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Chapter 149. 148. The Nine-Tailed Fox and the Snow Maiden
It was a crisp and blinding day in August.

Yukino Riho opened the window of her room when she woke up in the morning, the leaves were shining in the morning light, and the weather forecast said it would be sunny today with a cool wind.

After a simple wash, she rode a lady's bicycle to the bread factory.

Tokyo in the early morning is a Tokyo that gradually begins to be noisy. Trams keep coming in and out of the station, neatly dressed office workers rush on their way, and crows fly among the treetops.A man was lying on a rattan chair with his limbs up in the verandah reading a newspaper. The figure of a housewife in an apron flashed inside, and the sonorous voices of children pierced the space like pieces of glass.

Like visiting a zoo, Riho Yukino likes to observe life in this way.

Passing by a red light, she stopped and waited, Xia Chan was still singing to her heart's content in the green trees on the side of the road.

Ten years ago, Riho Yukino, who just came to Tokyo from Hokkaido, discovered many things that surprised her, one of which was the sound of cicadas.Of course, there are cicadas in Hokkaido, but in the mountain forest where she was born, half of the year is covered with ice and snow, the level of cicadas is equal to the sound of birds, wind, etc.In Tokyo, however, the cicadas seem to be showing their presence, their calls are so explosive that they can even suppress the sound of vehicles driving on the road.

Fortunately, summer is almost over... Yukino Riho sighed softly.

The light turned green, and she rode away on her bicycle, the sun still shining brightly in Tokyo, reflecting light from the silver ladies watch on her slender wrist.

For her who is a snow girl, summer is a bit difficult.

It's okay to hide in the house, there is an air conditioner, and she can also use demon power to cool down.But when she was on the street, she couldn't use her demon power.After basking in the sun for a while, her skin will melt like snow, a lot of water will seep out, and the color of her skin will become more and more transparent.

In order to prevent ordinary people from noticing the strangeness, even in the hot summer, Yukino Riho would choose clothes that could cover up his body as much as possible when going out. As a result, every time he returned home, his clothes were wet and completely soaked in body fluids.

But even so, Yukino Riho doesn't hate summer.

Maybe it's because she is too familiar with the cold winter. Compared with it, she feels that summer will feel more relaxed and peaceful.

After taking the bread from the bakery, go back to the store, clean up the store, put the bread on the display cabinet, and you can start business.

【Lemon】The bakery is definitely not big. There are only five sofas facing each other in the dining area, and there is a row of high stools by the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street.There is no well-calculated layout, no well-trained shop assistants, only soft flowing music, and a young woman who often reads at the counter.

The same is true today.

In the hot sun early in the morning, Yukino Riho sat in the air-conditioned store reading a book.

The outside world is on summer vacation, and the teenager went to the beach to embrace the sea. She is still wearing a white vest with a water blue cardigan jacket, a black narrow skirt and black stockings on her lower body, and wedge sandals on her feet.I thought it would be very leisurely, but unexpectedly, there are a lot of customers who came to buy bread today.Since the morning, there have been guests coming in one after another, foreign tourists carrying bags, students holding sketchbooks, couples walking arm in arm.

It was busy until nine o'clock in the morning, and there was only one customer left in the bakery.

A young woman with long black hair carrying old shopping bags.

Her expression was cold, and she wore a capable black suit, exuding a dangerous aura for some reason.Unlike her capable appearance, the process of choosing bread was exaggeratedly slow. She carefully placed the deep-fried pastry bread and jam-filled bread on the platter, but she didn't buy it right away, but compared it with other breads. stand up.

Yukino Riho watched her from the counter.

After a few comparisons, she shook her head and put the jam-filled bread back on the shelf, her expression seemed to say that she should not choose this kind of bread because it was too sweet.

After some thought, she lightly picked up two whole wheat breads and went to the counter to pay.

"A total of 1600 yen." Yukino Riho said with a smile.

That smile, like the dew of an iceberg, the spring sunshine shoots down from the clouds.

Woman takes out mobile phone and wallet, takes out banknotes from wallet to pay.When it was time to check out, she turned on her phone and browsed a few pages.

"Here's your change." Riho Yukino offered the change.

"Thank you." The woman took the mobile phone, put the change into the wallet, then turned around and walked out of the glass door, her neat black hair shining under the light.

Yukino Riho frowned slightly.

On the woman's mobile phone just now, there was a file open, which contained some information about Asakusa Shrine.After thinking for a while, the stupid woman left the bakery and followed the woman quietly.

The sunny alley is full of summer atmosphere, and many people soak their feet in the sparkling Sumida River to enjoy the cool air.

The alleyway was filled with dull heat, Yukino Riho pushed aside the heat and walked forward, his body soon became sticky.

Walk towards Asakusa Shrine and come to the uphill in front of the torii gate.The figure of the woman disappeared behind the torii gate.

Yukino Riho clearly felt the fluctuation of the evil spirit, as if something was waiting in front of him.She walked cautiously into the courtyard of the shrine, which still had a demonic aura.In the courtyard where the insects were singing and the birds were moving, something was lurking in the depths and was slowly moving towards it.

A crow quietly followed behind her.

At this time, the reconstruction of Asakusa Shrine is nearing completion, and there are no workers to continue construction.

After entering from the torii, there is a flat approach, with stone lanterns, mountain boy angels, sailor houses and other facilities.Buildings such as the Hall of Worship, the Hall of Kagura, the Hall of Treasures, and the office were also rebuilt.

Yukino Riho followed the evil spirit, crossed the main area of ​​the shrine, and came to the backyard.

Between the front and back yards is a wide lake with as many as two hundred lanterns hanging on the shore.On the rockery in the lake, there are three iron-cast cranes, one hangs its neck gracefully, and the other two soar to the sky.

However, in this brand-new shrine, there are still some areas that seem out of place.

It was a place of lush grass, hot air, and the ruins of collapsed buildings.The entrance is hidden and opened to the back, and the other directions are isolated by walls.As soon as you step inside, you feel like you have stepped into a desolate place suddenly, which makes you shudder.

Yukino Riho knew that this was the site of the ruins of the Asakusa Shrine.

She quietly went into the yard and observed intently.

The whole area is covered by the shade of farming and pastoral trees, and the summer cicadas are singing loudly.Corridors of collapsed houses are everywhere. There is an ancient well in the lush grass, and the edge is a square wall made of stones.

Although the summer is strong, this area is very dark, and there is a smell of spoiled food.

At this moment, the cicadas suddenly stopped, and the surroundings were quiet.

Yukino Riho held his breath.

Right in front of her eyes, there was a fox-like animal beside the ancient well.

Why say like?

Compared with ordinary foxes, this fox's face is a bit round and not as pointed as foxes.

Compared to a fox, Yukino Riho thinks it looks more like a Samoyed.

During the confrontation, its eyes kept staring at her.

Those eyes are not so much fox's, but more like intelligent human beings.

It's this guy... Riho Yukino thought of who this was.

Time flows slowly like oil, and sweat slides from the temples.Suddenly, the white fox showed a human-like smile and flew up as if about to pounce, its nine tails fluttering in the air.

Fox demons are a huge and powerful group.

Generally speaking, the number of tails represents the strength of a fox demon.Nine tails is the most powerful existence among ordinary fox demons.And on top of Nine Tails, there are Sky Fox and Sky Fox.At this level, the tail can no longer determine the strength of the fox demon.Sky foxes only have four tails. For example, Tamamo had nine tails when he first came to Japan, but after he evolved into a sky fox, he only had four tails.The biggest difference from ordinary fox demons is that Tianhu's eyes are golden clairvoyance, with the ability to see through all kinds of things.

As for the empty foxes, they have no tails and appear in human form, and their ears are still fox ears.Konghu is over 3000 years old, a great god fox with free use of power, and a god with a complete godhead.

Yukino Riho recognized the nine-tailed fox in front of him.

Her name is Yaeko, the former loyal servant of Tianhu Yuzao, and the former subordinate of Mrs. Guchuan.

The fox fluttering in the air transformed into the form of a fox girl in an instant.

Before landing, she turned her eyes and stared at the crow not far away.

Without even thinking about it, with a twist of her palm, she set up a demon power barrier that cuts off sight and sound.

"Quack--"

Raven cursed angrily.

This fox is too abominable, what's so great about the demon king, believe it or not, I asked the young master to come back and pluck your hair... Hey, this is Miss Yukino's old acquaintance, so Miss Yukino is also a monster...

within the boundary.

White hair, blood-red pupils, big fluffy tail... The fox demon looked at Yukino Riho with pity in his eyes, as if he knew her from a long time ago.

"It's Snow Maiden." She landed on the ground with a graceful figure.

"What are you doing here?" Yukino Riho took a step back, and the cold mist quickly filled her body, enveloping her body.

Snowflakes condensed under the summer sun, and an icy wind blew in the air. In an instant, a faint figure appeared from the cold fog.Blue pupils and silver hair, with blue eyes that were slightly sad, stared at the fox girl coldly.

"And why are you here?" Yaeko smiled mockingly.

In the cold fog, a snow-like woman stepped out.

The already pale complexion became more and more clear, and thin blood vessels could be vaguely seen.And her slender body was covered with white frost, and even the eyelashes, lips, and hair tips were all attacked by frost, making her look even more fragile.

"I know the owner here." Yukino Riho said indifferently.

Her voice has the texture of ice hitting and the charm of a female voice.

"I also know the owner here." Yaeko suddenly smiled.

In an instant, the air was surging, and she folded her hands on her chest, her white feathers glistened in the sun, and her fluffy tail swung proudly in the air.

"Ok?"

Yukino Riho tilted her head in doubt, and blinked her clear blue eyes.

For a moment, Yaeko couldn't help feeling her heart skip a beat, and shouted in her heart: cute, in short, very cute, Yukonna is definitely the cutest monster in the world!
"You know him?" Riho Yukino asked curiously.

The originally tense atmosphere seemed to have been completely resolved in her naturally dumbfounded doubts.

Feeling unable to fight anymore, Yaeko returned to her human form and shrugged lazily: "He drew a sketch for me, and I haven't paid for it yet."

"I thought you were here to sabotage." Yukino Riho breathed a sigh of relief.

After seeing the other party take the initiative to withdraw from the monster form, she also recovered her human body.But the frost on her body melted a little, and soon, she twisted her body uncomfortably, the wet and sticky clothes were really uncomfortable to wear on her body.

Yaeko looked at Yukino with great interest, and asked, "What have you been doing for so many years since you left the Guchuan Guild Hall?"

"I just opened a bakery," Yukino Riho said as he took off his coat and twisted off the water on it, "What about you? It's been seven or eight years since you left the old lady, and you're still looking for a way to rescue your master?"

"Your words are really interesting. Besides that, what other goals do I have?" Yaeko smiled a few times, raised her eyebrows and said, "Your thinking hasn't changed from before, it's still so simple."

Yukino Riho narrowed his eyes and stared at the other party.

With that said, she couldn't accurately judge whether she had been ridiculed.

"However, you actually care about a human boy, which surprised me." Yaeko walked over and stood beside her, "Could it be that the Yuki who has no feelings has already started to fall in love?"

Yukino Riho ignored it.

"That kid seems to have demonic powers that can bewitch him, and even Yukino is attracted to her." Yaeko circled her and said to himself, "I just don't know if that kid's physique can satisfy Yukino." Strong demand."

"..."

Under the sun, Yukino Riho's face was a little rosy.

The Snow Maiden family, from the Snow Boy to the adult Snow Maiden, has no males. They are not born by reproduction, but natural elves born in the ice and snow.Perhaps because of the lack of means to reproduce the race, in order to make up for the uneasiness engraved in their genes, their natural needs for that aspect are very amazing... Every male killed by the Snow Girl was killed because he could not meet the needs of the Snow Girl of.

Yukino Riho has never experienced it, but only learned about this physical problem from the elders of the clan.

When she left Hokkaido, her elders also solemnly warned her not to fall in love with a man sincerely, otherwise you will suffer the pain of killing the person you like with your own hands... Thinking about these things, she touched her right cheek with her slender fingers, and her mind Rinya Fujiwara's strong body emerged from the inside.

Well……

It might work?
"Hahaha……"

Yaeko's wanton laughter brought Yukino Riho back to his senses, and he frowned slightly angrily and said, "He and I are just friends, please don't talk nonsense!"

"Oh, then you won't be angry about what I have to say?" Yaeko looked at her meaningfully.

"Please tell me." Yukino Riho's expression was restrained and quiet.

"That kid is in Southern Izu, but he ruined my subordinates." Yaeko said calmly.

Yukino Riho looked at her face indifferently: "Nonsense! Fujiwara-kun wouldn't do that!"

"Yo, you understand?" Yaeko responded with a vague smile, "But he really did that. My subordinate named Tanimura has disappeared. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Kamiya."

Yukino Riho frowned and shook his head.

Silence fell.

Layers of leaves, the sun shines through the leaves, making the environment more quiet and elegant.

"You don't have to act like you can't accept it." Yaeko had an ambiguous look on her face, and said in a relieved tone, "Young people of seventeen or eighteen years old are dangerous. They are idle, addicted to singing and dancing, and seeking pleasure. To have fun. It is normal to be intoxicated with the youth, softness, and sweetness that suits me blindly. Moreover, his strength is superior, and my subordinates are just weak women who passively accept riots when facing him."

Yukino Riho frowned slightly, but Yaeko smiled gently.

"Actually, young men are shapeless, filthy, fanatical, slime-like dangers..." Her expression was strange, as if a judge was speaking of a cautionary case, "compared to Young men and women, no matter their age, are good-looking, fragile, soft and sensual. For young men, their existence is a tool to get in touch with all kinds of ugly and sinful sides in the world. You are probably caught by his The surface is deceived, and there is still time to leave as soon as possible."

Yukino Riho put on her clothes and looked at the other person's face.

"Especially a beautiful and sexy body like yours, like a translucent silkworm cocoon, from which unimaginable sinful threads can be pulled out." Yaeko's voice still contained a certain amount of delusion, "For a man, you panic and fear The trembling breasts, the cold and plump buttocks that are a little slow to everything, are all cocoons that can be woven into sin."

Yukino Riho subconsciously looked down at his body.

Then, she folded her arms to protect her chest as if she was on guard.

"Flesh and evil complement each other so delicately and ingeniously... This is what the boy you are following is pursuing, and once you are in this feverish dream, the body itself becomes the form of evil. Your flesh can be used as The medium of his imagination at will. Accepting his sins one by one, thus immersing him in perverted pleasure."

Yukino Riho looked up and gave her an emotionless stare.

Yaeko raised her hands and spread them out to her, apologizing for her talkativeness.

"Is there anything else to say?" Yukino Riho calmly adjusted her breathing.

Looking at the messy sideburns and bright eyes on her cheeks, Yaeko was about to say something, but then she gave up, sighed deeply, and then glanced at her watch: "It's time, we have to go."

Yukino Riho remained silent, with a cold expression as if saying "Hurry up if you want to leave, I won't keep you".

"But he really did that!" Yaeko added.

Yukino Riho didn't comment on this either.

"Ala, let's stop here." Yaeko smiled lightly, then took out the manual from her pocket, wrote something with a ballpoint pen, tore off the page and handed it to her, "My cell phone number. Uh——, do you have a cell phone?"

Yukino Riho shook his head.

"I guessed it." Yaeko said with admiration, "My intuition quietly told me that this Yukino must not like mobile phones."

"Wrong," Yukino Riho said indifferently, "I just don't want to contact you."

"It turns out that I was to blame for breaking your beautiful fantasy of being a teenager." Yaeko passed her, with a smile still on her face. "Goodbye, cute and stupid Miss Xue Nu!"

In the quiet courtyard, Yukino Riho was thinking about something.

The wind blew in through the wall, blowing her long black hair up and flying upwards. It was also because she didn't sleep well last night. She felt that the sun was particularly glaring now.

Back at the bakery, it was only ten o'clock in the morning.

Riho Yukino closed the store, adjusted his breathing, and read a book on the counter with his chin in his hands. The speakers in the store played Bart Bacharak's "Fool in April" in a low voice.

Ah!
fake!

Fujiwara-kun is not that kind of person!
Deliberately exuding the atmosphere of "I am really enjoying reading", Riho Yukino sat alone at the counter, his eyes fell on the text on the page.

Ok.

That's fine.

He is training in Southern Izu, how can you doubt him!

"If that's the case, he would have attacked me a long time ago..." Yukino Riho tried to say it in a low voice as if convincing himself, but the tip of his nose turned out to be a little sore.

Although she wished so.

But my heart gradually felt that things were very strange.

Yaeko, whom I haven't seen in a few years, there's no need to make up stories to deceive myself... No, no, no, don't think about it anymore.Yukino Riho quickly turned her eyes back to the book, and after two seconds, she couldn't help sighing again: "Please—I'm just a stupid woman, I really don't know what's going on—"

She couldn't read the book anymore, so she closed the book and stared blankly at the storefront.

After entering the summer vacation, this place is like a strange place... She thought a little lonely.

In the morning, she passed away in a daze; in the afternoon, she wandered aimlessly around Harajuku and Gaien.If she feels tired, she will walk into a coffee shop by the side of the road to have a rest, and drink coffee while reading a book.Wait for your feet to stop hurting before continuing to walk.Walk like this until the long summer days are over.

Since the summer vacation, she has spent it like this.

I get up in the morning to open the store, and in the afternoon I take a walk in crowded places around Shinjuku and Shibuya.

Wearing sandals or canvas shoes, stepping on the hard asphalt road, drinking coffee that gradually becomes weaker and hotter.Sometimes when she looks at the families or couples traveling in pairs on the side of the road, she also wonders if she can meet acquaintances on the street?Or will someone contact me suddenly?
Sometimes she would also look through the phone's address book to see which number could be dialed.

long time no see!

This year is so hot, how are you doing recently?
If you have time, would you like to have a cup of tea together... Ah, I'm really sorry for being so sudden, please don't take it to heart.

These were just preset messages in her mind, and none of them were actually sent.

Whenever this time came, she would feel discouraged.

I have lived as an ordinary person for five years, but when I want to meet someone, I don't know who to meet, and I don't know who would want to meet me.There is absolutely no one around her who can meet directly if she wants to meet, who can be called a friend.

Even the strange hallucinations disappeared during the summer vacation.

The cold wind blowing from the air conditioner caressed his cheeks, Yukino Riho took off his shoes, and gently stroked his toes... A sense of helplessness spread from between his toes and spread throughout his body.

Forget it...

She thought a little angrily.

It's best to disappear, anyway, I don't welcome it...

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A few days passed in a daze, and the time came to the end of August.

This afternoon, Yukino Riho put on a light green dress, roughly painted her lips with lipstick, and put on her only high-heeled shoes to go out.I'm going to the Furukawa Hall for class later, so I need to dress more formally.

The season is late summer.

There was no wind and the heat was overwhelming.

Soon the seasons will change.

On the way to the Furukawa Hall by tram, Yukino Riho noticed that outside the window of the tram, there was a fat and fat crow flying along with the tram.The pitch-black feathers reflected colorful light in the sun.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, I came to the Furukawa Hall located in Sanxuan Tea House.

A group of light-bodied birds stayed on the treetops protruding from the courtyard wall. On the sunny side of the roof, a big brown civet cat was basking in the sun with its eyes narrowed.

Yukino Riho rang the doorbell, and then smiled vaguely towards the camera face.

After the iron gate was opened, she crossed the front yard as usual and walked towards the entrance of the old house.Mr. Kamiya was still guarding the entrances of the front and back yards, wearing a calm and calm black suit, and his leather shoes were spotlessly polished.

He sat on the chair, motionless for a long time, and only nodded slightly after Yukino Riho came in.

"Hello, Mr. Kamiya." Riho Yukino walked in and sat on the seat opposite him, "I have something to ask you. Is there a fox girl in Minami Izu who is missing, called Tanigawa?"

"She, I think she is the fox demon under Yaeko..." Mr. Kamiya lowered his eyes, checking how shiny his black leather shoes were, "was captured by Class Nine, and then from Class Nine's hands According to Lesson [-], he was kidnapped. Why do you ask this?"

"I met Yaeko a few days ago." Yukino Riho said.

"Oh, that crazy fox..." Mr. Kamiya bent down as if he was a little apprehensive, and wiped off the seemingly absent dust on the shoe surface with a paper towel, "It's not good to be with her, Yukino, you have always been innocent, be careful of being caught." She teases."

You just want to call me stupid... Yukino Riho flattened her mouth in disbelief.

snort!
You are as hateful as Fujiwara-kun, but you are not as handsome as Fujiwara-kun...

Mr. Bodyguard, who was bending over, inexplicably felt a wave of malice from Lai Yangou, which was very sad...

"Is Madam back?" Yukino Riho asked.

"Well, no, Gao Tianyuan has a lot of things to do, and Madam is very busy." Mr. Kamiya straightened up, looked at her innocent eyebrows, thought for a while, and said: "If you want to see Madam, you can go with the dance troupe of Guchuan Guild Hall Going to the mountain god festival in Mount Nagano, my wife will come down from Takamahara to attend for a day."

"Yeah?" Yukino Riho was surprised, "Who is the God of the Nagano Mountains? You can bother Madam to attend in person..."

Mr. Kamiya did not answer the question.

His gaze fell on the crow on the treetop not far away.

The crow was also looking at him, and the two pairs of eyes rolled around a few times, reaching an agreement: we will not violate the river.

(End of this chapter)