( Yuuki's POV )
Yasaka invited us to a feast and while that was being prepared, I contacted Matsu to ask her to transport a Gate to our location, when that call ended, Ranko elbowed me in the side of my stomach.
Yuuki: ouch what was that for?
Ranko: You know why, what was that back there with that fox woman, you looked at her the same way you see Haruhime, I know you have a thing for women with animal ears.
As Ranko called me out in my strange first encounter with Yasaka, Akitsu and Koneko's piercing gazes were on me, Ikaros seemed indifferent to what was happening, Rossweisse was somewhat uncomfortable and Astraea was just smiling, she didn't understand what was going on.
Yuuki: Well that was-
Astraea: That woman is the same as Lucoa, the master and she formed a connection the moment they saw each other.
No, scratch that, Astraea knew exactly what was going on, she was very sharp at the oddest moments.
Ranko: Is that true?
Yuuki: In a way, I guess so.
Ranko: And what are you going to do about it?
Astraea: She's coming to live with us~
Yuuki: Don't jump to conclusions, we'll handle this professionally... unless she wants something different.
Ranko: Seriously, we can't leave you alone for a moment.
Yuuki: Hey, whatever happens, happens.
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We attended the feast prepared by the Yokais and I had the best seat as the guest of honor, next to me were Kunouo and Koneko, My cat girl fiancée started feeding me and seeing that Kunou wanted to do the same, while they were feeding me, Yasaka, who was in front of me, looked at me with a motherly smile and that continued throughout the meal.
When that interesting feast was over I went to receive the shipment from one of our portals and surprisingly Tsukiumi came along with it, she said she was here to keep an eye on me, I don't think this was necessary but it was best not to argue and I focused on installing the Gate, Yasaka assigned a pair of Yokai to manage the Gate and I explained to them everything they needed to know while I was in charge of the installation.
With that over I went to give the news to Yasaka and I found her in some kind of training room, she was together with Koneko creating blue fireballs and was throwing them at Koneko, she was dodging and at the same time she was trying to return fire.
The rest of the girls were watching from the side and when they saw me arrive they finished their section and I went to the center of the room where the two Yokais were.
Yuuki: That was interesting, is Touki and Senjutsu the specialty of the Yokais?
Yasaka: Our species is naturally good at that, my daughter told me that you can use Touki combined with another ability, it is not very common for other species to practice our techniques, could you show me?
Yuuki: of course.
Yasaka was the expert here so I didn't hesitate to show her my Touki and my Hollowfication, seeing my transformation Yasaka approached me and placed a hand on my chest.
Yasaka: um you can store a lot of energy but the flow of it is not the best and the other power is not complementing as it should.
A blue flame appeared at the tip of her fingers and she began to touch certain places on my chest, with that the natural energy in my body started to move much faster and my power skyrocketed, My Hollowfication also advanced further, a dragon mask similar to the one the hollows had, formed on my face.
My power was rising rapidly but at one point it got out of control, spiritual and natural energy were clashing, and that instability also manifested itself outside with a strong draft around me, lightning cracking near me and the whole room was shaking.
Koneko: Yuuki!
Yasaka: Stay still, he's still in control.
Like when I absorbed natural energy, I was completely still and trying to stabilize my powers, the girls were looking somewhat worried but Yasaka remained calm, she put her hands on my chest and she helped me keep my powers in check, Like with my training with Koneko, our energies began to circulate between us, keeping it manageable and stable, that process took a couple of minutes and when it was over Yasaka lost the strength in her legs and she leaned on my chest, I put my hands on her shoulders and looked at her beautiful face, she was slightly blushing and breathing heavily.
Kunou: Mom!
Yasaka: I'm fine, dear, just a little tired.
Yasaka was acting like nothing was wrong but I knew her strength wasn't going to return for a while so I picked Yasaka up, carrying her with one hand behind her back and the other behind her knees, like a princess, that way I took her to her room, Yasaka was surprised at first but then she put on a smile and put her hands around my neck.
Yasaka: oh my, how dependable~
Kunou walked beside us with a smile and holding onto the corner of my shirt, I could feel the stares of the rest of the girls piercing my back but I had no choice here, she ended up like this because of me and I had to help her.
We spent the night at the Yokai base waiting for an answer about the Yokai's participation in the alliance, although I did not sleep in a bed that night.
While I was lying on the floor of the room I stretched my hand to the sky and gathered my spiritual energy in my hands, and out of nowhere the dragon mask that appeared earlier during that incident was created, I put on a smile thinking that I had reached another level and at that moment the girls lay down next to me, Ranko and Koneko were by my sides and when I kissed them on the top of their heads we went to sleep.