“It wasn’t just me, he deceived the instructor from the main household, the other demon masters, even the head of household. But, yesterday, we were suddenly summoned to the main household……”
Yato’s true form had somehow been exposed to the main household, and since Yato was stronger than the current head of household’s demon servant, he was told he would have to follow the traditions of the Yase family, and become the next head of household. He told him his troubles one after the other.
“Aah, that must be why your dog suspected I told the main household earlier, huh. I’ll tell you this now, I didn’t say anything to anyone.”
Hoshiai said convincingly as he rolled up the sleeve of his shirt, exposing his arm from the elbow down. There were bandages wrapped around most of it, with a brownish red color soaking through here and there. It wasn’t just his arm, his cheek and forehead were covered in something like scratches, Tokimori wondered about them since he saw them, but he figured they probably came from his work, so he didn’t ask. Even Tokimori couldn’t answer if anyone had asked him about his demon master jobs.
“When your dog came to the threaten me, I was in the middle of a job. He was a pretty formidable demon, and that’s why I’m in this pitiful state. I didn’t have the energy to pick a fight with the Yase family. Well, there’s no point in me exposing or tattling on anyone. You don’t plan on becoming the head of household then? Your dog has quite a lot of power. He’s totally attached to you on top of that. He listens to your commands.”
Tokimori frowned.
“I absolutely won’t become head of household. I don’t want to, I don’t think I could. I’m sure you know, Hoshiai-san, about the jobs the Yase family takes on.”
“Well, yeah.”
“The jobs I do as a demon master are all small, easy ones. I don’t want to order my demon to harm people physically, take lives, or anything like that. Having to arrange for the rewards demons desire……there’s no way I could do that. I wouldn’t be able to bear it……”
“You say small, but if it’s a request the Yase family was paid big bucks for, even your jobs could harm someone. If it’s your fault they make a mistake in their work, they may be at the end of their rope mentally, and will choose suicide, are you saying that has nothing to do with you?”
“……”
Completely at a loss, Tokimori lowered his head. He was taught demon master’s shouldn’t think about the results brought on by their jobs. However, he had been doing these jobs for six years now. Even though he tried not to think about it, he couldn’t help thinking about it. Certainly there have been people whose lives became a disaster, thrown into chaos, by something he did. However, the Yase family with their support from Japan since ancient times, believe their conclusion of, the happiness of many, outweighs the misfortune of the few, was the right thing, and was told he used demons to help make the world a better place. If he didn’t think about it that way, he wouldn’t be able to do his next job.
The ceiling suddenly creaked, dust falling here and there. Perhaps realizing Yato was angry he made Tokimori feel bad, and was trying to destroy the apartment, Hoshiai apologized.
“……sorry. There’s no point in blaming only you for that.”
“No, it’s true. Even if I say I don’t want to work as a demon master, I don’t have the courage to defy the main household.”
“They’re not a family you could hide something like rebellion from. So why don’t you become head of household and destroy the whole Yase family? Demon slayers would fully support that.”
“Impossible!”
“Why? You have the strongest demon. Even if the Yase family gathered all of their contracted demon servants, they’d be no match for your dog. Ah, if you’re going to destroy them though, I guess you wouldn’t need to bother with becoming head of household.”
“Well, I mean……I can’t.”