Vol 8 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 01: End of Seduction…

The glamorous hair, reaching as far as to the waist, reflected the evening sun coming in from the window of the Dojo and emitted an ebony radiance. Watching me with her dignified eyes, Gogyou Hijiri rested on her knees and then bending over, she closed the distance between us.

Her graceful features slowly came closer, her long hair slipped over her shoulders and her sweet fragrance tickled my nasal cavities. As her training uniform was overlapping at the front, so it gave a sneak peek into her cleavage and Hijiri extended the tips of her supple fingers towards me while opening her wet, pink lips.

“Fufu, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. You got all stiff.”

“Ah, well, that’s, what can I say… Sorry.”

“You don’t really need to apologize. And don’t make such a worried face. I’ll properly take the lead, so let’s begin. Okay?”

Lightly combing the strands of hair over her ear, Hijiri gently suggested. Even this casual behaviour made me be smitten by her and I replied to her with a somewhat shrill voice.

“W- Wait. I’m not mentally prepared yet. Give me a bit more time.”

“Mhm~ I can relate, but let’s do it already. It’s okay to fail, since it’s the first time. Whatever you do, I won’t get angry. And I won’t laugh if you screw up. I promise. So, let’s both give our best.”

“…Yeah, okay. Thanks.”

I took a deep breath. While I tried to calm down my feelings a bit, Hijiri suddenly moved her fingertip, which she was touching me with. She softly petted the stiff part of my body with the back of her fingers and giggled.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, you got even more stiff.”

“J- Just your imagination. I should be cool as ever.”

“Really? Somehow, you’re quite cute right now. Your mouth denies it, but you’re rock hard here.”

While smiling, Hijiri ma.s.saged a part of my body— my stiff shoulders with her warm hands to relax them. However, I felt my cheeks turning hot and averted my gaze from Hijiri wordless.

There, the self-proclaimed G.o.ddess and one of the freeloaders at our house Elni, who had silently watched over us until now, interjected with her snow-white cheeks lightly flushed.

“To hear you two talk, you would think Hijiri is doing something perverted to s.h.i.+n.o.bu. You sound like an experienced girl, just like you were seducing him.”

“Wh, Wh-Wha-!?”

Instantly, Hijiri got bright red in a flash and raised a fl.u.s.tered voice.

“Y- You got it wrong! By no means did I say it with that in mind! I just, tried to teach s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun how to use talismans!”

“…Really? For that, I think you’re looking at s.h.i.+n.o.bu with a rather sullen-pervert look.”

“You’re mistaken!”

Elni narrowed her big, crimson eyes in doubt, whereupon Hijiri turned even redder and shook her hands.

“S- Sure, I thought that s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun is cool! But I wasn’t having any weird ideas! To begin with, I’m not experienced! Nor am I a sullen pervert— wait, why are you getting away, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun? Don’t be so mean!”

No, no, that wasn’t my intention. Even now her sweet fragrance hung in the air, so I only tried to get away as I couldn’t calm down. But, Hijiri got teary eyes as she misunderstood it. Inevitable I quickly returned to my previous position and glanced at the clock on the wall of the Dojo.

…Mh, I was longer here than I had planned.

Today I visited the Gogyou Mansion as to get exorcist training from Sougo-san.

But well, while I knew that the needlessly broad garden of the Mansion had a pond and a storehouse, I never thought that there would be a Dojo as well.

Also, I didn’t expect Elni to tag along.

Sougo-san seemed to be on bad terms with Elni, so his cheeks had lightly twitched when he saw her, but he didn’t say anything in particular and after calling for Hijiri, he guided us to the Dojo, where we started the lessons.

Still, to my regret, Sougo-san apparently got a sudden job and left the Dojo while apologizing to me.

There Hijiri took over and taught me how to use talismans.

But, it wasn’t all too clever of me to casually ask about the price of the talismans.

The talismans in my hand looked just like a roll of banknotes and since I got to know per preceding instructions that the talisman would burn up on a wrong usage, I had become completely nervous.

Amidst that, Hijiri had tried to ease my nervousness, but as Elni had said, someone might misunderstand by just hearing her words.

As such thoughts crossed my mind, Hijiri seemed to have regained her spirit. Her usual dignified expression was back and she opened her mouth with a serious voice.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, as my father already told you, talismans are very important tools for an exorcist. It might turn out that you’ll help out in an exorcist job in the future. To protect yourself at such a time, you must learn how to properly use a talisman. We got a bit distracted, but let’s get back to practice now.”

“Well, sure, but will I really be able to use them?”

I couldn’t image myself using them. I was kind of doubtful, whereupon

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, it’s not the technique that counts, but this.”

Along with her gentle words, Hijiri softly placed her hand on her own voluminous chest.

In regards to that, Elni and I looked at each other and then both opened our mouths.

“…Hijiri, what counts are E-cup b.o.o.bs?”

“I don’t have such wonderful things.”

“Th- That’s not what I meant! You’re totally wrong! Also, how do you know my bra.s.siere size, Elni!?”

This time Hijiri bashful hid her b.r.e.a.s.t.s with both her arms and said with red cheeks.

“Ehm, what I tried to tell you was that feelings are important. It certainly will take you a long time to master talismans. But when you don’t give up, anyone can learn it. The will to continue is important.”

“I see…”

Hijiri might be right. It was no use to chicken out before trying.

I slightly increased the strength on my grasp on the talisman, whereupon Elni came and rested her hand on my shoulder.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu, I specially will you tell a trick to use talismans better. Listen, it’s important to think in the talisman’s shoes. Even a talisman is happy when praised.”

“…Happy when praised? First time I hear of that. Actually, you can’t even use talismans yourself, so don’t give any weird advices.”

I rebuked so softly, but Elni didn’t seem bothered by it and lightly kissed the talisman for no apparent reason.

In that moment, the talisman glowed and Elni jumped up in accordance with it. Elni’s body was floating in midair and just like walking on the moon, she moved to the Dojo’s entrance with just one step.

While Hijiri and I both blinked on this completely unexpected development, Elni turned around and gave us a small wink with her hand.

“I don’t want to bother you, s.h.i.+n.o.bu, so I’m going to play with Kaorun. Give your best with the training. And don’t forget my advice.”

Leaving these words behind, Elni left the Dojo. After watching her off, I returned my gaze, whereupon Hijiri was showing a blank expression on a rare occasion.

…Apparently she was even more shocked than I about getting to know that Elni could use talismans.

As I watched her expression, I formed a smile and called out to her softly.

“I gotta say, I didn’t expect that a talisman was capable of that.”

“Eh? Ah, yeah. A talisman certainly can strengthen one’s physical abilities temporarily, but until you can use it like Elni just did, it takes a lot of practice. Even I can’t use the talismans that well yet. To begin with, I think there are only a few amongst the exorcists, who can do that.”

“…For real?”

“Yeah. Maybe I should get Elni to teach me as well…”

I inadvertently widened my eyes, whereupon Hijiri replied with a serious tone.

Well, at any rate, I resumed my practice, but in the end time just pa.s.sed by without me getting any better. Amidst that, Hijiri suddenly rested her warm hand on my shoulder.

“Good work, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. Let’s stop for today.”

“…Sorry, but can I continue for a bit longer?”

“Mhm~ I don’t mind, but it’s already pretty late. Is that okay for you?”

Following Hijiri’s glance, I looked at the clock on the wall of the Dojo… Like she had said, it was quite late. It really might be better for me to take my leave now. When I regretfully shrugged my shoulders, Hijiri clapped her hands with “Oh, I know” and a smile.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, why don’t you eat dinner here? Elni as well.”

“Mh? Certainly sounds good, but is it okay?”

“Of course. My father left, so it’s just Kaoru-san and me anyway. And food tastes better with more people. So if you want, please stay.”

“Yeah, then I’ll gladly take up your offer.”

When I lowered my head a bit, Hijiri made a sparkling smile and leaving the words “Then I’ll go tell Kaoru-san and Elni” behind, she left the sunset coloured Dojo with light steps.

I on the other hand, left behind, recalled Hijiri’s appearance in her training uniform from earlier.

Hijiri clad in a white training jacket with a black skirt-like training trousers was quite the sight and emphasized her dignity. However, the fl.u.s.tered state she sometimes showed truly was adorable.

Hijiri was beautiful after all. Popular at school, she even got a fan club, though I didn’t know if that was true. And having this charming Hijiri as my fiancée, albeit only as a formality, was still quite unbelievable.

Having such thoughts, I pulled out my cell phone from my bag with a smile, as I wanted to call the reliable older sister of our household, Luna.

Luna was bad with machines, so she still had a hard struggle with her first cell phone, which she got just recently. But seemingly she mastered how to use it. The occasional mails came to have pictography, smiley or sometimes even a cell phone picture mixed in. Of course calls were perfect as well.

Therefore, I decided to call Luna on her cell phone…

After telling Luna that I would eat dinner at Hijiri’s house over the phone, I continued my training as Hijiri had come back. When I was done, I then started to clean up the Dojo together with Hijiri.

Well, I called it cleaning up, but the Dojo was maintained properly. So I was just wiping the floor with a rag a bit. Either way, I was being taught, so it was only proper to express my grat.i.tude through it.

Still, I actually had intended to clean up by myself, but Hijiri had said “Let me help” with a smile and I couldn’t turn her down.

However, it seemed I was more tired than I thought.

While I wiped the floor rather absent-minded, I suddenly lightly b.u.mped into something soft and a rather bewitching “Ahn” voice raised up.

…What? I couldn’t see anything. What happened?

I tried to move my head to the left and right, rubbing my nose tip onto something plumb, whereupon

“Yah… Uhhn… No…”

A flexibility spread over my whole face and I could hear Hijiri’s sweet voice while smelling a really sweet fragrance. Likewise, there was a warmth.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, you…. are… touching… my… Hahn…”

A gentle sensation with a soft resilience enveloped my face. Ehm, could it be that I plunged into Hijiri’s bottom head on?

As soon as I noticed that, all blood drained from my head and I nervously pulled back my body, whereupon in front of my eyes and nose tip was a well-formed hips. The voluminous bottom was lightly shaking and when I moved my gaze, Hijiri was putting her red cheeks on the floor while on all fours, leaking an erotic breathing.

In that moment, I jumped back right up and hastily lowered my head.

“S- Sorry, Hijiri! I was s.p.a.cing out!”

“…Ah, ehm, I was just a bit surprised, but I know you didn’t do it on purpose, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. So don’t worry about. I’m also at fault for stopping there…”

No, no, Hijiri wasn’t at fault at all. It was completely my carelessness, but Hijiri didn’t seem angry and continued the cleaning with her cheeks still red.

On the other hand, I reflexive chased Hijiri’s nice bottom with my eyes and felt a bit of self-hatred. But I reflected on my actions afterwards, cleaning seriously together with Hijiri, when

“Guess who <>

A sweet voice came from behind and my vision turned black once more. Following, two soft swelling pressed onto my back. Most likely my eyes were covered by two hands.

But, amongst the girls I knew, there were only two, who could sneak up to me without notice. One of them was my mother. The other one was the perverted maid of the Gogyou Household, Kaorun aka Kaoru.

The sensation of juicy b.r.e.a.s.t.s with plenty of elasticity pressing onto my back was still there. A sweet aroma of perfume. Her faint breathing near my near threw my heart in turmoil while I opened my mouth as composed as possible.

“Who are you? Are you some kind of Angel Maid?”

“Yes, as you have guessed correctly, I am your angel, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

She blew a hot breath into my ear, whereupon I replied while hiding my agitation once more.

“Well, you certainly are an ‘angel’ with a ‘str’ in front and a ‘y’ at the back.”

“Grr, who are you calling strangely! That is rude. I am going to bite your ear.”

A sulking voice raised near my ear, but I paid it no mind, uncovered my ears and turned around.

Thereupon my vision fell on a female clad in maid clothes.

Long eyelashes and beautiful eyebrows. Almond eyes and well-formed pink lips. Soft cheeks so white as porcelain. As soon as I confirmed it was the maid Kaorun, I purposefully acted surprised.

“Ohh, it was you, Kaorun. It was such a pretty voice, so I thought it was Madonna.”

“…Thank you very much for this insincere flattery. I feel embarra.s.sed for getting a bit happy despite that. That said, not so embarra.s.sing as your face is, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama….”

“Fufu, you always cut my delicate heart into pieces like that.”

“Yes, I am Jack the exclusive cutter of s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama’s heart. Cutting soothes my heart. Shall I give you a kiss as an apology for hurting you?”

“Yeah, a really pa.s.sionate one please--- is what I would like to say, but more importantly, you need anything?”

Our usual exchange was fun. But Hijiri was looking over us slightly worried, so I better stopped now.

When I asked for her objective, Kaorun frowned a bit and answered.

“To be honest, I have been preparing for dinner, but… Elni-sama keeps troubling me by s.n.a.t.c.hing away the food. Please say something to her, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

…What was that girl doing at someone else’s place.

Shrugging my shoulders a bit, I gave Kaorun a piece of advice.

“Kaorun, you don’t really need to rely on me. If you just tell her sternly, she’ll honestly obey.”

“No, I tried to warn her just in case, but, well, she clung to me with a ‘Please’ and how should I say, she was cute. So I just…”

“went with the flow?”

“Yes, like the flood in a river.”

…This maid was surprisingly soft on.

A bit surprised, I readily stood up as to go to Elni.

We just finished the cleaning up anyway. I left the locking of the Dojo to Hijiri and decided to head to the kitchen of the Gogyou Household together with Kaorun.

However on the way, we found Elni laying in the broad living room and when we approached her, Elni was sleeping soundly.

Her finely chiselled features were like from an elaborate doll and her defenceless sleeping face was like the one of an innocent child. Whatever kind of dream she was having, she was happily smiling, which was a rather heart-warming sight.

As I feelt my heart calming down, Kaorun talked to me with a small voice.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, I will go get a blanket.”

“Yeah, please do.”

Watching Kaorun quietly leaving the living room, I then watched Elni’s sleeping face for a while, whereupon Elni talked in her sleep.

“Fufu, s.h.i.+nomuncat, wait. Wait for me…”

“…What kind of dream is she having?”

As I showed a faint wry smile, Kaorun came back. She gently put the blanket in her hands over Elni and then opened her mouth while pulling on my hand.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, seeing as Elni-sama is asleep now, please do go enjoy a bath until dinner is ready. Incidentally, does a duck suffice as a bath toy? Or would you prefer rose petals befitting to your image, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama?”

“Nah, my existence alone is already like a beautiful flower, so I don’t need roses. I don’t want the duck either. What I want is---”

Temporarily stopping my words, I then shouted with a loud voice.

“Money! What else but money could it be! Fill up the big bathtub with banknotes! I’ll swim b.u.t.terfly-style in it!”

“Does your crudity know no bounds!?”

On my joke, Kaorun purposefully trembled a bit.

“Considering it is you, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, I believed you would say something on the lines of ‘Women! What else but women could it be! Fill up the big bathtub with girls in swimsuits! I’ll literally drown in women!’. What a cruel betrayal. So you were the type to change with money, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

“Hey, hey, don’t be stupid. Rich or poor, money will be the only thing for me.”

“…S- Seems like you are possessed by money itself. I am certain that if you should get rich, you would flash some banknotes to a high school girl and say pressing things like ‘Hah, Hah. Please, okay? Take this money and--- hit me!’.”

“Okay, jokes have their limits as well, you know? I’ll get angry if you treat me like a pervert any more.”

I gave her a piece of advice with a low voice while smiling, but Kaorun replied nonchalant.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, I merely wanted to tell you that it is not a good thing to be too obsessed over money. Neither is it any good to try to solve everything with money, you know? Well, if you should somehow end up in jail, I will free you with the power of the Gogyou Finances though…”

“Somehow, that makes it sound that ‘Money is convenient’ in the end?”

“…If you had mistakenly said ‘Women are convenient’, I would have burst into a big laughter.”

“Fufu, just shut up.”

“Yes. I understand. Well then, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, please enjoy your bath to the fullest.”

“Yeah, I sweated quite a bit, so it‘s just the ticket now.”

“…Sweat, it is?”

Tilting her head expressionless, Kaorun suddenly brought her graceful face closer. Following, she took a small sniff and then reddened her cheeks for some reason.

“Apparently, you are emitting a lady-killer scent, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

“Eh? That’s, well, what can I say, thanks…”

“It was a joke, yet you become bashful!? Well, it certainly was a nice fragrance, but if you react like that, well, even I end up becoming embarra.s.sed…”

Then guided by the furthermore blus.h.i.+ng Kaorun, I scratched my cheek and moved into the anteroom.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, I will not mind it if you use my body soap and shampoo, but please refrain from saying things like ‘Gehehe, it’s the same scent as Kaorun’s’ while getting exited--- hey, please do not ignore me!”

After hearing Kaorun’s voice, which had a bit of bitterness mixed in, from behind, I took off my clothes and entered the bath that was about thrice as big as ours.

Upon that, it was still the perfect wooden bath that spread before my eyes.

“…Down the road I want a bath like this in my own house as well.”

Inadvertently mumbling to myself, I borrowed the shampoo with “Kaoru” written on it, as she had told me, since I doubted that she would get angry about it. Then I washed my hair and body and when I laid back in the bathtub, I suddenly heard a noise from the anteroom.

Ahh, surely Kaorun brought a bath towel for me.

Was what I thought only for a moment. Suddenly the bath door was opened and a girl with long, black hair came in.

That girl--- Hijiri was completely naked.

When she took one step inside, her voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s, opposing gravity by standing up, bounced. Furthermore her slender waist and firm thighs were in plain view, which made my heart skip a beat at once.

…Sh- s.h.i.+t. I had let my guard down. This might be one of the usual seduction plans.

Hijiri, an exorcists, wanted to use a yin-yang technique to increase her own power. However that technique gave you power by combing the male’s yang energy with the female’s yin energy, so in other words, it was needed to do perverted things.

Therefore Hijiri used every opportunity to make erotic approaches at me…but how should bluff it out this time? With that perfect body in front of me, how long would my reasoning last? Feeling rather anxious, I suddenly met Hijiri’s glance.

Instantly, she flushed her cheeks bright red at once, as she didn’t thought I would be here.

“Ky- Kyaa!”

Leaking a surprisingly small scream, she tried to hid her b.r.e.a.s.t.s with both her arms.

But, someone pushed her from behind.

“Wawah.”

Hijiri pitched forward, as if to fall while her voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s bounced heavily. Instantly after the door was shut. I was confused about the situation. After a somewhat awkward silence, Hijiri shouted a “S- Sorry” and turned around, grabbing the door k.n.o.b with att.i.tude. However, someone was keeping the door shut from the anteroom and it wouldn’t open even on Hijiri’s desperate attempts.

Meanwhile, her sensual hips were lightly trembling, her bewitching bottom flapped and even her precious place was nearly visible.

But she was so fl.u.s.tered that she didn’t notice that. Hijiri knocked on the door while still grabbing the k.n.o.b.

“This must be your doing, Kaoru-san! What are you planning! Open up already!”

“…My apologies, Hijiri-chan. It seems the door is broken.”

“A- As if! To begin with, you didn’t tell me s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun was already in here! You tricked me!”

On Kaorun’s voice coming from the anteroom, Hijiri replied affected.

However Kaorun said to Hijiri persuading.

“I cannot run away now, Hijiri-chan. Please give it your best. It makes you happy as well to take a bath together with s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, right?”

“I certainly am, but…”

“I will not open this door at all costs. Please quickly get into the bath, so that you do not catch a cold.”

“Ah…”

On Kaorun’s strong words, Hijiri dropped her shoulders resigned. Then with her soft and juicy bottom--- I mean, with her back still to me, she said isolated.

“I’m sorry, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. Kaoru-san is doing something weird again…”

“W- Well, that’s no news, so don’t worry about it too much. More importantly, you’re going to catch a cold, like she said. So why don’t you come into the bath as well?”

As Hijiri herself hadn’t antic.i.p.ated this, it couldn’t be helped. Besides, the bath was broad enough. It would be no problem if we sat apart.

When I urged her with a casual tone to hide my nervousness, Hijiri leaked a happy voice.

“…Thanks, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. I’ll come in after I washed my body…”

“Yes, I’ll be waiting…”

To calm the situation, I cracked a usual joke.

But it didn’t calm the heartbeat in my chest. As late as it was, I took the towel from my head and wrapped it around my waist. With my back to Hijiri, I heard the foaming sound of the body soap. Then the faint sound of water rinsing the skin. The sound of the shower that gave me risky delusions. All these slowly ate away at my reasoning.

Furthermore, after Hijri finished was.h.i.+ng her body,

“E- Excuse me.”

She got into the bath, emitting a sweet fragrance, and sat down besides me, so I turned my position around for 90°, turning my back to her again.

There Hijiri talked to me with a faintly excited voice.

“Ehm, a nice bath, isn’t it, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. The water is so warm.”

“Y- Yeah, you’re right. Also, the bathtub is wide, making it really pleasant. Makes me want to take a bath every day.”

“Then, you can come over every day…”

…Not good. I became even more excited than before. It wouldn’t bode well if Hijiri were to seduce me now. After a short silence, I gradually took my distance from Hijiri.

“…s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, there’s something I want to tell you.”

Starting with that, then Hijiri, with a serious tone,

“I won’t do any weird seduction on you anymore.”

uttered something completely unexpected.

For a moment, my heart was filled with confusion and for just a short moment I was at a loss for words.

“…Did I something to offend you?”

“No, that’s not it. That’s really not it, so don’t make such a voice.”

I thought that she maybe had come to hate me, but apparently I was jumping the gun. Hijiri softly touched my shoulder from behind.

“Do you remember what you told me before? That you, well, wouldn’t do it with me just because of the yin-yang technique…”

Ahh, I certainly remembered saying that. I also remembered saying some embarra.s.sing stuff like how Hijiri was brilliant and I admired her.

When I felt my cheeks getting hot, Hijiri once more opened her mouth with a series tone.

“Back then, your words made me really happy and I understood that you treasure your relations.h.i.+p with me… So I noticed.”

Temporarily stopping her words, Hijiri then said with a calm voice.

“That I got a bit impatient after the incidents with Kaoru-san and the other girls. I’m sure I was outgrowing myself. So I won’t do the unsuited seduction anymore.”

…Unsuited seduction, huh.

If I had to choose between good or bad, it probably was a good thing.

But even though it agitated me so much, I still couldn’t help but feel somewhat regretful, so I inadvertently made a wry smile.

Amidst that, Hijiri continued with “But” in a soft, yet pa.s.sionate tone.

“I have no plans to back off. I’ll still give my best in my own way from now on…”

There she clung to me from behind. She softly rested her chin on my shoulder and twined around her warm hands around my chest.

…Ehm, this was Hijiri own way of giving her best?

Ripe fruits with a plump sensation. They comfortable pressed onto my back and the fragrance of the shampoo and Hijiri’s body itself tickled my nasal cavities. Moreover, I felt a faintly hard sensation from the pinnacle of her voluminous and flexible b.r.e.a.s.t.s. In no time, I was in a pinch.

If this were her usual seduction, she would do some kind of action now… but as she had declared, she stopped doing that. She didn’t do anything further.

But, for me that might be even worse.

I could forcefully brush away her usual seductions, but I couldn’t do so now. Unable to get away from the softness of her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, I felt pathetic for myself, when Hijiri suddenly released a small laughter.

“It’s kind of nostalgic. As a kid, I took a bath with my brother like this.”

“…I, Is that so?”

“Yeah, when I hugged him like this, he would be really happy.”

Hijiri embraced me even tighter while smiling. She might just be remembering the old days, but for me it only increased my heartbeat.

I, I quickly had to find a way out of here…

As I was in panic like that, Hijiri called out to reserved with “There’s also I want to ask you” after a short pause.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun, you’re not going to take over your grandfather’s dojo?”

“…How do you know?”

When I asked with a somewhat stiff voice, Hijiri answered, albeit hesitant.

“My father told me that it’s a surprised that you came here for exorcist training.”

“A surprise?”

“Yeah, my father seems to know your father. So he thought that you would take over the dojo for sure.”

…My dad and Sougo-san knew each other? Did that mean my father also knew about exorcists?

I certainly was surprised, whereupon Hijiri slowly continued.

“My father has taken a real liking to you and was scheming to somehow get you to join the exorcist side, but you came over without him having to do anything. He found that surprising.”

“I see. That’s how it. But Sougo-san had the wrong idea from the beginning. I’m not taking over the dojo from my gramps.”

“…Eh? Why? I think you’re were strong. I’m sure you’re capable of taking over.”

Hijiri softly traced over the scar on my right shoulder.

“---My dad or gramps barely have any scars on their bodies.”

I quietly declared to her.

“That’s the difference between a genius and an average person.”

And that was also the answer to her question. Unlike me, they didn’t get countless unsightly scars on their bodies. There was someone more suited to take over the dojo.

It had always been so since the past and wouldn’t change now.

Still, for Hijiri it came as a surprise. She leaked a perplexed voice.

“Despite that, you continued to work hard without giving up, right? Didn’t you continue as far as scarring your own body, so that you could take over the dojo?”

“That’s not it. I just…”

“Just?”

Hijiri asked back like a parrot, but

“…Sorry. My office forbid me to answer. It’s a secret.”

I dared to brush it off with a joke and before she could say anything, I left the bathtub.

“I’m getting out now. You properly count until hundred before coming out, okay?”

“Ah, wait, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun.”

“Mh? What else---”

The moment I turned around, I inadvertently was at a loss for words.

The timing must have been bad. The hand Hijiri had extended to stop me lightly touched the most sensitive spot for a guy.

Instantly, Hijiri turned red in a flash and shouted “S- Sorry!” while pulling back her hand with att.i.tude.

But, her fingertips lightly brushed by my towel…and with a flattering sound, the towel wrapped around my waist fell onto the floor of the bath.

“Aahh… Ahh… Ah…”

First she released a weird voice, then she turned bright red like a boiled octopus and averted her eyes. Moreover, her body bended and sunk into the bathwater with a splash.

“Ehm, Hijiri-san?”

While feeling my face burning up, I called out to her, but Hijiri didn’t respond at all, as she might have fainted. Th- This was rather bad…

Right away I wrapped the towel around my waist again and caring carried Hijiri from the bathtub to the anteroom.

On that occasion, a drop of water dripped down from the pink pinnacle of her breast and her small navel and the shade of the joining point of her legs compulsory entered the corner of my vision. Aware of my raising blood pressure, I laid Hijiri down on the floor of the anteroom and covered her body with a nearby bath towel.

…However, I was impressive on how I didn’t try anything here.

This was even more harsh than any seduction. I sighed wearily, when suddenly the door of the anteroom was opened without warning.

In that moment, I jumped up in surprise and timidly turned around.

Upon that my gaze fell on Kaorun, who looked at me with a roguish smile.