The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#458 - The frivolous Tachihime Miko

The next day, Zun Zun saw Kiyokawa Hena.

She had a head of beautiful, glossy, and smooth black hair, and a Yamato Nadeshiko appearance that matched her black hair. She was wearing a school uniform, but Kenan didn't know which school it was from.

She was also holding a slender cloth bag that seemed to contain a bamboo sword on her shoulder. It exuded a pressure that could not be ignored, stimulating Zun Zun's skin as if it were sword energy.

"Hey Zun Zun, that..."

"Yes, it's probably something like a grimoire. Also, Kusanagi, don't get so close, someone is unhappy."

"What?"

Kusanagi Godou noticed that the girl beside him was twitching the corner of her mouth. Although she had a smile on her face, the veins on her forehead were bulging, as if she was angry because of Kusanagi Godou's indecent behavior.

"Sorry, Yuri!"

Sitting opposite Zun Zun were Kusanagi Godou and a brown-haired beautiful girl in a shrine maiden's outfit—Yuriya Mariya. She was a very well-mannered girl.

Below them was Kiyokawa Hena, and in the main seat was the Orthodox History Compilation Committee.

In addition, the location of the conversation was a shrine.

Unsurprisingly, it should be the public shrine where Yuriya Mariya was located, which was temporarily requisitioned as a place for the Demon King to meet. That is—

"Why is Yuri trembling?"

"Yuri! ?"

"Ah, I'm sorry. Yuri is a little afraid of Demon Kings and Godslayers for some reason, so..."

Yuriya Mariya was taken aback by Zun Zun's affectionate address, but Kusanagi Godou explained the reason with a normal expression.

"Actually, Yuri was very scared when she saw Marquis Vauban some time ago."

"Marquis Vauban came?"

"What, don't you know?"

"No..."

That being said, Marquis Vauban still came to cause trouble as before, and now Yuriya Mariya is sitting here safe and sound, which means that Kusanagi Godou drove him away?

Clearly, he didn't have Veleslana's divinity, and clearly, he didn't have Erica's help?

The Orthodox History Compilation Committee on the main seat looked bitter. If it weren't for the fact that Kusanagi Godou didn't have the awareness of being a king, and started a war with the Demon King for a mere shrine maiden, causing huge losses to Japan, why would they hide the whereabouts of Zun Zun's visit?

So Zun Zun completely misunderstood them.

"But Erica, didn't you tell me about such an important matter?"

"I said it. But Zun Zun, you were so engrossed in finding information about the Netherworld, so..."

Erica shrugged.

"Is that so. Sorry, Kusanagi." Zun Zun suddenly realized, and then said to Kusanagi Godou: "Also, although it's a little late, I didn't expect you to beat up the old senior again. Well done."

"No, that old man was merciful, and even let me off easy. He said he had a great time tonight and left."

Kusanagi Godou sighed.

He wasn't happy that he had driven away the outsiders like a lion, protecting his territory, but he was a little depressed.

Vauban is one of the oldest Godslayers, and also the most difficult guy to deal with, but whether it is the blessing of the sun or the blessing of the black dragon, it is not a problem for Kusanagi Godou, after all, he also killed the God King.

"Then let's get back to the topic."

Zun Zun looked at the katana shrine maiden who had been serving tea and water for them like a Yamato Nadeshiko since just now, and asked, "I wonder if you can agree to my request, Hena?"

"I am at the King's disposal."

Kiyokawa Hena was not afraid or panicked because she was being traded as a commodity, but looked very ordinary.

Although the Japanese magic world is not big, there are dozens of shrine maidens. Even if she is the eldest daughter of the Kiyokawa family, it doesn't make any difference.

But this sentence made Kusanagi Godou feel embarrassed.

"Wait, wait a minute, Miss Kiyokawa." He quickly waved his hand and said, "Although this is our first meeting, I don't want to force you. If you don't want to, you can refuse, right?"

"...That's right, you can refuse if you don't want to." Zun Zun took a sip of tea, "After all, I'm not a certain hunting dog."

He incidentally dissed Marquis Vauban.

Marquis Vauban's surname comes from the name of the fierce dog raised by the Marquis on the territory he attacked, so he decided to use Vauban as his surname.

"Pfft!"

Whether or not Kiyokawa Hena was amused, she covered her mouth and laughed softly, causing the people from the Orthodox History Compilation Committee to sweat profusely, fearing that they would anger the two Demon Kings for being rude.

Yuriya Mariya sighed helplessly. She knew her childhood sweetheart's nature best. Apart from her appearance as a Yamato Nadeshiko, everything else was unrelated to Yamato Nadeshiko.

"Then, I have a question."

"What is it?"

"Are you looking for a lover, or a mistress?"

Kiyokawa Hena licked her lips quite charmingly. The girl's eyes were moist, as if she was shy, and as if she was teasing.

"Wait, I must declare. Zun Zun's lover and first knight is me!"

Erica declared her sovereignty.

"Not really."

Then she received a hand chop.

The girl's question was not actually this. She wanted to ask whether Zun Zun was looking for a helper or a consumable. Erica is a helper, and the one who was kidnapped by Marquis Vauban to summon the gods is a consumable. It's that simple.

"Neither. I'm just asking you to do me a favor, and in return, I will give you a return gift."

Zun Zun shook his head.

"Is that so..."

The girl tapped her chin and pretended to be thinking, and after her eyes rolled around, she seemed to have thought of a bad idea.

"Then please accompany me—"

"Dating... There's no need to say things like that, I won't agree."

Kiyokawa Hena, who was interrupted, was slightly stunned.

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to invest too much emotion."

Zun Zun said it very unfeelingly, but in fact, it was for women. His friendship with Kusanagi Godou became more and more profound.

The girl pouted slightly, while Erica proudly puffed out her chest like a winner. She knew very well that if she wanted to establish a relationship with Zun Zun, it had to be in a life-and-death situation, and that situation had passed long ago.

"Then, please let Hena become the King's mistress."

"...Eh?"

Kusanagi Godou was slightly stunned.

"Wait a minute, let me confirm." Zun Zun pointed at himself with one hand and at Kusanagi Godou with the other, and asked, "Which king are you talking about?"

"Either one is fine."

The girl smiled slightly.

So frivolous—

This statement, like a Bicth, is as if as long as there is a stick that can satisfy her, it doesn't matter who the object is.

"Okay, Kusanagi, I'll leave it to you."

"Wait, wait...! ?"

Kusanagi Godou waved his hand in a panic.

In short, it is still a simple exchange of interests.

As one of the four corners of the Japanese magic world, the Kiyokawa family must want to get on the line with the Godslayer, and also the line with the local Godslayer (Kusanagi Godou), but Zun Zun will inevitably annoy him here, so he will ask for a downgrade.

Then, Zun Zun will do it smoothly.

Kusanagi Godou, this pure Japanese, is the worst at refusing. He was forced to insert a shrine maiden with just a few words, without the domineering spirit of a Demon King at all.

"Then, Hena..."

"Yes, I'm ready here."

After saying that, Kiyokawa Hena signaled them to come to the courtyard, and then took out an item from her pocket, which was a mobile phone.

"Ah, I'm not going to make a call now, this is a habit. Because when talking to another world, if you don't do this, it seems that there is no way to talk smoothly—Grandpa, we have already negotiated here, how is it on your side... Yes, is it already possible? Okay, I'll leave it to you."

She whispered into the phone.

Is this also a kind of magic?

Just as Zun Zun, Erica, and Kusanagi Godou felt suspicious, Kiyokawa Hena immediately threw the phone down.

Immediately afterwards, the sky immediately darkened, and the surroundings began to be dominated by darkness.

"What! ?"

Kusanagi Godou, who looked up, was shocked.

The sun that reigned in the sky was completely blacked out, and a white corona appeared around the pitch-black circle. This phenomenon was exactly the same as a total solar eclipse.

Moreover, strong winds were blowing around.

The cold wind was so strong that it could blow away the body and cut the skin.

In the world closed off by darkness, Kiyokawa Hena began to chant an incantation aloud.

"Chihayafuru, Uji no watazu ni, tadoritsureba—yowa ni kimou funa, koge mogurakazu mo. Ware matsuroo mono ari! Tafuru nin ari kami zo, hoo matsure!"

This is Kiki Kayo—a song recorded in the "Kojiki" and "Nihon Shoki", mainly composed of five-seven sentences, interspersed with four-six sentences. Kiki Kayo's songs appear with stories and legends, and have a strong color of transmission. The content is mostly about legendary figures.

The Kotodama residing in that long sword, like tearing the world apart, can also feel the same power emerging from seven different places in the shrine.

This is...

The black mud, as if dyed, completely enveloped Zun Zun's surroundings. His hands, feet, and body were all trapped in it, sinking into the darkness.

No matter how much he twisted his body, he couldn't move, and he couldn't grab anything. As a result, he was swallowed by the empty dark space.

Falling into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

"Zun Zun!" Erica's expression changed when she saw this. At the same time, she held a delicate rapier in her hand, pointed at Kiyokawa Hena, and asked loudly, "Where exactly did you take Zun Zun!?"

"The Netherworld. I don't know the specific location either, because it was Grandpa who took him away, but I think it should be where Grandpa is."

"What!?"

"Speaking of which, why are you so angry? Isn't this what the King asked for?"

"Ugh!"

Erica had nothing to say. After all, they came here for this kind of request, but everything happened so fast that she was at a loss for a while.

In the end, she glared at Kiyokawa Hena, who had a strange expression, and then decisively jumped into the mysterious space that captured the Godslayer.

"Oh my, she's so reckless... I clearly have a guide in my hand, oh well."

The katana shrine maiden sighed and jumped in as well.

"That... what exactly is going on?"

Only Kusanagi Godou, he stared blankly at everything that happened suddenly, not knowing how to react.