She was praised for being beautiful.
Originally, this was just a very ordinary compliment.
Raiden Makoto had heard it countless times during her lifetime.
But only this time, the corners of her mouth involuntarily curved upwards.
"Praising an unfamiliar woman in front of your seven wives, Brother-in-law, aren't you afraid they'll get jealous?"
"Look at you, I'm just stating a fact. The sweet nothings I say to them are 1000% more intimate than this."
Jack, the master of balance, perfectly responded to Raiden Makoto's verbal trap.
Raiden Makoto looked at the expressions of those around her.
Except for occasionally glancing at her and Saiguu, these maidens mostly kept their eyes on the only male present.
She had never witnessed such a harmonious harem scene.
Thus, she developed a curiosity about Jack, who could achieve all this, and conceived the idea of exploring his secrets.
Clap!
Saiguu tapped Raiden Makoto's shoulder with a folding fan identical to Yae Miko's.
"Makoto, staring so directly at your brother-in-law, hehe, could it be that you're smitten with your sister Ei's man?"
"Eh?"
Raiden Makoto only then realized that she had been staring unblinkingly at someone else's husband.
After the reminder, Saiguu stepped forward and gracefully bowed to Jack.
"Saiguu, former High Priestess of Narukami Shrine, greets Ei's Husband-sama."
Her etiquette was unexpectedly dignified.
Jack nodded and shot a glance at Yae Miko.
[Jack: The former High Priestess is such a dignified person, how were you taught to be so crooked?]
[Yae Miko: Please, it's only because there are so many people now. When Saiguu starts having fun, she's even crazier than me!]
[Jack: So you admit you're crazy, congratulations]
[Yae Miko: *Grinning face.jpg*]
Seeing Jack and Yae Miko exchanging glances, Saiguu's eyes darted around and she said,
"By the way, what day is it today, that this… Brother-in-law actually invited so many people here to welcome us?"
"Let me guess, are you perhaps doing something strange here?"
At these words.
The thin-skinned Kamisato Ayaka and Yoimiya immediately blushed, turning their heads away, not daring to meet Saiguu's gaze.
This behavior almost explicitly indicated that these 1 man and 7 women were indeed playing strange games here.
Jack stepped forward and explained, "We are performing some necessary rituals to save the two of you."
"Rituals?"
"That's right, the full name is 'Ritual of Love and Marriage'. It has 8 stages. The first 7 stages are relatively simple and can be done individually. The last stage requires three or more people to do it together, which is why I invited everyone here."
"May I ask, what does 'doing' refer to…?"
"Doing the ritual!!"
Jack said with certainty.
He looked so upright and firm that if Saiguu wasn't feeling hot all over due to the strange pink energy, she might have believed him.
But since Jack was helping those young girls hide their embarrassment and avoid public humiliation,
she, the former High Priestess of Narukami Shrine in Inazuma, was not an unreasonable person, so she went along with his words.
"I see, then you truly have worked hard."
Kamisato Ayaka and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
This part was finally over.
It was quite thrilling to have the former divine being, who was unaware of the truth, cause an impact!
"Yae Miko, show me around the current Narukami Shrine… and tell me about what has happened in Inazuma during this time."
Saiguu saw Yae Miko make no movement and looked over in confusion.
Yae Miko swayed her waist and came before Jack, holding his arm, and said "timidly."
"Saiguu Mama, this concubine is currently this man's little wife, and cannot act on her own. Why don't you ask for his opinion?"
"Oh? To bully my little fox like this, it seems I need to have a talk with this brother-in-law. Also, Yae Miko, call me 'Sister', not 'Mama'!"
"Okay Mama, no problem Mama."
The two foxes, big and small, put on a double act, their gazes fixed on Jack.
Jack could sense that Saiguu probably had some private topics she wanted to discuss with him, so he had no choice but to speak.
"Alright, then… Raiden Makoto, you entertain Raiden Makoto. I'll go for a walk with Saiguu and Yae Miko."
Then he looked at the others.
"Do you want to come along?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
Didn't they see that a certain white-haired fox demon was already emitting dangerous black demonic energy? They didn't want to provoke the former High Priestess, to whom even Yae Miko had shown weakness.
Jack shrugged and looked at Saiguu.
[Now that your goal has been achieved, let's go. We can talk on the way.]
[Eh? Telepathy, although it's an expected ability, I still want to say… Brother-in-law is truly capable, isn't he?]
[Which kind of 'capable' do you mean?]
[Any kind is fine, it just depends on whether Brother-in-law has the ability… and stamina, hehe~]
Having confirmed the look in her eyes, this person was even more alluring than Yae Miko.
Could it be that after being single for thousands of years, she finally awakened her maidenly heart after death, and thus felt spring in the air as soon as she was revived?
Jack speculated maliciously, then led away the two foxes, one white and one pink.
…
They walked through the red-lacquered wooden corridor, passed Yae Miko's High Priestess room, and then through the dormitories where ordinary shrine maidens lived.
The three of them almost reached the very edge of Mount Yougou's summit.
Jack stopped and faced Saiguu, asking,
"If there's anything inconvenient to say, just say it directly. No one will hear us here—"
Chirp~
Mmm-chirp~
After a long while, their lips parted.
Facing Saiguu's sudden kiss,
Jack, though somewhat expecting it, still felt it was a bit too soon.
Could it really be that an old virgin was longing for a man?
"Oh my~ Didn't they say that after a kiss, there would be knowledge? How come I feel nothing?"
Saiguu stepped back half a pace, her willow-leaf eyebrows curved, and her pink tongue licked the saliva from her lips, enchanting and seductive, truly a peerless femme fatale.
But a mere femme fatale could not charm Jack in the slightest.
After all, he had tasted half-immortal maidens, anomalous witches, pink-haired foxes, aloof Thunder Gods, and young Grass Gods. The experience he had accumulated was already enough to give him resistance of LV4 or higher against charm.
"Put away your tricks. Your junior, Yae Miko, has already used that set."
Saiguu's smile froze, and she looked at Yae Miko with a resentful gaze.
Yae Miko took out a folding fan identical to hers, covering half her face as she chuckled.
To be honest, seeing Saiguu, whom she regarded as her mother, being put in a difficult position, an inexplicable sense of pleasure arose within her heart.
And even stronger than that pleasure,
was the scene of Saiguu and Jack kissing just now.
Her adoptive mother and her husband kissing in front of her, ah! How full of that unconventional light novel flavor! She was already slightly… becoming obsessed with it~
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