Shota is surrounded by monsters!

Thinking of this, Shota immediately put the scissors back into his pocket...

Wait, where did these scissors come from?

Shota, somewhat puzzled, bent down to examine the underside of the long bench. Besides the scissors he had just taken out, there were also some stationery items such as ballpoint pens.

"Did any student forget it here?"

Shota tidied up everything below, then said to Mashiro, who was sipping her juice, "You're full, it's time to go back to class."

"Oh~"

Then on the way back... I picked up a whole bunch of promotional materials...

Since the stationery, though edible, was not tasty at all, Shota had no intention of keeping it for himself. Like an excellent student, he delivered everything to the teacher's office.

"so much?"

The homeroom teacher looked at the pile of stationery that Shota was holding and said, "Did you find all of these?"

"Yes."

Shota nodded, put everything on the desk, and said, "Then I'll take my leave."

There weren't many classes in the afternoon, and I just got through them. That was the first day of school.

Shota didn't plan to participate in the so-called club activities, because if he brought Mashiro along, she might do something silly. So he declined his classmates' invitation and led Mashiro towards their home.

However, there are quite a few monsters in this world.

On the way back alone, Shota encountered two or three yokai mingling in the human world. They were both male and female, beautiful and ugly. In contrast to the yokai, Shota also noticed two humans who were probably exorcists.

One appeared to be a high school student, while the other looked like a middle school student. However, both seemed to be holding knives.

Two pretty girls, each holding a POCKY cookie, walked past Shota and Mashiro, facing each other.

"very scary."

After the two girls walked away, Mashiro tugged at Shota's hand and said somewhat fearfully, "Will humans eat us?"

"It's fine."

Shota smiled and patted Mashiro's head, saying, "As long as we don't do anything bad and hide well, they won't be able to find us."

Mashiro nodded, but then noticed that Shota had stopped.

"Ok?"

Shota looked at the burger joint on the street. The poster read "Burger King Challenge," which basically meant that if you ate the extra-large burger, you wouldn't have to pay.

My heart is fluttering... I'm completely and utterly smitten.

"Or...should I give it a try? As long as I try to control my desires, it should be fine, right?"

Shota prepared himself mentally before saying to Mashiro, "Let's go in and get something to eat."

"Drinking?"

A happy expression appeared on Mashiro's face.

"Yes. It's a drink."

Shota pulled Mashiro straight into the burger shop.

As soon as you open the door, you're greeted by the aroma of food.

Shota, who was about to take another step, suddenly stopped...

Oh no, this looks so tempting, I want to eat it all!

"Welcome! Are there two guests?"

Seeing a waiter approach him, Shota barely managed to control his desires and said in a trembling voice, "Two people."

"Alright, please follow me."

The waiter led Shota and Mashiro to the table in the far corner, then handed the menu to the somewhat absent-minded Shota, saying, "What would you like...?"

"Super~Burger King!"

Shota pointed to the largest and most conspicuous picture.

"Huh?" The waitress seemed a little surprised that someone of Shota's size would dare to challenge the Super Burger King, but she still reminded him, "You can only get a refund if you can finish it."

"Yes, I know."

Shota quickly nodded twice.

"May I ask what this young lady needs...?"

"Juice is..."

"this."

Mashiro pointed to the picture on the menu; it was a cup of hot milk…

"Okay, two glasses of milk, please."

After paying in advance, Shota could only anxiously wait for the waiter to bring the dishes.

Ah, I can't hold back anymore... If this continues, I'm going to lose control.

Shota forced himself to look away from the other person's table and held his breath to prevent the aroma from entering his nose, but even so, it was still too difficult to endure.

Mashiro curiously poked the tail sticking out of Shota's pants.

When the Taotie enters a fighting or feeding state, its tail gradually hardens from a soft state; this is probably what is meant by an iron tail.

"Awaited."

After what seemed like an eternity, when Shota was almost unable to contain his desire to transform, the waiter finally brought over a hamburger that was 30 centimeters in diameter and about 40 centimeters high, along with two cups of hot milk.

Vegetables...meat...bread—the simplest yet most perfect combination!

"Please enjoy your meal..."

Before the waiter could finish speaking, the customer had already picked up the hamburger with both hands, opened his asymmetrical mouth as if to take a bite, and then opened his mouth wider and wider, as if he was about to tear the corners of his mouth apart.

"Ah, just a moment, you can use a knife and fork..."

"I see!"

Reminded, Shota quickly shut his mouth; he almost couldn't resist swallowing it whole.

It seems I have no choice but to suppress my urges and eat it one bite at a time.

Mashiro was there, with a straw in her mouth, glancing at Shota as he ate, while her fingers were idly poking at the protruding tail of Shota's lower body.

"Welcome... to visit again."

The waiter watched awkwardly as the terribly gluttonous man, seemingly reluctant to leave, departed from his restaurant.

"I'm not full at all, I can only eat one... If I eat too much, I'll be seen as a monster."

Shota finally managed to control his cravings after leaving the burger shop, but after eating a burger, he became even hungrier.

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle".

Mashiro was idly playing with a mouthful of milk in her mouth. After finishing two glasses of milk, her skin looked even more radiant.

"Alright, swallow it. Go home and keep eating those compressed biscuits... or go to sleep. The city can be dangerous at night, but it's not a problem if you're always hungry."

It's really difficult to earn enough to eat by working part-time, even with bottled food, my food intake is calculated by the case...

Why not... go and participate in a competitive eating contest?

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Chapter 5. Humans and Monsters

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Shota, now in his gluttonous form, lay sprawled on the bathroom floor. In the bathtub, Mashiro, the slime girl soaking in hot water, poked her liquid head out and bubbled, sometimes drinking it and sometimes spitting it out—slimes can also clean themselves in this way.

With its tail hooked around the showerhead, Shota was giving himself a bath. He opened his blood-red mouth and yawned comfortably. When Mashiro saw this, she put her fingers together like a gun and made a "biu~" sound effect, shooting an unknown liquid into Shota's mouth.

"Cough, cough."

Shota coughed, accidentally making a mess of the entire bathroom with his breath, then turned to Mashiro, who was standing there looking completely innocent, and said, "Don't shoot randomly, don't shoot randomly, I'm not thirsty. Wait, what was that just now?"

"Juice milk."

Mashiro replied softly, then put her fingers together again, seemingly wanting to give Shota another go.

Shota quickly shut his mouth, controlled his tail to aim the nozzle at Mashiro, and sprayed her back...

"Ah... I can't take it anymore..."

Impacted by the water flow, Mashiro quickly stepped her head into the bathtub.

"Hey."

Shota stopped playing with her and continued rinsing his fur. He wished someone could help him rub his fur with shampoo. His claws were a bit short, and Shiro would turn into a foam slime while he was washing, which wouldn't be able to effectively remove the dirt from his body. Although a shake of his demonic energy could shake off the dirt, Shota still felt uncomfortable if he didn't wash.

"I wish there was a yokai bathhouse. Of course, it would be even better if I could catch a little yokai to serve me."

Mashiro poked her head out and looked at Shota.

"...I wasn't talking about you."

Shota buried his head in his forelegs and yawned again. As a glutton, he was getting lazier and lazier. How happy he would be if he could eat and sleep all day long.

Or, why not pretend to be a rare species and go to the zoo to be waited on? The days of getting free food and drinks just by acting cute for tourists are simply too wonderful.

Hmm. With my strength, I could find a demon-slaying family to be my guardian beast. However, that would restrict me. It's better to go to the Nura Clan and become their leader; at least we're all demons, so it'll be easier to get along.

Perhaps they'll even want to breed with their own offspring...

A kind of gluttonous beast?

Shota shook the water droplets off his head, putting away those shameless thoughts.

I used to be a very motivated and promising young man. Has I been too influenced by the instincts of the Taotie? But why didn't he inherit any of the arrogance of an ancient ferocious beast? My Taotie father, too, only liked to pick on the weak. He showed absolutely no pride.

Ok?

Taotie sniffed the air and suddenly noticed a crab smell emanating from the building—it smelled like that girl in his class with the strange name. But she didn't seem like the type to live in a low-class apartment like his, did she?