Chapter 823

"Lingyun, Lingyun, I've come over again!"

Lingyun had just returned from the Bamboo Forest, and what he saw was a drunken loli sprawled out on his bamboo bed with zero decorum.

Seeing Lingyun appear, the drunken loli raised the wine gourd in her hand and waved it at him. Beside her, Fujiwara no Mokou's face was flushed, and there was a hint of haziness in her eyes. Kaguya, sitting next to Mokou, was sitting upright, but she could hardly hide the flush on her face.

Smelling the scent of alcohol floating in the air, Lingyun's face darkened instantly. He walked to Ibuki Suika in two strides, picked her up directly, and tossed her out the door.

Ibuki Suika landed lightly on the ground like a wisp of mist, still looking drunk; it was clear that Lingyun's toss had no effect on her.

"Ibuki Suika, if you dare to force-feed my two students alcohol again, your quota for this month will be gone!" Lingyun placed his hands on his two students' shoulders, using Source Power to dispel the alcohol from their systems.

Under the influence of Lingyun's Source Power, Kaguya and Mokou quickly sobered up. When they saw Lingyun in front of them, a hint of embarrassed redness flashed across their faces.

"Didn't I tell you not to drink with that drunken loli? It's not good for girls to drink," Lingyun said with some helplessness.

"Ugh, I didn't want to drink either, but that Oni seems to possess a special ability. As long as she offers us a toast, we can only accept it," Kaguya said to Lingyun in a somewhat aggrieved tone, covering half her face with her sleeve.

"Don't act up in front of me. The Token I gave you for protection has the function of blocking such abilities." Lingyun reached out and flicked Kaguya on the forehead. "Also, don't refer to yourself as 'this concubine' in front of me. Have you forgotten about that?"

Mokou, standing to the side, shrank back, clearly also feeling a bit embarrassed. Lingyun smiled and ruffled her hair without saying anything.

Just at this moment, Lingyun suddenly felt a weight on his thigh. Looking down, he saw that it was Ibuki Suika, who had hugged his leg at some point.

"Lingyun, don't take my quota away, okay? If I don't have your wine to drink, I'll die!" Ibuki Suika said pitifully.

Looking at Ibuki Suika, who was desperately trying to act cute, Lingyun couldn't help but rub his forehead helplessly. With her current appearance, there wasn't a shred of the Oni King's aura left.

Ever since he defeated the two Oni Kings, Hoshiguma Yuugi and Ibuki Suika, and subsequently drank an entire group of Oni under the table, the Oni had thoroughly treated Lingyun as an honored guest. Of course, there was another reason: they had taken a liking to the fine wine in Lingyun's possession. Lingyun was also happy to trade with the Oni, exchanging his fine wine for many precious materials from them. After all, there was still plenty of fine wine in his cellar.

Yakumo Yukari was also a black-bellied person; she had secretly leaked his address to Ibuki Suika, and from then on, there was an extra drunkard in Lingyun's Bamboo House. When they first met Ibuki Suika, Kaguya and Mokou were extremely vigilant, but after spending some time together, they discovered that this Oni was not as fierce and terrifying as the legendary Oni, and was even somewhat cute, so they let her stay in this place.

"Right, today I'll introduce a new companion to you all," Lingyun said with a smile.

"A companion?" Mokou's eyes lit up.

"Come out, little Rabbit!" Lingyun waved toward the door.

A pair of rabbit ears suddenly appeared in everyone's field of vision, and then a small girl poked her head out from behind the door, looking at the people in the hall with curiosity. The girl had short black hair, and her pupils were the red characteristic of a rabbit. She wore a pink dress; although Lingyun had once complained about why there would be such a thing as a dress in this era, he didn't dwell on it, remembering that this world was different from Earth.

"Eh, a Rabbit?" Looking at the girl, Mokou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"That's right, a Rabbit," Lingyun nodded. "She is a Rabbit Youkai I found in the Bamboo Forest. When I saw her, she was being hunted, so I took her in for the time being; consider it having someone to keep you company. Come, Inaba Tewi, say hello to them."

"This Rabbit seems a bit different," Kaguya said thoughtfully, looking at the little girl's red pupils.

"Mm, she is indeed a bit different," Lingyun nodded and said. This rabbit was Inaba Tewi, known as the lucky rabbit; naturally, she couldn't be compared to other rabbits.

Inaba Tewi looked at the three girls in the room, her eyeballs rolling around as she wondered what to do, but her body bowed slightly toward the people in the room: "Hello, my name is Inaba Tewi. Please take care of me in the future."

"Right, since you've come here, you cannot play pranks or tease others at will, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!" Lingyun smiled and patted Inaba Tewi's head, and a book flew off the shelf and landed in his hand.

Inaba Tewi nodded absent-mindedly; it was clear from her appearance that she hadn't taken Lingyun's words to heart. Perhaps this black-bellied rabbit was already planning in her heart how to tease the people in the hall. But when her gaze fell on the open book in Lingyun's hand, even her drooping ears suddenly stood straight up.

On the page Lingyun had opened, words like "Spicy Rabbit Head," "Spicy Rabbit Leg," "Five-Spice Rabbit Meat," and so on were clearly written, with detailed cooking methods underneath. It was obviously a cookbook. Just looking at these words, Inaba Tewi could feel the deep malice directed at her.

"Eh, Teacher, why are you holding a cookbook?" Mokou hadn't seen the words on the book and asked curiously.

"Nothing, just thinking about what to eat tonight," Lingyun flipped past the page casually and said with a calm expression.

"Teacher is going to cook tonight!" Kaguya's eyes lit up.

Inaba Tewi's body trembled. Could it be that this human wanted to make her into tonight's dinner?

"Mm, after all, a new companion has arrived, so I must reward everyone!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Right, Tewi, you can't be naughty here in the future!" Lingyun reached out and patted Inaba Tewi's head.

"I, I know!"

Inaba Tewi nodded desperately. She suddenly felt that seeking this man's protection might have been a lapse in judgment while she was being hunted. Being able to openly open a cookbook featuring rabbit as the main ingredient in front of her, a Rabbit Youkai, was no different from a Devil in her eyes.

"Then go ahead, you must get along well!" Lingyun said with a smile, but to Inaba Tewi, he looked like a big bad wolf with its mouth wide open.

Watching Inaba Tewi shivering slightly, a flash of mischievousness crossed Kaguya's eyes. Seeing the rabbit in front of her, she couldn't help but think of the Moon Rabbits from when she was still in the Moon Capital. Thinking of this, Kaguya suddenly felt that adding a Rabbit Youkai to this Bamboo House might be a very interesting thing.

After settling Inaba Tewi in, Lingyun left. If he wanted to cook tonight, he still had to go prepare some ingredients.