I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

Let alone ancient people like Kikyo and Moroha.

Even though I've recently started reading some anime characters like Kaguya Shinomiya, Ai Hayasaka, and Oogi, I haven't really delved into niche manga...

Really sorry.

In short, the country must not fall into the hands of such a guy.

"wrong!"

Suddenly, Moroha, a dog demon girl with only one-quarter demon blood, asked a question.

"According to what you just said, Abe no Seimei was also a half-demon, right? Then how did he die?! And he died of old age!!"

"Yes, that's the problem."

If the legendary strongest Onmyoji was indeed the child of the fox spirit Lady Kuzunoha and a samurai, then Abe no Seimei, who had half demon blood, would have no problem living for at least a thousand or eight hundred years.

He didn't need to go through such a complicated resurrection ritual.

"Abe no Seimei was still human and could not escape the aging of his body; that is a certainty."

"In short, the strongest Onmyoji at the time did indeed die of old age. Through studying the Taishan Fujun Ritual and the Soul Return Technique, the final result was that if he wanted to be reborn and live a long life, he had to return to his mother Hagoromo Gitsune's womb and be born from her again."

More than four hundred years ago, Hagoromo Gitsune possessed Lady Yodo, the mother of Toyotomi Hideyori, and was almost about to complete this ritual.

However, they were stopped by Hidemoto, the head of the Keikain family, and Nurarihyon, a great yokai from Kanto who was also the leader of the Nura Clan.

"Never heard of it!"

"That's normal. It was the end of the Sengoku period, in 1614. The Battle of Osaka, which determined the end of the Sengoku period, also took place that year."

"what……"

When history was mentioned, Moro was clearly confused. This kid isn't very bright either; he's obviously the type who doesn't like to study.

In short, that's the situation in Kyoto right now.

Grandparents and their local colleagues advocate sealing away Hagoromo Gitsune before she gives birth to Abe no Seimei.

But what Takagawa Ryu was thinking was...

Let's just solve this once and for all, let her give birth to Abe no Seimei, and then get rid of him.

"Well, it's not like that's settled yet."

Abe no Seimei can be confirmed as an "SS" level being.

Gao Chuanlong doesn't fight battles he's not confident of winning; he certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to charge in without a 1000% chance of victory.

"Hagoromo Gitsune's production requires women's hearts and livers to speed up the process, but right now they are all holed up in Nijo Castle for defense, so the yokai in Kyoto can't come out to collect their hearts and livers, making the production speed quite slow."

"It will take at least another month."

How did you know that?

"There's a mole."

"..."

Many of the Kyoto yokai under Hagoromo Gitsune's command were originally sealed in various shrines and temples. It's quite normal for some of them to be clever fence-sitters.

Therefore, Takagawa Takayuki's plan is...

During this month, try to gather as much information as possible about Abe no Seimei and analyze whether you can take him down with your current strength.

If possible, let Hagoromo Gitsune give birth; if not, then launch a surprise attack on Nijo Castle, and while there is only one SS-rank Great Yokai inside, work with our colleagues in Kyoto to stop Hagoromo Gitsune from giving birth.

That's pretty much it.

After explaining the situation.

Takagawa Ryu started tidying up the rooms in the house with the girls—actually, there was only one room for himself and the big fox, and one room for the girls.

Kikyo and Moroha, on the other hand, didn't seem to care at all about not having their own rooms.

Life in ancient times must have been quite difficult, while the situation now is much better.

Especially during dinner time.

Gao Chuanlong looked at the dog demon girl in red, whose eyes were shining as she looked at the table full of meat, and then she picked up a bowl of rice and started eating without caring about her image.

And the utterly blissful expression on his face after dinner, patting his bulging belly, lying in the living room looking utterly silly.

It just makes her seem like she's incredibly easy to take care of...

……

Night.

As late summer approaches autumn, and the sky darkens, the gentle mountain breeze becomes much cooler.

In the old-fashioned mansion, dim candlelight always hangs in the shadows, and in the darkness untouched by light, the chirping of cicadas can be heard intermittently.

Sitting in the courtyard, the atmosphere is so peaceful and serene.

Kaguya Shinomiya carried a lantern, intending to find Takagawa Takayuki—Chizuru had said the boy seemed to be over at the storeroom.

As they walked, things continued...

But they got lost and ended up walking from the back room to the front gate of the house.

When they stepped out the door, they belatedly realized that they had left the mansion, and for a moment they stood there, somewhat at a loss.

He quickly turned around and tried to go back into the house.

then.

Then I heard footsteps behind me.

"what!"

The girl turned around and saw the figure of an old man in a suit.

You can tell at a glance that he is Gao Chuanlong's grandfather.

Those sharp eyes and the chiseled, cold face were exactly the same, and compared to the boy, the boy had toned down his sharpness and often showed a lazy look.

The old man was much more serious.

Whether it was his full head of gray hair, his sharp, well-fitting suit and leather boots, his straight back, or the three samurai swords he carried.

They all give off an air of authority without needing to be angry, like a school's dean of students or something.

Kaguya Shinomiya tensed up almost instinctively.

That was so sudden!

You meet Takagawa's grandfather or something.

"Good evening..."

"Well, good evening."

The old man cast his gaze at the girl, scrutinized her carefully for a while, and then continued to ask softly.

Is Long at home?

"Ah...he...he's over in the storeroom."

"I see."

Takagawa Shinobu nodded, then stepped into the mansion and found his grandson in a storage room in the backyard.

"Long, what are you doing?"

"Looking for something..."

It was described as a warehouse.

Actually, what's piled up isn't the various instruments my grandmother used when she was young—it's mainly basses from different eras, and inexplicably there are also several drum sets.

Grandpa's collection of anime figurines and related merchandise is all neatly arranged on wooden shelves.

But Takagawa Takayuki's goal was certainly not his grandfather's collection of beautiful girl figurines.

It was his collection of swords and knives.

At the age of eighteen, Shinobu Takagawa married his grandmother and became an adopted son-in-law of the Takagawa family. Before the age of forty, he was a corporate slave. It was only after his birth and the disappearance of his parents that he began to cultivate [magic] and became a spirit medium.

Because he had a good relationship with the great demons who used swords, Grandpa also learned many sword styles and collected many swords (although a large part of them were various anime merchandise).

The wooden sword that Chizuru gave him was one of his grandfather's collections. Takagawa Ryu had come here to try his luck, and he didn't expect to actually get something.

He put away the rather chuunibyou-esque black katana in his hand.

Gao Chuanlong followed the old man out of the storeroom and stood in front of the garden full of flowers and plants, listening to what he had to say.

"The others agree with your idea, but what are your plans regarding the intelligence on Abe no Seimei?"

The strongest and most famous Onmyoji in the country a thousand years ago, there are countless legends about Abe no Seimei.

But those are obviously all unreliable.

Takagawa Takayuki's initial idea was to find those great demons who had fought against Abe no Seimei and then ask them about the events of that time.

It's better to let the monsters tell the truth than to speculate on whether a legend from a thousand years ago is true or false.

"can."

After thinking for a few minutes, Takagawa Shinobu nodded in agreement with his grandson's idea.

"The Great Tengu of Kurama Mountain knew Seimei before, but now there's been some trouble there..."

The tengu of Kurama have a good relationship with their counterparts in Kyoto. When Hagoromo-Gitsune was resurrected, some of them went there to request support, but none of them returned.

"Several have already gone missing, and we don't know what's going on."

"And it's not just over there..."

Kyoto is currently on the surface "harmonious." Hagoromo Gitsune and a large number of Kyoto's yokai are all near Nijo Castle. The SS-rank yokai is also stationed in the castle tower of Nijo Castle and has not come out.

This has not significantly affected the daily lives of ordinary citizens.

but.

This is because all the spiritual mediums around Kyoto have come here.

We are severely understaffed.

Not to mention, there's also the matter of the Shikon Jewel outside Kyoto.

Takagawa Shinobu clearly hadn't slept for several days, and Grandma Takagawa Fuki didn't come back because she had something to do tonight.

"Before you go to Kurama Mountain, go and take care of things at the Kamishiro family's place first, Takashi."

"The Kamishiro family?"

The family that previously worshipped the Tai Sui Star Lord should, in theory, have gradually declined after their deity was killed, but it seems...

"That old bastard Sougen Kamishiro has gone mad."

Grandpa was referring to the head of the Kamishiro family.

"He actually became a spirit through suicide, then possessed one of his grandsons, and now he has turned the family's old house into an anomaly (paranormal location)."

"If it weren't for a few members of the Kamishiro family escaping, we wouldn't have known that such a thing had happened over there."

Outrageous.

The probability of a spirit medium becoming a spirit after death is much, much smaller than that of an ordinary person, which is only three percent. How could that old man have actually struck it lucky?

Moreover, after becoming a spirit, he immediately possessed his own grandson; he's quite ruthless.

"This matter is not so simple. There may be involvement from those who possess others, including the resurrection of Hagoromo Gitsune and the SS Great Demon who suddenly came to the modern world..."

"I see."

Gao Chuanlong nodded. His grandfather's meaning was clear: he wanted him to go to the Kamishiro family's place first.

"I'll be going now, your grandma is still waiting."

"Hmm, aren't you going to say hello to Chizuru?"

"Let's talk about it next time, when the family is having dinner together. The house will be very lively from now on. Keep up the good work, Long. The responsibility of reviving the Takagawa family is in your hands."

"..."

Giving himself a subtle look, Gao Chuanlong felt that his grandfather seemed to be implying something.