In the world of Type-Moon, start by becoming Morgan's husband!

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I will work hard on writing during the holidays!

140. The Great Onmyoji’s lover outside? ( words chapter)

"suspended animation……?"

Tamamonomae looked at the Great Onmyoji with his lips slightly opened, and a look of surprise was revealed between his brows.

"Mr. Abe, what do you mean by this?"

"It's a simple truth."

Ian tidied up Tamamonomae's clothes.

"Xiaoyu, if you are the one in charge of the search."

"What do you think is going on when patrols don't yield any results at all?"

"..."

Tamamonomae followed the Great Onmyoji's train of thought and thought seriously.

Soon, she had her answer.

"Then you'll start to wonder if he's hiding somewhere, right?"

Ian nodded.

"Xiaoyu, you are really smart."

"so--"

Before the Great Onmyoji could finish his words, a noisy sound was heard outside the shoji door.

It seems like someone is preparing to break in here by force.

"..."

Tamamonomae looked at Ian beside her, and her beautiful golden eyes showed a little more worry.

"fine."

Ian stroked Tamamonomae's head.

"As long as I'm here, nothing will go wrong."

[You arrive outside the mansion.]

[Just as you asked Tamamonomae to guess before, the people who came here are the foot soldiers who are conducting a search in Heian-kyō under the order of the Pope.]

【They didn't expect you to be here at all. 】

They expressed surprise.

"Mr. Abe...how could you..."

The leading foot soldier obviously didn't expect Ian to appear here at this time.

"Are you planning to search my mansion while I'm away?"

Ian asked, glaring at the foot soldier in front of him.

Although he is not the kind of person who would put on airs by relying on his status, when he really questions people like this, it is quite oppressive.

The foot soldier felt a little guilty when asked.

But if he keeps silent, the problem will be more serious.

"I'm sorry, Abe-sama."

"Although it is very offensive...but you should also know that the Emperor has been searching for that algae girl recently."

"We have already patrolled the areas we should patrol many times, so we can only suspect that he is hiding in a mansion. I have no intention of offending you."

Just as Ian had guessed.

If patrols are ineffective, we can only start conducting home inspections like this one.

"I see." Ian nodded.

Seeing that the Great Onmyoji's tone had softened a little, the foot soldiers chief asked again tentatively.

"That--"

"Lord Abe, would it be convenient for us to go in and search?"

"Wait a minute."

[You return to the mansion.]

【Tamamonomae is waiting with a worried look on her face. 】

[During the time you were chatting with the foot soldier, she had already wiped away all traces of you “playing with” her. ]

[You told her that the foot soldiers were coming in to check. ]

"This……"

Tamamonomae became more and more nervous.

She didn't expect that what Ian had just said would become a reality so soon.

"Should I hide now?"

"Do not."

Ian shook his head.

"There's nowhere to hide even if you want to."

"And if we are discovered, it will be even more troublesome to explain."

"So Mr. Abe, what should we do now?"

"..."

Faced with this question, Ian looked at the scene around him, thought for a while, and then answered:

"Xiaoyu, you will stand next to me later."

"Don't talk or make unnecessary movements."

Although she was confused, Tamamonomae didn't ask any more questions and just nodded.

"My concubine understands."

You have a plan.

[You return to the outside of the mansion.]

[You allowed the foot soldiers who came to enter the mansion to search. ]

[They soon noticed Tamamonomae's presence.]

【You are ready to implement the plan you have thought of. 】

At this moment, Tamamonomae had changed into the clothes she wore when she was hiding.

Her furry tail and cute fox ears were covered up.

As a result, no one would know the identity of the fox demon for the time being.

but--

In this situation, the appearance of such a strangely dressed woman would be an extremely eye-catching figure in any case.

The foot soldiers' attention quickly focused on Tamamonomae.

Suspicion and discussion grew and spread in an instant.

The fox demon was a little scared inside.

After all, in a sense, she was facing what she feared most before.

If you are not careful, you will most likely be caught.

But at this moment——

Tamamonomae felt a warmth on her hand.

She turned sideways and found that the great Yin-Yang Master next to her had already held her hand.

"..."

"..."

Tamamonomae was stunned.

The foot soldiers were also stunned.

But the two sides have completely different ideas at this moment.

Tamamonomae realized that Ian asked her to stand beside him just so that he could hold her hand in front of the foot soldiers.

This way.

This would allow the foot soldiers in front of him to misunderstand that she was his lover outside.

And in fact, this is indeed the case.

The foot soldiers glanced at Ian and Tamamonomae holding hands, then at the still steaming food and half-opened bottle of wine.

No matter how dumb a person is, he knows that he has come at the wrong time.

The subsequent inspections were also quite perfunctory because of this.

"I'm sorry, Abe-sama."

The foot soldier leader glanced at Ian, then looked at the woman beside him, his expression somewhat complicated.

"Sorry to bother you."

"Nothing." Ian shook his head.

"This is your duty, I won't blame you."

The mansion suddenly returned to silence.

Tamamonomae breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Ian beside her.

"Mr. Abe, thank you so much."

"If you weren't here, I wouldn't know how I would handle this."

"Nothing."

Ian let go of Tamamonomae's hand.

"I believe that even if I'm not here, Xiaoyu, you will definitely have your own way to deal with these problems."

"……maybe."

Tamamonomae looked at her empty hands, feeling a little regretful.

But she soon thought of something else.

"Mr. Abe."

"Although now we have indeed solved this problem for you."

"But if this continues—"

"Your wife will also know about you and my concubine... It will be very troublesome for Mr. Abe to explain it later, right?"

"It's all my fault for being so confused... I insisted that Mr. Abe come to this meaningless dinner."

"Xiaoyu, you started it again."

Ian looked at the guilty Tamamonomae in front of him, put his fingers into the hem of her skirt, and gently stroked the treasure that was splashing with water.

"Didn't I say that?"

"Your beautiful water splashes are pleasing to the eyes."