Natsume here had just finished Shikigami when Natori suddenly shouted "Coming", standing in the middle of the road full of spells, he folded his hands and recited the spell, and on the side of the wide open door, the youkai was slowly but firmly walking towards the formation laid by Natori Monday.

"Mr. Natori, you can't !!" Natsume was still a step late, and the youkai had already stepped into Natori Monday's formation covered with shredded paper, and with the sound of Natori Monday's incantation, the shredded paper began to fly up and down in the air, and the spiritual power was channeled into the formation, and the formation began to emit a dazzling light.

Natsume held the knife he had taken out of the scroll with the inscription painted yesterday, and suddenly broke into Natori Monday's formation, and Natori Monday, who was shocked by Natsume's movements, shouted at Natsume: "Hurry up and get out of there, once I activate it, I won't be able to stop this rune formation." ”

The voice echoed in Natsume's ears, Natsume did not withdraw from the formation, but opened his eyes under the dazzling light of the formation, withstood the pressure in the formation, slowly and quickly unsheathed the knife in his hand, and nailed it to the formation node under his feet, the power of the formation suddenly strengthened and scattered, and even the mask on the monster's face was shattered under this force.

At that moment, Natsume saw the memories of the youkai in the exposed, flashing eyes of the youkai. A child's voice rings in his ears: "What's wrong with you?" What a strange mask, your hands are bleeding! Natsume saw the lizard-like mole on the child's outstretched arm.

The child bandaged the wound of the monster and said, "When I fell, my mother bandaged me like that, but my mother is no longer there, she is already very weak, I heard that because I can see strange things, I have caused misfortune, and my uncles say so, if that's the case, then it would be better to get rid of me early!" The child said with a gloomy face.

Looking at the kid who was bandaging me, "You little nonsense is really a lot." ”

When he heard this, the child was unhappy, "I'm not a ghost, my name is Monday." ”

Hearing this, the monster said gently: "O human beings, human children do not have the power to incur misfortune. ”

"Really?" Natori, who heard the monster's words, was a little excited.

The yokai stretched out his bandaged hand and put it on Natori's head, pressed it and touched it, "You're a gentle child!" Very gentle, but still a child. Because I met you, I'm so happy now! ”

Natsume woke up from the memory of the youkai, opened his eyes, and looked at the youkai who had fallen to the side, "I didn't even notice it, it turns out that she is the youkai!" Natori's voice turned Natsume's attention to him.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground and looking at the monster lying in the array, "The restraint on her neck has not disappeared, and my current strength can't break this kind of seal, I originally wanted to get rid of her, if it's a poor monster who can't escape from the bondage, I think it's better to liberate her like this, but the owner of this commission will not be able to deal with her." ”

Natori was a little embarrassed and wondered if there was any way to untie the monster's neck, "If these methods can successfully break the seal, they can save her life, and then they can burn the rope and return her to freedom, but there is no way to safely unbreak the seal now, and I don't have the ability to undo such a complicated seal now." ”

Then he lowered his head and breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's great that you saved her, but Natsume, I'm sorry, I didn't want to implicate you like this, when I saw you, I remembered my former self, and I thought I could convey something to you, I just wanted to talk to you, but I didn't expect you to be so powerful." ”

Natsume also sat down cross-legged in the same way as Natori Mon, pulled the knife out of the ground and put it between his knees, "Well, me too." ”

Natori suddenly grinned, then looked at Natsume's unique knife covered in inscriptions and asked, "Is this knife yours?" It's amazing. But looking at you like this, it seems that you have learned it systematically, and I don't know which demon exterminator family you are, but the surname Natsume seems to have never heard of a demon exterminator family called Natsume. ”

"My family is not a demon exterminator.,And I'm an orphan.,Now I'm adopted by my parents.,It's just that I haven't changed my surname.,Our family has been running a shrine for generations.,Now I'm borrowing here and I'm going back after high school.。 Natsume explained with a slight smile.

"Is that so? The Divine Officer Family, it's not strange to reply to these things, but I haven't had much contact with us demon slayers, but I've heard of some of them. Natori said as he stroked his chin.

Natsume stood up and said to Natori, "Maybe I have a way to solve this seal." ”

After speaking, the blade of the knife crossed in front of him, one-handed seal, and quickly read the ode that inspired the inscription in his mouth, accompanied by the input of Natsume's spiritual power, the inscriptions painted on the knife began to light up one by one, and when the light lit up the last inscription, the light on the knife body began to condense into a piece that filled the entire blade, and when the knife turned into a light knife, Natsume waved the knife and slashed at the rope that bound the monster.

The moment the knife touched the rope, the seal on the rope lit up, but then it shattered under the knife, and the rope without the protection of the seal also broke in response, and the youkai regained the freedom that had been lost for many years with the knife falling.

From the station, Natori's voice rang out, "Really, I don't dare to let someone like you mess around be your assistant!" And I can't afford to hire you so good. ”

"Really? That's a shame. Natsume stood behind Natori Monday and watched him buy tickets at the ticket window.

Natori expressed his frustration at Natsume's answer on Monday, "You're really not cute." ”

Natsume remembered the cute and gentle child in the memory of the youkai, and was full of resentment towards Natori Monday, who has this kind of personality now, "It's you, why did your personality become so awkward, you were so innocent when you were a child." ”

The squinting Natori smiled a little dangerously, "Hmm~ What did you say?" ”

Natsume looked up and didn't accept Natori's threatening signals, "Even if you say I'm naïve, I still can't agree with what you're doing." ”

"It doesn't matter, you don't have to agree on everything, it's very difficult to understand each other, no matter who you are, if you have any trouble, just tell me, I'm happy to help my friends."

Natsume stood in the waiting room and waved goodbye to Natori Monday, but was surprised to find that Natori in the water left Monday, and the youkai also suddenly appeared and left with him walking out of the door of the waiting room.

The female youkai finally regained her freedom, and after getting the name 'Hiiragi', she ended up being Mr. Natori's subordinate again, although it was of her own free will.

Looking at the backs of the two departing cats, the cat teacher suddenly burst out and said, "Maybe she fell in love with Natori!" ”

"Huh?" Natsume was a little surprised by the cat sensei's answer.

"Well, but only you will know your happiness."

"yes, yes!"