Volume 1, Chapter 64 – Fuma Clan

Volume 1, Chapter 64 - Fuma Clan

Translator: Sigma

Inside a dimly lit room situated by the foothills beneath the mountains north of Takesh*ta, a dozen flickering, partially shining, candles were lit within the cold wind.

More than half of Dadouji Akira’s gruesome face was hidden in the darkness, radiating more maliciousness than normal. The senile onmyoji was sitting on the floor, meditating. Sometimes, he would dryly cough.

A martial monk pushed open the door to report, “Master Akira, we have thoroughly checked. Kagami Lily’s staying in Chrysanthemum Inn on the western side of the Dojo.”

Listening to him, Akira furrowed his brows. “It’s pretty close to Genji Dojo. Moreover, I heard the Chrysanthemum Inn and the Genji Clan are related. If we take action there, it’s no different from courting death! Damn, that evil woman’s there. What a foul, cunning woman!”

From the darkness behind the bamboo curtain, an obese woman emerged. She was Hiroko who had just arrived.

“Brother, what about hiring the Fuma Clan to assassinate Lily and take back our family heirloom!” Hiroko’s fat face showed her evilness.

“Fuma Clan?” Akira’s brows, which didn’t have any hair, also slammed together. “Exactly, if we want to remain anonymous and erase Lily in the Genji’s territory without making much of a fuss, we could only hire the ninjas. However, the Fuma Clan has high service fees.”

“Big brother! What time do you think is it now? Taro was wounded by that woman. He could recover, but your only son Takano will be a disabled person for the rest of his life! And, the family heirloom, how could we not take it back, brother!” Hiroko’s resentment towards Lily, compared to Akira’s, it was added onto the cunning ruthlessness between women.

“Of course! Why would I care much about money! It’s just that we can’t hire the Fuma Clan with only money. The price we have to pay... Anyway, no matter what, I have to take that woman’s life in exchange for my son’s arm!” Akira’s eyes sparkled maliciously as he made up his mind.

“Hurry, contact that Fuma Clan!”

“Yes, Master!” The martial monk received his order.

Hiroko’s face wore an evil smile.

“Hm hm hm... Lily, you little ????, as soon as the Fuma Clan takes action, even if you’re in the Genji’s territory, you must die!”

Meanwhile, Lily had already brought Nanako to Chrysanthemum Inn.

She hired a small and cheap room for Nanako, which was at the end of the corridor and opposite to her own room. The room was pretty small and had no view, but it was cheap.

There was only one dim oil lamp and a low table in the corner of the room, and nothing else besides the outmoded wooden partition and the mottled wallpaper.

“Th- this room is so small...” Nanako couldn’t get used to it.

“Don’t complain, Miss. You are lodging under someone else’s roof. Moreover, your master is in financial straits,” said Lily, rubbing her money bag.

“I, I have money,” Nanako took out a small, green frog-shaped embroidered pouch.

“Give it to me,” Lily ordered without thinking much.

“What? Master, you, you want to take my money?”

“Don’t worry. Even if I will be poorer, I won’t use your money. It’s you who is a slave now. You don’t have the right to use money. Didn’t you know that? I will help you keep your money first.” Lily said.

“Ehem... H- hurry up, finish washing. I have something to do later...” Lily hid half of her face as she was unable to bear the feelings of her petite feet being taken care of. She urged Nanako to get the job done.

Indeed, if she asked Nanako to bathe her, it would be a little...

Let’s just take it slowly.

Lily now understood the benefits of having a female slave. Although she wanted to live a self-restrained life with religious practice, whenever she bathed, she saw and touched the provocative body of senior sister, although she could control it, her heart would somewhat beat erratically. If she blindfolded herself, it would be even more inconvenient.

Thus, having this little Lolita to help her shower, she didn’t need to look at her body and profane this pure and holy body.

However, letting this cute but cunning little girl see and wash her from head to toe wasn’t something she could accept easily.

‘I’m the master but if I show shyness when Nanako bathes me, it, of course, will affect my master’s prestige.’

‘Seems I need to prepare my mind carefully. I need to improve the level of my mental state too!’

‘If I got busted by my own slave who was serving me, it would be a big case of face-losing.’

Lily suddenly felt that it wasn’t easy to be a master. However, as she had to shoulder her senior sister’s responsibility, she must become a master. How could she be subdued by those beautiful and powerful women?

Lily made Nanako wash her clothes and returned to her room.

Sometimes, it felt good to order a lady with a noble identity to do chores.

At this moment, Lily’s mood was good. Returning to her room, she closed the door and took out the Sakura Parasol, opening the anima container.

This Sakura Parasol was a shikigami. Since her spirit power was lost, she couldn’t show herself and she could only stay in her original form. Perhaps feeding her with those demon souls would help her recover her original power and shape.

It should be very beneficial to Lily’s training and her adventure going forward!

Lily opened the anima container, releasing ten animas.

As soon as the Sakura Parasol sensed the anima’s aura, it woke up, hovering and spinning in the air. A chain of faintly glowing pink runes emerged under the parasol.

It generated a magical energy, sucking those animas into the canopy, swallowing them.

Ten animas cost five kan! Lily felt a little hurt. She spent them all!

“Hey, Sakura, can you show yourself now?”

Sakura glowed tenderly, slightly shaking as if it was a person who was stretching her body, pleased with herself and not in the least bit concerned. She said, “Master, are you kidding me? You fed me with these cheap demon souls and you asked me to show myself? It’s not enough to restore bits of my memory. At most, it can supply some spirit energy so I can stay awake for a longer time.”

“What?!” Lily was so surprised. She didn’t expect to see the other disdain the Mountain Imp animas she had risked her life to get! She looked depressed and thought to herself that Sakura’s bad habit was kicking in again. Why didn’t she say it earlier! Those animas cost five strings of coins! How could she spend them to get nothing in return like this! Lily fumed inwardly!

“But my Master, it’s not that the animas you fed me have all gone in vain. I remembered some powers I got in the past. Perhaps I can help you,” said Sakura all of a sudden.