Entering the restaurant, the three of them paid for a normal table since they weren't exactly well off for money.
Ordering a few of the more simple dishes, they waited patiently while Shiro glanced out at the streets.
"It's quite peaceful here isn't it?" Shiro asked while giving Phillip a brief glance.
"Indeed." Phillip nodded but was confused as to why Shiro had asked him such a question.
'Too bad this peace will be destroyed once Shiro's done with it.' Kuromi shook her head since she understood that if Shiro was to spread the information about what had happened in Teriu, the families in Yoru would definitely be curious.
Waiting for a short while, the food finally arrived as Shiro smiled eagerly.
Grabbing a chopstick, she moved her mask out of the way slightly and started to eat. It was unfortunate that they didn't have the spare funds to get a private room but she could still eat without revealing who she was.
However, her action of not removing her mask seemed to have drawn the attention of other customers around them.
Seeing her smile and rosy lips, they could already tell that she was beautiful without even looking at the upper half of her face.
"Kuro, are you not eating?" Shiro asked with a smile.
"It's not that I'm not eating, it's just that there seemed to be quite a few eyes on us, no?" Kuromi replied while glancing over her shoulders.
Feeling as if a beast had just swept its eyes across them, the customers quickly returned back to their meals and didn't dare to look towards the table.
"Ai… why must you be so bothered ah." Shiro sighed while giving Kuromi a small signal.
Seeing the signal, Kuromi knew that Shiro was telling her to not provoke anyone for now.
"Mn, fine." Kuromi sighed. She didn't exactly like having people stare at her while she was eating but she'd hold herself back for now since she too understood the dangers. If she provoked a wrong person they could just sneeze and erase her.
Finishing their meal, the trio left the restaurant. But before they could get into their carriage, both Shiro and Kuromi felt a disgusting stare on their back as both girls snapped their heads towards the second floor of the roof with a scowl.
"You feel that Kuromi?" Shiro asked with displeasure in her voice.
"Obviously. That f*cker's lucky I don't have access to my powers right now or else I would have plucked his eyes out for that." Kuromi replied angrily.
Just before they entered their carriage, they had felt a stare sweep over them and try to imagine them in the nude. Such a repulsive glare naturally made both girls angry as they wanted nothing more than to kill that guy but had to restrain themselves for now.
Going back into the carriage in a bad mood, the two closed the door, leaving a confused Phillip.
"What?" He muttered as he had no idea what just happened.
Furrowing his brows, he looked towards where the two were glaring and saw nothing.
'Strange.' He thought to himself before leading the carriage away to get some supplies.
Meanwhile, a man was smiling lightly in one of the private rooms with tens of beauties besides him.
"Tell Tau that two decent merchandise have entered Yoru." The man called out to one of the servants standing by the door.
"Understood sir."
As the servant left the room, the man glanced towards the leaving carriage and couldn't help but smile.
'To think that two beauties with such ferocious glares have entered this city without me knowing, this might be a good chance to get rid of Tau since he's been quite a pain in my neck.' He thought with a smile before indulging himself with the beauties around him.
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As the carriage travelled through the city, Phillip had the guards buy and load supplies into the back of the cart while also sending a few people to gather some information about Teriu.
Unfortunately, it seemed like all information from Teriu had stopped coming out. This apparently happened almost two weeks ago, which was when the family was destroyed. So in order for them to understand what the situation is like, they'll have to enter Teriu themselves.
"Hmm… that's a little troublesome. In that case then can you get me a list of all the major families in Yoru?" Shiro furrowed her brows.
"Of course miss." One of the guards nodded before disappearing.
"What are you planning to do with a list of families in this city young miss?" Phillip asked curiously.
"Oh nothing much, I just want to see who I want to avoid." Shiro replied with a smile.
Of course, Kuromi knew that was a lie since it was going to be a list of targets that she wanted to make use of.
After a whole day of traveling through the city, they decided to rest up at an inn for now and try to make some money tomorrow.
"Fu… finally some private time huh?" Shiro glanced over at Kuromi who was in the same room.
"Mn, so what are you planning now?" Kuromi asked with a smile.
"What am I planning? Oh nothing much." Shiro grinned.
"And you really expect me to accept that?" Kuromi raised her eyebrows.
"Well you're me so you probably know what I'm planning don't you?"
"I do and as your big sister, I say it's a bad idea." Kuromi shook her head with a smile.
"That's only if I get caught. I'm just going to pay the families a visit and borrow some funds." Shiro chuckled.
"You know they can probably catch you like it's nothing you know? We don't exactly have a way out right now. Even a simple servant of theirs can kick our ass." Kuromi replied.
"Hence why you're coming with me. We're going to give one of our theories a try. If it works, I should be able to access my Celestial Raiment EX."
"And if it doesn't?"
"Then I suppose we're f*cked then." Shiro replied.
"Not exactly." Kuromi smiled.
"What do you mean?"
"Your dear big sister here has been working her mind off for your sake. While you've been playing around, I've managed to make 5 prototypes that should allow us to use Celestial Energy but they haven't been tested out yet." Kuromi chuckled.
"Wait really?" Shiro raised her eyebrows.
"Oh of course. We're the same person so you know that I won't lie about this." Kuromi replied while sitting by the window.
"Now lil sis, I expect a payment of some kind for you to get these 5 prototypes." Kuromi narrowed her eyes.
"Payment?" Shiro frowned.
"Oh don't make such a face. It's nothing too serious." Kuromi grinned.
"What do you mean?"
"I want you to say a few lines for me."
"Wait, what? Only a few lines? Sure that's fine." Shiro nodded.
"Are you sure you want to be his hasty to agree?" Kuromi smiled.
"Well you're me so surely you won't torture me right?" Shiro shrugged but paused when she saw Kuromi's smiling face.
"Oh sh*t." Shiro muttered.
"I want you to say these lines. 'Oh my amazing, strong, and beautiful big sis Kuromi, I've been hurt by the bad people outside and I want you to pamper me as much as you can so that I can recover from being sad~' Set me on your laps and stroke my hair. Protect me like I'm a baby~" Kuromi said with a grin.
Seeing the familiar sadistic aura in her eyes, Shiro knew that Kuromi wasn't joking.
'Ah f*ck she really is me.'
"What's wrong Shiro? I thought you promised me? You're gonna break big sis's heart here." Kuromi acted while keeping a grin on her face.
Gritting her teeth, Shiro took a deep breath.
"O-oh my amazing st- F*CK! I can't do it!" She stopped immediately as she was embarrassed by the fact that she had to say such a line.
"Haha, fine big sis will cut you a break. You can also just say this line if you don't want to say the other one. 'Pamper me, feed me and make me yours. I want you to treat me like your precious delicate treasure.'" Kuromi said with a giggle.
"Damn it Kuro! Both are terrible and you know it!" Shiro raged with a blush.
"Of course I do. Why do you think I chose it? Now come here my dear maiden of a sister and tell big sis what she wants to hear." Kuromi smiled.