The train ticket that Zenin Naobito had booked for Zenin Kiyoshi was for after 11 p.m. It would first go from Tokyo to Kagoshima, which would take about six hours, and then take an hour-long flight to reach Okinawa.
Around 7 o'clock, Zenin Toji pushed open the door. His face was a little tired, and he didn't look very good.
Zenin Kiyoshi was watching TV with Hanami. Hearing the sound of the door, he turned his head and glanced in Toji's direction. Looking at the horse betting ticket that was crumpled into a ball in the other party's hand, a gloating smile appeared on his face.
"Lost again?"
"Yeah, I bet on number three. It was fine at the beginning, but for some reason, that bastard stopped running in the later stage."
"If this continues, you'll owe me more and more money."
Zenin Kiyoshi's voice had a hint of gloating laughter, but Toji didn't care. After all, the money he used to bet on horses was borrowed from Kiyoshi.
It was strange. Kiyoshi clearly disapproved of him gambling, but whenever he asked him for money, Kiyoshi was very straightforward, and didn't even ask what he was going to do.
At the beginning, Toji thought that Kiyoshi didn't know he was going to gamble, but after he confessed once, Kiyoshi still didn't stop him, and even lent him money more readily.
Seeing that he was about to temporarily leave the casino here in Tokyo, Toji couldn't hold back the confusion in his heart and asked Kiyoshi:
"Since you know I'm going to bet on horses, why do you still lend me money?"
To this, Zenin Kiyoshi's answer was quick and neat:
"You're a gambling dog. If you win and pay me back, I don't lose. If you lose and can't pay me back, with your physical fitness, you won't die from jumping off a building. You can also earn a lot of money as a coolie. No matter what, I won't lose.
"And your luck has never been very good. The more money you owe, the more I can collect interest from you at any time."
Hearing Zenin Kiyoshi's words, Toji clicked his tongue with some annoyance, but it was not good to refute. He ignored Kiyoshi and instead sniffed the lingering fragrance of food in the air and walked straight towards the kitchen.
"There's food in the pot, kept warm for you. Remember to wash your own dishes after you finish eating. Don't bother Sister Hanami."
Zenin Kiyoshi watched the TV and instructed Toji twice without turning his head.
"Do you think I'm the kind of life idiot who likes to trouble people with everything?"
"Take out the word 'life'."
Being choked by Zenin Kiyoshi again, the corners of Toji's mouth twitched a few times, but facing his creditor and his feeder, he really couldn't say much.
"Change the TV program, this one is boring. In the end, that man got into a car accident, and then was..."
Before Toji could finish his words, his mouth was blocked by a branch that suddenly grew from his feet!
Hanami's voice was a little resentful. She looked at Toji and said in a slightly gloomy voice:
"Giving a woman spoilers for her favorite TV series is a very impolite thing to do..."
Zenin Kiyoshi was silently watching the interaction between the two on the side, a faint smile on his face.
Although it had not been long since he came here, he had already changed the personality and fate of many people.
After seeing Hanami speak like this with his own eyes, Zenin Kiyoshi could no longer associate Hanami's image with the taciturn female Cursed Spirit in the original story.
But when fate was really twisted by him at a certain turning point, he suddenly discovered that in fact, most of the people in this world had a side to their personality that was beyond his cognition.
Perhaps this was the life they were supposed to have.
Without the great cause of the Cursed Spirit world, and without the decadence of being troubled by childhood for a lifetime.
But seriously, the TV series Hanami watched was really not good, it was too melodramatic.
After the dishes were cleared, Zenin Kiyoshi looked at Toji, who was packing things on the side, and suddenly asked:
"How did you get along with Miss Fushiguro Eri today?"
Hearing Zenin Kiyoshi's sudden question, Toji's face became extremely rare and awkward. He did not look directly into Kiyoshi's eyes, but just pretended to be calm and said:
"It was nothing. I just helped her throw out the garbage, and then she bought me a bottle of water as a thank you. But how did you know she was named Fushiguro Eri?"
"It's written on the nameplate. I'm not blind."
Zenin Kiyoshi did not ask any further. He had watched Toji and Eri come back one after another today, and he also specifically looked at the time on Toji's horse betting ticket, which was after 2 p.m. This proved that he probably stopped gambling around 3 o'clock.
So what was he doing from after 3 o'clock to after 7 o'clock?
With a gratified look at Toji, amidst the other party's slightly awkward departure, Zenin Kiyoshi smiled contentedly.
It seemed that he didn't need to worry about Megumi's birth.
At 10 o'clock at night, Zenin Kiyoshi comforted Hanami, who was now showing "separation anxiety," while packing his luggage.
He didn't know if it was because Hanami had just been born not long ago, but in many aspects, she showed behavior that was beyond Zenin Kiyoshi's cognition.
Just like a kitten that had been abandoned in a rainy night, after meeting a kind person who adopted it, it became extremely dependent on the other party.
At 10:30, Zenin Naobito's alcohol-scented voice sounded from outside the door. Zenin Kiyoshi and Toji opened the door.
When they were about to leave the stairwell, Eri opened the door. Under Zenin Kiyoshi's pulling, he dragged the somewhat reluctant Naobito downstairs, creating some alone time for Toji and Eri.
Although he didn't know what the two talked about, when Toji came down, Zenin Kiyoshi could clearly feel that the other party was in a good mood.
Zenin Naobito smacked his lips and informally taught Toji about love.
But the old drunkard was not completely useless. At least he began to send people to protect Eri's safety.
He could see that Eri had more cursed energy than ordinary people, but she did not reach the standard of a sorcerer.
And such people were often the favorite targets of Cursed Spirits.
Since she was the woman that Toji had taken a fancy to, he would just protect her on the side.
After seeing the two off on the train, Zenin Naobito was stopped on his way back.
The police asked him to blow into a tube-like object.
Later he was taken away...
Taking the train was very tiring, but Toji's mood had been very good. Sometimes Zenin Kiyoshi could even hear him humming a song.
After an hour of transferring from the train to the plane, when the two of them left the airport with large and small bags, what appeared in front of them was a teenage girl in a maid's uniform.
She was Riko Amanai's personal maid, Misato Kuroi.
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