I'm having fun in Tokyo

She had never heard of her master being able to sing. What if she requested a song, and her master, who clearly couldn't sing, but was too proud to admit it, started humming a random tune in front of her?

I did such a thing for my master yesterday, surely he wouldn't still try to fool me or make fun of me, would he?

“Yes, order.” Morikawa Yu smiled.

Seeing his confident demeanor, and feeling that he wasn't lying, I thought about it for a moment and decided to believe him.

"Then... 'My All' will do."

"Are you sure?" Morikawa Yu asked, somewhat surprised.

His surprise wasn't because Shinjue had chosen a particularly difficult song, but because he was very familiar with it; it was a signature song by Ayumi Hamasaki, one of the three great divas of the Heisei era.

As a top-tier Japanese singer, Ayumi Hamasaki has many songs and has also sung theme songs for "Inuyasha" and "Dragon Ball".

Her song "My All" has a different meaning; it's a special performance she gave to thank all her fans for their continued support, and she ends each concert with it.

In his past life, he also loved this song and could sing it.

Without any prompting, he began to hum softly, tapping his hand on the armrest beside him to keep the rhythm.

Xinjue opened her eyes wide and sat up after hearing just two sentences, her gaze filled with disbelief.

The owner can actually sing?

Although he has only sung two lines so far, judging from his nonchalant manner, it seems he has sung them many times, and surprisingly, they sound good.

She immediately nestled into his arms again and listened intently.

As Morikawa Yu sang, she patted her head.

Although he liked this song in his past life, his voice was not very good, and he sang it off-key.

However, his voice is quite good now. It has the freshness of a young man, as well as a steady and clear tone, plus a touch of melancholy as he recalls his past life, which perfectly captures the feeling of the song.

"Master, is this the first time you've sung for someone?" Xinjue nestled in his arms and asked suddenly after he finished singing.

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Xin Jue smiled and said, "That's great, at least the first time Master sang was for me."

"They didn't really suffer a huge loss."

Morikawa Yu didn't quite understand what she meant, but then she saw her sigh.

"Master, do you know why they want you to sing this song?"

"Why?" he asked.

"Because of Master, and Lady Himezuki, just like the title of this song, they are everything to me."

As she spoke, she buried her face in his chest.

"Master, Lady Scarlet Moon didn't tell you about the past, did she?"

Morikawa Yu hummed.

Feiyue didn't talk much about the past, but he had the power to see past events, so he didn't care much.

“Since Lady Feiyue hasn’t said that, then I’ll say it.” She chuckled softly.

"I am Jue, Master, you should remember me, right?"

"remember."

Morikawa Yu nodded.

From the time he first met Xinjue until now, he has only seen two Jues: one is Xinjue, and the other is Mingjue, a gray-haired shikigami girl who is by Ryoko's side.

The other party is different from Xin Jue. They can directly read other people's memories and are far more powerful than Xin Jue. They are also a superior member of the Jue clan, and their status in the Jue clan is equivalent to that of Asaka, the master of the cat.

“We, the Awakening Ones, have no parents.” The Awakening Ones raised their heads and continued, “Each Awakening One is an independent individual, born and raised in nature, and all are different. The only commonality is that we can read minds and perceive the thoughts of others.”

"But I'm different. I wasn't so weak at first, but I didn't have the power to read minds either. I could only use instinct to distinguish the truth or falsehood of other people's words and to become like them."

"To protect myself, I inquired everywhere about the most powerful monster in the area, hoping to transform into that monster so that other monsters wouldn't dare to bully me."

"So you ended up looking like Scarlet Moon, right?" Morikawa Yu flicked Shinjue's head.

“Yes, that’s right.” Xin Jue covered her head with one hand. “Because the most powerful and terrifying monster in our area back then was Lady Fei Yue.”

"No monster dared to oppose her; almost all monsters fled in fear at the sight of her."

"In addition, since Lady Himezuki doesn't show her face often, I pretended to be her and taught all the monsters who had bullied me a lesson."

"However, I was eventually exposed because I couldn't fake Lady Scarlet Moon's demon form."

Chapter 218: No such worldly desires

"After those demons discovered me, they all wanted to kill me, but they just happened to run into Lady Scarlet Moon, who was out for a stroll..."

"And then they all died?"

Morikawa asked, though he felt he already knew the answer.

"Yes, they're all dead. Lady Himezuki never shows mercy to those who offend her."

“When those guys saw Lady Hiigetsu, they mistook her for me and started cursing at her. She didn’t even hear a second word before she killed them all.”

"I transformed into a little monster and followed those guys from a distance."

"After seeing the scene, I ran away in fear, but Lady Hiizuki caught up with me."

"I begged her not to kill me, but Lady Feiyue said she was too lazy to kill me and just wanted to teach me a lesson because I was impersonating her."

“I’m curious how she knew I was impersonating her, since all those guys who met her were killed by her.”

“Because Hiizuki has the power,” Morikawa Yu continued.

The shadows of history hold the events of the past. A wife only needs to glance at the things Xin Jue has done to know that Xin Jue has been impersonating her.

Xin Jue nodded: "I thought I was going to die, but Lady Fei Yue didn't kill me."

"She turned me into a nine-tailed fox I didn't recognize, shouted a few times, 'I'm a stinky fox, annoying and disgusting,' and then let me go."

"Ahem~" Morikawa Yu heard a familiar title and couldn't help but cough.

"real or fake?"

He asked, but then felt that seeing was believing, so he touched his head and entered the shadows of history.

He quickly came to his senses.

Damn, it's actually true! Just how deep is my wife's resentment towards that big fox?

As he was thinking, he suddenly realized a problem.

Aren't yokai supposed to avoid randomly recognizing other yokai's names? Perhaps their senses are too weak.

No... The big fox's name is Mitsuko, not Stinky Fox, so she doesn't think she's impersonating someone else.

Feiyue must have considered this as well, so that she could vent her anger without hurting Xinjue.

"It's true," Xinjue continued in a low voice.

"At that time, I dared not pretend to be her anymore, and I felt that Lady Hiigetsu was very gentle, so I followed her from a distance and avoided other monsters."

"Lady Scarlet Moon knows that I followed her, and she also knows that I was bullied by other monsters in the past."

"She kept saying, 'This is so annoying, get away from me!' while she also marked out a place for me in the mountains where she lived and dumped me there."

As Xinjue spoke, a smile appeared on her face.

"Although Lady Himezuki doesn't acknowledge me as her follower, without her protection, a weakling like me would never have survived to this day."

"I love Lady Himezuki, I love Lady Himezuki very, very much."

"So what do you think of me?" Morikawa Yu couldn't help but ask.

Having learned about Xinjue's opinion of Feiyue, he also wanted to know how Xinjue viewed him.

Xin Jue hesitated for a moment: "Can I tell the truth?"

"Go ahead."

"Oh..." Xin Jue snuggled closer into his arms.

"To be honest, I hated you at first. I thought you were a pervert who liked us monsters. You must be out of your mind. You also said one thing and did another. You were very annoying."

Morikawa Yu's smile froze.

Although he knew this would be the answer, he was still somewhat displeased upon hearing it.

However, he didn't intend to make a fuss about it; he just sighed.

"what about now?"

Xinjue just said that was her initial thought, but her current thoughts will always be different.

“Even now, I still find you strange, Master.” Xin Jue sighed. “But I’m gradually coming to understand your thoughts.”

"We yokai all have cute appearances, so it's normal for you to like us... Of course, if you can like Lady Hiigetsu's original form, then you must have something wrong with your head, please allow me to insist on that."

“Even if you insist on this, there’s no need to emphasize it.” Morikawa Yu flicked her head.

“Oh.” Xinjue nodded obediently and continued, “As for Master saying one thing and doing another, it’s probably because of your human moral values.”

"To be honest, Master, whether you humans or we monsters, we are all inherently greedy."

"But for us yokai, power is everything. With power, we can do whatever we want and don't bother to hide our true nature. That's why we yokai tend to be solitary."

“You humans are different. You are social animals, and most of you will restrain yourselves and not let your greedy nature be exposed.”

"Adhering to the most basic morality is also conducive to the stability of your human society. Otherwise, each of you will fall into a dangerous situation of mutual suspicion, which is no different from us monsters."

"Master, you probably feel that it's wrong to have many girls, but you're afraid of being criticized and don't want to admit that you have moral flaws, so you keep denying yourself."

As Xinjue spoke, she suddenly sighed.

"Master, do you consider yourself an ordinary person?"

"Um... I think so?"

“That’s right.” Xin Jue nodded. “I bet you, Master, often emphasize to others that you are human.”

"..." Morikawa Yu paused for a moment, thinking about how she had told the professor at the hospital that she was just an ordinary person.

She felt that her guess was indeed correct.

However, he felt that he was just a human being.

Although he is stronger than ordinary people, he is still human.

“Master, you must be thinking that you are just a human, right?” Xin Jue suddenly touched his face and looked at him seriously.

Morikawa Yu nodded.

“That’s it. Master, you are indeed human, but in some ways you are no longer human.”

“You emphasize that you are human, which is more about seeking a sense of belonging than about making yourself seem like an outsider.”

"Of course, I don't dislike a master like that."

As she spoke, Xinjue leaned closer to his chest.

"Master, you're quite familiar with that high priestess at the shrine, aren't you?"

"Although many people and monsters think she is the emperor who rules the night in Tokyo, she has always emphasized that she is a shrine maiden."

"A sense of belonging is very important, and she's no exception."

"People who lack a sense of belonging often also lack a sense of responsibility..."

"Why are we discussing such serious philosophical questions, Shinkaku?" Morikawa Yu interrupted her.

Listening to a monster like her analyze these things for a human like him always gave him a strange feeling.

“That’s not important, Master.” Xinjue shook his head.

"I'm not saying all this to discuss human culture with you, but to hope that you, my master, will recognize reality."

"You are human, that's true, but you're no longer an ordinary person. Ordinary people's moral values ​​no longer apply to you. Otherwise, when you met Qianjiang and the others, you shouldn't have executed the mastermind behind it yourself, but instead waited for the law to punish them."

"Of course, without you, Master, the law can't punish them at all. In the end, it will definitely be that high priestess who carries out the execution."

"So, Master, why don't you just accept reality?"