Chapter 202 - 202: Discoveries. 3 (1/2)
Chapter 202: Discoveries. 3
Kaguya looked at the huge wall in front of her with a curious look.
'Nurikabe... What is it doing here so far from its homeland? And why is it so big? And more importantly, why isn't it invisible?'
Kaguya had a lot of doubts in her head, she had never heard of a Youkai who left her homeland, so for her, this was a very curious subject.
As far as Kaguya is concerned, the Nurikabes are youkai who prevent the passage of night travelers. They also do the job of diverting night travelers to other places, and they were harmless Youkai as long as you didn't provoke it.
Despite being harmless, they were quite annoying. After all, if a person travels alone at night, that person has a very high chance of getting lost on the way because of these creatures.
'For it to be so big, it must be quite old. How long has it been standing in this same place? 10 years? 100 years? 1000 years?' Kaguya thought it might have a slim chance of being much more, considering Nurikabe-type Youkai can stay in one place for thousands of years.
But… Kaguya had a doubt in her heart, and that doubt was born when she saw this Youkai standing in front of her.
'Is the church getting support from the youkai?' Kaguya thought about it for a while and then decided it was absurd. Youkai are not a united group, and there are many, if not thousands, of youkai groups.
Some Youkai groups may be supporting the church, but that doesn't mean everyone is.
It's impossible to unite all youkai into a single flag since, for that to happen, the leader needs to be a legendary youkai like a nine-tailed fox or a dragon-like youkai, but all nine-tailed foxes don't want that kind of work for themselves.
They prefer to live in their secluded territory, enjoy their peace, and occasionally tease humans.
The same applies to the dragon type since, although they were seen as deities by some humans, they really didn't care about their role.
And Youkai, like Nurikabe, they're...stupid, they just follow their instincts. The most likely option is the most ridiculous is; This Youkai got lost from its homeland thousands of years ago and decided to settle in this place, and the church that knew about the youkai used the Nurikabe as a gatekeeper of this passage.
Despite being an absurd story in Kaguya's view, it wasn't totally meaningless. This could happen if the right conditions are met; after all, this sort of thing tends to happen with youkai.
Strange things… Inexplicable things…
”Ugh… And now, what do we do? Just one more gesture?” Sasha spoke with a slight hint of annoyance.
She really was about to blast this Youkai into the sky, but she told herself she shouldn't become like Victor or Violet!
Not everything can be solved by violence!
Probably…
But who was Sasha? She was the woman who had Annatashia Fulger's blood in her veins, and she was at the limit of her patience.
Kaguya started talking, ”We can wait...”
”Huh?”
Kaguya elaborated further, ”The Nurikabes are lazy youkai, in less than 24 hours, they'll go to sleep, and they'll wake up in a good mood, and we can test the other two options.”
She suggested that since she really didn't want to fight the Nurikabes, they are pretty damage resistant youkai.
And it will be quite annoying to defeat it without killing it.
”...” Victor's eyes twitched a little when he heard what Kaguya said.
”Wait...?” Sasha made a face like she didn't like it. She didn't like to wait for people, and it was mainly because she had things to take care of at her house. She needed to apply a 'punishment' to a certain man, and she was quite looking forward to it, so Sasha couldn't waste 24 hours waiting for a damn wall to get in a good mood!
”Well…Yes.” Kaguya began to think deeply about what to do next.
”Tsk.” Victor made an annoyed sound, and quickly got up off the ground, and walked slowly towards the wall as he passed by Kaguya and Sasha.
”...?” Kaguya, who was deep in thought, was surprised when she saw her master pass her.
”M-Master?”
Victor looked into the youkai's red eyes and spoke with an annoyed expression:
”Hey, you.”
”MMMHHHMMM!” The youkai made a strange sound as if it were trying to intimidate Victor.
But that didn't affect Victor:
”Get the fuck out of the way, don't you realize you're being a nuisance? I want to fucking pass!”
”!!!” A vein seemed to pop in the Youkai's head, and he got even angrier as a black aura began to come out of its body.
”Master/Darling!?” Kaguya and Sasha spoke at the same time.
Kaguya quickly approached Victor:
”M-Master, the Shy-type Nurikabes are quite rare! They are usually angry or benevolent!” Despite being rare, Kaguya didn't dare waste her chances, and because of that, she suggested spending 24 hours here.
She couldn't risk saying another incorrect question and having to fight the Youkai.
”...” Victor didn't give a shit. He didn't have time for this shit, so he completely ignored his Maid and stared into the Youkai's eyes.
”...Oh, shit... He's starting to leak miasma.” Kaguya spoke when she saw black smoke coming out of the Youkai's body, so she created two daggers of darkness as she prepared to fight.
”Miasma!?” Sasha jumped back when she saw black smoke rising from the Youkai's body.
”It's a type of negative energy that makes beings weak to Yokai weaker and weaker, but it shouldn't affect us as much as it does humans. After all, we don't use Ki.”
”You're not making any sense!” Sasha didn't understand anything Kaguya said
Rumble, Rumble
Sasha's body began to be covered by lightning.
Sigh
Kaguya sighed, she completely forgot that Sasha knew next to nothing about her homeland.
Suddenly, they heard Victor's voice, who was still standing in the same spot as he looked into the Youkai's eyes.
”... You piece of shit...” Victor's face began to lose shape, and soon only his eyes and his teeth could be seen, ”I said...”
”Get out of the way!” A demonic voice came out of Victor, the voice so powerful it seemed to shake the underground a little.
”Ugh.” Kaguya and Sasha put their hands to their ears. He had just been talking too loudly. Does he have any power that amplifies his voice or something? Why is it so tall!?
”...” The Youkai kept looking at Victor with an annoyed look.
And as if by magic, all the miasma that came out of the Youkai's body disappeared as if it didn't exist.
”MMMMHMMM” The Youkai's eyes became normal, and slowly, the Youkai started to transform, stone hands started to grow, and giant feet grew under it, and soon it started walking to the side of the gate.
”... It worked!?” The two were extremely shocked.
Victor continued to look at the Youkai.
When the Youkai got out of the way, it looked at Victor and pointed at the door with its stone hands:
”HMMMHMM”
”Thanks,” Victor said as his face returned to normal while he ignored the Youkai and started walking towards the door.
”W-Wait, Darling!” Sasha quickly started keeping up with Victor, she didn't want to be left behind!
”...As expected of mine, master.” Kaguya exhibited a small smile, ”But...”
She looked at the Youkai and saw a small hint of embarrassment on the youkai's 'face'.
'Why is it blushing? Why is it acting like a shy girl!? What the fuck!?' Kaguya was really questioning her sanity now. Maybe she ate something bad this morning and was hallucinating things.
As a hardworking Maid, what did she do when she discovered that a wall turned red when her master 'threatened' it?