"Come on, come on, swim, swim, swim..."
"Willing to be an ox or horse for a copper coin..."
"Isn't it better to be a demon than a human?"
"Not afraid even if Yama orders my death..."
Before long, Annie, sitting on the shoulders of that fake Hozen Tibbers with her feet swinging, soon heard a strange, oddly toned folk song drifting faintly through the mountain forest. It didn't even sound like the voice a normal person should have when speaking.
Without needing Annie to remind him, fake Hozen Tibbers immediately turned around and strode quickly toward the direction of the sound.
Very soon!
He and his fake, troublesome little master saw them: on the mountain road in the distance was a white-robed wolf demon with a long sword stuck into his waist, alongside a slightly shorter little wolf demon who likewise carried a scimitar, but also had a wooden shield?
From the looks of it, they seemed to be patrolling the mountain?
At the same time Annie and Tibbers saw them, the two of them also noticed Annie and Tibbers.
"Hey, hey, big brother, look!"
"Another Hozen..."
"Yo!"
"It really is..."
"Ah!"
"How come there's a little girl with it this time?"
"You think..."
"Is she human or a demon?"
"Don't know, but she looks human. Fair-skinned and tender..."
"She really does!"
"What do we do?"
"What else can we do? The Great King said it himself: same as always. Hozen are to be killed without exception!"
"True!"
"But what about that little girl?"
"She doesn't look like a Hozen..."
"Well..."
"How about we take her back and let the Great King decide?"
"Excellent!"
"Let's do that!"
"Go!"
"Everyone, attack!"
"Take her back and present her to the Great King. He'll certainly appreciate us. Maybe you and I won't have