A Japanese-style B&B.

Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, Hoshimi Shouta, and the fox girl were sitting at a square table. Steam was rolling out of the tea cups in front of them, and the aroma of tea was everywhere.

"You will enter the ruins the day after tomorrow, so, including today, we have a total of three chances to predict the future..." After listening to Amamiya Haruki's plan, Shota Hoshimi nodded thoughtfully.

"To be precise, it's six times," Amemiya added.

Hoshimi Shouta was stunned.

"Where did six times come from?"

"In addition to you, Nanaya can also pull out [Wu Ji]. You two will each have three chances to predict, which adds up to six times."

"Ah?" Hoshimi Shota looked at Lin Qiye in surprise, "You are not the Master of Huojin Sword, why... do you have royal blood? Are you the son of Yuuri Heize?"

"...I have royal blood, but I have nothing to do with Yuuri Heizhe." Lin Qiye's mouth twitched slightly.

"No wonder Amamiya asked me to bring Takehime here in person. If I do this, the number of prophecies will double..." Hoshimi Shouta looked at the fox girl beside him and sighed.

"But, if you want to get the prophecy, you must first beat her in the game, otherwise there will be a penalty..."

Halfway through his words, Hoshimi Shouta suddenly froze in place.

He seemed to have thought of something, looked at the fox girl, then turned his gaze to Lin Qiye, his eyes gradually widening.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiye asked doubtfully, "Yumiya has already told me that only if I defeat Wu Ji can I get the prophecy, otherwise I will have to accept any punishment she proposes... Don't worry, I'm mentally prepared, I can accept any punishment."

"This, this is not something you can't be mentally prepared for!"

For some reason, Hoshimi Shouta's cheeks suddenly flushed and he became excited, "If, if you lose..."

"Um?"

"If you lose, you have to... um..." Hoshimi Shota danced around for a long time but didn't say a word. Finally, he lay down on the table in frustration, seeming to be a little angry.

At the side, the fox girl looked at him, her lips slightly raised, her golden eyes narrowed, as if she was smiling.

"So, let Nanaya pull out [Takehime] to make a prediction... Shota, do you have any objection?" Amamiya Haruki was also a little confused.

"I, I..." Xingjian Shouta hesitated for a long time, turned his head and glanced at the fox girl. Seeing that she looked like she was enjoying the show, his body trembled slightly, "I... I didn't!"

He suddenly turned his head to the side, avoiding the fox girl's sight, and stopped talking.

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki looked at each other.

"Then Shota, you start today's game first, and Nanaya will take over when you finish." Amamiya Haruki said.

Hoshimi Shouta was silent for a while, then he got up from the ground, took a deep breath, and a look of determination appeared in his eyes, "Come on!"

The fox girl sat on the futon, looked at Hoshimi Shouta with a smile, and spoke slowly:

"So, my sword master, Hoshimi Shouta, are you ready to start today's game?"

“Ready!”

"Today's game is... a comparison of size."

The fox girl took out six dice from under her robe as if performing a magic trick, placed three in front of each person, then drank the two cups of tea on the table and turned them upside down on the dice.

"After opening it, whoever has the highest total points wins."

"good!"

Shota Hoshimi held the upside-down teacup and shook it violently, his eyes fixed on the teacup in the fox girl's hand, his face full of determination.

The dice collided in the teacup, making a rustling sound. The two people shook the teacup faster and faster, until they finally stopped at the same time, and the room fell into silence.

"Open it!" Hoshimi Shota said firmly.

On the side, Lin Qiye closed his eyes helplessly and sighed...

The fox girl opened the cup in front of her, and the three dice added up to fifteen points, but when the one in front of Shota Hoshimi was opened, there was only nine points.

"Oh, Shouta lost." The fox girl said with a smile.

Hoshimi Shouta's face suddenly fell.

He sat there dejectedly, looking at the dice in front of him, feeling indescribably lonely.

"Well, Shota, your punishment will be calculated later~" the fox girl said with a smile.

Hoshimi Shota gritted his teeth, stood up from the ground, handed the scarlet long sword in his hand to Lin Qiye, and said in an extremely serious and earnest tone:

"You have to win! You have to win!! Please!!"

Seeing Xingjian Shouta being so serious, Lin Qiye was stunned for a long time before nodding, "Yeah... I will win."

Lin Qiye grasped Wu Ji's hilt and pulled it out again, making a slight sound.

The fox girl turned her head, her golden eyes staring at Lin Qiye, and spoke slowly:

"So, Lin Qiye, are you ready to start today's game?"

Hearing this, Lin Qiye's pupils shrank slightly.

How does she know her name?

When Amamiya Haruki introduced him at the beginning, he just called him Asaba Nanaya. Wu Ji probably didn't know the name Lin Nanaya at all...

Could this be related to her ability to predict the future?

Lin Qiye put aside this thought for the time being and said seriously: "Are you ready? Are you still going to compare the size?"

"No, if you compare size, you'll be cheating." The fox girl shook her head, "This time, let's compete in arm wrestling."

Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly.

As expected, Wu Ji could see through him to a certain extent. She should have known that she could see through the dice through her mental power, so she changed the game into a pure competition of strength.

“Are there any rules?”

"No, no matter what means are used, the one whose wrist touches the flat surface first loses."

"……good."

Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

The two of them sat face to face at a low table. They placed their hands on the table, clasped their hands together, and stared at each other. Faintly, an inexplicable sense of anxiety spread in the air.

Amemiya Haruki silently stood up from beside Lin Qiye and retreated to the door, keeping a distance of more than ten meters from the two of them. Seeing this, Hoshimi Shota also took a few steps back and swallowed nervously.

"Three, two, one!"

As the fox girl finished speaking, Lin Qiye's pupils contracted and he suddenly burst out with all his strength!

boom--!!

There was a loud bang, and the low table that supported the arm was shattered into pieces in an instant. The two men sat steadily on the mat, their palms clasped together in the air, and the strength was still gradually increasing!

Immediately afterwards, the whole house began to shake violently!

With the two of them as the center, dense cracks spread on the tatami, and wood chips broke apart inch by inch. An invisible hurricane roared out from between the palms, shaking all the furnishings in the room!

Hoshimi Shouta opened his mouth in shock.

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