Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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Since the person in front of her, Kyosuke Kousaka, is a very powerful Onmyoji, it is normal for him to easily solve some problems that she considers impossible.

"Yingcao, you take care of these baby birds first. I'm going to go with Zhen to check on those Itsumade."

"Okay, Kyosuke-sama."

Yingcao immediately agreed.

Zhen opened her mouth, but in the end, she silently swallowed what she wanted to say, only offering a slightly embarrassed reminder.

"Miss Yingcao, please be careful..."

"It's alright! Miss Zhen! I'm naturally immune to poison, and Lord Kyosuke has also cleared the toxins from the chicks' feathers."

Yingcao speaks softly yet forcefully.

Kousaka Kyosuke, who was watching this scene, nodded secretly.

"Yingcao has grown a lot."

After that.

Kyosuke Kosaka then took Zashiki and went to meet up with his companions outside.

Finally, with the help of the poison, he carefully communicated with each of the Itsumades...

It was evening.

After talking at length with Zashiki and Itsumade, Kousaka Kyosuke went to the Yokai Market alone.

As for the others, Kyosuke Kosaka told them to go back first.

After all, one person could go and explain the situation to Itsumade; there was no need for so many people to be together.

Of course, Kousaka Kyosuke also hopes to spend more time with Ori.

Azhi is usually very hardworking, and after selling all the wine, she continues to busy herself with winemaking.

"Kyosuke-sama?"

Upon entering the already closed shop, Aori looked at Kousaka Kyosuke with delight.

Today, Azhi was dressed the same as always, wearing a four-leaf clover headscarf, an indigo blue narrow-sleeved inner garment with white cloth shoulder straps, and a pair of slightly loose linen pants, making her look exceptionally capable.

“I found some of Itsumade’s clansmen, so I came here specifically to inform them.”

"There's nothing to hide," Kousaka Kyosuke said to Aori, getting straight to the point.

Azhi's joy deepened: "That's wonderful! Itsumade will finally be able to see her other clansmen!"

"She went to work again?"

"Yes, let's go to the food court area, I'm going..."

"I'm afraid she won't be able to finish her work so soon, so I'll wait and see."

Kyosuke Kosaka decisively interrupted Aori.

The moonlight is so beautiful, wouldn't it be nice for the two of you to enjoy it together?

"Then, how are the other members of Itsumade's clan?" Aori met Kousaka Kyosuke's burning gaze and quickly looked away.

Then I thought of going to pour tea for Kousaka Kyosuke.

But Aori may not have considered things properly, completely unaware of how inappropriate her posture of bending over to pour tea with her back to Kousaka Kyosuke was.

Kyosuke Kosaka admired it just like that.

When Aori turned her head and met Kousaka Kyosuke's gaze, Kousaka Kyosuke didn't try to hide it.

"...Lord Kyosuke, please have some tea."

Aori instinctively lowered her head to avoid him, but didn't forget to hand tea to Kousaka Kyosuke.

Kyosuke Kosaka reached out and took the teacup, which was at the perfect temperature: "Thank you for your help. Let me tell you about some things that happened to me during the day."

"Oh, right! And the Cat Shopkeeper—"

Azhi suddenly looked at a small doorway leading into the inner courtyard area.

Kyosuke Kosaka said, "When she saw me coming, she waved and left."

Azhi remained silent, her cheeks growing increasingly red.

Kyosuke Kosaka couldn't help but tap her doll-like face, which was somewhat childlike yet strangely charming, with his finger.

"..." Azhi just squinted her eyes and didn't say anything.

Kyosuke Kosaka smiled and then put his arm around her, sitting her on the small tatami mat beside him as he began to recount his experiences that day.

The two were well aware of their ambiguous relationship, it just a matter of who would take the initiative to break through that thin veil.

By now, Kyosuke Kosaka has already exposed it.

Intimate behaviors that only couples and lovers engage in are implemented step by step.

Ah Zhi never resists this, so does that mean she's willing?

Kyosuke Kosaka believes so.

And so, after about half an hour, Itsumade and the cat shopkeeper returned together.

A bird and a cat create an exceptionally harmonious scene.

"Kyosuke-sama!" Upon entering the tavern, Itsumade and the cat shopkeeper greeted Kousaka Kyosuke in unison.

"Good evening. I came here specifically to see you, Itsumade."

Kyosuke Kosaka got straight to the point after just one greeting.

He was quite familiar with both girls, so he didn't need to pay much attention to etiquette.

"Eh? Lord Kyosuke, you..."

Upon seeing Kyosuke Kosaka hand over a square piece of paper with bright colors, Itsumade immediately knew it was a Xu paper.

That is, photographs commonly seen in modern people.

Itsumade respectfully took the photo with a hint of doubt, but his expression immediately changed upon seeing it.

"what?!"

"Meow?!"

When Itsumade saw some familiar faces in the photo, she exclaimed in surprise.

The cat shopkeeper, who had been curiously peering over, was startled by Itsumade's exclamation and cried out.

Kousaka Kyosuke could still clearly see the cat shopkeeper's slightly bristled fur, each strand standing on end...

"When I went to Aomori today to check on things, I found your clansmen. They seem to be doing alright, but I think they still need to move out."

While observing the cat shopkeeper with surprise, Kousaka Kyosuke did not forget to speak.

Actually.

He was still hiding something.

For example, Itsumade's clansmen were not in good condition before.

Unlike the poisonous bird, they do not have the constitution to turn the miasma they absorb into toxins that attach to their body feathers. In addition, the spiritual energy in the Blue Forest is insufficient and not suitable for ordinary monsters to live in, so they are all sick.

These photos were taken after Kyosuke Kosaka treated them and fed them.

"Blue Forest?!" Itsumade was startled again.

This time, the cat shopkeeper wasn't scared again.

Only its two long tails stood upright in mid-air, motionless.

"Meow, um, it seems like Aomori isn't a very good place to live." The cat shopkeeper seemed to be having an emotional problem, and even developed a peculiar verbal tic.

Sure enough, she was much cuter than the nine-lived cat at home, who seemed to be in a dormant phase of development due to overnutrition.

No, there's no comparison at all!

"That's right! They're planning to move out now, and coincidentally, I was thinking of opening a shop here."

"Lord Kyosuke, no need, you don't need to..."

“I’m not entirely helping you, because before I opened the shop here in the market, I thought about it – I wanted to try making some special condiments, such as different flavors of bean paste, or other foods.”

"Lord Kyosuke, you seem quite interested in matters of food."

The cat shopkeeper interrupted the conversation between Kousaka Kyosuke and the cat shopkeeper with a strange look on his face.

Azhi then spoke up: "Because this is something that is closely related to our lives. If we ignore it because of this, we will lose a lot of the joy in life."

Kyosuke Kosaka smiled and nodded at Aori.

"That's right. Besides, I don't think other businesses can succeed either. After all, many businesses in the market have a lot of competitors, but food-related businesses are not like that."

In this era, almost no commodity can compare to food.

Ultimately, this was an era in which the entire population could not fill their stomachs and people were starving to death every day.

"But the seasonings you mentioned, Lord Kyosuke, are probably not something any yokai would buy, because they are too extravagant and most of them can't afford them."