187 5.76 Miroku Intends To Join Sango And Kohaku. (2/2)

We asked Sango and Kohaku if they would like to go to the trading district with us and they gladly wanted to venture other parts of town. After Hiko-sama had dropped me at the Recto Shop, I entered and asked to draft 11 new formal letters to the Blacksmith Alliances to the new capitals of the Prefecture that we would like to send in the next few days.

Soon I drafted letters to capital cities of the Blacksmith Alliance Miyagi, Akita, Iwate, Aomori, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Nagano, Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Chiba. In the letter, I had cordially invited the representative members of the Blacksmith Alliance to visit our little booming village and discuss the Refined Steel Plates.

After I had drafted a letter and satisfied on how it would look like, I had it made into a formal introductory letter of our corporation as well as introducing the new Refined Steel for them.

I also requested the number of cosmetic shops in the Prefecture through them as we would like to showcase the range of cosmetics, beauty and food products. I would then write a letter to them to invite to our humble town. This compilation of information would be gathered by the Blacksmith Alliance when they arrive in Kitakata upon receiving and the Refined Steel plates.

When it was all completed, I paid and left Recto Shop and heard them calling out,”Come and take a second or third wife home with you with our Marriage Contracts issued and certified by the NSO. Cheap...! Cheap...! No need to have a hidden mistress anymore! Make here legal from our office!”

Several curious men gathered and asked if they could several pieces of marriage Ci tracts and its costs.

Omagai... This Recto Shop sure can rake in business through their phoney marriage certificates!

I was walking towards the watchtower that I had stomped the floor nearby and cracked the pavement when I was greeted by someone. I looked and saw Hoshi-sama holding two jars of sake.

”I didn't expect to find Hoshi-sama here. What are you doing with the jars of sake? I knew you didn't drink but whose is it?”

”Ah, these jars of sake doesn't belong to me. It does belong to my guardian, Mushin-sama. He would drink about 2 jars of sake weekly and with my earnings through healing the sick and those who are possessed by evil spirits, I managed to get him with my extra earnings.”

”I am interested in Sango-Chan as a youkai Taijiya because I used to serve members of the public who wanted to ward off their house of evil spirits and youkai Invasion. If I could join her team, then it would be very great!”

Hahahaha...i knew Miroku has the hots for Sango once he had lain his eyes on her. Luckily his character is not as lecherous as his grandfather or else, he would end up with a bump on his head every time he advances towards Sango by her Hiraikotsu!

”If you join Sango, means you would be part of our elite team too. Sango had gone back to her village and delivered the rice, while she had spoken to her father of her plans to integrate with the society in Kitakata here. There would an increase of Youkai Taijiya here and they would be assisting us in our corporation.”

”That's wonderful news. I would gladly join the elite team when it is confirmed. At least, the extermination of this youkai would be greatly enhanced.”

”There's another 3 or 4 more joining us if we are able to locate where they are right now. Have you heard of Bone Eater's Well somewhere in Tokyo? It should be somewhere remote and there we might be able to find 2 new acquaintances that might want to join us too.”

”I have been to Tokyo before, but there are a lot of Wells there. It would be difficult to locate one specifically but I could ask a few of my fellow monks that might come across it.”

”This Bone Eater's Well is unique. It is a dry well of about 10-15 meters deep only. Inside the well, there are some bones that belonged to some youkai that had been exterminated. Instead of cremating them, it was dumped inside and sealed.”

”Hmm, you seemed to have a wide knowledge. Let me ask around and see if they had come across such dried-up well that was used as a burial ground instead.”

”Thank you Hoshi-sama. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Please do get back to me if you have such information then.”

Miroku bade farewell and headed towards the path that leads directly to his monastery and I met with Hiko-sama, Sango and Kohaku that had gone a bit of shopping and bought some clothes and other stuff with them from the nearby departmental stores and 7-11 convenience stores.

Both Sango and Kohaku were drinking Ramune and were laughing when they managed to get a sip while balancing the glass marble at the top of the bottle, acting as a stopper if dipped too high.

I told them that I had met with the Hoshi-sama earlier and he had the intention of joining us as part of the secondary youkai Taijiya team and Sango eyes lit up upon hearing it.

Not only would the Hoshi-sama be able to assist in exterminating but he could also help in curing the sick and the possessed.

The Hoshi-sama also has an ability to set up personal protection barriers around houses as well as around settlements to prevent any youkai or evil spirits from invading.

”That's good news, but we have to get the answers from my father first and would relocate to Kitakata here and build their domains on the fresh plot of lands.”

”Those men could also start their own families too and since they would be employed under the corporation, they would have a stable income and not depend on being a youkai Taijiya entirely.”

”Well, let's head back and we can reserve as much as 10 plot of lands. I would need to talk to the Mayor for him to process it. The land is about 2 gold coins of yearly property tax and only costs 20 gold coins. Construction of the houses would be borne by us so it would not be much of a problem.”

We had a discussion with the execom members to acquire land for the youkai Taijiya members if they decide to move to Kitakata Village and build their permanent domain here as well as being a support team to escort travellers and merchants from Kitakata if the need arises. This would eliminate the need for an outpost as it would be a further distance to supply manpower as well as maintain control over it.

Having these youkai Taijiya serves a dual purpose, one is against the common enemies as well as youkai. Furthermore, these men were known to be fearless so it would not be an obstacle for them to wield range weapons as well. With bows for medium and crossbows for short-range offensive weapons, they could deal with enemies in a more effective manner.

We now hoped for their good news of joining us so we could embark on the plan to build proper dwellings for them and their families.