I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 9: Shukichizaemon comes to see you!

Her development seems to be much slower than her peers - girls develop earlier than boys. Generally speaking, at the age of twelve or thirteen, many girls will grow to be more than 1.5 meters tall.

Therefore, his body was very light, and to Higashino Yu it felt like the weight of a bag of rice.

Iori Miko was wearing a skirt. The white dress only reached below her knees. Her pair of straight and slender calves were exposed to the air, revealing her delicate and fair skin.

Considering that twelve or thirteen years old is the period of gender awareness awakening, he needed to be cautious, so Higashino Yu just put his hand around Iori Miko's knee and tried to avoid more contact.

Iori Miko didn't care. She wrapped her cool arms around Higashino Yu's neck without any hesitation. Her whole body pressed against his back, and her little head rested on his shoulder.

All she could think about right now was probably the dead pigeon of Xiujin.

Higashino Yu glanced at Iori Miko's face from the side. Her glass-like eyes were bright and full of anticipation.

Although he is already in junior high school, he still has the mentality of a child. Thinking of this, I smiled.

He quickly carried Iori Miko to the far right side of the third floor of the apartment, found the key in the dark, and turned the doorknob.

Bang!
He opened the door with his elbow and turned on the switch at the entrance with ease. The warm yellow light suddenly came on, bringing a little homely warmth to people.

The room is only about less than 20 square meters, but the design is unique and the space utilization rate has reached the level of the devil!
The open kitchen integrated with the living room perfectly showcases the next-generation home.

Unfortunately, the Japanese people's stubborn obsession with bathrooms and toilets interfered with the designer's free and easy style.

A bathtub, washbasin, semi-automatic mechanical toilet, etc. are reluctantly crammed into a space of several square meters.

The living room's furnishings follow the recently popular middle-aged minimalist style.

There was only the glass-textured lamp on the ceiling, an electric fan that emitted a regular rhythm when in operation, and a TV that occasionally displayed the afterglow of a cosmic explosion.

Among them, the TV is Higashino Yu's favorite. Every night when he has dinner, he will turn it on to watch the cartoons and food programs broadcast by Tokyo TV.

In the corner were some high school textbooks and a large box of miscellaneous items neatly arranged.

Inside were some clothes and small gifts she received when she left the orphanage, as well as bedding on the floor and a small square table by the window. These were all the collections in Higashino Yu's treasure house.

Well, it's a bit shabby.

But there was nothing to complain about. I liked the sense of security that small spaces brought, and compared to the orphanage, at least I had a separate room now.

"It's a bit shabby, sorry to embarrass me." Dong Ye Yu said somewhat embarrassedly.

Iori Miko shook her head and said softly: "Grandma said that being poor is not something to be ashamed of."

Dong Ye Yu smiled slightly, feeling a little ashamed.

Most people actually despise poverty, ourselves included.

But money is just a tool, not an end. It is not a good thing to lose sight of the important and pursue the trivial, especially for spiritual practice.

Then he put the lunch box on the small square table where he usually did his homework. Higashino Yu pretended to check around but did not see Xiuji.

So he said, "Its ears are really sharp, it should have escaped long ago. I will take you home first, and if I catch it later, I will inform you immediately."

Iori Miko looked anxious and waved her hands quickly, fearing that Higashino Yu would not be able to control the strength of his slap and crush Shujizaemon to death.

"No need to catch it, Tono Nissan. I just want to talk to it."

"Okay, if I see it, I'll convey Ms. Iori's words."

Higashino Yu followed the girl's words, but his tone was very serious, as if he completely believed in the existence of Xiujizaemon - nonsense, Xiuji, that dead pigeon, was his number one henchman. Iori Miko was a little disappointed that she didn't find Xiujizaemon, but she was very pleased with Higashino Yu's performance.

The two turned around and walked out the door, heading towards the Inari Shrine at Ayasezaka - the Inari Shrine was not far from the apartment, less than one kilometer away in a straight line.

The short approach to the shrine can be seen from afar. The stone lanterns on the approach are lit with electric lights, allowing people to see the vermilion torii gates and the pavilions and temples hidden in the shadows of the hills.

The fox statues squatting on both sides of the shrine looked at the two people approaching indifferently.

Under the dim street lights, a tall and strong boy was carrying a little girl in a white dress on his back. The girl lying on the boy's back was swinging her legs slightly, and her soft voice could occasionally be heard in the night wind.

"Just call me Miko from now on, Tono Nissan. Grandpa said Tono Nissan is a very nice person."

"Okay, Miko."

"Higashino Nissan, actually it wasn't just Shujizaemon, I also talked to Haruhara."

"Chunyuan?"

"Yeah, it's a big talking fox, very big, inside the shrine. But except for my grandparents, no one else believes me."

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"Tono Nissan, why are your legs shaking?"

"It was the night wind."

After chatting with Iori Miko for a while on the way, Higashino Yu guessed that she must have some talents, not only able to see monsters, but also able to talk to gods.

However, her talent may not be outstanding. After all, I didn't feel any spiritual power in her body.

Considering the fox named Haruhara that Iori Miko mentioned, Higashino Yu only sent her to the torii gate at the entrance of the shrine.

Outside the torii is the human world, and inside the torii is the kingdom of God.

Dongye Yu didn't want to challenge the power of God, especially when he knew that there really was a messenger of God in this shrine.

After watching Iori Miko slowly climb up the approach to the shrine, Higashino Yu quickly returned home, took off his outer clothes and left only a pair of boxer shorts - one has to be free and easy to be comfortable at home.

Just about to sit down and finish my meal.

Dang Dang Dang!
"My lord! The eunuch Shukichizaemon comes to see you!"

A big pigeon flew in from outside the window. Seeing that Dong Yeyu didn't notice it, it pecked the glass window a few times with its beak and shouted a few times.

What is strange is that the bird actually speaks human language, but its voice is a little rough, like that of an old man with a strange tone, and its words are also quite archaic.

Dong Yeyu walked over and opened the window. The pigeon fluttered into the room and landed on the small wooden table where he was doing his homework.

The visitor was Xiuji, an old male pigeon who claimed to be almost forty years old - the average lifespan of a pigeon is only about twenty years at most.

Perhaps because it is a spirit, Xiuji not only has a longer lifespan than ordinary pigeons, but is also much larger in size, almost the same size as a raven.

The gray and white feathers were combed neatly and shiny, the beak and claws were quite sharp, and the equipment was comparable to that of a small bird of prey - Dong Yeyu still didn't understand why he was ambushed by a cat.

No one came, only Iluwe Otter’s mumbling.

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(End of this chapter)