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

Erina was once again stunned by this shocking vocabulary.

"Huh? Wh...what?" Erina finally realized what was happening and hurriedly turned to Yusuke, asking, "Hey, you jerk! Was she never like this before? Why does she just call anyone 'Dad' and 'Mom'?"

"Has she been through something lately?" Yixing asked his older brother in a low voice. "Just smelling the scent of the underworld shouldn't be enough to cause this, right?"

"Don't ask me! I really don't know what happened." Yusuke looked completely bewildered. "Maybe the chairman knows?"

"Alright, I'll ask her later—Miss Yaodao-hime, would you please let go? We still have things to do."

Yoshiyuki patiently crouched down as he spoke, his gaze fixed directly on Yoto Hime's eyes.

She looked at Yixing, as if she wanted to say more.

However, she seemed to be holding back from saying anything, her eyes filled with a hint of reluctance.

Thankfully, the Demon Blade Princess obediently let go.

She pulled out a small notebook and began writing something carefully in it with a ballpoint pen.

"Brother Yusuke, does she usually just not speak but communicate with people through writing?" Yoshiyuki was somewhat surprised by this scene, so he turned to ask Yusuke.

"Uh, I've heard about it. But she won't do it unless it's absolutely necessary."

As soon as Yusuke finished speaking, Yaodao-hime finished writing, held up the notebook, and showed it to Yoshiyuki and Erina while standing on tiptoe.

The following passage is written on it.

I'll wait here.

"Yoto Hime, what are you waiting for us for?" Yoshiyuki asked helplessly, "We're not your parents."

"Yeah, yeah," Erina agreed. "Why do you call us that? You should at least explain!"

Hearing them say that, Yaodaoji clearly hesitated.

Her lips trembled slightly, her expression filled with sorrow and pain, but in the end she said nothing.

Even when Yoshiyuki suggested that she write it down in her notebook to tell them, Yoto Hime simply shook her head and remained silent, offering no explanation whatsoever.

With no other option, the three of them had to leave her there and depart first.

The Demon Blade Princess watched the three leave silently, her eyes filled with reluctance.

From a distance, she looked like a lifeless doll, lost in thought—except for her eyes.

Yixing had never seen such vivid eyes.

That created a fundamental difference between the silent Demon Blade Princess and the emotionless doll.

"Strange... This is really eerie." Yusuke still looked incredulous. "She's never had such expressive eyes before! Before, Yaodao-hime never seemed to show any emotion when she looked at anyone; she was always cold and distant! But the way she looked at you all, it was like she was looking at family! I swear on my honor!"

"Someone like you who uses shapeshifters as toilet paper isn't even worth a hundred yen in reputation!" Erina retorted. "I feel like she might indeed be someone who doesn't like to communicate, but at least she seems willing to communicate with the two of us. So, it's not that Yaodao-hime doesn't want to talk, but rather that she can't. If that's the case, then..."

"Go on," Yixing encouraged.

Erina hesitated for a moment, but instead of remaining silent like Yaodao-hime, she offered her immature judgment.

"I just think that Yaodao-hime might have difficulty speaking because of a curse or some strange illness! Or... maybe every word she says could have serious consequences."

"Young Miss, can you determine the true cause?"

"It's highly unlikely. Curses are sometimes hidden incredibly well... so well that even the gods can't detect them." Erina sighed, "Although the possibility is slim, I have a bold guess! Could she be our future daughter, who traveled back in time to find us?"

"How could that be, Miss?" Yixing retorted. "She doesn't look like any of us, okay?"

"What if he's adopted?" Erina retorted. "For example, Yoshiyuki, you might become incapacitated for various reasons in the future, so we—"

"Stop! Don't curse me, okay?!" Yixing felt a phantom pain in his body and hurriedly interrupted the young lady's words: "What good will it do you if I can't take it anymore?!"

The ensuing conversation revolved around "why the Demon Blade Princess was unwilling to explain why she called the two of them 'Dad' and 'Mom'."

The three initially had different opinions, but gradually reached a consensus during the discussion.

That is, the Demon Blade Princess is restricted by something like a curse or fate, and there is no explanation for why.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so hesitant to speak, her expression filled with torment.

The discussion was only ended when the chairman's office appeared before the three of them.

Yusuke leaned against the wall by the door, knocked on the door for them, and then looked down at his phone.

As the voice inside said "Please come in," Erina, holding Yoshiyuki's hand, opened the door and entered the office first.

She was a beautiful woman with straight black hair, wearing a suit and glasses.

The nine-tailed fox's eyesight is not a problem, so when Yoshiyuki saw it for the first time, he assumed it was a pair of non-prescription glasses, which were only for decoration.

Hearing the two enter, Shimizu Tamako said, "Welcome, both of you. Please have a seat." as she looked up.

However, when the chairman saw their appearance, he was stunned for a moment and blurted out.

"Huh?! Who are you—"

Her reaction surprised Erina.

So the wicked priestess immediately turned her head and looked down to observe whether the uprising leader's body had undergone any indescribable changes.

"Young Miss, what are you looking at there for?!"

Yoshiyuki hurriedly turned her head back, causing Erina to let out a low wail of pain, complaining that her head was about to be twisted off.

"Chairman, you seemed a little dazed when you saw us just now. What's wrong?"

Looking at Chairman Shimizu, who had quickly calmed down, Yoshiyuki asked this question.

She smiled and gave this wistful reply.

"Ah, it's nothing. I just feel like so many years have passed... Hehehe. The last time I saw you two, you weren't even as tall as the table. You yokai with such long lifespans just have no concept of the passage of time."

"Some students, I always feel like they've only been in school for a short time, and then suddenly they graduate. And then, new students come in... Oh, sorry. I'm getting a bit carried away, let's get back to the main topic."

"It's alright, Chairman, we don't mind."

Yixing said this, but he felt something was not right.

If Shimizu Tamako really thought that way, then the words "you are" that she almost blurted out just now seemed a bit out of place.

But the chairman did see them; they were just having fun at the festival and didn't see her.

At that festival, Erina and Yoshiyuki both wore fox masks and chased each other under a sky full of fireworks.

The happiness of that time is unforgettable.

He regained the wonderful childhood he had missed before his time travel.