Little Shinobu felt that her life was far more interesting than she had ever imagined.
Because she could learn whatever she wanted—for example, right now, influenced by the Shura Anyakonsen-shou, she had started studying cooking.
How each dish should be handled, what the basic principles are, what the tastes are like in different regions…
You could say that although it was busy, everything she learned was the essence, and instead she felt her life was extremely fulfilling.
At the very least, she wouldn't end up learning something while remaining unclear about what it was even used for or where it could be applied.
"Shinobu, the Shura Anyakonsen-shou is going to duel the Maguu Kenki. Bring cat Kirara along—we need to head to Yashiori Island ahead of time to prepare for witnessing it."
Although serving the Shura Anyakonsen-shou directly wasn't something she could manage, fortunately serving the cat Kirara was no problem at all.
During this period, Miyuki had basically been following right behind Kirara's tail every day, attending to her.
"Got it."
Little Shinobu stretched out her hand, and cat Kirara leaped in a single bound straight into her arms.
At this moment, little Shinobu was still wearing her usual shrine maiden outfit.
Why hadn't she changed clothes?
The reason was quite simple: the Shura Anyakonsen-shou had once said that little Shinobu's shrine maiden outfit was cute.
Thinking about how she was only able to study here peacefully thanks to the Shura Anyakonsen-shou, little Shinobu looked at little Ayaka, who was always comforting the old uncle, and decided to keep wearing the shrine maiden outfit for now.
Since she had come to this house, she ought to do what she was supposed to do.
Her older sister could live and eat here because her older sister had her duties as a shrine maiden.
But she herself was only here because she was troubling the Shura Anyakonsen-shou. Although the Shura Anyakonsen-shou said it was fine, she still felt uneasy about it.
Wearing the shrine maiden outfit so that the returning Shura Anyakonsen-shou could enjoy the view a little would at least let her feel a bit more at ease.
And for the time being, she didn't really know what else to change into anyway.
You could say little Shinobu really was an overly stubborn and strong-willed child.
The Shura Anyakonsen-shou, now fully equipped in his Shura armor, was already geared up and ready to go.
Little Shinobu, who had now come out into the courtyard, looked at the Shura Anyakonsen-shou in his serious state.
Strict, impartial, as if he would never bend, standing there like a towering mountain.
It was really hard to imagine that such an existence had, just last night, been smiling mischievously like a child while pinching her cheeks.
"Big King~"
Cat Kirara struggled a little, so little Shinobu let go. With one leap, cat Kirara jumped onto the Shura Anyakonsen-shou's shoulder.
At the same time, matching the Shura Anyakonsen-shou's calm aura, she squatted properly on his right shoulder. She looked extremely serious.
Little Shinobu, on the other hand, wasn't surprised by this at all.
Although cat Kirara usually didn't have much presence, after taking care of this cat for a while, she knew the cat was very intelligent, could even understand human speech, and was probably a youkai herself.
Kirara: We're the pride of the fox pack—can't let the old uncle lose face outside.
In any case, the Shura Anyakonsen-shou activated his accelerating wind ring and flew toward Yashiori Island with everyone from the Kamisato family.
And at this very moment, quite a few people who were curious about the Shura Anyakonsen-shou had also hurried to Yashiori Island—most of them samurai.
Those gripping swords were actually the unstable elements. If the Shura Anyakonsen-shou were to embarrass himself this time, governing Inazuma would probably become a bit more difficult.
But right now, none of that mattered to the Shura Anyakonsen-shou.
After landing, he had already walked up to the Maguu Kenki, whom he had crossed blades with several times before.
And when the Maguu Kenki saw this martial friend he had only recently met, it happily let out a series of creaking sounds and controlled its body to stand up.