Chapter 650: Bring Lumine over to keep me company
[Wait, wait—you rotten Kaito, don’t tell me I have to keep walking all the way back to the city with you two like this?]
Having assumed she’d simply be whisked back to her residence in the city by Wendy in a flash, Miko grew anxious the moment she heard they were going to walk back.
Just now, being seen by that one shrine maiden alone had nearly done her in—and now she’d be seen by even more people. That absolutely would not do.
If it were only a matter of wearing this outfit, she could let it slide, but right now there was still that thing in her mouth.
Even if no one knew what the thing in her mouth was, she’d still worry about being found out—and if that happened, it would all be over.
[Then how about I put you back in that basement?] Before long, Kaito responded to Miko in her mind.
[That works too—walking back with you two like this would be far too embarrassing.]
Although Miko felt she might still be discovered in the basement, Kaito had already said earlier that not even Ei could get in there, so she figured she’d just stay there.
[Then, to keep you, you little fox, from running off, I’ll have to do something to you.]
[Huh? There’s no way I’d run off like this—and besides, what exactly are you planning to do to me?]
Compared to the question of whether or not she’d run off, Miko was far more concerned about what Kaito intended to do to her.
[You’ll find out in a moment.] Kaito chose not to answer Miko right then and there.
Then Kaito spoke up to Wendy: "Wendy, wait here for me a moment. I’ll take this friend of Miko’s over to the shrine for a bit."
"Huh? Weren’t you the one who was supposed to look after her?" Under normal circumstances, anyone would ask that, so Wendy went ahead and asked it.
"This little fox seems to prefer staying inside that shrine of Miko’s, so I’ll just put her in the shrine for now and come visit her often afterward." So Kaito explained.
[You rotten Kaito, stop calling me a little fox.] As for Kaito calling her a little fox yet again, Miko grumbled a bit in her heart.
"Then let’s get going, little fox."
Miko: "???"
Just as Miko was about to curse him out, Kaito had already brought her back into that basement. Hm?
The moment she returned to the basement, Miko suddenly felt as though something extra had appeared around her neck.
"To keep you from running off, I’ve got to leash you up." Before Miko could even get a clear look at what had appeared around her neck, she felt something tugging her forward.
A chain?
Just then Miko saw that a chain extended from her neck, connecting to an iron ring on the wall that had appeared at some unknown point. Now she understood what Kaito had meant earlier.
[You rotten Kaito, do you take me for a horse or an ox? You’ve actually gone and tied me up.]
Though that’s what she said, that feeling washed over Miko once again.
"You’re a little fox, of course." In response to what Miko said, Kaito shot back just like that, and then went on, "All right, you’ll stay here from now on. No one but me can get in here."
As for these words of Kaito’s, Miko naturally couldn’t answer him directly right now—she could only respond in her heart.
[So when will you come next time? Don’t you dare just toss me in here and leave me to fend for myself.] Feeling that wondrous sensation right now, Miko also began to worry about when Kaito would come next time.
Otherwise, right now she couldn’t do anything here, and she’d get bored.
Oh, right...
Suddenly thinking of something, Miko went on speaking in her heart.
[Kaito, bring Lumine over to keep me company—and Mei too.]
"That depends on whether they like this sort of thing." After thinking it over a little, Kaito answered thus.
Mei, of course, would be no problem, but as for Lumine, he wasn’t sure—it would depend on whether Lumine liked this kind of thing.
[Then you’d better do a good job of tempting them~]
After finishing that line in her heart, Miko thought of yet another thing.
[Oh right, Kaito, this isn’t your first time with this sort of play, is it? You must have played like this with Mei or Wendy and the others before, so go call her over to join me.]
"That one, huh..." After thinking it over quickly in his mind, Kaito went on, "It was Kiana, but that was a very long time ago. I don’t know if she still likes playing this way."
Because Wendy just now hadn’t recognized Miko, and on top of that he’d said he wasn’t sure whether Acheron would be willing, and that Mobius had only just joined, the one left over was naturally Kiana.
[Kiana, hm...]
The moment Kiana was mentioned, Miko thought once again of the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
And since Kiana, who either closely resembled or simply was the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, was just like herself, Miko’s interest was piqued.
[Then hurry up and go tell her.]
"You’re not planning to make me tell every single one of them, are you? If so, then before long everyone will know that this mute little fox is you." Seeing how impatient Miko was, Kaito said this.
He could tell that Miko seemed to thoroughly enjoy that feeling of no one recognizing her.
[Then... go tell Lumine first.] Feeling that Kaito had a good point, Miko changed her plan, hoping Kaito could go ask Lumine and see whether she liked this sort of thing.
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