Tsuchiya Kazuma curled up, twitching slightly, and spewing blood from his mouth.
The heavy rain continued to fall, with flashes of lightning tearing through the night sky.
Dark Crow, holding a knife, walked towards him.
There was simply no time left for him to speak, ending tonight’s slaughter.
Kawashima Miki glanced at Fujiwara Reya in the sky, her eyes momentarily dazed, then quickly turned to leave. She didn’t want to be discovered by him here, otherwise, given his mischievous nature, he’d surely mock her again.
In the midst of the chaos, Fujiwara Reya followed leisurely above her.
When she reached near the courtyard wall, Kawashima Miki looked up at the solid barrier, softly complaining.
"It’s already over, why hasn’t the barrier been removed yet."
"Wah, I’m soaked, I want to go home and take a bath..."
"Fujiwara Reya, you big jerk!"
"Everything was ready, yet he didn’t tell me anything."
"He must be scheming against me!"
"Wah, I’m so foolish to only realize now."
"Could it be everything he said was a lie?"
"Even wanting me to be Mrs. Fujiwara was a lie!"
"I actually believed his nonsense."
"It feels like I’m giving away for free!"
"Ah, Kawashima Miki, you’re so dumb—"
A lightning bolt struck, and thunder roared.
Kawashima Miki looked around, trying to find an exit.
In the courtyard where the circuits were damaged, it was completely dark except for some dimly flickering lanterns. In the torrential rain, her spider form left her nearly blind.
Unable to see what’s ahead, she could vaguely glimpse a black pillar extending into the darkness. She thought to climb the pillar and then jump over the wall from a height, listening to the thundering sounds as she began to climb, gasping for breath.
Continually running and climbing.
Climbing in the heavy rain, climbing in the dark night, climbing under the lightning.
Kawashima Miki, you are the most beautiful, even if the road ahead is uncertain, it cannot stop you... Eh, how come it’s not raining?
With blurred vision, Kawashima Miki glanced at the situation beside her, hearing the rain pattering around, occasionally a lightning bolt struck, causing the air to tremble violently.
It was still raining heavily.
So, why isn’t it raining where I am...
And... why is the barrier so much closer?
Looking at the nearby yellow demonic power barrier, Kawashima Miki thought of a possibility.
She pressed down hard with her long, thin spider legs.
It definitely wasn’t a pillar.
Kawashima Miki cautiously looked up, a hint of white passing her eye corner.
In this night where light seemed to have disappeared from the world, the rain kept pouring down. At the endless end of the pitch-black night, she saw two golden rays of light emanating dazzlingly above her head.
The golden pupils of the Great Tengu.
"Haha... I’m so smart, I guessed it right away." Kawashima Miki shivered inside, her voice trembling and hoarse: "Uh, I was just passing by, not because I was worried about you or anything..."
Fujiwara Reya looked at the thumb-sized Luo Xinfu spider climbing on his pant leg.
Slowly, he reached out his hand and placed it in front of her.
Kawashima Miki blinked, the tiny eyes gradually shining brightly.
Perhaps thinking the spider form was too ugly, she jumped off Fujiwara Reya’s pant leg, switched back to her human form, glanced at him once, and quickly turned her gaze away.
Fujiwara Reya saw that her side profile was completely flushed.
"Even though spiders don’t wear clothes," he gazed at Kawashima Miki’s robe, curiously asked, "why is there an extra layer of clothing after turning human."
Kawashima Miki coldly snorted.
As her gaze slightly lowered, she tugged at the edge of her robe, twisting her long, smooth legs together bashfully.
"Let me think," Fujiwara Reya looked at her feet, which were shoeless, feigning astonishment, "could it be that as soon as I left, the madam sneaked out behind me?"
Being immediately exposed by him, Kawashima Miki hugged her shoulders, staring motionlessly at the rainwater dripping from the nearby eaves. It seemed that the transparent rainwater looked especially beautiful today, no matter how she viewed it, she couldn’t get enough.
At this moment, Dark Crow walked up with a waterproof bag.
Kawashima Miki glanced back, and upon recognizing the crow that ridiculed her this morning, her expression immediately turned cold: "What kind of master has what kind of subordinates, both are perverts!"
"Hey, how can you talk , you spider!"
Dark Crow was instantly displeased.
It’s okay to insult him, but insulting the young master was absolutely not allowed.
"Gouzi!" Fujiwara Reya kicked his subordinate’s calf, and said blandly, "Call her Young Lady."
As soon as he spoke, Kawashima Miki couldn’t help but pinch her lips tightly.
In the nighttime, her expression eased a little, her lovely dimples appeared on her cheeks, resembling a love-struck girl who just heard her beloved confess.
Dark Crow bowed respectfully: "Young Lady, hello!"
Kawashima Miki was even happier.
She instinctively murmured a response, then let out a restrained harrumph.
The smile blooming on her face at this moment, like an ephemeral flower in the night, was breathtakingly beautiful.
Fujiwara Reya took the waterproof bag from Dark Crow’s hands, then extended his hand towards Kawashima Miki: "Let’s go home."
Kawashima Miki paused slightly, her face suddenly heating up.
Gazing at the hand Fujiwara Reya extended, she hesitated for a moment, then quietly, timidly stretched her hand out, grasping Fujiwara Reya’s hand, and then held onto it firmly as if she would never let go again.