Mid to late April.

April is the beginning of the school season in Japan, and today is the day when the young apprentice Kanoya Yukino comes to Tokyo.

Regarding the issue of Owka's accommodation in Tokyo, Kamiya finally compromised and let her live at home.

It's not the first time anyway.

Although Shikanoya is only a nominal apprentice of Kamiya, at this moment, her identity as a disciple in the room is confirmed.

In fact, there are other considerations for letting the deer live at home-

First of all, the Ocha Naka where the little apprentice studied is located in Bunkyo Ward, which is next to Arakawa Ward, and the distance from Kamiya's house is really not too far.

If you're traveling by train, you can get there in up to half an hour, including the walking time.

If you let the hearse group send it, it will be there in seven or eight minutes.

Therefore, the commute to and from school is not a problem.

In addition, in addition to going to school, Xiaolu still has daily spell practice to do, and it is really not convenient to stay in school.

And after Xiaolu came to Tokyo to study in high school, Kamiya, the "master", had to ensure her safety to some extent.

If you live in a school building, it is not easy for an eight-foot girl to move. And I don't know if Kamiya's desire to protect is a little too much, anyway, he really thinks that in the current environment of intensifying strange talk activities, it is safer to keep the little apprentice by his side.

In addition, unlike last time, before this time Kamiya and her father, Mr. Kanoya, spoke on the phone twice before Kogami came to Tokyo.

Although there are not many words spoken on the phone, through communication, Mr. Kanoya gives Kamiyagawa the impression that he is a loyal and honest man who is not good at words.

The spirit fetal constitution that the fawn inherited from her mother was known to Mr. Shikanoya through the eight-foot girl.

Moreover, it is estimated that the eight-foot woman has also slandered this father to a certain extent.

"That Kamiyagawa-sama is currently the best choice to help Yukino control her innate spiritual power, ensure that Yukino is not counterattacked, and survive well."

Something like that, the eight-foot woman must have said it to Mr. Kanoya more than once.

Therefore, although this father also has some unavoidable concerns, he treats Kamiyagawa, who is actually old enough to be his son, very respectful on the phone. Very sincere entrustment and thanks, please Kamiya take care of his daughter.

No father wants to see his daughter die young.

"Xue Nai is a good child, but his personality is a little out of the ordinary. If there is something she usually does not do well, Mr. Kamiya, as the master, please scold and punish her without worry, and I will teach her a lesson. ”

That's what Mr. Kanoya said.

In the end, he also made an invitation very sincerely, saying that when Kamiya is free, he must return to Oguri Island with his daughter as a guest.

In short, in the past three years of high school in Tokyo, Kamiyagawa is her guardian in the true sense.

……

In the afternoon of the same day, Kamiya's house.

Wearing a tight black leather coat and a bright cat-eared helmet, Xiao Yuan was driving a ghost locomotive and roared directly through the courtyard wall.

The two black flame-emitting locomotives flicked their heavy wheels and stopped sideways into the garage, before disarming [Ghost Acceleration], which ignored the volumetric collision.

The action is smooth and done in one go.

"Uh-huh!" Shikanoya jumped down from the back seat of the locomotive, "Sister Zaowei, your ghost locomotive is so cool!" ”

This little girl had been acquainted with the members of the hearse group as early as last year.

"Uh-huh......"

Ohara's sister also got out of the car, raised her hand and held down her helmet. Because of the tight fit of the black motorcycle suit, her hands and feet can outline the graceful and soft body curves.

Kiss.

There was a soft thud.

The helmet was removed along with her head.

Xiao Yuan held the helmet and shook for a while, then took out her head and pressed it on her empty neck again, and after being praised so highly, she seemed to be very happy: "Boss...... That's what I said. ”

As she took off her helmet, the cool heavy motorcycle vanished.

After the ghost motorcycle entered the garage for a long time, Toshima Oishi appeared in a ghost Mazda and also stopped in the garage.

Kanoya is this afternoon's flight to Haneda Airport.

However, instead of letting her come by train by herself like last time, Kamiya instructed the hearse group to pick her up.

The little apprentice was quite interested in the master's new car, and came back directly on the ghost motorcycle.

This guy is a bit heartless, and his guts are really not ordinary.

Oishi and Takayama helped Shikanoya take their luggage, and then everyone went into the house together.

Kamiyagawa was sitting in the living room reading a book at this time.

"Master!"

Shikanoya, who was already very familiar with home, changed his slippers in the hallway and trotted into the room.

"Coming?" Kamiya closed the book he was holding.

"Hehe, I've been looking forward to coming to Master! Master, what about you? Do you think about your own apprentice? The fawn approached Kamiya and sat down, his dark eyes shining with the wild and docile light of a small beast.

"Nope."

"Huh? That's too much! ”

Kamiya ignored the slightly exaggerated frustrated expression on the little apprentice's face, and got up from the floor: "Go and clean up, you still live in the bedroom downstairs." ”

"Oooh!" Shikanoya nodded, then turned around and rummaged through his large and small bags, "Master, I brought you a gift?" ”

"Don't you all make this your home? You don't have to bring it every time you come. ”

"Daddy wants me to bring it to you."

Just like last time, the fawn brought a specialty from Oguri Island, the beautiful ball sea urchin.

Kamiya had eaten this thing before, and casually praised a few words that it tasted very good, and she probably took it to heart.

In fact, in addition to the sea urchin, Kanoya also brought a second gift.

But for this thing, she seems mysterious.

"Master, Master. Praise me, I succeeded in removing the spirit two days ago, right? I got rid of a dragon! ”

The fawn said this, and then Xianbao took out a tattered white cloth ball from his bag and handed it to Kamiya.

Kamiya didn't immediately look at what the apprentice handed over, but asked rhetorically, "Have you removed the spirit?" ”

"yes, yes, awesome, right? If I don't disgrace Master, I will definitely be able to help Master in the future! ”

His apprentice has a few catties and taels, and Kamiyagawa is still very clear.

Although it is a congenital spirit fetus, it has an innate advantage in beginner spell learning.

But at the time of Ogurishima, this girl could only play pendulum and tarot cards.

Even if you study hard for a few months at Honganji, your strength will definitely not grow by leaps and bounds.

At the moment, the most that can be solved with those fur Dharma is the F-level weirdness?

"Is it made of eight feet?"

"Yes. It's mainly the eight-foot adults who make the move, but I also help. When the eight-foot adult comes over in the evening, Master can ask her. ”

"When you don't have an eight-foot appearance, don't make direct contact with strange spirits, just run if you can."

Kamiya lectured his apprentice like this, but his tone was quite soft.

Since there is a B-class Aragami by his side, the spirit removal activity is carried out, and in terms of whether it is safe, the eight-foot model of Shikanoya must have been evaluated.

Without receiving praise from the master, Shikanoya's tone weakened slightly: "I know." ”

"Your safety comes first, and I don't want anything to happen to you." Seeing the change in the apprentice's expression, Kamiya sighed slightly and added.

Hearing this, Shikanoya was visibly happy again.

This guy is really still a child......

Originally, he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

Only then did Kamiya turn his attention to the white mess of cloth in the little apprentice's hand.

On this thing, there is indeed an extraordinary aura, but it is not very strong.

And experience and intuition tell Kamiya that this piece of cloth is most likely a strange relic of a strange story.

"Tell me, how did this thing come about, what is a dragon?"

"That's right.,I'm not sure I'm going to get into the Ocha.,A few days ago, I went to Aomori with my friends to play.,As a graduation trip to junior high school.。 Oh, my friends are all girls, and there are four of us plus me, and there are eight feet of adults together. ”

“…… There's no need to stress this to me. ”

"Yes!" Xiaolu shook his head with a serious expression, "Lord Eight Feet said that the disciples who enter the room should treat the master like their father. So this is also to be reported! ”

Kamiyagawa: ......

Strange attachment.

"And then?"

"Then we stayed at the Yuya Ryokan on the last day of our trip. There's a strange story in that inn that it's such a big, white dragon! Lunoya said while gesturing, the size of her hands was about twenty centimeters, "That white dragon was in the changing room and wanted to attack my friend, but fortunately I and the eight-foot adult found out and retreated it in advance." ”

"Dragons?"

Xiaolu nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, Lord Eight Feet said, that's Fu Fushen, what is Bai Rong's name." ”

"Oh, no wonder."

The white rotten cloth in the little apprentice's hand doesn't look like it was produced by powerful strange talk.

And if it's really a white dragon, it shouldn't be too weak no matter how you think about it.

But if it's white-looking, then it all makes sense.

White-faced.

As Bachi said, it is a kind of mourning god.

It is generally believed to be a youkai transformed from a rag or a miscellaneous towel, and its posture is that of a rag strip transformed into a dragon.

For long-term use, the whole body of tattered cloth strips, hanging outside the house no one cares, late at night will become a dragon snake, swim down from the rope, fly into the house to destroy the furnishings; There is also a theory that Bai Rongyi will entangle people with disgusting mucus and release a foul stench, which will make people die of anger.

In short, it's a certain amount of aggression, but it's not too strong.

"The funeral god of the rag talks about the relics, and the breath itself is not too strong, maybe it goes well with the dirt." Thinking like this, Kamiya raised his hand to take the white cloth ball from his apprentice's hand.

[Bairong cloth group (excellent material): The body of the Bairong descendant, a strange tale formed from the resentment of using a rotten rag. ]

[Strange talk of similar nature, if you can absorb the Bairong cloth group for your own use, your strength can be improved.] ]

"It's a strange relic."

Kamiya was quite satisfied, this was an unexpected gain for raising an apprentice.

"Hey, hey." Seeing the satisfied expression on Master's face, Luyeya was in a good mood, "Because Master, you said before that there has been a lack of a strange relic for promotion, and Lord Eight Feet told me that this might be just right, so I brought it to you." ”

It sounded like Kamiyagawa had casually mentioned things during the chat with the little apprentice before, and she would remember them well.

It can be regarded as very filial.

Master didn't hurt you in vain!

All right...... I haven't hurt you much yet, though.

Kamiya unceremoniously accepted the [White Rong Descendant Cloth Ball] and touched his [Mirage Cloth Bag]: "I also have something for you." ”

He put the two props of [Broad-leaved Basho] and [Shende Imperial Incense Burner] on the table in front of him.

"Both...... It's all for me? ”

Seeing that the master took out two props, although he didn't know what they were, the fawn was still so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"Well, you're also my apprentice, and it's a bit unreasonable to defend yourself without props. This plantain leaf has the effect of binding and binding, but it can only be effective against weak or extremely weak strange stories. The incense burner is a good thing, it strengthens the Buddhist spells you learn at Honganji, and ......"

Kamiya is also explaining the purpose of the two props.

Shikanoya, who was originally kneeling on the ground, suddenly burst up with tears in his eyes, and hugged Kamiya with a snap.

gave his master a big hug.

Xiaolu is already reckless, and it is rare to be cared for by the master who is always "cold", so he can't help but be a little out of shape.

"Hey, you guy."

Kamiya remained standing and did not move, and spread his hands helplessly.

Because the weather is warmer, and Tokyo is much hotter than Aomori, the fawn is not wearing thick clothes today.

The top is a wide long-sleeved white T-shirt, and the bottom is a corseted wash-colored jeans. Simple and clean, matching her girlish appearance and figure, it looks youthful and vibrant.

It feels weird to be pounced on by her like this......

By the way, has this girl grown up a little?

"Woo-woo, I knew Master loved me."

The fawn hasn't completely calmed down yet, maybe in her opinion, this can be regarded as a kind of recognition of herself by Kamiya.

Although this child has no heart and no lungs, he may need the approval of the master whom he admires very much.

Shikanoya hugged Kamiya for less than half a minute, and then suddenly shivered.

The air around him seemed to be wrapped in two breaths, and the temperature plummeted by a few degrees.

Kamiyagawa sensed something, and hurriedly raised his hand, pressed the apprentice's head, and pushed her away a little: "You are a big girl when you come to high school, no big or small." ”

Luyeya finally realized his faux pas, pulled the corner of his shirt in embarrassment, and smiled: "I'm so happy, I didn't ...... I couldn't help it. ”

Sorry, ladies and gentlemen!

A little carried away, I really didn't mean to!

The fawn's luggage was arranged in the bedroom on the first floor as usual.

The wagons that had been placed there had been moved in advance to a utility room with a smaller space leading to the basement.

Back in this familiar room, Shikanoya first saw the whiteboard paintings hanging on the wall.

[…… It's harder than I thought, so when you're tired, be sure to get some rest. It would be nice if I could remember to contact my apprentice once in a while. ]

The graffiti and text left on the whiteboard before the Deer Wild House are still preserved.

And the whole whiteboard is very clean, and you can't see the slightest dust.

Seeing this, the corners of the fawn's mouth, which was carrying his luggage, couldn't help but rise.

Although the cleaning of Master's house has always been done by the big mouse, he has not removed this small drawing board for so long......

That worry must have been unnecessary.

"Master, he is definitely not as cold as he appears on the outside, and he also approves of me as an apprentice!"

On my first day in Tokyo this year, Kanoya felt more motivated than ever.

(End of chapter)