I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

Subsequently.

The long sword pierced straight through Kenji Tamura's chest.

"Who?"

Kenji Tamura's eyes became incredibly cloudy, as if they were about to burst with pus.

He turned his head and saw a gray-haired boy he didn't recognize at all.

And behind him, the tall, swaying woman in white.

"I've found you, Mr. Tamura."

Chapter 54 Hayasaka-san, do you want to summon a "spirit beast"?

In Gao Chuanlong's view, those who possess other beings are easier to kill than ordinary spirits.

Although his peers did not think so.

Once someone is possessed, their memories, appearance, and habits are absorbed, making it difficult for even the closest people to recognize them.

This is the foundation upon which those who possess another's body stand.

They lurk so deeply in the human world that they are rarely discovered.

But as mentioned before.

For Takagawa Ryu, recognizing who the possessors were was not difficult.

Based on this, killing the other party naturally becomes simple.

Strictly speaking.

Those who possess others' bodies are all "wandering spirits," beings who store their coffins on their bodies, which is why they can wander around freely.

and so.

As long as you keep and keep killing it, cutting every part of its body into chunks of flesh, there will naturally come a time when the [coffin] will be destroyed.

This is exactly what Takagawa Takayuki excels at!

"You are……"

"Even at this point, you're still so interested in my body?"

The boy said this.

Subsequently.

With practiced ease, he used his long sword to dismember Kenji Tamura's body into eight pieces.

But they didn't continue, because what followed was Nanami's revenge...

……

The black tide swept over them.

Tamura felt as if he were being swallowed up, with only viscous blackness before his eyes and the pale, empty face of a woman appearing before him.

"knock."

Chew slowly and carefully...

It was as if insects were gnawing at something, a soft, rustling sound crawling into my ears, seemingly without end.

Although those who possess human bodies, they are essentially spirits, and therefore have an astonishing ability to recover.

but.

Even though hands, feet, and body are constantly regenerating.

Meanwhile, Gao Chuanlong, like a gardener, used his long knife to trim away the regrowth of limbs.

This ensured that Kenji Tamura was completely powerless and could only watch helplessly as Nanami devoured him, bit by bit.

Until.

It was no longer able to resist.

The boy then sheathed his long sword and walked somewhat lazily toward the door.

Nanami's revenge will probably take a very long time, but Takagawa Takayuki doesn't intend to rush anything, so he goes outside to wait with Shijou for a while.

The apartment door was closed.

Darkness completely engulfed this small space.

All that remained was the white-clad girl's frantic, still-twisting figure.

And the incessant sound of insects biting.

"Sh ...

During this long period, Kenji Tamura experienced fear, shock, confusion, and despair—

Who exactly is that boy?

Why is this happening?

Why is this guy here?

and……

Who will save me?!

"Yeah~"

It's Lady Meryl!

After Takagawa Takayuki left.

In the corner of the apartment room, from within the vast expanse of darkness, the beautiful girl emerged once more.

Lightly.

Taking steps.

She came to Tamura, who was being devoured by Nanami, and then squatted down in a very cute pose.

"Save...save me...Lady Meli..."

"Those who possess bodies are all very intelligent spirits. Once they get a body, they're really no different from humans!"

A genuine smile appeared on Mary's face.

"save……"

"How about that? The despair of being caught by the hunter and having nothing to do but wait for death."

this is not.

Is it even more delicious than human food?

I've become a little addicted to it myself, it's so much fun, hehehe.

It was all worth the effort I put in to get "Big Brother" to find me here!

and so.

"Go to hell for our groom, Tamura."

"?"

……

When Takagawa Takayuki and Shijo Maki returned to the shrine, it was already morning.

Kaguya Shinomiya, Chika Fujiwara, Ai Hayasaka, and the others didn't sleep all night, as did Chizuru Minamoto.

The girls were so worried they couldn't sleep.

The big fox couldn't sleep because he wasn't there, and he wasn't holding her (or rather, she was pressing down on him).

As a result, everyone ended up staying up all night.

However, since it's Saturday, I don't need to go to school, so I don't need to ask for leave.

The big fox cooked dumplings for breakfast and placed them in the living room.

There was also hot soy milk.

The dumplings are homemade, and there are several flavors, including corn and pork, sauerkraut and pork, cabbage and pork, three delicacies (shrimp, mushrooms and lotus root), and cilantro and beef.

It seems that Chizuru Minamoto cooked all of them, and a whole pot of them was placed on the table.

In this regard.

The girls all found it very magical.

They had just seen that after Chizuru received the message from the boy that they were almost at the shrine, she calmly got up from the living room and went into the kitchen.

Because Gaochuan Long had explained it.

The big fox was told not to look around when it went to the kitchen, so Kaguya and the others waited obediently in the living room.

Then, about ten minutes passed.

Yuan Qianhe came out of the kitchen and sent a message on her phone, asking them to go to the kitchen and bring out the dumplings.

what the hell!

How did they even manage that?!

Those soft, cuddly fox paws couldn't possibly be used for cooking in the kitchen, could they?!

What on earth is this strange, fairytale-like tale of a crane repaying a debt of gratitude?!

Could it be...

Is this the prototype of the so-called "legend" that the boy mentioned earlier?

Ordinary people cannot see spirits or other non-human beings, but occasionally some people do see them and are affected by them.

People then adapted these facts into legends and stories, and in order to reduce their influence, mediums and officials would deliberately distort these stories and bury the truth.

The things I do most often.

It involves changing the "names" of the characters in the story; for some characters that cannot be changed, the only option is to "rename" them.

So, does Chizuru also have a legendary story?

not……

"Tamamo-no-Mae?! If we're talking about a great fox demon, it has to be Tamamo-no-Mae!!"

Japan's three major monsters.

Was Chizuru really that amazing?!

During breakfast, the topic inexplicably turned to this.

"no."

Takakawa Takayuki said this while eating dumplings.

"Tamamo-no-Mae has a real-life counterpart, named Yu... Ah, it's better if you don't know. As for Chizuru's prototype, it's the nine-tailed fox."

Chizuru is actually a deity.

Similar to the Inari god, the fox god is said to have come from a place that was brought across the sea.

"Like the Classic of Mountains and Seas or something, you guys have read them, right?"

"what……"

Those are truly very old books.

"However, the legends there mainly feature white foxes, but after they were introduced to Japan, they gradually turned golden yellow, which is worth studying."

"It may simply be that in ancient times, foxes would hunt mice and such in the fields, so they were regarded as messengers of the gods. Gradually, they even became associated with Inari and became [gods]."

"That is, Miko-jin."

The goddess Miketsu is not a fox, but... people just keep getting it wrong.

That's how legends go; the more they're told, the more outrageous they become.