You say this is a love game?

Shuten lazily said, "Have you forgotten? In the previous battle, you were beaten unconscious for Mizutani... The monsters didn't know about this, but they saw how Mizutani took care of you afterwards."

"I specially arranged for a tassel to watch over you, and later I even took you to the hospital~"

"They've taken such good care of us, how could I not have a good impression?"

"Listen to me, now you only need to raise your arms and you can become the Lady Mizutani in the eyes of the monsters anytime and anywhere... Anyway, listen to me, now you have the people."

What are you doing with the right time, right place, and right people?

Miyamizu Inaba hit Shuten's head with great difficulty, but the ghost king slowly avoided it. Shuten laughed loudly and walked away, leaving Miyamizu Inaba standing there with hatred.

She immediately chased after him.

But as he walked, he found that Shuten seemed to have a purpose. He actually walked up the cliff. Looking back, the luxurious manor of the Yajima family still stood in a corner of the island, but on the cliff, there was already a group of people waiting for sunrise.

Mizutani Makoto, and a group of Shikigami.

From Miyamizu Inaba's perspective, one can see the back of a young boy sitting on the edge of a cliff leaning against a rock. At the same time, a little bird is jumping around on the rock, just like the birds dancing when courting in nature. The way it spreads its wings and jumps around is particularly funny, and it really makes the young boy next to him laugh.

When he smiled, the sun that was about to rise over the sea seemed to show a corner.

The silver-haired Sword Soul girl sat on the rock, while Sanatori Yoshiko ran to the very edge of the cliff. Even from her back, one could see the girl's anticipation.

Miyamizu Inaba finally understood why they were here.

--sunrise.

If you go to the beach, you have to try it.

"Miyamizu, are you coming to see the sunrise too?"

"Uh-huh!"

Miyamizu Inaba glanced at the smiling Shuten.

The petite ghost king waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me. Just consider it as a reward for the watermelon I gave you yesterday."

I didn't want to thank you!

Mizutani Makoto: "Then come and take a look together."

Miyamizu Inaba: "Oh! Okay!"

Peck peck! Peck peck!

Tiger Thrush, use Peck!

But even though Mai Yajima pecked for so long, she was only pecking Mizutani Makoto.

She has no hostility towards Miyamizu Inaba - her nature as a "Nue" makes her have a particularly good impression of "kind people", and Miyamizu Inaba's innocent heart of slaying demons and punishing evil and promoting good is actually very much to Yajima Mai's liking.

Of course, not hating it is one thing, but being jealous is another.

Are you going to be unfaithful?

I'll peck you to death!

The princess, feeling sorry for her own knight, just pecked him twice, but did not really interfere too harshly with the decision-making and life of this stupid knight. Kako's mother glanced hesitantly at the drunken man who was approaching, gritted her teeth and called out "Sister Miyamizu", a name that went against her conscience.

Chidori stared at Miyamizu Inaba menacingly.

Miyamizu Inaba was very confused. This Youdaohime... seemed to regard her as an opponent?

Chidori snorted coldly: "Next time, you choose a place and we'll go drink again... I'll keep a close eye on you. I don't believe you can really drink that much!"

——Crackling.

It was not the sound of Chidori's electricity, but the girl's delicate glass heart that shattered gently again.

In this way, the little rabbit's life was ruined by Shuten.

Mizutani Makoto glanced back, and the cold profile made Miyazu Inaba tremble slightly, as if she was being looked down upon by a beautiful girl standing on the top of a mountain. The girl's sense of shame suffered a second blow. At this moment, she couldn't help but cover her face, thinking that she might as well jump off the cliff.

Shuten!

I will never forgive you in my life!

But Mizutani Makoto didn't really think much about it.

He just has a naturally cold face, and when he doesn't smile, he gives people a very cold feeling.

"Miyamizu, have you ever seen a sunrise before?"

Mizutani Makoto suddenly asked.

The distant horizon was turning a faint red, as if someone had lit a fire on the horizon.

The entire orange-red fireball slowly emerged from the sea, and the clouds in the sky were dyed fiery red.

The sun that just emerged from the east was bright red, and its light was not at all dazzling. It was hard to imagine that this color, which was deeper than dusk, actually came from the early morning. It was even harder to imagine that in just a dozen minutes, this orange-red sun would shine brightly, and its light would be so bright that it would hurt people's eyes.

Miyamizu Inaba turned his head when he heard this, his eyes flickering slightly: "I haven't seen it. I just haven't had the time."

"I haven't seen it either."

The tiger thrush murmured in agreement, tilting its head in curiosity.

"Me! Me, me, me!"

Yoshiko Satori raised her hands excitedly and almost slipped off the stone: "I saw it once last year! My dad took me to see it before my birthday, and I took a picture for Mom!"

Chidori raised her chin proudly: "A waste of time."

In other words, except for Yoshiko Satori, no one else has seen it.

Now, they were gathered on a cliff by the sea. The view was expansive, and they could see the end where the sea and the sky met. The wind was not strong, and the salty sea breeze carried a unique freshness of the early morning. As the orange-red light burned across the sky, they continued to chat and look at the sky.

The sea water was dyed golden red, sparkling like molten flames.

"Want to take pictures?"

"Wouldn't it be a waste if you didn't take pictures?"

"Jiazi, I recently opened an Instagram account! My previous photo of the ocean was liked, which was great!"

Miyamizu Inaba turned her head and looked at the group of people beside her. All the feelings she had about the magnificent sunrise had been attracted by them... On Mizutani Makoto's side, there really was an atmosphere of family reunion. The tacit understanding and warmth that did not require words were magical, making people feel like they were a family.

"Cuckoo..."

There was a slight touch on my shoulder.

Miyamizu Inaba turned her head and saw that it was the tiger thrush transformed by Yajima Mai that landed on her shoulder. The little tiger thrush tilted its head and looked at her with its clear eyes. In fact, it was a gaze between two girls, at least they both knew it in their hearts.

"Hello."

"hello."

The tiger thrush also pecked Miyamizu Inaba's head lightly.

"hiss……"

Miyamizu Inaba covered her head and looked at Yajima Mai in confusion.

Then, he was hit again.

"Why are you pecking me?"

"Cuckoo."

Peck.

I don't know. I'm just a little bird. How could I have any bad intentions?

"Cuckoo!"

Another peck.

"ah!"

……

……

The moment of tranquility we shared in the morning light passed quickly.

"I'm on top!"

Mai Yajima puffed out her chest, and the entire tiger thrush swelled up.

I am very happy today!

After digesting the [Violent Jade Flower] and taking a few more parallel-level spirit cores, Mai Yajima finally climbed up a small level.

There is not much room for improvement for Satori Yoshiko, while Chidori is in the process of accumulating quantitative changes from a high rank to a strong rank. In Mizutani Makoto's team of Shikigami, only Yajima Mai's combat effectiveness is still improving. She is now at a high rank on paper, and there is still a lot of room for growth to reach the average level of the team.

But it is a pity that the change from the middle position to the upper position is just a simple numerical change, and does not add any new abilities to Mai Yajima.

Mai Yajima stood still.

A black shadow spread from her body, and the shadow quickly changed shape, turning into a pitch-black tiger paw that was half a person's height. Its claws alone were more than 20 centimeters long, and looked like five sharp daggers in the sunlight.

Boom! !

With a slap, the entire rock was broken into pieces by Mai Yajima, and countless pieces of stone were shaken. If this slap had landed on a person's head, the scene would have been as bloody and brutal as breaking a water ball.

"Hahaha!"

Behind the petite girl in a dress, a black snake tail made of shadows stretched out. It whipped into the air, and the air was instantly exploded with a sharp sound. The rock used for the test was immediately cracked with an obvious crack, and the entire rock shattered on the spot.

Such violence shocked Yoshiko Satori so much that her eyes widened.

Zashiki-warashi really can't stand seeing this kind of numbers.

"This number is okay..."

Mizutani Makoto couldn't stop nodding.

In terms of strength alone, she has surpassed Onimusa and can be compared with iron lumps like Ninomiya. What's more important is that Yajima Mai is not a low-agility monster. On the contrary, her speed is not inferior to her strength at all.

The growth curve of the big monster is basically soaring.

Low period?

There is no low period, and the values ​​and mechanisms are soaring up like a rocket.

And, it's quite cute.

Mizutani Makoto looked at the little girl in front of him. The girl had tiger claws on her sides and a long snake tail extending from her back. But she had a cute appearance, which made her look like a monster girl.

Yajima Mai stretched out her hand towards him: "Go ahead and hand over your spirit core!"

completely fine.

Mizutani Makoto solved the problem of cultivating his own Shikigami and soon began his usual soul journey.

A simple and unpretentious home - Yinli.

In the farmland of the home, the growth rate of the first batch of spiritual medicines has exceeded 30%. Among them, the slowest progress is the [Fallen Camellia Seed]... Even Guwu Liulizi couldn't figure out the function of this seed, but what grew out of it was not a spiritual flower or herb, but a sapling.

Mizutani Makoto bent down and gently poked the tender green sapling. He felt that the condition of this camellia tree was very different from that of a normal camellia tree. It had obviously not grown up yet, but it had already begun to extend its branches, and it seemed that flower buds were about to form on the treetops.

"Quite cute."

Makoto Mizutani gently tapped the sapling, and the little thing shook slightly, which made Makoto Mizutani feel a little funny.

As for the other seeds planted, they have just sprouted.

He got up and walked around the village, and found that the spiritual energy in the village was indeed becoming more and more dense.

At the corner, Mizutani Makoto caught a glimpse of a sneaky figure, but every time he looked closely, he could only see a hole left on the road.

Needless to say, this must be the Iron Rat.

The little guy he rescued seemed to be a native of the village, and one of the few natives who was still sane.

But the iron rat seemed very timid, and every time Mizutani Makoto tried to contact it, it would run away.

It's not that he doesn't have a way to capture the Iron Rat, but the Iron Rat is, after all, an NPC in the friendly camp, and the other party is timid and fearful, so he must approach it slowly, just like approaching a stray cat. If he is too anxious, he might scare the other party away.

"In the final analysis, it's just that the favorability level hasn't reached the standard yet."

Mizutani Makoto seemed to be thinking about something.

Who said NPC’s favorability is not important?

Tongzi, you are such a dick in the love game.

There is no need to rush. We live under the same roof and we see each other every day in the village. There are plenty of opportunities to get to know each other.