I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

Chapter 311: A few random edits

Faced with the crying girl, Fang Wuwei was helpless and could only sit there awkwardly.

No matter in his past life or this life, he has always been alone and doesn't know how to comfort a crying girl. He can only sit there in silence.

Maybe Jianzi just needed to vent the fear in his heart.

Qiu Ke, who was standing by, was not as calm as Fang Wuwei. He glared at Fang Wuwei fiercely, then hurried forward, circled around Jianzi, and kept comforting him with words.

She couldn't bear to see the child crying like this.

Fortunately, Jianzi was mentally strong enough and tough enough inside, so she didn't cry endlessly and soon calmed down. She was just frightened by the news for a while.

"If you're recovering, wipe it off first?"

"......Thanks......"

Jianzi and Fang Wuwei sat quietly. Jianzi took the tissue handed over by Fang Wuwei and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, while Fang Wuwei stared at the reincarnations not far away, secretly on guard.

"So...you...you guys..."

Seeing Zi hesitant in speaking and seeming hesitant, he turned his head to look at Fang Wuwei and Qiu floating in the air, attracting their attention.

"But it doesn't matter."

"...Do you need me to do anything?"

Fang Wuwei was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Qiu, but finally shook his head at Jianzi's surprised look.

"No."

"Eh?"

Jianzi looked quite surprised.

"You...you specifically asked me to come here, don't you need me to do something?"

“It’s an idea, but it’s not mandatory.”

Fang Wuwei did have an idea that required Jianzi's cooperation, but this idea involved some risk, so after thinking it over again and again, he decided to let Jianzi make his own choice.

"...What is it?"

Fang Wuwei did not answer directly, but pointed at the group of reincarnations.

"You saw it, too. You know who they are, right?"

"......Um......"

“The incident a few days ago caused a lot of uproar, and that street is still a ruin. You know about this.

But it’s not over yet. My mission is to kill them all, leaving no one behind, and their mission is to kill you, or to kill your friends around you. If you don’t do this, they can’t leave.

so......"

When Fang Wuwei was speaking, he said something shocking. Jianzi was shocked. He restrained his fear and raised his hand weakly.

Fang Wuwei also stopped when he saw this.

"Um... sorry to interrupt, but..."

Jianzi stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at the group of reincarnations.

"Why... did they have to attack me... us?"

Fang Wuwei opened his mouth to say something, but eventually closed it and remained silent for a moment...

"I... I have always been very honest. I have never offended anyone, nor have I done anything bad. I have always lived an honest life. Why... Why do you treat me like this..."

Fang Wuwei fell silent, turned his head away and stopped looking at Jianzi, but lowered his head to look at the grass under his feet.

He didn't know what to say. If he told the truth, he was afraid that his son would not be able to handle it. If he concealed it, he was afraid that it would cause a crisis of trust...

Then...make one up?

Fang Wuwei rubbed his chin. This method might even be more reliable than the previous ones...

That's good, I can also help Jianzi solve a problem at the same time.

"Yotani Miko... If I remember correctly, you visited a shrine some time ago?"

shrine......

The images of the mountain god and the two foxes in kimono suddenly appeared in Jianzi's mind, and he nodded.

"That mountain god... let's call him the mountain god. If I'm not mistaken, I gave you three chances to save your life, and you've used them all, right?"

Jianzi continued to nod.

"Does...it matter?"

Jianzi's doubts make sense. One is the illusory mountain god making a wish, and the other is a real person with super powers. There is no connection between the two no matter how you look at it.

But since Fang Wuwei had already decided to talk nonsense, he would carry it through to the end, so he nodded firmly.

“Of course it matters, you’re not a child anymore, you should know that everything has a price.

You made a wish to the mountain god to kill the evil ghost that was following you at the time, and also wished that he would bless you with safety, so he killed the evil ghost and saved your life three times.

But, do you think there is such a convenient and humane service, ‘just to fulfill your wishes’ or something like that? "

Jianzi thought about these few days. After she used up her third chance to save her teacher, she would always see those kimono foxes following her from time to time...

"Jianzi, you have to know that there is nothing in this world that is free, and there is no free grace. Even if it is a website that gives away free gifts when you sign up for free, they will still charge you a handling fee when you cancel your registration."

"You...you mean...there has to be a price to pay, right?"

Fang Wuwei smiled and nodded.

"Have you ever fulfilled your vow?"

Jianzi shook his head, cold sweat already appearing on his palms.

From the very beginning, she didn't think that the two ferocious-looking foxes in kimonos were good things. Even if she simply judged them by their appearance, she didn't think that a mountain god who would split his entire body apart and tear apart an evil ghost and swallow it alive would be a good one.

In addition, after using it three times, the inexplicable appearance of the kimono fox made her more determined in her thoughts, and Fang Wuwei's words went straight to her heart.

What's more, she never said from beginning to end that she had been to the temple, nor did she say what wish she made. Even when she made the wish, she just said it silently in her heart. But Fang Wuwei said it with incredible accuracy, which added a bit of authenticity to his words.

If it can be solved...

In fact, Jianzi also thought about buying tributes to offer to the mountain gods...

Seeing that Jianzi had been misled by his words, Fang Wuwei smiled, feeling a little proud.

"If we regard praying as borrowing money, and He immediately helps you fulfill your wish to 'destroy that evil ghost', then it would not be strange if He asked you for a price on the spot.

But you just made a vague wish of "saving you by the way", so it is like borrowing some external money, which means you have saved you three times.

And now three times have been used up... Jianzi, if you keep borrowing money and not paying it back, what do you think will happen?"

This is not a lie, that mountain god is really not a good thing. After using it three times, he will ask Jianzi for a price, and the price... is Jianzi's life.

He wanted to help Jianzi get rid of this thing in advance as compensation for bringing her into this crisis.

Jianzi felt a little uneasy because of Fang Wuwei's emotional wave.

"...I won't keep you in suspense. He will come to you to demand payment. If He cannot get it from you, He will ask others around you to pay it back. He will continue this process step by step until He takes you away with him."

As he spoke, Fang Wuwei pointed his finger at the reincarnations.

"They are the executors, from that evil executor."