That's right, that's what Hirano Kid just heard, and her on-the-spot performance.

Because Edo Castle is infested with time-traveling troops, it is impossible for the locals to distinguish the difference between time-traveling marches and ghosts, so they are always called "evil spirits". Earlier today, the other team of Fu Mourners caused a small disturbance on the safer passageway, also because the locals mistook them for the "evil" gods and monsters of the time-tracing march.

I heard that the "gods" had "chased them out of the courtyard for a few feet, and then we immediately chased them away, and when we entered the courtyard, the evil spirits had disappeared without a trace." Since there is no other entrance or exit to the courtyard, all the nearby houses have been investigated, and nothing has been found, which is very strange", Liu Quan guessed, maybe the other party's inquisitor was in a hurry to use the newly issued compass to the city.

The compass looks like a pocket watch, but the dial does not indicate the time, but the direction, and you can press the button at the top of the compass to have a chance to return to the honmaru immediately.

Of course, Liu Quan also brought such new props. It sounds very convenient, but if you can't avoid people's eyes and ears when you use it, you will inevitably need someone to lie for them.

So she came up with a whole good story in an instant.

She showed an awe-inspiring look, and when the two guards looked at each other in disbelief, she raised her voice slightly, and shouted, "Are you colluding with evil spirits when you stop me here?!"

The two guards were even more startled by her drink, and looked at each other, and one of them trembled and asked.

"You—You said that you are a shrine maiden at Kifune Shrine, what evidence do you have?!We have not been notified that we have invited a shrine maiden to pray here for blessings and disasters......

Liu Quan's face paled slightly.

"Joke! Do you want to spread the word to the whole of Edo Castle, so that those evil people can also have a chance to spy on this kind of news and then not be able to hide from it?

"If I am an evil spirit, how can I become a shrine maiden?, and I am not afraid that I will be taken by the divine power and be turned into nothing?!" she said sternly.

The two guards: "...... Words and words are reasonable...... Oh no!"

They regained their spirits.

"In that case, what is the reason for being a shrine maiden to bring so many people into the city?" they interrogated loudly, but for some reason there was always a hint of guilt in their voices.

"If things are really what you say, then tell me what those kids behind you do?!"

Liu Quan paused for a second, and then replied firmly in an unquestioning tone: "...... Waiter. ”

"Squire, squire?!" the voices of the two guards were a little out of tune in surprise.

"Since you are a shrine maiden, what kind of maid do you want to bring with you when you enter the city?!"

Liu Quan answered calmly and smoothly, and replied, "Because there are many evil spirits in the city, it will take the assistance of many attendants to complete the process. ”

Perhaps it was because of the relationship she had answered in a strong, confident tone, that the two guards couldn't find anything wrong with them. However, they were presumably instructed to examine everyone they met, so they slid their gaze to the side and quickly found a new problem.

"Then ......! Who is this?!" One of the guards stared at the Three Days Moon Sect who was standing beside Liu Quan with a calm expression, and for some reason seemed to be overwhelmed by his aura, so his voice sounded even more weak.

Liu Quan replied decisively: "Priest." ”

Thankfully, the suit for the three days and the moon was a hunting suit from the Heian period! Although he wore a cuirass and abdominal armor, the style of the hunting suit was not far from the standard dress of the priests in the shrine, and now it was night, and the lights on the corridor were dim, and the two guards must not be able to see any differences in details.

Sure enough, the two guards stammered and repeated in disbelief: "...... Priest?"

Liu Quan could already fully understand their wavering feelings from their tones, so her tone was even more determined.

"Yes, I have come with this priest to ward off evil spirits. She said aloud, "Since the situation in the castle is unknown, I can't let the priest walk in the front and put myself in danger, so I, as a shrine maiden, will walk in the front - this is also to ensure the safety of the priest!"

The two guards looked at each other, a little hesitant.

"However, I really didn't hear that the priests and shrine maidens of Kifune Shrine had been invited to come and get rid of ......."

Liu Quan interrupted them sharply, and shouted: "The divine power of the Guifune Shrine has been verified many times from ancient times to the present, so I don't need to tell you one by one! I have heard that the evil spirits in the city are powerful, and they have killed and injured many people, which is very tricky; what is the reason why you do not go to patrol around, but instead make it difficult for us and others to secretly enter the city to dispel evil spirits? Do you plan to make a big deal here, so that the evil spirits will attack us first, so that your responsibility for dereliction of duty can be easily covered! If you delay our business, it will not be enough for you to apologize!"

The two guards froze on the spot at her fierce and progressive words.

Indeed, they had never seen a shrine maiden with such a powerful aura. However, they always felt that compared to the powerful shrine maiden, the "priest-sama" who stood beside her, with her eyes half-closed and half-open, handsome and graceful, and quietly stared at them, seemed to have a deeper momentum that people could not question.

However, the deep momentum that has the characteristics of a superior person, when he meets this witch who is full of aura and eloquence, it is subtly restrained, making the aura of the two people when they stand together more and more complement each other and stand in their own way (?).

The two guards felt that the cold sweat on their foreheads was oozing out for a while.

Just when they couldn't decide whether to let them go, the handsome priest suddenly lowered his eyebrows, reached out with his right hand, and grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"It's coming. He said briefly.

...... Even the voice of the warning is very beautiful.

For a while, the first thought that broke into the minds of the two guards was actually this.

However, before they had time to think about it, they saw the powerful witch in front of them suddenly raise her right hand flatly, and waved it handsomely!

Then the five acolytes (?) behind her immediately dispersed, as if they had formed a certain formation, and entered a posture of preparation.

In the next second, an ominous black mist oozed from between the cracks in the wall. The black gas made a gurgling sound and gathered towards the corridor, and in an instant, it condensed into a tall, twisted black shadow.

The two guards watched in amazement as this happened, and finally shouted with all their might: "...... Evil again!!"

Then, suddenly, the corners of the shrine maiden's lips curled, and a certain look of pride on her face resembled that of determination and confidence.

"Great," she said. ”

The next moment, she took the lead in pulling out the sword at her waist, and while those black shadows were not firmly on their feet, she jumped forward, swept past the two guards who were almost frightened and stiffened, and swung the knife down!

The guards only had time to shout, "Please be careful, Miko Maiden!!These evil spirits cannot be killed—"

But the next moment, they choked on the end of their unfinished words.

For they saw that those evil black shadows—black shadows that could not be cut down no matter how hard they drew their swords regardless of their lives—were swept down by the shrine maiden, and a huge crack was broken with a thud as the blades passed!

They heard the handsome priest chuckle coming out of his throat. Then, the priest took a leisurely step—not like facing a strong enemy on the battlefield, but as if he were stepping down the steps to enjoy the flowers in the court—and swept in front of them, the blade of the sword he had drawn flashed a sharp light in the darkness.

There was a smug hint in his voice.

"See, that's it~"

Then, without hesitation, he swung that beautiful and sharp knife at the first huge black shadow that rushed towards him.

With a bang, the blade fell with the sound of the wind. The black shadow let out an even more terrible scream, and it dissipated.

As if the priest were acting like a silent order, the boy standing behind him and the shrine maiden also split into two groups and swept past the two of them and rushed forward.

The battle was soon over.

The two guards were completely useless, and could only watch in amazement as the priest and the shrine maiden, leading a few squires who were also neat and agile, and simply cut down all the monsters that they couldn't kill no matter how they cut them.

Guard One: "Really, really...... Is it the priest and the shrine maiden......!That's why we can destroy these inhuman evil ......?!"

Guard 2: "Yes, I'm sorry......! Just now, I did something rude...... and the evil in the city, I just ask the adults......

Without any doubt, they turned sideways to get out of the way, and bowed respectfully as the priest and his party passed in front of them.

The handsome priest in the blue hunting robe, who seemed to be different from the other shrines, seemed to be indifferent and unmoved even when they asked and apologized like this, as if the suspicions of the two guards had not angered him, and the apologies and requests of the two guards had not made him feel proud or complacent.

The handsome and noble god of the wind and the heavenly priest returned the sword to the sheath, and then pressed the handle of the famous sword at his waist, and passed in front of the two guards with graceful steps—without glancing at all.

However, the two guards still didn't dare to come out, and they were ashamed that they had just dared to doubt the authenticity of the identities of the priest and the shrine maiden—but unlike the high and indifferent priest, the witch who was still sharp and full of aura just now, after mercilessly killing all the evil cults that appeared, seemed to let go of a little nervousness, exuding a kind and gentle aura, and when he passed in front of the two of them, he even turned his head and bowed slightly to them.

The two guards were flattered. When the group entered the door at the end of the hallway, they locked it again, and said things like "It's saved!" and "Evil spirits must not be able to run rampant in this place anymore!"

On the other side, after stepping out of the line of sight of the two guards and making sure that they had reclosed the door to the corridor behind them, the celestial-looking priestess slowed down and turned his head slightly, glancing at the shrine maiden beside him with a smile.

"Hmm, is it a combination of a priest and a shrine maiden?" he said with a smile, "Doesn't that sound good~"

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March 1:

Okay, I successfully used a [Priest + Mikoto] meme √ again

Next chapter, unboxing!

How about the next update, tentatively on Sunday?

PS. Thank you for the little cutie Meow, Gui Crane Shen, Immortal Limit, and Mo Lengxi's feed~~(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~