I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

What's with this strange feeling that Hayasaka and Fujiwara seem to have overtaken us?!

That's so weird.

With indescribable feelings, the girl lay back down on the tatami mat, wondering how long "tomorrow" really was.

There's no day-night cycle here, is there?

But I am indeed quite tired. Judging from the time I went to the phone booth to exorcise the spirit, it should be around four or five in the morning now.

Thinking like this.

The girl gradually fell asleep, and in her hazy state, she didn't know how much time had passed.

until...

Under the cover of night, I seemed to hear the sound of plates being smashed downstairs.

"Bangdang"!

The sound of a plate breaking is especially jarring in the dead of night.

Then came the woman's plaintive sobbing, as if she were murmuring something in my ear.

One, two, three, four, five...

Chapter 74 [Soul-Stirring Enchanting Courtesan] (3K)

This is the one, right?

Akiku!

A girl who was thrown into a well and died because she broke the owner's plate!

So every night, I would cry while counting the plates by the well!

Well……

Listening to that kind of sound, it's impossible to fall asleep any longer.

Kaguya Shinomiya remained silent, secretly peeking her head out from under the covers, almost habitually looking towards the window—wanting to know if Takagawa and Hayasaka were there.

result.

The paper window, which had been closed before bedtime, now had a small crack showing.

From within, by the cold, pale moonlight, one can see a disheveled figure!

Her face and body were almost entirely covered by messy, dry, yellow hair, with only a bloodshot, yellowish eye visible through it.

!!!

This place is definitely full of spirits! Not only are there guys pretending to be normal people, but also...

The sound of weeping as someone counted plates downstairs seemed to be getting closer.

even.

It made Kaguya Shinomiya feel as if the person was right under her pillow, so clear and distinct.

Outside the window, the long-haired spirit was also slowly opening the window.

Just at this time……

"Shut up! Can't a person get some sleep in the middle of the night?! If you keep making a fuss, I'll eat you all up!!"

Suddenly, the loud voice of the proprietress, Mei, came from somewhere.

Everything vanished in an instant.

The sound of counting plates, the fluffy shadows outside the window—it all seemed like my imagination.

what……

Kaguya Shinomiya sat up from the tatami mat. After resting for a while, she heard light footsteps outside the door and the sound of the sliding door being opened.

"How did you sleep last night? Did you get a good rest?"

The adorable girls, with their hair in two little buns, spoke in unison, looking almost like twins.

"You can go see Koika-neechan now."

Wash up.

dressing.

And then there's dressing up and getting ready.

As a modern person, Kaguya Shinomiya is quite familiar with kimonos and the like. She puts on pure white cotton socks and then walks through the corridor led by two little girls.

The houses in Yoshiwara's geisha district are neither luxurious nor spacious.

It's nothing like home in Kyoto.

In reality, it was just a two- or three-story longhouse.

The entrance is on the first floor. Inside, there are winding corridors that extend inwards, leading to one room after another, which is somewhat similar to a modern hotel.

So it's normal to get lost if you're not familiar with the area.

"This is Koi-neechan's room."

Two little girls, chatting and laughing, yawned and left, seemingly to have breakfast or something.

But at the moment.

The bright moon still shone through the window on one side of the corridor. Just as I had thought, there was no change of day and night here.

It's like an eternal dream, reminding me that this is not the real world.

So the courtesan tayu in it...

Having just experienced the attacks by "Kiku" and the "Hair Monster," Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't even imagine what the people in the room looked like right now.

Won't--

so beautiful!

She's absolutely gorgeous!!

After pushing open the door, a beautiful woman, probably around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, sat on the tatami mat in the warm yellow candlelight.

She gave herself a gentle smile.

She was dressed in a gorgeous pale red kimono, and had absolutely no ghostly or demonic appearance... ah, [spirit].

and.

"Is that Kaguya?"

"Yes, I'm Kaguya Shinomiya, I just arrived yesterday..."

"Is Kaguya alive?"

"Eh?"

The courtesan Tayu named Koika's blunt words suddenly disrupted the girl's plans.

My original plan was to strike up a conversation and then directly ask about the "Oiran Tayu's Treasure," but...

So they knew they were spirits?!

……

The melodious sound of a flute drifted down from under the moonlit night.

A girl dressed in a gorgeous kimono sat on the rooftop, gazing at the bustling, vibrant street before her.

as well as.

The grand parade in the distance.

The procession of hundreds of people stretched like a long dragon, with masked men carrying umbrellas, adorable children walking on both sides, and maids holding gift boxes...

Everyone was moving forward meticulously, surrounding the most beautiful woman in the center of the group.

And the heavy treasure chest on the luxurious carriage behind her.

[Yoshiwara Tayu's Treasure] has never been hidden, because this is the lifestyle of the geisha district.

The best food should be eaten right away;

The last bit of wine should be drunk to one's heart's content;

Poetry and haiku should be spread far and wide;

Rare and precious treasures should be known to everyone;

And most importantly, the most beautiful woman should stand in the most prominent position!

"Go, Erlang."

The girl named Princess Kaguya was issuing commands in a charming manner, as if she were sending out some kind of Pokémon.

That's certainly true.

The gangsters who had followed her into the hotel had disappeared—because they had all been used to clear the way to get here.

And now.

That's when another guy comes in handy.

A cold, two-faced man wearing gold-rimmed glasses abruptly blocked the front of the parade.

fighting.

It seems like it's about to explode.

However, the girl, who was about to stand on the roof to watch the show, suddenly started talking to herself.

"No, no, no, no, no, no... I want to... wait a little longer... play a little longer... Ugh!!"

Pleading seemed to have no effect; pure darkness flashed by.

Princess Kaguya disappeared.

Instead, there is a doll girl dressed in a deep red rose wedding dress.

Without even glancing at the tense standoff that was taking place on the long street not far away, she silently jumped off the roof and headed towards a dark alleyway.

After a long time.

In that winding, secluded alley, she pushed open a door and saw a girl in a JK uniform dragging one gangster man after another into another door from inside a simple house.

It was a bronze door engraved with an inverted pentagram, completely out of place in this Edo-era wooden house, seemingly from some ancient and evil entity...

……

"I was redeemed by a man before. He was very good to me. We were supposed to grow old together and live a happy life. But I don't know why, after waking up, I still came back here."

in the room.

A courtesan named Koikawa tells Kaguya Shinomiya the story of her past life.

She is indeed a gentle older sister.

Seeing the other person's calm smile, the girl couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Perhaps it's because when you get old, you'll still worry about your appearance. After all, you used to be a beauty. But when you get old, you'll still feel sorry for yourself. Or maybe... it's simply because this is where I grew up."

Just like my hometown.

For all the spirits still here, Yoshiwara has become their entire life.

Isn't that a sad thing?

"The store managers and the others are the same. Before I came, they had saved up money for who knows how long before they opened this store. In the end, the store was about to close down because of poor management."

"The siblings dreamed of opening their own shop and becoming their own boss, but they had never done anything like that before. In the end, in order to keep the shop from closing down, Miss Mei had no choice but to continue being the top courtesan in the shop."

"This is extremely rare in Yoshiwara, until I came here later."

"Ah... I'm familiar with them... I guess so. At least since I came back here, they're the only people I know. Although the shopkeeper and the others used to be really scary, the thought of becoming a ghost myself makes me feel okay."

"They probably thought they had just died again and come back to life."

what?