Becoming a god in a low-key way in the supernatural world

After getting up, Yujia sat at the table for a while in a daze before slowly eating her breakfast. She eats breakfast quite slowly; if she's not in a hurry, it can take her an hour.

However, the coffee shop doesn't open particularly early, so there's enough time.

Kotegawa Kamimi took a feather duster and went upstairs to clean the rooms on the third floor.

Mikazuki also went upstairs, carrying a feather duster in her hand; she was going to help Kotegawa.

Without thinking much, Yujia turned on the TV and slowly ate her fish while watching the morning news.

Actually, she doesn't really like eating fish. It's fishy and has a lot of bones. Every time she eats it, she spits it out as much as she can, which is quite annoying.

But even if she disliked it, she would carefully eat every last bit of fish that Mikazuki made for her.

Back when Mikazuki lived in the North Ward, she couldn't even bear to eat fish; she would only cook a little when Mikazuki visited. So now she cherishes food very much.

...An hour and a half later, Yujia, who had finished all the grilled fish, tomato miso soup, fried potatoes, stir-fried carrots and rice, hummed a song as she washed her dishes and then looked at the stairwell with a puzzled expression.

What's going on? It's just cleaning one room, why isn't it done yet?

Her eyes darted around, and a possibility suddenly occurred to her... Could it be that this young couple was secretly doing something bad behind her back?

Thinking about it, her breath caught in her throat and her heart pounded. She hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't suppress her curiosity. She crouched down, tiptoed, and carefully made her way upstairs step by step.

However, before she even reached the second floor, just as she turned the corner, she heard Mikazuki's voice: "...I think it would be better to change the wallpaper to a plain color. The walls are already white, so if we put up white wallpaper, I don't know what the point of putting up wallpaper is."

Kotegawa's voice rang out: "White is just more elegant and brighter."

Yuka, standing at the bottom of the stairs, paused for a moment, then turned around and quietly went downstairs, looking bored.

Oh, so they were discussing house renovations. No wonder they haven't come down for so long.

She went back inside to change into her outdoor clothes.

The door to the study on the second floor quietly opened a crack. Mikazuki, his cheeks flushed as if he were drunk, peeked out nervously. Seeing that no one was around, he breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around and punched Kotegawa, then quickly walked out. He first turned off the tape recorder, then carefully examined his clothes and neck in the mirror. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he held onto the stairs and slowly made his way downstairs.

Kotegawa Kami locked the study door, carrying two feather dusters, and slowly followed behind the girl with his hands behind his back.

After going downstairs, Mikazuki went straight into the bathroom.

Kotegawa met Yuka, who had changed her clothes and gone out.

Youjia glanced upstairs and asked in confusion, "Where's Qingkong?"

Kotekawa Kami said with a serious expression, "Oh, there was a lot of dust while she was cleaning, so she went to take a shower."

"Oh..." Yuka thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Are you going to renovate the house?"

"No, I wanted to use a different decorating style after the house next door was renovated."

Yujia exclaimed in realization, "Oh, is that so! It's almost finished? How many days has it been? Wow, that's fast!"

"No, it will probably take another two months, plus the time for renovation and ventilation, so we may not be able to move back until next year."

"So it will take this long..."

Ten minutes later, Mikazuki came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. Her hair was wrapped in a towel, revealing her long, fair neck and pink earlobes. Her cheeks were still flushed.

Yujia suddenly exclaimed, walked up to her, pointed to her collarbone, and said in alarm, "You've been bitten by bugs again!"

Mikazuki pulled the towel up a bit and hurried towards his room: "No, I just accidentally bumped into it!"

Kami Kotekawa scratched his head and stepped into the bathroom.

Yujia looked at him strangely: "You're going in as soon as Qingkong comes out? What for?"

The young man showed her the dust on his hands: "I got covered in dust too, I need to wash it off."

"Next time you clean, remember to use a vacuum cleaner, or cover your head," Yu-Chia shared her experience in cleaning the room.

Kotegawa sighed and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Chapter Eighty-One: Ominous, Ominous, Ominous, Extremely Ominous

On his way to school alone, Kotegawa Kami received another call from Kurumi.

He stopped and listened to the slightly nervous voice on the phone.

"Furutegawa, my dad said challenging an exorcism guild requires going through more procedures, which is a bit troublesome. Anyway, this is just a regular exchange, so how about we change it to a private sparring match at our shrine? Both families' elders will be there to witness it..."

He thought about it and realized that the Yachiyo family was probably reluctant to face the school, or perhaps they felt that if things were too formal, it would be difficult to seek redress if Yachiyo Shizuya lost...

As for why it was Walnut's father who brought this up, it's probably because the old man also wanted to see himself get punished.

But it's nothing. As far as he's concerned, unless the gods worshipped by the Shirakawa family or the Yachiyo family appear in person, he doesn't think he'll suffer any losses.

I've killed at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, monsters so far, so I'm not afraid at all.

He thought about it and prepared to agree.

But Hu Tao spoke first: "That's what my dad just said, so if he calls you or comes to you in person, even if he tries to provoke you, you absolutely must not agree! We only accept Yachiyo's challenge to the Exorcism Society! We will never accept any other form of private challenge!"

“Actually, it doesn’t matter if I accept it. I’m not afraid of the Yachiyo family,” Kotekawa Kami replied.

Hu Tao became even more nervous: "Actually... it's just a small matter. If the Yachiyo family wants to bully people, we just need to avoid being bullied by them. There's no need to fight until our brains come out... That's what I told my dad, but I'm afraid he won't listen and it will lead to some big mistake."

"Oh!" Kotekawa Kami suddenly understood. It turned out that this girl wasn't nervous about her father's suggestion, but rather about his attitude. She was afraid that if he got angry, things would end up getting out of hand for everyone.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Hu Tao, as you know, I was adopted by Uncle Jian and Aunt Qiuye."

"Yeah, I know. Why bring this up all of a sudden?"

"Then I'll be honest with you, I'm actually a foreigner, not a local."

"Huh?"

"That's right, so there are many things I don't quite understand, such as always being polite and respectful to seniors, giving seniors priority, and all sorts of messy social etiquette. I don't understand them and can't accept them."

"..." Hu Tao didn't speak, seemingly still processing the information she had just received.

"So, anyone who wants to bully me should be prepared to face the consequences. In my master's words, this is called karma. I don't need to worry about the Yachiyo family's affairs. I won't offend others unless they offend me. If they are reasonable, I will naturally befriend them with my sword. If they are unreasonable, then I won't be reasonable either. In short, I won't tolerate anyone."

Hu Tao tentatively suggested, "Then how about we stop competing?"

"Why not compete? If the exorcism society doesn't even dare to accept challenges from others, what's the point of participating in competitions? They might as well just play house behind closed doors."

Hu Tao hadn't expected Kotegawa to be so firm this time. She thought for a moment and asked, "Are you angry?"

"Angry? Not at all. I'm just stating my position." Kotekawa Kami's voice was as gentle as ever: "Is your father and that Yachiyo priest still at your house?"

"They're next door."

"I'm on my way to school right now. If you really want to have a private spar, I'll head over to your shrine right now?"

"They're probably still discussing it; I ran away quietly."

"Don't worry, I'll try my best to give in to them unless they go too far."

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have just sent her away last night." Shirakawa Kurumi said in a low voice, "Where are you now? I'm coming to find you."

"If you come out now, just past the shopping street, you should run into me."

He hung up the phone and walked a few more minutes before spotting Hu Tao looking in his direction.

Hu Tao jogged over with her hands behind her back and stood two meters away, looking back and forth at his face.

He touched it and asked her in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Hu Tao snapped out of her daze and muttered, "I don't see anything about you that makes you look like a foreigner... How did you get here? Do you have any real family?"

Kotekawa Kami thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, I don't know how I got here. If I had to give an answer, I guess I fell off a mountain and was lucky to escape with my life."

Hu Tao was taken aback, and looked at him cautiously: "So you encountered a mountain accident? I'm sorry..."

It's common for people to encounter mountain accidents, and it seems that Kotegawa really survived by sheer luck and was adopted by Uncle Kenji and Aunt Akiba.

Kotegawa continued, "My real family members are probably in another world."

"No, don't say anymore... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked this question." Hu Tao couldn't bear to listen any longer.

It turns out that he really was the only one left in the world.

Overwhelmed with compassion, she walked up to him without hesitation and embraced the bewildered Kotegawa.

She didn't say anything, she just held him tightly.

As Kotekawa Kami smelled the fragrance emanating from her and felt her soft warmth, he thought that if her father were to appear at this moment, he would really want to kill him.

He said, "You specially ran away from home because you want to go to school?"

"Since we're just lazing around at home anyway, let's go wander around together!"

"Oh...you're not worried about the sparring match anymore?"

"There's no use worrying about it anyway!" Kurumi shrugged. "Like you said, if the Yachiyo family really wants to bully people, then they should be prepared to be bullied back!"

Kotegawa Kami was immediately amused and walked towards the school with her.

"Are you thirsty? I'll treat you to ice cream."

"Then I want to eat three!"

……

On the other side, at the Shirakawa Shrine, where smoke curled upwards.

Shirakawa Taizan, dressed in a purple hunting robe and black hat, had a serious expression and a deep, focused gaze.

He prayed to his family's deity, then reached out and drew a long divination stick. He held it up to his eyes, examined it carefully, and then silently placed it face down on the table.

"How is it?" A man with a deep, rough voice asked from the other side.

Shirakawa Taizan glanced at him, frowned, and said, "Still fierce!"

"Still an ominous sign? How is that possible!" The gruff man's voice rose even higher: "You've drawn three fortune sticks in a row! How could every single one be an ominous sign?"

"This fully demonstrates that that kid and I are inherently incompatible!" Shirakawa Taizan grunted, then added, "However, since three consecutive draws indicate that fighting that kid in private would be a dangerous omen, then in my opinion, this time it's truly dangerous! It would be better to have Shizumi submit a challenge letter to the school; that way, Shizumi should be fine."

The burly man next to him remained silent for a while, then stepped forward and said, "Let me draw a lot and try."

Shirakawa Taizan moved aside.

The burly man clasped his hands together, bowed silently, and prayed silently. Then he put all the 10,000 yen notes from his wallet into the offering box, and calmly drew a fortune stick.