Xiaobai Is a Fox, Not a Puppy!!

[The Red Maple Forest outside Kyoto. Keep your promise.]

Seimei had not expected the other man's request to come so quickly, nor had he imagined that the first request would be so strange.

He very much wanted to know who this person he was supposed to meet after coming of age was, but the words on his lips ultimately changed into:

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"I understand. I'll keep my promise and go there after I come of age."

Seimei knew very well that if the man wanted him to know who that person was, he would have told him when making the request.

If he had not, there must have been another reason.

The Red Maple Forest was not far from Kyoto, so there probably would not be too much trickery involved.

"No matter who I'm going to meet, I'll treat them with sincerity."

And, seemingly to reassure the man—or perhaps to encourage him to treat Hakuzosu, who was hiding behind Seimei, with the same sincerity afterward—he added that assurance.

Over their brief encounter, he had already formed an impression of this head of the Uchiha Clan.

He was undoubtedly an onmyoji with principles.

"Mm."

"Come here."

"We're leaving."

After giving Seimei a slight nod, Arata turned his gaze directly toward Hakuzosu, who was hiding behind him.

He could sense that Izumi's battle had ended as well.

Although the onmyoji sent by the Genji Clan after Shadow had all been quite capable,

they were still no match for her time-based Mangekyō Sharingan.

At his summons, however reluctant he was, Hakuzosu finally shuffled out from behind Seimei and walked over to Arata.

"My name is Hakuzosu, Lord Seimei. After the three requests are fulfilled, you must call my name!"

"Of course, you can call me Xiaobai, too."

After dawdling over