'But, I've never heard that the Kagura family has this legend?'
'Could it be caused by fusing with other worlds?'
'Mm, it should be like that!'
Chizuru was not a considerate woman. Even the straightforward Bayonetta understood how to take care of others better than her. After seeing Aiden enter the bedroom, she just left directly, without even saying a goodnight.
'What a girl with no manners, so after all her big sister is still better, she seems to have a bit of that Yamato Nadeshiko character…'
Lying on the bed, Aiden smelled the faint fragrance that seemed to be left behind by the maid who had made the bed for him, and thought this in his heart.
But he seemed to have forgotten that earlier he had complained in his heart about Maki being too particular about courtesy.
But people always like to compare. After such a comparison, Maki basically had a complete victory over her younger sister.
'What a pity, just died too early. Such a good girl, in the future I must save her.'
Thinking like this in his heart, very soon Aiden drowsily fell asleep.
———
Not long after, Chizuru had already returned to her own bedroom.
Because the two sisters had especially deep feelings for each other, and were twins, ever since childhood she had always lived in the same room with her big sister.
At this moment Maki had already finished bathing, wearing silk pajamas, sitting on the tatami reading a book.
Hearing Chizuru's footsteps, she lifted her head, her eyes carrying a trace of displeasure, "Why did you come back so quickly?"
She had asked her sister to escort Aiden to his bedroom precisely because she wanted to give them a chance to be alone together. They didn't need to do anything, just chatting would have been fine.
Chizuru was just about to undress and climb into bed to sleep. Hearing this, she froze for a moment, not quite understanding what her big sister meant by those words.
After thinking about it, she said, "He already entered the bedroom, of course I had to come back. Don't tell me I should wait until he fell asleep before coming back?"
Hearing this, Maki closed the book in her hand, helplessly lifted her hand to pinch her brow. And Chizuru vaguely saw that on the cover of the book was written One Hundred Ways to Make a Man Like a Woman.
She thought to herself, 'Why is big sister reading this kind of book?'
'Could it be she has taken a liking to that man called Aiden?'
'It's possible. That man did indeed look pretty good, and his skills also seemed not bad. Just his personality was so-so…'
Thinking back to during the match, when Aiden mocked her saying her technique wasn't good, Chizuru ground her teeth in hatred.
Her technique was clearly very good, it was just her luck was a little bad. And she had let him see her embarrassing moment. What a hateful man.
'But, putting personality aside, the person himself was still rather good, and getting along probably wouldn't be too bad…'
'No, no, why am I even thinking of this? And big sister has quite a good impression of him.'
Remembering the book big sister had just been reading, Chizuru began to ponder. But right away, she frowned.
She knew the family rules. As twin sisters, big sister absolutely could not marry. Even if she met someone she really liked, there would be no result.
'Big sister is so pitiful!'
Chizuru sighed in her heart. She also hoped that her big sister could, like a normal woman, interact with a man, have a normal romance, a normal marriage, normal children.
But that could only be a thought. Unless the family rules were broken, or… she herself became the shrine maiden…
But from her upbringing since childhood it was proven she could not become the shrine maiden. Even the family's ancient martial arts, she had only learned halfway, completely incomparable to her big sister.
If she were to become the shrine maiden, then all matters would surely be messed up by her, right?
Thinking of this, Chizuru liked her big sister even more. After all, with big sister around, she could live carefree, do the things she liked.
And all of this was only because her big sister governed the family.
So…
After taking off her small patterned kimono, Chizuru turned and pounced onto Maki.
"big sister…"
"Mm?" Maki wrapped her arms around Chizuru's waist. The helplessness on her face turned into confusion.
"Thank you…"
"Ah?" Maki was even more confused. What's wrong with this younger sister of hers?
Then, Chizuru, her head somewhat heated, said again, "How about this, big sister, teach me the skills to become a qualified shrine maiden. That way, you can fall in love with a man!"
"Huh!" Maki was directly dumbfounded!
Her younger sister, has she turned stupid?
———
Meanwhile, near Aiden's bedroom, under the moonlight, a graceful figure slowly walked out from the mountain forest.
It was a tall, incomparably voluptuous woman. It seemed as if, in order to show off her proud body, the large but somewhat revealing kimono left most of her skin exposed.
And that exposed white skin under the moonlight gave off a shimmering glow, giving her a transcendent, otherworldly air.
Only, the small red mole at the corner of her mouth added to her exquisite face a hint of seductive charm that didn't quite match.
At this time, the mysterious woman had already reached the shrine's outer wall. Facing the tall wall before her, her figure just flickered, and as if she had teleported, she appeared on the other side of the wall.
And the place she appeared in was precisely the courtyard where Aiden's bedroom was located.
But just as this mysterious woman full of allure was walking toward Aiden's bedroom door, about to push it open, suddenly she heard inside the steady sound of breathing.
The mysterious woman immediately stopped her action, her face froze for a moment, and she muttered softly, "I just went out visiting a friend for a few days, and my bed has already been occupied by someone?"
A trace of anger rose on her face, and she was about to push the door open to see which bold fellow dared to sleep in the bed she had slept in for nearly a thousand years.
But just as she raised her hand, she hesitated. In just that instant, she could hear that the breathing inside belonged to a man. This made her pause.
"Wouldn't barging in like this be a bit improper? A lone man and a lone woman in the same room, even if nothing happened, if it spread out it wouldn't be good for my reputation…"
"But, doesn't Yata Shrine usually forbid men from staying here overnight? Could it be that this generation's Kagura heir found herself a husband?"
Carrying curiosity in her heart, the mysterious woman shifted to the window, raised a finger, licked it with her tongue, and then poked through the window paper.
Yata Shrine had been passed down for a thousand years, so even the windows were the old-fashioned kind pasted with paper.
Through the small hole poked open by her finger, the mysterious woman pressed close to the window and looked inside.
She saw on the tatami in the middle of the room, lying asleep, a man whose looks and figure both satisfied her very much.
"Ahem…" The mysterious woman quickly pulled her gaze back, deliberately coughing lightly twice, trying to cover the embarrassed expression on her face, even though no one had seen it.
But she really couldn't suppress the curiosity and stirrings in her heart. Thinking for a moment, she began to justify herself, she just wanted to clearly see which ill-mannered fellow had slept in her bed without her consent. She had no other intentions.
Then, she leaned on the window again to look inside.
To tell the truth, the gaze of the mysterious woman was a bit too scorching, and although Aiden had not activated a profession, and had not felt any malice, under the scorching gaze of the mysterious woman, he still woke up alertly.
"Who is outside?"
Aiden suddenly sat up, and at this moment he remembered the family legend that Chizuru had told him about, instantly switching to the Demonbinder profession, and at the same time, a delighted cheer rang in his mind.
But, just as he looked toward the window, outside the window there also came a cry, but this cry clearly carried a tone of panic, and then he saw the silhouette of a woman reflected outside the window, judging from her movements, she was probably covering her mouth.
Good heavens, so it turns out he was being peeped on by a woman?
In his heart he couldn't tell whether it was surprise or helplessness, Aiden got up and rushed toward the door, and as he suddenly opened the door, a sword appeared in his hand.
But just as he went out the door, that woman had already leapt over the courtyard wall, hurriedly running toward the slightly raised forested hills, and faintly Aiden even saw the woman seemed to be tripped by a tree branch, almost falling down.
'Not an evil spirit? A person?'
Aiden stared at that stumbling silhouette, thinking with some astonishment, evil spirits and monsters of no matter which country would not be tripped by a tree branch, right.
But if it's a person, then why live inside the forest, and moreover Chizuru had clearly said that inside the forest there were ominous evil spirits.
Also, even more importantly, why did she want to peep on himself?
Turning his head to look at that little hole on the window paper, Aiden thought with some puzzlement.
'Forget it, at least she has no malice… for now it is like this, only if I meet her again next time…'
Aiden looked at the snake-belly sword in his hand, perhaps he should capture her and properly ask clearly.
Of course that is a matter for next time, as for now…
Aiden put away the sword, and under the disappointed sigh in his mind, returned once again to the bed.
——
When he woke up, the sky was already bright.
Aiden dawdled as he got up from the bed, put on his clothes, yawning as he walked out of the room, arriving at the courtyard, stretching lazily under the sunlight.
"Sir!"
Outside the courtyard, there stood a maid of the Kagura family.
Hearing the sounds inside the courtyard, she hurriedly ran in, giving a deep bow with her body, and then said, "Sir, the toiletries and breakfast have already been prepared, may I ask, after you wash up, will you return to your room to eat breakfast or go to the administrative office over there to eat?"
"Maid lady, where are Miss Maki and Miss Chizuru?" Aiden thought for a moment, then instead asked about the Kagura sisters, he wanted to ask about some of the specific details of that legendary ominous evil spirit.
But the maid said, "The eldest lady and the second young lady already went to the company an hour ago."
Aiden felt a little disappointed, sighed, "Then just send it to my room."
"Alright, then now please come with me to the place for washing up."
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