Chapter 72: The Youkai of Gensokyo Bully Me Because I'm Young and Weak.
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When leaving the Lost Bamboo Forest, Kihara walked as if stepping on cotton — his steps light and floating. He supported his extremely sore lower back with his right hand, once again experiencing the feeling of being completely drained by Shinjo Akane and Takarada Rikka back when he was still weak.
[Good thing Kaguya showed up in time. Otherwise, your little life would have been lost for real.]
"I won't be coming back to Eientei for a while…" Half of Kihara's soul seemed to drift out from between his pale lips.
Reisen had the ability to manipulate wavelengths. Shortening the wavelength calmed people down, while lengthening it drove them crazy.
The tiny Kihara naturally had no means to resist her power. The moment their eyes met, his mind heated up and he rolled around with her in his arms. If their movements hadn't been so loud that they knocked down the fragile bamboo wall and alerted Kaguya, he might have really shaken his waist to pieces under the influence of her ability.
After this incident, it wasn't entirely without benefits. At least Yagokoro Eirin was very satisfied with the result of the two rolling together. She casually gave him a pill that supposedly allowed him to regain his power while maintaining the Sh*ta form.
The side effect was that his vision went black. When he woke up, Reisen was riding him again, and the black-hearted doctor Yagokoro Eirin was watching with great interest, occasionally scribbling notes in her medical record book.
In the end, it was Shinobu who appeared and dragged Kihara out of Eientei. Her ability to come out meant his power was recovering, though he didn't know exactly how much strength had returned.
Dragging his exhausted body back to Pelican Town, Kihara no longer had the mood or energy to check what Marisa had done to the crops. Before his eyelids completely closed, he collapsed onto his soft big bed and fell into a deep sleep.
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The familiar shaking sensation jolted Kihara awake from a bungee-jumping dream. The golden-haired Sword Princess was completely undressed, bathed in the golden morning light, beautiful like a painting. Seeing him wake up, a faint smile appeared on her peach-blushed cheeks. "Good morning, Kihara."
[You're awake. Ais has been riding you since around 5 a.m. Why does your childhood form look like it has a charm buff? Every girl wants to ride you.]
Kihara's sigh intertwined with Ais's satisfied long exhale. She then leaned down, wanting to rest on his chest like before, only to end up smothering him.
Ais, who had gotten dressed, obediently apologized. "Sorry, I forgot your body is smaller now."
"It's fine. Why did you come so early?"
"Akane and Rikka went mining with Ryu. Hestia has recently become obsessed with fishing and is playing on the beach with Lili using the mushroom fishing rod. Tatsumaki is still in self-isolation. I came to see if you had come home, and then…"
Kihara held his forehead with his left hand and complained helplessly, "And then your star domain erupted and you rode me?"
"Mm. You don't like it?"
"I like it. I like Ais the most."
The moment he said that, Ais pulled him forcefully into her arms, trying to smother him to death with her soft breasts.
Several minutes later, he stood by the bed panting with his hands on his hips. "Calmed down now?"
Ais knelt on the floor and nodded gently. "Mm. Sorry. The moment you said you like me, I couldn't hold back."
"Strange… I've said that before and you didn't react this strongly."
"Maybe it's because… you've become even cuter? Whenever Ryuu mentions you these past two days, she gets… very excited."
She couldn't describe Ryuu's expression in words and could only roughly explain it with limited vocabulary. If it had been Shinjo Akane or Hestia, they would definitely have said "Elves really are Sh*ta lovers."
"Hiss~" Kihara suddenly shivered. He felt that staying at home during this period might be extremely dangerous. He wasn't used to being ridden by big cars, and he might be crushed one after another by his girlfriends.
[Kukuku~ Now you know how good I am, right? Even when you're in this form, I can still be your body pillow.]
[As expected of my soul companion. Love it!]
[You still have that world related to the Adventurers Guild you haven't gone to yet, right? Why don't you go there to take refuge?]
[Indeed. Since I'll only stay small for one month, let's do that!]
Kihara didn't notice that inside the shadow space, the corners of Shinobu's mouth curved into a smug, scheming arc.
Before leaving Gensokyo, he went to the Sunflower Field, wanting to fight Kazami Yuuka once to confirm how much of his strength had recovered.
The result was that the moment she saw Kihara in his current form, she didn't say a word. She flashed behind him and lightly chopped him with a hand blade, knocking him unconscious. When he woke up, he found himself being used as a body pillow by her on a rocking chair woven from green vines.
A slender jade-like finger poked his round cheek gently. Kazami Yuuka lay on her side, a trace of amusement flashing in her scarlet eyes. "You look quite cute in this form. It actually makes me reluctant to hit you hard."
"Almost forgot you like children. Does this count as walking into the trap myself?"
"Think whatever you want. I heard you'll stay in this form for a whole month. Want to take refuge here with me?"
The mature and alluring big sister in front of him was certainly tempting, but thinking about his current Sh*ta body, nodding in agreement would mean being freely kneaded and played with by her.
Kihara, who liked to keep the initiative in his own hands, decisively shook his head and refused. "Thank you for the offer, but I can handle this small matter myself."
"Alright. Your strength is at most half of what it used to be. If you really get caught by a powerful youkai, find a way to let the little girl in your shadow come find me."
"Thank you, Yuuka. I'll be going now!"
Not far after leaving the Sunflower Field, Kihara was blocked by the ill-intentioned black-and-white thief.
"Hahahaha, Kihara-kun! I heard you can't even beat a goose right now. If you obediently let me prank you, I can consider not doing anything too excessive to you!"
"Before you make a move, first tell me — who exactly is spreading this news?"
"Of course it's that tengu paparazzi."
"Tsk, that gossip reporter. Sooner or later I'll catch her and teach her a lesson!"
"Gahaha! Stop struggling pointlessly. It won't hurt at all, trust me!" Marisa laughed exactly like a small-time villain.
Kihara silently pulled out his great-sin armament and slammed it into the ground.
The lavender barrier swept across Marisa's body. The sudden wave of weakness climbing up her limbs instantly panicked her.
"Wait, weren't you supposed to have no power anymore!?"
"Not having power doesn't mean I can't pull out my weapon."
Shinobu popped out of the shadow space with a grin and tied Marisa up like a "7," dragging her over to Kihara. She almost instinctively swallowed. "You're not planning to do that excessive thing to me again, are you!?"
"Don't worry, it won't hurt. After all, I'm not a devil."
"Don't come any closer!!!"
Afterward, Marisa was hung from a roadside tree in a "7" shape. Kihara carefully applied itch mushrooms to the soles of her milky-white feet, then left the continuously wailing magician behind and walked away.
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