Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 78 Accept the Challenge
"Um, how about we go to my house? I'm a little worried about my younger siblings."

Amane Suzune weakly raised her hand, a sight completely at odds with her tall and slender figure.

"Hey, Suzune-chan, you're finally willing to continue being friends with me? I'm so happy."

Lily took her hand, a gentle smile on her face, her narrowed eyes fixed on Amane Rin, which immediately made the latter tremble.

"Oh, I was wrong."

"Humph."

Lily pinched her cheek, as if to forgive her.

"If we just leave without ordering anything, the waitress will probably be angry. In that case, we'll have no choice but to..." sighed Aizen Daibosatsu.

"Let's sneak away," Yu Jian said almost simultaneously as he pulled up his mask.

"W-Is it okay?" Amane Suzune looked anxiously at the two who had already stood up.

Then, she was supported on both sides and jogged out of the family restaurant.

I could faintly hear the waiter snorting through his nose behind me.

The three young people weren't angry at all; instead, they inexplicably started laughing.

At first, Amane Rinne was too embarrassed to laugh, but in the end she laughed the loudest, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had been holding back.

Neither Aizen Yurika nor Mitsurugi said anything; they simply accompanied her all the way home.

Ahead was a row of old-style two-story apartment buildings, resembling the cheap rental houses often seen in Japanese dramas and anime. They were simply surrounded by cement brick walls, and the second floor was completely dark except for two rooms on the outside of the first floor, which still had lights on.

With a creak, the rusty gate was pushed open, and Tenyu Rinne was the first to step inside, with Yurika following closely behind her.

"By the way, how did Yuriko get to know Senior Tenyu?" Yujian looked around and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Well, that's a long story." Lily Fragrance waved her folding fan, her gaze falling on a small, broken hole in the low wall, then at the overgrown courtyard, before a nostalgic expression appeared on her face.

"When I was little, I came to Tokyo with my family for a trip, but I accidentally got separated from them. Just when I was at a loss, Suzune-chan very decisively picked me up and took me home."

"Back then, she cried and begged the dean to let me stay. That little crybaby is nothing like the dashing ace of the kendo club she is now," Yurika said, laughing as she spoke.

"...What? People always grow up." Tianyu Lingyin muttered as she walked ahead, but did not deny what she said.

"I'm back," Tianyu Lingyin called out to the room closest to the door on the first floor.

"Sister?" A little boy came running out of the corridor.

The girl who came was about seven or eight years old. She had a round face with some baby fat, two small buns on her head, and a short, low-statured body. She was very agile.

"Oh no!" Yuriko suddenly exclaimed upon seeing the person who had arrived.

What's wrong? Yu Jian was still wondering why she said that when what happened next quickly gave him the answer.

The little girl suddenly braked, stopping a short distance away with a comical gliding motion on her feet. Then she looked up at the two people following behind Tianyu Lingyin, carefully examining the tall Yujian, before taking a cute, deep breath.

"Sister Tianyu brought a boy back!!!"

A loud voice, as loud as a loudspeaker at the village entrance, burst forth from that tiny body.

Yu Jian instinctively raised his hand to cover his ears, and then saw two or three doors on the first floor open one after another, from which a bunch of round, chubby children poured out.

Although they weren't obese, they all clearly didn't look hungry.

"What? Could it be Tianyu's boyfriend?"

"No, no! I don't want to see that kind of thing! At least for the next ten years, no, no, twenty years, I don't want this to happen!"

"I found a really handsome older brother!"

They chirped and chattered like a flock of little sparrows, hopping and jumping around the three of them.

But there was an inexplicable distance between them, especially from those around Yurika. The children clearly knew her before, bowing politely and neatly and calling her "Aizen-nee-sama" before casually greeting Amane Suzune.

In short, it fully reveals the hierarchical differences in the local ecological environment.

"Is Sister Tianyu moving out?"

When is Sister Tianyu getting married?

"Sister Tianyu, don't go! Waaaaah!"

"You bunch of brats!!!"

Annoyed or perhaps embarrassed by the questioning, Tenyu Rinne skillfully rolled up her sleeves and randomly selected two lucky children from the 'strange group' around her, giving each of them a slap on the bottom.

The child who was hit didn't cry, but laughed and joked with the other children, crowding around Tenyu Suzune as they walked into the room. "It's still so lively," Yurika remarked, taking the hand of the child who had started the commotion first.

"Maria, why aren't you saying anything now?"

"Hehe." The girl called Maria smiled without saying a word.

When Yu Jian saw her winking at him, he thought the human cub was quite cute.

Then, Maria made a fussing sound in a very innocent tone.

"Big brother, which sister do you like better?"

Yu Jian's face darkened.

I get it, this is a naturally wicked little devil!
To deal with this kind of brat, you have to use a heavy hand, like the 108 ways to tickle!

But it was Lily who made the first move. Her slender, long fingers moved with lightning speed, pinching the girl's cheeks and then kneading, pinching, lifting, and shaking them.

"Ahhhhhh, Lily Fragrance Sister is amazing, I'm so excited~"

Ignoring Maria's screams, Aizen Yurika continued to torment her for several more seconds before finally letting her go.

"Maria, didn't the headmaster teach you this principle? You can't touch other children's toys without permission."

"I-I understand." Maria's nose turned red as she readily admitted defeat, casting a sympathetic glance at Mitsurugi.

This kid might have a bright future.

After all, they are so pragmatic.

Yu Jian selectively ignored the person's teasing words, or rather, he couldn't say he completely ignored them, since he wasn't blind. He paused for a moment, then strode forward with great determination.

Well, I'm not a nagging person...

Thinking this, Yujian slowed down, and then Yurika, who couldn't wait any longer, pulled him into the house.

"Don't be shy."

He heard a girl's voice beside him and discovered that several rooms on the first floor of the building, which were originally small suites, had now been opened up and connected into one large room.

All the furniture was old, and some even showed signs of repair, but overall it was quite tidy, and even the children's toys were neatly arranged.

Excluding Amane Suzune, there are a total of fifteen children living here, mostly girls. Among them, six- or seven-year-old Maria is considered one of the older ones. The youngest one still needs to wear diapers and is currently squatting up and down while holding onto the crib railing, her round eyes looking curiously in this direction.

The atmosphere inside was less like an orphanage and more like a large family.

"My Lord, it seems the workers have all temporarily left, so I'll have to trouble you to look after the children. Rinne and I will prepare dinner as soon as possible."

Before anyone knew it, Lily had already put on an apron and was now lifting the dark blue curtain hanging at the entrance of the kitchen, bending down slightly to look at Yujian.

The warm light emanating from the kitchen behind her made Aizen Yurika appear as if she were bathed in warm sunshine.

Ah, the fragrance of lilies can become...

Yujian shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the strange anime references from his head.

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Although he was an only child in both his past and present lives, Yu Jian felt that it shouldn't be too troublesome. After all, these children seemed to be quite well-behaved and were obviously well-disciplined by their guardians, without any of the sensitive, indifferent, and socially awkward characteristics of most orphans.

As Baihexiang lowered the curtain, Yujian turned around and suddenly realized something was wrong.

At this moment, the children are sitting in a row watching TV, and as always, TV Tokyo is showing cartoons on the screen.

Several girls would occasionally wink at him as if hinting at something, and then the boys next to them would look flustered.

Yu Jian slowly raised his eyebrows. Were they really that close to me just now?

The next second, six boys of different ages suddenly stood up. They pulled out sponge swords and inflatable toy hammers with the word '1000T' written on them from various hidden corners, and then pounced on Yujian in unison.

"I would never hand my sister over to an outsider!"

That's what they were shouting.

As for which sister specifically.

The little devils didn't say anything, and Yu Jian was too lazy to think about it.

The white-haired boy casually grabbed the most suitable "weapon" next to him with a "cold" expression. Although it was just a back scratcher (a scratcher for those who don't ask for favors) with the end carved into the shape of a miniature hand, he still swung it very coolly.

The wind howls, and the world's greatest swordsman accepts the challenge!
Little brats, quickly succumb to my invincible ticklish scratch!
(End of this chapter)