Chapter 83 – Nurarihyon’s Secret

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My old man brought me to a small pathway with a polished stone on top of the ground behind our mansion. I never ventured here because there was nothing here but a yellow flower that was planted on each side of the pathway. I didn't even know something that was located on the end of the pathway.

My old man was walking in front of me with his hand crossed inside his kimono.

"So, why did you bring me here, old man?"

I asked him as I followed from behind while looking around. The flowers that bloom on the back of our mansion were surprisingly Japanese Kerria. The flower was often called Japanese Rose, and it was the flower that had a close relation with Yamabuki Otome, now known as Hagoromo Gitsune.

"There is something that I hid from you since a long time ago. Surely you realized it, right?"

My old man answered my question without looking back at me.

"What are you talking about? Don't try to be so mysterious."

There was a lot of mystery surrounding my old man. If he suddenly said that, I was confused about how to answer him. That was why I chose to ask him directly.

My old man looked at me over his shoulder and snickered, "Hah! I am not trying to be mysterious, I am mysterious since the day I was born."

This old man! I was asking seriously but he answered with a joke.

He turned back to look at the pathway, and then he said.

"Well, we've arrived."

The pathway ended and in front of me was a red tori that was usually built in the entrance of a shrine.

I was looking beyond the Tori and realized that the place in front of me was surrounded by my old man's Fear.

"What is this place?" I asked him with a serious tone.

"Why did you layer the place in front of us with such a thick Fear, old man."

He looked up at the top of the Tori and let out a long sigh.

"You know how I run around the world and do as I please when I was young? That day there was only one person that I looked forward to meeting with. I brought a lot of things from my young days, some of them were filling the storage, while I hid the most important item on this place."

I listened to my old man while having a serious look. I knew what he meant, I somehow knew what he wanted to do. But I won't interrupt him for now, because this was the first time my old man told me the story of his young day with a serious tone without even a single laugh.

"Yeah, and you never told me the important part of your life, as always."

"That's true, well I thought that you were not ready at that time knowing that I made a lot of enemies in my younger days. But now, I can rest assured and announce you to the world as my heir."

My old man turned to me and grinned.

"I know that you defeated Kokabiel without any problem. That lass, Hagoromo Gitsune was it? The way she acted around you was different from the people in our mansion. Do you really not take fancy of that girl?"

"Don't try to change the subject, old man. Tell me the reason you brought me here."

My old man smiled a little and then turned toward the Tori again. He began walking while saying, "Follow me."

I followed him quietly. When he passed the Tori, he was gone from my sight and it surprised me a little bit.

'Not only surrounded by his Fear but it was also hidden by a barrier?'

I walked through the Tori and the environment around me had changed. From yellow flowers that bloom on the side of the road, in front of me was a path with blooms Sakura Tree. On the end of the road was a house, a simple one but it was a bit similar to my mansion.

I looked around, amazed by the new sight and it made my old man chuckle.

"How is it, a good place right?"

"Yeah, but you did a very good job hiding this place from me, old man."

He shrugged his shoulder and shook his head.

"What can I say? I am experienced, and I used most of my power to hide this place from the outsider. This place held a lot of memories of my wife, so I won't allow anyone to step in carelessly."

After he said that, my old man had a vicious grin on his face. That was not surprising, seeing how well this place was cleaned and how often my old man disappeared from the mansion without telling anyone.

"My mom, huh?"

My old man sighed and then scratched his head.

"How do I say this, I never told you anything about her because I didn't want to talk about it. But after hearing you defeat Kokabiel, I changed my mind. Follow me."

My old man turned and walked to the house that was on the end of the road.

"Your mother was just an ordinary girl, she was a sweet girl. I met her around 20 years ago, that time I was eating without paying as usual."

He began his storytelling as we walked slowly toward the house.

"I was already the leader of East Youkai Faction, and that girl was sitting beside me, holding me from leaving without paying the bill of the restaurant. I was surprised when that girl was able to see me, and I became interested in her."

This damned old man, he met my mother when he was in his usual dine and dash? But, she was able to see my old man through, huh. As expected, my mother seems to be not normal at all.

"Well, after that I used my Fear and ran away from that restaurant though. The next day also likes that, and that lasted for about a month before I asked her name."

This old man had too much fun doing that. Even though I can't see his expression right now, I knew that he was smiling happily. Looking back at it, he was never interested in other women. From what I realized from seeing Yasaka, I knew that she gave up already and didn't want to make a move towards my old man.

It made me curious, what kind of woman was my mother. For my old man to be so devoted to her.

"When I knew her name, things changed. I invited her to my mansion, and then I asked my subordinate to build this house for her because she was not comfortable living in a mansion. One day, I learned that the girl was a former Onmyouji, Japan's exorcist that specializes in mystic art."

That was not too surprising, seeing that my mother can see through my old man. Without his Fear, he was skilled enough to hide his presence from the other, so it need some skill to see through him.

"The family of Onmyouji in Japan is part of Five Principal Clan, so at first I thought that the girl came from that family. But it turned out I was wrong, that girl was not part of the Five Principal Clan, she was a wandering Onmyouji with no family ties."

We have arrived in front of the house and my old man stopped on his track. I stopped on his left and looked at the house closely.

"Magicians, she was part of the Magician family, but she ran away and live as a wandering Onmyouji after she mastered the art. Inside this house, there was a certain skill that my wife specialized in. She was researching youkai and managed to complete this skill after we are married. It was a skill that used Senjutsu as the energy, it was my trump card when I faced an opponent stronger than me."

My old man looked at me with a serious face and said.

"You are my heir, so it's the time for me to give this to you. Protect our clan, I am counting on you, Riku."

I nodded my head and answered, "You don't need to say that. That was my intention from the start."