Shota is surrounded by monsters!

"Ok?"

"From now on, I'll just keep a close eye on Mashiro... No, I won't be going out at night for a while, I'll stay home with you guys."

Thankfully, Rea arrived in time today; otherwise, Shota couldn't even imagine what would have happened to Mashiro. Habit is a terrible thing, and Shota, who had grown up with Mashiro's companionship, couldn't imagine a future without her.

He certainly didn't want to blame Rea or Mashiro. He knew best that Mashiro was being immature, and as for Rea, he had done his best to arrive on time today.

Is it serious outside?

Seemingly sensing Shota's concern, Rea asked a question with some confusion.

"Hmm. It's a mess. Recently, the number of incidents of monsters attacking people has been on the rise. The guys in the countermeasures office are simply not enough to put out the fires, not to mention what those monsters in the four countries are plotting."

Shota and Rea walked into the living room, glanced at the young monk Anya, and kicked him.

"If you wake up, don't pretend to be dead, or you won't even have a chance to say your last words."

Shota crouched down and looked at the monster who was still pretending to be unconscious, and said, "Say something?"

"The Nura Clan will definitely be defeated by Lord Tamaki..."

"Gudu."

After easily defeating his opponent, Shota suddenly felt a tickle on his scalp. He touched his head and found two small horns that looked like they were about to hatch.

"Oh oh oh!"

Shota, who has been eating quite well lately, has shortened the time it takes to enter adulthood. No, judging from the horns that are starting to grow on his head, he should be entering puberty now.

"what happened?"

Seeing that Shota suddenly became quite excited after eating the monster, Rea tilted her head and asked a question.

“I have taken another step on the road to adulthood.”

Shota pulled Rea's hand and stroked his head, saying, "See? You can feel the horns even in human form."

"Congratulations!" Rei replied happily, but she quickly realized another problem.

"So, even if I become human Shota, I'll still have two horns on my head?"

"...This is a very serious issue."

The following Sunday, Shota and the others did not go out except for necessary shopping. Mashiro suffered two "serious injuries" in one day and urgently needed juice and Shota's bodily fluids to irrigate her. Shota, unusually, did not refuse Mashiro's shameful request and obediently exchanged... no, he should be said to give her bodily fluids.

The specific details are too trivial to mention. Essentially, Shota opened his mouth, Mashiro extended her tentacles, and finally, satisfied, she sprayed Shota's face with water.

Soon it was time to go back to school.

"Senjouhara-san, let's go to school together~"

After Shouta called out to the upstairs, he waited for a while but didn't get a response from Senjougahara. So, he went to the school with Rea and Mashiro. As planned, Rea wasn't going to Sanka Girls' Academy for the next two days, but instead was going to visit their school with Shouta and the others.

"Speaking of which, this is my first time visiting Shota's school."

“Is that so?” Shota thought for a moment, and it seemed to be true. Then he explained, “Our school has everything, but we have a lot of exorcists and monsters.”

"Let me count, as far as I know, there's one Onmyoji in the junior high school, and two exorcists in our class."

Shota counted on his fingers and said, "There are probably only one or two people who can see yokai. As for yokai... that area can be considered Nura Clan territory."

"Well, what about me at school..."

"If you're bored, you can go play with Yuki-onna from the junior high school. Although she's currently a student, she hardly ever attends classes."

“Play with me.”

Mashiro suddenly interjected.

"You need to pay attention in class!" Shota tapped Mashiro on the head. His goal was to raise Mashiro into an excellent lady.

"Well."

It didn't take much effort for Remi to infiltrate the school, but she was still discovered by some of her classmates.

"Kosaka-kun."

Walking towards Shota was Araragi Koyomi, the only boy in the class he recognized.

Who is this?

He glanced at Rea standing next to Shota and asked, "Could it be... that?"

Don't make wild guesses.

Shota turned to Rea and said, "This is Araragi Koyomi from my class. He's a siscon."

"I'm not a siscon! I just have two younger sisters, but I'm definitely not a siscon!"

Upon hearing this, Araragi Koyomi retorted somewhat angrily to Shota's assessment.

"Hello." In front of outsiders, Rei always presents herself as an elegant young lady with a refined smile and graceful demeanor.

"This one is Sanka Rea..."

"Ah, hello. Eh? Sanhua? Could it be that super-rich Sanhua conglomerate?"

Rea simply smiled and did not answer Araragi Koyomi's question.

"Alright, alright, go to class now." Just then, Shota saw Rikuo and his group of bodyguards walking in, so he said to Araragi Koyomi, "I have something to do, see you later."

"I understand. By the way, did you do your English homework?"

"...I was going to ask you if you copied it."

"...I didn't do it either. Why don't you go and borrow Senjougahara's?"

“No, I think asking her to copy my homework would only be an insult to my character,” Shota replied. “I’ll ask Isayama-kun later. Even though her grades aren’t that good, she should at least know how to do her homework.”

"Okay. I'm leaving now."

Friendships between men can be built by copying each other's homework twice. While you copy and I copy each other, sharing resources, the two quickly become acquainted.

only……

As Shota watched Araragi Koyomi leave, he suddenly felt that spending too much time with a yokai like himself might not be a good thing for ordinary humans.

Monsters... are things that bring bad luck.

"Headless~"

"Ah, Shota-san."

"Are you here to protect Rikuo again today?" Shota pulled over a Nura Clan bodyguard and said to Kubinashi, who was disguised as an ordinary person, "I have a favor to ask."

"Hmm? Go ahead and speak."

“This,” Shota said, pointing to Rea behind him, “While we may not necessarily need your protection, let’s take her with us during the day.”

"Oh my, isn't this Miss Vampire?"

The woman who came over was a prostitute dressed in a school uniform. When she saw Rei, she smiled and said, "No problem. I'm bored spending the whole day with a bunch of stinky men."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Shota thought about the class schedule and said to Rea, "Let's have lunch together then."

"Hmm." Rea nodded as well. It wouldn't be bad to hang out with the Nura Clan's youkai occasionally.

After dealing with Rea's matter, Shota took Mashiro back to the classroom. Just as they were about to start their homework-copying adventure, they were surprised to find that not only Isayama Yomi, but even Senjougahara was absent from school.

Shouldn't they usually arrive earlier than me?

As a result, not only did they not come for the time being, but they also did not show up when class started.

Senjougahara arrived late, after the first class had ended.

"Master... Isayama's father was attacked and killed by a monster at home last night."

Senjougahara saw Shota walk towards her and told him directly, "I just came back from her house."

"..."

Shota froze on the spot. The exorcist's hometown had been invaded by monsters?

"Shikoku?"

"do not know."

Senjougahara opened his schoolbag, took out the books he needed for the next class, and after a moment of silence, said, "Something's not right."

"Hey, Shota Kousaka." Senjougahara suddenly stood up and said in an unusually serious tone, "Could you come with me to investigate?"

"Don't misunderstand. I just thought you might get involved in this matter, so I wanted to invite you to come along."

Senjougahara, as if deliberately letting Shota see her "tsundere" side, said, "Thank me."

It's clear that she genuinely respects Isayama Yomi; otherwise, she wouldn't have spoken to Shota in that tone.

Although Shota didn't care much about this matter, to him it was normal for exorcists to die at the hands of monsters—just as monsters could also die at the hands of exorcists.

But since Senjougahara has said so, Shota has no reason to refuse. He might as well... take this opportunity to further increase Yomi Isayama's favorability.

"Okay, okay." Shota scratched his head and asked, "Do you have any clues?"

“Last night… I happened to have some business at the Isayama residence, so I was the second person to learn of Isayama Naraku's death. And on my way there, I saw…”

"A somewhat eerie blue butterfly."

Chapter 75. The Family Affairs of the Isayama Clan

"Although it hasn't been determined yet, this is definitely a monster with the power to kill Isayama Naraku, who was once a top exorcist." Isayama Yu, who is Isayama Naraku's younger brother and Isayama Mei's father, is now sitting in front of all the branch family heads and said, "Please make yourselves prepared."

"But this is a rare opportunity for everyone to gather together, and I have some things I'd like to inform you all about."

Seated beside Isayama Yu were his daughter Isayama Mei and his niece Isayama Yomi.

"According to the last words of my elder brother, the head of the family, I, Isayama Yu, will succeed him as the head of the family. Of course, I am not capable of handling the family's affairs, so my daughter, Ming, will actually handle most of the matters. She has little experience yet, so I hope everyone can help her."

"uncle……"

Upon hearing this news, Huang Quan suddenly asked, "Is it true that you, Uncle, will be the head of the family?"

"Yes, that's what my brother wrote in his will."

"A will?" Huang Quan felt that something was not quite right. His father and this younger brother did not have a good relationship—he even hated this younger brother because he shirked his duties as an exorcist and fled the battlefield.

"How could you do this? You opened the will without me, your daughter, being present... and..."