"Don't think this idea sounds bad just because it's a bit underhanded, but when it comes to breaking the ice between you two youkai, it's definitely the most effective. After all, Lady Yae isn't going to genuinely get angry at you."
Faced with the older gentleman's casually tossed-out terrible suggestion, Miss Yumemizuki naturally shook her head in refusal…
No way, no way, no way, stacking oysters will kill me! (No no no, if I keep going like this I'll die!)
"I can't do it… And besides, devouring someone else's dreams without permission is an absolute taboo of our clan…
Mr. Cid, is there… any way to make Lady Yae willing to accept reconciling with me without it being so awkward…"
Miss Yumemizuki, do you think I'm some kind of wish-granting machine?
You want Lady Yae to accept it, but without making it awkward, and judging by your demeanor you're not good at taking the initiative either!
The older gentleman stared at the table, at a loss for ideas, and decided to play dumb for the moment…
This table sure is… table-y…
Yet while Cid was staring blankly at the table, he suddenly thought of the Raiden Shogun…
That fox seems to want to pull Ei's master out of the Plane of Euthymia, right…
"Alright, I get it. This really is putting you in a tough spot, Mr. Cid…"
Miss Yumemizuki felt a little embarrassed…
She was well aware of her own situation; being this conflicted really was her own problem…
"No, wait—I think I've got an idea."
The older gentleman's eyes suddenly shone with clarity.
"What is it?"
At this moment, in Yumemizuki Mizuki's heart, Mr. Cid had completely ascended to the rank of someone utterly reliable.
"The Raiden Shogun."
Mizuki couldn't quite keep up with the older gentleman's train of thought.
Huh? Reconciling with Lady Yae is going to involve the Shogun?
But right now, the older gentleman felt his thinking was crystal clear.
At this very moment, a multi-purpose plan had already formed in his mind.
And looking at the current situation… perhaps it was worth a try…
"Miss Yumemizuki, have you ever seen the Raiden Shogun's nightmares?"
Yumemizuki Mizuki shook her head.
"The Shogun…
No, there has never been a precedent in the Baku clan of devouring a god's nightmares.
But I have met the Raiden Shogun. The impression she gave me was like the articles of a legal code—very orderly, but also somewhat cold."
"Have you seen her again recently?"
Miss Yumemizuki Mizuki shook her head again.
"Tomorrow, come with me to meet the Shogun. If my hunch is correct, then having Lady Yae accept your psychological counseling might not be impossible."
Yumemizuki Mizuki felt a surge of nervousness inside.
To go and meet the divine Raiden Shogun in person?
Was this really something a little youkai who had only lived for five hundred years should face?
But for Lady Yae's sake…
Mizuki recalled the way Lady Yae had clearly been so irritated yet still maintained perfect composure toward her…
"Alright, Mr. Cid."
Yumemizuki Mizuki accepted straightforwardly and looked at Mr. Cid with earnest eyes.
This pure trust actually made Mr. Cid feel a little uneasy, but he continued anyway.
"Alright then. The reason I didn't explain earlier is because I can't be one hundred percent certain about this. So, Miss Mizuki, if tomorrow you sense any change in the Raiden Shogun, then what I'm thinking will have worked."
Yumemizuki Mizuki wasn't a particularly foolish youkai. At this moment, she had already faintly perceived something.
The Shogun's pursuit of an unchanging, immutable eternity… might actually be undergoing a change…