There were shocking claw marks on the tall trees, so the fallen leaves almost filled the entire trail.

obviously.

This battle is not as simple as Usui Sadamitsu said.

In order not to worry himself, he deliberately omitted a lot of things and only reported the good things but not the bad consequences of his actions.

Ian realized that he and his adopted sons did not only have a complete relationship of interest.

I will worry about them.

They also worry about themselves.

"This way, this way!"

After Kintaro shouted this, he ran towards a path in the mountains.

He obviously looked like a burly man, but at this moment he was as lively as a child.

Ian had no choice but to keep up quickly.

[You are walking through the forest. 】

[Kintaro, who returned to this mountain, was a little frightened with excitement. 】

[Probably for him, this is the environment where he was born and raised. 】

[You followed him around for a long time. 】

[You finally stopped in front of a wooden house. 】

"This……"

Looking at the wooden house in front of him, Ian was a little surprised.

This does not look like a mountain where people can live, but there is a house like this.

So wrong.

Ian was still thinking about why, but Kintaro had directly revealed the answer to him.

He opened the door with a happy face, and then shouted inside:

"I am back!"

however--

There was no response from inside the house.

Kintaro looked at the empty room, looking a little confused.

Seeing this, Ian asked:

"Is there... anyone supposed to be waiting for you here?"

"Yes." Kintaro, who was holding the gold, nodded.

"Grandma should be waiting for me here."

"..."

Ian realized something was wrong.

He hesitated for a while, then asked in a low voice:

"Kintaro, does the grandma you mentioned look like this?"

[You described the appearance of the ghost mentioned by Usui Sadamitsu to Kintaro. 】

[You hope the outcome won’t be what you thought it would be. 】

[But unfortunately, it backfired. 】

After listening to Ian's description, Kintaro clapped his hands happily.

"Yeah! Yeah! That's it!"

"You know grandma!"

"..."

Ian didn't know what to reply for a moment.

He did not hope that his description could correspond to the "grandma" in Kintaro's mouth.

But now it seems that the two are consistent.

This also means a painful fact.

The monster killed by his adopted son Usui Sadamitsu was the "grandma" who lived with Kintaro in this mountain.

She is indeed doing evil.

But at the same time, I am afraid that I did this for Kintaro.

And he himself didn't know this.

After learning that Ian seemed to know his "grandma", Kintaro became very concerned.

"Where has grandma gone?"

"..."

Ian was not sure how Kintaro would react if he told the truth.

Let's get over it first.

"Oh...she went to a far away place and won't be able to come back for a while."

"That's why I asked someone to take you back to Heianjing."

This is a lie.

But Ian knew that if he didn't do this, it might make things more complicated.

"That's it!"

Kintaro did not doubt Ian's words.

After all, for him, Ian, who has the same gold nugget as him, cannot be a bad person.

"Hope! She will come back soon!"

"maybe."

Ian knew this was not the right topic to continue talking about.

He quickly changed the subject.

"Then Kintaro, where is the boy you mentioned?"

"Boy!"

Kintaro looked around, as if he was looking for something.

Soon, he pulled out a wine gourd from the corner of the room.

"This is?"

Looking at Kintaro and the wine gourd in his hand, Ian was a little confused.

"Given by the boy! Good stuff!"

Kintaro looked at the wine gourd in his hand as if he were treating the gold he had obtained.

Clearly, this is something he feels is very important.

But in Ian's eyes, this wine gourd has other uses.

"Kintaro, can you let me see it?"

"..."

After hesitating for a while, Kintaro nodded.

"Give."

[You took the wine gourd from Kintaro. 】

[The Talented Onmyoji++ has been activated: You begin to use your onmyoji to examine this wine gourd. 】

[Just like you thought. 】

[This wine gourd is not a simple wine gourd. 】

【You can feel the "ghost" breath from above. 】

[Talent: Eternally Hidden Secret+ activated: As before, you once again drew the appearance of the ghost in your mind. 】

[It becomes more and more obvious before your eyes. 】

[You finally got a name. 】

"The wine swallow boy."

Ian subconsciously said the name in his mind.

"what!"

Kintaro looked at Ian in front of him and became even more excited.

"Good friend! Do you know her?"

"……probably."

After confirming that the "friend" mentioned by Kintaro was a ghost, Ian felt a little complicated.

However, he knew that as an Onmyoji, he could never hesitate on such a matter.

Ghosts are born from "thoughts", and even a slight hesitation is a crisis for the Onmyoji himself.

"Kintaro, can you find her?"

"No need to look for it!" Kintaro laughed.

"She'll come on her own!"

"Will she come by herself?"

"Yes." Kintaro nodded, "Fill the wine gourd with water! She will come!"

[You realize this is a great opportunity. 】

[As an Onmyoji, you will never miss the possibility of killing a ghost. 】

[You decide to make good use of this wine gourd. 】

"Then Kintaro, let's fill the wine gourd now, shall we?"

"it is good!"

Clear mountain spring water was poured into the wine gourd.

Ian also began to lay layers of spells around it - content that ordinary monsters could never withstand.

Kintaro was buzzing as he waited for Shuten Douji to appear.

And Ian was observing everything secretly,

As the most powerful onmyoji in the entire Heianjing, he had absolute confidence to kill this ghost on the spot.

But things didn't go as smoothly as expected.

Although the wine gourd has been filled with water according to Kintaro's request.But Shuten Doji didn't show up as he said he would.

Ian didn't think Kintaro would lie - his mental state was not strong enough for him to do such a thing.

Then there is only one possibility.

This wine gourd doesn't have the effect he said at all.

"Why don't you come out..."

Kintaro seemed a little disappointed.

It can be seen that he has used this thing to find Shutunwanzi many times before.

"Maybe it's just not the time yet."

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