Why can't humans do it too?

Kagome was certain that the countless tiny points of light were not figments of her imagination, nor were they a sea of ​​fireflies stirred up on a summer night. They were real, unknown points of light, flitting among the trees and leaves like fireflies, moving up and down in the same direction.

Curious, she reached out her hand and found that the light disappeared under her skin when she touched it, but it could easily pass through one side of the tree trunk and reappear on the other side... Thinking that she had taken their lives, the young girl was so frightened that she subconsciously clenched her hands and tried her best to shrink her already small body.

However, such actions seemed to have little effect in the face of such a dense array of lights. In the end, Kagome simply let loose and ran without any ladylike demeanor, striving to reach the destination of these lights as quickly as possible and minimize the number of them that would be reduced by touching her along the way.

With this determination, when Kagome Higurashi passed through the last grove of trees and stepped into the back mountain of the shrine, what she saw was a huge and wide array of spells covering the surface of soil and grass, shaped like curse marks. There were also many things of different sizes that she couldn't understand, which seemed to be like words. The light that accompanied her all the way passed through these spells and eventually disappeared into the huge sacred tree.

Standing before the sacred tree, whose canopy she couldn't even see when she looked up as a child, Kagome spotted the youkai who had flashed before her a few months earlier. Even after all this time, she hadn't forgotten his appearance, especially his beautiful platinum blonde hair, which, like the sun, was even more striking in the night.

Then she screamed.

It was a completely subconscious reaction, and Kagome Higurashi quickly covered her mouth to suppress the scream—but why did she scream in the first place?

The little girl realized this.

She finally saw a monster again, no longer an unconscious encounter or a description in a story, but a monster truly standing in her sight. In particular, the translucent ghost floating beside the male monster, still radiating a warm golden light, proved that her current encounter was extraordinary—was it a ghost? Or was it just another kind of monster?

Her long hair rippled like it was in the ocean, her waist was so slender it could be encircled with one hand, and her beautiful figure made Kagome Higurashi, who was only a middle school student at the time, feel a little inferior as a fellow woman. And then there were those long ears.

So beautiful...

The girl murmured to herself unconsciously.

As Kagome walked towards the Sacred Tree, she saw that the male youkai seemed to have finally noticed her presence. He slowly turned around and was looking at her with a smile.

"Oh, Kagome~"

He greeted her like a close friend, but what was supposed to be a very simple and familiar greeting ignited a fire of anger in Kagome Higurashi's heart.

She eventually remembered.

"Who are you calling Kagome?! You monster!" Although she was short and young, the little girl's aura was not diminished in the slightest when she waved her hand forward.

That's only natural, isn't it? After all, this was a young girl's angry accusation.

"If you're going to leave, just leave already! What's the point of leaving that statue here?!"

It was practically a roar, or rather, a roar mixed with shame and indignation—just thinking about the statue of Kagome that her grandfather still solemnly displayed on the high platform of the family shrine made her face burn, and she had an urge to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it like Taro.

This emotion reached its peak when he loudly protested and wanted to throw away the statue, only to be stopped by his grandfather, mother, and even his younger brother.

'He even said that this was an auspicious gift from a monster and should be carefully preserved... Damn grandpa!' The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and the girl's resentful gaze almost set Suer's hair on fire.

However, Suer... forgot.

I've completely forgotten about it, or rather, I never even thought about it, and there's no need to remember it.

"statue?"

Under Kagome Higurashi's gaze, which was practically spitting out real flames, the handsome-looking youkai opposite her simply tilted his head and asked in return with a puzzled look.

"What statue?"

He genuinely doesn't remember.

"Is that the one you made out of gold to express your gratitude before you left?" Xin Ke casually reminded her, her gaze shifting from the still-absorbing spiritual energy of the sacred tree trunk, "It still lacks a bit in terms of artistry; you still have a long way to go in that regard."

"Well~, then I'll trouble the great Lord Nielbaren to guide me slowly over the long years to come... Ouch!" Sull joked casually with Xin Ke, then turned to Kagome Higurashi and said with a smile, "I remember now, you were talking about that statue?"

"Although the scene was completely replicated, it appeared somewhat stiff and lacked a lot of liveliness precisely because of this complete replication. But overall, it's still quite good, vividly capturing your adorable side... Not bad, right?"

"Not bad my foot!!!"

Kagome Higurashi let out a scream of terror.

Chapter 115 Quick Victory

Not to be joking, Suer genuinely thought the statue he sculpted before leaving was quite impressive. He had seen the statue solemnly displayed on a cabinet covered with red cloth when searching for ancient texts at the Higurashi Shrine, and he was quite pleased that the old man there knew his stuff.

It seems that the girl's shyness was not taken into account.

"Alright, alright—don't come any closer!" While trying to calm the girl down, Sue suddenly raised her voice and stopped Kagome when she saw her seemingly angry and about to rush over.

"W-what's wrong?" she stammered nervously. It has to be said that this handsome demon is indeed a bit terrifying when he gets fierce; at least Kagome Higurashi was frightened.

"Stand there and don't move. It's not safe to go any further this way." Seeing that the girl didn't continue rushing this way, Su Er breathed a sigh of relief. This was not an exaggeration. In fact, the concentration of spiritual energy next to the sacred tree was almost enough to make an ordinary person faint.

Kagome, who only looks like a middle school student, can speak normally because she is not an ordinary person—at least not the ordinary person she thinks she is.

Without needing much explanation, Sull simply pointed to his own chest, then to... Kagome across from him.

Finally realizing something was wrong, Kagome initially thought the light emanating from below came from the glowing curse marks, but when she looked down at Sull's prompting, she saw the source of the white light.

It came from her chest.

A ball of light continuously emitting a soft white glow. Kagome suddenly realized that the clothes on her chest seemed to have disappeared. No, even that patch of flesh and bone had disappeared, leaving only the light emanating from the ball of light.

Surprisingly, she showed no fear or panic. This unusually bold girl even tentatively reached out her finger to touch the orb of light on her chest, but she restrained herself as her fingertips twitched slightly.

It didn't mean to break away from Kagome Higurashi. Even though the ball of light seemed to be as close as possible to the girl's chest, it still couldn't break through that barrier. But even so, Sull still felt a mysterious message flying towards him from the ball of light.

It wasn't some tangible power, just pure information, an intangible concept, but it did indeed entwine around Suer's fingertips. Xinke, whose mind was connected to his, also noticed this anomaly. Even though it didn't display a detailed explanation like when obtaining an important item in a game, it was enough for them to realize immediately that this was what they were looking for.

So what’s next?

Their gazes left their fingers, and Suer and Xinke simultaneously looked at the ancient well that had been resealed with wooden planks and talismans, and then took a step forward.

"What, what are you going to do?!" Seeing Su Er walking towards her with a solemn expression, Kagome Higurashi not only subconsciously adopted the most reassuring posture, but even though she felt scared, she did not take a single step back.

"Don't be afraid, we're not bad people," Sull said, reciting lines that sounded like something out of a third-rate TV drama. He strode forward and in the blink of an eye, he had passed Kagome Higurashi and reached the side of the ancient well.

Then she lifted the manhole cover that she had painstakingly nailed back on and casually tossed it aside. To be honest, seeing the talisman that her grandfather had solemnly cast a spell on before attaching it now floating lightly beside this monster... Kagome Higurashi felt inexplicably sad.

As expected, Grandpa is unreliable. What happened to the promise that it would be extremely effective against monsters?

There was no time to consider the little girl's feelings. In fact, when Suer led that invisible concept to the well, the growing sense of attraction in his heart swelled as well, as if he could leave with it if he took just one more step forward—or rather, transcend time and space.

Stop? Or let nature take its course?

"If we do it again, this little girl might not be so cooperative, right?" Shinko said casually, glancing at Kagome Higurashi's chest where the orb of light was still radiating.

He was talking about a little girl, but he was really looking at the ball.

"Ah, there's really no need to delay. It's something that has to be done sooner or later anyway, so let's just get it over with once and for all." Although he had anticipated this scene, when it actually came, Suer found that he didn't feel any sense of loss.

"Let's finish this quickly and come back soon. We'll go directly to Amaterasu and get to the bottom of this," Suer had already made his decision. "If there really is a place in that box-like world where Jibril can descend, it's probably only at the source of that galaxy."

"Hmph...that brainless brute..." Xin Ke muttered a common forest spirit curse, but only for a moment before rushing into Su Er's body. "Other places probably aren't enough to hide a secret that matches that birdman's power. The key is still Takamagahara...heh, you'd better hold on tight this time."

"Ahaha... Don't worry," Su'er laughed awkwardly but politely. She knew that she had probably arrived in this era because she had subconsciously taken a step back due to being startled. "But it's not a problem, is it? You like this era, don't you?"

Go to hell.

"Uh..." After being hit by Xin Ke's attack, Su Er looked up at Higurashi Kagome, who had overheard his conversation with Xin Ke, and smiled kindly. He then took his other hand out of his pocket, casually tossed out what he was holding, and it stopped in front of the little girl in the blink of an eye.

It wasn't anything complicated: a slip of paper with writing and a handprint already on it, and a piece of gold that was flowing and deforming like liquid—don't ask why it's gold again. Although it sounds very tacky, these adorable little golden things are really the only presents that Suer can offer.

As for the money he earned from working, after paying rent, there wasn't much left. Not to mention that he and Xin Ke, who didn't have to worry about survival or the future, spent the remaining money on various food and entertainment facilities.

"Hey, Kagome, can you do me a favor?" With a cool and casual snap of his fingers, Sue wanted to use his older brother persona, which young people love, to get the little girl to do something... I mean, to help her out of kindness.

"I told you not to call me Kagome! Do we even know each other?!" Kagome, who had been somewhat dazed by what she had just witnessed, quickly reverted to her original demeanor. "And how did you, a youkai, know my name?!"

Chapter 116 Transmigration

"Haha, don't worry about such a small thing. There's a saying in this country, right? It's said that people who always worry about small things won't grow tall~"

"There's no such saying!!"

The girl's anger seemed to have intensified.

"Alright, anyway, there's not much time left, so I can only ask you for help." Sul suddenly became serious, no longer joking around, and Kagome Himura subconsciously became serious as well.

"Ah, um, uh... ah?"

“There’s a McDonald’s over in the shopping street. The manager’s name is Mayumi Kizaki. Could you please give this leave request to her?” Su Er pointed to the paper on the left in front of the girl, on which he had prepared a reason for the leave request. “Just say that I have an emergency and can’t deliver the leave request in person. I can only give it to her this way. You can keep the work for me if you want, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t… You don’t need to pay for any unused hours. Anyway, I’m asking you to make this trip.”

"Who's going to help you?! And they just decided things all by themselves!!" Kagome Higurashi's forehead seemed to bulge with small veins. "And what is this?!"

"Oh, thank you very much~, as for that thing... well~, consider it a thank you in advance~", taking the girl's answer as an agreement, Su Er snapped his fingers and fell backward into the ancient well behind him, leaving only one sentence still lingering in the ground.

"Thank you for making the trip, Kagome~, I'll bring you back some local specialties later~"

As he spoke, the piece of gold in front of Kagome Higurashi solidified, revealing a girl with her head slightly bowed, wearing a short skirt, looking hesitant, with her hands raised in front of her chest. In her outstretched hands, a round ball was embedded in her chest.

"Hey!! Hey!"

All she could manage was a hurried shout. Kagome Higurashi didn't even have time to condemn the fact that her image had been turned into a statue once again, an infringement on her portrait rights. She simply ran as fast as she could towards her family's ancient well, the place where the powerless youkai had disappeared.

However, when she nervously peered down into the well, there was no one there.

The monster disappeared.

"...What is this?" Kagome Higurashi slowly stood up from the well and looked weakly at the two things still floating in the air behind her. They even slowly rotated on their own. She just happened to see that the golden statue was facing her.

That hesitant look on his face made Kagome feel that it was just too accurate... In terms of accuracy, that monster's skill was indeed lifelike.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Like someone who had suddenly had a mental breakdown, Kagome Higurashi suddenly stomped her feet on the spot and kept pulling at her hair. "How am I going to explain this to Grandpa and Mom?! So annoying! And this statue!"

It wasn't as big as the previous one, but it was still bigger than her palm.

Staring intently at her shrunken self, Kagome's face suddenly flushed, though it wasn't noticeable in the darkness. She simply remembered her grandfather's reaction when he saw that statue.

Kagome... do you know what a demon kiss is?