I'm surrounded by devil sisters!

"Are you...are you okay?"

"Body? Hmm~"

Not at all like a patient who should be extremely weak after just experiencing a big battle, Hua Kaiyuan Fogui sat up directly from the bed with a whoosh and simply moved his body around.

"It's okay, nothing hurts, so there's probably nothing wrong... That's right!"

"?"

Then Hua Kaiyuan Fugui seemed to suddenly remember something. He quickly opened the collar of his clothes and glanced at the left collarbone.

As I remembered correctly, even the place where the sword had pierced through had recovered. At first glance, there was no trace of any scar on his body.

And the bloodstains on his body...

"So I've become Kratos."

Huakaiyuan Fogui couldn't help but mutter.

He still remembered that when he played God of War 4, Kratos was beaten to a bloody mess by Balder in the first second, but the next second, Kratos relaxed a little and exerted some strength, and all the blood on his body flowed back into his body, and his injuries were instantly healed.

And now, it was the same for him. When he woke up, not only were all his injuries healed, but even the bloodstains on his body had disappeared.

To sum up, his next step would be to go around the world and kill gods!

Yebiyebi~

Just when Hua Kaiyuan Fugui felt that he could unleash the Spartan Fury and kill invincibly in the next moment, the voice of the girl beside the bed suddenly came softly.

"I wiped the blood off you."

Ok?

Oh, so that’s how it is. That’s okay then.

Being pulled back from fantasy to reality, Hanakaiin Fogui covered his face helplessly, but still nodded obediently to the brave girl who picked up the teacup again by the bed.

"Um...thank you, Yuki. I'm sorry to bother you."

"Hmm~ Nothing, it's better to say that I should be..."

Yuuki Nonaka shook her head, but for some reason her voice suddenly softened when she said the second half of the sentence, and two faint blushes appeared on her usually white and clean cheeks.

?

Huakaiyuan Fogui slowly typed a question mark.

"What's wrong? Yuki, you just said 'You should be...' and then what did that mean?"

"You heard wrong, it's nothing."

Yuki Nonaka's cheeks were still flushed, but she turned her face away and raised her hand to hand over the cup of tea that had just been filled with hot water.

"Anyway, thank you for the hospitality. And... Fogui, you've been unconscious for quite some time. Drink some water first. I'll ask Kurumi to bring some food over later. Yuzu-chan is also worried about you."

"Oh……"

Although he didn't understand what "thank you for the hospitality" meant, Huakaiyuan Fugui, whose throat was already sore, still took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

……

At the same time, in the meeting room in the village, several figures sat down around the long conference table.

The afterglow of the setting sun was blocked by the closed curtains within the windowsill, and the shadows in the room blurred the expressions of everyone at the table.

The first sound was the sigh of an old man.

"Qingdou's actions were too reckless. This time, his actions not only cost him his life, but also brought huge losses to the village."

"yes……"

"It's all that Seito guy's fault."

With the old man speaking first, the others followed suit and started complaining, one after another, and for a moment it seemed as if a criticism meeting had been held at the conference table.

But there is no way around it. Although the mountain village is nominally a home of brave men, it is actually more like a mercenary base in essence. The food and drink expenses of so many people in the village cannot be supported by relying solely on chivalry and farming and hunting. Therefore, the adults in the village normally choose to go out to "take orders", and only a small number of brave men with relatively low strength actually stay in the village.

Or you could say he's a scoundrel.

This is also why the mountain village has never disclosed its specific location for so many years.

This evil spirit incident directly killed 90% of the village's defense forces. It can be said that the Brave Village is now in a precarious state.

"This is going to be very troublesome for the Hanakaiin family..."

The old man sighed.

After all, before this, the two sides were originally in a state of equal cooperation. Now there are dead and injured in the village... well, there are almost no injured because basically everyone is dead, and because the death toll is too high, the news cannot be suppressed at all.

Especially now that many branches of the Kyoto Hanakaiin family are all stationed in the village, once this news gets out, as long as the other party is willing, the village can change its name to Hanakaiin tomorrow.

"Perhaps we can make a deal with the Hanakaiin family."

At this moment, someone at the table suddenly spoke.

"You mean... a deal?"

There was a hint of doubt in the old man's tone.

"Yes."

The person who spoke nodded slightly.

"First of all, those deserters must be dealt with, and they must be dealt with severely. This is to give an explanation to the Hanakaiyuan family."

"Secondly, we must make a request to the Hanakaiin family, demanding that our village seal Hanakaiin Buddha. The reason is that he has awakened an overpowered power. However, due to his young age and incomplete mind, if he loses control, it will easily cause immeasurable consequences."

"You... you want to seal the Hanakaiin family's agent? How could they possibly agree to such a thing? And it's an agent, if the Hanakaiin family knew about it..."

"So what if we know? Aren't all the people here from the Huakaiyuan branch family?"

"It's true that they are all separate families, but..."

"No buts, since we are all separated families, there is no problem."

"Don't worry, they will agree. Not only that, they will also help us explain the situation to our family. I've already called them over. They're outside the conference room now... Please come in, family heads."

squeak--

The door hinges turned, and the conference room door was slowly pushed open, revealing three figures outside.

Chapter 262: Two betrayals in one day

As mentioned earlier, due to the curse of Yuyuko four hundred years ago, the Hanakaiin family's incense has become increasingly weak, and they have to select talented people from many branch families to be promoted to the main family and become the new main family.

To this day, the original Hanakaiin family has long disappeared in the long river of history, and the current Hanakaiin family is essentially composed of the elites of the branch families.

In other words, the main family of the Hanakaiin family now only accounts for a very small part of the clan population, but the branch families account for the vast majority of the population.

However, even among the branch families, there are differences in superiority and inferiority, and this superiority and inferiority will cause the branch families, which should have belonged to the same Hanakaiin family, to form their own camps and factions, and eventually evolve into a situation where several major branch families are in a three-way competition.

However, the people who appeared outside the conference room at this moment were none other than the leaders of the three major factions of the Hanakaiin family.

Respectively--

The Fukujuryu school is famous for its barrier techniques.

The Aika school is famous for its Shikigami.

And the Yasushiryu, famous for forging demon swords.

Barriers, shikigami, and demon swords, these three things basically cover all the means of the Onmyoji to slay demons and monsters. It is precisely because of this that the three of them have become the three people with the most say in the huge Hanakaiin family besides the main family.

"Please take a seat quickly. Thank you very much, three family heads, for taking the time to come."

Seeing the three family heads appear at the door of the conference room, even the elders sitting at the main seat at the conference table had to quickly stand up and invite the three people in.

The head of the Bashiliu family took the seat first, forcing a meaningful smile onto his aged face.

"We are also very sorry about what happened in the village today. If our Hanakaiyuan family had been there at the time, they would definitely have been able to help and avoid such great losses."

"yes……"

After hearing this, the elder sighed helplessly.

Although the other party's words were very nice, the implication was also very obvious.

Translated, it means - We know that your village has been destroyed, but our Huakaiyuan family is still unscathed and not a drop of blood has been lost. Although we don't know what you want to say to us, remember to think carefully.

The threat was palpable in his words.

Realizing that there was no way back at this point, the elder cleared his throat and tried to calm himself down.

"Actually, I've invited the three family heads here for two reasons. First, as the village elder, I must apologize to them... Regarding the danger that the Hanakaiin family put themselves in, we've already apprehended those deserters and plan to hand them over to the Hanakaiin family for execution at a later date."

"Um……"

It was already common knowledge by now that the village guards had deserted, forcing Hua Kaiyuan Fogui, who had come to help, to fight the evil spirits alone. It would be hard to justify putting another clan in danger without a concrete and sincere explanation. However, handing over the people of one's own village to the other family to be executed at a later date was a swift act of disgrace.

There was sincerity, but the three family heads were obviously unmoved, or simply didn't care.

The head of the Fushouliu family even hummed impatiently.

"So what's the other thing?"

"About one more thing..."

The elder lowered his head even lower.

"Still regarding Hanakaiin Daixing. Well... according to the village infirmary's observations, Hanakaiin Daixing seems to have been infected with... an ominous power during his battle with the evil spirit. If he loses control and goes berserk, it's very likely to cause unpredictable consequences. So... if possible, we suggest temporarily sheltering Hanakaiin Daixing in our village until we can carefully observe him..."

"Oh?"

The head of the Fushouliu family looked indifferent.

"So how long will this 'observation' take?"

"At least...it will take a few years..."

The elder said cautiously.

This was already a very dangerous statement. After all, he didn't have the courage to directly say that he wanted to seal up the other family's agent.

"How many years at least?"

The head of the Bashiliu family shook his head.

"We don't need such vague statements. We need exact figures. After all, the representative of the Hanakaiin family cannot be someone infected by demonic power. Elder, please speak frankly. If we want to observe in detail, how many years do you conservatively estimate it will take?"

"That might... take about twenty years."

Cold sweat appeared on the elder's temples. This was the number he had reported at the risk of his life.

Twenty years is the time of an entire generation.

Normally speaking, let alone acting as an agent, even if the head of the family has been missing for twenty years, the family should elect a new head of the family.

Not to mention that he was just acting on behalf of others, and was detained on the grounds of "suspected of being involved in evil forces."

So the three branch family heads really still plan to...

"very good."

The second after the elder finished speaking, the three heads of the branch families at the table looked at each other and exchanged glances. Finally, the head of the Aihualiu family tapped the table to confirm the agreement.

"To be honest, the selection of an acting representative is something that our clan cannot neglect. Since the elders have made such a suggestion, we will proceed according to their suggestion."

……

At night, the dazzling flickering flames illuminated the training ground where the undead wreaked havoc during the day.

A bonfire party is being held in the mountain village.

For the Brave Village, the bonfire party is not only a ceremony held to celebrate success, but also a ceremony to hold a funeral.

Because the mountains are filled with strong demonic energy, corpses contaminated by evil spirits must be burned before dark, otherwise they will decompose into a large amount of miasma and attract all kinds of ghosts, which will then directly swallow up the entire Brave Village.

Now that the funeral was over, all they had to do next was simply enjoy the bonfire party, just like finding something happy to cheer themselves up after a great tragedy.

Eat a big meal, drink a lot, then sleep until dawn the next morning, get up and clean up, and life goes on.

That's basically it.

Hanakaiin Fugui did not participate in it. He has never been interested in joining in such fun. At this moment, he was alone at the edge of the training ground, with a small fire built by himself and filled with ingredients to barbecue. The only people with him were Yuki and Kurumi, as well as Yuura who was sitting in his arms with a silly look on her face, waiting for food.

The dancing flames on the firewood pile were reflected in the boy's eyes, and he suddenly spoke.