This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame-Chapter 706 - 428: Thank You, Beichuan Master (4000 words)

Chapter 706: Chapter 428: Thank You, Beichuan Master (4000 words)

"Please stop talking, Beichuan Master... Don’t say any more..."

She covered her face with her hands, her shoulders trembling.

Yes... Don’t go on... If you do, the courage that has been so hard to gather will be scattered.

She would have to go back to that cold Four Directions Family, living a life alone without anyone’s understanding... If she heard Beichuan Si speak again, her courage would undoubtedly be completely scattered.

She would become dependent on him again.

It was only then that Four Directions Huixue realized.

In just a few days, her gaze had constantly followed the figure of Beichuan Si, especially when Beichuan Si was willing to exchange an "immortality elixir" for her safety—

Although Beichuan Si had later said that it was merely a strategy because he had already known that the elixir was flawed.

But even so, it added a touch of warmth to her originally sorrowful heart.

For that sliver of warmth... what did loneliness count for?

"This is already the best solution."

Her face covered, she soon found herself in tears.

Four Directions Huixue stuttered, "I know I’m a very weak person, too scared to confront my fate when I know it’s upon me. I’m just a coward, a drifting mayfly. The only one who can make this mayfly land... is you, Beichuan Master. I don’t want, don’t want to trouble you anymore."

She could no longer contain her emotions, squatting down with soft sobs.

"..." Beichuan Si.

He looked at Four Directions Huixue squatting on the ground and couldn’t help but shake his head.

"Mr. Temple..." Magong Yongshi observed the lonely figure of the girl, a trace of pity surfacing in his eyes, "Though it might be asking too much, but..."

Isn’t that an understatement? It was simply an impossible task.

As Four Directions Huixue had said, her proposed method was undoubtedly the smoothest way to resolve the entire affair.

By pretending to be another Four Directions Huixue, she could easily confuse the matter.

But then she would have to live as ’another Four Directions Huixue,’ unable to reveal even a hint of her true personality... How lonely that must be?

Magong Yongshi could hardly bear the thought.

But to choose another path besides this one...

Magong Yongshi floated behind Beichuan Si, silently sighing.

Difficult.

Too difficult.

But even knowing it was a hard path, Magong Yongshi still wanted to help Four Directions Huixue.

It wasn’t whimsy or saintliness but because Four Directions Huixue was doing this mainly for Beichuan Si.

Beside Magong Yongshi, Shenzhu Shihui also dropped her typically careless expression, hesitatingly glanced at Beichuan Si’s expression, and couldn’t help but add, "Otherwise... Beichuan, maybe you should come up with a plan?"

As for the silent Nishijou Kurenai, her actions were even more drastic.

Her doll-like body climbed atop Beichuan Si’s head, one round hand pulling at his hair while the other held a little hammer.

Seeing the group of good spirits staring fixedly at him, Beichuan Si flicked his fingers, then expressionlessly plucked Nishijou Kurenai from his head.

He shook his head, his voice calm in reply, "I never said I wouldn’t help her, but it’s a process."

Beichuan Si walked over to Four Directions Huixue, reaching out to help her up from the ground.

"Beichuan Master..." Four Directions Huixue looked up, her face tear-streaked, exuding a poignant beauty.

Beichuan Si stared at her face for a while, then turned away, his tone slightly disdainful, "Originally you weren’t cute enough, and crying has made you even less so. Try to cry less in the future."

"Cough cough cough!!!" Magong Yongshi and Shenzhu Shihui coughed violently.

Next to them, Nishijou Kurenai’s doll-like face went blank, not even realizing when the hammer slipped from her hand.

"Beichuan Master!" Four Directions Huixue was about to start crying again.

She was already immersed in her own sad world, and Beichuan Si’s words pressed her even further.

"Don’t make that face." Beichuan Si couldn’t help shaking his head again, "I have a way to resolve your issue, and you don’t need to go through the trouble of pretending to be another Huixue."

Upon hearing this, Shenzhu Shihui blinked in surprise.

Beichuan Si had a solution?

Was there really a solution in such a situation?

As if he read her mind, Beichuan Si spoke calmly,

"Only those who lack the ability would choose just one. Those with sufficient capability naturally want both."

"Uh..." Shenzhu Shihui’s mouth moved, but she couldn’t find the words.

Disinterested in Shenzhu Shihui’s reaction, Beichuan Si turned and glanced at Four Directions Huixue, his voice unchanging, "Let me say this first, I am helping you out of obligation, and perhaps there’s a bit of personal emotion mixed in, but that’s just a little bit."

He stretched out his fingers, the index and thumb crossing, making a ’little bit’ gesture.

Four Directions Huixue looked at Beichuan Si’s gesture and took a moment before asking, 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"But... What is the solution? It involves the entire Four Directions Family..."

She didn’t finish her sentence.

Four Directions Huixue knew very well the strength of the Four Directions Family; it was impossible to deceive them, and being honest might not earn the family head’s forgiveness—

She didn’t continue that thought when she heard Beichuan Si ask in an even tone, "Why do we assume ’getting the forgiveness of the Four Directions Family’ as a prerequisite? Or maybe..."

Beichuan Si now held a fierce-looking hammer in his hand.

He gravely countered, "Is there anyone in the Four Directions Family who can defeat me?"

"...," replied Four Directions Huixue.

Indeed, a longstanding position as a minority had shaped Four Directions Huixue’s mentality.

Why should she consider herself in a weaker position? Wasn’t Beichuan Si stronger now?

As Beichuan Si said, the Four Directions Family, a family of exorcists, had declined for a long time, due to a long interruption in the lineage of the Four Directions Shrine. To say someone inside could defeat Beichuan Si, who could resolve a Calamity Spirit?

That was impossible to find.

"But, but... the financial power of the Four Directions Family... though not comparable to a financial group, it’s still considerable..." Four Directions Huixue muttered.

Beichuan Si blinked, "I know several financial group heirs."

Four Directions Huixue’s face turned red,

"But there are also people in politics for the Four Directions Family..."

"The Ibaraki’s Hayakawa Family, the head of the Tokyo Political Party... plus a police acquaintance... they should all be able to help me."

"..." Four Directions Huixue.

She quieted down.

"You shouldn’t be thinking about how to sacrifice yourself, or how to consider my needs..."

Beichuan Si pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at the fearful expression on Four Directions Huixue’s face, then reached out and kindly patted her head.

He continued softly, "You should think about... what should you do? What kind of rights do you want? I can’t make choices for you; that’s just your way of escaping. You have the capability, the obligation to make your own choices, and the responsibility for the choices you make."

"You are only yourself, and you can only be yourself... You are not a Mayfly, you now have the obligation and responsibility to make your own choices."

His voice was slow, each word laden with an indescribable weight.

Listening to what Beichuan Si said, Four Directions Huixue bit her lower lip tightly.

Then—

She nodded vigorously, wiping her tears away,

"I know what to do."

Four Directions Huixue took a deep breath, then lunged forward and hugged Beichuan Si without hesitation.

A soft whisper followed,

"Thank you, Beichuan Mage."

"..." Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si shook his head again and then let out a deep sigh,

"Mhm."