How did I, an Onmyoji, become the Lord of Yokai?

As the students excitedly chatted with each other, Kamo no Tadashi's calm voice rang out once again.

"Although we've arranged for you to participate in Onmyoji activities, you are still students, and it's difficult for you to complete the Onmyoji's tasks on your own."

"Therefore, the guild stipulates that teams of three or more must be formed to accept missions and carry out Onmyoji activities."

"If there are fewer than three people, it will be considered as an automatic waiver of the experience activity."

"Once you've decided on your team, come here to register. I'll decide what difficulty level of mission you'll be assigned based on your team's strength."

After leaving those words, Tadashi Kamo left the classroom.

As soon as he left, the students erupted into a lively discussion.

"I didn't expect it to be team mode this time. I thought I'd have to go solo again. This is a little boring..."

"Alright, stop being greedy. When you're alone, you can only deal with small demons or weak ordinary monsters. But this time, we're dealing with ordinary monsters that eat people. If you don't team up, you won't even know how you died."

"However, the difficulty of the mission is allocated according to the strength of the team. In other words, the more people there are, the more difficult it will be. The number of people in the team needs to be carefully discussed."

“That’s true. We have twenty... well, nineteen people here. It would be better to form teams of three or four.”

After those words were spoken, the students' gazes all turned to Shimizu Asahi and Kidomaru, and a gloating sneer appeared on their excited faces.

The activity required three people, but with Shimizu Asahi and Kidomaru together, there were only two of them. This meant that it was absolutely impossible for them to participate in the activity.

On the other side, Shimizu Asahi calmly looked at Kidomaru and said with a smile, "It seems our team has been decided. Let's go, Kidomaru. Our teacher should have already decided on our mission."

"Well, let's go."

Kidomaru responded with a light laugh.

Then, ignoring the other students, the two left the classroom.

Their actions drew sneers from many students in the classroom. "I thought they would come begging to join us... Looks like they at least have some self-awareness."

"Even if they asked, we can't let that monster join us. Who knows when he'll reveal his ferocity and eat us all?"

"Let that idiot go and make contact with the monster. Speaking of which, isn't that idiot lucky? If someone joins them, he might very well be eaten by the monster... In that sense, we are his saviors."

"That makes sense..."

A clown-like jeer slowly crept into the classroom...

Of course, Shimizu Asahi and Kidomaru couldn't hear these mocking words... In fact, Shimizu Asahi was afraid that if he heard these words, he would lose his temper and attack them, so he left with Kidomaru in advance.

Furthermore, they never paid any attention to the rule about teams of three.

The one who made this rule was Kamo Tadashi. Wouldn't it be easy for him to give the two of them special treatment?

Soon after, the two arrived at Kamo no Tadashi's office.

However, Tadashi Kamo refused their request to form a team.

He told the two that they would act alone.

P.S.: That's it, sob sob, nothing happened after 140 pulls, my sister doesn't love me anymore, waaaaaaah...

Chapter 43, Section 43: Heian-kyo is Lacking Peace

"We...are acting alone?"

Hearing the teacher's words, Shimizu Asahi subconsciously glanced at Kidomaru beside him, his expression somewhat surprised.

"The purpose of forming a team is to ensure safety, but your abilities already guarantee your safety. Therefore, you can act independently."

Kamo no Tadashi answered calmly.

At first, he only regarded Shimizu Asahi and Kidomaru as talented young people with a future, but whose strength was only at the level of ordinary demons. Their talents still needed time to be realized.

However, after learning that Shimizu Asahi was able to withstand several moves from Minamoto Mitsuaki, he realized that his child and student were far stronger than he had imagined.

"I see..." Shimizu Asahi nodded gently, then a hint of doubt appeared on his face the next second.

"But teacher, why did the guild suddenly decide to hold such a common Onmyoji event?"

Although all second-year students passed the student assessment, the assessment standards were based on individual abilities and could not be used as a general standard.

Therefore, the abilities of the second-year students varied greatly.

Even with the rule that students must form teams to participate in this event, Shimizu Asahi doesn't think it's the right decision.

"Did you notice?" The student's question did not surprise the teacher. He let out a soft breath and said slowly, "This is all to stabilize the situation around Heian-kyo."

"Stabilize...the situation?"

Shimizu Asahi and Kidomaru both looked puzzled.

"I believe you all know that there are more yokai around Heian-kyo."

"Although this news only broke a few days ago, the actual incident has been going on for over half a month..."

More than half a month ago, many villages near Heian-kyo were disturbed. The villagers were unable to deal with the monsters, so they issued a series of requests.

Because it happened to coincide with the students' assessment, the dormitory treated these requests as assessment tasks and assigned them to many students.

Thanks to the students' active efforts, the matter was resolved smoothly and did not attract much attention.

However, just ten days ago, Heian-kyo, which had been peaceful for over two hundred years, was invaded by a monster.

Although it was killed on the spot by the Onmyoji shortly after touching the barrier, it served as a signal, and monsters invading Heian-kyo sprang up one after another like mushrooms after rain.

In just ten days, hundreds of monsters attempted to invade Heian-kyo.

In addition, the Onmyodo (the monastery) received many requests from nearby villages—they too had been attacked by yokai!

More than two hundred years have passed since the founding of Heian-kyo. In these two hundred years, apart from the attack by the Demon King leading his horde of demons, Heian-kyo has never suffered any attacks from demons.

However, this time, in just ten days, hundreds of monsters invaded... This bizarre event attracted the attention of many masters of Yin and Yang in Heian-kyo. They all stepped forward to investigate, but found nothing.

Not only that, the surrounding monsters also began to attack the village and the Heian-kyo barrier frequently. The Onmyoji stationed in Heian-kyo immediately took action. Because the monsters were not very strong, the situation was quickly stabilized.

But then, the masters of Yin and Yang received new information.

A Genji scout returned from outside Heian-kyo, saying that villages in remote islands, Shichikakuyama, and Kuroyayama had been attacked by yokai. The local Onmyoji were fighting hard, but they were short-handed. Therefore, they hoped that Heian-kyo could provide immediate support.

This sudden news shocked the Onmyoji in Kyoto, who had not expected that this incident would occur in a region outside of Heian-kyo.

Upon receiving this news, the major families of Heian-kyo expressed their willingness to provide support, but if troops were sent to help, Heian-kyo would be in a situation of insufficient manpower.

After all, only Onmyoji can deal with monsters; ordinary soldiers are of little use in this situation.

After some discussion, everyone agreed to send the elite Onmyoji from the three major Onmyoji schools to provide support.

After these elite Onmyoji left, the higher-ups decided to have students from the Onmyodo (Yin-Yang Bureau) fill the vacancies.

"Has this matter... blown up this big?" Shimizu Asahi looked astonished. Although he had learned about this from Kuzunoha, he hadn't expected it to escalate to this extent, not only in Heian-kyo but also in other regions.

"So, the teacher asked me and Asahi to act alone so that we could share some of the pressure?" Kidomaru asked softly.

"No, I want you to go and support other regions."

Kamo Tadashi shook his head, denying Kidomaru's words. "The three major families are supporting the city, not the village. They will only rescue nearby villages if the city is safe. If they don't have enough manpower, they will decisively abandon those villagers."

"Therefore, I hope you will go and help those villages."

"So, it means free time..." Kidomaru murmured thoughtfully.

"But teacher, are only Kidomaru and I the only ones who received this mission? The two of us can't provide timely support to so many villages."

Shimizu Asahi suddenly noticed this problem: if it was just him and Kidomaru, how could they rescue so many villages?

"Besides you, I also asked some yokai I know for help." Kamo Tadashi reassured the somewhat worried Shimizu Asahi, then took out two maps and said, "I have marked the locations of the villages where the requests were made, and I have also made a route plan. If you follow the route, you can reach those villages as quickly as possible."

"So the teacher was prepared all along." The young student was immediately delighted. He took the map, glanced at it briefly, and then decisively stood up and said, "Teacher, the situation is urgent, I'll set off right away!"

"Hmm." Kamo nods, then looks at his adopted son.

"Kidomaru, what about you?"

"Let me go too."

Kidomaru chuckled softly and casually put the map away.

The two then left the room together.

“…”

Looking at the closed wooden door, Kamo Tadashi remained silent for a long time before a hint of worry appeared on his calm expression.

He sighed softly and murmured, "I hope those two children can complete their mission successfully."

To be honest, this strongest Onmyoji in Heian-kyo has been feeling somewhat physically and mentally exhausted lately.

Genji's plan hadn't even been fully investigated before this happened...

"Who exactly is behind this incident?"

P.S.: Looks like I won't be able to update at 3 PM today (just kidding).

Section 44 Chapter Forty-Four: The Great Fire

On the west side of Heian-kyo, on the avenue that used to be bustling with people but is now deserted, there is no one else except for Shimizu Asahiya.

After leaving the Yin-Yang Bureau, Shimizu Asahi went home to pack her things and prepare to leave.

When he returned, Shimizu Mio had not yet gone back; she must have gone shopping somewhere with Kuzunoha, Tamamo-no-Mae, and the others.

Therefore, he wrote her a letter telling her that he was going away for a while and not to worry.

After packing his things, Shimizu Asahi left Heian-kyo.

When he first left the city, he could still see some carriages or pedestrians, but after walking for an hour or two, he didn't see a single person anymore.

The road he's currently traveling on is an official road protected by a barrier, and merchant caravans are always passing through it, but now...

"It seems the situation in the city is indeed quite urgent."

The young student murmured something to himself, then took out the map from his pocket, intending to see how far he was from the first village.

His mission this time is to support other regions; the villages around Heian-kyo are not within his mission scope... and of course, he doesn't need to get involved.

Along the way, he encountered several villages, but those villages were all protected by barriers, and ordinary monsters could not enter them at all.

"Is it still about a day's journey...?"