"Alright, let's eat. ”

With a wave of her hand, Lumia withdrew the zero-light black realm that shrouded the monster.

“Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh！！！！”

Sure enough, the monster rushed at the food like a hungry dog, grabbing a deer's leg and devouring it, but unlike the previous food that had been erased by nothingness, this time the piece of flesh could be touched by its entity, so when the monster chewed a few times and swallowed it as usual, it naturally choked.

“Geeeeeee……”

Lumia, holding another deer leg in both hands, was nibbling on venison, her teeth were as sharp as those of a monster, and her flat white teeth could dig out a mouthful of flesh every time. Chewing slowly, Lumia noticed the ugly face of the monster beside her, and she put down the deer's leg and flew to the monster and asked:

"What's wrong? Are you choking on eating too quickly?"

“Geeeeeeeee……”

The monster couldn't speak, but one of its hands was on its throat, and the other was still clutching the deer's leg.

"Sure enough, I've done that before. Open your mouth, ahhh

Lumia easily recognized the monster's predicament, and she reached out with a hand to break the monster's jaw, causing it to open its mouth.

The monster obediently opened its mouth, but the inside of its mouth and tongue were as black as the black mamba, and even with Lumia's eyesight, it was impossible to see anything.

"Grow up, ah————"

Perhaps sensing what Lumia was trying to do, the monster's mandibles suddenly disconnected and expanded into a trumpet rather exaggeratedly. Lumia couldn't help but laugh at the twisted face, waiting until the monster's saliva dripped onto the ground, sizzling the soil and corroding before remembering to check its throat.

Lumia held the lighter in one hand and poked her head into the monster's mouth. It was as dangerous as putting its head into a crocodile's gaping mouth at a zoo show, and she didn't think about what would happen if the monster closed its mouth at this point. Or maybe she knew it was dangerous, but didn't think the monster would do that. Although the time spent together was unusually short, Lumia had an inexplicable affection and trust for this stupid monster, and she believed that the monster would not hurt her.

Unexpected. The monster didn't have any taste in its mouth, and if it had to say, it was a cold, rotten breath, like a cold wind blowing in a graveyard at midnight. She saw large chunks of venison stuck together with the extremely toxic saliva, turning into a half-mushy and half-solid stuff that clogged the opening of the monster's esophagus. But those pieces of meat actually dissolved very quickly, and even if she didn't do anything, after a while, they would all turn into protein liquid and flow into the monster's stomach pouch.

But Lumia thought about it, and reached out to shove the pieces of meat into the monster's esophagus. The monster writhed in pain and made "Ger" and "Geh" sounds in the process, until Lumia pushed all the pieces of minced meat into its stomach. Lumia's hands and head left the monster's mouth, and she slipped the lighter back into her pocket. But the little monster looked at his right hand, which was stained with poisonous slime, and frowned in annoyance. The venom didn't hurt her, but even Lumia didn't want to use such hands to grab food, she would feel disgusted.

“Guuuuuhhhhhhh~”

The monster's head returned to its normal size, and then it made a sound that could be said to be reassuring. Compared with the original chaos and foolishness, there seems to be a little more emotion in its voice.

Just as Lumia struggled with what to do with the venom on her hands, a large, cold, blue-white hand with black claws grabbed her arm. The monster's other hand pulled at the hem of his dirty garment, and wiped Lumia's right hand vigorously.

"Wow! it hurts! Wait, don't wipe it with your clothes, it will get dirtier and dirtier!"

Lumia wanted to break free from the monster's shackles, but the disparity in strength was too great, so she had to passively accept the monster's service.

“…… Eh, it's not getting dirty. ”

When the monster finally let go of Rumia's hand, the Yotsumi Youkai quickly withdrew his hand and looked it up and down carefully for a while, but did not find even the slightest stain.

There was a faint sound of corrosion from the monster's body, and Lumia looked up at it, only to find that the clumped blood and stains from the corners of its clothes were rapidly dissipated by the venom, revealing the tattered but clean black fabric underneath. And the monster itself still stood in place, facing Lumia, and the sculpture seemed to be silent.

"It's so convenient. Speaking of which, even when I first saw you, all you had was dirty clothes, and you didn't have any dust stains on your body.

Lumia tilted her head, her red eyes glinting with curiosity. The monster tilted its head and said:

“Guh？”

"Well, forget it. Anyway, there are all kinds of youkai in Gensokyo, so you should be just a stupid youkai. It's okay, I'll protect you. After all, it's hard for a stupid youkai like you to survive.,I have a friend who likes frozen frogs told me that there is a bad youkai who lives in a big house by the Lake of Mist that likes to bully stupid people very much.,She saw the big goblin bullied by that goblin many times.,Every time she stepped forward to save the big goblin.。 ”

Lumia stared at the monster and smiled. She reached out and patted the head of the monster who was busy gnawing on the deer's legs, and said triumphantly:

"I'll protect you like Kirino and Damiso too!"

“Guuuuurrrrr！”

The monster gnawed on the deer's leg and shouted indistinctly.

"But speaking of which, you don't have a name yet, do you?"

Lumia fell to the ground and sat down beside the monster, picked up her own deer leg and ate it.

"Hmm...... Chew, although it is not a big deal that the yokai has no name, chew, but I can't always call you 'you'?"

“Guuuuuhhhhhh……”

"yes, you're just going to quack...... Then I'll call you quack, how about it, quack?"

“Guuuuuuhhhhh？”

"Is it~ so?"

“Guuuuuuhhhhh？”

"Is it~ so?"

“Guuuuuuhhhhh？”

"Yes~ That's it. ”

The monster that was so focused on attacking venison didn't even hear what Rumia said, or it didn't understand when it did. Rumia, who wanted to ask for the monster's opinion, tilted her head to look at it for a moment, and then realized that her behavior was just useless in a meaningless conversation, so she also gave up thinking about the monster, and lowered her head and tried to eat.

"That's it, quack. I'm moving~"

All that was left in the forest was the sound of two monsters, large and small, burying their heads in food.