaha." Whenever she mentioned this word, Biyanhua couldn't help but laugh out loud; her threshold for laughter was extremely low.

"Actually, it might not be a minotaur, but it was a monster with a pair of sharp horns. That happened seven days ago. I made a request to the priestess Kikyo, but before she arrived, a sorcerer resolved the matter for me and told me why those monsters were targeting me." Yukiji slowly stopped speaking, clearly reaching the end.

"Innate spiritual power, right?" the spider lily said.

Xuelu asked in astonishment, "How did you know?"

"I'm a monster too, okay! You can figure it out with a little thought. I just couldn't understand why you were so nervous about your body's abnormalities."

The other shore flower answered naturally that the monsters also coveted the magic and spiritual power of humans. She once compared Maple and Kikyo to a red Daruma and a seven-colored Daruma, respectively, so Yukiji was equivalent to a blue Daruma.

It's actually quite normal to be targeted by monsters.

"But speaking of which, it's quite interesting that monsters force humans to marry each other. It's just that no monster wants to force me, such a beautiful flower fairy, to marry me." If one did, I could rightfully kill him!

The last sentence reveals the true thoughts of the other shore flower.

"Your demonic aura is enough to intimidate them to the point that they dare not have any wild thoughts," Kikyo explained.

"Your spiritual power is clearly very strong, and you have an outstanding appearance and an extraordinary temperament. You are both useful and 'useful,' so why don't any demons want to force you to marry them?" Bored, Higanbana couldn't help but ask Kikyo while lying on the table.

"..."

However, Kikyo remained silent, only staring directly into the pupils of the spider lily.

It's like asking, "Why do you think that is?"

Feeling immense pressure, Higanbana immediately raised her hands in surrender, saying, "Okay, okay, I admit this question is stupid. Since those monsters are afraid of even me, how could they not be afraid of you? Besides, compared to you, the Shikon Jewel is definitely more tempting, so please don't look at me like that."

"Your answer is the worst."

But Kikyo said something else, then looked at Yukiji and ignored the spider lily, saying, "Miss Yukiji, let me take a look at you."

"Thank you, Kikyo Shrine Maiden."

Yukiji pulled his sleeve up slightly and then gently placed his arm on the table.

Higanbana didn't understand the meaning of Kikyo's words at all. Had she said something wrong? Women's minds are really hard to understand. So she looked at the other woman, who was taking Yukiji's pulse. Unexpectedly, this shrine maiden also knew medicine. She was quite versatile, except that she couldn't take care of herself.

"It's just a lack of sleep. You'll feel better after a little rest, Miss Yukiji. Please don't worry, you're not possessed by demonic energy."

"Stop," Kikyo said gently.

"I am restless and unable to eat or sleep."

Chapter Fifty-Nine: She ran away, didn't she?

Although Kikyo made some assurances, Yukiji's face still looked somewhat melancholy. Even if she wasn't harassed by a yokai today, she might still be targeted tomorrow. Even though hundreds of guards took turns protecting the safety of the courtyard at night, her fear made it difficult for her to fall asleep, and she felt that no place was safe.

"Since you're so afraid of monsters, why don't you react much when you see me?" Higanbana's eyes were deep, as if she were scrutinizing Yukiji's soul.

"To be honest, if you were the demon who wanted to force me to marry you, I probably would have agreed immediately," Yukiji said, her hands neatly placed on her lap.

"Huh, why?"

The red spider lily couldn't help but tilt its head slightly.

"Because I can find a sense of security in you. In fact, as long as you stay here, I can rest peacefully for a little while." Xueji's expression showed no hesitation, and he didn't seem to be telling a lie to please the other person.

However, the spider lily's thought process was far beyond that of ordinary humans, so she immediately shouted, "This is too much! This is absolutely too much! Kikyo, come and judge for yourself, she actually insulted me!"

"Ah~ I'm sorry, may I ask what I said that made you angry? Please forgive me." Xueji didn't expect the other shore flower to react so strongly, and quickly apologized.

"Everything, from beginning to end! You say you weren't scared by me, fine, but you even said I made you feel safe? That's an insult to monsters."

At this moment, Higanbana seriously doubted her demonic origins. She had clearly been a demon feared by humans before, so why were humans no longer afraid of her lately?

What exactly is the problem?

"Uh……"

Is this the reason?

For a moment, Yukiji almost couldn't recover, but just as she was about to reach out to comfort the spider lily, Kikyo pressed her hand down.

Kikyo subtly shook her head. Based on her understanding of the spider lily, comforting it at this moment would only provoke a bigger problem.

"I've made up my mind!"

Suddenly, the spider lily gently slapped the table with both hands, snapping out of her daze of doubting the existence of a demon, and looked at Kikyo, saying, "I'm going to take this human to my flower field."

"What new tricks are you planning this time?" Kikyo asked.

"Don't worry, Kikyo, you won't lose out. Lend me one Snow Road this year, and I'll plant it in the sea of ​​flowers. When spring comes next year, I'll return two to you—no, three will do, I'll return three Snow Roads."

The red spider lily has started spreading misinformation again.

The main purpose was to scare Xuelu.

"Ah, this..."

Xuelu suddenly couldn't speak.

She was genuinely frightened by the spider lily. Although Yukiji wasn't afraid of spider lilies, she would still feel a little scared if the other party got really angry.

"...Sure."

Kikyo, however, echoed the meaning of the spider lily.

Bianhua and Xuelu: "???"

—Something's not right with you!

This is their shared expression.

"Aren't you going to stop me?"

The red spider lily still offered a slight reminder.

"Of course not, go ahead and do it."

Kikyo also made a "please" gesture, her expression still smiling, but Higanbana felt that the other party's smile, which seemed like a white moonlight, was inexplicably dark and gloomy.

I've heard of pink-clad people turning black, now it's all about white-clad people turning black?

Seeing that the expression on Higanbana's face was becoming increasingly subtle, Kikyo added, "But there's a condition: you have to give me five Yukiji-sans next year."

"Forget it then. I was already losing money on this anyway. This place is too barren, so I don't think the harvest will be very good. I probably won't even be able to grow five."

The red spider lily readily refused.

"Hmm~" Kikyo chuckled.

Someone is bound to ask, "Teacher Ju, what just happened? What happened?" Well, a young flower fairy with little experience, not inherently bad, but arrogant and spoiled—what's commonly known as a tsundere—insisted on testing her. The other party first gave her a threat that she defended against, and then a reminder, which she defended against completely. After defending against it, according to traditional rules, that is, stopping when the point is reached, the flower has already lost, so she needs to give the other party a way out.

This shrine maiden seems to be quite skilled.

They completely understood the personality of the spider lily.

The whole process left Xue Lu completely stunned.

"But I still have a way!"

The other shore flower continued, "Isn't Xueji plagued by monsters? Finding exorcists is only a temporary solution. If we're talking about really outrageous things, we have to look to me, the monster."