Change the world with entertainment with Yokai Girl

"Is there something you need?" Seemingly sensing Qin Jing's gaze, the mermaid girl closed her book and looked at Qin Jing to ask. She was still somewhat bothered by what happened yesterday.

Yesterday, she chatted briefly with the snow elf as she carried Qin Jing to the infirmary. Although the snow elf couldn't quite explain it, she knew that Qin Jing hadn't entered the women's bathhouse on purpose and that her constitution seemed rather strange.

"No, do you like reading?" Qin Jing asked.

“…Hmm,” the mermaid girl nodded, about to say something.

Just then, a monster came and interrupted the conversation.

"Hey, fox, don't ask. Mermaids don't talk. They turn into foam at the very beginning."

Qin Jing looked over and saw that the creatures approaching were Indian jackal monsters with reddish-brown fur. Jackals look similar to wolves, but are smaller in size, and their arms are longer than their legs. They are canines known for their agility and ferocity.

"Waaah... I..." The mermaid girl bit her lip in grievance.

"What? I can't hear you! Can you hear me?" the Indian jackal asked its companion.

"I can't hear you! Mermaids are like air, how could they possibly speak!" the jackal said with a laugh when asked the question.

"I can speak!" the mermaid girl stood up and shouted.

"We're going to get infected with airborne bacteria! Let's run!" the third jackal shouted.

"Hey! Fox, if you stay with the mermaid any longer, you might just turn into air too," the lead jackal said, glancing at Qin Jing.

"Waaah..." The mermaid girl picked up her book, stood up, and ran out of the classroom.

"Hey..." Qin Jing wanted to call out to her, but didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Wang Zi ran up and said, "Hey! Xiao Jing, I advise you not to be with mermaids. It's said that you can get infected."

"What is contagious?" Qin Jing asked.

"Airborne bacteria! They're terrifying! Your presence becomes so weak that even if you're talking right in front of someone, they won't be able to hear you," Wang Zi whispered to Qin Jing.

Qin Jing slapped her on the forehead with a chop to the head and asked, "Infectious my foot! Can't you hear what she's saying?"

"Woof... I can hear, but it seems like no one else can hear me," Wangzi said, holding his head in grievance.

Qin Jing covered her face helplessly, 'It really is true... even at the monster school, the brats are still the same, they're everywhere...'

It seems the mermaid girl is isolated in class. Thinking about it, most of the monsters around her are in groups. Even the powerful Momo has fans by her side, and Wangzi is always loyally following her.

On the contrary, the mermaid girl always seemed to be alone whenever I saw her.

Although he was like that, Wangzi would often come to him, and he got along quite well with the other monster classmates.

"Hey, little brother~! Haha! I've come to play with you!" The door was pushed open.

"Big Sister!" Wang Zi laughed and pounced on her.

"Oh! Wangzi, you're full of energy at school today too."

"Of course! As my older sister's younger sister, I'm always full of energy when it comes to my cultivation!" Wang Zi clenched her fist.

"Haha, as expected of my lovely little sister, amazing!" Momo hugged Wangzi and affectionately patted her head.

"Hehe." Wangzi smiled and wagged his tail.

"Sister Momo." Qin Jing stepped forward and greeted her sworn sister.

"Hey, Xiaojing, how's life at the new school?" Momo asked.

"It's so-so," Qin Jing said.

"Has any fool ever bullied you?" Momo asked, rubbing his hands together, eager to test his skills.

The male monsters around them trembled in fear, especially the three tiger-headed monsters, while the female monsters looked at Momo with admiration.

"No, I've dealt with everything that's come up so far." Qin Jing couldn't help but feel that Mo Mo wasn't really concerned about her; she was just bored and looking for an excuse to pass the time.

"Is that so... How boring." Momo lowered his hands in disappointment.

Upon hearing this, the male monsters around them all breathed a sigh of relief.

Momo seemed to be a highly respected figure at school. With her arrival, the noisy monsters around her quieted down. Wherever she went, she became the center of attention for the monsters.

Cruel, powerful, and beautiful—this seems to be the aesthetic standard of the monsters. The wolf god Momo perfectly embodies these qualities. He is gentle and caring towards the girls around him, yet ruthless towards challengers and enemies. In every battle, he is straightforward and direct, kicking and smashing anything that gets in his way, whether it's a tree or a wall. He is revered and worshipped by the monsters of the academy.

In the corner of the classroom, several monsters were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

"No way... does that fox have any connection with the Wolf God Martial Arts Academy?"

"The Wolf God Momo calls him his little brother."

"Hey...you just yelled at him, didn't you!"

"That's an exaggeration! I was just joking. Hey, don't go away!" the Indian jackal in the lead retorted.

“Let’s dance together again in our next life.” The other two Indian jackals kept distancing themselves from him.

"Wait..." The abandoned Indian jackal grew increasingly frightened, cautiously glancing towards Qin Jing, hoping she wouldn't mention him.

"By the way! I heard from Wang Zi that you're a great cook? Especially your steak?" Mo Mo hooked his arm around Qin Jing's neck and asked affectionately.

'So that's why you came to see me...' Qin Jing said with a helpless smile, 'I know, please come visit me next time. I'll prepare steak to treat you, Sister Momo.'

He might actually need this mastermind to intervene someday, since the mastermind behind getting him into the bathhouse still hasn't been found. Although the other party hasn't made any further moves since then, he's afraid of being targeted by such a lurking figure.

However, before that, Qin Jing decided to solve the mermaid girl's problem first.

Whether it's to apologize or to repay a debt of gratitude, seeing a little girl being ostracized is like being back in a human school and witnessing bullying. Qin Jing simply couldn't stand by and do nothing.

Section 78, Chapter 13: Deep-Sea Girl Makes Friends

There's a marine park in the elementary school area of ​​Hourai Academy. Somehow, it's connected to the inner sea, where you can see the waves crashing against the beach and enjoy the vast scenery. It always makes you feel better.

Qin Jing searched everywhere with water, looking in several places, and finally found the girl sitting under the pavilion, gazing at the sea. Although the girl liked watching Dazai, she would never be so desperate as to jump into the water; after all, there was no way she would drown.

The mermaid girl sat on the beach, softly singing a mermaid song, melodious and mysterious, her voice beautiful and captivating, like ripples spreading through one's heart.

This was the first time Qin Jing had heard such a moving voice, and she was completely captivated, standing behind and quietly listening to the girl sing. The waves were crashing fiercely against the rocks on the beach, but the girl's singing was like a clear spring dripping into Qin Jing's heart, only the song sounded so lonely.

The mermaid girl, unaware of the person behind her, continued singing, pouring out all her emotions through her voice. Whenever she was sad, she would come here alone to look at the sea.

The girl was the daughter of the sea, and even among her siblings, she was a quiet, reserved person. Her older brothers and sisters ostracized her, and her younger brothers and sisters didn't want to play with her.

Her interests differed from those of other mermaids, and she couldn't gain their understanding. Even her parents saw her as a dull and unremarkable child, so they couldn't say they liked her much.

Her only hobby was reading, and even though she was so reclusive, there were words in those books that she could understand.

A young girl, drawn by human culture, came to this academy hoping to make friends who understand each other.

But even after arriving here, nothing changed; I was still ostracized and disliked.

Perhaps it wasn't the other person's fault, but rather that I was destined to be disliked, destined by fate to never be liked, and destined to walk through life alone...

"The sea here is so shallow and small..." the girl said sadly as she stopped singing.

“But it’s very blue,” Qin Jing said as she stepped forward.

"Who is it?" The blue-haired girl was startled and turned around.

"So you're here. It's really nice to have this breeze blowing around here." Qin Jing sat down next to the girl.

"What are you doing... If you're seen talking to me, you'll be ignored too." The blue-haired girl put some distance between herself and Qin Jing and asked in a low voice.

"No, if that's really the case... it seems pretty good too. Let's not talk about that. I actually just came to talk to you," Qin Jing said.

"What's there to talk about with a mermaid like me?" The blue-haired girl lowered her head in self-consciousness.

"Don't say that. I've been running around everywhere just to see you. Be more confident and show off your strengths!" Qin Jing advised.

"But... what good qualities do I have?" the blue-haired girl said dejectedly, looking down.

“Yes, I do have strengths. My greatest strength is my love of reading, and yesterday you even helped carry me to the infirmary, even though I had offended you before. That’s something most people… no, no matter what race, would find difficult to do,” Qin Jing said.

"Being gentle and kind isn't really a virtue if it's just talk, but if you can actually do it, then it's a very respectable and noble quality. And you're also very strong; that tail strike yesterday was really amazing," Qin Jing joked.

"I'm sorry, my mind was completely blank at the time, I never imagined you might be a hybrid of a fox and a hyena," the blue-haired girl said apologetically, bowing her head.

"...I'm sorry, I'm actually human..." Qin Jing said, lowering her head in shame.

"Huh?! Humans! You mean those animals that go into heat all year round, just like dolphins and gorillas!" The blue-haired girl jumped up, putting distance between herself and Qin Jing again.

This was completely different from the reactions of the monsters in the class who liked 'humans'. Shouldn't they have reacted like humans seeing a panda, rushing to hug it?

The mermaid girl's brain structure is indeed different from that of ordinary monsters.

"I'm sorry... there were unavoidable reasons! I was knocked unconscious and taken to the bathhouse!" Qin Jing explained.

"Is...is that so..." The blue-haired girl finally calmed down.

"Anyway, thank you! You helped me yesterday." Qin Jing said sincerely.

"This is the first time I've ever seen a human. Are all humans in the outside world like you? Or are they more like the characters in Dazai's books?" the blue-haired girl asked softly.

"No, don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually one of the few exceptions. And many readers will find similarities in the characters in Dazai's books—for example, feeling lonely, forcing a smile to please those around them, hating the coldness and cruelty of reality, and feeling that their inner selves are out of step with mainstream values..."

"But Dazai is Dazai, Yozo is Yozo, and I will only ever be myself. Dazai expresses his inner thoughts through Yozo, writing that he considers his life to be 'a life full of shame'."

However, Yozo was handsome and popular with women, some of whom were even willing to be swindled out of their money by him, while Dazai also had readers who understood him and were willing to drown themselves with him.

“Among ordinary people, there are many who are not as good as them in many ways, but they are all living tenaciously. People do not live by their despicable and shameless flaws, but by their shining qualities,” Qin Jing said.

"If I could turn my thoughts into words and write a book that people would recognize, I would probably have no regrets in this life," Qin Jing said with a sigh.

“But… I have no friends, and no monsters are willing to be friends with a mermaid like me…” the blue-haired girl said.

"Let me introduce myself first. I'm Qin Jing, an ordinary human from the human world. I enjoy reading. What about you?"

The blue-haired girl paused for a moment, then said, "Eh? I... I'm a Blue Whale, a mermaid from the deep sea, and I also like reading..."

“‘Whale,’ right? Just call me ‘Jing’ if you’d like to consider me a friend.” Qin Jing smiled and extended her hand to the girl.

"No, I should be the one to say that, Xiaojing! Can you be my friend?" Whale shouted bravely.

"Of course!" Qin Jing replied with a smile. "But let me make this clear beforehand: friends aren't something you can gain by ordering or begging. I'm just deciding to be your friend based on my own will, since we're both fans of Dazai Osamu's books."

"Mmm! Waaah..." The blue-haired girl gripped Qin Jing's hand tightly, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. The teardrops fell from her cheeks, looking like pearls in the sunlight.

Qin Jing gently patted the girl's head and handed her a handkerchief.

Actually, she's just a sensitive, clumsy child who doesn't know what to do. She's just lost; all she needs is a hand to guide her out of it. All she needs is simple friendship and a little care, and then she can grow and become a better person.

"Xiao Jing! If you ever try to enter the women's bath again, I promise I won't swat you with my tail again." Whale said firmly, as if making a vow, while wiping away her tears with a handkerchief.

"No, Miss Whale, could you please not bring this up again?" Qin Jing pleaded awkwardly.

"Well, since you put it that way, Xiaojing! But please don't mind it, every race has its own quirks! Friends are about mutual tolerance!" Whale nodded understandingly and encouraged Qin Jing.

"Haha... thank you." Qin Jing covered his face. Why was he the one being forgiven? He felt that he could never wash away this stain in his life.

Section 79, Chapter 14: The So-Called Monster Fight

After school, Qin Jing asked Wang Zi to find Sister Momo. She planned to introduce Whale to them.

"Sister Momo! Wangzi! Is it okay if this child eats dinner with us too?" Qin Jing asked.

"Hmm...isn't this the little mermaid girl? What a nosy little brother of yours. But since it's my cute little brother's request, and he brought a cute girl along, of course I'll agree." Momo seemed reluctant at first, but then he changed his tone and agreed with a laugh.

"As long as my older sister agrees, I have no objections," Wang Zi said with a bright smile. After being lectured by Qin Jing, she also learned that there were no germs at all. This child was so innocent that she didn't understand anything about bullying or ostracizing.

"Alright, Whale, it's your turn to speak," Qin Jing said, nudging the blue-haired girl.

The girl nervously clenched her fingers, took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and shouted loudly, "I...I'm a whale, nice to meet you! Senior Momo! Wangzi!"

"Nice voice! I am Momo from Wolf God Academy, nice to meet you! Whale!" Momo replied with a hearty laugh. She really didn't know how to deal with the timid and shy girl who didn't dare to say a word before, but she didn't dislike this hardworking girl.

"Little Whale, I'm sorry for what I said about you having airborne bacteria! Please take good care of me from now on!" Wang Zi apologized with his hands clasped together, smiling brightly.

"Please...please guide me." Whale smiled shyly and said softly.

"Then let's have a celebration party at my dorm today! I'll cook a ton of delicious food!" Qin Jing said.

"Great! Long live Xiaojing! Make steak! The 5A beef from last time!" Wangzi jumped up excitedly.

"Oh! I've been waiting for you to say that, little brother! The amount has to be enough, my appetite is much bigger than Wangzi's!" Momo said with satisfaction.

"I know, lots of steak, right?" Qin Jing nodded helplessly in agreement, then turned to ask, "So, Jing, what do you like to eat? Anything is fine, I'm a special admission student, so money isn't a problem at all."

"Well... I want to eat sashimi and caviar sushi, a super large portion..." Whale said softly.

"Oh... okay." Qin Jing hesitated for a moment, then agreed.