I transformed into a demonic spider lily.

Ah, no, White Wolf didn't say anything, did he? You can't just take advantage of someone's ignorance and frame them randomly. Tu Bi Jiang thinks this is inappropriate.

"Tu Bi witnessed this in 1450."

The spider lily began carving words on Tu Bi's body.

That's too much! Isn't this bullying the honest guy?

"Alright, let's go." Afterwards, the spider lily dragged the still bewildered white wolf away.

After the two demons left, Tu Bi looked down at the words on his body and decided to deal with them later. Then he turned and glanced at the dazzling sea of ​​flowers. As long as its owner was happy, that was all that mattered. As for what he should do, it was to make sure that the other party would be happy when they returned.

So, Tu Bi carefully lifted the flowers with his rough stone hands, gradually restoring the sea of ​​flowers to its original splendor.

This is what it should be guarding.

What was that mess before?

Chapter 84 Don't forget, you still have me

……

"Lady Kikyo, look! This is a new ability I suddenly learned last night."

As soon as she stepped into Kikyo's house, Hakuro excitedly demonstrated her "recovery of energy" to Kikyo. After receiving praise from Lady Higanbana, she also longed to receive her encouragement, so that she could die without regrets!

Speaking of the phrase "to die without regrets"...

It should be used here.

The white wolf didn't sense anything was wrong at all.

"This is a secondary application developed through a deeper understanding of 'meditation'."

Like the spider lily, Kikyo could see through the structure of Hakuro's ability at a glance. Seeing the expectation in his eyes, she reached out a hand to gently pat his head and encouraged him, "Very good, Hakuro is great, you're amazing."

"Hooray!"

A strange sound came from the side.

Kikyo turned her head away and saw Lycoris radiata sitting at the table without any regard for her image, her right hand supporting her chin and her left hand holding a teacup, deliberately making a lot of noise.

After finishing the tea in her cup, Higanbana turned to Yukiji and called out, "Yukiji, pour me another cup, no, just pour me a whole pot!"

Drinking tea can refresh the mind. Although the red spider lily did not have any substantial effect, the bitter taste, the feeling of it flowing down her throat, made her feel like she was back home.

It was as if I were witnessing a scene from hell.

This tea was definitely not brewed with bellflower root.

Such a sinister thing, it's obvious that only Yukiji could do it. After drinking the other party's tea, I felt my SAN value plummeting straight down.

"Flower, you mustn't be so rude. Miss Yukiji is also my guest. How can you order her around?" Kikyo criticized the spider lily.

"That... Maple?"

The red spider lily glanced at the maple.

"Go pour it yourself."

Maple leaves are very uncooperative.

"Little guy, I've noticed you're increasingly disregarding me lately. It seems necessary to let you know what a real monster looks like." The Spider Lily rubbed its hands together, giving a sly smile.

"Hmph, useless, lazy flower fairy. Don't think that just because you released the bitter lettuce, I will be afraid of you. Although you did scare me last time, I thought about it later and realized that so many bitter lettuce leaves could not all have gone into my stomach. Instead, it was Sister Kikyo and Sister Yukiji who would suffer the same fate." Maple completely disregarded the threat from the spider lily.

He could just bring up her older sister Kikyo directly; at worst, they would both perish. Feng didn't believe that the Spider Lily would have the heart to "torture" her older sister Kikyo.

"No, Maple, you're growing a lot lately and need to eat more vegetables, so, Hana, did you bring the prepared chicory?" However, Kikyo had the heart to "torture" her younger sister.

As the number of mouths to feed in the family continued to increase, the previously planned fixed expenses also gradually rose, so she often struggled with how to solve this problem.

Although Miss Yukiji provides financial assistance regularly, she is, after all, a guest, and Kikyo naturally cannot accept it when a guest spends money on the host.

But it doesn't matter to the other flower. Since the other flower has no fixed abode and lives in the wild, Kikyo doesn't mind treating it as family. So when she encounters difficulties, she can seek its help, which is perfectly reasonable.

"Ah, this..."

Upon hearing this, Higanbana secretly glanced at Kaede, who had a look of utter despair on his face. Could it be that Kikyo-neechan no longer loved her?

So love can disappear, right?

“Actually, I think that since children are in the stage of growing up, they can’t just eat vegetables. They should eat some meat occasionally. How about I bring some venison or rabbit meat next time I come?” Bi’anhua felt that Feng was really too pitiful, so she decided to treat him kindly, after all, the latter is now considered her sister.

"Ah! Sister Hua~ I love you to death! I'll go make you some tea right away." Upon hearing this, Feng immediately recovered. Thinking that he would be able to eat meat in a few days, he could erase all his memories of the past.

"Sorry, I've already brewed the tea. This is none of your business." Yukiji walked in carrying the teapot, gracefully and gently refilling the teapot for Higanbana.

"Plop plop—"

The red spider lily immediately drank it all in one gulp.

"Is my tea ceremony really that bad? I've never seen you so eager to serve me before." Seeing this, Kikyo covered her mouth with her sleeve, feigning a sad expression, which gave her a pitiful look.

"No, I just think the tea Xueji brewed..."

"……Um?"

Before the other shore flower could finish speaking, Xuelu immediately approached curiously, wanting to know the other party's evaluation. After all, she had been preparing this pot of tea for a long time.

"It's very refreshing."

To avoid discouraging the other person's enthusiasm, Higanbana answered in an exceptionally tactful manner. Then, she quickly changed the subject, saying, "Kikyo, look at our white wolf, could he learn some other skills? Since he already has 'Meditation' and 'Ki Regeneration,' how about 'Spiritual Archery'?"

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, White Wolf became excited. He never expected that Lady Higanbana would promote her so much, and would "ask" Lady Kikyo to help her out of her willfulness time and time again.

“What do you mean by ‘since we already have them’? White Wolf has also undergone very rigorous training to achieve these abilities. Don’t make it sound like she was born with these skills. However, I didn’t expect her talent to be even stronger than I anticipated. Perhaps she should start archery training.”

After saying that, Kikyo turned to Kaede and continued, "Kaede, it's time for archery training, and you can't fall behind. Speaking of which, it's been a while since I supervised your studies. Go to the storeroom in the backyard and get a bow, and..."

"Miss Yukiji, please go there too. The things in the storage room are piled up in a mess. I'm afraid the child will get scratched by those things. She's never been careful."

This time, Kikyo looked at Yukiji again and said.

"Of course, no problem."

Xuelu agreed without hesitation.

"What? It's not like I can't do it by myself. I used to always find things in the storeroom by myself, didn't I?" Feng muttered under his breath.

Kikyo simply gazed at the other person.

Feng immediately shut up.

"White Wolf, you should wait outside too. You'll be able to learn the archery skills you've always dreamed of soon." The Spider Lily found an excuse to send White Wolf out as well.

Finally, only Kikyo and Lycoris radiata remained in the room. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, she quickly got up and sat opposite Lycoris radiata. Then she poured herself a cup of tea, imitated the other's actions, and drank it all in one gulp, saying, "Miss Yukiji's tea ceremony is as unique as ever."

Clearly, Kikyo had long known that Yukiji's tea ceremony had obvious problems, not in terms of heat or method, but simply in that he was using wild vegetables as tea leaves.

Upon opening the teapot, she saw that the wild vegetables inside were almost scalded by the boiling water. Then, Kikyo looked up at the spider lily, which was also staring intently at her. So she tilted her head, as if asking, "What are you looking at?"

"Don't look at me like that. It was you who led Feng and Xuelu away, which is why I let Bailang go out with them. Time is running out, so speak quickly if you have something to say."

"Put your hand on your chin," said the other shore flower.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Upon hearing this, Kikyo gradually composed herself, then placed her hands on the table, leaned down to face the spider lily, and said in a particularly serious tone, "Flower, you are very tired."

"...Huh? Are you kidding me?" Higanbana's first reaction was that Kikyo had gone crazy, but the other party's expression was extremely serious.

It was as if she couldn't be allowed to refute it.

“I’m not joking. Your eyes aren’t as bright red as they used to be, which means you’re not in good shape. Also, your breathing is a bit erratic. I’ve said before that while you’re good at weaving deceptive words, you’re not very good at fooling others.” Kikyo listed the reasons logically and convincingly.

"Wait a minute! What have you been writing about me every day? Don't act like a pervert, okay? My condition isn't as bad as you think."

You can remember even the smallest habits?

Suddenly, the red spider lily didn't know what to say.

"You say that, but your body is telling you honestly that you want to close your eyes. Your demonic body is telling me that you want to rest," Kikyo said forcefully.

"That's all just your opinion. As a demon, it's okay if I don't rest for a month or two. Don't treat me like a weak human, okay?"

The red spider lily represents indifference.

Kikyo dislikes the attitude of the spider lily, which always disregards its own body and uses "I am a monster" as an excuse. Even if you are a monster, you can't just abuse your body like that.

So, Kikyo moved the table in front of her and, before Higanbana could react, pressed Higanbana's head onto her thigh and said forcefully, "Sleep with me, or I'll seal you away until tonight."

"Don't go too far, you witch!"

A crimson light appeared in the eyes of the other shore flower, and her hands involuntarily tightened, but the touch and warmth from her hands made her calm down involuntarily.

Kikyo bit her lip, enduring the pain in her hand, and still maintained a smile as she said, "No, Hana, you must learn to take care of your body. Although I don't know what happened to you, you are definitely not in good condition. Even if it wasn't me, someone else must have found out but didn't dare to tell you."

Resting her head on Kikyo's lap, Higanbana did indeed feel a bit sleepy, but she didn't close her eyes immediately. Instead, she broke free from Kikyo's grasp.

This time, Kikyo did not stop her. If the other flower insisted on not listening to her advice, there was nothing she could do. She couldn't really seal it away, could she?

However, when the spider lily reached the door, she did not leave but stopped. She took an arrow from the quiver beside the door, turned around and went back to hand it to Kikyo. Kikyo took it blankly and said, "Just in case."

Resting her head back on Kikyo's lap, Higanbana let down her guard and succumbed to the weariness, immediately closing her eyes.

A dark brown, malevolent aura rose up, blurring the view as if it would devour everything. Kikyo watched it intently, and finally couldn't help but look down at the spider lily. She never expected that the malevolent aura would become so intense in just a few days.

To be able to endure such a level of evil for so long without succumbing to it...

"Hana, you've already tried your best. It's okay. Don't forget, you still have me." Kikyo gently stroked the soft hair of the spider lily, and finally lightly touched the other's brow, guiding all the evil energy into her body.

However, this method...

This only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

Even if Kikyo can purify that evil energy, it will still grow from within the heart of the spider lily. To eradicate it completely, the spider lily must rely on itself, and all Kikyo can do is constantly suppress the evil energy for it.

Just then, Yukiji suddenly walked in and called out, "Hey, Kikyo..."

"Shh-"

Kikyo quickly put a finger to her lips, then pointed to the spider lily resting on her lap, signaling Yukiji to speak softly.

Seeing this, Xuelu immediately covered her mouth, then looked curiously at the sleeping Higanbana. She had thought the other party seemed very tired before, but she didn't expect her to fall asleep now. They had only been gone for a few minutes, how could they have gotten together like this?