Chapter 152: Going to the Maid Café

Shocked.

Kamikawa Mitsu was stunned, having not expected that Chie would go to Likui's maid café.

After all, there were so many maid cafés—who could have guessed that Kamikawa Chie would pick Likui's of all places.

"This maid big sister is so pretty." Tsuchimikado Xia Mei noticed the maid in the last photo when Kamikawa Mitsu scrolled to the bottom of his phone.

Likui was simply too dazzlingly beautiful—it was impossible not to notice her.

Then Tsuchimikado Xia Mei, as if noticing something, took a closer look and let out a soft sound of surprise.

"Eh? Isn't this maid big sister Likui? Kamikawa, so the maid café your sister went to was Likui's."

"Hm? Likui?" Kamikawa Mitsu was taken aback. "Tsuchimikado, you know this maid?"

He knew Likui, and that was because Likui was a Void Demon.

But why did Tsuchimikado Xia Mei know Likui's name? She shouldn't have been to a maid café, so how did she know Likui?

"Of course I know her. Big Sister Likui is really famous now—lots of my friends are talking about her, and I follow her too."

Tsuchimikado Xia Mei didn't hide it and told him straight.

Suddenly it clicked—Likui was now very famous online, not just within the maid world but spreading across the internet, with many fans; even women discussed her a lot. Tsuchimikado Xia Mei knew Likui because her female friends had mentioned her, and from that she learned of Likui.

The first time Tsuchimikado Xia Mei saw Likui, even she was struck by her beauty.

One could well imagine how famous Likui was—her looks and temperament killed it for both men and women!

"That famous?" Kamikawa Mitsu was astonished.

Tsuchimikado Xia Mei nodded and spoke frankly: "Yes, very famous. Kamikawa, you don't know—Big Sister Likui opened a Twitter account the day before yesterday, and in just one day her Twitter followers reached 300,000."

Kamikawa Mitsu took the phone Tsuchimikado Xia Mei handed him.

On the phone was Likui's Twitter account—Twitter followers close to a million. Opening the Twitter feed, there were Likui's usual selfies and mood posts.

Every tweet had over ten thousand comments.

All sorts of admiring, pursuing words, from both men and women.

Kamikawa Mitsu fell silent, unsure whether to sigh or be amazed, his gaze complicated.

A Void Demon hiding in this world, and through hiding somehow became a big star?

Is this what they mean by "the greatest hiding is in plain sight"?

After all, Likui was a Void Demon—a fearsome figure in the Void Demon world with a blood-soaked reputation who killed without blinking. Kamikawa Mitsu didn't feel at ease letting Kamikawa Chie stay with Likui.

Kamikawa Mitsu had once spent Script Points to obtain Likui's information.

Likui's strength couldn't compare to the titans of the Void Demon world, but her fearsome reputation was in no way smaller than theirs.

In fact, it surpassed them.

In the Void Demon world, no Void Demon could hear Likui's name without their face changing color. She was one of the eight most notorious fiends of the Void Demon world, ranked third.

Every one of those fiends had blood on their hands numbering in the tens of millions, and their killing methods were extremely cruel—even Void Demons shuddered at the sight of them.

Because of this, every one of those fiends was a target that every Void Demon in the Void Demon world wanted to kill.

Worth mentioning.

Among the eight fiends, Likui had killed the most people yet could only rank third, but she was the loudest-named fiend in the entire Void Demon world.

Simply because when she killed, she didn't care what status you held—as long as she had her eyes on you, even if you were the descendant of a Void Demon world titan, she'd kill you without hesitation.

By a rough count, the descendants of Void Demon titans who died by her hand numbered no less than fifty, if not a hundred.

This also caused Void Demon titans to hate her to the bone, wishing they could dismember her into ten thousand pieces. Her fearsome name spread through the Void Demon world, renowned beyond compare.

From this alone, one could see how mad she was—killing by nature, bloodthirsty to the point of frenzy.

Yet for all her terror, for all that everyone wanted to put her to death, no one had ever been able to kill her. Even Void Demon world titans who wanted to kill her couldn't manage it. The reason was not only that she had taken shelter under the Ritual Master's banner, but mainly her caution.

Her caution meant she had never been caught.

As for her caution, Kamikawa Mitsu didn't care—what he truly cared about was that Likui killed people in the Void Demon world almost every day. Although she had come to this world, because there were too many powerful beings here, she had to be cautious and rein herself in.

But still, as a Void Demon who killed by nature, going too long without killing might, once the suppression reached its limit, trigger a rebound and bring about a massive slaughter.

That was why Kamikawa Mitsu spied on and monitored Likui every day.

It wasn't that he had any special kink, nor that he lusted after her body—only because she was far too vicious.

Immediately after.

Kamikawa Mitsu found an excuse and left the Tsuchimikado house.

He feared the one-in-ten-thousand chance more than anything—afraid Likui might suddenly snap and kill someone. Not wanting to delay even a moment, he didn't even take the train; he found an empty spot, mobilized his own power, and shot up into the sky, flying back to Arakawa Ward.

……

Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, Japan. The maid café.

After sending the message to Kamikawa Mitsu, Kamikawa Chie began playing the maid café games with Likui, Mizushima Iori, and the others.

They were having a great time…

Suddenly!

Likui's palm tightened. That aura she had sensed last night—no less than the Ritual Master's—appeared again, rushing from afar, dense and intense.

This time Likui's palms grew sweaty, her spine chilled, and dread rose within her.

That aura… why is it coming toward me…

For the first time since Master Konghai, her mind was strung tight, terribly tense.

She hadn't sensed it wrong.

The aura drew closer and closer—clearly heading straight for her location, not like an accidental overflow.

Could it be that her identity had been exposed? She'd been discovered?

That shouldn't be—she had clearly hidden herself very well, her aura completely restrained. Even Master Konghai shouldn't have been able to detect her.

Likui's eyes flickered uncertainly, and her long, perfectly slender legs shifted slightly outward from the seat as she considered whether to run.

If I run now, there should still be time.

"Miss Likui?"

While she was hesitating, Kamikawa Chie, who was beside Likui, spoke up.

Seeing that Likui had no reaction, as if she were in a daze, she kindly reminded her.

"Miss Likui, it's your turn to deal the cards."

"Ah? Oh, oh, Master, my apologies." Likui came back to herself, her mind racing. While laying down the tarot cards in her hand, she decided not to act rashly.

The aura was heading toward this place of hers, but not necessarily toward her.

It might be heading toward this place, or it might be heading toward some person in this place.

If she fled now, it would instead show she couldn't keep her composure, easily stirring up the grass and alarming the snake, making the chance of being discovered even greater.

Years of caution led her to make the safest judgment — respond to all changes by remaining unchanged.

Although she had made her decision to hold her forces in place, continuing to hide her identity and act as a maid interacting with the guests, Likui's heart was still tense.

As the aura drew closer and closer, her heart pounded, nearly jumping up to her throat.

"It's coming!"

Likui's heart gave a sudden jolt — the aura had arrived at this place.

Just as Likui's nerves were stretched so taut they were about to snap—

"Mm?"

Likui sensed that after the aura reached this street, it vanished — most likely it had restrained its aura to avoid being detected.

"Phew~"

She let out a breath of relief.

From the fact that the aura restrained itself after arriving, it looked like it probably wasn't coming for her. Because if it truly came with overwhelming force, there would have been no need to restrain itself upon arrival — it would feel like covering one's ears while stealing a bell.

The gamble paid off.

This aura wasn't coming for me; it just wanted to come to this street and then use extraordinary power to travel.

The next moment.

The shop door opened, jingling the silver bell at the entrance — ding-ling-ling.

"Welcome, Master." The maids in the shop bowed respectfully to the customer who entered.

Then, Likui, Kamikawa Chie, and the others looked over in turn.

"Nii-san."

"Kamikawa Nii-san!"

……