Chapter 18 : Can’t I Touch It?

Though driven by the raw instinct of a man, Arisugawa Yuu was deeply tempted, he knew this wasn’t a one-man job.

Miyamizu Rin gave him a cold warning: “Arisugawa-kun, I’m warning you, don’t have any improper thoughts.”

Arisugawa Yuu looked innocent: “I haven’t even started thinking about it yet, okay?”

Miyamizu Rin sharply caught the flaw in his words, her tone indifferent: “So, you’re not ruling out the possibility that you might think about it in the future?”

“Miyamizu-senpai, I’m a teenage boy. It’s perfectly understandable to have such thoughts.”

Miyamizu Rin’s face turned cold, her expression a mix of amusement and disdain: “Are you saying… I’m old?”

“No, no, I definitely didn’t mean that,” Arisugawa Yuu quickly waved his hands and continued, “If senpai hadn’t told me you were 18, I would have thought you were younger than me.”

“Hmph,” Miyamizu Rin snorted coldly, turning her face away. Her cold voice drifted into Arisugawa Yuu’s ears, almost lost in the air: “Even if you can’t control your thoughts, you can’t be thinking about me when you… when you do that kind of thing…”

Looking at Miyamizu Rin’s delicate face, still rosy and alluring in the night, Arisugawa Yuu smiled: “What kind of thing, Miyamizu-senpai?”

Miyamizu Rin, already on the verge of dying from embarrassment, finally snapped when she heard Arisugawa Yuu’s teasing.

She glared at him fiercely: “Arisugawa Yuu-kun, what kind of thing? You should know better than me.”

“Senpai, don’t worry. I’m not the kind of person who can do something like that just by imagining it.”

“Really?”

Miyamizu Rin looked at Arisugawa Yuu with some suspicion.

“I guarantee it with my honor. I’m definitely not that kind of person.”

Arisugawa Yuu had a serious expression on his face.

Alright, Miyamizu Rin sighed with relief.

However, just as she was about to relax, she heard Arisugawa Yuu say again.

“Miyamizu-senpai, compared to a girl’s chest, I’m more interested in her legs, so you don’t have to worry about me fantasizing about your chest and doing something unspeakable.”

“……”

‘What kind of person is this?’

Miyamizu Rin’s beautiful eyes widened.

‘He won’t fantasize about her chest, but he will fantasize about her legs?’

‘Is fantasizing about legs any better than fantasizing about her chest?’

Miyamizu Rin sighed with a headache, her beautiful face filled with pain.

She had a vague feeling that this man would never disappoint when it came to disappointing her.

At this moment, the white-furred fox, which had been quietly acting as a background, suddenly spoke up, smiling happily.

“Interesting, interesting. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my sister be this lively.”

“Koyuki.”

Miyamizu Rin glanced at the white-furred fox with a gentle yet slightly chiding look.

The white-furred fox, Koyuki, ignored Miyamizu Rin’s chiding and looked at Arisugawa Yuu with her sparkling eyes, asking, “So, isn’t my sister very cute?”

Arisugawa Yuu discreetly glanced at Miyamizu Rin and replied, “If cute means beautiful enough to eat and deserving of love, then Miyamizu-senpai is undeniably cute.”

Miyamizu Rin coughed lightly, crossed her arms, and looked at Arisugawa Yuu with a superior air, her voice cold: “Are you saying I’m not cute?”

“Didn’t I just say you were cute?”

Arisugawa Yuu looked innocent.

“You only talked about my appearance, right?”

Miyamizu Rin hit the nail on the head.

Alright, Arisugawa Yuu had no choice but to say, “Miyamizu-senpai is not only cute on the outside, but her personality is also undeniably cute.”

Miyamizu Rin’s cheeks flushed, her tone gentle: “Very good. Then you’d better remember what you said.”

Arisugawa Yuu: “???”

‘Judging by this, does Miyamizu Rin really want me to be her boyfriend?’

The white-furred fox egged them on from the side: “Hey, hey, did you hear that? My sister said to remember what you said. If you really want to be sister’s boyfriend, you must remember it well.”

Arisugawa Yuu raised his right hand in protest: “Wait a minute, did I say I wanted to pursue Miyamizu-senpai?”

“Koyuki, have you been training well today?”

Miyamizu Rin asked the white-furred fox gently.

“Sister, I haven’t slacked off for a moment while you were away. I’ve made great progress.”

The white-furred fox wagged its tail happily.

The two of them carried on their daily conversation as if no one else was there.

No one paid any attention to him.

Arisugawa Yuu’s right hand was futilely half-raised in the air.

Since no one paid attention, his protest was naturally invalid.

And so, Arisugawa Yuu became Miyamizu Rin’s pursuer.

Of course, to say pursuer was actually a euphemism for a pre-booked boyfriend.

As for when he would be officially confirmed?

That would depend on Arisugawa Yuu’s performance.

At least, not at this moment.

Arisugawa Yuu could guarantee that if he confessed to Miyamizu Rin on the spot and asked her to be close to him, he would be mercilessly rejected.

The two of them, each carrying a quilt, Miyamizu Rin in front, Arisugawa Yuu behind, and the white-furred fox, Koyuki, happily following behind them.

She was bouncing and jumping, looking very cheerful.

Seeing her like this, Arisugawa Yuu asked Miyamizu Rin, “Miyamizu-senpai, is Koyuki a youkai?”

Before Miyamizu Rin could respond, the white-furred fox protested in dissatisfaction: “Arisugawa-nii, are you stupid? Have you ever seen such a beautiful youkai?”

Miyamizu Rin had just told her Arisugawa Yuu’s name earlier.

The scene at that time was very much like a daughter who had just come home introducing her new boyfriend to her family.

Since the white-furred fox, Koyuki, called Miyamizu Rin sister, and Arisugawa Yuu was Miyamizu Rin’s “boyfriend,” she directly called Arisugawa Yuu Arisugawa-nii, or Yuu-nii.

Considering they had just met, calling him Yuu-nii seemed a bit too intimate, so she mostly called him Arisugawa-nii.

Miyamizu Rin stopped, turned her head back, her voice cold and gentle: “Koyuki is a spirit, my shikigami.”

“Shikigami?”

Arisugawa Yuu was very interested. He crouched down and scooped the white-furred fox, Koyuki, into his arms, examining her carefully.

The feeling of her fur was extremely comfortable. Her snow-white and flawless fluffy fur felt even better than the high-end fur coats in shopping malls.

Because it felt so comfortable to the touch, Arisugawa Yuu couldn’t help but stroke her a few more times.

The fur on Koyuki’s face visibly turned pink, and she looked as if she had lost all hope in life: “Wuwuwu, I-I’ve been violated. Arisugawa-nii is a pervert, a lecher, eating what’s in his bowl while looking at what’s in the pot.”

Miyamizu Rin’s cold gaze swept over the engrossed Arisugawa Yuu and said, “That’s my shikigami.”

“Hmm?” Arisugawa Yuu looked at Miyamizu Rin in confusion, “Can’t I touch it?”

Miyamizu Rin didn’t say anything, just stared at Arisugawa Yuu.

That cold gaze, like looking at garbage, felt strangely familiar to Arisugawa Yuu.

“Alright,” Arisugawa Yuu stroked her a couple more times, then let go, “Sorry.”

He thought the matter was over.

But then, he heard Miyamizu Rin say slowly.

“Koyuki can transform into a human.”

Ah, this—

Arisugawa Yuu finally understood why the white-furred fox, Koyuki, had called him a “pervert,” a “lecher,” and “eating what’s in his bowl while looking at what’s in the pot.”

Considering her original form’s stunning beauty and Miyamizu Rin’s obviously very picky aesthetic standards, when she transformed into a human, she must be an impeccably beautiful girl.

So, he had just forcibly fondled a beautiful girl’s body?

A sin, a sin.

Even with Arisugawa Yuu’s thick skin, he felt a bit embarrassed for a moment.