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In the shrine's dimly lit corridor, the youth embraced the kimono-clad golden-haired fox-eared classical beauty from behind in an aggressively intimate position.
Though she'd anticipated the youth would notice her earlier unusual behavior, when actually exposed, Yasaka couldn't help trembling.
"How do you know, Bokue..."
"I have my ways."
Bokue's fingers tightened slightly on those towering peaks, lowering his head to rest his chin on the golden-haired beauty's shoulder.
"But I know you have your reasons, Yasaka. So if possible, I hope you'll tell me the truth now."
"..."
"Or should I go ask her directly?"
"No—wait!"
Hearing the youth intended to confront her sister directly, Yasaka involuntarily cried out softly.
Of course, Bokue didn't immediately leave. He remained in place, quietly holding the golden-haired beauty, giving her sufficient time to think.
After about five or six seconds, Yasaka's golden lashes—lowered in conflict—finally trembled.
"...I understand. I'll tell you everything, Bokue. Let's go to Kunou's room first... Kunou's original room."
"Alright."
Without hesitation, Bokue agreed immediately. He swept the golden-haired beauty into his arms—one hand at her waist, the other under her knees—letting the soft kimono fabric outline Yasaka's mature, voluptuous curves as he strode directly toward Kunou's room.
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Scene shift—
They had arrived at Kunou's room.
As Bokue had expected, everything Yasaka said that afternoon about Kunou changing rooms was false. All the little fox shrine maiden's belongings remained in their original positions, clearly still in daily use.
But Yasaka bringing him here meant she'd truly decided to tell him everything.
Yasaka Shrine was a standard classical Japanese building. The bedroom had no chairs, so they sat directly on the tatami mats.
Well, technically only Bokue sat on the floor. Yasaka was forced to sit in the youth's embrace, squirming uncomfortably.
"Um... Bokue, please let me down first. Kunou's still bathing but she'll be back soon. If she sees us like this..."
"Then I'll go ask your sister directly?"
"..."
With those words from Bokue, Yasaka—who'd been restless about her daughter potentially walking in after her bath—immediately froze.
Teasing Yasaka occasionally feels quite nice.
Bokue thought to himself while tightening his arm around the golden-haired beauty's waist, making her lean almost all her weight into his embrace.
"So tell me about your relationship with Hagoromo-Gitsune."
"Our... relationship..."
Yasaka rested her head against the youth's chest, her pale cheeks flushing from his scent.
"Would you believe me if I said we're blood sisters?"
"That's hard to believe." Bokue skillfully played with the crimson peaks atop the golden-haired beauty's mountains through her kimono.
"After all... You and Hagoromo-Gitsune look nothing alike."
"I thought as much..."
Yasaka bit her lower lip, her eyes misting slightly.
"But Hagoromo-Gitsune and I truly are blood sisters. However, compared to me with my exceptional talent, Hagoromo-Gitsune's talent was mediocre from childhood. When I'd trained enough to take this human form, Hagoromo-Gitsune could barely manage human limbs. Even her facial features and fur retained their fox characteristics, and most of the time she could only appear as a fox."
"Yet ordinary yokai only live for a few centuries. To prevent me from living alone after her hundred years passed, Hagoromo-Gitsune created what you might call an unconventional Reincarnating method—she turned herself into a reincarnating yokai."
"Reincarnating yokai?"
Bokue raised an eyebrow. This was his first time hearing this concept.
"That's right."
Yasaka nodded gently, continuing.
"Normally, yokai are like humans—after death, they enter the cycle of reincarnation and become someone else."
"But my sister is different. Using techniques she developed, she reincarnates repeatedly, awakening all her accumulated power, memories, and emotions from previous lives each time. Through repeated reincarnations, she grows an additional tail each cycle until finally becoming a nine-tailed celestial fox like me."
"That sounds pretty good."
Bokue nodded in agreement.
Unlike traditional conservative views, he'd never thought manipulating reincarnation was shameful.
Like the Edo Tensei in Naruto—when Bokue watched that anime, he never felt it desecrated the dead.
It was just helping deceased people win resurrection matches. What was desecrating about that?
Real desecration would be planting control chips in reincarnated people's heads and making them do things that damaged their reputation in public.
Even considering Edo Tensei required sacrifices—that could be solved using death row inmates from prisons.
Think about it—trading the life of a heinous criminal for your deceased elder or friend's resurrection, letting them meet and chat with you daily. Wouldn't you want that?
By the same logic, Bokue didn't think Hagoromo-Gitsune inventing reincarnation just to stay with her sister was wrong.
So the question was—if she was just continuously reincarnating for improvement, how did the conflict between Hagoromo-Gitsune and the Keikain family arise?
As Bokue pondered this, Yasaka spoke again.
"Initially, Hagoromo-Gitsune's reincarnation went smoothly. She'd always find me immediately after each successful reincarnation."
"But about a thousand years ago, after entering reincarnation, Hagoromo-Gitsune didn't find me. When I found her, her personality had completely changed—from gentle and kind to cold and ruthless. And she had a son named Abe no Seimei beside her."
"Could this be the legendary maternal protection instinct?"
Bokue guessed casually.
He'd heard that mother cats became extremely aggressive after giving birth, entering instant hissing mode against anyone trying to approach their kittens.
"No, not at all." Yasaka shook her head decisively. "From my observations, that Abe no Seimei isn't my sister's son at all. I... don't know what he actually is, but he's definitely extremely dangerous."
Hmm? So Abe no Seimei isn't actually Hagoromo-Gitsune's son?
Bokue suddenly felt things were becoming increasingly intriguing.
It felt like listening to unofficial history—quite entertaining.
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