The sunlight was a bit harsh, but cursed spirits, unlike traditional ghosts, were not afraid of it. Some even enjoyed reading books on the beach.
The Zenin estate was built in a traditional Japanese residential style, Wabi-sabi.
With a color palette of gray-white and burnt yellow, it emphasized the roughness of objects, pursuing a unique style where imperfection is perfection.
However, when the "imperfection" that the residence valued was applied to people, it became a flaw.
As a father, what does it feel like to personally kill your two daughters?
Zenin Ogi might have an answer to that.
Was he reluctant? Not really. It's just that when he actually placed that ugly cursed spirit inside his home, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
He didn't know how to describe that feeling. Perhaps it was a sense of relief, as if a burden had been lifted? Or perhaps it was a reluctance to part with two children who had just been born?
But more than that, it was the deep-seated unwillingness hidden in his heart.
It seemed that if he killed the two children who were holding him back, most of his unwillingness would be resolved.
But was that really the case? Zenin Ogi might already have an answer in his heart.
However, sometimes things are not about proving right or wrong. The only meaning is to prove that you are not wrong.
It was a cursed spirit that looked as if its skin had been peeled off. With every step its bloody body took, a bit of viscous liquid would drip down.
The cursed spirit panted heavily, step by step, towards the two children lying in the baby carriage.
Even from such a distance, Zenin Ogi seemed to be able to smell the foul stench from the cursed spirit's breath. He frowned tightly, his steps hesitating slightly. Even his fingers resting on the sword at his waist seemed to tremble a little.
But after a cicada's chirp, he suddenly turned and walked away. He was not inferior to Zenin Naobito!
As children, how could they hold their parents back?!
Since it has come to this, the only way they can not hold me back, the only way to wash away the shame, is to die!
Go die! Go die! Go die! Go die!
This is not my fault! It's your fault! It's your mistake for not being born with my powerful sorcerer bloodline!
It's a death you brought upon yourselves! I'm just helping you end this painful life a little earlier!
Anyway, even if you survive, you definitely won't live a happy life in the future!
If you had the mindset of adults, you should be able to understand me, you would understand me, you should understand me!
I'm doing this for your own good!
So, go and die obediently, my daughters!
Just as Zenin Ogi's figure disappeared down the courtyard corridor, the ugly cursed spirit reached the baby carriage. It lowered its head, its whole body like a skinned toad, but with long black hair that almost touched the ground.
It tilted its head, and foul-smelling mucus dripped from its mouth. Its throat kept making strange noises:
"Chi, chi, child! Child! Child! My child!"
The voice grew more urgent, the pitch sharper, and the cursed energy around its body began to bubble like boiling water.
Just as the two sisters were about to die, a figure that was not very tall appeared next to the baby carriage.
The figure appeared extremely fast. No one saw his movements at all, as if he had just appeared out of thin air!
Zenin Toji was standing at the window of his second-floor room, squinting his eyes, looking at Zenin Kiyoshi standing next to the baby carriage. A faint hint of surprise appeared on his face. He had just seen it. Zenin Kiyoshi didn't run over at all, but teleported directly from his original spot to the baby carriage.
Is that... a space-type innate technique?!
Why would a guy like this be sent to me? What on earth does the old man want to do?
Zenin Toji couldn't quite understand Zenin Naobito's intentions for a moment. But what he didn't know was that, for now, besides him, no one else in the world knew that Zenin Kiyoshi could use a skill like spatial movement.
While Zenin Toji was still lost in thought, Zenin Kiyoshi looked at the two unharmed little ones in the baby carriage in front of him, a look of lingering fear on his face.
If he had appeared any later, these two infants would probably have died here.
Although in the original story, the sisters Maki and Mai lived safely into their teens, Zenin Kiyoshi didn't dare to take the gamble.
After all, his appearance had indeed caused some things in the Zenin clan to differ from the original story. And any slight change could lead to huge fluctuations in the original plot. For the still relatively weak Zenin Kiyoshi, changing the plot prematurely was not a good thing.
This was the main reason why he appeared here.
There was another reason: in his heart, he didn't want these two sisters to die here.
They both deserved a future of their own, not a tragic childhood burdened by the name "Zenin."
Since he was going to build up affection, he might as well go all the way.
What's more, based on Zenin Toji's previous behavior, Zenin Kiyoshi was actually certain of one thing.
That man, who looked extremely颓废, was not as numb inside as his appearance suggested.
At least at the moment he pulled him over, Zenin Kiyoshi could feel that it wasn't just for Zenin Naobito's sake, but simply because he didn't want to see something happen again.
Zenin Toji's pull might have been for Zenin Kiyoshi, or it might have been for his own past. But in any case, that one action proved that Zenin Toji would definitely not stand by and watch what was happening to Maki and Mai.
Therefore, Zenin Kiyoshi was also certain that the moment he stepped out of Zenin Toji's house, the other man must have already been paying some attention to him.
Even if he really couldn't stop it in the end, Zenin Toji could serve as another safety net.
Of course, Zenin Kiyoshi had no absolute certainty whether this safety net would open.
But there are not many things in the world that can be accomplished with absolute certainty. Sometimes you just have to face those risks.
Zenin Kiyoshi stood in front of the baby carriage. Behind him, the ugly cursed spirit had opened its mouth and was already lunging to bite.
Its teeth were still stained with some shredded meat, and red meat strands danced between its teeth, emitting an almost suffocating smell of blood.
But such an attack, in front of Zenin Kiyoshi at this moment, could not cause him any harm. Instead, it was as if it was blocked by an invisible wall, only able to stop a short distance from Zenin Kiyoshi, unable to move an inch.
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