21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 187 Worshiping the Gods

After dinner, Chen Yu naturally set out for Kawakami Cemetery with Jounouchi Hiromi to visit Little Rice Princess.

As for Audis, this time it didn't need to stay home to keep watch, since all of Chen Yu's necromancy-related items had already been moved to the Necromantic Space, and the area around his and Jounouchi Hiromi's new home was safe enough not to require Audis to stay behind for house-sitting.

So this time, Audis could accompany Chen Yu out.

Still, its expression was quite sour, for it was being held in Jounouchi Hiromi's arms and stroked occasionally.

The two people and one cat took a combination of subway and bus before finally arriving at Kawakami Cemetery.

Looking at the place where he had lived for many years, Chen Yu couldn't help shaking his head, feeling somewhat sentimental about it. But this was only human nature; if it weren't for Jounouchi Hiromi, Chen Yu might have continued to live there, dealing with corpses all day, and it's possible that he would have grown darker and darker as a person.

Life is unpredictable, and perhaps even a small event can change a person's destiny, unless one can reach a height great enough to pull one's fate out of the river of time. Otherwise, neither humans nor deities can escape the control of destiny.

Chen Yu banished these idle thoughts from his mind. Pulling one's fate from the river of time, though he knew the method, was something not even gods could necessarily manage, and was far beyond his current reach.

In the language of the Celestial Empire mythology, it would mean stepping out of the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements, something that ordinary immortals and buddhas could not achieve.

Walking down the path he had often taken when he used to visit Kawakami Cemetery for materials, Chen Yu quickly led Jounouchi Hiromi to the shrine of Little Rice Princess.

Although walking through a cemetery at midnight could be frightening, the idea that her boyfriend was the Necromancer, an expert who specifically deals with the dead, quickly dispelled Jounouchi Hiromi's fear and instead filled her with a strange excitement and thrill.

This adventure, akin to those of protagonists in novels, filled her heart with agitation. Clutching Audis even tighter in her arms, it wasn't until the cat let out a yowl that she slightly loosened her grip.

Standing in front of Little Rice Princess's shrine, Chen Yu didn't scare her as he had last time. After glancing at the shrine, he noticed that the Power of Faith surrounding it was much denser than during his last visit, which surprised him. Nevertheless, he called out to the shrine, "Little Rice Princess, I'm here to see you, come out."

Hearing Chen Yu's call, Little Rice Princess poked her head out from the shrine, glanced at Jounouchi Hiromi beside him, furrowed her brows, but still flew out of the shrine with a pout, holding the Shenluo bell that Chen Yu had seen before. At eye level with Chen Yu, she said unhappily, "Why did you bring a mortal here? According to the rules, deities are not supposed to appear before mortals!"

"She is my fiancée, and I shall guide her onto the same path as mine. For now, I am just introducing her to the supernatural world she will soon step into," Chen Yu explained to Little Rice Princess and also asked with a hint of curiosity and concern, "The power of faith here has thickened a lot, hasn't it? Have there been many visitors coming to worship recently?"

Chen Yu didn't care about the rules that Little Rice Princess mentioned, which were meant for ordinary people. Being transcendental himself, such rules didn't bind him. What actually caught his attention was the significantly stronger power of faith at Little Rice Princess's shrine compared to the last time he was here.

"I owe it all to your blessings!" Little Rice Princess brightened up at the mention of this, circling around Chen Yu before saying with a beaming smile, "The Death God Power you gave me last time granted me some abilities related to death.

I can guide the souls lingering in this cemetery to their transcendence, and after I help them cross over, they would appear in the dreams of their families and ask them to come here to worship. So, I've harvested a lot of power of faith recently! And for this, I even received a reward from Lord Miketsu!"

"Then congratulations to you," Chen Yu said with a smile, finding Little Rice Princess's childlike behavior quite adorable while introducing his fiancée and pet to her, "This is my fiancée Jounouchi Hiromi, and in her arms is my pet Audis. You recognize him, right?"

"I know! This smelly cat once stole my offerings! It was my favorite fish cake! You stinky cat!" Upon seeing Audis, Little Rice Princess immediately remembered the grudge of having her offerings stolen in the past and flew towards Audis, intending to hit him with the Shenluo bell she held.

Seeing this, Chen Yu quickly reached out to grab Little Rice Princess in mid-air and tried to appease her, "Let it go, let it go! You are a deity; there's no need to lower yourself to a cat's level. For my sake, please forgive it."

Still holding a grudge, Little Rice Princess glared at Audis and pretended to kick him several times in the air before gradually calming down her anger.

"Little Rice Princess, you just mentioned that there are many souls reluctant to leave Kawakami Cemetery, but why haven't I encountered them every time I've come here?" Chen Yu asked, curious as he watched Little Rice Princess return to her shrine and sit on its roof.

However, Little Rice Princess looked at him as if questioning his intelligence and, rather annoyed, pointed in the direction of Chen Yu's former apartment, "When you first moved in, you immediately dealt with the haunted house over there. The screams of that evil spirit on that night could be heard throughout Kawakami Cemetery. Who would dare to show themselves in front of you now?

And last time, the ceremony you held here was to open the Gate of the Underworld, right? It scared all the ghosts in the cemetery half to death, so none of them dare to show themselves in front of you anymore."

Hearing Little Rice Princess's explanation, Chen Yu couldn't help but touch his nose sheepishly. He had chosen to live here precisely because the place was near the cemetery and was a haunted house, and it was cheap. He hadn't expected that his antics with the evil spirit on the first night would result in all the ghosts of the hill being too scared to show up.

Initially intimidated by the appearance of Little Rice Princess, Jounouchi Hiromi couldn't help but laugh when she heard the conversation between her and Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen Yu, you truly have a formidable reputation! You can even scare ghosts to the point where they dare not show themselves in front of you! Hahaha!"

Feeling somewhat embarrassed by his fiancée's teasing, Chen Yu shook his head helplessly and turned back to Little Rice Princess to ask, "By the way, Little Rice Princess, how is that friend I brought here last time doing? Didn't you say you would introduce her to Lord Miketsu to become a Divine Servant?" Discover hidden stories at empire