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

"You're welcome, it's what I should do."

"In addition, you should have had a robe of Yama, but unfortunately, Lady Izanami dislikes men, so the robe of Yama is only for women. Therefore, you have to handle affairs like this."

After thinking for a moment, Yama revealed the matter of the Yama Robe.

Originally, the position of Yama King required both the Yama King's Decree and the Yama King's Robe. Currently, the Yama King's Decree is in the hands of Shimizu Asahi, but the Yama King's Robe does not exist due to the issue of Izanami.

As a result, the majesty of Shimizu Chaoyang will inevitably be greatly diminished.

Simply put, the difficulty level has increased.

"That's alright... Lord Yama need not worry about it."

However, this is not a big problem. Shimizu Asahi had already guessed that this situation would occur. Compared to the subordinates being disobedient and outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, this is already a very good answer.

So he ascended the throne in the main hall, looked down at everything below and the numerous documents placed on the table, and took a deep breath.

From this day forward, he will handle all affairs here as the Lord of the Underworld.

Although we don't know what Izanami will plan, now that we've come this far, we must continue.

Even if not for myself, I must win this test for Himiko, Takiyasha-hime, and my sister who came here with me.

"It seems Mr. Shimizu is prepared, so I won't say anything more. I'll take my leave now."

After Mr. Shimizu finished speaking, he left directly.

They had absolutely no intention of staying to offer any advice.

Well, that's understandable. After all, he was ordered by Izanami, so how could he possibly give such a reminder?

Stretching, Shimizu Asahi sat down as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and then said with a smile, "Alright, sister, I have to start working now. I'm afraid I won't be able to spend time with you for a while."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll stay here and won't go looking for trouble with my mother."

The girl nodded gently. Although Shimizu Asahi didn't mean anything by it, and was only saying that he couldn't be with her for a while, she still gave a good promise.

After all, she wasn't sure if she could tolerate her brother being busy and neglecting her own life.

Before I get so impatient that I want to cause trouble for my mother, I should nip that in the bud.

Shimizu Asahi, understanding what her sister was saying, couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, sister."

After the siblings finished their brief conversation, Shimizu Mio turned and left.

From this moment forward, the master of this great hall is Shimizu Asahi, and her mission is to prevent Shimizu Asahi from being distracted by her affairs.

After her sister left the main hall, Shimizu Asahi patted her face and then began to handle the affairs here.

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While Qingshui Chaoyang was handling his affairs, on the other side, Yama, who had left the main hall, did not return to his room, but instead headed towards the Yellow Springs Hall.

After giving her an announcement, she went to Izanami's room.

"Lord Izanami, Shimizu Asahi has passed the test of the King of Hell's Decree and has become the new King of Hell."

"They should be dealing with some business right now."

"Has he already taken over the position? Yes, I understand. You may leave now."

With a casual wave of her hand, Izanami dismissed King Yama from the scene without a second thought.

Although she didn't understand what Izanami was thinking, why she had let Shimizu Asahi succeed her as King of Hell, and why she seemed so indifferent now, these were not questions King of Hell could ask. So, she lowered her head and quietly left. (Chapter 841, Chapter 839: Death from Overwork Sooner or Later)

Whether Shimizu Asahi succeeds Yama as Yama is completely unimportant to Izanami.

Although she gave Shimizu Asahi a chance, giving a chance does not mean that she has to pay attention to him.

It's important to understand that the prerequisite for gaining her attention is passing a test. In other words, until Shimizu Asahi passes the test, she will not care about any other issues.

At the same time, it is just as she is thinking at this moment.

She wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for Shimizu Asahi, so whatever happened in the past month was trouble he encountered on his own.

It has nothing to do with her.

It was his own ability that allowed him to get through this month.

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With these thoughts in mind, time began to slip away little by little... In the blink of an eye, it was already evening.

As the land of the dead, the Land of the Dead does not experience day, night, or dusk; the sky there is always a faint yellow glow.

However, perhaps in order to make people's lives more in line with normal circumstances, even though there is never night or evening in the Land of the Dead, there are still arrangements such as time.

As dusk fell, everyone began to pack up their stalls and prepare to go home to rest, just like the people outside.

However, at this twilight moment, in the Yama King's palace, Qing Shui Chaoyang looked at the case before him, and couldn't help but smirk.

When he took over the position of Yama, he thought that Yama's task was to deal with the affairs between reincarnations, to see who would become what in the next life, who would need to serve time to cleanse their sins, or what kind of turmoil had occurred in the Yellow Springs and needed to be quelled by troops... And in reality, those were indeed the tasks he had been tasked with.

Because he had never dealt with these things before, he was very slow in processing them. Moreover, he had to compare them with the tasks he had already handled. This process, which was like groping in the dark, caused him to spend a lot of time. Even now, he has only completed one-tenth of the task.

Looking at the mountain of tasks piled up, he knew he would probably have to stay up all night.

However, staying up late is fine; at least it makes it easier for him to get started with these tasks.

He hadn't forgotten that besides official duties, Yama also needed to conduct trials and complete other tasks. Familiarizing himself with these now would undoubtedly be of great help to him.

However, when he finished one task and picked up another, preparing to begin judging someone, he witnessed this scene.

"The peach tree in Huangquan Choudan's house was not pruned, and its branches stretched into the yard of the shopkeeper of Huangquan next door. The shopkeeper picked peaches from the branches, and Choudan said that the shopkeeper took them without asking and asked Yama to uphold justice and make a decision."

"..."

He was stunned when he saw this scene.

Why would such a civil dispute appear on his desk?

As the King of Hell, shouldn't his responsibilities be the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld and maintaining its safety? Shouldn't such tasks be delegated to those below him?

Why bother dealing with these issues?

He really wanted to ask a guard if something was wrong, but he felt that if he did, he would probably be met with a cold response...

Well... since we're already here, let's just deal with it all this way.

No matter what, we can't let Izanami look down on us.

After careful consideration, he wrote down his answer.

Both of them were wrong in their titles. One should not have left the pruning unattended, which led to it being in someone else's yard. The other should not have taken it without asking. Even if they felt it was in the way, they should have explained it to the person in charge.

Hmm... he felt that this matter should be handled in this way.

He then set the document aside and picked up the next one.

And the next document is...

"A Buddhist monk saw a food packaged in an exquisite brocade box in the Gluttonous House, mistook it for a delicacy, and ate it. However, he later learned that he had only mistakenly eaten fox feed. Dissatisfied, he wanted to ask King Yama to seek justice for him."

"..."

Good heavens, putting aside why there are monks and fox spirits in the Yellow Springs Kingdom, how can a monk and a fox spirit be fighting over food?

This is an unprecedented event.

However, Shimizu Asahi doesn't need to think too much about this matter.

After all, the other party left it there without saying it was safe to eat, and the monk was the one who ate it first, so it was obviously the monk's fault. Even if he ate the feed, the monk had nothing to say.

He quickly resolved another civil dispute.

However, all the tasks that followed were fraught with such disputes.

"Mr. Saijo wants to paint a perfect portrait. He wanted to ask his friend, Mr. Shinichi, to be the subject, but Mr. Shinichi refused. So, he wants to ask Yama to mediate, or perhaps, Lord Yama himself could come and be the subject of the portrait..."

To have Lord Yama as a model, Mr. Saijo is quite something, daring to invite such a cold person.

Shimizu Asahi blinked, feeling a moment of admiration, but quickly declined.

After all, the current King Yama is him...

Moreover, he noticed the vigilance behind him.

This Mr. Saijo... is not suited for drawing.

After that, Shimizu Asahi handled a series of disputes.

For example, people are too noisy at night; children often go to the archway to watch the female dancers practice; someone gets drunk and scribbles on the walls...

In short, he handled countless civil disputes one by one, and when he had only half of the matters left to deal with, he couldn't help but raise his head.

Tired... I have to say, this is really tiring.

He hadn't noticed it before when he was just spacing out at home, but now that he was sitting in this position dealing with these things, he could clearly feel his fatigue.

"I really don't know how those people sitting at the desks manage to endure it."

"Come to think of it, didn't the teacher do the same thing before?"

Shimizu Asahi, who had never complained about any mission, began to understand the difficulty of this mission. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of his teacher.

That man who worked silently at his desk for decades without ever complaining.

If it were a teacher, this task could probably be handled easily.

Sure enough, I was still too young and couldn't even endure this little bit of hardship.

After rubbing his head and sighing slightly, Qingshui Chaoyang returned to his work.

To be honest, he could manage for a month, but if it went on for longer, he would probably die from overwork.

But for now, let's keep going... Chapter 842 Good heavens, you're lying to me?

After a busy night, Shimizu Asahi finally finished all his tasks for the day and stretched. To be honest, doing these things here was more tiring than fighting the King of the Mermaid Kingdom. If he could, he would rather fight ten Kings of the Mermaid Kingdom than do this kind of thing again.

But there was no way around it; he had made a promise, and even if it meant kneeling, he had to keep it.

So, shaking his head, he was exhausted and decided to lie down and rest for a while. The night should be almost over, and it would be too much trouble to get up and go back now, so he would just make do here.