Meanwhile, at Yuzuru's residence.
Yu Sheng Nan stood in front of the French windows in the bedroom, also bathed in the moonlight, leisurely playing with a pure white folding fan in his hand.
The moon is beautiful tonight, round and bright, like a huge pearl hanging high in the sky, casting a cool and soft light.
Such moonlight is perfect for moon gazing, and even more so for doing something unusual.
"Lord God."
Shimabukuro Kimie knelt respectfully behind him, the sleeves of her shrine maiden robes drooping, revealing her slender wrists. She tilted her head slightly, her gaze fixed on the boy's back, her eyes filled with piety and fervor.
"Junhui".
Yuzuru's voice sounded particularly ethereal in the moonlight, as if it came from the distant sky, yet also seemed so close. He turned to look at the devout shrine maiden, "Do you want to become a true shrine maiden?"
"Can...can I?"
Kimie Shimabukuro was somewhat excited.
As the last priestess of Mermaid Island, she was instilled with all kinds of Shinto knowledge from childhood, but she never truly felt spiritual power. Those legendary spells and shikigami were just illusory stories left by her ancestors to her.
It wasn't until she met Yuzuru Nanami—a boy who descended into her life like a god—that she realized that supernatural powers really existed, and that things that only existed in legends were not out of reach.
"sure."
Yuzuru turned around, a slight smile playing on his lips.
A priestess who cannot cultivate can not be considered a priestess.
Since the witch sent him the chocolate of true love, he should reciprocate by personally delivering a gift of love to her.
After all, he's not a petty person.
He was determined to return the favor properly.
Similarly, when Koizumi Akako senses his sincerity, she will likely be happy to "lend" him a share of the shrine maiden's legacy.
"Haven't you always wanted to learn real magic? Tonight, I'll go and 'borrow' a magical inheritance for you."
Hanyu Nan spoke casually, as if it were just a trivial matter, but to Shimabukuro Kimie, it was like heavenly music.
The cuffs of the shrine maiden's robe swayed gently with Shimabukuro Kimie's movements as she bowed and replied, "The will of the gods is my mission."
"Watch closely how your gods retrieve what is rightfully yours."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hanyu Nan's clothes began to change under the moonlight—a pure white hunting robe replaced his everyday clothes, and golden patterns spread across the hem, eventually transforming into a magnificent divine attire. The layered design, resembling a twelve-layered kimono, made him exude an inviolable majesty.
Kimie Shimabukuro stared at the scene, her fervor almost tangible.
This is the true image of a god in her mind!
It is so sacred and majestic, and full of irresistible charm.
"Wait for me to come back."
Before he finished speaking, Yuzuru gently waved his folding fan, and his body gradually transformed into countless cherry blossom petals, which drifted away in the moonlight.
Almost simultaneously, a thick black cloud suddenly rose in the backyard of Yuzuru's house, like a huge black curtain, completely obscuring the sky above the backyard. Countless twisted shadows could be vaguely seen churning within the cloud.
A massive demonic aura swept through the entire Eastern Capital, causing countless citizens to toss and turn restlessly in their sleep; tonight, no one was destined to have a good dream.
Shimabukuro Kimie stood there, gazing in the direction where the deity had disappeared, her hands clasped together, her voice devout and firm: "May the deity return in triumph."
The night wind lifted her red and white priestess robes, the hem of her clothes and her hair fluttering together. The light in her eyes was brighter than the stars in the sky—her god was going to find a magical inheritance for her. From then on, she would no longer be a priestess who could not cultivate, but a true assistant who could follow the god.
.........
The midnight bells rang; tonight is the night of the full moon.
As a qualified successor of red magic, after returning from Kaito's place, Koizumi Akako put on her sexy yet strange witch outfit and began to train in her own castle under the moonlight.
Actually, she used to slack off.
After all, at that time, in her mind, she was the only successor of the inner world in the whole world, so whether or not she cultivated seemed to have little meaning to her.
She felt that the witch's lineage would probably end with her generation, and no matter how hard she tried, she seemed unable to change this predetermined fate.
Therefore, as she grew older, Akako became somewhat lonely.
Until one day, the magic mirror suddenly told her that there were other people like her in the world.
Koizumi Akako was quite pleased to receive the news.
This means that the witch lineage of the Red Magic will not be broken in her generation. The union of two powerful magicians can produce even more powerful witch descendants, which means that the witch race may still have hope of continuing and growing stronger.
Koizumi Akako had this in mind at the time.
As long as the other party is around her age and not a decrepit old man, she is confident that with her charm and methods, she can make him submit to her, become her captive, and then have a child with her to inherit the bloodline and abilities of both of them.
Imagination is wonderful, but reality is often cruel.
From the moment she discovered that there were others like her in the world, to the moment Koizumi Akako was still thinking about how to get close to them, in such a short time, this cheat-like person seemed to have activated a cheat, and the speed at which their magical power increased was completely incomprehensible.
The witch was completely dumbfounded.
What can we do now?
The other party's magic was something she couldn't possibly confront head-on, but as a self-willed, extremely narcissistic girl, she certainly couldn't accept not being on top.
The magic mirror is to blame.
What do you mean by her submitting to Yuzuru Hanyu?
Other boys had always submitted to her; Koizumi Akako's pride wouldn't allow her to become someone else's captive.
Then came the subsequent probing in Osaka.
Realizing she couldn't kidnap him directly, the witch decisively changed her strategy and began researching her family's heirloom love potion, preparing to find another way to make Yuzuru Nanasu fall at her feet.
So, despite the witch's usual antagonistic relationship with Yuzuru, the two are actually engaged in a battle of wits, secretly vying for dominance.
Koizumi Akako wanted to make Hanyu Kusunoki her captive.
Of course, Yuzuru Hanyu disagreed.
This touches on his bottom line.
Only a fool would give up a whole forest for a single tree.
From his past life's anime, Yuzuru knew very well what kind of personality the witch had. Therefore, the reason he hadn't gone to find her was to keep testing her patience.
Different approaches are needed when dealing with different girls.
To deal with a witch like Koizumi Akako, who is extremely proud and arrogant, you have to let her use all sorts of methods until she runs out of options before you can make her completely submit.
Poor Kaito, he became nothing more than a tool in their battle of wits.
Moreover, it doesn't matter who wins in the end.
His mother and childhood sweetheart are destined never to return.
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