Forget it!
Either way, she had to be in this getup anyway...
If she had to go out, then so be it!
Seeing that Kaito had absolutely no intention of releasing her from this getup, Miko gritted her teeth and decided to go with the second option Kaito had given her.
After all, aside from Lumine and Kaito, no one else knew that this somewhat odd-looking little fox was actually the Lady Guuji of Inazuma, so she didn't need to worry, nor did she need to feel embarrassed.
[Fine, I'll go out after all—it's too boring in here.]
Having made up her mind, Miko told Kaito her choice.
Then she continued: [But you have to change me back into that fluffy look from before. This shiny, smooth state right now looks way too weird.]
[Of course. If I let you go out like this, you'd probably get mistaken for something that crawled out of the Abyss.]
Naturally, Kaito understood what Miko meant.
And just as the two of them were chatting in their minds, Lumine, sitting beside them, was very curious as to why Kaito had suddenly gone quiet.
It was just that, right now, she still couldn't open her mouth to speak, so she could only silently glance at Kaito and then at Miko.
It had to be said, the leash Kaito was now holding at her neck gave Lumine a very peculiar feeling, as though she really were a little pet fox herself.
[Almost forgot—Lumine doesn't know yet that we can talk in our minds.] At this moment, Lumine suddenly heard Kaito's voice, yet she hadn't seen Kaito's mouth move at all, and she had been staring right at him this whole time.
[Right, Lumine has to keep me company like this too. I can't be the only one looking like this.]
Before Lumine could make sense of it, she heard Miko's voice again, which left her even more bewildered.
After all, right now Miko was just like her—both of them had something stuffed in their mouths.
[What are you staring at, little girl? You've got to keep me company like this!]
Seeing that Lumine only looked at her without saying anything, Miko assumed she disapproved of what she'd said, so she emphasized it once more.
Since she had to appear outside in the form of a little fox for now, then Lumine had to do the same—after all, Kaito had already made a puppet of her as well.
[Looks like Lumine still hasn't realized we're talking in our minds.]
Based on his understanding of Lumine, Kaito figured the situation was that Lumine simply hadn't caught on yet, rather than her disapproving of what Miko had said.
[I...? I can actually talk now?]
After hearing what Miko and Kaito said, Lumine finally spoke up at last, and she was quite astonished by it.
[Hmph! Don't play dumb. You've got to keep me company like this too.]
[What do you mean?] Since she hadn't heard the earlier conversation between Kaito and Miko, Lumine didn't understand what Miko was talking about now.
[It means we're about to go outside in a bit, but just like me, you can't take the thing off your head.]
[Huh? Go out... just like this? That'd be really weird, wouldn't it?]
Just thinking about going outside in this getup, Lumine had already started to feel embarrassed.
Although she found her current appearance somewhat thrilling, if she had to go out like this, then it didn't feel thrilling anymore—only embarrassing.
Even if no one else would know it was her, going out with that kind of thing held in her mouth was just too weird.
And if she went outside in this getup, she'd draw everyone's stares no matter where she went, which would undoubtedly make it even more embarrassing—as if a whole crowd were watching her do that sort of thing for Kaito. Just thinking about it was already enough to make her blush uncontrollably.
[It's not weird at all. In a bit, Kaito will turn everything on your body into that fluffy state, so you'll just look like a fox spirit. It's perfectly normal to have spirits and monsters here in Inazuma.]
Seeing that Kaito kept silent, Miko understood that he was waiting to see whether she could get Lumine to do the same as her, so Miko was doing her utmost to persuade Lumine to go outside just like she would.
She knew very well that if Lumine refused, Kaito probably wouldn't force her—but with her, it was a different matter.
Still, she didn't feel this was unfair, because she felt this only better demonstrated how differently Kaito treated her, and she also liked being treated this way.
[It does seem so... but...]
[No 'buts.' Don't you think going out like this is exciting? No one will be able to tell it's you, Lumine—not even that little one. And there's a puppet that looks just like you pretending to be you, so no one will know what you're doing.]
Miko continued persuading Lumine to do the same as her.
[Uh... all right, I'll give it a try.]
Casting her gaze toward the puppet that looked exactly like her, Lumine finally agreed to what Miko had said.
Hm?
No sooner had she agreed than she immediately saw that Miko, sitting before her, was now wearing a sailor uniform. The skintight bodysuit clinging to her, along with the fox head atop her crown, had also turned into that fluffy state, making her look just like a furry.
It had to be said, Miko now really didn't look as lewd and strange as before.
How am I also...?
Soon, Lumine discovered that she had become just like Miko too—a sailor uniform had appeared on her body as well.
[All right, then next we'll head outside.]
At this moment, Kaito suddenly said this, and the group immediately arrived outside in the shrine.
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