My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

The students who witnessed what had just happened were clearly shocked and felt immense sympathy for Koji's tragic experience.

But they all forced themselves to suppress their laughter.

Of course, no one actually laughed. That would be too impolite.

Of all these people, the one most frightened was undoubtedly Kikue Jinbo. He almost thought he had killed Kodera.

After finding that she was alright, Jinbo quickly ran over to apologize and helped the dazed and unsteady Kodera to her feet, preparing to take her to the infirmary.

However, Koji mumbled incoherently that this minor injury didn't need to bother the school nurse; she was very resilient. She'd been hit by a car and run over by a truck this morning, and she was perfectly fine. They'd rather take her to the toilet to wash off the bird droppings; they were filthy.

Kikue Jinbo was taken aback by what she said, then looked around and, after confirming that Takagi wasn't there, asked Erina for help with a wry smile.

Although the young lady was lazy and a bit of a germaphobe, she couldn't bear to leave her classmate in such a sorry state, so she helped the girl, who was staggering around as if she had drunk too much, to the nearby restroom.

When she returned, Koji seemed to have fully recovered and was full of energy again.

Erina, on the other hand, seemed to have a complicated expression. She kept smelling her hands, which were as damp as Kotera's hair—probably because she had just washed Kotera's hair and was worried that it still smelled like bird droppings.

Seeing that Kodera Makiko was completely unharmed, Jinbo Kikue breathed a sigh of relief and quickly apologized again, saying it was all his fault for being careless.

Koji laughed heartily, waved her little hand, and said this with great pride.

"Alright, alright, it was an accident, don't blame me! I'm just really unlucky! My life motto is that nothing matters except death!"

Hearing that she was so open-minded, Yi Xing was truly impressed.

At the same time, I further felt that this was probably forced out by frequent misfortunes—between complaining and blaming others and living an optimistic life, Koji clearly chose the latter.

"Speaking of which," Erina said, looking at Kikue Jinbo's long black hair, "Yoshiyuki, look at him, he doesn't look like a girl at all, and he even has long hair! What are you embarrassed about?"

"No, Miss, you're mistaken. It's precisely because I look too much like a woman that I refuse to grow my hair long," Yoshiyuki complained. "I don't want to increase the possibility of being misunderstood!"

After Kodera Makiko left humming a song as if nothing had happened, Jinbo Kikue thanked Erina for her help.

He also claimed that.

"Maekawa-kun, Yoda-san, I'm so lucky to be in your class! I only had the chance to meet you before when I went to your village for a festival, and now that we're classmates, I'm sure we'll become even better friends!"

"Yes, I think so too." Yoshiyuki nodded in agreement, then realized this was a perfect opportunity to ask what had happened that morning: "By the way, Jinbo-kun. I saw you and Takagi talking to Yusuke-nii outside this morning. What did you talk about?"

Jinbo's answer was similar to what Yoshiyuki had imagined.

Yusuke knew the class assignments in advance, so he wanted to ask his acquaintances in Class 7 to take good care of him and get along well with them.

After saying all this, Jinbo made a joke, saying that Yoda-senpai was too kind, and that they should be asking the vice president to take good care of them.

Before returning to their cleaning posts, Kikue Jinbo chatted with Yoshiyuki and the other about their recent situation.

Of course, they also inquired about each other's family members to see if they were alright.

According to etiquette, it is customary for members of prominent families to greet the head of the household during conversations.

For example, Kikue Jinbo would inquire about Erina's grandfather's well-being.

However, due to the special circumstances of the Jinbo family, Erina had to greet not only the head of the Jinbo family, Kikuena's, father.

And Lisa Amis.

That is, Yuna Jinbo.

Those who know the history of the Amis family are used to calling her by her real name and the nickname "Witch Lisa," rather than the Japanese name she later adopted.

She prefers her original name and hopes that others will not be bound by formalities and will address her by her name or "Miss Lisa".

When it comes to addressing immortals, their age can only be determined by their apparent age.

Otherwise, it would be the strangest thing for a seventy or eighty-year-old man to call Lisa, who looks to be around twenty, "Grandma Lisa".

Lisa gained immortality through the blood of a witch. Although she relinquished power and stepped down as head of the family a thousand years ago, her position remains unshakeable as she watches generations of the Jinbo family grow from birth to death. This means that the head of the family still cannot make decisions on many important matters on his own and must consult her before making a decision.

It's not that the head of the family lacks ability, but rather that this formality is necessary to gain the respect of the people.

Kikue Jinbo had always admired Miss Lisa, thinking she knew a great deal. Lisa had even taught him his photography skills.

This is perfectly reasonable; how could Lisa not know a lot?

She was alive when the camera was first invented, and she could probably recount the entire history of its evolution.

Because Kikue Jinbo greatly admires Miss Lisa, he looked somewhat uneasy when she mentioned her.

He said Miss Lisa's witch disease has flared up again recently, even though it's only been six months since the last episode. This is really abnormal.

He was a little worried, and didn't know what he could do for Lisa.

The so-called witch's disease is one of the side effects caused by witch's blood.

Only witches whose bodily tissues have a strong rejection reaction to witch's blood will get it.

This is a terminal illness. After it occurs, the body will experience excruciating pain and weakness, and it can lead to vision loss and even blindness.

Ordinary witches who contract witch disease can only die in agony.

Lisa survived thanks to the elixir from Mount Shu.

Herman thought he had completely cured Lisa’s witch disease after obtaining the elixir, but it only temporarily calmed the symptoms, which usually relapsed after a few years.

If it recurs, the patient must continue taking the expensive and extremely rare medication.

Fortunately, the Jinbo family was well-off under Lisa's management, which allowed Lisa to survive.

The medicine to cure witch disease is impossible to obtain without certain connections.

The medicines that Lisa has taken for over a thousand years were all made by Xu Yezhou.

This person was the alchemist who was expelled from Mount Shu for violating the sect rules and subsequently fled to Japan to escape his enemies. Herman went to Japan to find him.

The reason he has been able to live is because he has taken longevity-prolonging elixirs.

This is a once-in-a-millennium alchemy prodigy, but also a dangerous individual. His mental state is also somewhat abnormal; he acts erratically all day long, and even the Jinbo family, who are always grateful for his help, try to avoid contact with him as much as possible.

Xu Yezhou was repeatedly reprimanded and warned for frequently engaging in highly dangerous pill refining. Finally, when he almost blew up the pill refining room, the sect leader could no longer tolerate it and expelled him from Mount Shu.

On the one hand, Yi Xing was relieved that the old madman was now hiding in the deep mountains, conducting his research alone and wouldn't harm the neighbors. On the other hand, he was worried that one day the old madman might accidentally set the whole mountain on fire.