He shook his head slightly, feeling that the performance of this old colleague was truly unexpected, even making this retired old man feel... a bit disappointed... Tenshukaku.
Inside the side room.
The light was dim, with only a few rays of daylight filtering through the high windows.
Yae Miko leaned against the closed door, her heart pounding.
She looked at King, who was standing in the center of the room with his back to her. His tall figure, in this setting, was filled with an indescribable sense of pressure.
She took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision. Her face was a mix of tragedy and humiliation, and her fingers trembled as she began to undo the delicate buttons at the neck of her shrine maiden outfit.
"Rustle, rustle..."
The faint sound of fabric rubbing was exceptionally clear in the silent room.
The first button was undone, revealing a section of her fair and graceful neck.
Just as her fingers moved toward the second button, her heart wailing, "This Guuji's purity is going to be ruined here today"—
A large hand suddenly reached out from the side and firmly grasped her wrist.
"?!"
No way, man, are you that impatient?
Yae Miko was startled and looked up abruptly, meeting King's face as he turned around.
On that ferocious face, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes were full of speechlessness.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I... I..."
Yae Miko was stunned by his question. The tragic expression on her face instantly froze, a blush spreading from her cheeks to the tips of her ears. She stammered, "You... don't you want me to..."
"Ugh... I'll just do as you say!"
"I only ask that you don't take your anger out on Inazuma, don't hurt Ei, I'm willing to give you..."
She was too ashamed to say the rest.
King looked at her embarrassed and anxious expression, which also carried a bit of "stop pretending," and remained silent for two seconds.
What's gotten into this fox?
Veins popped on King's forehead.
He felt his temples throbbing.
What on earth is this?!
Is he that kind of person?!
"Don't take them off!" King said in a deep voice, his tone carrying suppressed anger. "Put your clothes on!"
Yae Miko trembled at his fierce tone, her movements stopping. Tears were still hanging on her eyelashes, threatening to fall, making her look both ridiculous and pitiful.
King rubbed the space between his eyebrows, a look of exhaustion on his face.
"I called you in," he pointed to the table and chairs in the room, "to talk about serious business."
"..."
Yae Miko followed his finger to the simple table and chairs, then looked down at her own collar, where one button was undone, revealing a small patch of snow-white skin.
Time seemed to freeze.
A massive wave of embarrassment overwhelmed her like a tsunami.
"Boom—!"
This time, the flush instantly spread from her cheeks to her neck, and then to the tips of her ears!
It wasn't a flush of humiliation, but a burst of extreme shame, making her wish she could find a hole to crawl into!
Oh my god! What had she done?!
To actually strip in front of a man out of her own delusions?
Yae Miko had never been this humiliated in her life!
She hurriedly pulled her collar back together and fastened the button.
Throughout the process, she didn't dare look up at King. Her head was buried low, and her fox ears were completely drooping, pressed tightly against her pink hair.
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