novelhk Chapter 201 Why can they do it, but I can't?
Chapter 201 Why can they do it, but I can't?
"Scum! Let go of my hand!"
Gilgamesh's roar echoed in the courtyard, and with a loud bang, Yu Bai's citadel suffered another heavy blow.
Dust and pebbles scattered everywhere; the once exquisite landscape had been reduced to fragments by Gilgamesh's single shot.
The flying pebbles were like Yu Bai's heart at that moment, shattered into pieces.
My courtyard!
Yu Bai clutched his chest, panting heavily. He was filled with a mixture of anger and helplessness, fearing that he would be driven to his death by the continuous destruction!
At the same time, Yu Bai glared fiercely at Gilgamesh and Abe no Seimei.
Regardless of Gilgamesh's destructive power, Yu Bai always felt that Abe no Seimei's behavior was somewhat deliberate.
"Oh dear~ Why does Lady Toyotsuki look at me like that? I didn't know that Lady Toyotsuki had such a short-tempered friend."
Abe no Seimei continued to toy with that damned bat fan in his hand, his red-painted eyes shimmering.
"Irritable? Hmph, you scum, today I'll show you what true kingly wrath is!"
When Gilgamesh heard himself being spoken to like this by a scoundrel in front of his best friend, his crimson eyes narrowed sharply, and his aura instantly surged to its peak, as if even the air around him trembled.
"Gil, stop! Get down here right now! Stop destroying my citadel!"
Seeing that his Honmaru was about to suffer another devastating attack, Yu Bai's face instantly turned ashen.
I've told you so many times, don't fight in the citadel! Don't fight in the citadel!
But this brat just wouldn't listen!
Congratulations to Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes, for achieving another milestone today: Angering a close friend +1.
"Humph!"
Seeing that Yu Bai was truly enraged, Gilgamesh snorted coldly. Although his face was full of reluctance, he still obediently descended from the sky to the ground.
Seeing this, Futsuki and Hozuki, who were standing nearby, also wisely landed in the courtyard and dared not make any further moves.
"Best friend."
Gilgamesh approached Yu Bai and called out to him.
His voice carried a clear lingering anger, along with a barely perceptible hint of grievance.
Although he didn't know what he wanted to say, his intuition told him to call Yu Bai that.
Sure enough, when Yu Bai keenly sensed the hint of grievance in Gilgamesh's voice, he could only sigh helplessly. Although he felt a great deal of dissatisfaction and helplessness, he ultimately said nothing.
So be it, so be it. My dearest friend is someone I've raised, I'll keep raising him even if I have to cry and beg.
Didn't we already know Jill's personality? What is he forcing?
If Gilgamesh were to ever bow down to someone else for his own sake, even Yu Bai himself would not forgive himself.
His hero king should always be so unrestrained, arrogant, and domineering.
"Gil, I don't mean anything by it, I just want to stop fighting in the citadel, okay? This is our home, and it's exhausting to clean it up every time."
Yu Bai reached out and touched Gilgamesh's dazzling golden hair. His fingers ran through the strands of hair, feeling an unexpected softness.
He thought to himself, "It's really unexpected that such an flamboyant person has such soft hair."
I don't know how he managed to make his hair stand up like that before. Was it hair gel? Did he just apply some to his head and make his hair stand up?
Gilgamesh's mood instantly improved upon hearing Yu Bai refer to the citadel as their home.
She's that easy to coax, that's for sure.
A smug look involuntarily appeared on his face, making Fugetsu and Hozuki want to roll their eyes without caring about their image.
Doesn't Yue say she lives here too? Please, Your Majesty, don't be blind to this.
Meanwhile, Hozuki looked around the entire citadel with an ambiguous expression, and began to think about how to balance work and living in the citadel. If he were to live in Yubai's citadel like the King of Heroes and the Moon God, how would he manage to go to work on weekdays?
After all, there are so many things to do in Hell every day, and Hozuki, caught in this problem, began to think of a solution.
He absolutely could not tolerate watching the Moon Goddess and the Hero King, those two unpleasant beings, occupy his spare time and even share a room with him, while he could only stand by and watch.
Why can they do it, but I can't?!
However, there is still one more important thing he needs to do, and that is...
"soul?"
Hozuki's gaze was as sharp as ice, fixed on Abe no Seimei standing beside Yu Bai.
As the chief assistant to the demons and the head of Hell, Hozuki deals with the dead every day, and his understanding of souls is so profound that it goes to the bone.
Upon first meeting Abe no Seimei, he keenly sensed that this self-proclaimed Abe no Seimei was in fact nothing more than a remnant soul of the renowned Onmyoji from a thousand years ago.
Why does your soul still remain in this world?
Hozuki's tone was already a bit harsh. After all, who would have finished all their work and gone out to play with friends, only to encounter two annoying guys and then some problems left over from Hell? In Hozuki's eyes, Abe no Seimei was the epitome of workload and overtime.
Imagine, who would want to suddenly find themselves working overtime when everything is all arranged?
What's more, the source of the overtime work was right in front of him, which undoubtedly made Hozuki's mood even worse.
Moreover, Hozuki had a premonition that this Abe no Seimei was definitely, definitely, a big problem!
Therefore, although Hozuki was burning with rage and his hand gripping the spiked club was itching, he suppressed his impulse and merely questioned the man coldly, without immediately arresting him and taking him back to Hell. This was already the greatest leniency he could show, out of consideration for Yu Bai.
"Alright, alright, let's talk about it at the castle tower."
Seeing the increasingly gossipy gazes from the surrounding sword spirits, Yu Bai couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead in exasperation. To quell the commotion as quickly as possible, he decided to take the four to a room in the castle tower to discuss the matter in detail.
Especially Abe no Seimei, Yu Bai always felt that this cunning fox-like fellow had gone to such great lengths, both to preserve a wisp of his soul and to entrust the little demons of Misumi Mountain with the amulet that preserved his soul a thousand years later.
Yu Bai found the process involved quite troublesome just thinking about it.
After all, anything related to the soul has never been a simple or easy problem to solve, from ancient times to the present.
Moreover, Abe no Seimei had instructed the little yokai of Misumi Mountain to pass it on to his future self a thousand years later, not to Amane Himemu disguised as himself at that time.
Yu Bai knew that this person must have used Yin-Yang magic and calculated things before acting.
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Hozuki: Why can they do it, but I can't?!
Abe no Seimei: Oh my, the life of Lady Toyotsuki, a thousand years later, is still so colorful.
Hozuki: Can anyone tell me why someone from a thousand years ago still has a soul preserved in the present world? Do you consider yourself a Horcrux?