Chapter 22: Senpai’s Bath Photo?

The two humans and the fox detoured around the main hall, arriving in the courtyard.

There were many tall trees in the yard. At this moment, Arisugawa Yuu was sitting on a stone bench beneath one of them, with a long stone table in front of him.

“You wait here for a bit. I’ll go prepare breakfast.”

After leaving these words, Miyamizu Rin departed.

I’m definitely being rejected, Arisugawa Yuu thought to himself.

The white-haired fox Koyuki sat across from him at the table, placing her pair of delicate, snow-white feet on the table and deliberately swinging them provocatively.

As her actions grew increasingly inappropriate and her posture more outrageous, Arisugawa Yuu finally couldn’t take it anymore: “Um… listen, I’m telling you—I’m not a foot fetishist.”

Koyuki’s exquisite little face brimmed with mischief: “Arisugawa-onii-chan, if you like something, you should admit it. What I said earlier was true, you know? If you’re persistent enough, big sis will definitely let you touch them. She might even step on you with her feet to satisfy your perverted **~”

“When did I develop a fetish for being stepped on by beautiful girls???”

Arisugawa Yuu was overwhelmed with confusion.

Koyuki’s large, sparkling eyes widened as if she were the one shocked: “Don’t all foot fetishists like being stepped on or licked by beautiful girls?”

“I already told you—I’m not a foot fetishist…”

Arisugawa Yuu massaged his temples in frustration. Seriously, why did everyone keep misunderstanding him like this?

Koyuki’s snow-white fox ears twitched, and she puffed up her cheeks, lightly clapping her hands: “Alright, alright, Arisugawa-onii-chan, no need to say more. I really do have a photo of big sis’s bare feet. Do you want it or not?”

“So you weren’t lying earlier?”

Koyuki sniffed indignantly: “Hmph, I’m a good girl—I don’t lie.”

“Sure, sure, Koyuki’s a good girl.”

Arisugawa Yuu responded with obvious sarcasm.

Koyuki pouted and whined: “What’s with that attitude? You’re so mean, Arisugawa-onii-chan. Do you want the photo or not?”

“Let me see it first.”

After hesitating for a moment, Arisugawa Yuu ultimately gave in to his instincts.

“Two lollipops.”

Koyuki began negotiating.

“I’ll give you three.”

Arisugawa Yuu waved his hand magnanimously.

“I knew it! Arisugawa-onii-chan is the best to me!”

The little fox immediately brightened up with joy.

What an easy-to-please child, Arisugawa Yuu thought sincerely.

With great solemnity, the little fox pulled out a photograph from her pocket and handed it over to Arisugawa Yuu.

Arisugawa Yuu took it and glanced at it.

Good grief—he could only exclaim in disbelief.

In the photo, Miyamizu Rin was wearing a translucent veil, her perfectly curvaceous figure faintly visible through the thin fabric. The tantalizing allure of her partially concealed body was far more captivating than full nudity.

Just looking at it made Arisugawa Yuu feel a bit overwhelmed.

But wasn’t this supposed to be a photo of her bare feet? How had it turned into this?

He flipped the photo back and forth but couldn’t find her feet anywhere—ah, it was a photo of Miyamizu Rin soaking her feet in a hot spring. Due to the steamy haze, her feet were completely obscured.

Before he could ask, Koyuki, noticing his strange expression, leaned closer.

“Sorry, sorry—I accidentally grabbed the wrong photo.”

After taking one glance, Koyuki’s face immediately fell.

If big sis found out she’d shown such a private photo to someone else, she’d surely be in for a harsh scolding.

“……”

Arisugawa Yuu didn’t even know what to say about this silly, adorable little fox spirit.

First, she’d face-planted when jumping down, and now she’d mistakenly handed over such an obviously intimate photo.

Speaking of which, Miyamizu-senpai’s body truly was beautiful.

Setting aside the deep, snow-white cleavage, just her delicate shoulders and elegant collarbone were enough to captivate anyone’s gaze.

“Arisugawa-onii-chan, stop looking, stop! It’ll be bad if big sis finds out.”

Koyuki’s teary eyes were brimming with tears, as if she were about to cry.

“I’ll give you five lollipops.”

Arisugawa Yuu offered.

“Eight.”

“Six.”

“Fine, six it is.”

After hesitating for a moment, Koyuki reluctantly agreed.

Their negotiations were intense, but neither noticed that Miyamizu Rin had quietly emerged at some point.

Standing nearby, Miyamizu Rin spoke in her melodious voice: “Koyuki, what are you two talking about?”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing.”

Startled, the foolish fox Koyuki and Arisugawa Yuu answered in unison.

Clearly, “nothing” was a lie.

From their reactions alone, Miyamizu Rin knew something was amiss.

She fixed her clear, lake-like gaze on the photo in Arisugawa Yuu’s hand and slowly extended her delicate hand: “Give it here.”

Before Arisugawa Yuu could respond, Koyuki immediately blurted out: “No.”

“Hmm?”

Miyamizu Rin shot Koyuki a piercing, intimidating glare.

Koyuki’s face crumpled, and without hesitation, she betrayed Arisugawa Yuu: “Big sis, I’m sorry! It’s all Arisugawa-onii-chan’s fault—he bribed me with lollipops to get the photo!”

Arisugawa Yuu: “???”

This stupid fox sold me out again?

Hey, hey, where’s the trust between people?

Oh, right—this stupid fox isn’t human. Never mind.

Photo?

Her barefoot photo?

Miyamizu Rin’s pale face flushed red instantly. She glared at Arisugawa Yuu with icy disdain and said: “Arisugawa-kun, how do you want to die?”

“If possible, I’d prefer to die of old age.”

Arisugawa Yuu tried to stay calm.

“Unfortunately, you won’t live that long.” A cold, cruel smile spread across Miyamizu Rin’s delicate face. “You have two minutes.”

Arisugawa Yuu cautiously asked: “Does ‘two minutes’ mean I have two minutes to return the photo, or that I only have two minutes left to live?”

Miyamizu Rin didn’t answer his question.

She glanced at him, her voice icy: “You have one minute left.”

Arisugawa Yuu protested unhappily: “Wait, wait—how did a single sentence just cost me a whole minute?”

Miyamizu Rin snorted and began counting down: “Ten, nine, eight, seven…”

Seeing this, Arisugawa Yuu realized that the amount of time he had was entirely up to her. He had no right to protest.

Reluctantly taking one last look, he handed the photo over to Miyamizu Rin.

Miyamizu Rin took it with her delicate hand and glanced down.

The next second—

The air seemed to freeze.

Miyamizu Rin’s face reddened, and icy-blue spiritual energy surged around her body. Her long-absent ice-blue sword materialized in midair.

What was going on???

Was he about to physically lose his memory?

Arisugawa Yuu’s head filled with black lines of regret. If only he hadn’t given in to his instincts.

Ah, the word “lust” truly carried a blade above it!!!