Shuteng woke up from his tipsy state and opened his eyes.
He felt a summon from an unknown location.
The world … no, that wasn't all.
All the demons must have heard this summon.
All the demons in the hall stopped what they were doing, leaving only the humans crying out in pain.
Even the humans that had been thrown into the pot had crawled out without anyone noticing.
"What's the matter?" Shuteng stood up and kicked away the half-naked woman in front of him.
He smashed the small demon holding a wooden stick next to the pot into pieces.
"Why did you stop?"
It was as if the hall had come back to life.
The monsters' sharp laughter rang out again. The fork of the dead little monster was picked up by another one, and it continued to work conscientiously.
Shuteng licked the blood off his teeth and laughed.
This was more like it.
Nobody could covet Shuteng Doji's prey.
There were very few Onmyoji that had enough power to summon him, and every single one of them was famous. However, this one's aura was especially unfamiliar.
It was especially powerful … and delicious.
Even though Shuteng Doji had long since passed the time when he was crazily chasing after flesh and blood, such high-quality food still made Shuteng Doji feel a long-lost thirst.
It must be delicious, even more delicious than all the humans here.
He wanted to eat this human who emitted this aura, including her skin and bones.
He swallowed them all into his stomach.
But such a powerful human …
He probably wouldn't be able to win easily. He could only respond to her summon and see what her contract required.
Then, he would wait for an opportunity to attack?
Shuteng Doji silently thought to himself.
He responded to a distant summon.
An unimaginably powerful force enveloped his body. But, to Shuteng Doji's surprise, he could only sense the summoner's request, but not the contract.
This was completely unexpected. How could someone with such great power be so careless? Or was there some other scheme that he hadn't thought of?
It would be a pity to give up such a delicious meal because of some unknown scheme.
Shuteng Doji didn't hesitate at all. He told Shuteng Doji that he hoped to eat the summoner after she achieved her goal.
He was already prepared to be rejected or even to fight. But, unexpectedly, the summoner actually agreed.
After Shuteng Doji appeared, he saw the little girl who summoned him.
She was different from when she was summoned. Although she seemed to have some power now, she wasn't as strong as when she was summoned. Beside her was an old human woman. Although she had Spiritual Power, she was nothing to Shuteng Doji.
There was no ambush here, and the fear in the old woman's eyes didn't seem fake … it seemed that everything was just an accident?
That was truly wonderful.
"Human, you're the one who summoned me?" Looking at the little girl's sparkling eyes in front of him, Jiu Tun laughed at her ignorance. "He looks like a weak little guy."
Although he was being mocked, what astonished Jiu Tun was that the person in front of him didn't seem to realize that he was being humiliated at all. Instead, he had an expression of disbelief as he sized up Jiu Tun.
"Yes, I am your master..."
Although he had never heard of this term before, the contract conveyed the meaning of this term.
Master?
Shuteng Doji, Doji. . was of Shuteng Doji, Doji's, Shuteng Doji's Doji's' ''s Doji Doji..
. Just how arrogant and ignorant was this person to dare say that they were his, Shuteng Doji's, master!?
No matter if it was an Onmyoji or a human, they were all careful when cooperating with him, afraid that they would lose their lives if they angered him. Yet, in this place filled with weaklings, someone actually wanted to be his, Shuteng Doji's, master?!
"You want to be my master?"
Shuteng Doji didn't get the begging he expected.
"You seem strong, but I'm not weaker than you at all! If you didn't save your balls in the first few rounds, you were nothing! "
Shuteng Doji didn't understand.
Just what was this person thinking?
Shuteng Doji stared at the human in front of him. He laughed at the absurdity of the situation. "Very good. After this contract is over, let me see just how confident you are to provoke me!"
Due to his identity as a contestant, the inexplicable human was able to struggle at death's door. However, the rest of the contestants were not so lucky.
Shuteng Doji was dissatisfied with the unfinished feast. He wanted to satisfy himself with blood and death.
He might as well kill everyone here.
Just as he was about to attack, the strange human blocked his way. "How can you bully an old granny?"
At that moment, Shuteng Doji felt a familiar sense of absurdity.
Was this human trying to tell him his age? Could it be that he, Shuteng Doji, had lived longer than any other human?
Moreover, did she think that he would agree to stop a demon with such a ridiculous reason?
Shuteng Doji didn't want to care about this human at all. He only wanted to kill her and satisfy his desires.
But at that moment, the voices of a bunch of demons came from outside.
It seemed that this human had suppressed her strength and couldn't attract a powerful demon like him. However, she was a good bait for these demons.
Shuteng Doji didn't want to get into a conflict with his contractor for the time being, so he directly dealt with the demons. He noticed that the human's attitude had clearly changed.
However, Shuteng Doji's intuition as a demon told him that this human wasn't afraid of him.
She said that she was afraid, but she didn't feel any fear in her heart.
Even if she knew how strong he was, this human still wasn't afraid of him.
It was very strange. In the past, most humans would feel afraid when they saw him different from ordinary people.
A few would also feel afraid when they saw him killing.
But when he thought about it, this was the first time a human had put her hand in his hair without the slightest scruple and chattered non-stop like a little bird while saying that she was afraid.
He had never seen such a human before, and it seemed quite interesting.
Moreover, she seemed to be obsessed with his face?
This human was still blushing and chattering. Shuteng Doji impatiently released a bit of killing intent, only to see her holding her mouth and looking at him with a red face.
Her skin was soft and tender, like a princess from somewhere. The taste must be very good.
Shuteng Doji absent-mindedly carried the human, wanting to quickly send her to Abe Haruaki and eat her in one bite.
Although Abe Haruaki would definitely stop him, that man couldn't do much if it was a contract.
But to Shuteng Doji's surprise, it didn't take long for him to feel the human on his shoulder lose consciousness. When he found a human village and asked the elders, he found out that this human was actually sick?
This was simply inconceivable. Shuteng Doji was an unbridled demon, and he only knew how to be injured, but he never understood what it meant to be sick.
After learning that this illness could cause the death of humans, Shuteng Doji was forced to stop and stay in this small village. He killed a few people and threatened the elders to think of a way to save his contractor.
In Shuteng Doji's eyes, most humans were weak, but this human girl was even more weak than anyone he had ever seen.
Her body was weak, she was picky about food, and she liked to meddle in other people's business. She didn't understand what danger was.
In the end, it was this fragile little human girl that gave him a shock.
Not only did she stop him from eating humans, but she also touched his teeth.
If Shuteng Doji hadn't been worried about the contract, he would have bitten off that finger the moment it was stuffed into his mouth.
"Shuteng Doji, your teeth are really sharp."
Shuteng Doji wasn't surprised to hear this. He turned his head and threw the reckless human on the ground: "Do you know why my teeth are so sharp?"
"To eat me."
… Oh!
Shuteng Doji didn't know what to say. He could only look at the smiling human and feel annoyed.
What was this human thinking?
Shuteng Doji didn't say anything else. He watched as this weak human complained that the food wasn't tasty, but because the villagers begged for mercy, she agreed with a bitter expression. In the end, when he expressed that he wanted to eat the villagers, she asked to leave.
Humans were always full of fools like this. They wanted to fight him with a sense of justice, wanting to stop him from killing.
Shuteng Doji didn't dislike this kind of people, and food with a strong will had a unique taste.
But this human surprised him once again.
In her eyes, it was natural for humans to be eaten by demons. She only stopped it because she was a human.
There was actually a human with such thoughts?
For the first time, Shuteng Doji wanted to understand a human.
So other than being eaten and being afraid, humans also had such thoughts?
What kind of divine being was this human? Did the people around her have such thoughts as well?
Shuteng Doji began to observe this human.
This was the first time he truly looked at a human and considered their thoughts. He didn't treat them as food and only paid attention to their taste.
Shuteng Doji found that this human girl liked him very much. Every time she was by his side, she seemed to be very familiar with him. She especially liked to chatter, and she even pointed at the food she ate every day.
He had never seen such a human before. She had probably never seen him kill people, so she thought that he was a kind demon?
Shuteng Doji looked at the little girl sleeping on his lap, and his killing intent grew stronger and stronger. However, this little girl didn't feel anything at all and was still sleeping so soundly.
He simply gave up on the tree behind him and leaned over to look at the moon in the sky.
His desire as a demon urged him to quickly find Abe Haruaki so that he could quickly eat this dream food.
But at this moment, the full moon that used to drive Shuteng crazy calmed him down.
At night, Shun Tun had clearly refused to let this human get close to him. He even said that he would kill her if he was too guarded. However, this little girl still squeezed her way to his side at night. After falling asleep in a daze, she laid on his lap.
This felt a bit like … what was it like?
Shuteng Doji couldn't find a suitable word to describe his experience as a demon.
He had lived for a very long time, but this was the first time he had experienced something like this.
If he didn't think so much at the beginning and just followed the power, he wouldn't have to waste time playing house with this little girl now.
However, there wasn't much fun in staying in the mountains. Every day was the same.
And recently, there was a demon called Ibaraki Doji who inexplicably treated him as his best friend. He chased after him all day, shouting that he wanted to fight with him and be dominated by him. The tall Shuteng Doji was quite annoyed.
If that was the case, it would be good to leave. Even if there was a new order after returning to the mountains, he would just kill all the demons who opposed him.
Thinking of this, Shuteng Doji felt the demon blood in his body boil.
He really liked fighting. Red blood. The despair of death for both humans and demons. The stronger he fought against the stronger, the sweeter the joy of victory.
… But he still couldn't compare to this human.
Delicious, delicious, delicious food that he would never encounter again.
Shuteng Doji sat by the fire and looked at the little girl who was resting her head on his lap. He couldn't help but lick his sharp teeth.
A dense demon aura slowly flowed out from the wine gourd on the side, enveloping all the beasts and demons around him and slowly dissolving them.
He wouldn't share this delicacy with any demons. Only he could taste this delicacy by himself.
He hated that he couldn't put her in a place where no one would know and eat her up bit by bit.
Shuteng Doji put away his sharp nails and held one of the little girl's hands.
Her hands were small and soft, making him want to swallow her in one bite.
But he still couldn't.
If he were to eat this person now, it would be …
What would happen?
It would be because the contract couldn't be reached.
That was what Shuteng Doji thought.
After all, demons placed a lot of importance on "contracts."
When Shuteng Doji realized that he didn't reject this human's approach for the first time, she immediately stuck close to him and chattered endlessly every day, praising him again.
"This is the first time a human has said such things to me," Shuteng said as he picked fruits from the tree.
The little girl hugged the wine gourd and looked up at him. Her sparkling eyes made him want to eat her in one bite. "Because you're really powerful. If it wasn't for Thongo, I wouldn't even know how I died!"
Was she sure about how she would die now? Was this something to be happy about?
Shuteng Doji realized that when this little girl needed his help, she would look at him with an especially weak and helpless expression. Every day, she would ask him about his past. Whenever he got angry, she would look at him with that expression again.
Shuteng Doji realized that he couldn't do anything about that expression. He even enjoyed it.
This kind of happiness was different from the happiness in the past. Although it couldn't make his blood boil like fighting and killing, it could make him sit down quietly.
"Then why do you eat humans?"
"In the beginning, it was because humans were the easiest to catch." Shuteng Doji answered the little girl's question. "Actually, demons can eat anything, but for weak demons, eating humans is the easiest choice."
They didn't have sharp teeth, thick armor, and gathered in groups. They didn't know how to dig holes, and they couldn't run fast.
"After getting used to eating, you'll find humans the most delicious."
Shuteng Doji saw the little girl's sad and weary expression. "Sigh, there's nothing I can do about it. However, humans will still resist. Otherwise, they'll be like pigs, horses, cows, and sheep."
"To me, you humans are no different from livestock." After saying this, Shuteng Doji felt that something was wrong. As he expected, the little girl looked at him with that gaze that made his throat itch.
"Then, Tuntun, do you think I'm also a pig?" The little girl looked at him with that pitiful gaze again. Without waiting for his answer, she said, "Then I'm also the cutest pig."
Shuteng Doji didn't want to suppress his emotions anymore. He hugged the little girl tightly in his arms and rubbed her head fiercely.
He also liked this kind of thing very much.
He now knew a word to describe this feeling.
She was very cute, so cute that he wanted to eat her.
Although his goal was still to find Abe Haruaki, Shuteng Doji began to consciously change his direction. He wanted to find a larger city.
This was because the little girl hadn't completely recovered from her previous illness. Moreover, as a demon, his sharp intuition allowed him to sense that her vitality was gradually leaving her body.
However, no matter how many doctors he saw or how much medicine he took, she didn't get better.
There were many times when Shuteng Doji wanted to tear those useless humans to shreds, but the little girl gently persuaded him to stop. Then, he would continue to the next location.
Until he met Abe Haruaki.
After meeting Abe Haruaki, the contract was completed.
While he was hesitating whether to eat this human or not, Shuteng Doji heard Abe Haruaki say that the little girl's illness had worsened to the point that she was about to die because she was by his side.
Was it only because she was by his side?
Shuteng Doji was at a loss. A human had never been able to stay by his side for so long, so much so that he had forgotten.
— — He was actually the natural enemy of humans.
Indeed, all the abilities that demons had were to make it easier for them to capture humans.
Whether it was their sharp teeth, powerful limbs, extraordinary strength, or even the aura they emitted, it was all to make it easier for them to hunt.
Because he was a demon, as long as he was by a human's side, he would cause harm to them.
No matter what he thought.
This was the relationship between humans and demons.
Only at this moment did Shuteng Doji finally realize that the reason why he had been able to tolerate the peace on this journey, why he had been willing to listen to this human, why he had never killed anyone in front of her, and why he cared about her feelings, was all because he had fallen in love with this human.
However, it was precisely because of this that he realized that this person in front of him didn't love him.
Her eyes were always sparkling, and the way she looked at him was the same as how she looked at Abe Haruaki.
However, it didn't matter. Shuteng Doji didn't care about this. As long as he could completely possess this person, that was enough.
Originally, Shuteng Doji had already been prepared to fight with Abe Haruaki before taking her away, but he hadn't expected that the little girl would actually be determined to go with him. She had only learned a few ways to use the Yin-Yang technique before leaving Kyoto.
The two of them wandered aimlessly around Japan. Although Shuteng Doji had never experienced this before, he didn't hate it.
She took two steps and was already panting. She looked at him with a gaze that made him want to plunder her, and her voice was as sweet as honey. "Then Thongo, let's go to your lair to take a look!"
Just as he was about to agree, Shuteng Doji thought about his palace in the mountains.
There were skeletons and corpses everywhere, and the demonic aura of all kinds of demons filled the entire mountain range. Whether it was the villagers or animals passing by, they would all be dragged in and eaten.
… He didn't want to take her there.
That kind of place didn't suit her at all.
However, Shuteng Doji found that he couldn't resist the little girl's unreasonable pestering. Although she only said a few words with a fake sobbing tone, and couldn't even squeeze out a single tear, he still agreed in defeat.
As they set off for the mountains, Shuteng Doji found that the little girl's strength was becoming more and more obvious as her anger disappeared. Now, he had to clear out a large number of demons every day to prevent those bastards from disturbing their journey.
Not only that, but he was also enduring the instinctive torment every day. He wanted to eat all of her, whether it was eating her skin and flesh in his stomach, or possessing her as a male.
However, the more it was like this, the more intense the restraint was, the more it prevented him from doing anything.
This made Shuteng Doji extremely anxious. He didn't understand what this restraint was, nor did he understand why he was still willing to stay here and be imprisoned by invisible lines even though there were no more restraints.
The more it was like this, the more Shuteng Doji wanted to tear this invisible prison apart. However, when he saw the little girl, he couldn't do anything.
Until she was about to die.
… With such immense power and such a rich fragrance, he could no longer control his instincts as a hunter.
Just as he had imagined, it was filled with the sweet smell of power.
The sweet blood moistened his throat, and the sweet meat comforted his hunger. A powerful strength filled his entire body.
The little girl began to cry, and weakly pushed his shoulder with her hands.
This was a contract.
Shuteng Doji thought to himself. It was a contract that should have been fulfilled long ago, but he would rather endure the hunger and thirst all the way until now.
The human finally realized that no matter what she did, it was useless. She stopped crying and begging. She only trembled slightly when he bit her.
Shuteng Doji glanced at the little girl's eyes.
Her eyes were still shining, but they were filled with tears and sorrow.
He saw himself in those eyes. His sharp fangs were stained with blood, and he had an ecstatic smile as if he had finally had his fill.
… How hideous.
Just who was the person in those eyes?
Shuteng Doji reached out and grabbed her slender neck.
He had returned to the mountains with an even stronger attitude than before.
In this mountain range filled with demons, he had regained his "normal" self, and he repeatedly fought and killed.
Occasionally, he would make deals with human nobles, but that was also for the purpose of maintaining the fragile relationship between demons and humans.
Besides, as long as he reached a contract with a human noble, they would consciously send over the young men, women, children, and various treasures in their own territories.
Most of the time, he liked to be alone in a place where no one could find him.
The mountains' palace still held the same banquets as before. Shuteng Doji would occasionally go there and deal with one or two demons who overestimated themselves and challenged him.
However, he rarely ate human flesh anymore, because the most delicious and painful food in the world was already in his body forever.
Shuteng Doji held his chin in boredom as he watched the demons enjoy themselves without restraint.
How boring.
… Before you, everyone was inferior to you.
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