Damn that stinky Kaito...
Looks like he still remembers what I said after all...
Suddenly finding herself back in the room at the Ritou Inn in an instant, Miko thought this was quite nice.
Although by now she had grown somewhat accustomed to her current form, and on top of that there was a puppet identical to her back at the shrine pretending to be her, so no one would ever know what the real Lady Guuji was actually up to, she was still a little worried about walking past in front of a whole crowd of people. So now that Kaito had brought her straight back to the Ritou Inn in an instant, she was still in a rather good mood.
Where is this?
Looking at this unfamiliar room, Lumine had no idea where she was now.
Creak——
Just then, someone suddenly opened the door, giving Lumine quite a start.
"Kai, so you finally deigned to come back, huh, you went— Hm, who are they?" Acheron, who looked ready to give Kaito a piece of her mind the moment she walked in, gazed at Miko and Lumine with some confusion.
It's Acheron...
After seeing who the other person was, Lumine finally relaxed.
It's Mei!
The moment she saw it was Mei, Miko immediately walked over—she hadn't seen Mei in a long time.
"Wuu wuu.." Instinctively wanting to greet her, Miko only managed to let out a series of whimpering sounds.
Miko: "!!!"
Oh no!!!
I forgot I'm a little fox right now...
After realizing she'd forgotten her current identity, Miko was beyond embarrassed.
But thinking that Mei had probably been treated this way by Kaito too, she felt a little more at ease, and even wondered whether Mei could tell she was Miko.
"What is this little fox saying? I can't understand it."
Looking rather puzzled, Acheron said this as she gazed at the little fox before her.
Why is Mei calling me a little fox too...
How rude...
When it came to Mei calling her a little fox too, Miko was truly exasperated.
But there was nothing to be done; all she could do now was be exasperated.
But honestly, right now she really wanted to ask Mei whether she'd been treated this way by Kaito before, and whether she'd been turned into a fox too.
"She's greeting you, Acheron. Just pat her on the head." At this point Kaito walked over too, explaining as he looked at Miko.
After that, Kaito reached out and patted Miko's head.
"Hello, little fox."
After nodding, Acheron also reached out and patted Miko's head.
"There's a more timid one behind her too." Kaito added, pointing at Lumine behind her.
Lumine: "???"
How am I timid?
Silently grumbling this in her heart, Lumine walked up as well.
And just then, Paimon's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"This time we're gonna buy lots of yummy food! You were gone for so long this time, so you've gotta make up for all the ones from before!"
It's Paimon's voice...
But who is she talking to?
Upon hearing Paimon's voice, Lumine was curious about who she was talking to like that.
And not having seen Paimon in so long, she wanted to check on how Paimon was doing.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll make it all up to you this time." Soon, Lumine heard her own voice ring out.
What's going on???
It has to be said, in that moment Lumine was utterly dumbfounded, with no idea what was happening.
Oh, right...
That must be my puppet...
Just like Miko's...
After being stunned for a moment, Lumine understood what was going on.
The puppet identical to her just now must have been placed directly into her room by Jiangyun, and was now out shopping with Paimon.
"? Kaito's room seems to have a lot of people in it." Just then, Paimon, passing by Kaito's room, noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people inside, which made her curiously poke her head in.
"Whoa, where did Kaito find two more foxes this time? And why do they have human bodies with fox heads? Wouldn't it be better to just turn them fully into humans?"
Looking at the two foxes inside the room, Paimon found it very strange. Not only was she puzzled about where they came from, she was also puzzled about why they hadn't fully transformed into humans.
"What do you mean 'more'? Have I found foxes before, Paimon?" Walking up to Paimon, Kaito didn't understand what she meant by that.
"It's Miko, of course. Isn't she a fox spirit? She's just fully transformed into a human, that's all."
Miko: "???"
Upon hearing Paimon's words, Miko immediately walked over and grabbed Paimon with her fox paws.
You little brat!
Who are you calling a fox spirit?
Grabbing Paimon up into the air and swinging her back and forth, Miko wanted to teach this little thing a lesson.
"Eh? Why are you suddenly treating me like this? I wasn't talking about you, big sister fox." Not expecting to suddenly be grabbed and swung around in this fox's hands, Paimon hurriedly explained that she hadn't been talking about her.
"Paimon!" Seeing Paimon being swung back and forth, the puppet Lumine also hurried into the room, wanting to rescue her.
"Alright, little fox, she wasn't talking about you, now hurry up and let her go!" At this point Kaito spoke up to scold her too.
Oh no!
If they took her for Miko, that would be troublesome...
Realizing she'd gotten a bit worked up, Miko hurriedly put Paimon down.
And Lumine, who was watching all this from the side, had a strange feeling, as if she had already been replaced by someone else, and all she could do was silently watch, unable to do anything.
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