I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

I'm back, boohoo.

Even if it's just a bean gun, it would still look strange without it.

As the girl thought this, she suddenly noticed something strange on the side of her thigh as she turned around.

It was a small, pale red pattern, like a wild animal bite mark.

what is this? !!

At the same time, a cell phone that might not make many calls all year round suddenly started ringing.

The caller was Shijo Maki.

"Grandmother Shinomiya!!"

On the phone came the girl's adorable voice, which sounded like she was about to cry.

"Did you encounter anything strange before?"

"what."

"Me too..."

As Shijou Maki spoke in trembling voices, Shinomiya Kaguya heard it too; faintly, she heard a little girl's innocent voice coming from the other end of the phone—

The sound of a dog barking.

"Woof...woof woof...woof...woof woof woof..."

Chapter Nineteen: Let it become a Buddha (without compassion)

"My parents made me stay in the yard. It was raining and so cold, but they were too busy huddling together to feed me..."

"Hey, can't you be a little more compassionate?! This is such a pitiful story, and you read it without any feeling whatsoever!!"

"what……"

So complicated.

In the shrine's reception room, Takagawa Takayuki looked at the "diary" in front of him, which was clearly drawn by a child and resembled a comic strip, and showed little interest.

Not far away, Kaguya Shinomiya and another girl were sitting there.

Besides, there was an iron cage in front of them, inside which was a small dog that looked like a Bichon Frise. It was white, had a lot of fur, and lay motionless, so you couldn't see its face.

"By the way, Aunt, is this guy really reliable?"

"..."

Don't call me that anymore!

We're all about the same age, okay?!

Kaguya Shinomiya rolled her eyes at Maki Shijou beside her, clearly annoyed.

The two are indeed distant relatives.

However, many generations have passed, which is why there is such an absurd generational gap.

The Shijo were a group that had split off from the Shinomiya family a long time ago, a "family feud" from the past.

Of course, the relationship between the two companies is quite bad now.

But that's an adult's business.

Kaguya Shinomiya and Maki Shijou's relationship is fairly "normal," I suppose. Due to their similar personalities, the two of them are a bit awkward with each other.

"Takakawa is very professional, no problem."

"real or fake!"

Compared to Kaguya Shinomiya's aloof demeanor, the girl with short brown hair tied in small twin tails and eyes that shone with a deep purple hue like stars always wore a smug little expression.

You can tell at a glance that it's a proud and aloof person.

"They're about the same age as us!"

"I'm eighteen years old."

"That's pretty much the same!"

what……

Takagawa Takayuki also discovered it.

Some of Shijo Maki's traits seem quite similar to those of Shinomiya Kaguya.

"If you're a master, please be serious! What was with that emotionless recitation just now? It made it seem like we were making a mountain out of a molehill!!"

"Because it's really boring."

"what?!"

"That kind of story is so old-fashioned."

Gao Chuanlong waved the comic book in his hand.

"The little devil was abused by his family and eventually killed. Then he became a spirit and wrote down things that seem innocent but are actually terrifying when you think about them in the style of a diary."

"This was something that was popular back in the year 2000, when the internet had just appeared."

"However, usually the characters are either abused by their adoptive parents or their stepmothers. This storyline of being raised like a dog by their biological parents is somewhat novel, but that's about it..."

What do you mean by "that's it"?

Are you an editor at Shueisha?! How come you're suddenly giving reviews?!

"Although I think so too, it's pretty ordinary, umm..."

"???"

Kaguya Shinomiya stared in disbelief at Maki Shijou, who suddenly crossed her arms and turned her head away in a haughty manner.

You guy!

That's not what they said on the phone.

Mingming was crying and saying, "This child is so pitiful, waaaaah!"

Can't you just be a little more honest?!

"It's so pitiful, I can't bear this!! This child's plight is too heartbreaking, can't you help it, Master!! Waaaaaah..."

That's incredibly frank!

Let's keep being arrogant and stubborn for a bit longer!

You shameless jerk, you idiot!

"Ah..."

Gao Chuanlong was still being perfunctory.

"This kind of thing is completely irrelevant."

He threw away the comic book in his hand and then said to Kaguya Shinomiya.

"Shinomiya-kun, please tell us the details of what happened."

"??!"

"You think I'm some kind of incomprehensible idiot?!"

"No."

It's a lie!!

Shijo Maki's fist, as big as a bean bun, hardened.

Kaguya Shinomiya, who felt she should act like an "elder" to some extent, sighed before continuing.

"The Shijo family has already conducted a thorough investigation in Tokyo..."

After separating from the Shinomiya family.

The Shijo family focuses on overseas operations, but there are recent signs of a return to Japan. Even if they don't have much "power" domestically, they still have influence in Europe and America.

Launching a large-scale investigation in Tokyo for the sake of the family's eldest daughter is not a difficult task.

"Just as you said, in the 23 wards of Tokyo alone, there are at least hundreds of similar cases of domestic violence and abuse, whether they are happening now or have happened before..."

This was discovered in a short period of time.

Kaguya Shinomiya believed that if they continued to dig, they would only find more.

"I've already had these guys arrested!"

A proud and arrogant girl said this.

This is the power of the Shijou family! They will never let any guilty person go unpunished!! Justice will prevail!!!

"But it was no use."

Kaguya Shinomiya added.

"Consort Zhen is still suffering from this child's curse."

very beginning.

The girl had simply found a poor little dog.

For some reason, the creature followed her home. So, the kind-hearted Shijo Maki decided that even if she couldn't raise it, she would at least feed it, because it looked so thin and weak.

But it won't eat dog food bought from the supermarket or dog food carefully prepared online.

Is he sick?

Thinking this, Shijo Maki took the puppy to the vet.

The vet didn't know what was wrong either, so he told her to leave the puppy there for observation.

result.

When Shijo Maki woke up the next morning, she found the little dog lying in front of her bedroom door, staring straight at her.

After that, they either sent it to a friend's house or kept it in the doghouse in the yard.

Just one night will pass.

The puppy would always appear outside the room door.

It was only then that Shijo Maki realized something was wrong.

Subsequently.

They finally found the surveillance footage again, including footage from the pet hospital, a friend's house, and their own home...

It turned out that at night, the dog, which always kept its head down during the day and whose face was not easily seen, raised its head in the darkness and stared straight at the camera.

However, what appeared on camera was the face of a little girl with hair...

……

"Lately, it's been getting stranger and stranger..."

Shijo Maki was genuinely frightened.

because.

Just these next two days.

“Every morning when I wake up, I find myself outside on the street, as if I were taking it for a walk in the middle of the night.”

"Does it want me to help find something? Or is it going to take me somewhere?"

The girl was both terrified and still felt sorry for the puppy in front of her.

"Master, can you help me?"

"what."

Takakawa Takayuki, who had fully grasped the situation, nodded in agreement.

"I understand."