Chapter 277

"I had no choice but to be the bad guy for once and let her exercise her body and leg strength (ciff)."

"...Besides, Youmu, as a garden master, can have his own work to do. It's not too late for Youmu to be happy."

"If she had no job, wouldn't she feel depressed and uncomfortable?"

Your excuse for bullying is really good. I think she is feeling both pain and happiness in her heart.

Saigo cursed in his heart, finally realizing that this undead princess was as evil-minded as Yakumo Murasaki.

"Besides, these meals are really lacking, but they are not enough for us."

Saigyouji Yuyuko giggled, and then she made Saigo realize the meaning of this sentence.

The undead princess eats extremely fast, almost as fast as Reimu.

Saigo and Yakumo Murasaki didn't even take a few bites of these eight dishes and one soup with chopsticks. They just tasted each dish once and everything went into Yuyuko's belly.

Looking at Yuyuko's flat belly, Saigo suddenly became interested in exploring the stomach of the undead.

"Do the undead still need to eat?"

Xixiang picked up the cherry blossom wine on the side and sipped it lightly. After seeing Yuyuko's big appetite, he didn't compete with her for food.

Even Xixiang saw the undead for the first time, so he was quite curious.

After eating, Yuyouzi became elegant again. She picked up a clean handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her lips.

"If Youmu were here, I would definitely say that the undead certainly need to eat, then tell her that I am hungry and ask Youmu to go and do more."

Saigyouji Yuyuko said words of bullying to Youmu in a serious manner, but Saigo pretended not to hear.

"But since the little monster is not here, I will tell you the truth."

"...Of course the undead do not need to eat, and even the undead have very low senses of various desires and touches."

"The undead are dead people, with weak emotions and no unnecessary desires."

"...So the undead must have something persistent to do, so that they can strengthen their spirits and prove that they are alive."

"If one day the undead really lose all interest, then they will be like the walking zombies, they are truly dead."

Saigyouji Yuyuko said with a slight smile, her tone was very calm, and there was no sadness at all like her own feeling of not being alive.

Maybe she doesn't really understand the emotion of sadness at all.

"Youyouzi..."

On the contrary, Yakumo Purple on the side looked sad. She hugged Yuyuko's shoulders with both hands and buried her head on her shoulders.

"Zi, don't be sad. It's not like I'm really not interested in everything anymore. Look, I still like eating."

Saigyouji Yuyuko in turn comforted Yakumo Murasaki.

Xixiang thought for a long time and understood the living situation of the undead. He slowly said: "...This is not a troublesome matter at all. It can be solved easily."

"How to solve it?"

Before Yuyuko could say anything, Yakumo Murasaki quickly asked.

"The situation faced by Miss Yuyuko is actually the loss of desire. As long as desire is brought to her, this indifference will naturally disappear, and she will have stronger emotional characteristics."

Xixiang said casually.

This man is a demon, and demons should have the means to play with desire... Yakumo's purple eyes flashed, thinking to himself.

But the monster sage still hesitated and did not dare to ask Saixiang for help easily.

Mainly because of what Saigo did to herself, Yakumo Murasaki was a little scared, fearing that this demon would use similar methods on Yuyuko.

Although the monster sage likes to speak indiscriminately and say ambiguous words, this does not mean that she is really willing to do it.

On the contrary, Saigyouji Yuyuko looked unconcerned. She urged Yakumo Purple to drink. Yakumo Purple had something on her mind and drank a lot in a daze.

After a while, the exhausted court master brought more food.

Under Xixiang's watchful eyes, this food, which was enough to hold a small banquet, all entered the appetite of Saigyouji Yuyuko.

This time Yuyuko didn't bully Youmu anymore, and finally made her stop cooking.

But before Youmu could breathe a sigh of relief, Yuyuko's words made the poor master turn pale again: "...Lunch is over, and dinner will be in two hours."

After hearing these words, the soul Youmeng left like a walking corpse.

This banquet lasted from noon to evening.

Xixiang and Youyouzi didn't say anything important. They were laughing and chatting about trivial matters all over the world. It was more like a casual chat between new friends.

Although Yuyuko had frightened Youmu so much that she turned pale before, at night she did not let Youmu cook any more. She just brought some wine and continued to drink for fun.

When it was around ten o'clock in the evening in the underworld, Yakumo Murasaki finally drank too much, and Yuyuko asked Youmu to move her away and send her to the guest room in Shiratama Tower.

The moon in the underworld is cold and deep, and it also has a cold and strange feeling.

Under the moonlight that made one's soul seem to tremble, Xixiang looked ahead at the undead princess whose cheeks were flushed due to the stimulation of the wine, and who was gradually taking on the breath of a living person, and asked with a chuckle:

"...Zi is already drunk by you. Is there anything Miss Yuyuko wants to say to me but doesn't want her to hear?"

Youyouzi's beautiful cherry-colored eyes were drunk, and her cold and lonely eyes of the undead were filled with a bit of smart charm, and she said softly:

"...I'd better ask Lord Zaratul to find out. Zi never uses her demon power to expel the alcohol in her body when she drinks with me. I know very well when she gets drunk."

Chapter 27: Youyouzi dancing on the grave

The moonlight in the underworld is too cold, and when it shines on people's bodies, they will only feel an inexplicable chill.

This is not a place where normal humans can live for a long time.

Only undead souls like Saigyouji Yuyuko, or half-spirits like Soul Youmu, can live here for a long time.

Under the moonlight, those pink cherry blossoms glowed with a strange gleam, especially the withered and huge Xi Xing Yao, which brought endless terror in the night.

But in such a gloomy environment, the undead princess stood with her head raised under the cherry tree. Her skin was pale and bloodless, as if it were transparent.

That beautiful and cold face became even more beautiful and charming under the influence of a little alcohol.

Her cherry-colored eyes stared at Xixiang, with a bit of curiosity and gentleness, and she said with her beautiful voice like an orchid in the valley:

"...I can see that Zi is very afraid of you. I wonder what method you used to make Zi fearful and obedient?"

"Why~why do you want to know this?"

Saigo asked curiously, admiring Saigyouji Yuyuko's impeccable appearance and her graceful figure that was not visible under the wide kimono.

"If I know the method, I can make Murasaki obediently obey me in the future."

Yuyuko suddenly unfolded a folding fan in her hand, with dead butterflies in the underworld and ukiyo-e paintings of hell painted on it.

The folding fan gently blocked her thin and transparent lips, and she said with a bit of mischief.

Saigo smiled for a while, no wonder Saigyouji Yuyuko became good friends with Yakumo Murasaki, the two of them really seemed like they had left each other.

They are all dark and cunning people, but they all use different ways to disguise themselves.

Yakumo Murasaki uses mystery and provocation, while Yuyuko uses innocence and cuteness.

"I don't think you, Miss Yuyuko, want to know what the means are. After all, they are all shameful."

Xixiang strolled to Yuyuko's side and sniffed her delicate fragrance like cherry blossoms.

Saigyouji Yuyuko tilted her head, looking very cute and cute. After thinking for a while, she sighed softly: "...It seems that Zi did something stupid again to make you angry."

Xixiang turned his face sideways. He looked at Youyouzi's carefully crafted profile and said in surprise: "...Why did you say that? I thought you wanted to blame me for not being a good person."

"Pfft——"

Youyouzi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said angrily: "...How can anyone say that he is not a good person?"

After a pause, Youyouzi continued: "...I think you are a good person, and a gentle person."

Xixiang was even more amused, "...I was given the good guy card. Especially saying that a demon is a good guy makes people laugh even more."

But immediately afterwards, Xixiang stopped laughing again.

Because when he thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to be a pure demon, completely different from those demons who only lived for various desires and darkness.

His methods are cruel, but he also has a bottom line. Most of the time, he just wants to achieve his goal. Sometimes he even wants to help others, but his behavior is just too arrogant.

However, Xixiang doesn't particularly care about his own arrogance. These are the inevitable results when the strength reaches a certain level.

After all, when one person is powerful enough to destroy the stars and control all destiny.

He may still behave like a normal person, be polite, and communicate with ordinary people.

But it is even more impossible to make such people lose their self-confidence and arrogance, become insignificant, and even think about problems in the way of ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Xixiang laughed and said: "...It seems that sometimes I can be called a good person, especially when facing the oppressed bottom groups of mankind, I also have sympathy."

Xixiang realized in his heart that this might be the reason why he gained the power of the Mother of Good Gods.

Like those poor and miserable lower-class people in the World Tree game, Saigo really acts with the idea of ​​​​saving them and letting them live a good life.

He doesn't do it purely for his own purposes.

It is his sincerity that is the source of the power of the Mother of Good God.

This is compassion and empathy that belongs to humans, not to demons!

After a moment of silence, Xixiang said slowly: "...As Miss Yuyuko said, I came here with good intentions, but Zi does not trust me."

"...It's okay if you don't trust me. I don't care. After all, trust requires both parties to interact subtly in order to gain trust."

"But I hate it when others test me, plot against me, and touch my bottom line. You can interpret this as the arrogance of the strong."

"...If Zi is stronger than me, then I can only endure it and come back with revenge after becoming stronger."

"But if she is weaker than me and tests the strong, she must be punished."

Saigyouji Yuyuko had already expected Saigo's answer. She smiled helplessly and said: "... Murasaki has a very suspicious personality and is even headstrong sometimes."

"... She has suffered in the past because of this character, but obviously those sufferings have not taught her a lesson."

"I once advised her to trust people more sometimes, but she agreed, but she still didn't care in her heart."

"... After all, it is a character developed over many years. It is almost impossible to change it. This time she finally suffered a big setback, which can be regarded as her own fault."

Saigo recalled what Yakumo Murasaki told him about Yuyuko's character, saying that the undead princess was a very gentle person.

Saigo agreed very much with Yakumo Murasaki's words, because Yuyuko Saigyouji was such a gentle and graceful woman, and she was quite rational and would not act impulsively.

This made Xixiang have a great impression of her.

Yuyuko and Yakumo Murasaki are about the same in appearance, and each has its own merits, but in terms of personality, this undead princess is much more likable than Yakumo Murasaki.

Although she can also be cunning and sinister, those behaviors only make her endearing rather than disgusting.

"Yakumo Murasaki suffered in the past because of her character. Miss Yuyuko, are you talking about the time when she was injured and you met her?"

Saigo actually doesn't know much about Yakumo Murasaki's life, he only knows so much.

"Well, that was one of them. The other time was when Murasaki led the monsters to the moon, hoping to capture the moon."

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"...It's a pity that she was suspicious by nature, and in the end, the Sage of the Moon, Yachi Eirin, took advantage of part of her suspicious character, causing her to fail and flee back to the earth in despair."

Yuyuko didn't mind talking about Yakumo Murasaki's dark history.

After she paused for a few seconds, she said again: "...Zi also told you what happened when I met her."

"Yeah, but I'm even more curious now. Zi said Miss Yuyuko that you have forgotten what happened during your lifetime, but now it seems that you have not forgotten."

Xixiang looked at Youyouzi's cold face and said slowly.

Youyouzi shook his head and said with a faint smile: "...I didn't lie to Zi about this. I have indeed forgotten what happened during my lifetime, but there are some occasional memory fragments."

"...Those memory fragments are all related to Zi. I think the most profound memory I have during my lifetime is the days when I lived with Zi."

"But I also lied to her about some things. She thought I had forgotten that I was once a living person and was born undead."

......... ..... ...

"...But actually I know that my former body is buried under that Westward Demon."

"As for why I lied to Zi, why don't you take a guess?"

Saigyouji Yuyuko blinked her beautiful cherry blossom eyes and said with a charming smile.