288 – Fushiikazuchinokami
“Whoa~ My stomach feels like it’s about to burst.”
“You made me do that too much.”
As Ryuji rubbed his bulging stomach from overeating, Yaguchi, who was next to him, said that and scolded him.
“hahahaha, I had a lot of appetite today.”
Now, Ryuji skillfully explains why.
In reality, it was added because of the spells of the two ghosts living in his body, but Yaguchi, an ordinary person, can’t figure it out.
In the first place, since a ghost’s meal is a kind of ‘offering’, it doesn’t show from the outside.
Anyway, the meal was over and I was about to get up to go home when Ryuji called me with a beckoning gesture.
“?”
As I approached to ask what was going on, Ryuji asked in a low voice.
“Yoo Seong-ah, can you give me a moment?”
“What’s going on?”
“It’s about Mahes.”
“Mahes?”
I looked at the Egyptian ghost floating behind his back.
What the hell did Ryuji get into trouble this time?
We went out of the store after telling the others that we had a little talk with the men.
As if Ryuji wasn’t relieved by that, he opened his mouth only after going into a nearby alleyway.
“Don’t be alarmed, listen.”
“Yes.”
“Actually, my parents found out about Mahes.”
“What?”
I looked at Mahes, who was standing with his arms crossed behind Ryuji’s back, with a startled look on his face.
“How were you doing? More than that, did your parents come home?”
Then Ryuji nodded his head with a wry smile.
“He came in saying he would be in Japan for about a month for New Year’s. But my mother was tidying up my room and touched the cat ornament, so Mahes could be seen.”
「Thanks to that, I accidentally made a statement with the parents of the contractor.」
“How did your parents react?”
Then Ryuji shook his head as if he was in trouble.
“I wasn’t kidding. After hearing Mahes’ explanation, there was a great uproar because it was a pharaoni that was not recorded in history and a great discovery of the century. If Yuika hadn’t been out at the right time, Yuika would have found it without a doubt. “
“…You also have a lot of hardships.”
“hahahaha, thank you for your words.”
After saying that, Ryuji gave a small sigh and opened his mouth while looking at me.
“So let’s get to the main topic… Yooseong-ah, what are you doing during spring break?”
“It’s not winter vacation, it’s spring break? Why is that all of a sudden?”
“That… Actually, my parents said they were curious about the origins of Mahes and asked me to go to Egypt during spring break. It’s not long, maybe a week? It’s about a week, but if time permits, would you like to go to Egypt with me?”
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“Why am I following you there?”
When I asked back with a very absurd expression, Ryuji put his palms together with both hands and said.
“I’ll ask you a favor! Mahes says he can’t go back to his tomb without your cooperation!”
I wondered what this meant, so I looked at Mahes floating next to Ryuji.
「It’s true. To open my sealed tomb, you’ll need a warrior with at least a great tutra. And, as far as I know, you are the only warrior with such a strong tutra in modern times, Yuseong Kim.”
“No, no, I understand what you mean, but why am I following Egypt?”
It’s a no-brainer on my part to get involved in such troublesome things.
There is no separate reward, so why go to such a place and go through hardships?
「Hmm, come to think of it, Ryuji’s parents said that. If I get a new academic result by excavating my grave this time, I will be able to receive a huge amount of research funding from the country.”
“…Research funds?”
When I put on a slight grim expression, Mahes nodded and said,
「If you come with me on this trip to Egypt, I will tell Ryuji’s parents and ask you to take a reward without regret. You can give me the treasure from my grave.”
“Treasure?”
「Ever since then, she is still a pharaoh. When I die, there are at least a mountain of burial goods that were buried with me in the tomb. They were originally dedicated to me, but this time I will forgive you if you take as much as you want.”
“…….”
Isn’t that appealing?
I thought it would be okay to accept this deal if I could get a huge amount of money that ordinary people couldn’t get even if I worked for a lifetime.
But just in case, let’s make it clear.
“Ryuji, can you ask your parents roughly how far they are thinking?”
My ransom is high.
***
When we returned to the store after our secret deal, everyone in our party was already outside the store.
“What did you two talk about?”
When Yaguchi immediately asked, Ryuji made a joke as if nothing had happened.
“I had a request for you personally, right Yooseong?”
“Huh? Uh uh.”
When we drew the line accurately that we were talking privately with our friends, Yaguchi nodded his head with a puzzled look on his face, no matter how much he was a girlfriend.
“Then we should go soon.”
Fuma-senpai, who has been watching the situation, intervenes at the right moment.
Thanks to that, I was able to escape from the awkward atmosphere and thanked them with a wink.
“Bye bye, Yuika.”
“Meiling-sister go in too.”
The two of them broke up with a smile as if they had become friends.
After telling Ryuji to contact me again when it becomes clear later, I left with the party.
***
The room where Huma-senpai and Mei-ling live together was located not too far from our house.
“Then it’s time to say goodbye.”
“Today was fun. Sungah Yoo.”
“It was also nice to meet you after a long time.”
I said that and waved my hand, then asked a question that came to my mind.
“Come to think of it, Fuma-senpai, when will her third year graduation ceremony be held?”
“Graduation ceremony? I know it’s held in early March, but why?”
“I was wondering if I should buy some flowers.”
Originally, this kind of role is played by the family, but it was unlikely that Fuma-senpai’s father, Kotaro Fuma, would appear at the graduation ceremony.
And when Fuma-senpai heard me say this, he said with a smile.
“Thank you for just saying. But you don’t have to worry. The maid cafe’s family will come on graduation day.”
“Oh.”
Come to think of it, all the people working at that cafe were from the Fuma clan.
Mei Ling, who was watching the conversation between me and Fuma-senpai from the sidelines, suddenly let out a small sigh and said,
“Yukika, you don’t have to say that.”
“Yes?”
“You say Yooseong is coming to congratulate you, but what are you refusing to do?”
“But she’s a nuisance to him if she takes the time to come…”
“No, it’s not a nuisance.”
I flatly denied Fuma-senpai’s words of worrying first.
“I’m going because I want to go.”
Because I owe you something.
“…….”
After hearing my words, Fuma-senpai looked at me with her slightly dazed face.
Then, with a faint smile on her lips, she said.
“Thank you for caring about me. Then I will look forward to the day of the graduation ceremony with joy.”
“That’s the attitude.”
As I raised her thumb, Fuma-senpai nodded her head and raised her thumb.
“Then we’ll go in now. Go home carefully.”
“Yes. Meiling too.”
I waved my hand cheerfully and saw Mei-ling from the back as she ran up the stairs to the second floor.
It’s not too far from here, so I’m thinking of going home.
That was the moment when I put my hand in my pocket.
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“Huh?”
An indescribably huge shadow passed right in front of my eyes.
***
It was like a giant serpent.
Incomplete features with no eyes, mouth, or nose.
As if covered in a mosaic, the black mist obstructed the vision, making it impossible to distinguish exactly what shape it was.
At first glance, an unidentified creature that looked like an earthworm was crawling on the ground and heading somewhere.
As I was looking at him with a bewildered expression at the psychic phenomenon that occurred in broad daylight, a girl in the distance was chasing a shadow with quick steps.
And the girl’s face was familiar.
That’s probably the case, since he’s the person I met just a few hours ago.
“Kozue?”
As I involuntarily called the name, the girl who had been chasing after the shadow flinched and turned around.
“You…”
I thought it might have something to do with the psychic phenomenon in broad daylight that was happening right in front of my eyes, so I asked straight-forward.
“What is that strange almost?”
Then Kozue said with an angry expression.
“That’s strange! That’s Mr. Fushiikazuchinokami, whom I serve as a shrine maiden!”
“Fushiikazu…What? Is it like a youkai?”
“It’s not a monster, it’s a god! It looks like you have a spiritual eye like me, how can you be so rude!”
As she said that, Kozue put her hand on her waist and acted as if she was going to give a speech at any moment.
Koo-gu-gu-gu-goo!
However, even in that moment, the shadow continues to move forward without stopping.
Kozue turned around in surprise when he heard a sound that sounded like thunder and lightning, and shouted, “Come with me! Are you leaving Miko and going somewhere alone!” And started running again.
As I stared at Kozue’s back with a blind eye, I decided to pretend I didn’t see anything and go home, since I didn’t want to get involved with anything strange from the beginning of the New Year.