In the empty courtyard, the middle-aged man dressed in kariginu held his bat fan with a serious expression, looking at the distant small clump of trees, until ————
"Whoosh~"
Accompanied by a strange sound, Lancer, with leaves still sticking to his head, crawled out of the clump of trees.
"Apologies, for keeping you waiting."
Looking at Lancer brushing the leaves off his head, the funashiyaku appeared as calm as ever, but his words were still blunt.
"It's alright, it was just a bit troublesome to put off Lord Fujiwara."
Hearing the other party's words made the corner of Lancer mouth twitch.
"Alright, I get it. I'll invite you to eat when Tiger cooks next time."
Lancer words made the funashiyaku freeze for a moment, and then he heard ————
"Pa~"
"Then thank you very much~ I really envy you for being able to find such Shikigami~"
Although half of his face was covered by the fan, Lancer could easily see the amusement on his face.
One night, when Lancer was having dinner with Tiger and the others, the funashiyaku came to deliver intelligence and happened to witness the scene. However, before Lancer could explain, the other party assumed the three cats were 'Shikigami', which saved Lancer a lot of talking. And undoubtedly, anyone who has eaten Tiger's cooking basically becomes Tiger's captive.
'Tiger shouldn't mind cooking for one more person next time, right? Should he? Although Tiger doesn't like to move, he likes nothing more than others eating the dishes he makes...'
However, while Lancer was thinking about Tiger's issue, the funashiyaku standing next to him gradually became serious.
"You didn't do anything strange in Miss Fujiwara's room just now, did you?"
The funashiyaku's words instantly made Lancer expression turn strange.
"Hey, you're not suspecting me of doing something, are you? Miss Fujiwara looks only 11 or 12 years old..."
"Miss Fujiwara is already 13 years old this year."
The funashiyaku's clarification made Lancer rub his eyebrows helplessly.
"That doesn't make any difference, alright? Do you mean to say you thought I would make a move on a girl who is only 13 years old? I'm not one of those people whose mind is full of mi jing ye [semen/bodily fluids]...?"
Before Lancer could finish speaking, the funashiyaku uncharacteristically blocked Lancer mouth with his fan.
"Lancer, you are really strange. Isn't it normal for a 13-year-old girl to get married? Can't a girl get married as soon as she has 'that'? I don't know what the place you lived in before was like, Lancer, but don't talk nonsense here~"
Although the smile was still on his face, the words he said had no hint of amusement. After all, from a certain perspective, this map cannon (a generalized insult) also included the other party himself.
Lancer was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head helplessly.
"My apologies."
"Heh heh~ It doesn't matter as long as only I heard it."
The funashiyaku directly accepted Lancer apology, after all, he had long noticed the anomaly on Lancer.
His tall body, strange material weapon, and behavior completely out of sync with this era. It could be said that Lancer unhidden actions had almost indicated his identity as a 'foreigner'. But for him, as long as Lancer didn't cause trouble... no, it should be said that it didn't matter even if he caused trouble, as long as it didn't land on his head.
As for Lancer own threat?
He didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, the 'Chief' performed a divination because of his arrival, and the result was 'Great Luck' (Daikichi). Even if there were some errors, at least the other party himself would not bring 'disaster'.
On the other side, looking at the funashiyaku who led the way towards the main hall, Lancer expression looked somewhat helpless, but he didn't say much. Indeed, as a modern person, he knew very well that 'premature sexual activity in females can cause irreversible damage to the body', but what could he do even if he said it? With his current strength, he could indeed change some things, but changing the world was not that easy. One must know that even in his era, after decades of effort, there were still places where underage marriage existed. He was not arrogant enough to think he could change these things. The only thing he could do was subtly change the people around him, and that was all.
Not wanting to talk more about this issue, Lancer simply quickened his pace to catch up.
"By the way, I was gone for an entire afternoon, how did you fool them?"
"Fool them? No~ I just told Lord Fujiwara that you found a suspected Youkai and were dealing with it, that's all. As for other things, I don't know anything."
Although the funashiyaku's answer was 'as expected', Lancer still looked a little helpless.
"In any case, thank you."
"Heh heh~ If you're thanking me, why don't you..."
"Apologies, just one meal."
"What a stingy man~ No woman will like you like that~"
"Don't trouble yourself."
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Because the plan was to arrive at the small village at night, they had to depart at noon. At this time, Lancer and the funashiyaku conveniently had a meal at the Fujiwara family residence. The funashiyaku was quite happy, after all, even an Onmyoji couldn't have big fish and meat every day. But Lancer appeared very calm. After all, no matter how delicious it was, could it be better than Tiger's cooking? At least in Lancer view, it was impossible to completely surpass Tiger's cooking unless the dish glowed or was drugged by the chef!
But thoughts aside, Lancer behaved quite well during the meal. After all, he didn't want to cause trouble.
"Sir Lancer, I will trouble you later."
Fujiwara no Fuhito, holding a wine cup, was very respectful, and Lancer return salute, although a little strange, still made people feel his sincerity. This meal was satisfying for Fujiwara no Fuhito. As for Lancer? Perhaps only he knew the answer.
After lunch, they naturally departed immediately. The carriage and guards were already prepared.
The 6 Onmyoji dispatched by the Onmyōryō and their 24 subordinate samurai, plus the dozens of guards under Fujiwara no Fuhito. It could be said that this trip was quite grand.
As for Lancer?
Fujiwara no Fuhito originally planned to invite Lancer to ride in his carriage, but Lancer politely declined in the end.
'I will follow near the carriage and conduct reconnaissance.'
Lancer didn't want to pretend with the other party. Just as Lancer told Fujiwara no Mokou before, he would rather chat with a child than accompany an uncle in awkward conversation, especially since the other party looked like an extremely cunning type, who might take half a day to consider every sentence he said. He wasn't afraid of the other party, he just simply didn't want to cause trouble.
And for Lancer, who had a legitimate reason, Fujiwara no Fuhito did not try to keep him too much. After all, he only wanted to win Lancer over because of his good skills, and that was all.
And after Lancer left, he immediately turned into a 'Night Raven' and trailed beside the team.
'I'm about to see the legendary Kaguya-hime. I'm really curious, what does the legendary 'Goddess' look like?'