The Japanese-fear sorcerer who started by taking in Tomie

"Qingyue, do you know anything about those evil spirits?" Xin Hengyuan asked immediately.

Shin Heng Qingyue nodded, and after a moment, her calm and clear voice came from behind her mask, "I know, because I used to be one of those kinds of people too."

This answer was clearly unexpected by everyone, and all eyes turned to Shin Heng Qingyue.

Shin Heng Qingyue sat upright, smiled faintly, and explained, "I don't have many memories of that period. I only know that before I became a ghost story, before the 'Slit-Mouthed Woman' legend based on my experience appeared, I was the kind of evil spirit you're talking about."

Xin Hengyuan frowned and stroked his chin.

Something's not right. Something's definitely not right.

In this sense, evil spirits and ghost stories actually share the same origin.

After glancing at everyone, Xin Heng Qingyue slowly spoke again.

"Evil spirits are the embodiment of those who are obsessed with something. Because of some obsession, they are unwilling to leave the mortal world after death and thus become evil."

My obsession, Dad... Dad, are you reluctant to leave us? Is it because of that incident?

I'm sorry, it wasn't me. I really didn't mean to pretend I couldn't see you. I was scared. I'm sorry...

Dad, I forgave you a long time ago...

Yotsuya Miko froze, tears welling up in her eyes and streaming down her cheeks. She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, trying not to make a sound, but her shoulders trembled slightly.

Seeing this, Shin Hengyuan recalled the plot of the original drama and understood why Jianzi was crying. He didn't say anything, but silently walked forward, reached out his hand, and gently patted Jianzi's back.

Shinheng Qingyue stood up at some point and silently placed a box of tissues next to Shinheng Yuan.

Tomie turned her head away quietly, pretending to look out the window, but her fingers unconsciously twirled the ends of her hair, and she remained silent.

Shin Hengyuan clearly remembers that in the original manga, after Miko's father and her family's dog passed away, they did not disappear but remained in the house, becoming something similar to a bound spirit or a guardian spirit.

Moreover, their strength is extraordinary.

This is why Miko rarely encounters powerful evil spirits at home; the slightly more powerful ones are all killed by Miko's father and Gouzi.

Shin Hengyuan remembers a scene in the comics where the son's father and the big dog together drove away an evil spirit of the mountain god's level.

The more Xinhengyuan thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed.

Mountain gods and evil spirits are not the low-level creatures that just whine and howl on the street.

Judging from the expressive power in the manga, let alone the now half-crippled Spider Princess, even if you combined the Spider Princess, Hanako, and Kuchisake-onna at their peak, along with the accessory Tomie, and tied the four of them together, they probably still wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow from that mountain god.

The fact that Jianzi's father and dog could repel such a powerful mountain god or evil spirit, and that an ordinary person could transform into such a powerful earthbound spirit after death, is no accident.

This shows that the Jianzi family is definitely not a small matter.

Shin Heng Yuan speculates that Jian Zi's ability to see spirits is most likely inherited from her ancestors, suggesting that one of her ancestors was an extraordinary Onmyoji.

Only in this way can we explain why she became so powerful after her father's death.

Unfortunately, Miko's father and the big dog were earthbound spirits, and could only move within the area of ​​Miko's house, unable to leave.

If you can take him out, having Jianzi with you is like having a powerful father by your side; you can walk around with complete freedom.

What a pity.

"It's okay, Jianzi, cry. Cry as much as you want." Xin Hengyuan gently patted her back and comforted her. "If you want, you can have my arms around you."

"Waaaaah..."

Yotsuya Miko threw herself into his arms, tears streaming down her face, and burst into loud sobs.

She wasn't truly expressionless, nor was she emotionally apathetic. She endured it all to protect herself, her family, and her friends. Only by maintaining a blank expression could she keep the evil spirits from noticing her and live peacefully.

For some reason, Spider Princess crawled out of Shin Hengyuan's pocket and onto Miko's hand, gently patting her with her forelegs, as if comforting Miko.

The slit-mouthed woman stepped forward and hugged Yotsuya Miko. Seeing Miko crying, Shingen Seigetsu couldn't help but think of himself back then and felt a pang of heartache.

Tomie didn't understand what was so funny about crying, nor did she understand why they had to hug each other, but in order to fit in, she opened her arms and hung on to them.

After a long while, Yotsuya Miko's face turned completely red. Reluctantly, she let go of Shingen, her mind a complete mess.

Yotsuya Miko, how can you be so shameless? You've only known your senior for a short time, how dare you hug him?

After crying, Miko Yotsuya felt much lighter. She had been suppressing all her emotions, but today she finally released them completely.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was my rudeness." Yotsuya Miko quickly bowed to everyone, her voice still a little hoarse from crying.

Xin Hengyuan waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to worry about it.

"Alright, let's eat first now. But why do I smell something burnt?"

"Oh no, my soup!" Shin Heng Qingyue let out a sharp popping sound and turned around to rush to the kitchen.

The three looked at each other. After a brief silence, Yotsuya Miko finally couldn't help but laugh, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with emotion.

"Senior, you and your shikigami get along really well."

"I'm not a shikigami!" Tomie instantly bristled, raising her fist in a loud protest.

"Tomie is indeed not my shikigami." Shingen nodded in acknowledgment, then changed the subject, "She is my pet."

"Huh?" Yotsuya Miko's face was full of disbelief.

"I'm not a pet either!" Tomie raised her fist even higher.

"Oh? So you want to be demoted to a slave?"

"...Actually, I don't think being a pet is so bad." Tomie silently withdrew her fist, turned her face away, and muttered softly.

His initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness is truly laughable.

Tomie thought to herself, gritting her teeth.

Imposter, why aren't you here yet? I'm the lowest-ranking person in this family right now.

Given Tomie's personality, she naturally didn't want to be ranked last, so she even went so far as to shamelessly deceive the other Tomies.

However, almost two weeks have passed, and the imposter still hasn't arrived, nor can they be contacted. This surprised Tomie, but she didn't take it seriously, assuming it was just a joke.

After all, that's just Tomie's personality.

If they find a good toy, they won't leave until they've played with it thoroughly.

Today, Xinheng Qingyue is making pork rib soup. Although the soup has completely run out, most of the ribs are still intact. Qingyue has prepared more than just this dish; she also has several plates of seasonal vegetables.

Qingyue smiled kindly as she served rice and divided the ribs for everyone.

Xin Hengyuan was the first to pick up a piece of pork rib and put it in his mouth. The meat was stewed until tender, and with a gentle suck, he could suck the meat off the bone. He gave Qingyue a thumbs up.

"tasty!"

"Ugly freak! I protest! Why do I have so few ribs? Why do the newcomers get so many?!"

Tomie bit the end of her chopsticks, staring at the mountain of ribs piled up in Miko's bowl, then looked at the few pitiful scraps in her own bowl.

The eyes have completely turned into the shape of lemons.

"Jianzi is new here, but you're not," Qingyue retorted without hesitation.

"This isn't fair!"

Yotsuya Miko held up the bowl piled high with pork ribs and rice. She stirred the contents with her chopsticks, picked up a few of the largest ribs, hesitated for a moment, and then gently placed them into Tomie's bowl: "Tomie-san, these are for you."

"……Thanks."

Tomie stared at the piece of pork rib that had suddenly appeared in her bowl, and finally managed to squeeze out those words from her throat.

Shin Hengyuan smiled to himself. Tomie was still as arrogant as ever. When she wasn't causing trouble, Tomie was actually quite cute. Shin Hengyuan couldn't help but think to himself.

No! It's a bond of unwavering commitment! ...