Chapter 138 – Bringing Kunou Home

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As we arrived at Yasaka's shrine, Kunou was already waiting in front of the room. She noticed us and entered the room with a smile on her face.

"Welcome back! Onii-chan, Mother."

She approached us and stopped in front of us. My hand reached out to her head and patted her before Yasaka even moved.

"Yeah, I'm back."

Kunou closed her eyes to feel my hand as her smile widened.

"Ara, are you that happy to get patted by Riku-han, my little daughter? I feel jealous now."

"Hahaha, are you jealous of Kunou or me? I can pat you too if you want to. I have two hands." I said to Yasaka with a joking tone.

Unexpectedly, Yasaka just smiled at me without saying anything for a moment. Kunou who felt the atmosphere had changed into a weird turn tugged my Kimono.

"Hey, Riku Onii-chan. You promised to take me to the Ramen shop after you come back, right? Let's go, to the ramen shop."

I looked at Kunou and remembered my promise. I crouched to match her gaze and smiled.

"Sure, where should we go?"

"Umm, Kanto. I wanted some ramen in Tokyo!"

"Sure, how about you hide your ears and tails? We will go in our human form." As I said that to Kunou, she nodded her head energetically and said.

"Un!"

I then looked at Yasaka.

"Do you want to come too?"

"Do you need to ask? I can't leave Kyoto." Answered Yasaka.

Of course, that would be the case.

"Sorry." I said to Yasaka as I stood up.

"Then, how about me? Can I tag along?" Suddenly a voice came from outside of the room.

I looked at the source of the voice and saw Hagoromo Gitsune standing at the entrance.

"It's ramen, you know?" I asked her.

"I can stand garlic." Answered Hagoromo Gitsune. She then looked at Kunou with a smug smile on her face.

Kunou looked back at her with a slight frown.

Ah, so she was teasing Kunou. Hagoromo Gitsune that I knew would never tag along with me if I went to eat something. She knew what I did, eating without paying.

"Don't worry, Kunou. It will only be the two of us." I ruffled Kunou's hair, making her turn to me with a big smile.

I then looked at Hagoromo Gitsune. She crossed her arms and approached me.

"How is it, your training with Yasaka?" I asked her.

"It's good, I am now able to at least use a bit of Leyline's power. Maybe, in a week or so I will be able to help Yasaka to control the Leyline, allowing her to leave Kyoto." She then looked at Yasaka with a smile.

I looked at Yasaka too, her eyes widened, but she had a sad smile on her face.

"I am grateful, but please don't push yourself."

She thought that Hagoromo Gitsune was pushing herself to learn Leyline?

Yasaka, I knew that you were a leader and someone who had a close tie to Leyline. However, Hagoromo Gitsune was not an ordinary youkai.

She was a youkai that reincarnated a few times. Her son was the most skilled exorcist, he had technique with a close tie with Leyline too.

"Sigh, I am not pushing myself." Answered Hagoromo Gitsune.

Yasaka seemed to not believe Hagoromo Gitsune, so I spoke to her.

"Don't worry about Hagoromo Gitsune, Yasaka. She had experience with the Leyline in her world, so it was not strange that she could master the technique in a week or so."

My words seemed to be heard clearly by Yasaka. Her worried expression melted and now she had a warm smile on her face. She faced Hagoromo Gitsune and said.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Answered Hagoromo Gitsune. "Can you teach me again? I was waiting for you."

"Sure."

It seemed that they would start Hagoromo Gitsune's training. I won't be any help in this place, so I walked away silently after I gestured Kunou.

When we were outside of the room, I looked at Kunou who walked beside me.

"Let's go? Besides Ramen, is there anything that you like to see?"

"I want to visit your mansion, Riku Onii-chan. I heard from Hagoromo Gitsune that there is a lot of a different kind of youkai in your mansion."

"Oh, you want to see those guys? Sure, I will introduce you to my boys."

"Un!" Answered Kunou with a nod.

Because our destination had been decided, I teleported ourselves to Kanto. We arrived in front of my mansion.

Right when I appeared in front of the mansion, Kubinashi who was sweeping in front of the entrance greeted me.

"Welcome back, Riku-sama." He then noticed Kunou who stood beside me and made a difficult expression.

"Riku-sama… do you kidnap that kid?"

I looked at Kubinashi for a second then turned at Kunou. I pointed my index finger at the clueless Kunou and Kubinashi nodded his head.

When I saw that, I grinned and put my right hand on top of Kunou's head, ruffling her hair.

"Yeah, I found a cute girl in Kyoto, so I kidnapped her."

"You have finally gone too far, Riku-sama." Answered Kubinashi while shrugging his shoulder.

Kunou was clueless, she was now looking at me with a confused expression. Not long after that, a lot of small youkai from the mansion came out while running around, playing.

They were shouting so loudly that Kunou noticed them, and she got a curious face when she saw those youkai.

Small youkai was rare in this world, most of the youkai had a body of a human. So the youkai like Nattou-Kozou was not seen often.

"I was just joking, Kubinashi. She's Yasaka's daughter, Kunou." As I introduced her, Kunou looked at Kubinashi and bowed her head a little.

"I am Kunou, nice to meet you!"

Kubinashi was taught about this world, especially the leader of the Youkai Clan. That was why he knew Yasaka too.

Kubinashi then bowed his head at Kunou and introduced himself with a smile.

"Ah! My name is Kubinashi, nice to meet you."

After introducing himself, he looked at me and sent a sign with his eyes. He looked at the dojo where Masaomi frequently used.

He wanted me to visit the dojo?

That wouldn't be a problem. Kunou said she wanted to visit my mansion, I could ask Kubinashi to accompany her for a while.

"Kunou, I have something do to for a few minutes. You said you wanted to see my mansion, right? Have Kubinashi to show you around the mansion."

"Please leave it to me, Riku-sama!" Exclaimed Kubinashi.

"I don't mind. Just don't forget the ramen that you promised." Said Kunou.

"Yeah, have fun in the mansion." As I said that, I entered my mansion and made my way towards the dojo.

Kunou walked to Kubinashi and began to talk with him. I didn't need to worry about her, Kubinashi was good at handling someone at Kunou's age.

I had arrived at the dojo and saw Masaomi sitting in the middle of the dojo with closed eyes. There were two swords in front of him, Gram and Excalibur Rapidly.

"What's up, Masaomi?"

I greeted him as I entered the dojo. He then opened his eyes and said.

"Welcome, Riku-sama."

"So, why do you want to see me?" I asked Masaomi as I sat in front of him.

Masaomi gulped a little and answered, "To be honest, can you please take Gram away? I can't handle holding two swords like them at the same time."