Behind Fei Yue was a stunningly beautiful girl with golden hair and nine tails.

Mitsuko is back too.

She looked at Morikawa Yu, smiled, quickly walked to his side, and hugged him tightly: "Anata~"

"Why were you gone for so long this time?"

"How long?"

Morikawa Yu was stunned for a moment.

“When my darling isn’t by my side, even a second or a minute feels like an eternity.” Mitsuko smiled and hugged his arm tightly.

Morikawa Yu felt an indescribable soft and wonderful touch, almost touching her body at zero distance.

Himeko gave Mitsuko a cold look.

She also entered the living room, took off the silver-based red cloud haori she was wearing, casually hung it on the coat rack at the entrance, and walked towards Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu glanced behind her: "Where are Maki-sensei and Emi?"

“Maki and Emi are still at the shrine, having tea with Ryoko,” Hisui said calmly. “Ryoko wants to bestow divine blessings upon them to help them absorb the power I give them more quickly.”

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Feiyue frowned, walked to his side, reached out, pulled up his wide-sleeved kimono, sniffed him lightly, and finally looked at his hand that had held Erii's, and Erii's shrine maiden outfit that she had taken off and placed on the sofa.

"The scents and clothes of other women..."

"Husband, who is she?"

Although she tried to sound nonchalant, her expression was still rather unpleasant, slightly cold.

Beside him, Tsurumaru, who had been eating, paused for a moment, then looked as if he had just realized something: "Ah, I forgot to remind Master. Master should have taken a bath first. Now it's impossible to keep the fact that Master tricked a beautiful girl into coming back a secret."

Morikawa Yu rolled her eyes at Tsurumaru.

Dao Niang's tone didn't sound like she was worried about him at all; instead, it sounded like she was gloating.

However, that's just Tsurumaru's personality. She's been unhappy that I haven't been fighting alongside her lately, so it's normal for her to take this opportunity to stir things up.

My beloved knife needs some repairs.

“We tricked a beautiful girl into coming back…” Fei Yue frowned slightly, her gaze drifting towards the bathroom.

She could hear the sound of water coming from there, and smell the faint scent of sandalwood wafting out of the bathroom cracks with the steam, the scent exactly the same as the fragrance on the shrine maiden's robe.

Ordinary people would hardly be able to smell these subtle, almost imperceptible scents, but she could clearly discern them.

"Husband, aren't you going to explain?"

Feiyue's voice turned cold again.

She stayed at home, listening to Ryoko say that the changes in Izumo were intensifying, and even went with the stinky fox to Ryoko's place to discuss the Izumo changes, worrying about the family.

But her husband brought home another girl.

She felt that she and Mitsuko had been too lenient with her husband. He had said he would restrain himself, but it turned out he was just saying it.

Mitsuko, however, seemed completely unconcerned. She stood on tiptoe, rested her chin on Morikawa Yu's shoulder, gazed at his profile, and whispered, "Hizuki~ just trust me, darling~"

"Honey, you're not someone who can't control himself. Maybe he just brought a friend home?"

Hiiyue paused for a moment, looking at Mitsuko with a puzzled expression.

That stinky fox is a yandere; I should be even angrier than her right now.

She found it hard to believe that Mitsuko could be so calm.

Mizuko glanced at her as well: "Because I trust my darling. If he really did something to wrong us, he would apologize to us and ask for our forgiveness."

"He's so calm now, he definitely hasn't gone out to cheat or do the kind of thing you're worried about."

Feiyue cast a questioning look at Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu nodded: "Yeah, the big fox is right... Wait, Mitsuko, why do you sound like I've cheated on you before?"

Mitsuko didn't answer, but smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Feiyue glanced at Senchuan Yu: "Alright, husband, quickly explain things clearly."

"Yes." Morikawa Yu nodded.

He recounted his experience in the Dragon World, especially the capture and execution of Herzog with Kazama Ruri, as well as Herzog's conspiracy and Erii's background, all in detail.

Erii finished her bath halfway through the conversation.

She came out of the bathroom wearing her underwear and began to put on her shrine maiden outfit. After she finished dressing, she sat quietly to the side and listened to Morikawa Yu talk about her.

About ten minutes later, Morikawa Yu finished explaining what had happened.

Erii lowered her head, tugging at Morikawa Hare's sleeve, her expression somewhat blank and lost.

Feiyue's gaze subtly shifted as she looked at Erii, her usually cold expression softening considerably, and she sighed.

Especially Mitsuko, who looked at Erii with pity, even wrapped her tail around Morikawa Yu's hand and shook it: "Darling, take me with you next time~"

Although she didn't witness Morikawa Yu's actions firsthand, she understood Erii's background and felt a sense of shared suffering.

She had been manipulated before, by Inari, the last god of the Age of Gods.

The Inari Goddess, fearing dissipation and vanishing, used the people of Kyoto to threaten her. She killed the Inari Goddess and became the new Inari Goddess, who then retained her divine position and revived in her incarnation.

Finally, the other party once again used the people of Kansai to threaten her, forcing her to seal herself away and bear the cost of His destruction and disappearance. He also used her incarnation to walk the world and rule Kansai.

In her view, Herzog's attempt to sacrifice Erii and steal the White King's power was no different from that bastard Inari.

The only difference is that Inari is a powerful deity, formless and shapeless, but possessing many powers, while Herzog is just a tiny human who has abandoned humanity and wants to usurp the power of the 'god'.

She felt very sorry for Erii's situation.

Feiyue looked at Morikawa Yu: "She'll be living in our house from now on, right?"

Morikawa Yu nodded: "Yes, I want to cure her illness, but I'm not sure if I can. I'd like to ask for your help. My dear wife, you should be able to cure her with your powers, right?"

Erii looked up at Hiizuki upon hearing this, her beautiful rose-red eyes fixed on Hiizuki's face.

She understood Morikawa Yu's meaning a little better, knowing that he wanted Hime to help heal the dragon blood erosion on her body.

Feiyue didn't speak, but stretched out a hand.

Erii tilted her head and stretched out a hand, her fingers touching Hiizuki's.

A crimson light emanated from the tip of Hiiyue's fingertip, gradually merging into Erii's fingers, flowing along Erii's fingers toward her arm, and finally enveloping Erii's body, slowly circulating.

About a minute later, Fei Yue shook her head slightly: "I used my power to sense it."

"There is a type of blood in her body that does not belong to her."

"This blood possesses a very dangerous power, and it must have come from some kind of demon or god. However, there are hardly any demons or gods left in the world. With the end of the age of gods, their power has declined. Some have dissipated, some have fallen into slumber, and some have become the shikigami of the god."

“That guy named Ōtamaru, whose relationship with you is ambiguous, was a demon from the Ise region in the past.”

"She was subdued by the first priestess and served the Ise Grand Shrine, following the priestesses of each generation, until recently when she was freed from the corruption of divinity with your help, my husband."

"I don't know which ghost's blood she was infected with."

"But if it's just this level of infection, I can use my powers to help treat it, regulate her body, or help improve her bloodline."

"If properly treated, she might be able to possess even greater power than that ghost or god."

Morikawa Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Yeah."

He thought for a moment and remembered Kazama Ruri's instructions.

Both Kazama Ruri and Erii underwent pontine separation surgery. Once they hear a certain frequency of clapper sound, their personalities split, their powers go berserk, and they gradually lose control.

This problem is just as serious as the ancient dragon blood infection in Erii's body, and it needs to be addressed.

Morikawa Yu: "My dear wife, there's something else."

He looked at Erii and stopped speaking. Instead, he used his mind to communicate with Hiyue, saying, "Erii once underwent an operation."

"The person who performed the surgery on her cut open part of her brain when she was very young, operated on her, placed her in the care of another family, and then found her when she was a teenager and sent her back to the Snake-Headed Eight Family."

“Right now, there are no visible symptoms, but when she hears a certain clapper sound, she is affected by that sound and cannot control her power.”

Feiyue was slightly taken aback: "Really?...I didn't notice anything wrong with that."

"My powers are all related to blood and the moon, so I may not be able to heal the damage to her brain..."

Mitsuko watched Morikawa Yu and Hishitsuki from the side, her two tails draped around their waists respectively: "What are you two whispering about?"

Morikawa Yu immediately repeated what she had just said.

Mitsuko thought for a moment and said, "I see... This kind of brain damage that occurs from childhood is indeed difficult to heal and very difficult to treat."

Chapter 481 Not a Monster, But a Beautiful Girl

"How about I try to repair it with divine power?"

"If that doesn't work, try asking other people if they have the authority to treat brain diseases?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

The three of them looked at Erii together.

Erii looked at Morikawa Yu, Hiizuki, and Mitsuko, finally fixing her gaze on Hiizuki before turning to find her notebook and pen.

"Beautiful white-haired sister, are you a monster too?"

"A monster?" Hiiyue paused for a moment, looked at Erii, and finally frowned as she looked at Morikawa Yu with a puzzled expression.

She didn't quite understand what Erii meant.

Morikawa Yu thought for a moment and suddenly remembered Erii's past.

She was kept in the medical area deep inside the building by the Snake Clan, never seeing the light of day, and was feared and ostracized by those around her.

After watching the tokusatsu series Ultraman, she felt that she, who was feared by others, was like the frightening monsters in Ultraman—a little monster—and worried that Ultraman would appear and kill her.

He said softly, "My sister isn't a monster, and neither are you."

Erii tilted her head and continued writing in her notebook: "But the people around me are all afraid of me. I want to be friends with them, but they are all afraid and stay away from me. They dare not approach me or be alone with me."

"The monsters on TV are the same."

"When my sister entered my body just now, I felt very scared. Even I was scared. Isn't my sister a monster?"

Morikawa Yu saw the words on the notebook.

Monster...

In fact, it's more than just monsters.

Morikawa Yu couldn't help but think of the giant fox in the remnants of history, whose body was about the same size as Mount Inari, and the white wolf demon body, the size of a mountain, that stretched between the earth and the clouds when Hiyori executed Tsukuyomi Daimyojin.

Even without relying on their powers and demonic strength, they can easily destroy an area with their demonic bodies. If they use their powers and demonic strength, even gods can only bow down and be slaughtered at their feet.

If they were to revert to their original forms, based on Ryoko's description of them as "grotesque, terrifying, indescribable, incomprehensible to ordinary people, to the point of driving them mad with fear, self-harm, and suicide," they would almost be like the Outer Gods of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Although he couldn't see what was so terrifying about Fei Yue and the others' original forms, he felt that they were much more beautiful than their usual human forms, with a kind of eerie, gorgeous, and dreamlike feeling.

He was utterly amazed when he first saw her.

Of course, it's just as amazing now.

But that only applies to him; it doesn't mean everyone is abnormal.

Morikawa Yu shook her head: "No, no, no, my sister is a very cute girl, a super beautiful girl just like you. She's not a monster, and neither are you."

Erii nodded blankly.

She thought for a moment, looked at Fei Yue, and then at Qian Xiang and the others who had hidden to the side: "But the older sister has wolf ears on her head, and the little sister over there has more cat ears and a lot of tails."

"Although she is very beautiful and cute, humans don't have that."

Morikawa Yu thought for a moment and said, "That's because my sister and the others are monsters."

Erii paused for a moment, then wrote in her notebook: "A yokai?"

“Hmm, a monster.” Morikawa Yu.

"Just like the place we came from had dragons and hybrids, we have monsters here."

"Monsters are beings that are far stronger than humans. They buried all the gods long ago and ended the Age of Gods."

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