I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

In the geisha district culture of Edo, Japan.

A taifu is a courtesan, and while not every establishment has one, there are certainly many, many of them.

So, which imperial guard does this "secret treasure" belong to?

The three of them had already wandered around Yoshiwara several times, but they couldn't get any more detailed clues.

"Since it's the treasure of the courtesan, it would be better to ask a courtesan about it."

Just as Takakawa Takayuki was thinking this.

Simultaneously.

As she ate another skewer of dumplings, she suddenly seemed to sense something and looked to the side.

Then, he met the gaze of a woman with white hair and bloodshot eyes.

"Hey! How much is this kid? My Umetaro shop wants him!!"

She stood there in front of Kaguya Shinomiya, scrutinizing the girl from head to toe with an expression as if she had found a treasure.

"Not bad, there's such a cute child. With proper education, she could definitely become the most beautiful courtesan!!"

"Eh?!"

The girl was startled by the woman who suddenly appeared in front of her.

Meanwhile, Gao Chuanlong had already made a judgment the moment he saw the other party.

It is "A".

But the [spirit] in front of me gave me a very strange feeling.

Wasn't this guy human in his previous life?

Not only that, but what's with this inexplicable urge to kill the other person?

Even my normal breathing has unconsciously become done using breathing techniques...

……

Chapter 73 Isn't this going very smoothly!

"Does your... ah... Umetaro-ya have courtesans?"

"Of course I am! Who do you think you are? Even without that woman, I used to be a famous beauty on this street, okay?!"

The woman before him, Ling, flew into a rage.

But to be honest, she is quite pretty when she's not talking.

"That's it..."

Takagawa Takayuki and the two girls exchanged glances.

Subsequently.

A decision has been made...

……

"Brother! I bought a beautiful baby!! It's just a little too old."

"what?"

Inside the large store with the sign "Ume-taro-ya".

A man named Gyutaro sat on the tatami mat, drinking sake while looking at his younger sister.

"Mei, you haven't been wasting money, have you?"

"No, no, this time it's very cheap!!"

"Really?"

They're siblings? They don't look alike at all!

When Kaguya Shinomiya entered the room, she saw that the hair in front of her was sticky like seaweed, the clothes were dirty and messy, and the face could only be described as ugly—it had an extremely unhealthy and thin appearance.

He looked like a man who was so hungry he was skin and bones.

Let's take a look at her sister.

Although she speaks very crudely, she is indeed a great beauty when she shuts up.

How did it turn out like this...?

But this does seem to be the simplest way. There is a courtesan named "Koi Natsu" at Umetarou-ya, and my task is to meet her and ask her about the secret of the courtesan's treasure.

After all, it's quite troublesome to go through the normal procedures to see Oiran no Tayu.

First, one needs to spend a large sum of money to bribe the doorman, and then undergo tests by a maid specially assigned to screen the imperial concubine. These tests include haiku and Chinese poetry, tea ceremony and koto, lamenting the suffering of the people, and the fact that the general's kindness can never be repaid...

Not only do you have to spend a lot of money, but you also have to be pretentious enough.

It's exhausting.

Ah, that's what Takagawa Takayuki said.

This guy seemed to know a lot, but he said he only heard it from a friend—

No way, where did you come from? How do you know so much about the ways of finding women in Yoshiwara's red-light district hundreds of years ago?!

In short, getting to see Oiran Tayu through the normal process is extremely troublesome.

But we've already come this far, we can't just resort to force.

in particular.

It's confirmed that there's an "S~" level [spirit] here; don't say that messing around caused the other party to go berserk.

If it's just about fighting him...

"I need to call Chizuru over before I can be completely confident of taking down the opponent."

That's what the boy said.

Therefore, it's best to avoid doing anything reckless.

It's okay, it's okay...

Both Takagawa and Hayasaka said they would protect them secretly.

Kaguya Shinomiya thought to herself.

The decision also requires making good use of one's role.

"That's really good! Koiha has a successor."

"Right, right? Dress up nicely and give them a good talking-to... Hey! Can you even play the sanxian?!"

In this regard.

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded emphatically.

As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, from the perspective of being "multi-talented," the young woman is certainly—

All-rounder!

"meeting!"

"Wow! You play so well! Can you dance?"

"meeting!"

"Your dance is beautiful! But that's not all. Next, I'll teach you the tea ceremony..."

"Huh?! You can even do tea ceremony! That's perfect, child, Mei, you've really struck gold!! Now, next up is poetry and haiku..."

"This poem... ah... I can't understand it at all, but it seems amazing. Well then, next up is flower arrangement..."

……

I have no idea how much time has passed.

There is no daytime here; the huge, bright moon outside the window seems to never set, hanging quietly in the sky.

The noisy and chaotic sounds of dance and music never ceased, spreading across the sky above the red-light district called "Yoshiwara".

"Please get some rest tonight. I'll take you to see Sister Lixia tomorrow morning."

Koika is the courtesan tayu of this shop.

The two shopkeepers, named Mei and Gyutaro, seem to have recognized her abilities and are preparing to make her their maid.

Everything went smoothly.

Two little girls with buns in their hair closed the door and waved goodnight to me.

What an adorable child.

So young, and already a [spirit]?

Kaguya Shinomiya hadn't forgotten what Takagawa had said: all the creatures in Yoshiwara were spirits, so this place wasn't a real place.

only……

"Playing house?"

Or.

"Habit?"

People who died in Yoshiwara's geisha district and became spirits have become accustomed to life there, so they live the same lives they had in life forever.

There are actually places like this in the world...

Kaguya Shinomiya sighed.

I walked to the window, and then I was startled by the boy's half-body suddenly sticking out from above.

"How's it going, Shinomiya-kun?"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

"What, did you see a ghost?"

"Don't scare me, Takagawa!!"

Gao Chuanlong was lying on the roof, and his head peeking out from above the window was indeed frightening, and...

"Hayasaka, don't follow his example!!"

"Oh, what's wrong, Kaguya-san?"

This is how ninjas are! This is a standard posture that was specifically demonstrated with pictures and text in the training manual!

Blinking.

Takagawa Takayuki and Hayasaka Ai listened as Shinomiya Kaguya explained what had just happened.

"Oh! Isn't this going very smoothly? We'll be able to see the courtesan tomorrow."

"It seems that way."

"Then you should get some rest, Shinomiya-kun. We'll continue to stand by outside!"

"Yes, you guys should rest too..."

Before Kaguya Shinomiya could finish speaking, Takagawa Takayuki and Hayasaka Ai had already disappeared.

"..."

He leaned out the window and looked around for a while, and then he really saw a boy and a girl sitting together on the roof of a longhouse not far away.

Do not know why.

Looking at this scene, Kaguya Shinomiya felt something was very strange!

When did Hayasaka become so close to Takagawa?!

I was the one who came first...

No, now that Chizuru has become human, theoretically Chizuru should have arrived first, and then I should have arrived second.

But second place is clearly just about not losing to first place!