Chapter 11

"What in the world was that?"

Yae Miko buried a deep doubt in the bottom of her heart.

Immediately, she burst into a coquettish laugh.

A cunning smile slowly bloomed on that gorgeously beautiful face.

It exuded an aura of danger.

"Little one~"

"This is the first time Sister has ever been played for a fool."

"I hope you can hold out a bit longer."

Yes!

This scummy fox had taken an interest.

The fox demons of Inazuma, harnessing the power of nature, had obtained a life and strength nearing 'immortality'.

For beings like them, living for a mere thousand years or so was no big deal.

What a pity!

Immortal fox demons had their advantages, but also their disadvantages.

The advantage was that they could wantonly squander that endless lifespan.

As for the disadvantage?

They had experienced too much; there was hardly anything they did not know.

Ordinary things found it difficult to spark their interest or preference, which was undoubtedly a form of torment.

For Yae Miko, the nearly 'unchanging' Inazuma was even more of an ordeal.

That was why she established the Eight-Fold Hall.

To draw freshness from the fictional worlds of novels, in order to combat this unchanging boredom.

And now?

"It seems... there is finally something that can interest your Sister!"

On Yae Miko's exquisitely beautiful face flashed an expression of pure ecstasy known as 'excitement'.

Celestial foxes; the jungle was their home.

The darlings of the forest.

With a few flashes, Yae Miko leaped onto the branches of a large tree.

Although night shrouded the area.

It did not take her much effort to find Lu Shu's footprints amidst the grass.

"Oh?"

"Very fresh."

"This pattern is different from the other footprints surrounding it."

"The first footprint... actually appeared fifty meters away from the corpse?"

The first footprint was the location where Lu Shu had previously been standing.

Starting from there, it extended toward the river.

Apart from this, there were no others of the same kind nearby.

It felt as though 'he' had appeared out of thin air within the Chinju Forest.

Like a person without a past.

The smile on Yae Miko's face grew even thicker; it was the expression of one who had found a fresh toy.

Almost without her feet touching the ground, the light figure of the Great Palace Lady of Yae sped swiftly along the large and small branches toward the river.

In no time at all, she arrived at the riverside.

She was shocked to discover that the trail of footprints Lu Shu had left extending all the way here had vanished.

"Oh?"

World-weary, heart-sick, writing vultures, treading on tails, λ, finishing 00

"The little one even knows some counter-surveillance techniques?"

"Wading through water to evade detection?"

"Strange?"

"How did he know I would return?"

A scene took shape in Yae Miko's mind.

A mysterious man, in order to evade her tracking, resolutely decided to wade through the water to depart.

"A bit stupid!"

One cannot move fast in water; she would catch up very soon.

"Sigh, such a hard-won sense of freshness."

Yae Miko let out a light sigh.

A trace of disappointment flashed across her face.

She had originally thought he was an interesting little one, but who would have expected?

"..."

"Hmm?"

Her vision suddenly swept across the mirror-like water surface, and she was stunned to discover that her ears were deforming in a 'very strange' manner.

Sometimes standing upright!

At times squeezed and kneaded.

At other times, eerily twisted into a 'twisted dough twist'.

A tingling yet warm sensation enveloped her ears.

That feeling was as if two hands were playing with her ears?

What shocked her most was that, although something strange was playing with her ears, she could not sense the other's presence.

What terrified her most was this:

The moment she lost focus for even an instant, she would 'forget' that her ears were being played with!

To be precise,

if she had not first glanced at her reflection in the water, she would not have noticed.

"Who?!"

"Who is there!"

She spun around sharply, her form turning illusory as she shot backward dozens of meters at lightning speed.

At the same time!

Her pale hands fluttered.

Beams of purple Lei Zhu thundered toward her previous position.

【Boom-boom-boom!】

(Missed!)

There was no solid impact; it was as if she were striking air.

Just as she stood bewildered, she suddenly felt a hand rest upon her buttocks.

Especially right at the 'base of her tail'.

As if it were,... feeling around to locate her tail?

"Aah!!"

A cute shriek.

Yae Miko's face turned completely red.

At the same moment, rolling thunder spread outward from her in all directions.

PS: On the first day of this new book, I beg for some data.

If you think this book is decent, please leave even a single flower, a review vote, or a comment so the author knows someone is reading.

Orz.

010: Isn't this Yoimiya? First experience with Fate Power (begging for flowers)