[Comprehensive] Love and Hunter

Chapter 136 136

"Are you OK?"

Tanjiro wanted to answer "It's okay, it's okay", but his waist and legs fell so that he opened his mouth and gasped for breath.He fumbled to get up from the ground, half-kneeling and raised his head, just in time to meet the woman's concerned eyes.

A young woman in her twenties bent slightly and stretched out her slender palm towards him.The light in the mansion was warm, shining through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, illuminating her skin crystal clear.Tanjiro saw an imitation silk rose pinned in her hair, bright red like a fire in the night.

"No... nothing..." Tanjiro opened his mouth, a bit incoherent.

To be honest, he had never seen such a beautiful woman.It was one thing to take a quick glimpse in Asakusa, and quite another to see it this close.

In the past, he thought that the daughters of wealthy families in the town should be considered beautiful—they were well-educated, rich, and free enough to hire a comber to braid their hair. This little delicacy was enough to make the town and the village of men feel ingenious and eye-catching.But now it seems that no one can compare with the woman in front of him.

No, the most beautiful one is his sister.In Tanjiro's heart, his younger sister Nezuko is always the most beautiful and cutest.

Tanjiro shook his head, putting all these wild thoughts to the back of his mind.Thinking of his own reason for coming, Tanjiro ignored the dust on the ground, sat straight on his knees, and said respectfully: "Miss Yuna! Please leave Wu——no, that man named Tsukihiko! He is very dangerous!"

When Yuna heard this, she showed a slightly surprised expression.She thought for a while, but didn't answer directly, but said, "Come in and have a cup of tea?"

Tanjiro froze for a moment, but the woman in front of him had already got up and walked towards the door of the mansion.Tanjiro also stood up quickly, tightened the suitcase on his back, and hurriedly followed her footsteps.

Anyway, it's great that she's alive and well.

The phonograph in the living room was singing, and the melodious and melodious Western songs were full of words that people could not understand.The blade electric fan above the head is humming, and the dim light shines through the frosted petal lampshade, laying a flower-like gorgeous color in the corner of the wall.

As soon as Tanjiro walked into this living room, he was a little startled.

Although he knew that the big city was already incredibly prosperous, he never thought that the life of the rich was completely different——

Um, that is called a sofa, right?Is it uncomfortable to sit on?Why is someone singing?Where did it come from?Ah, that one in the corner is a clock!He still knows this very well, after all, he has seen it in his hometown.

Tanjiro looked around, feeling a little apprehensive.

He had been living deep in the mountains until his family's tragic misfortune.After joining the Ghost Killing Squad, he also performed missions in mountain villages and towns most of the time.His life is very traditional. If you think about it carefully, it is probably the same as the living habits of the Edo period decades ago.

Entering this magnificent Yuxi family suddenly, he was really shocked.

Yuna poured him a cup of tea and said, "Young man, please sit down."

Not only was Tanjirou afraid to sit down, he didn't even dare to move.He always felt that he ran around every day, and his clothes were covered with dust.The sofa is covered with a piece of white lace edging cloth, and if he goes down, there will be a big circle of black marks on his buttocks - that would be too rude!

"That..." Tanjiro peeked at the sofa.

"Please sit down, we are guests when you come." Yuna said politely, "I also want to ask about you and Yue Yan."

The woman's demeanor is very gentle. Such a person probably seldom gets angry—at least not because the sofa is soiled.Tanjiro took a deep breath, bowed deeply, said "thank you", and then sat down on the sofa.

He took a sip of the tea, and it tasted very fragrant, probably something from the West.

"Miss Yuna..." He just opened his mouth to say something about Wu Mi, when a plate of cake was handed to him.Tanjiro was embarrassed to refuse, so he quickly took it, and what he wanted to say changed to "thank you".

He dug a mouthful with a spoon and brought it to his mouth, the sweet cream melted in his mouth, soft like a cloud.His eyes lit up, secretly feeling incredible, and asked, "What's this called?"

After Nezuko turns back into a human in the future, she must try it too.

"Ah, this is red cream cake."

"Milk...oil...?" Several question marks appeared above Tanjiro's head.

"Yes, cream cake." Seeing his stupidity, Yuna pursed her lips and smiled.I don't know why, but when she saw the novelty and satisfaction of this young man eating, she found it very interesting, and even wanted to stuff more food into his mouth.

Tanjiro swallowed the food in his throat, and finally made up his mind to speak: "Miss Yuna, that man named Tsukihiko is dangerous, please leave him."

Yuna was a little puzzled: "Danger...? What do you mean?"

The maid behind Yuna is also very strange: "How can Mr. Yueyan be dangerous? He is gentle and graceful, and he is very polite and polite to everyone. He has a superior family background and is rich in knowledge. Even His Excellency the Marquis is very satisfied with him!"

Tanjiro almost bit his tongue when he heard that.

"That, that, although it was sudden, but, I have to say," Tanjiro was very nervous, he had very little experience talking to such women, "Actually, that Tsukihiko—he, he is a ghost... "

The maids in the room looked at each other.

silence.silence.

silence.

Immediately, the maids let out giggling laughter together.

"What! Mr. Tsukihiko is a ghost? That's the ghost who stole Missy's heart~"

"If ghosts are as handsome and gentle as Mr. Tsukihiko, then I want to become a ghost too!"

Even Yuna showed a helpless expression like facing a child's mischief: "Ah, this... I'll take it as a joke."

Tanjiro: ...

How should he explain it to them?How to convince them that Tsukihiko, who looks like a perfect man, is actually an evil ghost who has murdered countless people. ——No, they may not know that there are such things as "ghosts" in the world.

Tanjiro's head is getting bigger. "Miss Yuna, do you still remember the riots in Asakusa Street?" Tanjirou gestured.

"Ah, I have a little impression." Yuna remembered that after she and Yue Yan met this boy, there was a man on the street who didn't know whether he was drunk or had a disease.

He even broke out in a frenzy, causing the crowd of onlookers to be blocked.

"The reason why that person suddenly went crazy is because Tsukihiko turned him into a ghost." Tanjirou said seriously, "Ghosts are very scary things. If Miss Yuna stays by the ghost's side, maybe someday will be hurt.”

Quiet.

Quiet.

Quiet.

The maids laughed like silver bells again.

"It's that one! The movie that's been released recently? The one with sound! It's called "Ghost of the Snow Field"! Didn't expect this rustic kid to watch movies?"

"But the movie is different from the real world..."

"Maybe what I watched was a Joruri musical, not a movie!"

Tanjiro:? ? ?What is a movie?

No, that's not the point—

The point is, no one believed what he said at all!I don't believe that Yue Yan is a ghost, nor do I believe in the existence of such things as ghosts!

Tanjiro was having a headache, when there was the sound of footsteps outside the reception room.A servant hurried over, poked his head at the door, and said, "Miss, Your Excellency the Marquis is back!"

Yuna was stunned, and said to Tanjiro apologetically, "Sorry, young man. My uncle is tired of life, you can't stay here." After she finished speaking, she told the maid behind her, "Akiko, take this child Send it to the side door."

Tanjiro didn't know what was going on, but he guessed that it was inconvenient for him to stay here anymore.

Seeing that the maid Akiko had pushed open the door and urged him to leave, Tanjiro stood up and said nervously, "Please, Miss Yuna, please leave Tsukihiko."

Yuna showed a faint, helpless smile, it seemed that she didn't listen to his words.

Seeing her helpless smile, Tanjiro knew that his persuasion was ineffective.He is one head and two big, but across the corridor, he can already hear the iron gate of the mansion creaking open, and some servants are discussing "Your Excellency the Marquis". He doesn't dare to stay here anymore, so he can only follow the maid Zhang Zi go outside.

"Wait a minute," Yuna called out to him suddenly.

"...Huh?" Tanjiro stopped and turned around.

"The cream around my mouth hasn't been wiped clean." She said, took out a silk handkerchief from her pocket, and slowly wiped away the dessert stains around the boy's lips.

Tanjiro froze.

The handkerchief slowly twirled around the corner of his mouth, whether it was the woman's hand or the faint fragrance from the handkerchief, lingering in his nose, this made Tanjiro's throat move slightly, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Such a gentle and beautiful person...

But he became the prey of Oni Wu Tsuji.

"Okay." She wiped the corners of the boy's mouth, put away the handkerchief, and said with a smile, "It's time to go."

"Okay, silly boy, don't look!" The maid Akiko grabbed Tanjiro by the collar unceremoniously, and dragged him towards the side door, "Hurry up, let His Excellency the Marquis see you, but you will be sent to the side door." To the police!"

Tanjiro stumbled as he walked, seeing this magnificent mansion, the phonograph singing leisurely, and the beauties in dresses who stopped before his eyes all faded away, like a dream that occasionally broke into the curtain call and goodbye, he couldn't help but stop down the steps.

"Miss Yuna—" standing in front of the door, he said nervously, "Well, I, my name is Kamado Tanjiro—"

Across the corridor, the woman nodded distantly.

Tanjiro smiled comfortably, and wanted to say something, but Zhang Zi ruthlessly dragged him away.

"Don't be wishful thinking!" Zhang Zi said, "The eldest lady will marry Mr. Yueyan sooner or later!"

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Wu Mi:? (*heian era foul language*