Chapter 77: My seeds are being targeted

Chapter 77: My seeds are being targeted

In the traditional Japanese mansion, a short elderly man with a kimono calmly sipped his warm tea.

Nevertheless, the appearance of this elderly man was quite weird, especially when the back of his head seemed to be in an elongated shape, quite long, which was like a gourd for some reason.

Still, as he enjoyed his afternoon tea, a cat with eight tails suddenly walked elegantly toward him and asked, "Nurarihyon, the young master of the Phenex House, will come today, right?"

"Oh? Is it today?"

Nurarihyon, the Commander of the East Youkai Faction, seemed only to remember there was such a thing as he slapped his forehead, showing an embarrassment that he forgot.

"......."

Magari, the Tortoiseshell granny, the leader of all Nekomata, looked at her Commander speechlessly. "Shouldn't you send someone to pick him up?"

"It's okay. Serafall-chan should have given a map to this young master, right?"

"Even so... don't we need to show some hospitality? Especially when he comes so far away from the Underworld to us."

If it was another devil, Magari might not say so, but this was the young master of the Phenex House.

Unlike other devils, Phenex House could create the "Phenex Tears," a miracle elixir capable of healing most injuries.

Even though the world was peaceful, it didn't mean that they didn't fight each other. Moreover, sometimes, their members had heavy injuries or died due to the conflict with the other factions of Youkai or the Five Principal Clans.

Frankly, the other factions of Youkai aside, since they were weak and could dominate anytime, the Five Principal Clans were different.

If the East Youkai Faction continued to have a conflict with the Five Principal Clans, then the two of them might cease to exist, so they had made an agreement, but nevertheless, it was hard to believe in the words of humans as they often broke the agreement, causing several meaningless fights.

Naturally, due to those fights, a few of them died.

Yet, if they had the "Phenex Tears," this problem could be erased.

However, the price of the "Phenex Tears" was so high, and the supply was limited. Even if the East Youkai Faction wanted to buy it, they could hardly get it. Even if they could, with the price alone, they could only buy some since the price and supply were just insane.

Yet, such a problem wouldn't be a trouble if they had a relationship with the young master of the Phenex House.

Nurarihyon was good at grasping people's hearts, which was also why he became the Commander of the East Faction Youkai. Moreover, his natural ability also made him able to escape in case the situation wasn't favorable to him. After all, not everyone could succeed with this trick like Magari, who seemed to know about his usual trick.

However, there was no doubt that Nurarihyon had the ability and charisma that made Magari and the others follow him.

Moreover, as a cat, she was relatively lazy, so as long as she had a home and peace, she was satisfied. It was just the home she had chosen that happened to be Nurarihyon's place.

However, this was only limited to the youkai in this land.

If it were other creatures from different areas and myths, it might not be working, especially against a devil, who was a master at seduction.

However, that was only an adult devil, and Riser was a young devil.

Moreover, with Riser's snobbish attitude, Nurarihyon believed he could take down Riser. After all, like what Magari had said before, Riser was coming from the Phenex House. He knew about the "Phenex Tears" and the importance of it, so if he could get the supply without even paying, wouldn't that be great?

That's why he thought to trick Riser into joining him as part of his Hyakki Yakkou.

If Riser joined, then Nurarihyon would let him impregnate several youkai, having him as descendants, so it would make the East Faction Youkai even more powerful due to the "Phenex Tears."

Riser might be trash, according to the gossip, but there was no doubt his genes were wonderful.

Nurarihyon had already made his plan and was ready to execute it, especially with his youjutsu. He believed that he could do it, but—

"—?!"

Whether it was Nurarihyon, Magiri, or all the youkai in the area, they were shocked and felt like their heads were smashed with a hammer.

The rippling space could be seen, and the temperature in the area increased several times like they were in the middle of summer.

Then, suddenly—

"EXCUSE ME! I, RISER PHENEX OF THE PHENEX HOUSE, COME TO VISIT!"

"........"

Nurarihyon rubbed his temple as he endured Magiri's stare, but he knew the situation had become troublesome.