Because she was watching Batman with Ryōshou in the bedroom, Kumura Shigeru grabbed Kanai and nagged her for an hour.

"Kanai babe, don't learn from Hagoromo," Kumura Shigeru said with tears in his eyes. "The future of the Kumura family depends on you!"

A rare smile appeared on Kanna Hikari's face. "But Batman is so awesome. He's cool and handsome."

After that, she clenched her fists and unconsciously put on a fangirl look. "I want to be like Batman in the future!"

Kumura Shigeru, who didn't understand these movies and comics at all, almost vomited blood. He covered his heart and pointed at Kanna Hyuga. "Don't, don't watch this nonsense anymore!"

"Great-grandpa, what are you talking about?" Kanna Hyuga sighed and stepped forward to support Kumura Shigeru. "I think it's not bad to apply Batman's style to the work of Miko."

Thinking of the tense and exciting confrontation between the Joker, Batman, and Two-Face in the Dark Knight movie, the little girl put her fist on her chest and seemed to be able to feel her rapid heartbeat.

"… If it's Batman, he won't be as bad as me when it comes to Nana Nishimura."

The little girl whispered to herself in the bottom of her heart.

Although he was almost beaten up by Kumura Shigeru because he took Kanai to watch movies and cartoons, Hagoromo was still very loyal and quietly stuffed a few Batman comics into Kendo's arms before Kanai left.

"Don't, get, caught!"

Yao Yan couldn't help but smile when she saw how Hagoromo pretended to make funny faces at his younger sister. Kanna even stuck out her tongue at her older brother with a smile.

"I, won't, do, that!"

Hyuga's family was not the Kumura family. Her parents were traveling with her grandmother all year round, and there was only the little girl and her shikigami at home. Who would have time to collect her comics? Kanai also imitated her brother and mouthed to Hagoromo.

After saying goodbye to the Kumura family, Kanai went home and said goodbye to Red Leaf and Ibaraki. Then, she asked Ibaraki to send the two ancient swords to the warehouse. While she was reciting English words in a low voice, she made a pot of strong coffee.

Because she was scheduled to go to the Kumura family this morning, the little girl finished four test papers last night. she was a little dizzy when she came out of the Kumura family.

She stared at the English letters on the word card and couldn't recite them. com.

"Admiral?"

Natsuya, who had been brewing tea, finally freed up his hands. He observed Kanna's expression and worriedly asked, "Do you want to go upstairs and rest?"

"… I still haven't finished my revision task today."

Kanai yawned and stared hard at the words on the word card. She almost couldn't recognize the words, trying to improve her study efficiency.

Kanai drank a cup of black coffee without sugar or milk. Kanai, who was a little sleepy, was awakened by the strong bitterness of the coffee. She took out the slices of cake from the fridge and brought the coffee, milk, and boiled tea to the living room. She told the shikigami to eat the afternoon snacks obediently. Then, she picked up the half-drunk cup of black coffee and prepared to go back to the bedroom to continue her revision.

Who would have thought that as soon as she took a step up the stairs, Ibaraki would be holding an elegantly curved Tachi. He casually said to Kanna: "Of the two ancient Tachi that you gave me, this one's weight doesn't match its length. I just casually squeezed it, and the rusty blade of this Tachi's scabbard was crushed. Compared to the other Tachi that was completely corroded, this barely passable Tachi can still be used."

After saying that, he stuffed the hilt of the Tachi into Kanai's hand and gestured the length of the Tachi with her hand.

Although Ibaraki didn't use much strength when he gestured with her hand, the fact that he was able to crush the rusty iron with his bare hands was enough to gauge his strength.

Kanai, who was holding the heavy Tachi and being shaken by Ibaraki, felt her head grow heavy. She narrowed her eyes and forced herself to look at the Tachi in her hand.

"I think it's a little too long." She shook her head as she looked at the Tachi, which was at least two feet long and longer than her waist. "This Tachi is really beautiful. The blade is elegant, and the patterns on the blade are unique.

But I don't know how to use a Tachi … Let's leave it in the warehouse for now. I'll find a good owner for it in the future. "

"No." Ibaraki frowned. "Your barrier technique can't even trap Hannya, and your Yin-Yang technique requires a talisman as a medium. If I'm not by your side, how are you going to restrain an incredibly fast monster like Hannya?"

"… Wait a minute, wasn't Hannya able to move so fast because she picked up a high-level bonded spirit?"

Kanai couldn't help but raise her head to look at Ibaraki. From her angle, she could only see Ibaraki's tense jaw. "Didn't he bring the Clam Spirit with him?

Ghost Lantern -sama even took his bonded spirit and confiscated it … "

"That's not important," Ibaraki said impatiently. "For example, if something happens in Wussen, a place where monsters are forbidden to enter, what use is Kendo Shiro, that Fu Mourning God?"

"Kendo is also very powerful." The girl couldn't help but defend her Fu Mourning God.

Ibaraki sneered and said mockingly, "Him?"

Kanai: … If you keep acting like this, you're going to meet someone who's going to beat you up sooner or later.

=.

"What's with that expression?" Ibaraki raised his eyebrows arrogantly. "Do you think I care?

If it weren't for the contract, do you think I'd care about you? "

"Yes, yes, yes."

The girl sighed good-naturedly. "I'll work hard to learn swordsmanship and not cause you any trouble, okay?"

"It's just that right now, I'm really, really tired, really, really tired." Kanna held the beautiful ancient sword with both hands as she lowered her head and carefully observed the crescent-shaped sword runes on the blade. "I'll learn swordsmanship properly, and I'll also use it properly, alright?"

Kanna felt a splitting headache as she spoke. Her eyes were heavy, and she couldn't help but feel her nose heating up as something warm flowed out of her nose.

Unknowingly, a drop of dark red blood had been stained on the gleaming ancient sword.

"Kanna Hikari?" Ibaraki's jaw was forcefully lifted up by someone, and his shocked and angry face appeared in front of him.

Kanai only felt a sweetness in her throat, and the warm blood flowed down her throat.

The little girl felt weak all over and her vision blurred. She only felt that all the spiritual energy in her body was rushing toward the sword in her hand. A strong sense of exhaustion surged, and something seemed to be burning in her body, as if it was going to break out of her body in the next second.

With the strange spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by the thing in her body, the sword in the girl's hand also began to tremble.

"Admiral?"

"What's wrong, Kanai?"

"Kanai!" Ibaraki's voice echoed in her ears, and a strong force lifted the ancient sword from her hand.

The girl who couldn't stand still fell into a cold embrace.

She forced her eyelids open to look at the strange ancient sword. She didn't know when a handsome man wearing dark blue hunting clothes appeared in front of her, and he was smiling gently at her.

"Sanchū Sōjin.

I remove a lot of blade patterns in forging, so I'm called Sanchū.

Thank you for your guidance. "

Sanchū … Zong Jin?

She felt that the name was strangely familiar, and then she suddenly remembered the Tokyo National Museum that she had visited before. Kanna Hyuga couldn't hold her mind anymore, and her vision turned black. She followed her mood and fell into Ibaraki's arms.

*

"My name is Sanchū Sōjin.

Well, as one of the five swords in the world, it's said to be the most beautiful.

It was born at the end of the eleventh century.

In other words, I'm an old man.

Hahaha. "

The man who called himself Sanchū Sōjin, the Fu Mourning God, scratched his head without caring about his image, and let out a hearty laugh like a centenarian.

"Because of my appearance, little girl, you were frightened, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay …"

Kanai, who was lying on the bed and forced to put an ice pack on her head because of the nosebleed, could only look at Sanchū and shake her head with difficulty. "It's also my fault, I didn't find the existence of the Fu Mourning God in the ancient sword."

When she said this, Kanai finally realized what she had overlooked, and she couldn't help but stiffen. No, that's not right, so the odachi in the warehouse is also …?

"… Does the odachi also have the Fu Mourning God in it?" Kanna Hyuga couldn't help but ask Sanchū.

"This … This old man isn't very clear. After I changed my name to Five Amici, I fell into a half-asleep state. When the Tokugawa clan was destroyed, I fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up again, I was already awakened by the little girl's nosebleed." Sanchū replied straightforwardly.

The Fu Mourning God Sanchū, who had just had his outer protective sheath crushed by Ibaraki Doji, and was accidentally stained with Kanai's blood, and unwittingly signed a contract with Kanna Hyuga. Although he looked handsome, and his eyes were as elegant as the crescent moon, he was surprisingly calm when he spoke. Even a troublesome demon like Ibaraki didn't have much of a bad impression of him.

Kanai blushed. "That … Sanchū -san, please don't mention the nosebleed in the future." It was too embarrassing!

Who would stay up all night and have a nosebleed, and then summon a Fu Mourning God because of it?

"Hahaha, it's fine, it's fine. This nosebleed contains rich and pure Reiki. As expected of the shrine's shaman."

Shut up!

She almost couldn't recognize the words' nosebleed 'and' Reiki 'anymore!

"Speaking of which, I still want to ask Sanchū -san." Kanai's ears were almost cooked. She suppressed her shame and pretended to be calm as she changed the topic. "May I ask if Sanchū -san has heard of the Tokyo National Museum?

Do you have any impression of this name and this place? "

"Museum?

Where is that? "Sanchū shook his head." In my memory, there is no such name. "

… (`Д `)

？？？

Wait, wait, wait. If one of the swords that Hannya gave him was the Mikazuki Munechika, and the Tokyo National Museum in this era did indeed have the Mikazuki Munechika, and so far, there had not been any big news like the sudden disappearance of a national treasure sword.

According to the space-time logic of 'it's impossible for two people to exist at the same time' —

Combining the facts, he could only come to this conclusion. "So, is the Sanchū Sōjin in the Tokyo National Museum a fake?

Or has the real one been replaced by a monster?

What is the Tokyo National Museum doing … "

Kanna Hyuga, who suddenly learned a big secret, felt a lot of pressure. She was already tired, so she resisted the urge to complain and began to seriously think about a problem.

— So, should I go to the Tokyo National Museum and return the real Sanchū in front of me?

But Sanchū Sōjin had already recognized me as its master, and even signed a contract. If I put it in the museum and let it gather dust, not to mention that Sanchū himself would be very lonely and sad, but if the other Shinto members found out about this contract, they would probably explode, right?

But, such an expensive national treasure sword shouldn't be gathering dust in a small Shinto shrine like hers!

Such a complicated problem made Kanna Hyuga subconsciously want to ask for the Spirit-branded Retainer's opinion. Only then did she realize that except for Kendo, who was guarding by the bed, and Ibaraki, who was sitting in the corner, Red Leaf was nowhere to be seen.

"… Where's Red Leaf?" Kanai, whose thoughts were in a mess, asked Kendo casually.

"Um … Red Leaf," Kendo said with an awkward expression. "Red Leaf is downstairs. She … doesn't seem to want to be in the same room as Sanchū -san."

"How can —" Kanai was halfway through her question when she suddenly understood what Gui Nu Red Leaf was thinking. She couldn't help but look at the clueless Sanchū Sōjin with a complicated expression.

To be able to make Red Leaf, who always cared about her the most, throw a tantrum, not come to the bedroom, and inexplicably reject Sanchū Sōjin, it was all because of Sanchū Sōjin … He was too good-looking.

Gui Nu Red Leaf had always boasted that she was the most good-looking person in the world. Suddenly, a man who claimed to be an old woman but was even more beautiful than her appeared out of nowhere. Fu Mourning God, who had an innocent expression as if he didn't know how good-looking he was, blinking his eyes that were as dazzling as the new moon, anyone would be angry, let alone a banshee like Gui Nu Red Leaf who had always been proud of her beauty.

(Red Leaf: Bah!

I'm not as good-looking as him!

I'm just as good-looking as him, that's all!)

Kanai even began to suspect that Ibaraki, who hadn't been too wary of the sudden appearance of Fu Mourning God, had accepted Sanchū so easily because he had angered Red Leaf to the point of vomiting blood.

After straightening out the relationship between the characters, Kanai, who felt more and more that she needed to rest, forced herself to get out of bed. The corner of her mouth twitched. "Forget it …"