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

"Dude," Yixing complained, "Are you kidding us? You've been making up all the information about her, haven't you?"

"No, no, how could that be! I swear everything I just said about her is the truth!" Yusuke assured him confidently, "Every student who studies at Sakurajima will tell you the same thing. And because I go to the library so often, I'm actually one of the people who sees her most often, and I've never seen her like this before!"

Yi Xing remained skeptical.

He decided to ask, but Erina had already asked first.

"Hey, Yoto Hime! Why are you sticking to us like this? Is it because you've never seen such a beautiful girl as me before?"

"Miss, have you no shame? I feel embarrassed."

"..."

Yaodao-hime remained silent.

She stood there, looking at the two of them with a complicated expression and a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Is there anything we can help you with?" Yixing asked gently. "If there's anything you need help with, just let us know. This big brother will help you."

"Hey, bro. Why are you passing this on to me?" Yusuke said, half-laughing and half-crying, "Miss Yaodao-hime, if you need to talk to them, just say so already?"

However, Yaodao-hime still didn't say anything.

She simply watched the two of them quietly.

"Forget it, let's not wait any longer. Let's keep going." After waiting a while longer, Yusuke suggested first, "It's probably just what I thought. Erina has too much of the aura of the underworld on her, and Yoshiyuki has been by her side the whole time, so he's also been affected by that aura. That's why she's so curious."

Yi Xing also felt that this might be the case.

But I still care a little.

"Whoa whoa……!"

The moment Erina stepped into the entrance hall of the teaching building, she was struck by the rows of shoe cabinets and exclaimed in a peculiar way.

"So many shoe cabinets! I wonder how many love letters were once stuffed into the shoe cabinets of their crushes by lovesick young men and women? It feels like such a romantic place!"

"Yeah, Miss," Yoshiyuki quipped, "but when you send a love letter full of hope only to be ruthlessly rejected and end up with the title of 'good guy,' it becomes a heartbreaking place. And to make matters worse, you have to pass by it every day on your way to and from school; those are truly the most painful memories of your youth."

"It's better than sending a love letter to the wrong place and getting misunderstood by the person you like, right?" Erina grinned mischievously. "That would be truly tragic."

"Hahaha! No matter what, neither of you will get it! You're always together, who would dare to interfere?"

Yusuke laughed heartily, led the two to a row of cabinets, and pointed to two compartments.

"This is your shoe locker. The shoes have already been distributed and placed inside; try them on to see if they fit. As for weapons, they should be placed in the lockers against the wall. There are cards with your names on them. These lockers are specifically for students who need protection, mainly those with spiritual power. So not everyone has one."

"Does your shapeshifter need to be stored in there too?" Yixing asked. "And what about the young lady's talismans?"

"Shape-forming creatures, which are inconvenient to store, can be carried with you, but the owner is responsible for the pet's behavior. Of course, regular cats, dogs, and large pets are not allowed to be brought along."

"As for talismans, there's no need to keep them. Actually, the reason for not allowing people to carry weapons is just to prevent their appearance from causing psychological pressure on ordinary students, or from creating a safety hazard if others get their hands on them. People without spiritual power can't use talismans at all, so they don't pose any threat."

During Yusuke's introduction, all three of them changed into their personal indoor shoes.

Yixing originally thought that once he entered the teaching building, Yaodaoji would not follow him.

As a result, the girl seemed to have made up her mind and changed her shoes as well. She looked like she would follow the two of them wherever they went.

Moreover, after entering the teaching building, she kept getting closer and closer to the two of them.

Ultimately, they reached a very delicate balance—as long as Yaodao-hime reached out, she could grab Yoshiyuki and the young lady's clothes.

And she actually did it just before she stepped inside!

Yi Xing felt that soft little hand gently tugging at the corner of their clothes.

This brought them to a halt.

Yusuke stopped at the sound and looked on in surprise.

"What's wrong, little sister?" Yixing turned his head helplessly and asked, "We still have things to do. Let go and go play with someone else, okay?"

"..."

Yaodao-hime remained silent.

Erina patiently asked again, wanting to know if she wanted to say something, but was met with silence again.

The two tried several times to persuade her to let go, but Yaodaoji just wouldn't.

Just when Yixing felt he had no choice but to forcibly tear her hand off, something unexpected happened.

She looked up at the two of them, her crystal-clear lips parting slightly as she uttered a single word in a very soft, almost inaudible voice.

"dad."

The voice sounded strangely familiar; he felt like he'd heard it somewhere before.

But those memories are buried deep within my soul, untouchable.

But that's not the point.

The key point is that this word gave Yi Xing goosebumps and made him break out in a cold sweat.

My heart clenched suddenly, as if someone had gripped it tightly, and it almost stopped beating.

"She...she spoke!" Yusuke exclaimed in surprise, "She actually spoke!"

"Wait! Why are you calling me that?! You've mistaken me for someone else! I'm not your father!"

"Hey, you scoundrel servant! What's going on?!"

Erina seemed to have just been struck by lightning, and reacted even slower than Yoshiyuki.

But as soon as she realized what was happening, she stomped her feet angrily and pointed at him, yelling.

"Where did you get a daughter?! When did this happen?! Which woman did you find?! Explain yourself!"

"Young lady, use your brain! I'm only sixteen. If I had a daughter that old, wouldn't I be a father at four or five?"

"Well, you're quite something, you scoundrel! You have a child when you're only four or five!" Erina was even angrier upon hearing this. "Don't think you can shirk responsibility just because you met me when you were six! I really misjudged you! So, all that talk about amnesia was just an act! You just didn't want to take responsibility and abandoned your child to run away!"

"No, no, Miss, what are you thinking!" Yixing hurriedly explained, "Who could give birth at such a young age?!"

"Aren't you one!"

"I didn't! I don't need to provide any other proof; it simply doesn't exist biologically! Miss, please calm down and think about it carefully!"

"...Huh? Oh...right, right. Four or five years old..." Erina was so confused that she only realized it now. She stammered for a moment, feeling embarrassed: "Thinking about it carefully, it really is impossible. Sorry, it's such an obvious flaw."

"It's alright, Miss." Yixing finally breathed a sigh of relief and comforted her, "I know you're not very bright."

"It's all because I got angry at her!" Erina glared at Yaodao-hime, pulling her hand off her clothes. "Hey, little sister, what nonsense are you talking about! Who are you calling 'daddy'! Apologize to me!"

The Demon Blade Princess seemed somewhat disappointed by her gaze and lowered her head.

She gently grasped Erina's hand and whispered another word.

"Mother……"

(PS: The Demon Blade Princess has nothing to do with Onmyoji; a separate chapter will clarify this later.)