Chapter 04: The Devil’s Kindness
After running out, Ginko Sora fled by taxi away from the store, but she instinctively remembered the store’s location.
No, no, no, this wasn’t because I wanted to remember it. It’s because my brain is too good now, making it difficult to forget even if I wanted to.
Right now, she just wanted to escape from here. She didn’t dare to think about this transaction.
It was too tempting…
Let’s just pretend that nothing happened, that I never came here.
She took out her phone and saw countless missed calls, making her feel a bit guilty. Everyone must be worried about her, right?
She returned each call one by one, using her best state to face those who cared about her.
When she learned that everyone was waiting for her to start the victory celebration and hadn’t eaten yet, she felt even more guilty.
She told others that she had been alone to calm down and forgot to turn off the silent mode. Now she would return to her teacher’s place. Everyone accepted her explanation.
Soon, the car arrived at the destination.
In the taxi, she saw the young man waiting at her teacher’s doorstep and showed a faint smile on her face.
He actually remembered to pick me up? He’s really thoughtful.
The previous events seemed to have truly been forgotten by her.
This was her junior brother, Yaichi Kuzuryuu(1)*. He just started later than her, but he was older in age.
Although she was the senior sister, her junior brother was much stronger than her in shogi. In men’s professional shogi, there were mainly seven major title matches: Ryuuou, Meijin, Ouza, Ouza, Kisei, Kio, and Osho.
Her junior brother obtained the shogi world’s title “Ryuuou” at the age of 16. It was evident that he was indeed extraordinary.
Ginko Sora got out of the car, and Yaichi Kuzuryuu immediately noticed her.
He had brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a thick cotton coat and a black scarf.
“Senior sister.” Yaichi Kuzuryuu waved at Ginko Sora.
Ginko Sora straightened her back. In order to display her dignity as a senior sister, as if using the collar of her sailor uniform to cut through the evening breeze, she walked to him with an imposing manner.
“Keika asked me to come out and pick you up.” Yaichi Kuzuryuu told the truth when he saw her coming.
“…” Ginko Sora was about to speak but was blocked by his words.
Can’t you think of picking me up on your own? Thinking of his two loli disciples cooking, Ginko Sora’s face darkened even more.
“Senior sister… are you alright? You don’t look well.” Yaichi Kuzuryuu asked with concern.
“I’m fine. I’ve never felt as good as I do today.” Ginko Sora shook her head. “I’ve been promoted to 3-dan.”
Initially, my bad complexion was because of the game, then it was because of that strange god, and now it’s because of you!
“Mm. I saw the press conference on TV. Although the TV broke and couldn’t record it, that footage has been etched in my and master’s minds.” Yaichi Kuzuryuu said.
“Sota Kunugi(2)* is nothing special…” Ginko Sora was referring to her previous opponent, that monster-like child.
But after seeing that game, that child couldn’t be considered a monster anymore.
“That’s the spirit we need. It’s absolutely impossible to break through the 3-dan league if you lose in spirit. Believe that you are the strongest. This is the most important thing in the league.” Yaichi Kuzuryuu encouraged.
Ginko Sora laughed bitterly. With my ability alone, how could it be possible…
I don’t even know, in the end, when I won, did I rely on myself to win or was it the guidance of that wicked ‘god’?
“Charge forward with this momentum!” Yaichi Kuzuryuu added another sentence.
“Watch me advance to 4-dan in one term, and then I’ll beat you to a pulp in an official match…” Ginko Sora narrowed her eyes.
That narrow-eyed person flashed through her mind. She ended this action and glared at Yaichi Kuzuryuu.
“Senior sister really hates me…” Yaichi Kuzuryuu couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless.
“Hey, Miss Sora, you forgot your stuff.”
Just at this moment, a voice that made Ginko Sora’s hair stand on end came from behind her.
Luo Feng got out of the taxi and walked towards the two.
Ginko Sora instinctively turned around and shielded Yaichi Kuzuryuu, like a cat protecting its food.
Wearing a polite expression and a coat, with the same attire as before underneath, this was the existence that called itself the God of Shogi!
“What stuff?” Ginko Sora had just wanted to forget about this experience, but this guy came to make his presence known.
Wait, if he talked about the deal he made with me earlier, how would my junior brother view me?
As for whether Yaichi Kuzuryuu would believe it or not…
With his godly methods, people had no choice but to believe.
“Your fan. You forgot your fan in my store.” Luo Feng took out Ginko Sora’s folding fan. “Although it doesn’t seem like a valuable item, I don’t know if it’s important to you or not. But I don’t have the habit of taking advantage of others.”
As a devil, he preferred transactions rather than plundering.
Plundering was something that those muscle-brained demons did.
“Your store?” Yaichi Kuzuryuu was a bit confused.
Didn’t senior sister say she was alone to calm down? How did she go to someone else’s store?
“Your senior sister just played a game of shogi with me.” Luo Feng smiled. “I run an izakaya and also sell some miscellaneous items. You can come and visit my place when you have time… Forget it, I don’t think you have any wishes to make.”
“Your romantic luck is quite flourishing, and your talent is also very good. Just by simply working hard, you’ve obtained things that others can’t get in their entire lives. You’ve achieved good results without even needing the favor of gods.”
Ginko Sora sighed with relief when he didn’t call himself a god.
“What do you mean?” Yaichi Kuzuryuu couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled. Izakaya, general store, wishes, saying that I have good romantic luck and high talent, gods…
He roughly understood what it was. During the day, it was the kind of general store that sold everything, and at night, it operated as an izakaya. The wishes and such should be some kind of fortune-telling service, right?
Online, his reputation as the Loli King was quite big, so it wasn’t strange to say that his romantic luck was flourishing. Being the Ryuuou was also easy to find out.
He had seen this kind of store that did many part-time jobs before. After all, the housing prices in Osaka weren’t cheap either.
Ginko Sora pinched Yaichi Kuzuryuu, but Yaichi Kuzuryuu didn’t even dare to shout in pain.
Others might say things like romantic luck casually, but the person in front of them was a real god!
“It’s nothing.” Luo Feng handed the fan to Ginko Sora, and Ginko Sora instinctively took it. “If there’s anything you want to know, come to my place and exchange it for something of equal value. You’re always welcome.”
Luo Feng waved his hand, pressed his hat, and walked in the direction he came from.
Ginko Sora found it a bit unbelievable. He really just came to return the fan?
Why didn’t he show those methods to Yaichi? Could it be that I’m really special?
Could it be that he has no interest in Yaichi…
Looking at the conditions he wanted, there seemed to be nothing wrong.
“Don’t think too badly of gods. Everything is an equal exchange. As I said before, gods won’t force anyone to make a deal. Even if you don’t make a deal, you can still come to my place to chat with me.”
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Sota Kunugi(2): Character introduced in the sixth volume(Light Novel) of Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
