I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

She thought about reminding him later. Dean Miyazaki said that if you keep company with a red person, you will be red. If you keep company with a black person, you will be black. Ayu has extraordinary talent and a bright future. She must not let these weirdos ruin her.

But according to what this weirdo said, has Ayu already sent out the so-called Shikigami?

After Hashimoto Risa hung up the phone, she first thought of this in her mind, and then laughed. How could she be affected? There are no monsters in this world.

She casually put her phone on the sofa, picked up the mug of ice water, stood up and stretched her waist, turned around, and admired the night view of Tokyo.

This place is located on the side of Koto District close to Tokyo Bay. You can overlook most of Tokyo through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and even see the lights of Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree at the same time.

At this moment, Hashimoto Risa frowned. She found that on the right side of the Skytree, there seemed to be a gray cloud floating towards this side at a similar height, and the speed was very fast.

Is the wind so strong tonight?

Hashimoto Risa listened carefully, but didn't hear any wind outside. Just when she felt strange, the cloud quickly enlarged in her field of vision until it finally stopped in front of the French window, almost covering most of her field of vision.

This cloud

Hashimoto Risa swallowed her saliva. More than 20 years of life experience told her that something was wrong. She subconsciously took two steps back and reached for the phone, ready to call the police.

The next moment, a low voice sounded, like a whisper in her ear.

"Miss Hashimoto, I'm Ayu. I'm here to help you on the orders of my lord Higashino Yu. Can I come in first?"

Hashimoto Risa looked around in confusion at first: "Ayu? Where are you?"

Half a second later, she reacted and her eyes fell on the cloud in front of the French window. After a closer look, she found that the center of the rolling cloud vaguely looked like a fox head.

Hashimoto Risa was stunned for a second and asked tentatively: "Are you Ayu?"

"Yes. Can I come in?" asked the fox cloud.

Hashimoto Risa hesitated for a while, subconsciously looked around, and thought to herself that there were only herself and Mayuri at home. If it was really a malicious monster, he would probably force his way in even if she didn't want to, right?

Perhaps, it would be better not to annoy it.

She forced a smile: "Please, please come in." As she said that, she picked up the phone and held it with her hands behind her back.

"Excuse me."

Dongye Yu replied in a deep voice, penetrating the French window, his soul shrank, condensed into the appearance of a two-tailed white fox, and nodded to Hashimoto Risa: "Good evening, Miss Hashimoto."

"Hello, Ayu."

Seeing that she looked a little alert, and noticing her action of taking the phone just now, Dongye Yu was a little surprised: "Why are you so alert, didn't the lord tell you before?"

Hashimoto Risa was a little speechless. Can this kind of thing be reassuring if it is agreed in advance? And Ayu didn't call me when he got home as he said before.

So he frowned and said, "I also told him to call me when he got home, but he never called. He didn't answer the phone when I called just now. It was a strange old man named Xiu Jizaemon."

Dong Yeyu was stunned for a second. It was true. I was so focused on getting on the road that I forgot to call her first.

But if it was Xiuji who answered the phone. Higashino Yu asked, "He didn't say anything strange, did he?"

Hashimoto Risa rubbed her forehead: "From beginning to end, he said strange things, such as Higashino Castle and Higashino Shogunate. I asked Ayu to answer the phone, and he said that Ayu was organizing a ceremony or something."

Higashino Yu breathed a sigh of relief and explained, "Xiuji is actually a pigeon monster. He likes to watch Taiga dramas, so he learned from the settings in the drama and gave himself a post of Zuoemon. Higashino Castle and Higashino Shogunate do not exist."

"Is that so?"

Hashimoto Risa said thoughtfully, and it seemed that she believed Higashino Yu's words, but in fact, she was still vigilant in her heart. She turned the hand holding the phone in reverse and clicked on the emergency call according to her memory, ready to call the police. Now only the police can give her a sense of security.

She is in a mess now. Her cognition of the world for more than 20 years was shattered the moment she saw this fox, but because Mayuri is at home, no matter how scared she is, she has to deal with this monster who claims to be Ayu Shikigami first.

"Please stop what you are doing." Higashino Yu noticed Hashimoto Lisa's little action and reminded her. After all, what would happen to him if he called the police?

Moreover, he couldn't find the monster's whereabouts for a while, and the police would only alert the monster. The performance of the Ministry of Religion and Humanities Mobile Course was really disappointing.

Lisa Hashimoto's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and she forced a smile and said, "What are you talking about?"

Higashino Yu explained seriously, "The police have no deterrent power against demons. The Ministry of Religion and Literature does have a special response and countermeasures mobile class for fighting demons, but their ability is not enough. Inviting those people will have no effect except to alert the enemy."

"Mayuri has been targeted by the demon. Once the mobile class comes, the demon will definitely avoid it. There are demons in Tokyo from time to time. The Ministry of Religion and Literature is short of demon hunters and cannot protect Mayuri forever. When they leave, the demons will always come back, maybe a month later, maybe a year later. The lord is in school, and it is impossible for him to always pay attention to protecting Mayuri. At that time, how should you deal with it?"

Lisa Hashimoto was silent for a few seconds and asked, "Can I believe you?"

Higashino Yu pondered for a second and replied, "The lord once said that Dean Miyazaki likes to eat Shenzhou's pan-fried buns."

When Risa Hashimoto heard this, the suspicion and panic in her heart disappeared a little. Only people in Sunshine Garden who were familiar with Dean Miyazaki knew about this matter, and she had never mentioned it since she met Ayu until now. .

Maybe it's really that Ah Yu?

Dong Yeyu continued: "I know this still doesn't make you completely believe me, but you have no other choice. For Mayuri's safety, I will prevent you from calling the police. It doesn't matter even if the lord blames me afterwards. Now you can only accept my Help, there is no other choice, I won’t give you a chance.”

"Okay, without further ado, I'm going to protect Mayuri. You can rest as usual."

Higashino Yu said, ignoring the cell phone in her hand and walking straight to Mayuri's room.

Risa Hashimoto looked at his back and was silent for a while, then asked: "Ayu, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Excuse me." Dong Yeyu stopped and asked.

"Are you more powerful than government officials? Can you avoid alerting others? Can you protect Mayuri?"

"The first question is, there may be demon slayers in the government who have higher cultivation than me, but they will not come here. Miss Hashimoto's call to the police will only attract some operatives with weak cultivation. The second question, as The answer to the first question is, if even I am discovered by that monster, then even if there are human demon slayers who are better than me, they will not come here to protect Mayuri."

When Higashino Yu said this, he looked back at the pale-faced Risa Hashimoto. His narrow fox eyes that were originally lazy and casual now looked solemn and serious: "I can protect Mayuri."

This is not to say that Dong Yeyu is boasting. Although the demon's aura is very hidden, it doesn't feel stronger than his own.

What's more, the life-saving wind chime given to him by Chunyuan last time is still there. This wind chime has the function of concealing the breath. He also brought it with him when he went out this time. At this time, he was wrapped in his own soul.

It can only be said that this powerful and terrifying fox is overly cautious.

"It's late at night, you should go to bed early."

After Dong Yeyu said that, he penetrated the wall.

Risa Hashimoto watched him enter Mayuri's room, sitting on the sofa as if she was exhausted, looking at the wall that Higashino Yu had penetrated, and recalling in her mind what Ayu had said before.

Occasionally, she suddenly discovered a problem that she had just ignored.

The voice of this fox monster is very similar to Ayu.

The light in Mayuri's room was still on, as if she was planning to leave the light on all night.

Mayuri was yawning and thinking about why the fox shikigami Ayu said hadn't come yet.

Suddenly a gust of wind came, and along with this strange breeze came a low and gentle voice.

"Mayuri, it's not okay to sleep without turning off the lights."

There was no warning for this sound, no footsteps, no door opening or other sounds of someone entering the room.

Mayuri was so frightened that she shrank under the quilt at first, but then she realized what she was doing and lifted up the quilt and sat up: "Is it Ayu?"

"It's me who is smart."

Higashino Yu sat beside Mayuri's bed and communicated face to face with the girl: "Aren't you scared? Miss Hashimoto almost called the police when she saw me just now."

"Ayu, don't mind." Mayuri smiled and defended Risa Hashimoto: "Sister, is this because you are worried about my safety?"

"I didn't mind."

Higashino Yu shook his head: "There is also a reason for this. He forgot to call Miss Hashimoto. As soon as I got here, Miss Hashimoto never stopped being suspicious. I will definitely scold him a few times when I get back. ”

"Ayu must have forgotten because she was worried about me. Ayu, please don't be angry. How about I sing to you?"

At this point, Higashinoyu was still hesitating whether to refuse, and Mayuri was preparing to perform.

Click,

The door of the room was opened. Risa Hashimoto stood at the door and looked at the people chatting on the bed. She felt a little relieved. After thinking about it, she said, "Is it time for Mayuri to go to bed and rest?"

"Yes. Sister, I'll rest now." Mayuri nodded with a smile, snuggled into the bed and covered herself with the quilt. She was actually a little disappointed. She hadn't sang to Ayu yet, but tomorrow would be fine, right?

Higashino Yu saw Hashimoto Risa's worry, so he said: "If you are really worried, just sleep with Mayuri."

Risa Hashimoto was a little surprised: "Then Ayu, you"

"I'm hiding under the bed to protect you."

After Dong Yeyu said this, he turned into a mist and got under the bed, using his magic power to activate the wind chimes.

A crisp bell rang, and the pure white light flickered like a firefly. The mist that the soul transformed into disappeared together with the breath, as if it had never appeared.

Risa Hashimoto closed the door and sat on Mayuri's bed. She wanted to look under the bed, but she felt that it was a bit rude and might annoy the fox shikigami.

"Are you still there?" Risa Hashimoto asked tentatively.

"I'm here, what's the matter?" replied a calm and peaceful voice.

"No, no, just asking."

Risa Hashimoto sat by the bed for a while and did some mental construction. She lay down on the bed and looked at Mayuri who was sleeping on the side. She stretched out her hand to pat her head and comfort her, but found that her breathing had calmed down, apparently. Already asleep.

I haven't slept in two days, so it's normal to fall asleep with my pillow wet.

Hashimoto Risa thought like this and subconsciously wanted to reach out to turn off the light, but after taking a look at Mayuri, she retracted her hand and simply lay down for a while to look at the girl's cute sleeping posture.

Suddenly I remembered that it seemed like I hadn't slept with Mayuri like this for a long time. I was busy with work, and Mrs. Shimamura was basically the one who stayed with Mayuri. As a mother, I could hardly be called a competent one.

But if I didn't work, I couldn't give Mayuri a good life, and there was no hope of curing her eyes.

The city of Tokyo was like a Sphinx that asked a riddle, driving people to answer it, and if the answer was wrong, it would swallow you whole.

However, most people's answers, judging from the results, were always difficult to be called perfect.

Hashimoto Risa sighed helplessly.

"Good night, Mayuri."

It was a hazy morning, and the morning light outside the curtains pulled out a warm light band with temperature.

"Are you awake? Good morning, Mayuri, I have good news for you, Miss Cangwu is here to pick you up!"

An excited female voice echoed in her ears. Mayuri got up dazedly and rubbed her eyes. The empty eyes were now full of colors.

The orange cartoon-patterned quilt, the clean brown wooden floor, the pure white curtains, and the golden sunlight that makes people feel warm from the heart at a glance, the colors are dancing in front of her eyes, and Mayuri has an inexplicable urge to cry.

But she always feels a very strange feeling. She sits on the bed and thinks carefully for a while, and a faint sound of wind chimes rings in her ears.

Suddenly she remembered.

By the way, she can't see.

Then.

She looked at everything in front of her and then reacted.

This is not in reality.

She is dreaming, where is this?

Mayuri touched the bedding under her body, and there was a familiar Braille storybook on the bedside, which was Alice in Wonderland.

She clearly gave this book to Lingyin.

There are also furniture and furnishings wrapped in foam around the edges. Mayuri thought for a moment that this is the St. Mary's Welfare Home where she lived for eight years.

Why did she come back here?

Just when Mayuri was confused, the woman with a gentle smile walked to the bed and urged, "Get up quickly, little lazy bug. Miss Cangwu came early and waited for you for a long time. You didn't get up, so she must be worried."

Is this voice Teacher Shikiko?

Mayuri got dressed with the help of the woman in confusion.

Miss Cangwu? Oh, yes, it was the name of the big sister who took her out to play in the dream. Why did she forget it when Ayu was here before?

She was confused when another sound came from outside the door. It was the crisp sound of high heels walking on the wooden floor. The sound finally stopped at the door.

"Mayuri-chan, are you ready?"