Why is the Demon King like this?

Chapter 125 Blood

While Chizuru Shiraishi was arguing with Yui Kamabatake and learning about divination, Keisuke Ao watched for a while, then took a can of beer to the balcony for some fresh air.

He also sensed some inexplicable emotions at this gathering.

It seems that something is about to sprout, about to break out of its shell.

Outside on the balcony, the evening breeze was blowing.

Asuka Arisugawa walked silently out of the living room and came up behind him, her shadow falling on the railing.

Her hair flew up and was then neatly gathered up by her fingers.

"What's wrong, Arisugawa?"

Arisugawa walked to his side, gently shook his head, and a faint fragrance wafted into Keisuke Ao's nose.

"Miss Hanako, you have a good appetite," she said.

Even when they are talking or chatting, their mouths are usually stuffed full.

"yes."

Arisugawa smiled and reached her hand out from behind her back, holding a gift box.

The colorful packaging looked familiar; it was something Keisuke Ao and she bought together at the bookstore.

"Qinggui-kun, congratulations on winning the championship. This is a gift for you."

"The girl's face was slightly flushed, but her eyes were very bright, moist and sparkling, like gems under the moonlight."

"So it was for me?" Keisuke Ao laughed.

"Yes," Arisugawa smiled shyly, "but even Seiki-kun doesn't care about this championship!"

"Maybe I'm more looking forward to winning the volleyball passing championship?"

"—Really, don't say things like that at a time like this."

Keisuke Ao looked at the gift box in his hand and asked, "May I open it?"

"----Um."

Keisuke Ao unwrapped the gift; inside were two books.

One is called "The Wind Blows Strong," and the other is Tagore's "Stray Birds."

"Why did you send these two books?" he asked.

"Because it's to celebrate winning a championship, but I don't know much about basketball books, so I had to choose another one."

The other book—I only included it because I noticed you seem quite interested in poetry, Qinggui-kun.

"Really?" Keisuke Ao put the book away and said gratefully, "It's a wonderful gift, I really like it."

That's wonderful.

Arisugawa put his hands behind his back, looked up, and searched for the sparse stars in the sky.

But in brightly lit Tokyo, whether or not they can ultimately find it remains to be seen.

The girl smiled and patted Aokiji on the back, saying with emotion, "Sometimes I feel like Aokiji is like a star in the sky, with someone watching over him every moment."

"How dare you, a Yamato Nadeshiko (princess of Kukai), say such a thing?"

Keisuke Ao retorted, "How many official members does your fan club have?"

"Ah! Ah!"

Asuka Arisugawa quickly interrupted the topic: "Sorry, I misspoke."

"Hey, you two! What are you doing sneaking around here!" Shiraishi Chizuru clung to the balcony door like a demon, her cute bob haircut now a little messy and disheveled.

She lunged forward, as if to pull him back, or as if to press her petite body directly against Arisugawa Asuka.

The smell of alcohol was strong, indicating that Dr. Shiraishi had already drunk quite a bit.

"Come quickly, let Miss Shenban help you with your fortune telling. She's very accurate."

"? I don't need it."

Just now, Miss Shenfan was saying that her love life was going smoothly.

So now you think divination is very accurate?

"Come on, come on, let's calculate whether Arisugawa-chan still has her first kiss." She was like an old hooligan, the kind of harassment that could get you arrested by the police if you walked down the street.

"ah???"

Arisugawa Asuka's face flushed red. She glanced at Ao Keisuke, then forcefully covered Shiraishi Chizuru's mouth, afraid that she would say something else nonsense.

Besides, why should the person involved need someone else to calculate their first kiss?

"This kind of divination is impossible!" She struggled fiercely, but was eventually forcibly dragged into the living room.

"Yes, the high priestess of Meiji Shrine said it's possible."

Chizuru Shiraishi, fueled by alcohol and wishful thinking, believed in the deity of Meiji Shrine even more than Yui Kamabatake.

When Keisuke Ao finished his can and returned to the living room, the divination session was just about to begin.

Kagami Yui sat regally on the sofa, dressed in a snow-white robe and scarlet hakama, exuding a dignified and sacred aura.

In front of her were three candles, which seemed to have been found from somewhere—it looked quite authentic.

Arisugawa sat nervously on the other side, the candlelight flickering and illuminating her face.

"Arisugawa, what do you want to have divined?"

"Me—well, my studies, I guess?"

"What? How boring?"

Is this really something a university doctor would say?

In his mind, Keisuke Ao thought to himself, "This guy, it's one thing to be a pay thief, but he can't even be a guiding light for the students?"

"Give her a love fortune reading!" Shiraishi made the decision for her.

"?"

"Alright, I have received your request!" Shinbata Yui said solemnly, one hand holding her sleeve, the other...

It was held above the candle and swung back and forth repeatedly.

The flames swayed more and more intensely because of her movements, as if three fairies were really dancing inside.

Arisugawa parted his lips slightly, as if to say, "I didn't make that request," but quickly pursed them nervously.

Even staunch atheists would surely hope that the results of a divination could offer some help to someone feeling lost, right?

"We have the results!"

Shinbata Yui lightly touched one of the flames with her fingers, then quickly withdrew it. She closed her eyes, as if she was carefully considering and analyzing the result of the divination.

Her expression gradually turned serious, and she said, "Arisugawa, the divination wants to tell you that sometimes letting go of some things may allow you to gain more."

"What do you mean?" Shiraishi asked.

"I don't know either~"

Yui Kamabatake winked playfully, as if she had instantly returned from the ethereal shrine in the heavens to earth. She continued, "But, one day, Arisugawa will suddenly understand that, won't he?"

"What?!"

Shiraishi grumbled in dissatisfaction, while Arisugawa seemed to be deep in thought.

Is it true that you have to give up something to gain something?

She glanced at Qing Guijie, still not understanding what she should give up.

"Qinggui-kun, would you like to have your fortune told?" she asked, both out of curiosity and a hope that Qingguijie would help her out of this awkward situation.

"OK."

Aoki Keisuke walked over and sat down opposite the banner.

"What does Qinggui want to know? How is our compatibility? I'll definitely do my best~"

"Hmm—" Aoki Keisuke pondered for a moment, then smiled: "Okay."

"Really?" Kamitsuki Yui's voice became urgent.

Chizuru Shiraishi and Asuka Arisugawa also subconsciously tensed up.

"Yes, do you need my cooperation?"

"Um!"

Shinbata Yui pulled a delicate silver knife from under her sleeve and solemnly said, "Please give me a little blood."

"Blood?! Isn't that inappropriate?" Arisugawa exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise. In her eyes, this behavior had completely gone beyond mere entertainment.

It falls under the category of entertainment.

"It's alright."

Aokiji took the knife and said that he had never actually bled since he transmigrated here.

He cut his palm and let the blood drip onto the table.

"Qinggui-kun, what are you doing?!"

"Hey, the knife hasn't been sterilized yet!"

"what?"

Amidst the surging spirituality emanating from Shinbata Yui, Ao Keisuke suddenly noticed the abnormality in his blood—a primordial spirituality flowing within it.

Extremely thin.

But it means that—not only the spirit, but even human blood is a breeding ground for spirituality.

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