At around one o'clock on Friday, Riho Yukino visited the [Furukawa Kaikan] located in Sangen Tea House.
The antique mansion is located at the end of a long uphill slope. Long willow branches protrude from the stone courtyard wall. When the breeze blows, the willow leaves will sway silently like a group of ghosts with nowhere to go.
The door is in an ancient style with edges and corners.
The brand name is very new, with the word "Furukawa" outlined in black ink on it.
Yukino Riho rang the doorbell, then raised her face to the camera and reported her name.
The iron door opened slowly. As soon as she stepped in, the iron door closed behind her. In the camera picture, she walked across the courtyard as usual, walking along the path in the courtyard towards an ancient house, and everything was silent.
, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the courtyard.
When we came to the small door leading to the backyard, there were several rubber chairs. A huge man was sitting there, reading a newspaper in his hand.
He was about thirty years old, with a shaved head and a carefully trimmed beard on his chin. At first glance, he looked like a full-time housekeeper.
In fact, that was his occupation, the bodyguard of the club owner, and sometimes he also worked part-time as a driver.
"Hello Mr. Kamiya." Riho Yukino greeted him.
The man sat still on the chair, just raised his head and looked at her.
"Where's Madam?" she asked.
Mr. Kamiya replied: "I'm taking a nap."
"Then I'll go in first."
"OK."
Yukino Riho walked around him, walked into a small courtyard along the eaves, and opened the sliding door of the Japanese room.
The room inside is about the size of eight tatami mats. There are about ten people inside, all of them young girls in gorgeous kimonos. They are either sitting on the window sill looking at the lake outside, or chatting and playing. There are scattered things on the floor.
There are various musical instruments, including Western-style guitars and Japanese-style shamisen and taiko drums, and there is also a piano in the corner.
These are all orphans adopted by Mrs. Furukawa, including humans and monsters. They usually need to undergo various training courses, such as fighting, disguise, language, art, etc., to ensure that they can become elite spies or killers in the future.
Yukino Riho was hired to teach them art classes.
Because she has lived a long life, she knows a little bit about music, art, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, etc., and she is an old acquaintance with Mrs. Furukawa, so when Mrs. Furukawa first mentioned this matter, she hesitated a little and agreed.
Come down.
no way……
Madam gave too much.
If possible, Yukino Riho just wants to run her own bakery quietly and live a simpler ordinary life. But living in a big city like Tokyo, after opening her eyes every morning, everything except breathing
It costs money and is quite stressful.
"Sister Xueye, what will be taught in today's music class?"
As soon as he saw her come in, a girl smiled and greeted her in a very friendly manner.
He is seventeen or eighteen years old, with a cute oval face, long hair tied into a single ponytail, and a lively and nimble demeanor.
"Let's start with the piano first," Yukino Riho took off her shoes, walked barefoot to the piano and sat down, "Come over to my side and take a closer look."
A dozen girls gathered around and listened carefully to the music she played.
Among the women in the room, Yukino Riho is naturally the one with the most outstanding appearance. She has a beautiful and elegant face, beautiful eyebrows, and a quiet and pleasant temperament. She sits there quietly playing the piano, elegant and elegant.
It has a cool smell, giving people a feeling as light as an ink painting.
The afternoon sun shines through the window, and the shadow of the willow trees falls on the floor.
Swinging lace curtains, long hair hanging down her back, her serious eyes staring at the music score, ten slender and beautiful fingers dexterously hitting the keys, two feet stepping on the pedals, and her smooth and white skin is like glazed pottery.
.
This situation and scene can be painted.
After playing a song, I gave some instructions to the girls and asked them to try playing a section respectively. Today's class is over.
Just as Yukino Riho put on her shoes and was about to leave the Japanese room, the oval-faced girl who just called her followed quietly out.
"Hey, Sister Yukino, wait a minute."
"It's Liangzi, what's the matter?"
"Sister Yukino recently moved to Asakusa, right?"
"Well, yes."
Kitagawa Ryoko has a lively personality. After exchanging a few words, she turned around and looked at her surroundings. After confirming that no one was paying attention, she removed the bright smile on her face and lowered her voice quietly.
"You know that bald spider, right?"
"spider?"
Yukino Riho was stunned for a moment, then looked at Kitagawa Ryoko in confusion, not quite understanding why she wanted to ask this.
The Furukawa Kaikan is a secret yokai contact base with many entertainment facilities. On weekdays, many yokai living in Tokyo gather here to communicate with their kind.
As for that bald spider, Yukino Riho has seen it a few times, but has never spoken to it, so she's not familiar with it.
I've probably heard from people of the same species that that spider and several other spiders were hanging around together.
"That spider died a few days ago!" Kitagawa Ryoko said seriously.
Yukino Riho covered her lips in surprise: "Dead?"
"Yes."
"What's going on?"
"In a bakery factory in Kagurazaka, not even ashes were left."
Yukino Riho nodded silently.
Her bread was purchased from the bread factory in Asakusa, so it wouldn't matter if she died so far away from Kagurazaka.
"We still haven't found out how he died, but there happened to be a spider demon that killed someone in the bread factory that day. The people from Zenkokuji Temple went to the factory to eliminate the demon at night, so they probably got rid of him as well."
"That's quite unfortunate."
Yukino Riho sighed softly.
As a monster, she is naturally not happy to hear such news.
But?
What does this have to do with me living in Asakusa?
"That spider's friend was looking around for information and found out some clues," Ryoko Kitagawa tiptoed a little and said in her ear, "Actually, the person who entered the bread factory that night was not a monk from Zenkokuji Temple, but a monk from Asakusa Shrine.
The young priest, my name is Fujiwara Izaya..."
Hearing this, Yukino Riho frowned beautifully.
The Asakusa Shrine is only about 500 meters away from her bakery in a straight line, but the place is already in ruins. How can there still be a powerful priest?
"Anyway, that little priest will definitely be targeted, and Asakusa may not be too safe next time." At this point, Kitagawa Ryoko showed a worried expression on her face, "Sister Yukino must be careful not to get involved.
"
"I'll pay attention."
"If it doesn't work, let Ryoko move to your place. I'm awesome and can protect Sister Yukino!"
"Okay, let's wait until you are free again."
Yukino Riho smiled and didn't take these words to heart.
The two of them walked all the way out, chatting with each other, and finally separated at the fork leading to the gate. Kitagawa Ryoko smiled and waved, watching Yukino Riho's figure disappear around the corner of the courtyard, and then put her hand down.
She was a little envious, but also a little melancholy. Even she herself couldn't figure out why she was like this.
Sister Yukino was also a member of the Furukawa Hall, and she was also Mrs. Furukawa's personal maid. However, five years ago, she and Mrs. Furukawa reached an agreement to leave the Furukawa Hall freely. Until now, the monsters in the hall have seen
She was still polite to her.
Except for occasionally teaching some literature and art classes to earn some living expenses, she has cut off contact with all her previous peers, has almost faded out of the world of monsters, and lives in the huge city of Tokyo as an ordinary human being.
But they are not human after all.
Sister Xueye herself is so lonely, how long can she last...
Thinking of these things, Kitagawa Ryoko sighed softly, turned around and walked back inside the Furukawa Hall.