The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

"How could they be able to do so many things while maintaining an entire island?"

"I do not know."

Ian answered very honestly about how he felt at the moment.

"My initial thoughts were similar to yours."

"But since Ugly Gozen has said so, I don't think this should be something to doubt."

"..."

Shuten-doji's expression seemed a little subtle.

She had never seen Ugly Gozen in person, so even though she knew that it was a person who looked almost identical to Minamoto no Raikou, she couldn't believe it at first.

She looked at the golden cup in front of her, thought for a while, and then said:

"That--"

"Uncle, can we touch your gold cup?"

"of course can."

Li Chou Yuzen did not say that no one else was allowed to touch the cup.

At the same time, Ian really hopes that Shuten-doji can provide some relatively useful information.

If touch could achieve that, that would be great.

【Your ideas are very rich. 】

【But the actual result is not as good as imagined. 】

[It can even be said to be a little unexpected. ]

Shuten-doji stretched out his delicate little hand and touched the golden cup.

only--

The moment her hand touched the wall of the cup, she stepped back as if she had been electrocuted.

"What...what is this?!"

Shuten-doji kept blowing air on his hands, looking like a child who was scalded.

"It hurts!"

"it hurts?"

Ian looked at Shuten-doji in front of him with confusion.

"what happened?"

"that is--"

Shuten-doji looked at the golden cup with an expression that seemed a little aggrieved.

"It seems that some strange spell has been cast on it."

"Something like 'ghosts are not allowed to touch'."

"Hey! Uncle, you are not doing this to me on purpose, are you?"

"Do you think I need that?"

Ian responded to Shuten-doji's question in this way, and then looked at the golden cup that Ugly Gozen handed to him.

Is there a formula on this?

Who imposed it on it?

[The Holy Grail of exhausted talent has been activated: You realize that this cup may have been tampered with. 】

【You really want to know who did this kind of thing. 】

But you don’t have the means to figure it all out.

【After all, this is your first time interacting with it. 】

"..."

Looking at Ian's frowning brows, Shuten-doji quickly realized that the man in front of him was not lying to him.

There was really no need for him to deceive himself.

"Hey, uncle."

"Since it wasn't you who did it, do you think it was done by that ugly lady?"

What Shuten-doji said makes sense.

After all, in a sense, Ugly Gozen is the only person besides Ian who can touch this cup.

But the Great Onmyoji shook his head at this possibility.

"I think it's unlikely."

"Because she kills ghosts every day and night... Ghosts don't dare to approach her, so why would she need to carve such a spell on a golden cup?"

"That's right... If no ghost dares to approach, there's no need to be on guard."

"Eh?!"

Shuten-doji suddenly thought of something.

She spoke again:

"Then uncle... is it possible that this golden cup was actually given to her by someone else?"

"Did someone else give it to her?"

"Yes!" Shuten-doji nodded repeatedly, "Just because that girl named Ushigozen can kill demons, doesn't that mean the person who gave her this golden cup can also kill demons, right?"

"Of course, it's not necessarily that he actually handed it to her personally."

"It's just some precautions to take before the golden cup reaches Ugly Gozen."

"Precautions?"

[You think Shuten-doji's words make sense.]

[Uguru is not a demon, so he will not be affected by such a technique. ]

【But this brings up a new problem. 】

【Who did this? 】

[You realize that you left a little too hastily—you should have asked more questions.]

[You feel a little regretful.]

Shuten-doji noticed Ian's loss.

She hesitated for a while and said in a low voice:

"Uncle, don't be so depressed... I just said it casually, I don't even know if it's right or not."

"But Shuten, I think what you said makes sense."

"If the person who first got the cup was not Ugly Gozen, then whatever appeared on it was possible."

"Shuten--"

Ian looked at the former Ghost King of Oeyama in front of him with a little more anticipation in his eyes.

"Do you have any other ideas?"

"This one……"

It was the first time that Ian looked at Shuten-douji with such expectation.

For some reason, a realization arose in her heart: "I must answer this question."

"Uncle, wait a minute, let's think about it!"

Shuten-doji held his cheeks and rubbed them continuously, patting them from time to time as if to cheer himself up.

Seeing her like this, Ian found it a little funny.

Finally, he spoke directly:

"Forget it, Shuten."

"If it's too hard to think about, forget it."

"No!" Shuten-doji stopped Ian from talking, "I will definitely think of something soon, uncle, wait a minute!"

"..."

That’s all for the sake of talking about it.

Naturally, Ian could only wait patiently for the wine to be served.

but--

Ghosts always seem to have flashes of ideas.

If you really try to think about it, you will come up with nothing.

In the end, Shuten-doji could only accept his failure, then looked at Ian and muttered softly:

"Uncle...I can't think of it."

Shuten-doji was prepared for Ian to say "you're wasting your time", but he didn't expect the other party to just reach out and touch his head.

"fine."

“It’s normal that you can’t think of it.”

It was the first time that Shuten-doji was touched on the head.

She had thought this would be an unacceptable feeling.

But actually - it's quite comfortable.

But she soon realized that there was something wrong with this idea and immediately shook her head.

"Why are you touching my head?"

"We are the Ghost King of Mount Dajiang!"

"Oh...you really mind this kind of thing."

Ian removed his hand from Shuten-doji's head.

"Sorry, I was offended."

"..."

Shuten-doji felt that there seemed to be some strange thoughts in his heart.

She had to quickly change the subject.

"Then uncle, don't you have any ideas of your own?"

“There wasn’t one.”

Ian looked at the petite ghost girl in front of him.

"But seeing the way you were thinking, it suddenly occurred to me."

"What do you mean?" Shuten-doji narrowed his eyes slightly, "Have we become some strange hint?"

"Do not."

Ian shook his head.

"It's just that what you said just now made me realize a problem."

"Since the first owner of this cup might not be Ugly Gozen, then it must be someone who has a connection with her."

After hearing this, Shuten-doji made his own judgment.

"Uncle...you don't mean to say Minamoto no Raikou?"

"No." Ian shook his head again.

"If it was Raikou, things wouldn't be like this now."