"What the hell is going on!?

Wei and I told you to kill them, not let them go!

Give me a reason not to think you're a youkai, or I'll let those exorcists kill you right now!" ”

Otomo scolded with all his might, venting his anger. The three people at the bottom were each escorted by two people, unable to move.

He really couldn't imagine such a situation, and the credit at hand would let these few wastes be lost.

Are you trying to prove that I'm useless, and then make the people in the Monobe family look down on me?

I've worked hard to accumulate fame, so let you guys abolish it?

"My lord! Listen to us! ”

A person who was held down screamed, hoping that Otomo Wakaya would understand their situation.

"I just want to know now!

Did you have time to kill those two youkai! I don't want to care about superfluous reasons! ”

But the latter didn't seem to want to understand them, only wanted his own answer, and anger slightly blurred his mind.

"My lord! There is no way for the array mages to maintain the barrier, and there is nothing we can do!

Moreover, there was also the protection of the formation at that time! We think the power of the enchantment can drain her demonic power, and she can't escape at all! ”

"But she's running away now!!"

The man anxiously shouted his reasons, but he didn't want to, and the roar of the Otomo family even brought up a puff of dust.

"You think you think, I think you should kill them! With your speed and strength, I don't believe that a remnant demon can kill you!?

And then what? I can't do anything about your actions?! ”

Breaking the scolding, he waved his hand, and the six people were ready to drag them out directly.

"You know what to do."

One of the six heard this, nodded and nodded to the rest, and at the same time, they shoved something black into the mouths of the three men.

"Mmmmmm

The flesh that looked like something was charred and blackened, with a distinctly dangerous smell, and the three of them writhed vigorously, but to no avail, and forced them to swallow it.

The six men who were holding them let go of their hands, drew their weapons, and stared at the three exorcists whose faces were beginning to twist and their veins bulged.

"Roaring ————————!"

Writhing, the bodies of the two of them turned purple little by little, and the other changed to black, and even grew long fangs.

The whites of his eyes devoured his pupils and roared like a beast, like a low-level youkai with no intelligence.

"Tsk, the flesh and blood with the essence of the ghost is really powerful, and it's really ferocious to find the host"

Otomo Ruojia glanced at it and felt a little nauseous. With a wave of his hand, he asked them to quickly take out the three exorcists who were already monsters, in order to deal with the problems caused by Yakumo Purple and their escape.

"Is this thing still there?"

There was a commotion outside, and Otomo Ruojia began to fake the surrounding environment, and he grabbed one of them casually and asked.

It seems that these are his cronies, and they are not disgusted by this thing, but have an experimental attitude.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, sir.

After all, no one deliberately leaves the body of a youkai, and you know that once you find out, you will be directly considered a servant who serves youkai.

What's more, we generally don't leave corpses behind such things as ghosts, after all, their corpses pollute the land a lot. ”

“…… That's it.

This time I hope it won't be used, so I have to use it to make up for the damage these idiots have caused me. ”

"Go back and rest first."

He shook his head and asked Otomo to go back to rest, and by the way, he disguised himself as if he had been attacked.

……

……

……

"See the land, Yakumo Murasaki."

"Hmm... I know..."

Yakumo replied weakly to Yuka, who had been staring at Erli, consciously or unconsciously. She had been watching the sea for three days, and this was the act of catching fish with a knife.

When eating fish, too, she didn't speak at all, first Yuka tried to get her to talk to herself, but she didn't succeed; After a day of sleep, Zi woke up, and the two kept guiding her the topic, but she didn't answer.

Zi thought that she was sinking in the bad memories of hurting people or killing people, so she also hugged her and watched the sea together, wanting to rely on this to comfort.

She didn't notice that Ellie's eyes weren't at sea at all, but looked at them in confusion, as if they were a little empty.

Pure emptiness, emptiness that no blood can taste.

“…… Beautiful? ”

“……”

This is the twelfth time I asked today.,It's already dusk.,I don't know how many times Yakumo Purple will ask before going to bed at night.。

They spent an hour on the shore, and the three of them helped each other ashore. After walking, Yuka used her ability to sense that there were people around, so she guided the two of them over.

If there is a home, there will naturally be people.

She wanted to see what had become of Ellie.

After walking a short distance, you can smell the smell of pickled fish, which seems to be the residence of fishermen, and after a while, you will see a simple thatched house, in front of which two middle-aged couples are cooking some food.

“……”

Yuka looked at Erri's expression, and there was no change.

"Hello."

The man heard the purple voice, grabbed the harpoon and prepared to defend, and when he saw that it was three weak women, still with injuries, he lowered his guard slightly.

However, the hair color of the three is really strange, and normal people will definitely not be like this, maybe it's a monster?

"Who are the three adults...?"

"We escaped from Iyo Island...... Hope to borrow it for one night. ”

"Iyoshima... It must be difficult..."

He seemed to know about the tragic situation on Iyo Island, and he felt some sympathy. Zi Miao smiled and said to the man.

"Get out...... Already the greatest consolation...

I don't know how many people died on the road...... Huh, Leigh? ”

“……”

Ellie grabbed Yakumo's sleeve and shook her head, motioning for her to stop talking so much.

is still the expression that doesn't want to speak, still silently confused.

The man thought that the child had been hit by something, but he let down most of his vigilance.

“… Well, that's it...

Hope to borrow a night..."

"That's fine, it's just that the room isn't in a good place..."

"It's okay, we're outside.

Just need a barely safe place..."

"Hmm...

Your name, my lord..."

"Yakumo Purple of the Yakumo Clan.

These two are Yuka and Li. ”

After a few moments of pleasantries, they sat down together and gathered around the jar in which they were cooking. The fire is for a man who has been blowing the sea breeze for three days, it keeps itself dry and warm.

Soon in the evening, all five of them went to rest.

Erlie slept with the middle-aged couple inside, while Yuka and Purple slept outside.

But neither of them fell asleep, Yuka grabbed Yakumo's arm and dragged her to the shore.

"Yakumo Murasaki, we have to talk."

As soon as Yuka stopped, she said to Zi seriously, and Zi sighed.

"yes...... Do you find Leigh a little weird? ”

“…… She's always been weird... It's just that it's showing it now.

And, Yakumo Murasaki, that's what I want to talk to you about. ”

“... What the? ”

Purple looked at Yuka, not knowing what she was going to say.

"Watch out for that Ellie, I don't know what kind of monster she is, but she's definitely not a good stubble."

"What do you say? Do you want me to watch out for Li? You're not sick..."

"The reason I spent you here is because I wanted to give it a try, her nature."

"What are you talking about?"

Yakumo Purple wanted to turn her head and leave, ignoring the wind and seeing Yuka talking nonsense here, but Yuka grabbed her wrist tightly, and Zi couldn't break free at all due to weakness.

"Let go of me!"

"I'm just telling you not to go your own way.

It's okay that you sacrifice this time, in case her nature is not as kind as you think, then in the future, she will sacrifice you as a stepping stone. ”

She looked at Yakumo Zi with a complicated and angry face with a cold gaze, and said slowly.

"And, I suspect, she's not a youkai at all.

It's a layer of existence that is more evil than youkai. ”

……

……

……

Feeling like something was missing from the body.

Everything around is meaningless.

Erlie looked up at the rudimentary ceiling and thought silently.

There was a feeling of being hungry, but there was no actual reaction to being hungry. And that feeling is reflected in the whole body, craving something to replenish some kind of energy, to suppress that hunger.

She sat up, avoided the couple she was sleeping with, and walked out alone.

Sister Purple and Yuxiang are not there?

Odd?

The girl came out and looked around, but found no sign of them.

“… Where did it go? …”

！

Erlie clutched her heart, feeling the desire suddenly sink and not feel uncomfortable, but like a temptation, tempting her to find something to fill.

What's going on?

"I should have said that, demon.

How do you feel about your first killing?

Do you feel happy?

Or disgusting?

However, with the first time, there will definitely be no more than the first time.

We'll see, Demon. ”

The letter bit the word demon very hard, as if to imply something.

Only then did Elle notice that she had taken out the Jingyue knife and stood in the place where the three of them were sleeping.

"What's the matter, I obviously didn't use it? … Not! …”

After listening to those words, she felt even more longing, if there was something satisfying, it was estimated that she would indulge without restrictions.

However, she already has a clue in her heart about how to solve this problem; Or, by the hint of the letter, she probably knew the source of this longing.

Death-thirsting for life, especially for human beings.

Before, when the knife slashed at the bodies of those human exorcists, it was normal not to feel anything at that time, after all, it was important to save Zi.

But looking back now, it's all a feeling:

Satisfy.

It's the same when she accepts a commission, killing gives her a good feeling, but after all, it's a commission or something, and it feels good to help people solve troublesome problems, so she thinks it's the joy of helping others.

However, when there is a gap.

The feeling of seeing the two lower bodies, there was not the slightest fear, maybe it was because he was used to seeing the corpses of monsters and monsters, and he didn't feel anything.

However, I felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.

When I saw the destroyed corpse and the lost life, I didn't feel a trace of regret.

I thought that if I didn't do this, I might be able to suppress this terrifying satisfaction, but what I didn't expect was that now this feeling would actually affect her in turn.

At this moment, like a hungry beast, she stared at the two sleeping men.