I'll remember you!!!
Just you wait—I'll teach you a proper lesson later!!!
Although Miko looked as if she wasn't doing anything at this moment, just standing there quietly, in reality she was already viciously plotting a few things in her heart.
"Ah, these two little foxes are just like this. Once you get to know them better, they won't act this way anymore."
Looking rather helpless, the puppet Miko said this to the shrine maiden.
Damn that stinky Kaito!
I—
[I heard that, little fox.] Just as Miko was about to badmouth Kaito in her mind, she suddenly heard Kaito's voice ring out inside her head, which startled her into immediately not daring to say anything more.
If Kaito kept refusing to let her take off the thing she was currently wearing, and kept using this puppet to stand in for her, she really wouldn't have any way to deal with it.
Although this feeling was quite thrilling, she figured she'd better play obedient for now.
[Oh my, Brother Kaito, actually I just wanted to scold Wendy a little—I got the name wrong.] Lumine: "..."
Listening to the conversation between Miko and Kaito, Lumine was rather speechless.
"Alright, Lady Guuji, then should I arrange lodgings for these two little foxes?" At this point the shrine maiden spoke up again, still calling them "little foxes" with every breath, leaving Miko quite helpless; for now she could only endure it.
"No need. From here on, these two little foxes will be following Kaito, so there's no need to arrange lodgings for them."
Shaking her head, the puppet Miko indicated that these two little foxes would be going with Kaito.
Although it would have made more sense for Miko and Lumine to follow the puppet Miko at this point—after all, in the eyes of the shrine maiden beside them, they were all friends of Lady Guuji—it wouldn't be good to leave them here, so Kaito definitely had to borrow the puppet Miko's mouth to say what he'd just said.
"I see. Then I understand, Lady Guuji."
Turning her gaze to the black-haired youth before her, the shrine maiden didn't ask why, because she knew this youth had a very unusual relationship with Lady Guuji. As a mere junior shrine maiden, she figured she'd best not ask too many questions.
Then we'll be off now, Miko.
Seeing that the shrine maiden didn't ask why, Kaito decided he'd wait until they got back to Inazuma City to explain further.
Although Inazuma City was still some distance from here, he could still control the puppet Miko perfectly well. After all, he had many avatars, so he could simply hand over control to one of the idle ones.
"Mm, remember to take good care of these two little foxes, and don't let them go hungry."
"Of course. Let's go."
After saying this, Kaito led Miko and Lumine off down the path leading down the mountain.
Oh, right...
In our current state, how are Miko and I supposed to eat anything?
At this moment, Lumine suddenly noticed this problem.
Although she and Miko both had something held in their mouths the whole time, that something couldn't be eaten.
[Kaito, can you hear me? What are we going to do about eating later? We can't eat like this.]
[Didn't I already let you both eat earlier?] Kaito quickly replied.
Huh?
When did Miko and I ever eat?
As for Kaito's reply, Lumine had no memory of any such thing, which left her very puzzled.
[When was that? When did you ever let me and Lumine eat anything?]
At this point Miko also joined the conversation.
Ever since Kaito had put this thing on her, Miko hadn't eaten anything at all—this she remembered perfectly clearly.
[That's right, Kaito, we haven't eaten anything. Not since we put this thing on.]
Seeing that Miko said the same thing as her, Lumine grew even more confused.
If it were only her thinking so, she might have just misremembered, but since Miko said the same, then she surely couldn't be wrong.
[Didn't I let each of you eat once back in the basement?] Kaito's voice continued to ring out.
[Huh? Did you?] Faced with Kaito insisting like this, Lumine began to wonder whether she really had forgotten.
After all, Kaito shouldn't lie to them about something like this, so what on earth was going on? Had she lost her memory?
Just as Lumine was questioning her whole existence, Miko finally understood what Kaito was talking about.
[Stinky Kaito, the little bit of stuff you produce there isn't even enough to fill the gaps between our teeth. Don't you go starving us to death.]
[Huh? Have we... really eaten something, Miko?]
Not expecting Miko to start talking like this too, Lumine was utterly dumbfounded.
[Little girl, didn't Kaito give you a little taste before he left earlier?] Seeing that Lumine still didn't get what Kaito meant, Miko said this in a teasing tone.
Just now, before Kaito left, he made me...
Uh...
As she thought it over and over, Lumine finally understood, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
[But... I'll still get hungry, Kaito.]
After a long silence, Lumine finally said this rather bashfully.
[It's fine. I can make its energy density very high, so I won't let you two go hungry.]
[You really can do just about anything, can't you.]
At the thought that she and Lumine could from now on only survive on that stuff of Kaito's, Miko couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Although at first she found it somewhat strange, she soon began to grow excited.
In any case, now only Kaito knew that this little fox was her, so no matter what she did, she didn't need to worry about damaging the reputation of that Lady Guuji of Inazuma.
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