'I shouldn't say that I like her … right?'
Seiji felt like he said something that he shouldn't have said when he saw her expression.
But that was his true feelings. It was impossible for him to not be moved by such a beautiful woman who was silently sacrificing herself for him.
But it wasn't to the extent that he wanted her to join his harem. Just as he said, his feelings for her were the feelings of a half-assed scumbag man. It wouldn't be good for either of them if they established a relationship based on such feelings.
'Should I act colder?'
'But I can't!' Seiji would rather be a scumbag than treat such a good woman like himself so coldly. Even if he knew that it would be better for the future if he acted more decisively, he was unable to restrain his feelings, or rather, his desires.
Feng Wu saw through this, which was why she began to force him.
She was being serious. If Seiji didn't agree to go on a date with her, she really would do more inappropriate things here and now!
It wouldn't be good if Ling Yang saw it, but the strong sense of immorality made her excited. After all, she was a "bad woman."
Seiji felt like he was slowly sinking into a swamp … but this was the path that he had chosen for himself.
In the end, he still had to resolve himself?
No … he definitely couldn't be so careless.
"Going on a date really won't do." Seiji sighed. "But I can go out and play with Little Ling Yang."
Something flashed in Feng Wu's eyes when she heard this.
"Sure." She could tell that this was the limit of what he could currently accept, so she agreed.
Although she really wanted to speed things up, she couldn't be impatient. Stabilizing herself and getting closer to him step by step was the correct way.
His admission already proved that everything she had done so far hadn't been in vain. Now, all she had to do was get closer and slowly grasp onto him.
At this thought, Feng Wu couldn't help but lick her lips.
It was as if she was a large snake that was staring at its prey and longing to swallow him whole … a beautiful snake.
"Where should we go together?"
…
The next day, Seiji went to the student council president's residence.
After meeting up with Summer Night, the two of them went to the spellcasting room together.
There was a black, rectangular suitcase in the room. It was large enough to contain a person.
Summer Night opened the box, and it was indeed a "person".
She had long silver hair, crescent-shaped bangs, and a delicate and beautiful face. She was dressed in black, and her eyes were closed as she lay quietly in the box filled with white confetti. There was an indescribable beauty about her.
This was the human puppet that Akira Mitarai created … or should I say his final work, his final work — Shinobu Miaki!
After that duel, the Mitarai Family used the excuse of investigating Akira Mitarai's death to request for her to stay. They only sent her to Seiji now that the deadline had come.
He didn't know whether or not they had discovered the reason for the puppet Spirit-branded Retainer's backlash. He only said that he was willing to pay a relatively high price in exchange for this puppet. Naturally, Summer Night firmly refused.
Giving him two whole months of investigation time was already extremely benevolent.
Now, Seiji could finally receive his spoils of war.
A human puppet … Putting aside how Akira Mitarai had created her, just based on her appearance, she was truly beautiful.
While he was admiring it, he was also conversing with Yomi in his mind.
"Shinobu-chan has finished her preparations."
"Will it really be alright?"
"Although it's a little forceful, it'll be good for her to get used to her new body. It'll be fine as long as she doesn't stray too far away from you."
And so, Seiji carried the human puppet out of the box.
She was cold and soft to the touch, and he could even smell a faint fragrance … apart from the fact that she didn't have any body heat, she was basically no different from a real person.
In fact, for a moment, Seiji even had the misconception that this was a sleeping girl.
Seiji placed her in the middle of a spell formation on the floor, pressed his hands on her body, and began casting a spell.
The spell formation started glowing gold, causing golden runes to appear on the human puppet's body. Her long silver hair started glowing brilliantly.
"Wandering soul, return to your body …
"Lifeless body, undead form …
"Yin and Yang of heaven and earth, divine universe …
Seiji uttered the incantation in a serious tone, causing the golden runes on the human puppet's body to glow with a silver light. Her body floated upwards slightly, and her long glowing hair spread out as if she was connected to another realm.
"… Yomi's divine spirit, awaken!!" Seiji shouted one last time.
A golden and silver rune appeared on the human puppet's forehead. Seiji sensed that the weak existence within his body had been transferred into the human puppet, taking away a large amount of Mana with her.
After he finished casting the spell, the spell formation's glow faded, and the human puppet landed back on the floor.
The rune on her forehead disappeared, and the light in her hair faded. Then, she slowly opened her eyes.
When she saw Seiji, she blinked as a light flashed in her eyes.
"Master …" A melodious female voice spoke up.
"Shinobu-chan …" Seiji smiled in response. "There's no need to call me Master. Just call me Seiji."
"Master Seiji …"
"No, wait, I said that there's no need to call me Master. Just call me by my name."
"No … Yomi's older sister said that I have to call you Master."
Seiji was rendered speechless.
"Yomi, what did you teach her?"
"Things that a cute demon's follower should know." The female spirit chuckled.
"I'm not asking her to be my follower."
"Then what do you want her to be?"
This question … he really hadn't thought about it before!
Seiji exchanged glances with Shinobu Miaki.
"Get up first." He reached out his hand to her.
She looked at his hand, slowly raised it, and lightly grasped it.
Seiji pulled her up and patted her head as he looked at her innocent expression.
Shinobu felt quite comfortable.
It was a wondrous feeling to have a physical body. She didn't know how to describe it since she was still young. And, she felt wonderful whenever he touched her.
'I want to be touched even more …' the puppet girl had such a thought.
Seriously speaking, his relationship with Shinobu was similar to that of an adoptive father and adopted daughter. However, it felt strange to treat her as his daughter. Seiji felt rather conflicted in his heart.
Just imagining the scene of Shinobu Miaki, who had the appearance of a beautiful young girl, being his daughter and having her call him "Father" was incredibly awkward!
After thinking about it, he felt that Yomi's master and follower relationship seemed to be the most suitable.
… Or perhaps a master and a pet?
'No, no! What am I thinking!! '
Seiji did his best to suppress the image of a puppet girl wearing cat ears and a collar that suddenly popped up in his mind!
He pulled her to her feet. Her movements were rather stiff, and she was unable to stand stably.
Seiji hugged her and helped her stand properly.
"Slowly get used to your body."
"Yes, Master …" Shinobu wanted to be hugged for a longer period of time.
Seiji wasn't used to being called like this, but he could only slowly get used to it.
"Allow me to introduce you. This is Wanhua Summer Night, my girlfriend." Seiji introduced Summer Night to Shinobu as she walked over. "It's all thanks to her that you were able to obtain this body."
"Sister Yomi said before … that I should call her Matriarch Wanhua." The puppet girl blinked as she looked at the Grand Mistress.
Matriarch? Summer Night revealed a subtle expression.
"You can just call me sister."
"Matriarch …"
"No, call me Sister Wanhua."
"No … Sister Yomi said that I have to call you Matriarch," Shinobu spoke in a serious tone.
Seiji felt as if he could hear the female spirit's laughter.
"Did you laugh just now?" he asked Yomi in his mind.
"I didn't laugh, heehee ~"
"You're still saying that you didn't laugh? You're the one who taught me everything!"
"I didn't teach you wrong, did I ~"
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