Tewi's kin were hiding in a cave not far away. Sensing Tewi's aura, the little rabbits in the cave ran out in great excitement.
"Lady Tewi!"
For a moment, the atmosphere became lively. Tewi had high prestige among the rabbits; after all, she was the one leading the clan. Moreover, Tewi was the strongest among the rabbits now, a Great Yokai level existence who had taken human form. However, due to her species, Tewi as a Great Yokai did not have as much combat power as a wolf yokai at the spirit monster level, otherwise, she wouldn't have been chased so miserably by that wolf yokai earlier.
"Lady Tewi, who is the person behind you?" a little rabbit asked curiously as it looked at Fujino behind Tewi.
"This is Lady Fujino, the person who will protect us from now on!" Tewi introduced her to the rabbits happily.
"Lady Fujino?" The rabbits all looked at Fujino with confusion.
"Mm." Fujino nodded, acknowledging the title the rabbits used for her.
"Tewi, do you and your kin need to prepare anything? If not, we can leave now."
"No, we have always been on the run, so there is nothing we need to bring." Tewi felt a bit down when she said this, but she quickly recovered. She and her kin now had the chance to embrace a new life.
"In that case, let's go." As Fujino said this, she waved her hand, and a huge Dimensional Gate opened before them. The rabbits and Tewi behind her all looked at this suddenly appearing Dimensional Gate with curiosity.
"Let's go. You will reach your destination once you pass through the gate."
After Fujino finished speaking, she walked in first. Tewi immediately followed and walked into the Dimensional Gate. Since she had already decided, there was no room for hesitation. Seeing Tewi go in, the remaining rabbits looked at each other and ran into the Dimensional Gate together.
Walking through the Dimensional Gate, Tewi saw Fujino waiting in front, along with a vibrant scene nearby. Moreover, the amount of spiritual energy contained in the air was absolutely that of a blessed land!
"Lady Tewi!"
At this moment, the rabbits behind also came out of the Dimensional Gate, and their eyes widened when they saw the surrounding environment.
Fujino smiled slightly: "From now on, this will be your place of residence. No one dares to come in here. The only things nearby are some tree yokai, but they are just tree yokai that have just gained sentience, so they won't hurt anyone. I have already told them, so you can settle down here from now on. There is a stream nearby, and there are fruit trees around the stream. You can use them as you please. If you want to plant things yourselves, the surrounding land is all available for use."
Hearing Fujino's words, Tewi and the rabbits were all shocked. This treatment was simply too good—so good that they couldn't even imagine it.
Especially Tewi; she had never thought she would receive such treatment. In her original thoughts, as long as she could have a piece of land where she could live peacefully without anyone disturbing her, it would be enough. But what Fujino gave them was far, far better than what Tewi had imagined.
"Tewi, you should settle your kin here first. If you need help, you can find the few tree yokai nearby; they will help you. I will come to see you later." After saying this, Fujino disappeared.
Tewi looked at the place where Fujino had disappeared and bowed deeply.
Returning to the peak of Buzhou Mountain, Fujino entered the villa. At this moment, Dragon Rain and Pure Fox had not yet woken up. The two were still in the same posture as before Fujino left, only holding each other a bit tighter than before.
"Time to wake up!"
Fujino pulled the quilt off the two and released a burst of biting cold air. The effect was immediate. The two who were still sleeping woke up immediately. Because of the cold, they hugged each other even tighter subconsciously. It was also because of this that they finally realized their current posture. Feeling disgusted, they hurriedly pushed each other away. Because of the cold, both of them curled up their bodies, then looked at each other with unfriendly gazes.
"You were hugging each other so tightly just a moment ago, why are you acting like bitter enemies now?" Fujino couldn't help but laugh.
Dragon Rain and Pure Fox's faces flushed red, and they looked away, but they still felt awkward.
"Alright, I have some things to tell you."
Waving her hand to conjure a chair, Fujino sat down directly and looked at Pure Fox and Dragon Rain. Then, she told them about Tewi's situation. Fujino's intent was very simple: to have them take good care of Tewi and her kin.
Dragon Rain and Pure Fox naturally had no issues with it.
In the entire Buzhou Mountain, there were only the three of them, and sometimes they felt a bit lonely.
There were some tree demons near the three of them that had awakened their intelligence early under the dense spiritual energy of Buzhou Mountain, but those tree demons, due to the specific nature of their race, could not leave their spots at all, let alone play with them.
Now that there was an extra rabbit tribe, they naturally welcomed them.
"Alright, I am going to talk about another matter next." Fujino looked at Dragon Rain and Pure Fox, hesitated slightly, and said, "I plan to leave for a period of time."
"Eh!"
As expected, just as Fujino had anticipated, Dragon Rain and Pure Fox held a very strong opposition to the matter of Fujino leaving for a period of time, and they kept trying to persuade Fujino to stay.
"Alright, say no more!" Fujino shouted.
Dragon Rain and Pure Fox finally calmed down, but both had red eyes, clearly still not wanting Fujino to leave.
"It's not like I'm not coming back, is there any need for this?" Fujino rubbed her head and sighed, "It's just about a hundred years, there's no need to be like this."
"Besides, you two should grow up. Always sticking by my side, how will that do? You should learn to grow on your own."
After a bout of earnest lecturing, plus some induced deception using holy light and the persuasion ability purchased from the system, Fujino finally succeeded in persuading the two.
It must be said that the persuasion ability is truly powerful, but for Fujino, it felt a bit uncomfortable to use.
After all, she didn't like using it.
Although such a thing was magical and could be called a god-tier skill, to her, it was not as simple and brutal as just slashing with a blade.
However, given the difference in the targets this time, she had no choice.
Now that the matter was resolved, it was time for Fujino to leave this world and go play in other worlds.
But that was a matter for tomorrow; today, she had promised to spend quality time with Dragon Rain and Pure Fox.
At Higan, Four Seasons Flower Language sat in a chair, staring blankly at the unchanging scenery outside.
"What's wrong? Don't you need to go judge the dead today?"
At the sound of a voice that Four Seasons Flower Language could not be more familiar with, her body trembled.
Excitement and shyness simultaneously surged into her heart.
Turning around, Fujino's smiling face came into view.
Four Seasons Flower Language's face instantly turned crimson, recalling the incident that had once made her so ashamed she wanted to commit suicide.
"Alright, don't think about it anymore."
Fujino held Four Seasons Flower Language's hand; her warm hand felt very comfortable to hold.
"Cre... ator... Lord..."
The shyness in her heart made Four Seasons Flower Language's speech somewhat incoherent.
"Call me Fujino. Otherwise, I won't come to see you ever again."
"How can that be!"
Meeting Fujino's serious gaze, Four Seasons Flower Language softened, lowered her head, and whispered, "Lord Fujino."
"Forget it, 'Lord' it is then."
Fujino said helplessly.
It seemed she hadn't quite succeeded yet, but there was no rush; things were already quite good as they were.
"Flower Language, look up." Fujino said.
Four Seasons Flower Language raised her head, but dared not look directly at Fujino.
"It seems I have to do it myself."
Fujino muttered softly, then pulled the hand she was holding hard.
Four Seasons Flower Language immediately fell into Fujino's arms.
In her surprised and somewhat flustered gaze, Fujino leaned in and kissed her soft, rosy lips.
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