Chapter 10

In the Divine Inquisitor's bedroom.

Leaf leaned against the table, silently looking at Hasebe in front of her, listening to his incessant persuasion.

Honmaru didn't have any Swordsmen who knew how to carve the statue, and Leaves had used Wood Chakra to carve a lot of complicated shapes, so she still had some insights in this regard, so she wanted to take over the job, but Swordsmen didn't want her to touch a sharp weapon anyway.

Therefore, both sides were in a deadlock for the entire morning. When she woke up from her afternoon nap, Hasebe, today's valet, came to talk about this matter again.

"How about this, my lord, the card that Natsume gave you, didn't it say that the other party can help you with anything for only five dollars? Why don't you give it a try?"

"Even if the other party doesn't know how to carve, at least he can help us find someone who knows how to carve?"

Hasebe saw his lord's reaction and felt a little distressed.

His Majesty should be a powerful man. Now, not only did they confiscate his weapon, but they also suspected her again and again. To His Majesty, it was as if they were mocking a powerful warrior for being injured by his own sword.

But in the case of This Pill, they really did not dare to let her take this risk.

Although nothing happened since her arrival, the one-month deadline had not passed yet. In the past, it was not like there were no cases where the Divine Inquisitors could last until the end of the month, but not until the next month.

The cause of death was always a fatal blow, without exception.

"Don't you want to know what a phone number is? You can also take the opportunity to ask Natsume."

Hasebe saw that the Divine Inquisitor's mood had loosened, so he quickly followed up with another attack.

Leaf pinched her forehead, then sighed, and carelessly rubbed Hasebe's head twice, then compromised.

"Alright, go prepare something. We'll pay a visit to Natsume tonight."

These little knives that sharpen people.

"My, my lord?"

This was the first time his lord had shown affection towards him. Hasebe widened his eyes, touched his hair foolishly, and then tears welled up in his eyes.

"My lord, my lord, thank you so much!!"

Thank you for coming. Thank you for your gentleness. Thank you for … carefully wiping each sword, brushing away all the rust.

"Even if my sword is broken, I will swear my loyalty to you!"

People who lived under the sun did not think that the light was anything special. However, they, who were in hell, were willing to die for a ray of light.

Just like how he was now.

Leaf didn't expect him to have such a big reaction, but she could roughly guess how he felt. Because of this, she didn't dare to make any promises casually and tried her best not to have too much physical contact with them.

However, these children had probably been lonely for too long. When they saw a little bit of hope, a little bit of gentleness, they would rush forward without a care for their own safety.

Moreover, they were much more innocent than humans.

Just like Qing Guang, it was just a touch, and like the one in front of him, it was just a touch of her hair.

"Don't be afraid."

She could always gently comfort them, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything more.

She didn't belong here.

Someone was waiting for her to return.

Eagerly and anxiously, Ye repeated these two sentences in his heart over and over again. He knew what he was panicking about.

Her heart was shaken, and she was gradually beginning to accept these gods' … bewitchment.

"Don't cry. Otherwise, I'll call you Crybaby Hasebe in the future."

She pretended to change the topic and teased him in an attempt to ease the atmosphere.

"As long as it's something you give me, no matter what it is, it's a gift to me!"

"…"

It's over, it's over.

.

When Natsume returned home from school in the afternoon, Leaf took the little basket that Hasebe had sorted out for her while crying to the Fujiwara residence next door.

She especially remembered how the other swords had stared at them strangely when he was sorting out the basket. Leaf smiled beautifully, and the touched feelings that he had evoked in her heart dissipated slightly.

Leaf thought about it all the way until she sat down in Natsume's room. She finally calmed down and smiled shyly at him.

"My child also wants to come and visit you, but it's somewhat inconvenient to go through the normal procedures."

"Eh?"

"Could you please open the window for me?"

Natsume got up to open the window. He looked outside and saw a row of heads poking out from the wall next to This Pill in his courtyard.

Natsume was speechless.

He took a step back, and it was unclear whether he was inviting them or frightened.

In the end, more than ten people squeezed into Natsume's small room to listen to him talk about some common knowledge about this world.

The boy even brought over his home phone to demonstrate to them what it meant to make a phone call.

"Oh —!"

"You're amazing, Natsume -kun. You know everything!"

The swords were used to praising him awkwardly.

Ye Zi had grown up with praise and was used to this level of praise. Therefore, she adapted well when they praised her on a daily basis.

However, Natsume was different. He rarely received praise, so he instantly blushed. But when he thought about why he was being praised, he felt a bit awkward.

"Then, Natsume -kun, I'll have to trouble you with this."

Leaf rummaged through her new ninja tool bag for a while before she finally found a card under a pile of snacks. She then handed it to Natsume with both hands, saving him from his awkwardness.

Natsume looked at her gratefully, and then noticed that she was handing him the card that he had given her this morning.

'That's probably why she asked me what a phone number is.'

'No, wait a moment.'

She said that she had unintentionally taken over Honmaru, and it hadn't even been a week since then. Then what about before that?

Where did she come from?

If it was in this world, even a child would know what a phone was, right?

She mysteriously appeared in the forest, and she didn't know what a phone was …

Then where did she come from?

Natsume was astonished. He looked at the people across from him with a complicated expression, but in the end, he didn't ask this question.

'Everyone has their own secrets.'

Natsume thought to herself.

Suppressing all the curiosity in his heart, the teenager dialed the number on the card. The other side quickly picked up. The voice of the person on the other side was somewhat familiar. Xiamu could even piece together the other side's face from the voice.

That person was too strange. Even now, Natsume felt that he should be a powerful demon.

However, the other party's aura was calm, and he even helped an old lady cross the road, so he felt that he was probably a kind demon. It was also for this reason that Natsume wanted to introduce this person to Wavy Leaf.

After pressing a string of numbers, the phone on the other side beeped three times, and someone picked up.

"Hello, is this Night Fight -kun?"

"Yes, there's a job here, the address is … Please come over."

Natsume hung up the phone and smiled, "That's fine. The other party has already accepted the job and said that he'll come over as soon as possible."

"Thank you, sorry for disturbing you tonight. We'll take our leave first."

"No problem, I'll send you out."

Naturally, the swords and knives still jumped out of the window.

When it was time to leave, Tazi asked Leaf if she wanted to stay for dinner, but was rejected by Leaf on the grounds that she wanted to go home to accompany her brother. However, before she left, she was still given a plate of cola biscuits. Leaf couldn't refuse, so she could only let Tazi put the paper bag filled with cola biscuits into her small bamboo basket.

This basket was made by the Komusubi himself.

At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and it was the time when day and night alternated.

The bright red sunset slowly sank behind the girl, elongating her shadow. Leaf walked forward with light steps. The smell of cola biscuits tempted her, making her want to quickly return to This Pill and share the delicious biscuits with the swords and knives.

Her shadow moved forward with her movements, but if one looked closely, the shadow that was supposed to be following her like a shadow was slightly pausing as she walked. It was as if it wasn't a part of her body, but a piece of "clothing" that didn't fit.

However, as the owner of the shadow, Wavy Leaf didn't seem to notice it at all. She was still humming and walking forward with light steps, as if she was just an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl.

The door of This Pill was wide open, and five swords and knives were standing on both sides, waiting for their master to return home.

Just when Leaf was a few steps away from the door, a slender figure fell from the sky and landed directly in front of her.

The person looked like a teenager, with black hair and blue eyes, and a short scarf of unknown meaning wrapped around his chest.

When he saw that the door of This Pill was wide open, and there were people lining the streets to welcome him, he was instantly overjoyed.

"Eh?

Is there such a big lineup to welcome me?!

Hahahahaha, are you a believer who wants to use the mission as a lure to see this great god?!

My Night Fight has finally come today, hahahaha, cough cough cough …!! "

All the swords and knives: …

Leaf: …

Another short-haired girl in a kimono descended from the sky. Before she landed, she kicked the teenager to the ground and stopped his crazy actions.

"I'm sorry, our master's brain isn't working well."