"So that's why Abe no Seimei hasn't been born even after all this time? Turns out you've just been playing secret agents because you had nothing better to do."
Twitching his lips, Yu muttered after reading the information sent by Yosuzume.
Yu had been confused earlier.
Yosuzume had previously said that only a few days would be needed before Abe no Seimei's birth, since Hagoromo-Gitsune had already entered the blood pool inside the cave.
But a few days later, news arrived that a problem had appeared and that Hagoromo-Gitsune's group planned to postpone the birth date.
At the time, Yosuzume had not explained what had happened through the black feather.
There was very little spiritual power attached to the black feather; practically speaking, once the information recorded in the feather was read, it would disperse.
And this black feather was a message that Yosuzume had sent several days later.
First of all, it revealed the current situation of Hagoromo-Gitsune and her group of Kyoto yōkai.
At present, Hagoromo-Gitsune was still recovering from her injuries and preparing to forcibly bring Abe no Seimei back into this world.
Secondly, it described in detail the events that had taken place during this period.
The first was the attack by the Twelve Heavenly Generals of the Onmyōryō against Hagoromo-Gitsune's group.
Speaking of which, Yosuzume had informed both the Onmyōryō and the Keikain family in advance, which was why Hagoromo-Gitsune had been able to break through the seals with her yōkai so easily at the very beginning and ultimately enter the cave in Kyoto.
But why had the Twelve Heavenly Generals of the Onmyōryō suddenly attacked Hagoromo-Gitsune and carried out an assassination operation against her?
Actually, the answer was very simple.
The main reason was Minagoroshi Jizō.
During the early stages of Hagoromo-Gitsune's revival, Minagoroshi Jizō and the group of yōkai under his command had been responsible for collecting fresh livers from young women for Hagoromo-Gitsune in order to help her quickly return to her peak condition.
Although Yu had warned the Onmyōryō and the Keikain family about this in advance, those onmyōji who possessed a sense of justice were still unwilling to simply stand by and watch those yōkai hunt young women and remove their livers throughout Kyoto.
Because of this, Yu proposed a compromise:
He would provide the young women that the yōkai hunted.
And those young women were, without any doubt, the Tomies that Yu kept on his materialized moon farm.
However, all the Tomies looked almost identical, so Yu also asked Tsuchimikado Arima to put some effort into finding an onmyō technique capable of changing their appearances.
This led to a situation where many people in Kyoto were supposedly hunted and had their livers removed by Hagoromo-Gitsune and the other yōkai, yet no panic arose among the population.
In fact, at that point, all the conditions for Abe no Seimei's resurrection had already been fulfilled.
After all, thanks to Tomie, Hagoromo-Gitsune recovered very quickly, and since no onmyōji stood in her way, she entered the cave in Kyoto without any obstacles.
But it was precisely then that Minagoroshi Jizō, with his unusually large head, proposed stopping the resurrection and relocating the resurrection site.
As for the reason, it was because Minagoroshi Jizō felt that something was wrong.
There were many onmyōji in Kyoto.
Even if those onmyōji were not particularly powerful, they were still sufficient to deal with minor yōkai, so there was no reason for them to fear Kyoto's yōkai.
Yet despite that, their journey had gone too smoothly.
Not a single onmyōji had come out to stop them.
Hagoromo-Gitsune also felt that Minagoroshi Jizō's proposal made sense.
In the end, Yosuzume had no choice but to cooperate with the onmyōji of the Keikain family and the Onmyōryō, ultimately organizing a grand assassination performance against Hagoromo-Gitsune.
It could be said that those people had done everything possible to fulfill Yu's requests.
However...
Yu actually no longer needed Abe no Seimei.
At the very beginning, when Yu arranged for Yosuzume to infiltrate Hagoromo-Gitsune's yōkai as a secret agent, he wanted to see what the so-called "becoming a god" of Abe no Seimei truly meant.
If he became a Heretic God, then Yu would be able to master the method of creating Heretic Gods.
But now that he thought about it more carefully, it really did not make much sense.
First of all, a Heretic God was a god who did not follow mythology, a god who had broken away from mythology, a powerful being revered, feared, and praised by humanity.
A Heretic God possessed the power of Authority, the embodiment of their divine power from mythology.
But if Heretic Gods were mass-produced...
As for Authority, would they even possess it?
Yu thought they would not.
Even if they did, it would most likely be some Authority that would not be particularly useful.
Besides, Yu now possessed the Eye of Omniscient Vision, which allowed him to instantly learn and understand how to summon a Heretic God, as well as where in the world the divine artifacts required for summoning a Heretic God were located.
That was already enough.
Because of this, Yu's need to mass-produce Heretic Gods was not great; in fact, he did not need to do so at all.
However...
Yu was quite interested in Abe no Seimei.
He still wanted to see what kind of god Abe no Seimei would transform into.
Rubbing his temples, Yu yawned.
Yu regarded this matter as nothing more than a game, and Abe no Seimei was even more so merely a pastime with which he could pass the time, so the young man had no intention of taking it too seriously.
At that moment, moonlight streamed through the window.
Yu looked at the young woman sleeping beside him, gently stroked her head, and then lay down to sleep.
The night passed quietly, accompanied only by the soft breathing of the two of them.
"Ugh! Today was really, really too embarrassing!"
It was already late at night in the Yuigahama household, but Yuigahama Yui was still hiding beneath her blanket, her cheeks flushed red, kicking her legs against the bed and muttering to herself.
"So, what exactly did the two of you do today?"
On the phone in front of Yuigahama Yui, Yukinoshita Yukino was bathing in a tub, her white skin glowing beneath the light.
With steam spreading throughout the bathroom, the scene was truly beautiful.
Unfortunately, Yuigahama Yui on the other end of the call completely ignored the sight.
At this moment, the young girl's thoughts were entirely filled with Yu.
Recalling his gentle voice, his relaxed demeanor, and the sense of security she felt while being in his embrace, all of it made her like Yu incredibly much.
Because of that, a blissful smile appeared on Yuigahama Yui's face.
"Hello? Hello! Yui! Were you even listening to me?!"
On the other side, seeing that the girl stubbornly refused to answer her question, Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly and spoke again.
That shout immediately pulled Yuigahama Yui back to reality.
"Ah, ah! Um... aside from the things that couples do, we..."
Intertwining her fingers, Yuigahama Yui blushed all the way to the roots of her hair and began stammering.
Today, she and Yu had hugged and cuddled.
Although it had been due to unavoidable circumstances, still...
That counts, right?
Hearing the girl's answer, Yukinoshita Yukino lightly bit her lip, then stood up and said:
"I'm going to sleep. We'll talk tomorrow."
After saying those words, without waiting for Yuigahama Yui's response, Yukinoshita Yukino directly ended the video call.
After ending the call, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at her phone with a complicated expression, which eventually turned into a long sigh escaping her lips.
Tossing the phone aside, Yukinoshita Yukino sat back down in the bathtub.
Pulling her knees against her chest, Yukinoshita Yukino blinked thoughtfully.
"Yukino, Yukino... what in the world is happening to you?"
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