I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

Familiar streets, familiar sky, familiar slightly turbid air...

When Ikeuchi Maki walked out of Fang Wuwei's house and walked on the street in a kimono, she looked at the countless street scenes that she missed in front of her with a dazed look.

She was wearing a set of clothes that didn't fit the era. Although it was a little strange, it didn't attract much attention. Only occasionally some idle people would look at her. Ikeuchi Maki had long been accustomed to these strange looks. She just wanted to go home quickly...

She was just here and saw a missing person notice for her...

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On the other side, Fang Wuwei, who had cured Ikeuchi Maki's injuries and then sent him away, began to count the gains from his business trip:

First of all, the system was upgraded again, gaining higher intelligence and authority, and the function of [slowing down the flow of time] was enabled: with the help of the system, the flow rates of the two worlds can be temporarily changed to be different. They stayed in the Demon Slayer world for about twelve days this time, but only less than three days passed here. This was the function that surprised Fang Wuwei the most and that he wanted the most.

My goodness, he has been thinking about this function ever since he came out of the battle royale after spending a month there. Although the flow rate of roughly four to one makes him feel very slow, it is said that with the evolution of certain things, the function of slowing down the flow of time will become more powerful.

This mission earned him nearly 7,000 points and six free draws. Adding the points he earned from signing in on weekdays and the points he saved up, his current points totaled to around 50,000...

Fifty thousand points, what a concept, one lottery draw is 500.

One hundred consecutive draws!!! How could Fang Wuwei not be excited? ! But he would talk about the lottery later, he had other things to do now...

He was going to go to Maki Ikeuchi's house first. Just as he stuck his head out and looked outside, he saw several missing person notices posted on the roadside, looking for Maki Ikeuchi.

Well, if a girl disappears for three days without any reason, who wouldn’t be anxious?

So Fang Wuwei put on his sunglasses and walked out of the house, quietly following behind Ikeuchi Maki...

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For the first time, Ikeuchi Maki felt that the way home was so long. At this moment, she was sitting in the tram, quietly waiting for the tram to reach its destination, but she was a little restless, with her hands and feet clenched into a ball. She missed home so much. At this moment, she had a lot of grievances and wanted to tell her parents.

Fang Wuwei, at this moment, had just taken a taxi and was leisurely following the tram, doing as he pleased because he had plenty of money.

It was not until Ikeuchi Maki got off the train and continued to run hard towards her home that he got off as well, threw 10,000 yen to the driver, and quietly followed Maki from behind... He didn't know where her home was, and he didn't plan to follow her, at least he couldn't let Maki know he was there - he had already seen Maki Ikeuchi's shining golden spirit, but now he wanted to see her attitude before deciding whether to truly regard her as his last disciple.

On the other side, at Ikeuchi's house, her parents were getting anxious due to the inexplicable disappearance of their daughter. They knew that their daughter was a little immature, and maybe it was partly their fault... Although she had no friends because of this, she was very happy, so the two did not stop her.

But ever since one day during the summer vacation a month and a half ago, their daughter still gets up earlier than themselves, and goes out mysteriously every day. When asked, she just says something stupid like "learning from a master and pursuing true power." The two, who were used to Maki's antics, also found something wrong.

However, after following her several times, they found that she was just doing her usual chuunibyou activities, and she seemed to have made new friends... You know, Maki didn't have any friends at all, and now she knows how to make friends actively, which is a good thing, so the two let her do whatever she wants, until three days ago, when she didn't go home...

After waiting for a whole day and night, the old couple decided to go out and look for her. They called the police, but the police said there were no clues at all and they could only send more police officers to search... The surveillance was not well developed at that time.

After three days of agony, they had secretly decided that if they still couldn't find the child, they would have to use their trump card. But the old couple finally got good news, although this good news was delivered personally by their missing daughter.

“Mom and Dad!!!”

The old couple, who had no intention of going to work, were sitting in the living room. They had done everything they could and used all the connections they could. The only thing they could do now was to pray for Maki to come back, and now, the prayer seemed to have worked.

"Maki!"

When the old couple heard Maki Ikeuchi's call, they immediately got up from the sofa, rushed to the door, opened the door with hope, and saw their daughter standing there in a kimono, intact.

Three days of fear and despair disappeared in an instant. The Ikeuchi couple cried, and Ikeuchi Maki also cried. The three of them hugged each other, squatted on the ground and cried loudly...

Fang Wuwei, who was not far away, was speechless, but he felt a little envious in his heart......

————This is the last dividing line (from now on, use... to replace the dividing line, you can't cross it)————

After recovering from the shock, Ikeuchi Maki took a good bath, changed back into her normal clothes, and sat in the living room with her parents, talking about what she had experienced in the past few days...

Going to a different world... exploring... ghosts... and a series of other things that made her teeter on the brink of life and death, Maki Ikeuchi explained everything completely and honestly.

The ancients said: Heaven is the beginning of man; parents are the root of man. When people are in trouble, they return to their roots. Therefore, when they are exhausted from hard work, they always call on heaven; when they are sick and in pain, they always call on their parents. When children are wronged, they will naturally return to their parents' arms for comfort.

However, the development of things seemed to be beyond Maki Ikeuchi's expectations.

Her parents looked at each other solemnly after listening to Ikeuchi Maki's story...

"Maki, let me ask you again, is what you said about the other world true?"

"Eh?"

At this moment, Ikeuchi Maki was lying in her mother's arms, feeling somewhat confused. Originally, her parents would have just laughed it off like they usually do in the past, but this time, why...

"Tell me more about it! What does it look like over there?"

Ignoring Maki Ikeuchi's surprise, her father spoke again, his tone revealing nervousness.

"Over there... it looks a bit like the Taisho era, people are wearing kimonos, there are demons that die when exposed to sunlight, and there is a team that specializes in hunting demons, called the Demon Slayer Corps... um, and other things..."

"Gone?"

"It seems to be gone..."

Ikeuchi Maki's parents breathed a sigh of relief, but this unusual situation made her even more surprised.

However, what her parents said next surprised her even more.

"Maki...we have something to tell you..."

"Well, I think it's time, Maki... We used to be a family of magicians, coming from another world."

"Eh?!"

"ah?!!"

Ikeuchi Maki was shocked, but what was even more shocked was Fang Wuwei, who was eavesdropping on a balcony not far away. He almost fell off the balcony.