My name is Levi, and I work in anime.

Fortunately, Kyoto is a city where humans and transvestites coexist, and there were quite a few humans attending the banquet, so apart from the fact that they were dressed as monks, there was nothing unusual.

"Hagoromo Gitsune-sama even invited a monk this time? Isn't that a bit strange?"

"Who cares? Maybe he's some kind of demonic monk. I saw one a while ago, and he killed thousands of people."

"Can he finish eating all those people he killed?"

"He doesn't eat people."

"If they don't eat people, why kill so many? Humans are truly barbaric."

……

“I’ve met that female monk before. She’s a good person. Last time I went down the mountain, I was almost captured by the Demon Ninja and forced into prostitution. If she hadn’t happened to be passing by, you wouldn’t have met me.”

"Really? Human women are terrifying... I heard that Lady Hagoromo Gitsune was seriously injured in a fight with a foreign Western yokai a while ago. Did you invite her here to keep things under control?"

"No, keep your voice down, or someone will kill you if they hear you. But then again, that's possible, since the more dangerous a place is, the more we need to exorcise demons."

……

“This master is very handsome.” A female cat demon, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, approached the young man and said, “Would you be interested in becoming the son-in-law of our cat demon clan?”

"I'm sorry, I don't have those worldly desires."

Looking at the enchantresses who were completely mesmerized by him, Li Wei felt that she looked somewhat familiar: "By the way, do you have a relative's child named Himari?"

"No, but it's a nice name. I'll name my child after I have one."

Li Wei: "..." I think I know something.

"Are you really not going to reconsider?"

"No thanks." One of them is enough for me; a few more ethical tropes and I won't be able to get past this hurdle.

(The cat demon clan route is now closed.)

“Master, it’s a rare treat to meet a human with supernatural powers here.”

The cat demon had barely left when a new NPC appeared out of nowhere, its striking red hair immediately drawing attention. But Li Wei's human radar told him that it was indeed a human, albeit a mixed-race one: "May I ask which temple you are a monk in, Master?"

"Meiren Temple."

“That’s truly a prestigious and respectable family.” The red-haired man said enthusiastically, “Would you like to come to our house as guests after the banquet? I will certainly do my best to be a good host.”

"Isn't that unnecessary?" The boy's wariness rose unconsciously at the unsolicited kindness: "Just say what you want to say, there's no need to beat around the bush."

"Uh... Master, you are indeed a generous person. I see that you are handsome and a rare beauty, and I can't fathom your strength. You must be a highly accomplished monk. So I would like to ask you to lend me your seed. My family's non-human bloodline concentration is currently too high, and we need you to suppress it. I can choose any wife or daughter I want." What kind of NTR plot is this?

Thinking about the nocturnal climbing culture among the nobility in this era, it doesn't seem so incomprehensible... Wait a minute, is he of non-human blood or red hair?

"May I ask your surname?" The young man already knew the answer in his mind.

"My surname is Tono." As expected of your family's tendency to reverse course!

"Forget about the idea of ​​borrowing sperm; this humble monk doesn't want to break his vows." Li Wei declined the other party's offer. "But don't worry, I'll help with the reversal of the Tono family's impulse." He had never forgotten the promise he made to Tono Akiha.

Although he didn't achieve his goal, he received the boy's assurance without paying any price, and the boy readily accepted, leaving with a full load.

(The Tohno family route is partially unlocked.)

"You shouldn't have agreed to him." An unfamiliar older woman appeared beside me without my noticing. "Their family's impulse to reverse their lives stemmed from Ibaraki-dōji, who's nowhere to be found now. How can you help them?"

“It doesn’t matter. I promised the others before, so as long as I’m alive, I will definitely continue the research.” Li Wei’s tone was firm; this was a gentleman’s promise.

Perhaps influenced by the boy's charm, the older sister raised an eyebrow, looking quite interested.

"Did Myourenji Temple send people too? I don't think they received any invitations."

"Oh, mainly because I know Lady Hagoromo Gitsune, so I came to see her." This was no lie; he was very familiar with Hagoromo Gitsune, and there was even a fox fur coat in his bedroom, which was a gift from his fox sister.

"...Do you know Hagoromo Gitsune?" The older sister paused for a moment, her tone somewhat uncertain.

"Of course." Li Wei said with absolute confidence: "By the way, what's your name, big sister?"

"I am Hagoromo Gitsune."

Li Wei: "..." Oh no, I forgot that Sister Fox and Sister Yamabuki didn't look like that before they merged!

(The Hagoromo Gitsune route is now fully unlocked.)

Volume 6: Chapter 27 All Acquaintances

Hagoromo Gitsune is a powerful yokai from Kyoto, Japan. Each time she is killed, she is reborn after a period of time, and sometimes she chooses to merge with the bodies of other people to continue living.

At least by the time Li Wei met her, she had already been one with Yamabuki for many, many years. As for exactly how long, Shinobu said that she didn't look like this when she fought her last time, so the fox sister's body change probably occurred around this time.

At this moment, this great Japanese yokai was looking at the awkward boy in front of him with a very amused gaze, his face full of satisfaction, as if he had seen something good.

"Oh dear, don't look so embarrassed. Aren't we quite familiar with each other?" Hagoromo Gitsune sat down next to Li Wei in a very familiar manner, her nine thick tails enveloping the boy and occasionally brushing his cheeks with the tips of her tails, making Li Wei feel ticklish.

Anyone who sees this scene will probably only think of keywords like "older sister abusing a handsome young man." If it were written into an erotic novel and put on the first section of Baihuang Academy, it would get at least a thousand downloads a day, and countless girls would take it home to use.

"Actually, we are quite familiar with each other, it's just that you don't know me yet," the boy said truthfully.

"I see, I believe you." Hagoromo Gitsune nodded.

"Eh?"

"I said, I believe you." The fox sister pinched the boy's face, her warm tail enveloping him comfortably. "I've experienced so many strange things over the years. Maybe in some other being, you really do know me, and you're even very close to me."

As expected of a great demon, his ability to accept things is truly remarkable.

"Can you tell me how we met?"

Sister Fox used some unknown method, and although the two of them were sitting together openly, as the hosts of the birthday party, no one noticed them.

It was as if some kind of spell had been cast to dispel idlers; those with weaker abilities around him couldn't even notice him, much like Kato's low profile.

"This is the first time we've met..." The boy began to reminisce.

He was only four years old at the time, and had just met Hiratsuka-nee not long before. He hadn't even met Ryougi yet, and Dr. Hen had left while Oberon had just arrived.

At the time, no one knew what kind of incredible luck Gintoki had. He drank too much and randomly placed a bet on a horse race, choosing an unknown horse called Cinderella. Surprisingly, he won big and received a windfall. So he decided to take all the kindergarten kids to the temple fair, and he would pay for everything.

That's just how Gintoki is. Money comes and goes quickly. If you're given 10,000 yen, he'll live on that amount. If you're given 100 million yen, he'll live on that amount. He can never hold onto his money.

There were a lot of people at the temple fair back then, so the boy got separated from Gintoki as they walked.

"You brat, I told you not to meddle in other people's business. Now look what happened, you've gotten yourself into trouble too." Oberon, who was still calling himself "Merlin" at the time, mocked him in his mind. Although he was foul-mouthed, he was actually very concerned: "Don't you have the policewoman's contact information in your pocket? Call her quickly."

“Mr. Merlin, how can you say you’re putting yourself in this mess? Is it something to be proud of to see others in trouble and not help them?” Li Wei, who was not a teenager but a young boy, retorted, while holding another little girl who had also been separated from her parents and was crying.

I can't remember her name... she was so insignificant, anyway, it wasn't anything important.

"You brat, you've started talking back now! Do you think you'd just step in to help someone who needs it?"

“Of course, isn’t that a matter of course?” Li Wei retorted. “Mr. Merlin, when you were imprisoned, didn’t you ever long for someone to help you?”

"..."

“I know very well that helping others is a troublesome thing, and how precious it is to receive help, which is why I lent a hand.” The boy answered earnestly, “If you ever need help, Mr. Merlin, I will help you too.”

“…” Oberon fell silent.

It seems that it was from that time on that he stopped teaching me just some petty tricks called "Merlin Magic" and started teaching me truly useful knowledge.

"What should I do next?" Looking at the little girl who clung tightly to his hand like an abandoned animal, Li Wei fell into deep thought.

The old trick is to go find a popular older sister, act cute, and borrow her phone to call the police? It seems like that's the only way.

Thinking this, Li Wei randomly picked a woman who looked like she was alone and was dressed entirely in black, and earnestly tugged at the hem of her clothes.

"Excuse me, may I borrow your phone?" the boy said politely.

"You can actually see me?" The older sister, whose fox tail was visible behind her, was somewhat surprised.

Children are more curious than afraid of the unknown. When he saw the fluffy tail, his first thought was to touch it, but he thought it would be impolite, so he refrained from doing so.

"Do you like it? Feel free to touch them." The fox sister was very generous, using her tail to curl the boy and girl into her arms, looking quite happy.

This was Li Wei's first meeting with Hagoromo Gitsune.

At first, the fox sister was only a little surprised that the boy could see her hidden magic, but soon the two gradually became familiar with each other.

"This lake, a long, long time ago, there was a Moriya Shrine, which enshrined a deity named Moriya Suwako. It is said that a boy and a girl who see the deity's spirit will stay together forever."

"Huh, is that so?" Li Wei was surprised.

"Of course, but that was more than two hundred years ago. Now, Suwako Moriya has moved to Gensokyo with her shrine maiden and will never appear again."

"Oh, I see..." The boy was very disappointed.

……

Meanwhile, at the Moriya Shrine, far away from here, Suwako Moriya looked at Oberon in front of her with a conflicted expression.

"Well, it's been over two hundred years since I last performed a miracle at that lake..."

"Please, my child wants to see it." Oberon begged and pleaded, "Just once, please grant my wish. If we don't see it now, my child will never have another chance."

"If you say so..."

……

"Li Wei, look at that." An unknown, low-profile little girl suddenly grabbed the boy's hand and pointed to the surface of the lake.

There seemed to be a rainbow of light, and the figure of a petite girl could be vaguely seen, appearing and disappearing in the distance.

Of course, ordinary people without superpowers can't see this. To them, it's just a simple glow on the water's surface, enough for a three-episode documentary series like "Approaching Science."

"It really did work!" The fox sister sighed slightly. "According to tradition, the boy and girl who see this scene will be together forever. You have to take responsibility."

"I will be responsible."

The young boy, who didn't know what responsibility he was supposed to take, solemnly made this promise to Hagoromo Gitsune and the unknown, low-profile little girl.

Volume 6: Chapter 28 A Friendly Doctor-Patient Relationship

Li Wei's memory of what happened after that was a bit hazy. He only vaguely remembered that after watching the scenery with Sister Fox for a while, they found the parents of the children who had gotten separated from them. It was truly a cause for celebration. He also returned to the kindergarten without any problems. As for Gintoki getting hung up and beaten by Ms. Fujibayashi and Aunt Tsukuyo because he was so engrossed in pachinko, that's a story for later.

……

On the other side, after performing the miracle, Suwako Moriya looked at Oberon in front of her with a very serious tone.

"I went to great lengths to bless your boy. You must keep your promise to help build the shrine, or the frog's curse will be very severe."

"No problem, I swear I will fulfill my promise to Suwako Moriya. If I fail, then all my prophecies will fall apart, the lord I serve will be stabbed to death by his rebellious son and killed by his minotaur subordinates, and if I encounter the Fourth Beast when I go out, I will be kicked away. In the end, I will only be able to become an idiotic magician who uses a transvestite account online to swindle money from a useless doctor!"

"Wow, that's ruthless!?" Suwako Moriya exclaimed in awe, "I'm scared of you. I believe it's true. Let's sign and put our fingerprints on it."

"Of course, I am known as the honest and reliable young man, and my word is my bond!"

With those words in hand, he picked up a pen and wrote his name on the pledge—Merlin.

As for whether the curse of default will actually happen, only God knows.

……

We've known each other for over ten years, but our first meeting was hundreds of years in the future... Would anyone believe that?

"Is it inconvenient to talk about it?" The fox sister was as assertive as ever, full of dignity and majesty: "It's okay, everyone has their own secrets, that's normal."

"It's mainly a bit outrageous." Li Wei waved his hand: "Although I consider myself a doctor, if I say certain things, I'm afraid even I would think I've lost my mind."

"...Are you a doctor?" Unexpectedly, the fox sister's focus was on this.

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask around near Ruri Shrine; it has a great reputation." Although he is currently practicing medicine without a license due to his age, there were no government officials in ancient Japan to arrest him.

It was even more hyped up in the area near the shrine, to the point that people were almost saying he was the reincarnation of Yakushi Nirvana.

After confirming the matter with a seemingly pathetic little girl under his command, Hagoromo Gitsune looked at Li Wei in silence for a moment before asking a very direct question.

"Can I trust you?"

"Of course, you might not believe it, but of everyone here, I'm the one you can trust the most," Li Wei said without batting an eye.

“…Come on.” After a brief exchange of glances, Hagoromo Gitsune turned around gracefully and strode into the palace.

"Sister Fox?"

"Come on." After taking two steps, Hagoromo Gitsune turned around and looked at Li Wei with some helplessness: "Didn't you say that you are the person I trust the most? Then come on."

"Okay." Hearing her say that, the boy readily followed. For a strong-willed, sadistic queen like Sister Fox, such an invitation was practically a sign that she completely trusted him.