The bad luck on Yang Xi's body, as the Chuanping clan said, is contagious, and whoever gets close to him will be unlucky.

No, he had just become homeless, and he had to build a log cabin under the bridge to get by. It's not been a few days, and because of a trip to Kaoru Kaoru's house, this dog god envoy has lost even the gorgeous mansion, but fortunately, everyone is not an ordinary person, although they are embarrassed, at least there are no casualties, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.

You ask Nadeshiko why it's okay to live with Yang Xi?

Ha, she was the main accomplice in the original battle, and naturally she was also the target of bad luck, how could she be affected by Yang Xi's bad luck.

It can be seen from this that you must not casually go against these gods who are recognized by heaven and earth, you will really suffer from heaven's damnation!

Fortunately, Kaoru Kaoru Kawahira himself did not carry bad luck, so he was accepted by the old lady of the Kawahira clan and did not have to live a life on the streets.

The next morning—

Before it was dark, several psychic people came to visit the Kabunei family's main house. There were people in cars with yellow headlights, people walking from paths in the woods, old men with fortune-telling mustaches and crutches, and muscular monks.

Also present were foreign women dressed in purple tunics, as well as the owners of the Inugami and their Inugami, who had a long-term relationship with the Kawahira family. Although these people are different in age and appearance, they all show a small uneasy and serious expression.

A large lantern with the family crest on it hangs high at the main entrance of the Kawahira house.

The visitors exhaled their white breath as they glanced at the back mountain that stood on the other side of the red torii gate, and walked into the main entrance with their heads bowed in fear.

Above the hall –

The fire bowls that filled all corners of the hall emitted bright red flames with yin energy.

The psionics who had been led earlier whispered to each other while shielding their hands from the light of the fire bowl.

"Hey, why didn't the master show up?"

"I've been waiting for three hours. What the hell was she thinking in this emergency......"

There was a sense of distress and confusion in his tone......

They sighed as they watched the sliding door to the inner hall open for a long time......

At the same time. In the midst of a cold morning fog—

A teenager stands at the back door of the Kabunaira family's main house. He is the owner of the dog god who inherited the direct lineage of the Kawahei family. And Kaoru Kaoru Kahora, who is regarded as the next heir to the house because of his outstanding ability.

"Because of this, Zhiyu ......"

He slipped his hand into the pocket of his down jacket and began to speak in a calm tone to the youngest of the ten dog gods with whom he had betrothed.

"As you know, the Kabunei family is now facing the greatest crisis in history. At that time, the first head of the Kawahira family and the dog gods worked together to seal the big demon fox. But the moment of the Great Demon Fox's resurrection is now approaching minute by minute. ”

Inugami? When Zhi Yu heard this, he swallowed his saliva with a grunt.

Kaoru Kawahira let out a mouthful of white breath and smiled slightly.

"Well, having said that, it's not tense enough to ...... every second."

At this time, he tensed his expression again and said:

“…… But then again, it's not a situation where you can wait and see. Therefore, I think we must call Qiren and Yang Xi back now. Precisely because it is under such an emergency. Their strength is absolutely necessary and indispensable. I think it's a pretty tough task...... Zhiyu, can I ask you to find them? ”

After hearing this, Zhi Yu immediately put his heels together and saluted him.

"Wrap it up on me!"

After hearing her reliable answer, Kaoru Kawahira smiled and returned the salute to her. Zhi Yu turned around and started running, slamming into the sky before disappearing.

Kaoru Kawahira narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky where Ji Yu had disappeared. After a long time, he muttered to himself:

"Zhiyu, I'm really please......"

Then he turned around and returned to the Kabunei family's main house through the back door.

At one point, the torii gate in the back mountain made a loud sound that resonated violently.

The voice had a rather ominous sharpness......

A family of long-established canine gods. Keita Kawadaira, the last descendant of the Hirakawa family, was sitting cross-legged in a tatami room in the cat's mansion under the bright moonlight. While pouring wine, he shouted loudly and drank madness.

In a room dyed silvery......

Everything loses its color, and only a sharply contoured shadow emerges like an ink painting.

The flowers, tabbys, and brown cats gather around him and "meow~meow~" while dancing, cutting his hair, or drinking with him. They also enjoyed dried food such as dried horse mackerel and dried frog fish.

The cats take turns pouring special Mutian wine into Keita's wine glass. Keita drank cup after cup. Soon, Keito, who was starting to get drunk, leaned his chin on the tatami mat and muttered something with teary eyes. Finally drunk unconscious.

The cats, who were also drunk, huddled up one after another beside him, as if they were substitutes for natural fur bedding. Yoko used Keita's waist as an armrest, put her wrists on it, and snuggled up to him in a sultry posture with her feet bent.

"Huh...... Keita's alcohol consumption is still very poor~"

Yoko happily patted Keita's head a few times as she spoke, but her own face was also red.

"Excuse me, are you really going back to the street tomorrow?"

There was a cat, that is, Ruyoshi, who was dripping with alcohol, and looked up at Yoko and asked.

Ruyoshi is a two-tailed cat who looks for Buddha statues everywhere, and he becomes good friends because he has been helped by Keita Kawadaira many times during his journey to find Buddha statues. The reason why Keita Kawahira and Yoko spent the night in the Cat's Mansion this time was also because they were invited by him to ask Keita Kawaira, the canine god envoy, to help deal with some things.

After all, the relationship between the two-tailed cat and the dog god is also an alliance, and the two-tailed cat family has also helped the dog god family many times.

The room is filled with Keita's snoring and the meowing of cats. The cold air outside the window sneaks into the closed room, and in the middle of summer, the weather is as if winter has flooded the whole of Japan.

The hues of the night are as clear as if they were dissolving at the touch of a touch.

"Well, Keita seems to have that in mind."

Yoko laughed from the depths of her throat as she spoke. She lifted her bosom again:

"Plus, there's a kid who seems to be looking for us, so it's ......."

She was in a good mood and closed one eye.

"But anyway, I'm really taking care of you these days, Ruyoshi. I can spend some time with you. I'm so happy! ”

"Ahh Where, where. Please don't be so polite......"

Ruyoshi shook his head in a panic.

"Actually, we had a lot of fun."

He thought so from the bottom of his heart, and kept nodding his head.

"Mr. Keita is really an incredible person, our twin-tailed cat demon was originally very vigilant, but everyone suddenly became very close to him, as if he had been enchanted!"

"Magic, you're saying that, that's interesting, leave a message."

Yoko laughed out loud, and Ruyoshi said thoughtfully:

"No, I'm not necessarily exaggerating...... He's always been almost incredibly captivating to creatures like us. ”

“…… Keita is always like that! It was the same back then. ”

"Huh?"

Because Yoko suddenly said that kind of thing, Ruyoshi felt incredulous and raised his face. Yoko looked out the window drunkenly. Ruyoshi followed her gaze as well. Together, they gazed at what she was staring at.

It was a full silver moon.

A full winter moon in beautiful hues that can almost be described as crazy.

"Well, it was a beautiful moonlit night just like today!"

Yoko muttered to herself word by word in a nostalgic tone.

"A imprisoned beast has escaped from its cage."

"Yoko-san?"

"Immediately, however, there were pursuers. The beast spewed flames as it ran, and managed to escape. However, the beast was also wounded. At the end of the day, the beast could no longer run, and lay on the ground tired, feeling that he could no longer hold on. Only the full moon and the glow of the flames shone on the beast. ”

Ruyoshi felt very confused, and didn't know how to interject. And while Ruko hesitated, Yoko continued her monologue:

"Results. Neither the moonlight of the full moon nor the glow of the flame could cure the beast's loneliness, but it felt that it could at least die freely. The beast laughed to himself. At this time......"

Yoko suddenly laughed.

"But he appeared from the depths of the forest as if nothing had happened."

Wow! What a big dog!

No, is it a fox?

Forget it, it doesn't matter what it is!

"Do you want to come with me?"

He said.

The young boy in a loose coat finished. A cheerful smile appeared on his face.

"I don't know why he was there, but he smiled casually in front of the big beast that ordinary people should find terrifying......

After speaking, Yoko hugged Keita who let out a moan of "mmmm~mm~". She buried her head in him. I hugged him very hard and cherished.

Cherish it very much.

More to cherish than anything in the world.

"We're finally up."

I won't leave you again......

Yoko muttered to herself and took a deep breath, and then began to snore cutely. Only then did Ruyoshi "exhale" and exhale the breath he had been holding.

In fact, I have heard about Yoko's true face for a long time.

Of course, this also includes the fact that she is the daughter of the very evil demon fox, and the fact that she has been sealed for a long time. But he didn't know why the daughter of the Great Demon Fox was willing to bend her knees to become a dog god?

After hearing Yoko's monologue, he finally understood.

Probably on that day......

Yoko's heart was taken away.

Keita Kawasira, who was still young at the time, but unafraid to press herself in the flames, was by the strong feeling of "fun" that she couldn't get in the dark and narrow barrier, and by the something she couldn't help but laugh at and had been pursuing......

This freed her from her long solitude forever.

Therefore, in order to be with him, the demon fox -

In order to spend the same time with him, he became Inugami Yoko. Overcome all obstacles, just to be with him.

Ruyoshi narrowed his eyes and looked up at the full moon.

"It turns out that there is still this past~"

The full moon always shines brightly, and I believe it must be the same as the moonlight on that day.

It's the same as the day Keito and Yoko first met.

Ruyoshi also curled up in a ball of contentment, only to hear bursts of sweet snoring.

At this moment, Keita Kawadaira, who seemed to have fallen into a state of complete sleep, suddenly opened his eyes.

He crossed his arms. A confused frown and a glance up at the ceiling.

"Huh?" He tilted his head in thought.

“…… Has this ever happened before? ”

However, his mutter, "I don't remember ...... at all," didn't reach anyone.

Only the moon sprinkled the room with moonlight without hesitation.

Since it is at the lowest point of his luck recently, Yang Xi usually does not go out, saving some unnecessary trouble.

For example, eating in a restaurant is mistaken for a wanted criminal; Riding the tram, inexplicably as a perverted idiot; If you walk on the street, you will be hit by an unknown object falling from the sky. It may be a flower pot that fell accidentally, it may be a footwash water poured downstairs by an unparticular shrew, or even a bright kitchen knife!

Although these things are not a threat to him, no one feels disgusting, right?

Holding a beautiful woman in a cabin, how chic and comfortable these days are!

Because of this, when Kaoru Kawahira's little dog Shen Zhiyu came running, he found him at once, and relayed the words of his master to Yang Xi word for word. After getting his consent, he happily ran to find Keita Kawahira.

Half of the task was completed at once. It's too easy!

Zhi Yu couldn't help but think like this.

But when you think something is going well, there are often unexpected failures.

Zhiyu, who happily knocked on the door of Keita Kawahira's house, suddenly found one thing, that is, Keita Kawahira was not at home!

So, where exactly did he go?

Wandering around aimlessly on the street, when Keita Kawahira and Yoko usually searched everywhere. Still haven't found it.

Before I knew it, a whole night had passed, and Zhi Yu, who had not had the slightest clue the next morning, suddenly cried anxiously.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered the question she had asked Ye Gu before.

"Why does Kaoru-sama have a very high reputation in the hearts of the dog gods and the Kaupaira family, and Kai-sama is always hated by everyone?"

"Looks so much like ......," she felt in her heart.

Ye Gua replied with a smile: "Because Kaoru-sama always treats non-humans as human beings. ”

Zhiyu tilted his head in thought. Ye Gua smiled and added: "In contrast, Qi Tairen always treats humans like monsters. So he is an undesirable figure for humans who value order and form. ”

Zhi Yu didn't quite know what he meant. But in my heart, I seem to be able to understand the meaning of simplicity. Zhi Yu fell silent, while Ye Gu's eyes narrowed.

"Kai Tai is very similar to the first master!"

"The first lord of the house was ...... Lord Huihai? ”

"yes. He is the ancestor of the Kawahira family, and the one we have pledged our eternal allegiance. ”

Zhiyu, who is still too young, certainly hasn't met the first master. Kawadaira Megumi-sama. However, Ye Gua and the other elders remembered and recounted the past, which had long been like a lullaby, incarnated in her memory bath.

I heard that Kawahira Megumi is a master who smiles anytime and anywhere.

It's not the type of person who smiles quietly like Kaoru Kawahira, but the kind of person who will laugh and roll around with lewd jokes to himself, and feel a little stupid.

"Lord Huihai is a person who values freedom the most."

It is rumored that Kawadaira Megumi suddenly appeared out of nowhere when the Great Demon Fox and the Inu God were fighting. This man dressed as a monk, but liked wine the most. Capture the dog gods with superb and wonderful techniques, and teach the dog gods how to seal the big demon fox.

"Therefore, we are desperately trying to keep Lord Huihai, who intends to continue to wander. No, it should be said that all of us dog gods have planned to follow Lord Huihai anywhere, and even give up the land that we have finally secured from the hands of the great demon fox. ”

“…… What a charming person! ”

Zhi Yu murmured a little enviously, and Ye Gu nodded quite happily:

"Well, yes. Although unprecedented, he was indeed quite a charismatic man. Is it a so-called human charm...... Most importantly, the Lord is 'the one who comes at the moment.'"

"Someone who comes at the moment?"

Isn't that like a dog?

Ye Gu probably saw through Zhi Yu's strange expression, only to see him add with a slightly wry smile.

"The meaning of this is that if there is one of us who feels uncomfortable, sad and painful, he will surely appear."

I heard that when someone cries out from the depths of their souls......

Kawadaira Huihai will definitely appear.

Whenever.

Zhiyu was on the roof of a certain building, remembering the legend that Ye Hexagram had told her. If Kai Tai is really very similar to the first master......

If he really inherited the bloodline of the master of the dog god......

When he cries out from the bottom of his heart, will he really respond?

Will he suddenly appear in a sassy shape and rush to his side?

"Nasty, where the hell are you......"

Zhiyu, who had nothing to do, muttered to himself alone.

The next moment-

She stood up, her eyes revealing a strong will, she inhaled hard, bent over and shouted:

"Enlightenment is a ————————————!"

The humid atmosphere shook slightly, and the crows nesting behind the advertising towers to take shelter from the rain flapped their wings in fright.

The crow flew away from the building with a "snap".

The crows circled as if they were flying in the middle of a cloudy day, then glided away in the direction of the shopping street, and disappeared without a trace. The sound spread around, only to make the silence even stronger, and the chill intensified. Zhiyu exhaled a big white breath and listened with a slight expectation.

And yet—

Keita Kawahira still didn't show up, and his warm voice couldn't be heard from every corner. The streets were still silent, except for the faint sound of car horns coming in from far away.

She couldn't help but burst into tears.

That's when ......

"You're going to catch a cold like that!"

Suddenly, a large umbrella was propped up to her head. Zhiyu's face was overjoyed, and his heart was full of thoughts of "impossible", "how possible", and the joy of "he really came".

"Kai Tairen!" (To be continued......)