Chapter 22: Fate... how annoying it is...

Chapter 22: Fate... how annoying it is...

"Tamazuki-sama, which place should we attack again?"

"Do you like a war that much, huh?"

Tamazuki, who was eating his udon, looked at his followers helplessly.

"Of course!"

His underlings answered at the same time with a bright smile.

"Even if you lose?"

"....."

"Well, the war aside, it has been two years. Did you forget?" He tried to remind them about his fateful battle.

"Two years?"

They suddenly fell into deep thought and remembered something.

"Ah!"

Watching them suddenly realize what was going to happen, he let out a helpless sigh as he was eating his shrimp tempura, yet he couldn't help but feel melancholy, thinking that it had been two years since that day.

Two years had passed since his first meeting with the protagonist, and a lot of things had happened.

Naturally, the war he had provoked started, and without a surprise, the winner of this war was Nura Clan. However, the process wasn't easy, and many of their members died in this war. It wouldn't be weird to say that many of the high-ranking members of the Nura Clan had died, and the members of their clan had been reduced to half or even more.

In other words, the condition of the Nura Clan was miserable. nove(l)bi(n.)com

Even if the Nura Clan was able to win against the Youkai coalition group, they had become nothing but a wounded beast, a paper tiger, which was only fierce on the outside, yet on the inside, it was so weak, especially when there was also a problem on the inside of this group, which made the situation of this group became even worse.

However, the most surprising thing, Nura Rikuo, who was the protagonist, was still the same as ever. He didn't wish to become a youkai and just lived normally as a human.

Knowing this, Tamazuki was speechless since he had to say how unfair the world was. Here, he was training until he wasn't sure how many times his hands were full of blood and his bones were broken, yet Nura Rikuo would power up, becoming even stronger in a short amount of time through screaming.

However, he could only do nothing since, as of now, it was impossible for him to fight the world.

No, it wasn't someone. Instead, it was a youkai with black sparrow-like wings, a petite yet beautiful appearance, lightly hidden with cloth wrapped.

She seemed wounded, yet the way she fell was suspicious since this place was close to his home.

Still...

<Target has been found!>

"......"

Was it so easy for him to find someone who could trigger his system?

He was surprised, but more importantly, he knew well the identity of this woman since, in the original story, she was the only beautiful heroine on his side.

Yosuzume.

"Hey, is that youkai hurt?"

"Huh? Really?"

"Ah, that's right! There is a youkai hurt!"

His underlings quickly approached the youkai, who seemed hurt and unconscious on the ground, without much thought and any suspicion, showing how pure and naive they were.

"Tamazuki-sama, what should we do?"

They scratched their heads and waited for Tamazuki's decision. Honestly, they didn't want to waste their time here, especially when his battle with his father to determine the future of Shikoku Youkai was about to be held.

"Hari-Onna, take her to the house. Tend her wound. We have found her. It might be fate, and it is too cruel to let her die like this."

Yes, it was fate, which made him sigh since the protagonist had a lot of beautiful women who devotedly loved him, but the beautiful woman by his side was ready to betray him anytime.

"Okay." Hari-Onna nodded and didn't show much reluctance since even if this youkai was beautiful, she knew she wouldn't be her competitor to get Tamazuki's heart.

If he knew what Hari-Onna was thinking, his lips could only twitch, yet even now, he had to sigh since he realized that many youkai didn't seem to have an interest in the opposite gender.

Still, he couldn't deny his excitement since he knew he would get his new reward soon.