Luo Guang felt a bit awkward. The problem had been thrown directly into his lap.
Sure enough, as soon as the Mother of Ghouls disappeared, Yayoi Hozuki turned to Luo Guang, her eyes filled with hope.
"Big Brother, can you help me?"
It would have been better if Yayoi's face had shown a little more emotion.
"I can, but it won't be for free." Luo Guang knew what was causing the curse on Eiko Hozuki's body. No matter how difficult it was, it couldn't be as hard as purifying the Mother of Ghouls' resentment.
Hearing this, Yayoi Hozuki nodded. "I understand. If you succeed, I can ask Sister Eiko to give you a 'reward.'"
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"And if that's not enough, and you're a lolicon, I can too," Yayoi said.
A little girl casually offering a reward like that shocked both Sona Sitri and Tsubaki Shinra. They had thought she was a small girl with a lot of guts, but they didn't expect her to be so unhinged. However, Luo Guang knew she was serious. Yayoi Hozuki was serious. Even though there was an element of a joke, Eiko was her only family, and she didn't want her to die from an evil spirit's curse, especially since she was the one who had brought it upon her.
"I'll take a look first and then decide on the compensation," Luo Guang said.
The group then followed Yayoi down the mountain. Before they even reached the bottom, they could see a young woman anxiously waiting in a car. When she saw the figures on the mountain through the driver's side window, her anxiety was immediately replaced with surprise and joy. She quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, pushed the car door open, and ran out.
"Little Yayoi, are you okay? Are you hurt? And who are these people? Did you succeed? Which one is the Mother of Ghouls?" The woman looked more mature than Sona and the others. Based on her age and the fact that she was driving, she was likely a university student. She had fair skin, a beautiful face, and a great figure. She dressed stylishly, using accessories to accentuate herself, and had permed, wavy long hair, making her look like a model on a magazine cover.
"Miss Eiko Hozuki, we are the devils in charge of managing Hachioji City. I am Sona Sitri. You should have received the request flyer my familiar distributed." The short-haired lady with glasses introduced herself in a formal tone. Although she was younger, her presence was several times stronger than Eiko Hozuki's.
"Huh? Devils... are you for real? I thought you were some kind of scam!" Eiko Hozuki's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth in shock.
When she saw Yayoi Hozuki nod, she believed Sona Sitri's words without a second thought. After all, she had heard some urban legends at school. Among them were legends about devils who could grant wishes. But like the "Seven Wonders of the School" legends, most people regarded them as fictional stories.
"Sigh... looking at you, you must have come into contact with evil spirits before, so why do you believe in evil spirits but not devils?" Sona Sitri seemed helpless. Was it because legends about devils belonged to the mythological side of things? Compared to evil spirits, devils were apparently more acceptable to the average person.
"It's just a gut feeling! By the way, Little Yayoi, what happened to the Mother of Ghouls?"
"She was defeated, but she's not able to remove your curse right now. It will take at least five years for her to recover her power."
Hearing this, Eiko Hozuki's face fell. No one would be happy with their hands being covered in an ugly curse. But soon, a smile returned to her face. At least there was a solution, wasn't there? Even if she had to wait five years. By then, she would have long since graduated from university.
"But it's okay. I found another helper who is even more powerful than the Mother of Ghouls." After saying that, Yayoi Hozuki introduced Luo Guang to Eiko. She gave a quick summary of how he had saved her.
"Luo Guang, thank you!" Eiko Hozuki didn't understand anything else, but when she heard that Luo Guang had saved Little Yayoi, her affection for him immediately soared. At this point, she also noticed that the young man in front of her was a bit too handsome. His appearance and demeanor were right up her alley. Combined with his status as her savior, Eiko immediately began to have some special thoughts about him.
"Let me see the curse first," Luo Guang said. He looked at the girl in front of him. The original male lead of Dark Gathering didn't seem to be here. Perhaps due to the merging of the worldviews, some characters had disappeared. But these were minor details.
Hearing this, Eiko Hozuki hesitated, but when she saw Little Yayoi encouraging her, she reluctantly and awkwardly took off her gloves in front of everyone.
A pair of hands covered in white warts was revealed to everyone.