Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

Kirisu Mafuyu, who had just turned around, let out a flustered gasp.

What... what are they trying to do?

Day 62 of crossing

Kousaka Kyosuke takes the Demon Sword Princess to Ukyo to train new recruits.

Regular practice will eventually have some effect.

But his gaze had slowly shifted to the non-humans that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had begun to train and understand basic teamwork.

Frankly speaking, these people are actually of higher overall quality than the new recruits I've been training!

Let's look at the reasons.

It turned out to be the recruit training program I had learned during my military training in China.

Kyosuke Kosaka was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Japanese students don't have military training like this nowadays, so where did Kiyotaka Ayanokoji learn it?

But it's good that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has shown this, which means he's really giving it his all!

After all, there are still many like us in this era.

These people would more or less guess that what Ayanokouji Kiyotaka taught came from the modern era, and then guess that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka came from the same place as them.

This makes it easy for Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to get into trouble.

But he did it anyway.

This shows that he really worked very hard.

But it's not entirely incomprehensible.

War has no eyes.

If you don't push yourself, you might die even faster.

In this world, human life, which has no value, is the least valuable.

After the recruits finished their training, Kousaka Kyosuke took Yoto Hime to the non-human living and training grounds.

Just as he was about to speak with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who had rushed to greet him, someone unexpectedly arrived.

"Lord Kenbu-shisuke," Hachiman Hikigaya, dressed in simple armor and slightly out of breath, bowed and greeted him.

Kyosuke Kosaka smiled and said, "What's up? Is something the matter?"

"Lord Lai Guang asked me to give you this paper."

"Ah."

Upon taking the paper, I saw the words "Ah Niu" written on it.

Kyosuke Kousaka was speechless. What kind of riddle-solving behavior was this?

Since arriving in this world, he has been constantly trying to find out his identity. He never expected that others would do the same thing to him.

Kousaka Kyosuke almost wanted to throw the paper in front of Minamoto no Yorimitsu and write the question out completely!

"The name Ah Niu... I vaguely remember it. During the flood season, quite a few disaster victims were registered with the name Ah Niu."

"I remember a few days ago Minamoto no Yorimitsu asked me to register the records of disaster victims, and now suddenly he has sent me a piece of paper with the names of disaster victims written on it."

Kyosuke Kosaka's eyes flickered.

Suddenly, he leaned back and asked softly, "Do you have a relative named A Niu?"

The Demon Blade Princess, who initially showed an unnatural expression when Kousaka Kyosuke approached, gradually became excited.

"...My younger brother's name is A Niu."

The Yaodao-hime's expression was very rich when she spoke at this moment.

This is the first expressive expression I've made since being asked "whether you laugh" yesterday.

Very rare.

"It's a nice name."

Kousaka Kyosuke gave a soft "hmm," perhaps thinking that Ah Niu was the main character.

After giving a brief reply to Yaodao-hime, he turned his interested gaze to Hikigaya Hachiman.

"How are you?"

Hachiman Hikigaya's body suddenly tensed.

The thing I didn't want to happen still happened!

Fine, let's continue treating you like a toy. If you can't resist, you have to learn to obey.

33. Demon Blade Princess's Younger Brother / Non-Human Tribe / The Strange Switch Under the Snow

"Lord Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, I am also preparing to go and exterminate the criminals this time."

Hachiman Hikigaya, having foreseen what might happen, said what he had prepared beforehand.

Upon hearing this, Kyosuke Kosaka chuckled.

"I understand, let's go."

Hachiman Hikigaya was taken aback.

The multiple plans he had prepared suddenly became useless, and he was somewhat taken aback.

Kousaka Kyosuke ignored him and began asking Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about the non-human's current situation.

Seeing this, Hachiman Hikigaya had no choice but to leave sheepishly.

It's always hard to guess what big shots are thinking.

Even if you manage to guess correctly, it might upset someone, so you'd better leave now!

Can you tell what other people's needs are?

Without even glancing at Hikigaya again, Kousaka Kyosuke went straight to ask Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji bluntly stated, "I want to eat meat, but they say I won't have any energy if I don't eat meat."

He already knew from Shizuko that Kyosuke Kosaka didn't have any aversion to eating meat, so he felt there was no need to shy away from saying such things.

Kousaka Kyosuke smiled.

"Is that so? Then go hunt for yourself."

Half an hour later.

Led by Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, a group of non-humans arrived at Hachijo Avenue and reached a secluded forest.

The forest is near an official's estate.

Some animals from the forest ran into the farm and trampled and ate the crops.

The head of the manor recently mentioned this matter, and Kousaka Kyosuke simply let these non-humans handle it.

If you want to eat meat, then go catch it yourself.

Kousaka Kyosuke himself took Yoto Hime to a nearby hidden tribe inhabited by non-humans.

Previously, due to continuous heavy rains that flooded most of the area, Kyosuke Kosaka found a suitable place to stay, but one haunted by monsters, for the non-humans who had nowhere to live to stay temporarily.

Monsters? Of course, they were wiped out.

How old is your younger brother?

"……fifteen."

"Hmm." Kousaka Kyosuke responded softly to Yoto Hime.

He kept searching his mind for the key information in the records.

A few days ago, Minamoto no Yorimitsu asked him for the non-human household registration records, which he naturally took to heart.

I read it carefully again afterward and memorized its contents as if I had copied and pasted them.

It's not difficult to recall it now.

"I remember one who was fifteen years old. He had a limp, so he wasn't drafted for treatment."

Kyosuke Kosaka quickly replied.

In the non-human tribes, most of the males over the age of 12 have been captured by the Outer Guard Office, which is controlled by the Genji clan.

Given Minamoto no Yorimitsu's proud personality.

The younger brother of the Demon Blade Princess, A Niu Zhen, had already been brought over by Hachiman Hikigaya from his place.

Therefore, by matching his memory with the age, Kyosuke Kosaka immediately deduced Ah Niu's situation.

"...My leg is crippled." Yaodao-hime muttered to herself, her expression dazed.