Shota is surrounded by monsters!

Shota scratched his head, looking somewhat annoyed, and then said, "Why don't you go and find a master to learn a trade?"

"Oh?"

Senjougahara Hitagi seemed to have thought of something very interesting, and tilted her head to look at Shota, saying, "Are you sure?"

"No, let's forget it."

Shota quickly shook his head, but then he remembered something else and asked, "What's the date today?"

"Number 23."

"Next month...that is, next week."

Shota scratched his head in frustration, only then remembering that an exorcist would be transferring to his grade next month. He still hadn't figured out how to deal with it. After all, having an exorcist at school would easily expose them.

Why would an exorcist transfer to the school where the grandson of the demon king is?

What should we do about that ghost?

Upon hearing Senjougahara's words, Shota looked at the bewildered spirit, shook his head, and said, "There will be an exorcist who will make him a Buddha. Just don't have any contact with him."

"Aren't you going to eat it? Isn't this kind of ghost food to you?"

"It only eats vengeful spirits."

Shota was silent for a moment before replying, "He can't become a Buddha inside my belly. Although, whether Buddha even exists is still a question."

He had barely finished speaking when he saw a short-haired girl in a middle school uniform walk towards the spirit, take a paper talisman from her wallet, stick it on the lost ghost's forehead, and then...

The ghost vanished in a flash of light.

"do not look."

Mashiro, sipping her juice, curiously stared at the ghost who had attained enlightenment, before Shota forcefully turned her head to the other side.

Fortunately, the girl glanced around and, seemingly unaware of Shota and the others, walked back without changing her expression.

"Was that an exorcist?"

Senjougahara waited until the girl left before asking her a question.

"You must be an Onmyoji."

"That talisman must belong to an Onmyoji, right?"

"This is troublesome. An Onmyoji has transferred to the young master's class. Qing Tianfang, go and keep an eye on that Onmyoji and don't let her get close to the young master. I will protect the young master personally."

A cold wind blew by, and two heads, one big and one small, one male and one female, poked out from the grass.

"Okay, I got it."

The big man nodded after hearing the girl's instructions.

"However, it seems someone has seen us."

"Ok?"

The girl turned her head and looked at Shota, Senjougahara, and Mashiro who were watching them, then jumped out of the bushes and greeted them, "We meet again, newbies."

Hello.

Shota awkwardly greeted the two Nura Clan monsters.

"I have some good news for you. Last night, our young master transformed into a super cool Nurarihyon! The Nura Clan is having a banquet all day today, treating all visiting yokai to free meals."

Yuki-onna, with an almost infatuated expression, said to her fellow creatures, "Welcome to the Nura Clan to celebrate together!"

"Shouldn't we go back? That Onmyoji has probably returned to the young master."

"Oh no, this is terrible."

As they spoke, the two monsters dressed in school uniforms jogged towards the junior high school section.

"Were those two monsters also?"

Senjougahara watched the two departing youkai and asked Shota, "This world seems too dangerous."

"Mashiro, did you hear that? There's a free party!"

"A banquet? What's that?"

"It's a great place where you can enjoy all the food and drinks for free."

"Glug. They have all kinds of drinks?"

"Ah, of course they're all there."

Shota swallowed hard and looked at Mashiro, saying, "Let's go, we absolutely have to go, right?"

"Yes, I want to go!"

"What an incurable, stupid monster." Senjougahara Hitagi moved a little further away from the two without changing her expression, muttering to herself, "If all monsters are such single-minded idiots, this world seems really too... absurd."

Chapter Nineteen. Eating...

"Oh~"

"Oh~"

Shota and Mashiro went straight to the Nura Clan's headquarters, Nura Mansion, the home of the Nurarihyon, after school. This huge Japanese-style garden is probably hundreds of years old, and its area is exceptionally large. Just one glance gives visitors the feeling that this family must be very wealthy.

It's a rich monster.

Mashiro sensed the eerie wind emanating from inside the house, so she hid behind Shota, tugged at his school uniform, and said, "There are so many..."

"Hmm... it shouldn't matter since they're all monsters, right? Besides, that Yuki-onna invited us."

Although he shouldn't be considered a member of the Nura Clan, since they had invited him and offered him a free dinner, Shota couldn't find a reason not to come.

Of course, Senjougahara originally wanted to come and see what it was like, but Shota refused her on the grounds that "not all monsters are as easy to talk to as I am." After all, although the Nura Clan are not the kind of extremely evil monsters who like to eat human organs, it doesn't mean that they will speak to humans kindly.

"Shall we... go inside and eat?"

Shota patted Mashiro on the shoulder and led her inside.

"Hahaha, drink, drink, drink!"

No one came out to entertain them. All the yokai were scattered in every corner of the Nura House, eating and drinking to their hearts' content. The yokai in charge of cooking kept bringing dishes into the room. All sorts of one-eyed, miniature, giant, and strange yokai gathered together, drinking and eating.

"For the young master~ Oh yeah~"

"..."

Shota and Mashiro didn't know how to blend into the atmosphere, so they forcibly suppressed their appetites, glanced at the monsters inside and found that they didn't recognize any of them, so they closed the door and walked towards the room next door.

"Oh my, isn't this that foreign monster brother and sister?"

Sitting near the door was the yokai Kubinashi, whom Shota had met once before. Upon seeing Shota and Mashiro, he raised his sake glass and said, "What brings you here?"

"Um... I met the Snow Woman at school, and she invited me to come over for a meal, no, to a banquet."

"Oh, it's the Snow Woman." Kubinashi didn't ask any further questions and said, "Sit down and have a drink with me. I couldn't find anyone."

"...Could you eat something to fill your stomach before drinking?"

Shota felt that eating was more important.

"Ah, you want to eat~ Go to the kitchen and find Mao Changji, eat and come back quickly to drink, go on, go on."

A fierce glint flashed in Shota's eyes. After finding out where the kitchen was, he headed straight there.

"Hey, want something to eat?"

Mao Chang. Ji – A mature woman with long, wavy hair. Legend has it that she was the illegitimate daughter of a temple abbot, who sold her into prostitution to protect his reputation. She became a monster after her death. Her most distinctive feature is her extremely tough hair, which is almost impossible to cut.

Of course, within the Nura Clan, the hairy prostitute also doubled as a cook. Seeing Shota and Mashiro sneak into the kitchen, she didn't ask where they came from, saying, "There's plenty of food piled up in the next room. Those male youkai only know how to drink; I've been cooking all day and nobody's eating..."

"Can I eat this?"

Shota asked a question, somewhat embarrassed.

"Of course you can. There's nothing we can do about it since it's just sitting there. If you want to eat, then eat as much as you like, young man. Help yourself."

Since everyone else is telling him to do as he pleases, Shota really won't hold back.

The moment he stepped into the next room, Shota's tail shot straight up into the sky.

Chicken, duck, fish, and meat were all available. Although some of the food had been half-eaten, most of it was still intact. In addition to the meat, there were also plenty of vegetables and various snacks. This amount of food was enough for thirty to fifty people to eat three or four meals. Even for Shota now, it was enough for a proper meal.

No, I can't eat it all... that would be too arrogant... but eating half should be fine, right?

Shota swallowed hard and strode toward the table where the food was laid out.

"I...started...it..."

"Oh~"

Mashiro exclaimed in surprise as she looked at Shota's tail, which was so hard it stood upright. But then she twitched her little nose, as if she had discovered something delicious, and walked straight towards the jar in the far corner of the room.

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"Ok?"

Mashiro looked at the jar with suspicion, then poked the seal with her little finger, and soon a wonderful fragrance filled the air in front of her.

"Suck--"

She took a slow breath and gradually felt her body becoming warm. Out of curiosity, she dipped her finger into the jar, took a little bit of the white liquid, and then slowly put it in her mouth.

The taste... is weird... there's still a strange feeling about it.

Seemingly curious, Mashiro this time directly used her fingers to suck up the liquid from the jar...

"I am back."

Rikuo Nura, accompanied by his bodyguard Yuki-onna disguised as a human and Aotabo, pushed open the door to his living room, only to find a large group of yokai there, shaking their heads and drinking. He was speechless and said, "What...what are you doing!"

"Oh, young master is back! young master is back!"

Suddenly, all the yokai sat down in front of Nura Rikuo and said, "This is a banquet to celebrate the young master's successful transformation! How wonderful!"

"I have no idea what transformation is!" Lu Liang said to the students crowding around him, a little annoyed. "My friends from school are coming tonight, so you'd better hurry up and pack your things. Please, whatever you do, don't reveal your true form in front of my classmates."

"Eh..."

"That's it, everyone please work together."

"This is also to help the young master."