From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"I'm so sorry." Seeing her crooked finished product, Yui Aoki felt a little uneasy.

[It's okay, you wrote very well. Then, stamp it with the red seal.]

"Yes." Yui Aoki carefully dipped the ink and placed the red seal neatly on the words she had just written.

"Xia... Chuan?"

Yui Aoki whispered.

The original characters on the red seal had long been worn off by Natsukawa. He considered for a long time. Although Sato always felt that he should use a complicated name like "Hakuyama Katori Palace Munetsu no Mikoto Daimyojin", Natsukawa finally only engraved these two official script characters.

It is not the case that the longer the name of a god, the more impressive he is. Of course, the key point is that it is too troublesome to carve so many words.

The fewer characters there are, the less information will be revealed. Neon originally had the surname "Natsukawa", so the person who opened the amulet should not be able to guess his origin.

[Yes, this is my name. Don’t call me Mr. Guardian Spirit anymore. Just call me by my name Xiachuan.]

This request made Yui Aoki hesitate for a moment. After a few seconds, she nodded solemnly: "Yes."

"Aoki?" Matsushige Goro's voice suddenly came from the back alley. He was probably worried because she had gone out to throw away the garbage and had not returned for a long time.

Yui panicked instantly.

【Take the amulet and go through the main gate! 】

Xia Chuan said to her.

There was almost no one outside at this time, so no one would have seen her sneaking out of the shrine.

Yui hurriedly folded the note, stuffed it into the amulet bag next to her, and ran towards the shrine gate under Natsukawa's guidance.

There was a lock on the fence, but that was certainly not a problem for Xia Chuan.

Yui Aoki ran out in a hurry and ran back through the main gate of Tsuru Manor.

"Mr. Matsushige, I'm sorry, I..."

"What happened to you? Where did you go in the middle of the night? It's such a short distance, could you have gotten lost?"

"I'm sorry!" Yui Aoki apologized repeatedly.

"Next time you do this, just go back and don't come again!" Matsu Shigegoro breathed a sigh of relief, but still cursed with a deadpan expression. "Go and collect those plates!"

You guy!

Xia Chuan feinted at him in the air, but ultimately did nothing.

I can only wait until she gets off work, but how much spiritual power can that amulet hold? It really makes me curious.

Chapter 58: Academic Problems Exclusively for Miko

"Is that...bad?"

Aoki Yui asked anxiously.

After get off work, she still entered the shrine from the same secret entrance, avoiding Sato Kentaro who was sleeping soundly in the shrine office, and entered the main hall which could be said to be Natsukawa's real body.

Then, Xiachuan began to test the quality of the amulet she made herself.

Aoki Yui obviously had no confidence. Although Xiachuan had been encouraging her, she felt that she could never compare to someone like Sato Shinju who had been trained since childhood. As long as she could barely pass the test and allow Xiachuan to attach a little bit of spiritual power to it, she would be satisfied.

But Xia Chuan was in shock.

This amulet, which looked quite rough and immature from any angle, absorbed fifty strands of spiritual energy without any difficulty. He was surprised and injected more spiritual energy into it, but it absorbed it effortlessly every time.

It was not until a hundred strands of spiritual energy were added that it could no longer accommodate more. However, those spiritual energies did not dissipate to the surroundings as before, but continued to surround it, as if they were attracted by something and were unwilling to leave for a long time.

[Yui, how did you do it? ]

"Ah?"

[It's not that bad, it's that great! Yui, why don't you just be my personal shrine maiden? ]

Such an invitation made Yui Aoki's face turn red in an instant. She lowered her head and was speechless for a long time.

【Are you unwilling? 】

"No, Mr. Guardian Spirit, can I really?"

A gentle nod on the head.

[Didn’t I say to call my name? ]

"But……"

Dot dot dot dot.

"I understand...Um...Natsu...Natsukawa-kun, can I really...really be your personal shrine maiden?"

[Of course! This is so impressive for your first try. You will definitely be even better in the future! ]

"But will Lord Sato agree?"

[Let Sato, that loser, die]

Sato, who was sleeping soundly in the social office, suddenly sneezed for no reason, and Yui Aoki was also startled.

"That...that..." Her face flushed red and she said in panic.

[I was just kidding]

Xia Chuan hurriedly explained.

[I will compensate him and let him take charge of other jobs that are more suitable for him. He must prefer to be out in the open and interact with other people rather than working in the shrine. As for you, I just talked to myself and didn't ask for your opinion. Are you willing to do such a job? ]

"Of course!" Aoki Yui hurriedly said with courage. "To be able to serve...to serve...Natsukawa-kun is what I have been dreaming of!"

Her face turned red again, and she looked very cute, which made Xia Chuan want to bully her again, but... it was really inconvenient to have no body.

[Then it's settled! However, there's no rush for this matter. At least wait until Sato has sorted out the issue with the shrine. It's impossible for you to sneak in every time like now.]

"It doesn't matter actually~" Yui Aoki said softly.

[This won't do. I am the exclusive shrine maiden of Natsukawa Daimyojin. How can I enter the shrine secretly every time? ]

"Natsukawa Daimyojin?" Yui had no idea what she was thinking about, and she had a silly smile on her face full of longing.

Hey, why do I want to rub her head so much?

[Let’s not talk about this matter for now. Now that the money problem has been solved, it’s time to consider letting you go back to school.]

"Ah?" Yui Aoki's smile froze instantly.

[A school like Higashio High School is definitely not an option, Yui, which school do you prefer? ]

"Well... Actually, even if I don't go to school..."

[That won’t work! We’ve already discussed this before! Haven’t you been studying on your own during this period? You will definitely be able to catch up, no problem!]

Xia Chuan said firmly.

[Don't worry, I'll have Takahata pretend to be your father and take care of all the paperwork. Just tell me what school you want to go to.]

Aoki Yui's face looked very pitiful: "Um... Natsukawa-kun, I don't really understand this either. Please make the decision for me."

[It’s settled then! It’s getting late, let’s go home! ]

Xia Chuan said.

"Well, let's go home." These words made Yui Aoki happy again instantly.

She carefully hung her own exclusive amulet on her chest, and Natsukawa withdrew the spiritual energy inside to about ten strands. This amount has been proven many times not to trigger a reaction in the detector used by Akasaka, but it is enough to do something.

If there is an unexpected situation, as long as Yui is not too far away, Natsukawa can immediately use the crow to bring the amulet infused with more spiritual energy to that place.

Come to think of it, it's inevitable that the shrine will have to raise a lot of mice and crows as protective spirits in the future. Will Yui be afraid of them?

Crows are probably okay, but no matter how you think about it, girls should be afraid of mice, right?

Xia Chuan felt a little guilty, but when he looked at Yui's smiling face, he made a decision in an instant.

This Sato guy is useless anyway, so we might as well let him find a house nearby to raise mice and crows. How can Yui be asked to take on such a job!

The lives of the two seemed to be back on track, but Xiachuan found that during the time he was away, Yui's self-study progress had not surprisingly slowed down...

Knock knock knock knock.

"I was wrong... Xiachuan-kun, please forgive me."

[Since you are so cute, I will catch up with you from tomorrow! ]

"Hi!" Yui Aoki nodded vigorously. "I will definitely do my best!"

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"Among the high schools nearby, the best one is of course Kaicheng High School, right?" Yoshiyama said carefully, lying on the map.

The two raccoon cats were called over. Sato didn't know about Yui yet, and Natsukawa didn't plan to let him know for the time being.

"Kaisei High School?" Takahata was a little uneasy, after all, this was something that would require him to be in the spotlight. "With Aoki's family background, it should be difficult to get in, right? And what about the academic ability test? Aoki doesn't have to go to the University of Tokyo, so there's no need for him to go to such a good school, right?"

It sounds good, but Takahata is indeed right.

Aoki Takeshi's apparent identity is still an unemployed vagrant. Although he does not know the situation in this world, it is logical that top high schools must have strict selection criteria for students. With Yui's level, even if the other party agrees to accept her, it will probably be difficult for her to pass the entrance examination or other selection.

"What about the second choice? Is there any school that you can get into as long as you pay the money, but is not too bad?"

But the two useless monsters usually don't pay attention to information related to education, and can't tell you anything. In the end, Xiachuan can only send them to the neighboring Hezhuang and ask regular customers on the grounds that "my niece from my hometown wants to go to Tokyo to study in high school."

After much discussion, everyone finally decided on Yui Aoki's new school: Kitatoshima High School. It was a girls' school with a deviation value of about 60. It was not particularly good, but it should be enough for Yui Aoki's level.

"Very good!" Natsukawa nodded. "Takahata, it's up to you now! Come on!"

"Yes." Takahata agreed with a sad face.

Chapter 59: God and the Cook

It was not an easy task to get Yui Aoki to attend Kitatoshima High School. There was no one to receive her when she went there directly. Fortunately, a regular customer knew someone from the school's parent committee and called to introduce this person to Takahata, which solved the difficulty of admission.

The tuition, admission fee, facility fee, school uniform, textbooks and other miscellaneous things cost nearly 900,000 yen. In order to ensure that Yui would not suffer from meaningless isolation and bullying again due to her family's poverty, Natsukawa checked the most popular mobile phone brands, daily necessities, cosmetics and accessories among female high school students almost every night after she fell asleep in the days before Yui entered school, and forced Yui to buy them. He was really worried about her.

Taking into account the jealousy that some girls might feel, Xia Chuan deliberately chose items that were mid-to-high priced rather than the most expensive ones.

Although they were not afraid of someone causing trouble, nor were they worried about drawing Akasaka's attention again, they already had enough things to worry about, and it would be better to avoid the intrigues between high school girls if possible.

"Natsukawa-kun... I really..." However, Yui Aoki was under tremendous pressure due to his unremitting efforts.

Even before her father went bankrupt, she had never experienced anything like this, and in recent years when her family's financial situation had fallen on hard times, she had become accustomed to a frugal, even stingy, lifestyle.

Xia Chuan's kindness made her feel extremely uncomfortable and even a little panicked.

How can I repay such a kindness?

[You are my exclusive shrine maiden of Natsukawa Daimyojin. I am not asking you to live a luxurious life, but you should at least live a moderate life, right? Otherwise, in the future, my followers will see that the shrine maiden lives too frugally, won't they doubt the power of the god? This is a big matter related to the reputation of Natsukawa Daimyojin, Aoki shrine maiden, do you understand? ]

"But……"

[There is nothing wrong with this, Aoki Miko, you should understand, right? Questioning the decision of God is a heinous crime, unforgivable, and you deserve the punishment! ]

Poke, poke, poke.

The poor, weak and helpless Aoki Miko had no choice but to surrender to the evil god.

[Don't be afraid of them. Don't forget that I will always be by your side. If anyone dares to bully you, I will let them...]

"No!" Aoki Yui said hurriedly. "It definitely won't happen!"

She still doesn't want to think about what happened before. It was because of that incident that Akasaka was attracted, leading to a series of events afterwards.

Even if it was for the sake of the guardian spirit...well, Natsukawa-kun, she would never let the same thing happen again.

[Anyway, if you can use your hands, don't use your mouth. If you can hit someone in the face, don't kick them in the stomach. Don't worry, I'm here. Even someone like Takahata can become a martial arts master. You'll be fine!]

"Yes!" Aoki Yui nodded heavily. "Thank you!"

The night before Yui Aoki officially started attending classes at her new school, Natsukawa went online to look up a lot of information about school violence and bullying, and imagined more than 200 possible bullying incidents and three possible responses for each. The result was...

"This is Yui Aoki, who transferred into our Grade 1 D class today. Everyone should get along well with her and don't bully her!"

"Mr. Aoki, your skin is so nice. What skin care products do you use?"