I'm having fun in Tokyo

Then they encountered Aohara and Aohara, and discovered the Abe family's conspiracy.

However, he did not expect that there was a shrine maiden nearby at the time, and that she was the shrine maiden who served her.

"Really?" Mitsuko's expression softened considerably, but she still asked with a frown.

"of course it's true!"

“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have come to Kyoto, would I?” Morikawa Yu retorted.

Mitsuko finally stopped talking, resting her face on his chest.

Morikawa Yu placed one hand on her shoulder and half-embraced her, and the air gradually quieted down.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he looked out the window and realized it was already dark outside.

Mitsuko finally sat up.

She hesitated for a moment, then, as if she had finally made up her mind, stood up, took his hand, and said, "Come on, Morikawa, I'll take you somewhere."

Morikawa Yu nodded, somewhat curious about where she was taking him, and got up with her, ready to go out together.

As for safety, Ryoko is stationed at the shrine, so as long as she doesn't leave the Inari Mountain area, there won't be any problems.

He thought to himself, then followed Mitsuko through the entrance hall, pushed open the door, and left the palace residence.

But to his surprise, there were many silent figures standing outside the palace.

When they saw him and Mitsuko come out, they all turned their gazes to him, their expressions varied.

Among the figures, the one in the lead was a girl who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in white, with red hakama, a light gold wide haori, and a gold temnokama.

At her waist, she also carried two samurai swords of different lengths, one high and one low, without hilts.

She scrutinized Morikawa Yu, her cold and beautiful face expressionless, and bowed to Mitsuko beside him, whispering, "Lord God, I'm back."

"Yes, Kaoru, thank you for your hard work." Mitsuko nodded, and introduced Morikawa Yu at the same time: "Morikawa, this is the shrine maiden who serves me at the shrine, Kaoru Kashima."

Morikawa Yu nodded after hearing this.

He had heard Ryoko mention her before, and Mitsuko had just mentioned her as well.

She is the shrine maiden of Fushimi Inari Shrine, and unlike Kondo Ran, that useless young lady, she seems to possess the combat power of a high-ranking great yokai.

In the afternoon, when Shiori Fujiwara encountered danger, she was nearby, but because she arrived on her own, she did not show herself.

He looked at Kaoru Kashima, his gaze drifting behind her.

Behind her stood four teams of shrine maidens, each team consisting of more than ten people, filling the plaza in front of the Imperial Palace. Each of them held a naginata, carried a sacred sword, and had a hunting bow on their back, surrounded by phantom images of guardian spirits.

They must have been waiting outside the whole time, but they didn't make a sound.

Morikawa Yu felt a little guilty thinking about how Mitsuko had been angry earlier.

Could it be that her answer didn't satisfy her, so she let these shrine maidens storm the palace and kill him?

"Lord Shrine Master, all the battle priestesses of the shrine have returned to the shrine as you commanded," Kaoru suddenly said to Mitsuko.

"The shrine maidens from various regional branches who came to provide support are also on their way. They should all arrive by tomorrow, and I will be here to greet them."

"Yes, thank you for your help, Kaoru," Mitsuko said again, while taking Morikawa Yu's hand.

"Morikawa and I are going to the back mountain to talk about something. You don't need to come with us."

Upon hearing this, Kaoru Kashima looked at Yu Morikawa again.

She had heard of the other person's name, knew that the God was in love with him, and had witnessed his battle today, so she didn't dislike him.

Since the shrine master wants to talk to him, he should guard the shrine and the back mountain.

She leaned forward and nodded: "Yes."

Morikawa Ha was relieved.

Judging from the conversation between the fox and them, they were probably just priestesses who had just returned and were reporting back to the fox, not the "axemen" that the fox had prepared.

However, he still hadn't expected that Fushimi Inari Shrine would have so many shrine maidens.

That bastard Inari God really knows how to enjoy life.

She's using the avatar of a giant fox girl, and her soul has taken the shape of Tamamo-no-Mae, yet she collects so many different types of beautiful girls. Could it be that she's awakened some strange attribute over these nine hundred years and become a yuri (lesbian)?

He grumbled to himself as he watched the shrine maidens disperse, then followed Mitsuko toward the back of the mountain.

I took the same road as during the day, passing by a thousand torii gates along the way.

However, when they reached the end of the Senbon Torii (thousands of torii gates) and continued upwards, Mitsuko did not take the path she had taken during the day. Instead, she waved her hand and sent out a beam of light, leading him to a dead end with a stone wall at the other end.

He frowned, but followed her anyway, only to find that the stone wall melted in front of her, condensed behind him, and finally opened up, revealing the original mountain and a quiet forest path.

The grass along the path had smooth cuts, looking as if it had been cleared not long ago.

Mizuko took his hand and they finally stopped at the highest point of the mountain, much higher than the viewpoint where he had played and sang "Tomorrow's Starry Sky Sentinel" that afternoon.

Standing here, the entire city of Kyoto stretches out at the foot of the mountain.

The streetlights on the main roads of the city were shining brightly, and the night sky overhead was dotted with stars, dazzling and beautiful, but the moonlight was extremely dim.

“This is where I used to spend a lot of time alone more than nine hundred years ago,” Mitsuko said suddenly, standing beside him and holding his hand.

"At that time, I was one of the demons of the Age of Gods, the head priest of Kyoto, and the holder of the Inari God's position."

"In terms of strength, I am no less than Hiizuki and the others. In terms of power, the entire Kansai region and even Japan belong to me. The Emperor, nobles, samurai, and commoners are all my followers and subjects."

"But for me, none of this really means anything."

"The happiest time for me was when I spent with Tamamo, fooling around with Himeki, and learning about human knowledge."

"Even before I was tricked by that bastard Inari God, my plan was to come to Kyoto, observe humanity, help them through the decline of the Age of Gods and the rise of monsters, and also find out why the Age of Gods would end."

“But what I didn’t expect was that He would do such a thing, taking advantage of my confidence, Tamamo’s naivety, Asaka’s longing for me, and the whole of Kyoto, to force me to accept His divine position and help Him prolong His dying days.”

"What's most hateful is that after He awoke, He used the pretense of Tamamo's resurrection to trick me into creating an incarnation for Him, and ultimately forced me to seal myself away by using war."

“For this reason, I considered ending my own life, but as you have seen before, the incarnation I created for Him was a nearly independent life that I specially condensed for Tamamo’s resurrection.”

“I can only change His wavering thoughts; I cannot make Him voluntarily tell me about myself, nor can I make Him have suicidal thoughts.”

“If I don’t die, I can still deter Him and prevent Him from acting rashly, because I have left a backup plan. I can use my original form to unleash all my power, detonate the seal, and wipe out everything in Kyoto.”

"But if I die, no one will know the truth, and no one will know His true face."

"So I am not reconciled. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to deal with Him, to take revenge on Him, and then end my own life to follow Tamamo in death."

"But I never expected that I would eventually meet you."

“You are smart and excellent, and more importantly, you are special. You were able to keep Ryoko and Hiizuki by your side and also helped me settle this matter.”

"Morikawa, do you remember when you were pulled into my and His consciousness space?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

If I hadn't been pulled into the consciousness space and worked with the big fox to deal with Inari, she would have ended her own life, and I would have lost her.

Chapter 243 I love you

Looking at his expression, Mitsuko suddenly whispered, "Actually, I deliberately let Him do it, otherwise He wouldn't have been able to pull you into the consciousness space."

Morikawa Yu stared at her in astonishment.

She shook her head and sighed, "Morikawa, although my power has been depleted over a long period of time, my consciousness has not been affected."

"But His consciousness is very weak, and His status is far lower than mine."

"After breaking the seal, killing Him would be as simple as a thought, and He would be powerless to resist."

"Then why...?" he asked, bewildered.

"Idiot!" Mitsuko scolded him softly, then suddenly hugged him, resting her forehead on his shoulder, and sighed.

"That's because... I wanted to see you, to see what kind of person you are, the one who helped me deal with that bastard Inari God, the one that Ryoko liked so much, and the one that Hisui beat me to it."

"So what do you think I was like back then?" Morikawa Yu couldn't help but ask.

Mitsuko looked up and into his eyes: "You're an idiot."

Morikawa Yu was stunned for a moment, then saw her stand on tiptoe and gently kiss his lips, withdrawing her touch immediately, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"Even now, he's still an idiot."

She sighed quietly.

"But this idiot helped me destroy His incarnation, was willing to believe in Asaka at the time, helped me persuade Hisuki and Ryoko, helped me deal with His consciousness clone, and fought for me."

"This idiot, because he couldn't bear to see me die, bravely went and killed a god."

"In the end, they used such a clumsy method to make me realize that there are still people in this world worth my affection."

"Morikawa, you're such an idiot, but I love you even though you're an idiot." She hugged him tightly, pressing her chest against his.

"I've been thinking about you the whole time I've been in Kyoto these past few days, and I'm afraid."

“You said you would wait for me in Tokyo, but Hitsuki is in Tokyo, and she might not accept me. I am so weak in Kyoto, and I even need Ryoko’s protection to keep things under control.”

"I...I don't know if I can get through this period, and I don't know what kind of feelings you have for me," she murmured.

"Morikawa, I know... I know you have Hiigetsu, I know you have many girls who like you, and who like you too."

"From the day I was born until now, the only person I've ever met is Tamamo, and she's just a girl. I don't know how to face a boy like you..."

"If it were the old me, I would probably have been proud of being a demon of the divine age and a god, and tried every means to drive away Fei Yue from your side and force away the other girls around you."

"But I found that I might not be able to beat Feiyue. She's the kind of person who won't give up once she sets her mind on something. She's even more willful than me and she got there before me."

“Even the children around you arrived before me.”

"If I force them away, you idiot, you'll definitely hate me. I don't want you to hate me... Morikawa, I like you, I like you a lot."

I don't expect you to like only me.

"I just hope you won't go too far away from me, and that you won't leave me."

"I have lost Tamamo."

"I don't want to lose you again."

She raised her face, stretched out her slender arms to encircle his neck, stood on tiptoe, and stared directly into his eyes with her beautiful golden eyes.

"I love you, Morikawa."

"I love you more than Fei Yue, more than anyone else, more than everyone else."

"You are not allowed to leave me."

Morikawa Yu stared at her blankly.

Mitsuko kissed him again, clumsily biting his lips.

Such a heartfelt confession, along with her domineering yet somewhat adorable behavior, made his heart flutter.

He lowered his head, his forehead touching hers: "Big fox, I love you too."

"I will not leave you. I will stay with you until this matter is resolved. I will stay with you and be with you."

"Really?" Mitsuko asked immediately.

"of course it's true!"

He looked into her eyes and kissed Mitsuko's lips.

After the deep kiss, Mitsuko's face was flushed, and she leaned against Morikawa Yu's chest.

Morikawa Yu hugged her, sat down, looked down at her face, and was then shyly pushed her face away with her hand.

He smiled knowingly, looked up at the starry sky, and hummed the song he had sung for Mitsuko earlier that day, the one he dedicated to her, "Tomorrow's Night Sky Sentry."

Mitsuko rested her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and his singing, and a smile appeared on her face.

If she could, she wished time would just stop and never go on.

But that's impossible.

She sighed, looked at Morikawa Yu's face, and pressed herself against his chest.

Since we can't stop time, let's just enjoy every moment we spend together.

She closed her eyes.