Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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"Open it and take a look."

Kyosuke Kosaka handed over a box.

The gift originally intended for the spider lily was given to Sei Shonagon for the time being.

Anyway, he did quite a bit in his spare time.

Sei Shonagon thanked her and accepted the exquisitely carved rattan-patterned food box. She carefully opened it and took a look.

"--Eh?!"

Square, smooth, and uniform blocks come into view.

Sei Shonagon could clearly see the deep blue starry sky and couldn't help but open her mouth in amazement.

"food?"

"Yes, why don't you give it a try?"

“I want to eat it later, it looks so beautiful.” Sei Shonagon held up the food box as if she had received a new and interesting toy, looking at the view inside the transparent sweets.

Just then, tiny white dots began to flow through the transparent world...

"The snow falls in the cold weather, mistaking it for cherry blossoms."

Sei Shonagon murmured a sentence without realizing it.

Kyosuke Kosaka raised his hand and caught a snowflake that drifted down, examining it closely.

"It does look quite like a cherry blossom."

"Let me see..." Sei Shonagon leaned her little head out to look.

To her surprise, she discovered that Kyosuke Kousaka was holding a cherry blossom petal.

"Ugh, using such cunning tactics."

“If you say it’s cherry blossom, then it is. What’s wrong with that?” Kousaka Kyosuke said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Sei Shonagon blushed crimson, her pale golden eyes filled with a misty haze.

"Please stop talking nonsense and boasting... Will you still be willing when I leave the palace—"

Before she could finish speaking, Sei Shonagon clutched the food box tightly in both hands, turned around, and ran away. The sound of her footsteps echoed, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Kousaka Kyosuke froze. "Leave the palace?"

He stared blankly, pondering their conversation, when suddenly he remembered the waka poem recited by Sei Shonagon.

Immediately afterwards, he remembered the "key item" in his hand—the cherry blossom.

"The cherry blossom is a symbol of this era..."

Kyosuke Kosaka's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but rub his face with his hand.

He has an average face, yet he still manages to offend people?

What's going on here?

Kyosuke Kousaka even wondered if there was something wrong with him.

After sorting through my thoughts, I realized that I was the one who was flirting. This is bad, very bad!

It was just a casual waka poem, but he "shamelessly" treated it as a confession waka poem... The amazing ending is that he actually succeeded?

Kyosuke Kousaka raised his hand and rubbed his temples; there was nothing he could do about it.

Whoosh whoosh—thump! thump! thump—

The dazzling fireworks bloomed in the sky like flowers, but vanished in an instant, like a fleeting moment.

Kyosuke Kosaka looked up and stared quietly.

As if thinking of something, he smiled to himself and said:

"It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first person in Japan to appreciate fireworks..."

night.

Kousaka Kyosuke took Shijo Tei back to their temporary lodgings to sleep, planning to wake up early the next morning and go home.

He intended to settle into silence once he was in bed, but a peculiar aura, seemingly much stronger than before, lured him to a certain place.

After thinking it over, Kyosuke Kousaka decided to go anyway.

The next moment, his consciousness entered the dark space, but he did not expect to see the red spider lily lying on the puddle again.

Kousaka Kyosuke, sensing something was wrong, quickly went over.

"The other side of the flower!"

"No..." a faint voice rang out.

In an instant, swarms of snakes lurking in the darkness bared their sharp fangs and pounced from every corner.

Kyosuke Kousaka was surprised. Could it be... that Orochi has arrived?

164. The Second Trial of Yamata no Orochi / Sister and Brother? / Collaboration

swoosh~

Kyosuke Kosaka raised his hand, and the swarm of snakes that had pounced on him exploded, scattering into a bloody mist.

He then continued walking towards the red spider lily.

"Are you okay?"

Kousaka Kyosuke held a short body and supported Higanbana.

The dazed-looking spider lily slightly opened her mouth as if to say something, when a strange magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground.

The next moment, Kyosuke Kosaka and the spider lily were transported to another place.

It was a cold, desolate, and gloomy world.

[Wish 1]

In a familiar basin surrounded by small hills on all sides, an even more familiar piece of information flashed through Kyosuke Kosaka's mind.

When he raised his eyes again and saw hundreds of people around him, he subconsciously lowered his face and kept changing his expression.

Two familiar brothers-in-law, one younger brother-in-law, a confidant, and the rest of the faces I remembered were all there.

So they're all time travelers?

Is the giant snake here to play again?

"Ah." The unique fragrance of a woman, accompanied by her warm breath, brushed past her ear.

Kyosuke Kousaka looked at the spider lily beside him: "Can you leave on your own?"

"No," the spider lily shook her head, then smiled charmingly, "You have to protect me, okay?"

[Seal your power? Rewards will be doubled—10, 9, 8...]

Another piece of information flashed through my mind.

Kyosuke Kosaka quickly asked, "You can use your own power?"

"Um, yeah, what's wrong?"

Kousaka Kyosuke tacitly agreed, and instantly became like an ordinary person, quickly moving closer to the spider lily.

"I can't use my powers for now, please protect me."

Being able to use his power to escape at any time doesn't mean he doesn't want to take advantage of Orochi.

Just like how Minamoto no Yorimitsu extracted the technology for creating life from Yamata no Orochi, even if it was incomplete, Yamata no Orochi explained it very clearly.

This person has a strong sense of contractual obligation.

It's probably because they possess omnipotent power and are invincible that they become so arrogant and conceited.

Although one disdains lying, one must be wary of the many traps hidden in one's words.

The saying goes, "The biggest lie is the truth!"

Every word Yamata no Orochi said was probably true, but there's a 100% chance he was using malicious intent to lure people into making mistakes.

Therefore, Kyosuke Kousaka never listened to Orochi's ramblings.

"It's decided. If I get one wish, I'll launch a full-scale sneak attack. I'll keep the other one; if I can't get past it, so be it..."

Kyosuke Kousaka is not afraid of Orochi at all, as he can leave at any time.

Besides, it was the same dream as before.

"Oh dear, is that so? Then you have to call me 'older sister'." Higanbana couldn't stop smiling when she heard Kousaka Kyosuke talk about her situation.

After pondering for a moment, Kousaka Kyosuke said:

"If you were even slightly sensible, you would know why I acted this way."

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