"Knock knock!" Knocking lightly on the wooden door, Qingming waited outside for two seconds before pulling the door and walking inside.

And Kaguya, because she is not from the Abe clan, she chooses to stay outside.

Then, after about a few minutes, Qingming opened the door and walked out.

"Something has been done!" Raising the scroll in his hand at Kaguya, Qingming smiled lightly.

"Youkai? Still is...... Ghost? Kaguya asked lightly.

"It's a ghost!" Qingming said helplessly: "Ten kilometers away from Heian City, there is a village called Nanhe where evil ghosts have appeared. ”

"How? Interested in watching Onmyoji exorcise ghosts? Qingming asked.

"It doesn't matter...... Kaguya said lightly, "It's a good thing for me to be able to see the Onmyoji's exorcism method." ”

After that, after preparing the items that the onmyoji needed, Harumi took the "novice shrine maiden" Kaguya and embarked on the road of exorcism.

Ten kilometers is not very far, and with the road, half a day is enough time to get there.

So, the two of them set out in the morning, and in the evening, they arrived at the village called Nanga.

At this time, under the setting sun, this village, which should have looked peaceful and peaceful, did not have this atmosphere at all. On the contrary, standing outside the village and looking down on the village, Qingming can still faintly feel an eerie atmosphere even from the perspective of ordinary people.

"It's hard to know like yin, see!" A spirit rune was drawn in mid-air, and Qingming pointed the spirit rune to his forehead.

The next moment, Qing Ming's black pupils that opened his eyes emitted a faint white light. This kind of white light looks particularly eye-catching at this time in the dimness.

'White eyes! Facing Haruaki sideways, Kaguya's eyes narrowed, and he turned on the pupil technique of the white eye.

After that, observing the village from another angle, the two of them simultaneously saw a black gas that could not be seen by ordinary people gathering in a certain location of the village.

"Is that feeling malicious?" Qingming muttered, and continued to walk towards the front unswervingly.

"Na! Kaguya, how did you witches exorcise evil spirits? As he walked, Qingming suddenly asked.

'How do I know! With a sneer in his heart, Kaguya said expressionlessly: "I don't know about other shrine maidens, so if I say it, let's expel it directly with spiritual power." ”

"Really?" Qingming smiled and began to popularize science.

"At present, there are three ways for our Onmyoji to expel evil spirits. The first is to accept the Shikigami as a god, so I won't talk much about this. And the second is excess. ”

"Excess?" Kaguya heard a new term.

"Every evil spirit, he has a tragic past in his life. Because of resentment, people become ghosts after they die. ”

Transcendence, on the other hand, is to go deep into the demon's heart and share his grief in order to resolve his resentment. After that, the transcendent spirit is free from the restraint of resentment, and he can be reborn. ”

"But overdoing is a dangerous practice. Straight into the heart of the evil spirit, the weak-willed person can easily be deceived by the evil spirit. All in all, it's a thankless exercise. ”

As a result, the vast majority of Onmyoji will choose the third type - elimination! And annihilation, as the name suggests, is to disperse the soul of the evil spirit, so that he disappears from this world forever. The third is much easier than the second. ”

"Why do the vast majority of onmyoji choose the third type instead of the first? Wouldn't it be better to take a powerful evil spirit as a shikigami? After learning about Shikigami, Kaguya asked.

"You...... I don't think there's Shikigami yet! Although Qingming's sentence is a question sentence, the tone is affirmative.

"I don't know about the situation of the shrine maiden, but with the Onmyoji, there is a limit to the number of Shikigami we have. After all, Shikigami is supported by Onmyoji, and if there are too many of them, Shikigami will drag down Onmyoji. ”

"I see......" Kaguya said with a sense of enlightenment.

"It's here!" Glancing at the curious gazes of the surrounding houses, Qingming locked his gaze on the thatched hut in front of him.

"Directly exorcise ghosts?" Looking at Haruaki, who was standing still, Kaguya asked.

"Nope! I prefer to learn the inside story of the matter before choosing the method of exorcism. ”

"Immovable as a mountain, sealed!" With the appearance of the spirit rune, a black chain flew out of it.

Then the chains stretched and bound the thatched hut.

"The next day! When we understand the origin of this evil spirit, we will act. ”

"Are you the Onmyoji-sama of Heian Castle?" Suddenly, a stout middle-aged man bared his head outside the door and said.

"Yes! Your request has been heeded by Heian City, and I am the one who has come to solve this matter. Qingming replied.

"Great!" As soon as he heard that it was the onmyoji of Heian Castle, the man opened the gate and invited Harumi and Kaguya in.

Later, after a detailed discussion, the two learned about the background of the evil ghost from the head of the village.

This evil ghost was a man when he was alive. Isn't it wintering? Men go to the forest to hunt some prey and prepare for the winter.

However, the man never returned.

Men and women have nothing to rely on, and the children are still young.

So, with her youth and beauty, the woman found another man to live.

However, at this time, the woman's original husband returned.

After that, the old husband and the new husband had a conflict, and the two fought. On the way, the woman's child was accidentally killed by the two people who were fighting.

In response, the old husband went crazy and prepared to kill the new husband. However, instead of beating him, he was killed by his new husband as well.

Originally, this matter came to an end. But before the man dies, look at the body of his child. So, resentment was born, and the man turned into a demon.

After killing the woman and her new husband, the evil spirit begins to take revenge on the people around him.

Today, there are five people who have died because of evil spirits.

"What are you going to do with such a demon?" Kaguya wants to know Harumi's answer.

"Overkill!" Sighing, Qingming shook his head and said, "Because of the evil causes between people, the evil consequences that appear. For this kind of evil spirit, I always choose to be excessive. ”

"Wouldn't it be easier to destroy it directly?" Kaguya asked lightly.

"That's right! That's true, it's thankless to overdo this kind of thing! Speaking of this, Qingming suddenly paused, and he said: "Between people, it is because there is too much malice and selfishness. Therefore, in today's world, there will be ghosts and evil spirits. ”

"This is not the world I want, what I want is a world where people can understand each other and care for each other. However, this is not possible, all I can do is change myself. ”

"Because of this, my father, my elders, my brothers, my clansmen, they all think that my head is broken." Speaking of this, Qingming turned his head to look at Kaguya and asked, "You think so too, right?" ”