Hope in Another World 125

Title: The World Doesn’t Know Me

The bamboo house had spacious rooms, its interior decorated in a traditional Japanese style. After following the servant through several corridors, Shun finally arrived at the inner courtyard where the conversation was taking place.

There was a high platform pavilion in the center of the inner courtyard. Gan’an and Master Kitagawa stood with their hands behind their backs, gazing at the massive waterfall hundreds of meters away.

“Shinomiya-sama comes to see me. What brings you here?”

Shun stopped ten steps away, allowing the two to show their momentum, almost as if he was watching a performance.

Gan’an’s face was impassive, and he didn’t look like a seventy-year-old man at all. The formidable vitality he possessed over the years and his eyes that seemed to pierce through were terrifying. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare look directly at him.

“Look here, what do you see?” Gan’an said calmly.

Shun heard the words and looked around, only to see the spectacular 100-meter-high waterfall and the noisy crowd of powerful people gathered not far away, arguing about a potion ingredient.

Beautiful scenery and a crowd of people vying for bait.

“Yes, with such a massive waterfall hundreds of meters high, under the current scenery, those called powerful people are so insignificant.” Gan’an sighed, and his voice suddenly turned cold.

“But do you know? Such a spectacular sight is dwarfed by Master Kitagawa beside me. The grandeur of nature is merely a matter of one action in front of someone extraordinary.”

“There are so many people in the upper class of Japan, but in the final analysis, only four major chaebols and a few prominent families control the real lifeline and power in Japan.”

“Those with a little wealth and onmyoji with a little ability are just pawns vying for bait in such a general trend.”

After saying that, he turned and looked at Shun with a serious gaze:

“Takema Shun, do you understand?”

Shun’s expression remained normal, and he said, “What do you mean?”

“My meaning is very clear.” Gan’an said proudly with his hands behind his back: “I hope you can recognize the distance between yourself and Kaguya.”

“You are indeed extraordinary, but compared to the current Shinomiya family, you are far behind.”

After finishing speaking, Gan’an looked at him again:

“I know you are very popular, and you do have the capital to be romantic.”

“You once saved Kaguya. Although I don’t know how you did it, at your age, most onmyoji have just learned the common five-element spells, which proves that you are an onmyoji with great potential.”

“Except for Onmyoji families like Tsuchimikado and Kurahashi, young onmyoji in Japan are indeed a bit inferior compared to you.”

“I must admit, with your looks, personality, abilities... no matter how I look at it, you are truly a man who makes women obsessed with you.”

Gan’an laughed, but then his eyes became colder.

“But Kaguya is my daughter.” He said flatly, “I have cured her illness. She is my legitimate daughter, Shinomiya Gan’an, and the daughter of the Shinomiya family.”

“You want to marry her. Not qualified enough!”

Gan’an uttered the last words one by one, showing strong self-confidence.

“Oh, what is considered qualified?” Shun said with his eyes lowered.

“In terms of background, at least it should be the background of the Fujiwara family, and it should be the kind that has real power.” Gan’an said calmly: “If based on ability, you can enter an official position and become famous, or you can manage the Shinomiya family well.”

“If you follow the Onmyoji path, you will be able to reach the ‘Twelve Divine Generals’ by controlling your own powerful team.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t see any of these abilities in you.” Speaking of this, Gan’an shook his head.

“Although you seem gentle on the outside, you are actually very arrogant on the inside. You won’t back down even half a step when you have made a decision. If you have this kind of character and enter society, if you can’t keep up with the times, you will surely fail.”

“Although Onmyoji has great potential, that potential will only happen if it becomes the ‘Twelve Divine Generals’.”

“How can I trust someone like that to marry my daughter to him?”

After saying that, Gan’an looked at him steadily, as if trying to see through him.

Shun suddenly burst into laughter: “HA HA HA, this is just your delusion.”

“And you’re right, I am indeed very arrogant, because I have the power to belittle everything.”

Shun’s eyes were dull, as if nothing could move him.

“Oh, what kind of ability do you have? Just relying on your extraordinary skills?” Gan’an sneered.

“Do you know that if an Onmyoji doesn’t reach the level of the ‘Twelve Divine Generals’ or Master Kitagawa, frankly, he will still be like an ant behind modern weapons!”

Gan’an talked a lot, actually hoping to convince this arrogant boy. If he brought him under his command, develop the other party for a few years. Let the other party replace him in the future, and he might be able to marry his daughter to him in the future.

But he didn’t expect Shun to be even more arrogant than he thought.

“Are you underestimating the four major chaebols too much? If we want to, even armed helicopters, tanks, and artillery shells can attack one person. Can you stop us?”

“And Master Kitagawa beside me is a descendant of an ancient martial arts family. His swordsmanship is truly awe-inspiring. Even ten of you wouldn’t be able to match him.”

Gan’an uttered every word.

“These things are beyond your imagination. After all, you are just a sixteen-year-old boy. No matter how capable you are, how high can you achieve?”

Speaking of this, Gan’an snorted angrily.

He had spoken until now, but Shun still refused to give up. Instead, he insisted that he had a trump card.

But this kind of trump card is vulnerable to Onmyoji in the Onmyoji Agency.

The only person who can truly attract his attention in the near future is the mysterious person who has reached the level of the “Twelve Divine Generals” by destroying the Twin Horn Syndicate.

Shun said calmly: “Shinomiya-san, what you said, in my opinion, is just a matter of cutting it with a sword.”

“Destroy with one sword?” Gan’an finally laughed.

He laughed and shook his head. “Takema Shun, when I was young, I also imagined that I had the ability to cut through everything. Unfortunately, in this society, rules are more important than anything. If you don’t follow the rules, you will be abandoned by the rules.”

“Do you know that even Genji Kurahashi, the strongest at present, and the original Tsuchimikado Yakou dare not say such a thing!”

“That’s because they are too weak.”

After Shun learned what his father-in-law was thinking, he no longer intended to continue talking to him.

As the plutocrats did, using the whip and candy to break down Shun’s arrogance so that he could become a good son-in-law in his Shinomiya family.

For Gan’an, this is a good thing and this is his good intention.

He could let a poor boy like Shun, who has no background, marry the daughter of the Shinomiya family, and also take over their rich power.

And what Shun paid was nothing more than ‘obedience’ and blending in with them.

But for Shun...

“This is just a matter of one sword!”

Shun shook his head, and the spirit mark on the back of his hand suddenly glowed, and a pure white Sacred Sword shone in his hand.

Such a sight made everything Gan’an wanted to say stuck in his throat, and Master Kitagawa couldn’t help but widen his eyes in disbelief.

At that moment, they saw the light!

The sword light suddenly became brighter and soared into the sky. At this time, whether it was Gan’an, Master Kitagawa, or everyone outside the courtyard, Genji and other onmyoji had to squint to avoid the burst of sword light.

Outside the courtyard, Shinomiya Kaguya, who was learning to communicate, felt her heart tremble. She looked towards the courtyard and subconsciously thought that this was what Shun was doing.

The sword first flew and turned into the sun. The bright sun rose, warm and scorching, and the bright and gentle sunlight shone on everyone.

The weather has changed!

The sky was torn apart.

The bright sun disc turned into sword light, like a knife cutting tofu, in a straight line, passing through the courtyard of the residence, and turning into a golden thread.

The most terrifying thing is that after the sword light passed, the long golden line that seemed to come from the sky still hasn’t disappeared.

This sword light passed through the people outside the courtyard, flew out of the sky where many people bowed their heads in fear, and landed on the hundreds of large waterfalls. It seemed to separate the entire waterfall and all obstacles into two parts!

The waterfall hundreds of feet high stopped flowing, and it was clear that such a majestic mountain was split into two parts by this sword, and the chasm marked by the sword was filled with a terrifying hot aura.

The length of the sword energy and the power of the sword intent were truly astonishing.

After this sword appeared, many onmyoji outside the courtyard became unstable, gasping for breath, and staggering backwards. Kurahashi Genji, the head of the Twelve Divine Generals and Director of the Onmyoji Agency, had a blank face. Although he knew that this merchant’s attack was not aimed at him, his body still felt cold, as if he was going to die in the next moment.

BANG!

Master Kitagawa, who had just slashed the waterfall with his sword, suddenly fell to the ground as if his soul had been sucked out. His eyes were dull, as if he was staring at the golden sword light in the distance.

“Is this... really a realm that humans can reach...” He mumbled like a madman. After practicing swordsmanship for seventy years, he finally stepped into the extraordinary realm of swordsmanship, and his worldview collapsed again.

“Shinomiya-san, what are the so-called rules, the rich are just a matter of one slash. Do you believe it now?”

Shun still had a calm face like when he first came here.

But this time, the four major chaebols and the head of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Gan’an, bowed their heads respectfully and said:

“Yes, you are right.”

Shun released the Demon King-Killing Sacred Sword in his hand. As the white point of light dissipated, Est appeared beside him and pulled his finger.

“Master, I want to sleep.”

“Okay, let’s go home.”

Shun held Est’s small hand, turned around and left leisurely.

Until a moment later, Gan’an, who was bathed in cold sweat, suddenly knelt down, gasping for breath like a drowning man on the edge of the beach.

“Call Kaguya! I want to shape the next generation of family heads!”