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I Sealed Sukuna’s Finger#461+462: Perfect Timing, Brother—You Playboy
🕑 Added 2025-10-26 11:49:10 +0000 UTCLa Folia had lasted approximately two hours, while Sayaka Kirasaka—as a Sword Shaman trained by the Lion King Agency from childhood to execute various assassination missions—might not match an equivalent-level Sword Shaman in pure physical attributes, but wasn't far off either.
Bottom line: the Sword Shaman girl's final record was two hours and thirty-four minutes.
So by the time the commotion in the living room also subsided, the sky outside had completely darkened.
When Bokue had left Saikai Academy to come here, it had only been six-thirty in the evening. After two rounds of fierce battle, the time had now reached eleven at night.
Right now he held the completely puff-pastry state Sayaka, sitting on the sofa just as they'd been positioned before starting—nestled together, quietly enjoying this moment.
"Are you hungry now, Sayaka? Want to eat something?" Bokue gently stroked the Sword Shaman girl's back, asking.
But her response was a gentle head shake.
Clearly still in the just-finished-haven't-recovered state, so she didn't want to eat anything.
"Want some water then?"
As Bokue spoke, a paper cup had already materialized in his hand, filled with pure water and brought to Sayaka's lips.
With his own constitution, a few hours of aerobic exercise naturally meant nothing. But Sayaka was still a normal human—expecting her not to be thirsty was asking a bit much.
Normal hydration was still necessary.
But her response remained a head shake.
"Don't want water either?"
Bokue raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
"...Can't drink anymore."
After a moment of silence, the Sword Shaman girl's lips moved as she spoke softly, simultaneously raising her face to glare reproachfully at the young man.
Her meaning was crystal clear—after pouring so much into her over the past two and a half hours, did he really not have any self-awareness?
Having drunk so much milk, where was there stomach capacity left for anything else?
Emmm~
Thinking back carefully, that really was true. Bokue suddenly realized Nagisa had seemingly spoiled him rotten.
Well... couldn't exactly call it spoiled rotten—just developed some bad habits.
Like how he used to very traditionally let milk flow where it should go. But ever since meeting Nagisa, he'd started all kinds of diversions. Upper and lower distribution had reached nearly a fifty-fifty ratio.
No good, no good. Really needed to return to tradition in the future, putting milk where it belonged.
Just as Bokue reached this thought, Sayaka curled in his arms suddenly wiggled her index finger, scratching ticklishly at his chest.
"Hey, Bokue..."
"Yeah?"
"Before you arrived, I chatted a bit with Princess La Folia. She told me her family back home apparently plans to have her stay long-term on Itogami Island."
"...Oh really? That's great."
Bokue froze slightly.
He knew La Folia's special status. As first princess of the Kingdom of Aldegyr, her family essentially equaled Aldegyr royalty.
The royal family deciding to have their first princess stay long-term in a foreign country basically meant friendly diplomatic relations, right?
Well... though he didn't particularly care about this. What would be friendly would be friendly regardless of establishing official relations.
As for the unfriendly...
They could try and see what happened.
"Well, that's not really the point."
Sayaka coughed lightly, her small face flushed as she added explanation.
"I mean, since Princess La Folia will be staying long-term on Itogami Island, I'll definitely be staying there with her too. That means more opportunities to see Yukina. So I'm wondering about our relationship... like... um, how should I explain it to Yukina?"
This question was truly an unsolvable puzzle for the Sword Shaman girl herself.
After all, not long ago her persona had been a seventeen-year-old girl in her prime suffering from androphobia. Then she'd turned around and gotten sweet with someone her good friend knew. This was a bit...
"Don't need to explain. Just tell Yukina directly."
Bokue answered without thinking.
"That definitely won't work!"
Sayaka rejected it outright.
"Yukina knows I've always disliked men. If I tell her directly, I'm afraid she'll... uh, do something to you, Bokue..."
"Do what to me?"
Bokue looked confused.
He couldn't even imagine what Yukina would do to him. Give him a thumbs up saying "Senpai, well done"?
Sayaka's eyes widened: "Yukina will definitely think you fed me something bad that changed me into this state. Watch out or she'll stab you with Schneewalzer!"
"No way..."
Bokue dismissed this possibility without thinking.
Ever since Yukina had been pulled into his pit along with Nagisa, she'd been evolving more and more in Nagisa's direction. She'd nearly reached the point where she'd instinctively raise her rear the moment he appeared behind her.
Saying Yukina would stab him with Schneewalzer? Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
"She really will!"
Sayaka argued earnestly.
"Given my relationship with Yukina, I understand her! At least if someone did something this excessive to Yukina, I'd definitely use my Lustrous Scale to chop off his head!"
Bokue: "..."
So the dangerous one isn't Yukina Himeragi, but you!
Still, he continued reassuring her.
"Don't worry, she won't. If you're willing, we can go talk to Yukina about this tomorrow."
"Eh? Go tomorrow??"
Clearly unprepared, Sayaka furrowed her brow and bit her lip with some conflict.
"Hmm, tomorrow... I might be busy in the morning, so afternoon then."
Bokue calculated the timing in his mind briefly.
Perfect—he hadn't properly supplied Nagisa and Yukina with milk energy in several days either.
"Alright, let's not talk about this now..."
Getting to this point, Bokue suddenly supported the girl's back with one hand while lifting her legs with the other, scooping up Sayaka in a princess carry as he stood and walked step by step toward the bedroom door.
"Eh? Wait, that's Princess La Folia's bedroom. My bedroom is in..."
Sayaka had just started speaking when Bokue had already carried her to La Folia's bedroom door.
Gently pushing open the door, the silver-haired princess wrapped only in a bath towel appeared before them both, plus the sound of running water still coming from the bathroom direction behind her.
Seeing Bokue and Sayaka appear before her like this, La Folia smiled, raising an eyebrow as she touched her cheek.
"Ara, hearing no sounds from outside, I was wondering if you'd finished. Looks like I guessed right. Perfect timing—the water in the bathroom is almost ready. How about the three of us bathe together?"
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Last night's revelry ultimately ended with both girls simultaneously reaching the summit and collapsing from exhaustion.
Time blinked forward to the next morning.
When morning's bright sunlight filtered through curtains into the hotel suite, Bokue was the first to wake in the bedroom.
Dust motes floated in the sunlight. The enclosed space's air still carried the scent of last night's fierce battle.
"Mmm~"
A certain silver-haired princess's murmur came from his right side.
Bokue turned to look, seeing La Folia—eyes still slightly closed, immersed in dreams—with both pale arms wrapped tightly around his neck. Beneath the covers, one leg had mischievously draped across him. Her entire body unconsciously snuggled closer with that murmur.
Some furry sensation transmitted from the back of his hand.
Sticking this close, huh...
Bokue thought while simultaneously turning his palm beneath the covers, fingertips moving slightly.
"Ngh..."
A pleasant sound immediately burst from the silver-haired princess's nose.
Though La Folia was clearly still dreaming, she'd already prepared herself.
Looking to the other side, what met Bokue's eyes was Sayaka's equally serene sleeping face.
Just compared to the certain silver-haired princess's unrestrained, free-flowing sleeping posture, the Sword Shaman girl showed much more restraint.
The two surrounded Bokue in the middle. La Folia on the right not only occupied the young man's neck but had also draped her thigh across him.
Comparatively, Sayaka on the left merely hugged his arm tightly—even seeming afraid he'd suddenly leave without saying goodbye. She'd also clamped down with her legs beneath the covers, mouth containing his finger. Even in sleep, her lips still moved as if savoring something.
If possible, Bokue would gladly wait until they woke naturally, then have a good "morning workout."
But unfortunately, he'd already promised Yasaka and Hagoromo-Gitsune yesterday that he'd pick them up this morning. Standing them up because of this wouldn't be good.
With that thought, Bokue turned his head to kiss both girls' cheeks, then vanished directly from the room.
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Scene change—
Leaving Itogami Island, Bokue arrived in Kyoto in just the blink of an eye.
However, he didn't immediately go to Yasaka Shrine, but came to... the Keikain main family estate.
Bokue hadn't forgotten that yesterday, besides promising to help Yasaka move, he'd also promised to spend time with Yura.
Perfect timing too—barely past seven in the morning. According to Yura's daily routine, she should be training in the back courtyard right about... huh?
Bokue had teleported directly inside the family head's residence. But when he circled from the front courtyard to the back, the young Onmyōji girl who should habitually be meditating and condensing spiritual power in the back courtyard was nowhere to be seen.
The entire back courtyard was empty.
"Could she still be in bed...?" After scanning the back courtyard and confirming no sign of the young Onmyōji girl, Bokue couldn't help muttering quietly.
Though saying this might sound like judging others by his own standards, he really couldn't think of a reason why Yura wouldn't be training at this hour.
Just... didn't make sense.
Could she have been called to an early morning meeting again?
With inner doubts, Bokue circled from the back courtyard planning to return to the front entrance.
But while passing through the residence's east side returning to the front door, when passing the southeast corner, sounds from inside a room suddenly caught the young man's attention.
As everyone knows, houses are typically oriented north-facing-south to ensure adequate sunlight even in winter. Western rooms would get especially hot in summer from afternoon sun. So the best location in an entire house was southeast corner rooms.
This was also Yura's room.
So Yura was actually in her room right now?
Though he could teleport directly to his sister's side, considering she might be changing clothes, Bokue first stepped onto the corridor outside the room, coming before the bedroom's outward-opening sliding door and pulling it open slightly.
"Yura, are you in there?"
"...Brother?"
After roughly a second's pause, the young Onmyōji girl's familiar voice came from inside.
No rushed feeling like being caught changing clothes. Everything was no different from usual.
"Come in, Brother. I'm just in my room."
Yura inside the room said.
"Oh..."
Since his sister said so, Bokue no longer hesitated and pulled open the door directly.
However, when he saw the room's situation, he couldn't help freezing slightly.
Inside the room, the small young Onmyōji girl had opened all her closets, taking out all the clothes that fit her and laying them on the bed one by one.
Not just summer clothes—spring, autumn, and winter too.
Plus, beside her sat a suitcase nearly as tall as she was, unzipped and opened to both sides. She was folding those sorted clothes piece by piece to stuff inside.
This... looked like she was going on a trip?
"Are you going somewhere far, Yura?"
Bokue asked curiously.
"Sort of... but not really."
The young Onmyōji girl organizing luggage heard his voice and first stopped her work to respond softly, then shook her head.
"Just won't be studying in Kyoto starting next semester. Transferring to Saikai Academy on Itogami Island."
...Hmm?
Familiar name. Bokue's eyebrow raised slightly.
"You're going to school on Itogami Island, Yura?"
"Yeah."
Folding the clothing in her hands and stuffing it in the suitcase, Yura stood and turned back to look. Her pale face seemed flushed with faint crimson, perhaps from blood rushing to her head while bending over.
"Originally planned to study in Tokyo, but the family head said you're on Itogami Island now, Brother. If I go to school there, things will be more convenient in various ways. So it was changed to Itogami Island. My student registration and everything has already transferred."
"That does make sense..."
Bokue hadn't overthought it.
Forget everything else—at least letting Yura go to a big city like Tokyo alone for school, he definitely wouldn't feel at ease. There should at least be a guardian watching.
"But this works out well. I have a place on Itogami Island. If you're attending Saikai Academy, Yura, you can stay at my place. Natsuki and the others will definitely also..."
"No."
Before Bokue finished, the young Onmyōji girl interrupted with a cool voice, simultaneously using a head turn to avoid the questioning gaze cast her way.
"I'll just stay in the student dorms. You can come visit me at the dorms, Brother..."
After all, Brother's house had so many women. She didn't want to live with all those "sisters-in-law."
Hmph...
