Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

"Ordinary commoners wouldn't be so unruly."

Kyosuke Kosaka watched the group's dawdling movements with a smile, his heart filled with amusement.

Although coming to this world means leaving behind my original daily life, interesting things can still be seen quite often.

For example, in this situation.

There's always an indescribable, subtle feeling when facing someone like that.

A dozen seconds later, the road finally became wider, and many people were standing on both sides of the road.

In the overgrown weeds and in some corners of the ruins, there were still children and petite women, all looking dusty and gray.

It's no wonder that ordinary nobles didn't like to deal with commoners of lower status; they just looked rather dirty.

Even in modern times, most people wouldn't want to associate with someone who is slovenly or untidy.

"Here..."

"Humph."

The rabid dog let out a suppressed growl and a dissatisfied snort.

As he passed by, Kyosuke Kosaka saw some young people who looked like delinquents, with crooked mouths and twisted noses.

"Hehe." Kyosuke Kosaka chuckled in response, even opening the folding fan hanging at his waist to cover his mouth.

The young people seemed to feel provoked, and their grimaces intensified.

Kyosuke Kosaka chuckled again, shook his head, and prepared to leave.

But the story didn't end there.

It wasn't that someone couldn't control their emotions and attacked Kousaka Kyosuke, but rather that a rumbling, trembling sound came from afar.

Kousaka Kyosuke turned around unconsciously, his smiling eyes shimmering with light and shadow.

—A group of fully equipped guards, dressed in armor and carrying spears, moved forward with lightning speed.

The guards, upon seeing people dressed in tattered and disheveled clothes on the road, swiftly dragged them off with ropes, completely ignoring the cries and screams of those who were bound.

"They should be guards from the Outer Guard Bureau."

Kyosuke Kosaka calmly waved his fan and slowly walked to a wall.

Yesterday, with Bao Yin's help, he went to the palace library and did his best to read through all the books there.

Just like photocopying documents on a computer.

I've been taking some time to digest the content, and I've already digested some of it, which has deepened my understanding of the world compared to before.

If I hadn't wanted to get to know Ukyoto better, I probably would have just been "idling" in my residence today.

"Hurry! Soldiers are coming to arrest people!" someone suddenly shouted from afar.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding area was instantly splashed up like water from a large rock, startling a flock of gulls and egrets.

Everyone ran frantically toward Kyosuke Kousaka.

"That was fast," Kousaka Kyosuke said with a smile.

Countless figures flashed past him.

A fierce wind swept across Kyosuke Kousaka's face...

Suddenly, a young man passing by, Kousaka Kyosuke, jumped up, his face filled with ruthlessness and smugness, and slapped him hard across the face.

snort~

The sound of tearing silk rang out.

A ball the size of a ladle was thrown at high speed into the distance.

"Ahhhh—" A mixture of male and female screams pierced the sky.

Kyosuke Kosaka gently waved his folding fan, gazing into the distance, completely ignoring the headless corpse that had fallen before him.

Large swathes of blood gushed from the corpse's neck like a fountain.

A pool of extremely conspicuous blood flowed silently around the ground...

The screaming men and women retreated as fast as they could with expressions of extreme fear and terror, and the area centered on Kousaka Kyosuke vanished in an instant.

"Come on, or you'll miss your chance."

Kyosuke Kosaka pointed to his side with his fan.

The blond man who had spoken with Kyosuke Kosaka earlier was about to step forward, but a short boy had already gone forward before him.

"Mikey!"

"It's alright—I'm very sorry, Onmyoji-sama, someone in our group has offended you."

"It's alright, if you really offend someone, it wouldn't just be this one situation."

Kyosuke Kosaka shook his head at the short boy and continued to point to one side of the road with his fan.

"Thank you so much for your kindness!" The blond man suddenly stepped forward, bowed deeply again, and then forcefully pulled the short boy away.

As the two walked past Kousaka Kyosuke, the others finally mustered the courage to carefully walk past him...

Tsk tsk.

Kyosuke Kosaka clicked his tongue in boredom.

He only began to move forward after the non-humans had passed by him.

He had barely started when a group of fully armed guards appeared, charging forward in a hurried manner.

Although many of the guards looked fierce and had tied up a number of pitiful people with ropes, they slowed down as they passed by Kousaka Kyosuke, without stirring up too much dust.

They are much more polite than the non-human beings they were before.

Kyosuke Kosaka couldn't help but smile at them.

10. Official rank five / Other sisters / Flood

And so, after the non-humans, the guards quickly passed by Kousaka Kyosuke.

The population dwindled rapidly.

As he walked along the roadside, Kyosuke Kosaka couldn't help but mutter about how narrow the roads were in Ukyo.

Given that high-ranking officials and nobles resided in the Left Capital, it is understandable that the Right Capital was underdeveloped.

Another half hour passed.

As Kyosuke Kousaka, who had observed the surrounding terrain and buildings, was about to return the way he came, he was suddenly stopped by a voice.

"Kyosuke-sama!"

The respectful voice came from a thin, sprightly old man in his forties or fifties.

An old man walked out of the gate of an ordinary manor, his expression solemn yet joyful.

Kyosuke Kousaka, who was about to turn around and go home, glanced at the old man and gave a soft "hmm".

He was wondering who this person was.

There's really enough suspense games out there.

At least when you came into this world, you concentrated all the clues in the house, right?

"...Should I gather the others immediately?"

Seeing that Kyosuke Kosaka didn't speak, the old man asked inquiringly.

Kyosuke Kosaka simply said, "No need."

They naturally began to walk into the manor.

After observing for a while, Kyosuke Kosaka realized that he most likely owned a manor, and perhaps more than one!

That's really a rip-off...

While silently complaining to himself, Kyosuke Kosaka began to seriously observe his surroundings.

Day 22 of crossing

Kyosuke Kosaka began to think about buying an oxcart.

He only learned yesterday, when he went to the manor, that there were ten more manors in this world.

Furthermore, they found more information about their identity in this world within the manor.

It was at that time that Kousaka Kyosuke realized that he was not a lower-ranking nobleman, but a proper middle-ranking nobleman.

According to information from various books and documents, in addition to being a seventh-rank Imperial Calendar Doctor, Kousaka Kyosuke also held another honorary position.

Those who held honorary positions had an official rank of five or above, making them clearly mid-level nobles!

Finally, we can get a horse-drawn carriage!

Kyosuke Kousaka had only one thought in his mind.

—Just like a watershed, only those with five or more members are considered true nobles.