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For Yura Keikain, today had been absolutely explosive.
Setting aside the morning, from lunchtime onward, one troublesome thing after another had come crashing down in succession.
From the barrier detecting a massive object appearing in Kyoto's coastal waters, to her frantic sprint to Yasaka Shrine only to find her brother there, to being taken by said brother to see that massive object—Itogami Island—then meeting a large group of women at the Keystone Gate who all seemed to have "extremely ambiguous relationships" with her brother.
Granted, everyone got along relatively well on the surface.
But that was just the surface.
At least for Yura herself, she absolutely couldn't accept that her brother had so many ambiguously-related women outside... and every single one of them was so well-endowed!
Yura didn't even know how so many had suddenly appeared, all living together!
This was... this was just reckless relationship chaos, completely immoral!
In short, after spending an absolutely explosive afternoon on Itogami Island, evening finally arrived.
Yura had eaten dinner on Itogami Island before Bokue sent her home. It was already past seven in the evening—the fiery sunset had long since sunk into the sea, and deep twilight gradually enveloped Kyoto.
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Scene shift—
With a flash of golden light, Bokue Keikain appeared with Yura in the Keikain main house's head residence.
Compared to a month ago, none of the decorations or furnishings had changed.
"Alright, Yura, go notify the main house. I'll be heading out now."
In the classical Japanese courtyard with bamboo shadows swaying in the breeze, Bokue set down the onmyoji girl in his arms, gently ruffling her soft black hair.
He hadn't forgotten that when Yura had come to Yasaka Shrine that afternoon, she'd told him she'd come because the main house's onmyoji barrier had detected a massive object in Kyoto's coastal waters.
Yet afterward, instead of taking Yura straight back to the main house, he'd kept her on Itogami Island all afternoon.
In other words, theoretically the alarm in the Keikain main house's barrier hall had been blaring all afternoon. If it kept going, those people would probably develop nervous breakdowns from the noise.
Though... knowing the main house people as Bokue did, they'd probably turned off the alarm shortly after it started.
After all, these people had excellent attitudes—when facing an opponent they couldn't even attempt to fight, they'd simply lie down and give up.
Yura hesitated before asking, "It's been a month since you've been back. Won't you say hello to Brother Ryuji and the others?"
"No."
Bokue's rejection was absolutely decisive.
"Ryuji definitely doesn't want to see me anyway."
That was actually true.
Due to the Keikain family system, each generation's main house selected elite talents from the branch families to become the new main house members.
This meant that while Yura called both him and Ryuji "brother," only Ryuji was Yura's actual blood brother, while Bokue had no blood relation to Yura at all.
But Ryuji was an ultimate siscon. Though he had no inappropriate intentions, he was extremely protective about his sister's social circle.
Especially since Bokue was still the Keikain family's acting head, and Yura had been chosen as the next family head. Theoretically, they should be living together every day.
This meant whenever Ryuji discovered Bokue had returned, he'd immediately enter a state where he couldn't eat, sleep, or even think straight.
After all, thinking about his sister living with another man every day—who knew when something terrible might happen?
"It's... not that extreme..."
Yura wanted to deny it, but after thinking carefully, she realized she couldn't. She could only smile awkwardly.
"You never know."
Bokue shrugged.
"Alright, I have other things to do. I'll be going now."
"Mm..."
Yura nodded instinctively. Only after nodding did she realize she hadn't asked when he'd visit next. She wanted to speak up, but when she looked up, the youth had already vanished.
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Meanwhile, at Yasaka Shrine—
Outside the bathroom, the golden-haired fox-eared beauty had just finished adding firewood to the furnace. She raised her voice slightly through the wall.
"Kunou, Mommy's added the firewood. How's the water temperature?"
"Thank you, Mommy! The temperature's perfect now."
The little fox girl's young voice came through the bathroom wall.
"Good, that's good."
Yasaka smiled gently.
"Take your time bathing, Kunou. Mommy will be in the sitting room. Just call if you need anything."
"Okay!"
Hearing her daughter's affirmative response, the golden-haired beauty stood up reassured, heading down the corridor.
But just as she rounded the corner heading back to the sitting room, the youth's form appeared behind Yasaka with a flash of golden light. His hands wrapped around the golden-haired beauty's waist from both sides, meeting at her flat stomach wrapped tightly in her kimono, embracing her.
"Good evening, Yasaka."
"Eh... Bokue? Why are you here at this time..."
Realizing the youth's sudden visit, Yasaka's heart instinctively leaped with joy, but then came small complications.
"W-wait, Bokue, not now... Kunou's bathing right now. She'll be out soon. If she discovers us... Anyway, wait a bit. After I put Kunou to bed, then you can do whatever you want..."
"Don't worry, this won't take long."
Bokue held the golden-haired beauty in his arms, his fingertips gently tracing across her flat stomach.
"Remember this afternoon when I came here asking if you wanted to move to Itogami Island? At first you refused, making all sorts of poor excuses. But after I exposed them, you suddenly agreed. Don't you find that strange, Yasaka?"
Even this minuscule action made Yasaka's cheeks flush red.
She bit her lower lip, her jade feet wrapped in white socks and wooden clogs unconsciously tensing.
"I... I don't understand what you're saying..."
"Is that so? Let me put it another way then."
Bokue's hands separated, one high and one low—one finger sealing that garden entrance while the upper hand supported those mountains. He lowered his head slightly to whisper in the golden-haired beauty's ear.
"There's a black-haired high school girl staying at your shrine now, right?"
"!!!"
Yasaka's body trembled violently.
But Bokue wasn't satisfied with just that, continuing:
"And I also know she's called Hagoromo-Gitsune—the same Hagoromo-Gitsune recorded in the Keikain family histories as the lord of demons who ruled Kyoto for four hundred years."
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