Tsuki Tsuki Vol 6 Chapter 3

Chapter 03: Unsaid Words

Since forever, I couldn’t stay calm when someone was crying.

Being bullied at the doujo of my grandfather, blaming my own weakness on my mother, I repeated to vent my anger—Such a weak myself.

Because I was always crying like that…I reached out for the crying girl in the park at that time.

But she was a clumsy cry-baby and failed at nearly all games, so she was always teased by everyone and cried because of it. Still, the girl didn’t become discouraged and tried to join into everyone’s group day by day.

Left alone, she must have been lonely. She must have been sad. More so than the bullying, for her it must have been more painful to be alone. She always stayed around everyone.

One day, she was forsaken by everyone and they stopped playing with her. Since that day, she watched the other kids from a corner of the park and shed tears unknown to anyone. When the sun set, she trotted home alone— She repeated her days like that.

“Hey, if you have time, wanna play with me?”

“Look, isn’t it boring to be by yourself all the time? Let’s go together.”

“…I can’t. It’s no fun being with me…I’m just in the way…That’s what everyone says…”

“…You too, will surely leave me…”

“Ouch! Wh- Why are you suddenly hitting me?”

I couldn’t encourage her properly, since I became embarrassed. I playfully grabbed the girl’s long hair and messed around with it.

When I was a bit excited—it happened suddenly. The girl started to shed big tears, so I immediately removed my hand in confusion.

“No…I… just… hap… py…”

Then the girls stopped crying… and showed a smile. Her eyes, still a bit teary, narrowed happily and her small mouth also opened happily. Her smiling face was really cute.

I was happy that the girls stopped crying, so I reached out my hand for her once more with a smile.

“My name is written with the [Sakura] and—”

The morning of the second day of seaside school. Midway in my dream, suddenly a shrill melody echoed through the room and I wake upon that sound.

Due to seeing a dream of the past, I was a bit in a fool mood. Half-asleep, I complained in my heart, but

Asada called out to me like that and I finally realized.

I hastily put my hand on my cell phone and lowered my head to the wreathing rising guys with a “Sorry”, then moved into a corner of the room. While feeling a sense of discomfort, I looked down and saw that it was a call from my mother.

“…Mh? What are you so angry for? Could it be, you were still sleeping? You’re supposed to take the bus at 8 to a farm today, right? So get up already. Actually, since you participating in the seaside school, wake up early and enjoy the trip.”

“Yes, I am.”

During our conversation, I awakened completely. Lightly scratching my head, I listened to my mother.

“Not really. I think, I’ll just go to the beach like yesterday….Why do you ask?”

Considering it strange, I asked, whereupon a weird cute voice came back through the phone.

“Think of your age. Age, you hear. There’s a limit to acting out of character!”

Leaking a low voice filled with anger, my mother one-sidedly ended the call.

What was that? I titled my head and watched my cell phone for a while…

After that, like the schedule in the pamphlet said, we students gathered in front of the inn. After a roll-call, we boarded a bus, which took us shaking to the farm.

Until noon, we had time to look around the farm.

At that time, the nearby girls suddenly raised a piercing voice.

I faced there with these thoughts, but my assumption was wrong. The girls’ gazes were set on Hijiri riding on a horse.

Supposedly junior girls once after another raised their voices with “Gogyou-senpai~!” or “Look over here~!” and waved their hands, whereupon Hijiri showed a troubled face and then waved back lightly with a smile.

When I watched over the girls with that impression, I suddenly met Hijiri’s eyes.

“Shinobu-kun~!”

Attracted, I also smiled and responded to Hijiri with a small hand wave, but…the glares of the girls hurt me. Their eyes were cruelly cold. Their jealous glares were kind of scary. For now, I thought about brushing it off with a smile, so I gave them an awkward smile, but at that moment, the girls raised a small scream and ran away.

“Hey, Shinobu, why are you making such a scary face? These girls were juniors, right? I feel sorry for them.”

I replied to Machina’s weary regard with a heart-rending feeling.

“Anyway, Shinobu, there are rabbits over there. Let’s go.”

Giving a nod back, I headed for the enclosure with the rabbits together with Machina, then entering it. There Machina embraced an affectionate white rabbit that came over and raised a lively voice.

“Okay, then let’s name it Elni #2.”

“…Uhm, don’t ignore me and give me your usual combo of getting tricked and retorting?”

“Why are rabbits just so cute?”

“Ah, that one over there is cute too. Come here~”

I once again asked her, but sadly enough, it had no effect. Machina put the white rabbit onto her lap and embraced a brown rabbit now. She said spellbound.

“Yeah. I also want to be jostled by bunny girls, even just once.”

…This was hopeless. Machina didn’t seem to hear me, as she was absorbed in petting the rabbit and rubbing it against her cheek. She was madly in love.

“HopHop♪“

Still, her innocent smile was as cute as Hijiri’s.

“---The Maid’s trivia: Rabbits do not have vocal cords, so they make no sounds. Also, throughout the whole year, they are in a ‘rutting’ condition.”

“Well then, Snake, I will continue with my peeping shots in the stealth camouflage.”

“Throughout the whole year, the rabbits are in a ‘rutting’ condition.”

…The execution aside, it seemed that Kaorun was fulfilling my request.

Saying my thanks to Kaorun, I shifted my gaze back to Machina.

Machina still was obsessed with the rabbits. There I lightly clapped her shoulder and looked outside the enclosure with a side-glance.

“Yes, sure. But be sure to return home by five, Shinobu.”

Replying with that to the absent-minded Machina, I left the enclosure half-wearily.

“Brother~!”

“Yes, yes, I’m the all popular Shinobu-oniisan. I’m busy, so handshakes and autographs later.”

But Nazuna didn’t seem to care and clung onto my back strongly.

“Heeh, maybe I should go there too…”

“Uhm, Shinobu-oniisan, a lot of students are gathering at the milking right now. It is really crowded. There is a long line.”

I wasn’t interested into milking all that bad. I replied casually, but for some reason Miichan jerkily pushed out both her breasts and opened her mouth with scarlet-coloured cheeks.

…This girl sure was saying some surprising things.

“Miichan, thanks for the offer, but…I’ll ask Machina for it.”

“So, Machina, let me try milking your breasts.”

“Liar! You said thrice a day!”

Probably because she was so delighted by the rabbits, Machina’s usual retort came later than usual.

“No milk? Now that’s strange. How can you say that with such big breasts? Actually, they’re giving milk, right? Answer truthfully, even if it’s embarrassing.”

“That’s not true. There are individual differences, but I heard that a woman’s breasts grow bigger in the lactation period. Basically, the reason your breasts are so big is because you’re lactating. There’s no doubt.”

…Ah, I kind of got a déjà vu.

“Mm…See, Shinobu, there’s…mm… no milk coming out.”

“Hey, Shinobu…Hahn…Are you listening? No milk…mha.. is coming out.”

Machina’s breasts were soft and warm while the great elasticity gave then an outstanding sensation of touch. Losing my senses, I became entranced and totally forget about cautioning her.

“Uhn…Ahn… Shinobu, now you get it---wait, wh- wha- what are you making me do! You tricked me again! Stupid Shinobu! Pervert! Boob Alien!”

“Yeah! Tell him off even more, Nazuna! Also, Shinobu! If you just say that you want to touch them, I, well, wouldn’t mind considering it!”

Scolded by Machina and Nazuna, I deeply lowered my head.

“You’re so bold, Machina-oneesan. So mature. I want to follow your example…!”

I replied so in my heart to Miichan, who looked at Machina with respect.

Afterwards I treated Machian to a soft ice-cream at the nearby store as an apology and bought one for Nazuna and Miichan as well. Then I sat down on a bench by myself and watched absent-minded over the girls happily licking their ice-creams.

“Shinobu-oniisan, I’m a pigeon.”

“And you are handsome, Shinobu-oniisan. A dirty hero, hard-boiled.”

Just what about me was a hard-boiled, dirty hero?

“Hey, Brother, you can ride a horse over there. Let’s ride Mr. Horse together.”

“Ehh. I want to ride with you, Brother. I’ll share my soft ice-cream with you if you ride with me.”

I replied to the pampered Nazuna like that, but in the end I couldn’t turn down the invitation by my cute little sister. So I ended up agreeing to ride a horse together with her.

“You two sure a close.”

“Hey, stop it, it’s embarrassing…”

“Borther, Mr. Horse is so cute.”

To divert my embarrassment, I cracked a joke, which made the instructor miss giggle.

Feelings my cheeks getting hot, I clad myself in composure and added.

“…Uh- Uhm, thank you very much. I’m currently looking for a boyfriend.”

“Geez, you already have Luna-oneechan, so don’t go hit on other girls, Brother. Moreover, you’re playing with me right now, so don’t get distracted.”

“You two really are close.”

“Enough of that already…”

Of course we couldn’t ride the horse on our own. So unlike Hijiri’s earlier real horse riding, we just rode on a horse that was led by the instructor miss. But, on top of the horse, my vision was higher than usual and I could enjoy a scenery different from the normal.

But now Miichan asked me “Shinobu-oniisan, please ride together with me as well”, so I once again mounted a horse along with her, as I didn’t really had a say in the matter.

“Is this girl your little sister as well?”

When Miichan replied so with a straight face, the miss widened her eyes in surprise.

“No. I’m into older, pretty girls like you, miss.”

The miss fidgeted while affixing her hands onto her cheeks, as she hopefully played along with my joke.

“Shinobu-oniisan, you have no interest in a younger girl like me? Is that why you are hitting onto the older miss there, even though you’re with me? Is not no fun… being with me?”

“I am glad…”

There I made a sigh of relief, but I made the miss giggle again.

I had that in mind, but when I returned to the other girls, even Machina brought up a “Let’s ride together” and I was teased by the miss with an “You’re so popular” in the end… While I played with the girls at the farm, the time for our departure drew closer, so we regretfully left the farm behind us and returned to the bus.

At that time, Hijiri smiled softly and lightly clapped onto her white thighs.

“No, thanks for the offer, but I don’t want to sleep, so I’ll pass. I don’t want to see a dream like yesterday again…”

“No, that’s not it. It was a dream of my childhood.”

“You know, all the weird stuff you do as a kid. It’s an embarrassing memory.”

That seemed to fool her, as Hijiri faintly smiled and opened her mouth.

“Mh? I’m still pretty enough now.”

“Like this? Kukekuke.”

“..Th- That surprised me. So intense.”

…But, cute, huh. Certainly, just like Hijiri had said, I got the feeling I was often told that as a kid. Back then every day was fun and I played around innocently.

What would have happened to me if I just had stop going to the dojo back then? If I had lived normally without breaking bones and spitting up blood, what would have become of me? I would have been able to make friends at school, just like Nazuna had said?

While such thoughts crossed my mind, a pain welled up in my chest.

“What were you like as a kid, Shinobu-kun?”

“I knew it, that’s so cute.”

“I- Is that so? What was that girl like?”

I began my sentence, when suddenly a certain thought popped up in my head. But I shook it off as impossible and continued.

“Ehm, does that girl love you even now?”

No, to be precise, I wanted her to forget me. I wanted her to stay smiling, not concerning herself with me. At least at times where she wanted to cry… I wanted her to cry.

“That aside, Hijiri, what are you doing in the afternoon? Want to play together?”

To do? Ah, her exorcist job.

“Is that so? That makes me happy… Yeah, okay, let’s play together tomorrow.”

Replying with a nod, I then chatted with Hijiri for a while, but in the middle of our conversation, she suddenly pressed her hand onto her mouth like she remembered something. She said sluggish.

Most likely that was another of Kaorun’s seduction plans. I made the first move by falling into a silence, pretending to sleep. Upon that, I heard Hijiri making a small sigh, as she gave up.

I checked on the situation by faintly opening my eyes, whereupon I could confirm Hijiri leaning her cheek against my shoulder with a happy smile.

…Preserving the current situation was the best choice.

Feeling my heartbeat accelerate, I continued to feign to sleep until bus arrived at the inn…

After eating lunch at the inn, I wanted to head to the beach with Nazuna and Machina, like I had told my mother this morning over the phone.

Nazuna was invited by her school friends and Machina by the other girls of our class and went to play. I didn’t want to bother them, so I told the two of them “We can still play together on the last day. Go have fun.’… Like that I had become all alone.

Such thoughts crossed my mind while I walked on the coast. Then I spotted the familiar silhouette of a female.

…Why was my mother here?

They were most likely hitting on her. I thought my mother could handle it by herself. But well, just in case, I should go over…

“Sorry. My company is here, so I have to go now.”

The guys stayed persistent and showed no sign of withdrawing. Giving them a single glance and shrugging her shoulders, my mother wordless opened the zipper of the hooded sweatshirt I wore and said.

Instantly, the guys turned pale and mumbled rude stuff like “Yakuza” and “Yakuza wife”, then left running away.

…Eh? Even they came all the way here?

When I turned around surprised, I confirmed Luna in the white bikini from before and Elni in a pink bikini.

The two came over with a gleaming smile, then clung onto me with attitude without stopping.

The sensation of Luna and Elni’s soft bodies and their sweet fragrances excited me, but I cautioned them and moving my gaze, I called out to my mother.

“Yeah. Elni wouldn’t shut up about ‘I want to go to the sea’, so I had no other choice.”

“Sure I said that I wanted to go to the sea, but you were all enthusiastic too, Tomoe-san. You packed your things so happily yesterday, so why are you sighing now?”

“…Elni, no allowance for you next month.”

“Okay, no allowance either the month after next.”

…Somehow, my mother was treating Elni rather bad. She also changed her address from “Elni-chan” to one without suffix.

Actually, Elni was getting an allowance from my mother…

“Now then, it’s time to let go off me, Luna.”

“…Nothing I can do if you say no.”

When I raised my gaze to the sky with these maiden-like feelings, the blue sky extended without a single cloud…

“Shinobu~!”

Looking at her, Elni hugged a big watermelon against her chest while pinching a bat under her right armpit and a folded vinyl-sheet under her left one. Also a white hand towel hang from her shoulders. When she approached me, Elni pushed out the watermelon and showed a smile.

“M- My breasts are not this big! Right?”

“So, where did you get this bat, sheet and towel?”

Along with her words, Elni spread the vinyl sheet on the sandy beach and placed the watermelon on it. After that she came running back and held up the towel to me while still smiling.

“…Really? When I or mom start, the watermelon will be split on the first try.”

When I trained in the past, I also got practice from my grandfather “to be able to find in the dark”. Splitting a watermelon was an easy task. With the nearby noise and the faint air stir, I could grasp my surroundings….

“I, I wasn’t thinking of tickling you or anything. Actually, you can see?”

Cracking a joke like always, I turned to right beside and reached out my hand for Elni.

“…Shinobu, there’s no point in splitting the watermelon when you can see.”

“It’s okay, Elni. Shinobu is just pinpointing your location on the basis of your footsteps and breathing. He can’t actually see.”

On a rare occasion, Elni replied doubtful, then took both my hands and continued with a serious voice.

“Well, okay…”

“So, what’s next?”

Saying some incomprehensible stuff, Elni got behind my back and suddenly hugged onto me. Her small, yet soft breasts pressed against my back, which completely agitated me. As she aimed for that opening, Elni once again grabbed both my hands. Without time to stop her, she pointed them forward and pushed them out with attitude.

These overly elastic round objects that stuck to my palm, but wouldn’t fit in, were…without doubt Luna’s breasts.

Looking at her, Luna’s cheek were coloured pinkish and her eyes were somewhat wet. This appearance was kind of sexy. Inadvertently my heart started to beat faster while my mother giggle and said teasingly.

“No, I’m sure it’s because I’m a technician. From now on call me the man with the godly hands. With my hands I’ll make you intoxicated and jump while squealing. I’ll give you a momentarily sweet dream.”

“Luna, since Shinobu offers it, so why don’t you take this chance and let Shinobu show you heaven? You also want Shinobu to do it, right?”

As to play along with Elni’s joke, Luna pushed out her own melon-big breasts towards me and cast down her eyes embarrassed.

“Y- Yeah, leave it to me. I’ll teach you what real pleasure is.”

“Eh? From behind? So bold, Shinobu-san…”

Instantly, Luan trembled her shoulders lightly in a shiver with just that and timidly said with her cheeks still red.

“Sorry, but I can’t promise that. I’m not that mature to stay calm upon seeing these big breasts!”

“How’s it? Feels good, right? Feel free to squeal all you want.”

For some reason, the natural erotic big sister started to leak a bewitching voice from just having her shoulder massaged. To be honest, I wished she would stop. It made me strangely nervous, geez.

“That’s not shy anymore, but incompetent.”

“…There seems to be a mistake with the shipping. The godly hands aren’t working properly today. So, I leave the watermelon splitting to you.”

Now her sense of balance was confused and she would have trouble splitting the watermelon.

“Hey, wait! Actually, you can see as well, right!”

“…You’re a fearful one.”

“Yahn! E- Elni-chan, what are… Ahn… you doing so suddenly…!”

“No, these are obviously Luna’s breasts. What are you doing?”

“…Mhm, seems I was drawn in by Luna’s watermelon breasts.”

“Then melons. High-grade objects. They’re really good.”

“G- Guys~! It’s so cruel! I nearly split my own head with the watermelon splitting! A watermelon splitting murder case!”

“Haha, just like my mother said.”

There Luna and I hastily ran over to her and petted her head. Fortunately, Elni got back to smiling real quick…

Well, while we played around like that, Machina and Nazuna came back, so we spent the day together at the beach until the sun set, like yesterday.

After playing at the beach, I returned to the inn and lazed around on my bed.

I already had an early dinner with Luna and the others. Asada and the other two guys of my room were also out….What should I do?

…When I looked at it, it was a call from Hijiri.

“Mnah… Shinobu-kun…Hah… Fuh…”

…Eh? What the? What was going on?

Mh? Kaoru-san? Ah, this must be another of Kaorun’s usual pranks.

“…So you two were in that kind of relationship.”

“Hijiri, no need to play dumb. Even for two girls, it’s okay as long as there’s love. Well, therefore, take your time. I’ll call again later.”

“I see, I see. It felt so good that you couldn’t help but leak an erotic voice.”

Even through the phone I could easily tell Hijiri’s flustered condition.

“That aside, what’s up? Need something?”

“A suggestion?”

“…Can I? But I’m an amateur. Won’t I get in the way?”

I see. I also had an interest in an exorcist’s job. This might be a good chance.

When I say my thanks, Hijiri made a small pause then brought up “But, there is just one problem”.

“…That basically means, it’s looking for prey?”

“I believe that change only happened recently. The devil in question might have lost so much power that made it abandon it’s original style. It’s already becoming a rumour, so before there are any victims…I want to strike tonight.”

If the guys from class were doing a test of courage there for fun, it was dangerous.

“Yeah, it’s difficult to pinpoint it or to erect a barrier while the devil is on the move, so I wanted to strike at it’s shelter, but the time zone for that overlaps with the recreation.”

“Only at that time it seems to take shelter. So I can’t change my plans. If you want to participate in the recreation, I won’t force—”

Cutting into Hijiri’s words, I continued softly.

When I declared so, Hijiri said isolated through the phone.

“You damn natural gigolo!”

For now, I said to Kaorun, who was likely eavesdropping on our phone call.”

“No, you mean incompetent, shy boy. If you had said gentleman like always, I could have let it pass, but this one I cannot. You are far away from being a dandy, Shinobu-sama. Rather than dandy, you are dirty.”

“Please do not mimic me. Also, we are meeting up at the nearby woodland path in twenty minutes, so please go to the toilet while you still can. It would be rather troublesome if you become incontinence from the fear during the job.”

“I do not mind. It is a satisfaction for me when my bottom gets spanked by you. A reward time for me. I am getting a bit exc—”

…Just in case, I should go to the toilet, like Kaorun had suggested.

“Huh? Where are you going, Nanjou-kun?”

at the worst timing, I ran into Hiiragi-sensei and Minami at the lobby.

“I’m going out for a bit. I’ll pass on the recreation.”

“Nanjou-kun, where are you going at this hour?”

When I replied to Hiiragi-sensei with a lie, Minami frowned sullen, as she found it doubtful.

On Minami’s words, Hiiragi-sensei raised her voice in a sudden realization.

“I’m afraid it’s not a girl, but a guy. We’re meeting up outside.”

“I- It’s a guy!? Then it’s an illicit relationship with the same sex! I totally love that!”

I lightly waved my hand and faced my back to the happily smiling Hiiragi-sensei.

“Nanjou-kun, wouldn’t you rather play with your teacher at the recreating than doing some test of courage?”

“Wh- Why? I’m sure it’ll be a wonderful memory.”

When I continued to give instant replies, tears dwelled up in her eyes and Hiiragi-sensei shouted.

Letting go off my sleeve and turning her back to me, Hiiragi-sensei left half-crying.

“Well then, Minami, see you tomorrow.”

“Chant a Buddhist prayer at it. I’ll send the evil spirit to Sukhavati.”

She just, said with a worried face.

“No. It’s dangerous.”

…Damn. I let my mouth slip there. It was strange for a guy to say it was dangerous when he was supposed to go to a test of courage.

“…Minami, like I said earlier, it’s going to be all guys. Imagine your erotic self amongst them. You know what they would do to you by taking advantage of the night, right?”

“If anything… your body?”

“Well, I’m a guy after all.”

I couldn’t afford to run my mouth any more. I faced my back to Minami and swiftly left the place…

Then I arrived at the meeting place earlier than arranged, but I could already see Hijiri and Kaorun there.

“Sorry, seems I made you wait.”

“Thank you very much for coming during your busy time, Shinobu-sama. As a sign of gratitude, I will listen to one your request, whatever it will be, after the job, Shinobu-sama. Perverted things are fine as well. Please just say the word.”

It was too troublesome, so I just gave a random reply to Kaorun’s joke.

“Now, you lewd beast, howl a ’woof’.”

“Meow!”

Instantly, Hijiri and Kaorun smiled all alike.

“Indeed. He is not just Nazuna-sama’s brother for show.”

…Apparently my cry me an unexpected favourable reputation.

“Hijiri-chan, I voice recorded that sentence just now. Let us listen to it together later on.”

“Meow!”

When I faced it, Kaorun was holding a voice recorder in her hand and played the “Meow!” with my own voice, which I didn’t want to hear at all, once more.

I couldn’t endure this shame. I covered my face with both my hands.

“Shinobu-sama, I apologize to interrupt you during conspiracy of ‘Fufufu, now that it has come to this, I’ll secretly record Hijiri and Kaorun’s voice, then edit it into a file, where they recite obscene words.’, but it is about time we move on.”

“Bring it on—Ahhn!”

When I flicked Kaorun’s forehead for starters, she raised a strangely erotic voice…

Then I proceeded with them on the woodland path and when it started to change into an unpaved gravel path— my field of vision expanded and I could see a ruinous building.

When I approached the ruins with a slight bit of nervousness, Hijiri pulled out her Japanese sword from the bamboo blade pouch while Kaorun put down the bag on her back and scrabbled in it.

When I looked at the sword in Hijiri’s hand, Kaorun raised her head and opened her mouth.

Saying somehow regretful, Kaorun pulled out something like a charm from the bag and held it up to me.

“A talisman. It is a kind of a charm, so just having it with on your body, it renders a devil’s attack to half of it’s effectiveness. I mortal human cannot match a devil, so I also equipped one into Hijiri-chan’s cleavage. I believe you also should put it into your underwear or so, Shinobu-sama…”

Taking the talisman, I didn’t put it into my underwear, but into my pocket.

“What’s Kaorun doing?”

On my question, Hijiri answered softly.

While saying so, she slowly closed her eyes and suddenly changed her tone in a serious one. Hijiri continued with a “Therefore,”.

Along with her words, she opened her eyes. Hijiri hard narrowed her eyes sharply and her dignified profile was as beautiful as the Japanese sword in her hand.

After that we entered the building with Kaorun, who had finished her preparation, but the interior was dim and I could only seize the surrounding hazily.

What Kaorun handed Hijiri was a charm, as a rectangle one floated in the air above us, enlightening the surroundings.

At the same time I mumbled so, Hijiri once more closed her eyes.

With a short declaration, she walked as the vanguard.

I honestly considered her cool, when Kaorun suddenly whispered into my ear.

“…You don’t change at all even on a job.”

“Well, guess so.”

I followed Kaorun’s example and continued to walk quietly, when Hijiri suddenly stopped.

The puppy was as big as a medium-sized dog and was looking at us curiously with it’s round eyes.

I asked surprised, whereupon Kaorun nodded slightly. And with a prologue of “Previously, when you came over, Shinobu-sama, I told you that a powerful devil was hiding close by, remember?”, she then continued.

Facing the puppy, Kaorun added a “Though that is only limited to animals, since it’s difficult to possess a human as just a soul”.

“Quite an adorable devil.”

As a result, the puppy’s size three folded and all traces of it’s adorable features had vanished.

“Shinobu-sama, what is so adorable about it?”

When I cracked a joke to hide my agitation, Kaorun frowned somewhat dissatisfied for some reason.

“I’m not scared of the devil. What I’m scared of is… the human heart.”

Kaorun rudely pointed at me. On the other hand, Hijiri pulled reserved on my sleeve.

“Hijiri-chan is right, Shinobu-san.”

“A moderate sense of tension is important. Because they say that a beast jumps at you once you avert your eyes. Be careful not to avert your eyes from the devil at all cost.”

A bit astonished I shifted my gaze back to the former-puppy devil, whereupon I totally met it’s eyes. Being glared at with bloodshot eyes, I certainly felt a shiver running down my spine for a moment. But warding off the faint fear growing in my chest, I didn’t averted my eyes from the devil at all cost, like Koarun had told me.

…For some reason, it was heading straight towards me without hesitation.

“S- Seems it’s taken a liking to me, so I’ll go take a stroll with it to the exit. Please take care of the barrier.”

“Hijiri-chan! This is not the time to be disturbed! I will go help out Shinobu-sama, so you take care of the barrier, like he said!”

“You are so popular with the devils, Shinobu-sama.”

When I lightly shrugged my shoulders, the howling of the devil from behind got closer. There Kaorun and I jumped to the side at nearly the same time.

“Catch me if you can.”

If I was right, that was the devil exorcising flame— Hi no Kagutsuchi.

Needless to say, the devil had better physical abilities. It easily caught up to me, like it or not. Every time it did, I rolled on the floor and continued to difficult escape, but…at any rate, this devil was too focus