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"We have to try it anyway, right?"

To be fair.

Shuten-doji knew that his idea would most likely be rejected by Ian on the spot.

But things did not develop as she imagined.

Ian responded quickly:

"Okay, let's drink for a while."

"Eh?"

Shuten-doji couldn't quite believe what he heard - this man actually agreed to it?

"Hey! We're talking about drinking, right?!"

The petite ghost girl brought the wine bottle to her mouth and made a sucking motion.

"Don't get me wrong!"

"I heard you right." Ian's expression seemed very calm, "I know you want to drink."

"Don't forget it."

"I've told you before, as long as you listen to me and do what I say, I won't treat you unfairly."

"..."

Shuten-doji's face flushed slightly.

She murmured quietly:

"You are a very nice person..."

[You agreed to Shuten-doji's request to drink. ]

[You took her to the best wine shop in Heian-kyō.]

[The innate mountain and water flow has been activated: Although Shuten-doji is a genuine ghost, under your influence, no one feels anything unusual about it.]

【She is considered your servant.】

[The owner of the wine club was surprised at your arrival, but soon accepted it all - businessmen will not miss any opportunity to do business.]

[You brought Shuten-douji into the largest room in the wine club.]

[You deliberately avoided the dishes that ghosts were taboo about, and then ordered a table full of dishes for her.]

"you……"

Shuten-doji looked at the table full of dishes in front of him, his lips slightly open, looking very surprised.

"What is this for?"

"We just want to have a drink, why did you bring out so many things?"

"..."

Ian looked puzzled.

"Isn't this how you usually drink?"

"Of course not!"

Shuten-doji asked back.

"Just drink, don't you? Why do you have to prepare so many things?"

Realizing the gap between human and ghost life, Ian smiled.

"Then maybe you should try drinking and eating at the same time today."

"I promise you'll have a new experience."

Although he had considerable doubts about what Ian said, Shuten-doji finally decided to believe him just this once.

After all, this guy is in some sense a complete enemy of mine.

But if it was something he said, I didn't miss a single one.

"Okay, then let's do as the uncle said and give it a try reluctantly~"

A few minutes later.

"Eh?!"

"This, this, this!"

Shuten-doji waved the chopsticks in his hand, and a slight blush of happiness appeared on his delicate cheeks.

"What the hell is this?!"

“Why does it taste so good when paired with wine?!”

"This is a snack."

Ian answered directly.

"This is something that people in Kyoto made for drinking. There are other things that are more suitable, but considering that you will lose your appetite, let's just forget it."

"Disgusting?"

Shuten-doji put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"What can make us lose our appetite?"

"Because those are things that can be used when exorcising ghosts." Ian made no secret of the reason.

"If you were to eat them—"

Ian didn't finish his words, but Shuten-doji already understood what he meant.

Her current abilities have been "confiscated" by the great Onmyoji in front of her.

If you allow yourself to eat some of the things commonly used to exorcise ghosts, you will really experience a feeling that is worse than death.

Shuten-doji looked at the man across the table, with a hint of admiration in his purple eyes.

"You are a very considerate person."

"No wonder that busty woman likes you so much."

"Don't worry about what happens between me and Lai Guang." Ian interrupted the topic directly.

"As long as you do what I say, I won't say I owe you anything."

"..."

Shuten-doji licked his tongue.

"Uncle, your thoughts on ghosts seem to have changed a lot~"

"In the past, you would have pointed a knife at me and given me orders, right?"

"Why now..."

"Don't think too much." Ian took a sip of sake, "My thoughts have never changed."

"Ghosts must be destroyed, no matter what the time."

"But I also have to keep my promise."

"Before you figure out my situation, you are also someone I need to protect."

[Shuten-doji heard what you said. 】

[Her expression seemed somewhat complicated.]

[She seemed to want to say something, but then changed her mind.]

"It's so embarrassing to be called a protected object by the great Yin-Yang Master."

Shuten-doji curled his lips.

"But if you say so—"

The petite ghost girl glanced at Ian in front of her.

"What on earth was the power that busty woman unleashed at that time?"

"Stop calling me a busty bitch."

Ian looked at Shuten-doji in front of him with a serious look.

"Her name is Minamoto no Raikou."

"Okay, okay, Minamoto no Raikou." Shuten-doji changed the subject, "What was the power that she unleashed at that time?"

“We don’t think that’s normal.”

Shuten-doji still insisted on one point of view - that she was not defeated by Minamoto no Raikou, but was defeated by the power in her that she did not know where it came from.

But it has to be said.

Although Shuten-doji's idea seems a bit stubborn, it still makes some sense.

After all, as Minamoto no Raikou's husband, Ian never remembered seeing her display this ability.

“That’s one of the questions I want to know.”

Ian did not hide his thoughts.

"For now, it seems to only have this effect when she's particularly excited."

"Excited?"

Shuten-doji scratched his face.

"So, isn't Minamoto no Raikou just like a fighting bull?"

"If you offend her even a little, she could bring about terrible thunder and lightning."

"..."

"Why do you always look at me like that? It's scary."

Ian shook his head.

"nothing."

"I just think that if you put it that way, the situation will become dangerous."

"Is the situation going to get dangerous?"

"Yeah." Ian nodded.

"Didn't you say that the person who sent the demons to Heian-kyō to do evil this time has many similarities with Raikoh?"

“That’s just how we feel.”

Shuten-douji quickly distanced herself from the matter - she didn't want to be held responsible for her own speculation.

"Is this actually the case? There is no way to confirm it, right?"

"No." Ian shook his head again.

"Of course I don't think so simply because of your one-sided words."

"Actually—"

Ian gestured on the table with his fingers.

"If you think back to where we just walked, you'll find that they were all areas near the mansion."

"At this time, combined with what you just said."

"..."

Shuten-doji began to think.

Soon, she had the answer.

"Wouldn't that be equivalent to having a being that is very similar to Minamoto no Yorimitsu, but at the same time hostile to her?"

"Yes."

Ian looked directly at Shuten-doji in front of him.