"How about you get some sleep first?"
"...Uh, okay." Mikage Yuzuki nervously glanced from side to side and nodded. No matter what, bringing someone of the opposite sex into her home was a first for her. She wasn't merely a little nervous—she was incredibly nervous!!
"This person doesn't seem familiar with her either," Bone Woman said after watching for a while. At thirty-one, she had lived long enough to naturally recognize the gap in the way they interacted.
"Mm... I really don't know why the Mistress would be on her."
"Maybe she lacks a body, so she needs to attach herself to some other object," Ichimokuren said after thinking it over.
"Mm, so who exactly is this Mistress of yours...?"
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The three figures atop the building whirled around in shock. Five eyes fixed tightly on Jiu Ming, full of vigilance. "You're actually a yokai?"
"...Says the one who's human." After the initial surprise, the three of them calmed down. Bone Woman narrowed her eyes slightly as she stared at Jiu Ming. No matter how human he looked, that did not prove he was human—he lacked the aura a living person ought to have.
"Fine, let's put that aside. What's going on with your Mistress?" Jiu Ming asked curiously.
"We don't seem to have any reason to tell you that, do we?" Ichimokuren said. Jiu Ming gave him a strange feeling. He did not feel dangerous, nor did he sense any threat. Yet even without a sense of danger, that peculiar feeling refused to fade.
"Forget it. I'm a little interested in Hell Girl, but what I really want to understand is Mikage Yuzuki's situation... Do you know anything?"
"...That child." Bone Woman shook her head. Just as she was about to say something, she immediately realized something. "Now isn't