"By the way, are you planning to sleep like this?"
Asakura asked.
"What?"
The girl asked back somewhat blankly.
"This."
Asakura gestured towards his chest and abdomen, which were being hugged by her, "Isn't it uncomfortable?"
"It feels like a body pillow, so it's fine."
"Before that, I hope you can consider the feelings of the body pillow."
"Is it okay to hug for a bit?"
"I feel like it will affect blood circulation."
"Exorcist-san's muscles feel hard... Is this what a boy's body is like?"
"Don't just touch me like that!"
"If it's really hard to get used to, Chika can be Exorcist-san's body pillow, too, it's not impossible!"
"That would be an even bigger problem, wouldn't it?"
"What kind of problem? Are you saying Exorcist-san is the type of scumbag who plays with a girl's body and then abandons her?"
"It's precisely because I'm not that there's a problem."
Asakura sighed.
If his moral compass were lower, he might have already entered that kind of adult scenario.
"Hehehe..."
Fujiwara Chika suddenly laughed.
"What kind of laughter is that? It sounds so disgusting."
"Although it's a bit much, Exorcist-san's reaction actually gives a strange sense of security."
"What's this symptom? A masochist?"
"Of course not!"
The girl was about to say something, but she couldn't help but let out a big yawn.
It seemed that contrary to what she had just said, the girl herself was actually a little tired.
"Since Fujiwara is yawning from sleepiness, it's better to go to bed early."
Asakura said.
"Chika."
The girl grumbled unhappily.
"Huh?"
"Call me Chika."
"But we just met today."
"That's right, we just met today..." Fujiwara Chika said softly, "And now we're sleeping in the same bed."
"You asked for this!"
Asakura was displeased, he moved again, but still couldn't break free from the girl's octopus-like embrace.
"Call me Chika, that's also what I'm asking for."
The girl then whispered in Asakura's ear, "Anyway, after marriage, the surname will change, only the first name will always be Chika, so it's more cost-effective to just call me Chika from the beginning!"
"Is your pursuit of cost-effectiveness a bit strange somewhere?"
"Good night."
"Don't just avoid topics that are unfavorable to you!"
"Zzz..."
"Saying letters loudly and pretending to be asleep is so outdated!"
Although he said that, Asakura soon felt that the girl had indeed fallen asleep, her body relaxed, and her breathing gradually became even.
Just as he was considering whether to leave now, the girl's ethereal voice, mixed with a hint of a sob like a dream, came from behind him.
"...Thank you... Really..."
The body holding him seemed to become warmer and softer.
In the pitch-black room, there was no sound except for a heartbeat.
"Oh, come on..."
Asakura sighed and didn't try to struggle forcefully anymore. He just pulled up the blanket to prevent the girl from catching a cold, and then he also fell asleep, "I feel like one day I'm going to be set up..."
After turning the bedside table decorations into small snakes and giving them instructions to guard the door and wake him up if anyone came, it wasn't long before his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.
He didn't know how much time had passed.
Click.
Along with the morning sunlight, what woke Asakura was the sound of a phone camera shutter.
He opened his somewhat drowsy eyes and saw Fujiwara Chika, whose hair was sticking up because of her bad sleeping posture. At this moment, a dazed and adorable smile, clearly not yet free from sleepiness, appeared on the girl's face, and she was holding her phone pointed at him.
"Exorcist-san's sleeping face, Get ☆ Daze!"
Asakura sat up from the bed and stretched.
"Delete the photo, you know you're breaking the law!"
He reached for the phone in the girl's hand, "Secretly taking photos is illegal, it mainly infringes on my right of portrait."
The girl directly hid her phone behind her butt.
"Please forward court notices directly to Fujiwara's law firm."
"Why are you putting on such a look of desperate resistance, never giving up!"
"If it's really not possible, I can compromise..." The girl said seriously, "Immediately run for prime minister and then amend the laws of Japan!"
"By the way, can the Fujiwara family's influence really do something like that!"
"How will you know if you don't try! My future, I won't give up here!"
"It sounds very passionate, but when I think about the premise, I can't get fired up at all! Rather, don't go to such lengths just to infringe on my right of portrait!"
Asakura sighed, "Forget it, don't show my photo to anyone else."
"Set as wallpaper, set as screensaver... Okay, no problem, I understand!"
"You're not listening at all, are you!"
Looking at the girl's triumphant smile, Asakura decided that the next time he came to get the Magic Eye Killer and eliminate her spiritual vision and memories, he would also delete the photos.
Anyway, his sleeping face, as an unknown person, wouldn't be too noticeable even if others saw it; at most, they would think Fujiwara Chika had fallen for some idol star or something.
Japan doesn't have a sky-net, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
"Is Exorcist-san leaving?"
Seeing Asakura jump off the bed and tidy his clothes, the girl couldn't help but ask.
"Don't say anything about me staying again..." Asakura said without looking back, "I have my own things to do too."
"Yes, I know. There must be many people like me waiting for the Exorcist to save them."
Unexpectedly, the girl didn't say anything willful this time, only spoke softly.
Asakura: "…"
He couldn't bring himself to say it. The truth was, he just felt a bit uncomfortable from sleeping so long last night, and he had sweated a little. Now he just wanted to go home and take a shower. He couldn't say such things at all…
Fujiwara Chika didn't realize Asakura's awkwardness. She just continued to say to him, "Then, the next time we meet, I'll properly thank the Exorcist. Let's go out and have some fun together!"
"Ah, mm."
Asakura nodded perfunctorily, "We will."
After tidying his clothes, Asakura made a fox gesture: "Knock."
The shadow under the bed writhed out, then transformed into a Fox Shapeshifter that occupied most of the room.
However, unlike yesterday when she was similarly terrified and lifeless by an Evil Spirit that took up most of the room, Fujiwara Chika could now look at this Fox Shapeshifter with a calmer gaze.
Asakura waved at the girl, and the Fox Shapeshifter coiled around him, rushing out the window and instantly disappearing from the girl's sight, leaving only a few silver little snakes that crawled out the window under the girl's surprised gaze, transforming back into the seemingly unchanged anti-theft bars.