
This happened after Nagi left.
The poor little fox cried alone in his room hugging his own thick tail and the ball Reda gave him.
“Hiks..Reda-sama. Hiks..ibu, please Reda-sama..”.
Ginko who saw the poor little fox kept crying alone in the corner of his own room could not bear and went in to persuade him to eat.
“Ryuunosuke, let's eat first. I've made a little soup for tonight. They'll be back. Trust.”
“Hiks..Reda-sama is not there when Ryuunosuke wakes up from sleep. Then Ryuunosuke heard a strange sound and hisiks. Huwaaa..”.
The little fox cried again and this time it got louder. Her fox ears dropped a sign she was very sad and her hands hugged her tail so tightly that her tail hair started to curl.
Ginko hugged the little fox with a sad expression.
“Ryuunosuke, don't worry. Nushi-sama picked her up. Reda-sama will come back to us. After that, we will eat together again.”
“Hiks...Ryuunosuke wants Reda-sama back. Mother, Ryuunosuke wants Reda-sama back again! Hiks.please Reda-sama, mother. Hiks..hiks...”.
Ginko becomes even sadder, “Every time he is sad, he always whines to call Ryoko-san. Poor little fox.”
“Ryoko-san, please protect everything. Protect Nushi-sama. I know Ryoko-san saw everything. Please save bride-to-be Nushi-sama.”
Outside, the entire sakura tree was like being blown by a strong wind on a silent night. In addition, something unusual happened.
The whole sakura tree was shining. The pink light that illuminated Aragaki's residence that night was a prayer answer from those who wished for the safety of his employer and his future wife.
The petals were blown by the wind in one direction towards the forest.
Like living and having a mind of its own, the petals of many cherry blossoms are like forming the body of a woman.
A beautiful female figure with a fox tail and fox ears that are at a glance similar to Ryuunosuke. Long hair is created from the visualization of thousands of petals of cherry blossoms.
“Nushi-sama..”.
That's what he said.
At the same time, Nagi is still unable to catch up to Aragaki-sama smelling a scent that is not unfamiliar to her.
“Aroma..sakura?”
Not long after, Nagi saw one petal of sakura. But over time the number became many.
“Why can there be cherry blossom herds here?”
Nagi increasingly smelled a familiar scent for her, until she finally saw a female figure who was not foreign to her.
“Nushi-sama..”.
The sound of an unfamiliar whisper was heard from the female figure in the sakura group.
“Ryoko...-san? Ryoko-san!!”
Nagi immediately ran after the cherry petals that looked like Ryoko, Ryuunosuke's late mother.
The petals kept going straight as if knowing where the master was.
“That cherry blossom petals a thousand wishes! Ryoko-san's soul who was there appeared. Is this because of Ryoko-san.”.
“No need to think of anything now! If it is Ryoko-san, then I must not slow down my speed! Ryoko-san is trying to guide me to where Aragaki-sama and Reda-sama are, I'm sure.”
Nagi follows Ryoko from the petals of the cherry blossoms.
**
In the depths of the darkening forest, Aragaki gripped Ara-mitama's neck.
“Or me where did you take that country girl now?”
Aragaki wasn't joking. He actually barely broke Ara-mitama's neck.
Not only could he no longer use the kegare emanating from his body, Aragaki's spiritual ability could neutralize all the kegare that was about to come out before it reached the ground. That means, Ara-mitama only has one purpose, which is to tell the ruler everything or die.
But it seems that Ara-mitama would rather choose the difficult choice.
“Aruji...-sama will...get fresh blood..”.
“…!!”
“This is because Aragaki-sama.will not give the girl.since Aragaki-sama started. Therefore Aruji-sama will..eat it today.ini.”.
Hearing Ara-mitama's stammering words, Aragaki did not take long to eliminate the soul.
Strongly, Aragaki's hand smashed Ara-mitama's neck and instantly his figure vanished like dust.
A powerful aura of anger pressed down on the entire place which made a huge wind created from its aura.
“How dare Nue try to do unnecessary things. I'll make him unable to see the sunrise tomorrow.”
Hakuren and Kuroto were forced to kneel down due to the wind power of the anger aura belonging to the master. Even as the pressure was, the ground around the place where Aragaki was standing was cracked. The crack gets bigger and bigger and creates a hole.
As Aragaki was about to jump, there was a cherry blossom scent that was so familiar to her.
“Sakura..”.
“Nushi-sama..”.
That voice was a voice that Aragaki was very familiar with and the figure that Aragaki was starting to see was Ryoko.
Hakuren and Kuroto were also very shocked to see him.
“Ryoko...-san?”
“Must be..”.
The sakura figure passed through Aragaki while saying something.
“Front there. Just a little more..”
“…”
“Aragaki-sama!!” Nagi from behind shouted, “Ryoko-san...Ryoko-san wants to show you where Reda-sama is from!”
Hearing Nagi's cry, Aragaki followed her. He immediately ran following the direction of the sakura petals.
Ryoko, in the figure of a thousand-wish cherry blossoms, leads Aragaki towards the place where Reda is.
When Aragaki and his three servants decide to follow Ryoko's figure, what they find is Nue's cave.
“Nue!!” Aragaki shouted and stopped. The sword in the ruler's hand was removed from the scabbard.
Hearing the screams and horses from the ruler, the two tengu and Nagi immediately dispersed and surrounded the cave.
With such a powerful aura, the two slashes from Aragaki were enough to make the cave nearly disintegrate.
Ryoko's figure of a thousand hopes sakura begins to split, exposed to the wind from Aragaki's attack but does not completely disappear.
The entire petals of the cherry blossoms were just floating in the air.
Then, Nue emerged from within the cave carrying Reda's body in an inverted position.
Seeing that, Aragaki nearly destroyed all the surrounding places. However, he realized that sakura a thousand hopes were still around the place.
“Ryoko, are you looking at your master?”
“I'll save him. I'll control myself. Thank you very much, Ryoko.”
Next, the fight began until Aragaki threw his sword towards Nue.
**
Returning into his current state, Aragaki who had cut off Nue's tail and regained her puja village girl was staring at Nue full of emotion.
Clearly there were drops of blood from Reda's back dripping onto the ground and soaking the ruler's clothes.
Aragaki saw the girl's pale face full of tears and scratches on her legs and hands, as well as beautiful clothes that were torn and dirty to prove that Reda experienced fear and pain.
Aragaki's eyes became sharp and her tail became large, indicating that she was so angry.
“How dare you kidnap and injure him like this, Nue. Looks like you're tired of living tonight.”
“I won't let you see the sunrise tomorrow.”
- Graaar!!
Nue started to hold back his pain. Nagi who was not far from the place where Aragaki stood saw thousands of sakura a thousand hopes scattered began to form the figure of Ryoko again.
Like stroking Reda's hair gently, Ryoko's figure smiled at him.
“Ryuunosuke would love to see you again. Don't die and stay by the side of Nushi-sama and my son, beautiful girl.”
Aragaki and Nagi are shocked to hear Ryoko's whisper. Then, before the figure disappeared, bit by bit the wounds on Reda's back closed miraculously.
****