The heroines want to talk

In this era, human life is worthless. In the areas bordering Heian-kyo, there are many Onmyoji, so civilians can be protected from being harmed by monsters. But it is hard to say for places far away. Not all monsters are like Suika and the others, who have no interest in humans.

"Do you still want to eat?" Xia Shi finished his cake, cleaned his hands with the cleaning technique, and then took her hand.

"Or maybe go buy some clothes and accessories?"

Ying Lili shook her head, "Forget it~"

Compared to Heian-kyō, the mountains are more interesting. Living in the mountains is actually quite nice. At least you can play the board games made by the big fool. In addition, you can bully some little monsters and do some fun things secretly at night.

Suddenly, several people in white hunting clothes passed by together.

Several people looked at Xia Shi and Eriri, focusing their attention on Eriri. Her long golden hair was indeed very eye-catching.

However, after realizing that there was no demonic aura around her, they walked away again.

"Onmyoji?" Eriri guessed the other party's identity.

"Well, maybe they're on patrol? Or maybe they spotted a monster nearby?" Xia Shi heard people talking as he walked along.

It is said that there are many more monsters in Heian-kyō these days, including an extremely dangerous big monster, so the frequency of Onmyoji appearing has increased.

Eriri touched the top of her head. She had exited the cat girl mode when she started, and the evil aura on her body also disappeared. That was why she was not noticed.

"Will Xiao Ming be discovered?"

"Probably not?" Xia Shi thought.

How could a piece of tea be discovered? Besides, the other party had already transformed back into his original form.

Xia Shi saw that she was a little worried, so he thought it would be better to go back to the dormitory first. As for the food, he had stored some in the system space, and he didn't know if the system would complain if it knew about this.

【…】

Well, she didn't respond.

【…】

?

Taking Eriri with me, we headed towards the inn.

Xia Shi suddenly saw a Tang umbrella by the road.

The Tang umbrella was normal. As an imported product, Xia Shi had seen people selling it at the night market just now, but he had no intention of buying one.

Seeing that Natsumi was standing still, Eriri followed his gaze.

In the narrow alley between two buildings, an umbrella was floating in the air.

Eriri tilted her head.

A few seconds later.

The two people and the umbrella were all stunned where they were.

Under Xia Shi's surprised gaze, the umbrella suddenly ran into the alley as if in fear.

I actually scared away an umbrella?

This guy should have a lot to talk about with Xiao Ming, as he is equally timid.

"..." Ying Lili showed a wicked smile.

"Big fool! Let's go after it!"

Xia Shi discovered that there were some strange elements in Eriri's personality. He didn't know if it was because she had maintained the cat demon form for too long, but recently she would touch and bump into anything interesting she saw.

The little tea fairy is her favorite target. Ying Lili likes to pinch Xiao Ming's face whenever she has time.

Xia Shi actually didn't really want to go looking for monsters.

Isn't this a waste of time? What if it's a dangerous monster?

Although he had a thousand reasons to run away, Xia Shi still walked forward obediently.

The two men walked into the alley, like kidnappers surrounding a child.

With a smile on her face, Eriri pressed closer and closer towards the umbrella-shaped monster that was slowly floating backwards in front of her.

Xia Shi found it very interesting to see her bullying monsters and had no intention of stopping her.

He even took out the Sword of Oath to support Eriri.

The umbrella demon looked at the strange blond human in front of her, then glanced at the man with a ferocious expression behind her, and the whole demon felt something was wrong.

"Little umbrella... oooh~ Little umbrella is not delicious." Two eyes and a big tongue grew on the umbrella monster. It squatted on the ground, with its two white and tender little feet sticking out from the umbrella, begging for mercy.

Upon hearing this, Eriri immediately looked at Xia Shi, "You big idiot! Let's raise her!"

This monster looks so interesting!

Xia Shi: “……?”

…My girlfriend is like a little kid who sees a toy she likes on the street.

So cute!

So Xia Shi chose to refuse——

"No! Monsters are not small animals."

How can you bring home a cute monster just because you see one? It's not like you're out picking up trash.

Besides, this is Heian-kyō, and there are Onmyojis everywhere. I saw several of them when I was walking on the street just now. If we add another monster to our group, wouldn’t that increase the threat?

"Xiaosan is not a monster! Xiaosan is a Tsukosangshin!" The umbrella monster retorted loudly.

"Tsukusangshen is also a monster!" Xia Shi said coldly.

How dare this stupid monster retort?

And judging from her appearance, her race should be Tangsan demon.

But are there female monsters like this?

Tang Umbrella Demon, a kind of demon that likes to lick people, usually only has one leg sticking out of the umbrella, but this demon seems to be a little different.

She has two legs, and there is no leg hair on either of them.

Beautiful girl umbrella demon?

Chapter 298: Opening a Shop and Idle Monsters

Let’s not discuss whether the umbrella demon is a beautiful girl for now.

It is more important to go back quickly now.

It's almost curfew time. Due to the recent increase in the number of monsters, civilians are prohibited from traveling at night. If civilians are allowed to run around freely, not only will innocent people die, but it will also cause trouble for the Onmyoji's capture mission.

Although Onmyojis are evil in the eyes of Suika and other monsters, they still have some humanity, at least they will not hurt humans easily. Moreover, Onmyojis are mostly targeted spells against monsters, and may not be effective when released on humans.

In the end, unable to resist Eriri's request, Xia Shi asked her to take the umbrella demon with her.

As for Xiaosan's own opinion? Sorry, that kind of thing is just like the pie in the sky painted by the boss, it doesn't exist.

"Let's go." Xia Shi said.

Ying Lili happily held the Tang umbrella and prepared to leave.

"You bring it back, and you have to raise it yourself."

"I understand!" Ying Lili touched the umbrella, her face full of joy.

From now on, I will have subordinates I can order around at will!

Although Xiao Ming was very obedient, Ying Lili knew that Xiao Ming was not her subordinate, and it was not polite to order her around. So Ying Lili wanted a secretary of her own a few days ago, even though she was still complaining about Xia Shi's capitalist behavior a week ago.

The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon! Eriri, who opposed Xia Shi's exploitative behavior, also fell into the abyss.

Eriri has even begun to imagine a scene where she would gather hundreds of monsters and ask them to help her draw!

Although she has been in this world for more than half a month, Eriri still remembers her identity in reality - a painter.

There is less than a month left until the comic. After all, summer vacation starts in mid-July, and the comic convention will be held in the second week of August.

Eriri felt a headache as she recalled the new publication she had just conceived and the new commercial for the virtual anchor's character illustration she had recently received.

"You big idiot~ If I draw a draft here, can I take it back?" Eriri asked, holding an umbrella in her left hand and holding Natsumi's hand with her right hand.

If I can take it back, I will finish drawing the commercial drafts for the virtual anchor here.

As for the notebook, well, forget it.

"Eri, don't work in your dreams, right? Didn't we agree to come here as a vacation?" Xia Shi guessed what she was thinking.

"And it's not easy to take things out of dreams."

Although this is not a dream, we still have to put in some effort to preserve it.

"So it's not possible~" Ying Lili was a little disappointed.

According to the big fool, it seems that I can bring it, but it seems inconvenient, so forget it. After all, it's just some manuscripts, there's no need to trouble him.

Xia Shi finally understood why she was usually so tired.

He's simply a workaholic.

It's completely different from someone like me who is good at slacking off.

"But this dream is so real~" Ying Lili sighed.

Just like the real world...

Xia Shi: “…”

you do not say.

Because this is probably the real world.

After returning to the inn and finishing their meal, the two turned off the lights and lay on the bed, chatting for a while before slowly falling asleep.

……

Ten days later, in a two-story shop in Pingan Jingdong City, Xia Shi and Ying Lili were sitting on the second floor chatting.

This building is the shop where Xia Shiyong bought the jewelry.

The store had been plagued by demons. Half a year ago, several demons broke into the store and killed some people. People around here thought it was unlucky, which led to poor business. The owner was very happy when he sold the store a week ago. He didn't even ask where the jewelry came from. He sold the store to Xia Shi as if it was a hot potato.

Xia Shi naturally renovated the store, but encountered an ugly earthbound spirit halfway through, so Xia Shi killed it. Eriri did not show mercy either, as she was not very kind to ugly monsters.

Eriri likes beautiful girls and has no interest in ugly ones.

As for the umbrella demon she had raised a few days ago, it showed its true face, which was indeed quite cute. This was also the reason why she survived.

Sure enough, these days it’s hard for ugly monsters to survive.

If she's good-looking, it's difficult for the Onmyoji to take action when he sees her. He might think about whether to have some cross-racial communication. If she's ugly, it's easy to deal with, just destroy her directly, and she won't even have a chance to become a Shikigami.

"The perfume is selling well." Xia Shi looked at the endless stream of people downstairs.

Since a free trial event was launched a few days ago, it has been quite popular and almost half of Heian Kyoto knows about this new thing.

The price is not too high, the cheapest type is affordable even for ordinary people. The ones with stronger fragrance or more exquisite packaging will cost a lot of money.

Although it is cheap, the profit is still substantial compared to the raw materials. After all, it is just Xiao Ming's bath water... Well, the term "bath water" is a bit exaggerated. Xia Shi still goes through a concentration step.

In addition to perfume, the store also sells alcohol, and the selling method of alcohol is similar to that of perfume. After one day of free promotion, many customers come here for this product.

Not a bad start.

"..." Ying Lili looked at the ancient women downstairs who were frantically scrambling for bath water, and suddenly felt a little sympathy for them.

However, thinking that she was also a vested interest, Eriri had nothing to say.

But the ancient coins were useless even if they were earned. Could they be buried somewhere and dug out in the future? This world was not the original world either, it was just a dream.

Ying Lili was lost in thought and thought of her little secretary.

"Is it really okay to let Xiaosan receive the guests downstairs?" Yinglili said to Xia Shi.

Can that timid monster really handle a human?

"There is no evil spirit on Xiaosan. As a god of suffering, she can absorb the energy of gods. I have helped her cover up her aura." Xia Shi assured her.

"The aura of God..." Eriri felt that the world view setting of this dream was so abundant that it was a bit absurd.