Epilogue 10. Embracing the Eternity
I cautiously stepped forward.
I had no idea what is going to happen. The certain someone was lazily observing my movements, and did not show any obvious reaction.
The loli kitsune was neither showing a vivid interest in me, nor was she bored.
Suddenly, she jumped off the pedestal, and approached me.
“How does it feel, to be still alive?” She was drawing circles on me with her little finger.
“It feels VERY good.”
“Funny. Or, silly. I do not enjoy seeing drama, so your fooling around with women barely impressed me.” Her voice was slowly getting lower, until I felt like she is about to strangle me.
“Still, a good show would overshadow a bad performance.” The pressure disappeared, and she made a step back.
“I learnt how to make a good show, so…!” I was about to start boasting at my excellent capabilities.
“You do know why watching you was anyway amusing? It was only because Akagi-sama was initially amused by your stupidity. Try better, or…” She crossed her neck with a thumb.
I gulped.
I barely had an idea what the hell she is thinking about.
Maybe she already made her mind, and was just berating me. Maybe she made her mind, but to kill me in the most entertaining way. After all, vixen are known for being hunters. And hunt consists of killing the pray for only 10%, and the rest, the 90%, are about planning, chasing, and in some cases, playing with the dying prey.
‘He-he-he…’ The sudden giggling, and enchanting smile of the little fox made me freeze in horror. She looked at me with a mixture of mock, and delight.
When I tried stepping back, I backed into an embrace of hers.
I looked back, and saw how she, in her androgynous form, was watching me. Now it was a creepy mixture of trifle and tenderness.
“S-so, y-you are i-in playful m-mood…?” Instead of answering, she leaned closer to my ear, and breathed there.
‘Huh’
It took me a split second to realize that she is enticing me.
“W-w…!”
“What, poor~ little~ virgin~, you never experienced it after all this time~?” Even when I closed my eyes, she did not stop.
Every her movement, every her whisper, and every her scent were aimed at seducing me.
“JUST WHY ME?!”
“Just because?” She stopped leaning too close, however, she still continued embracing me.
“Come on! I didn’t agree to an unprotected handholding!”
“Oh? So you agree to a [Insert any lewd action], if it is ‘protected’?” Shivers ran down my spine when I thought that I once again woke up a monster.
“I am not against procreation~. Sometimes it is fun too~.” With every word I was closer to being swayed into something I may regret.
[I don’t want to end up a toy for a black widow, you know…?
]“A black widow…? Mostly they die of old age.” She tightened her embrace, and I was about to melt.
[After all, I am about to have yuri with a pretty fox goddess. Yuri is love, yuri is life, and so on.]
‘Poke’
However, when ‘something’ poked my thigh, I understood that I almost fell into a trap.
Perhaps after sensing my thoughts, Akagi-sama chuckled, and released me.
“Too bad for you~. Few get the honor of being a parent of my cubs~.” (A)
She slowly walked towards my front, and turned into her loli self.
“Akagi-sama thinks you are entertaining enough to live another day.” A mixture of relief, and cursing crossed my mind. Both from fury that she was toying with me for so long, and from me being spared.
“S-so, Boss, where we’re going now~?” I waited in feign excitement. After all, being someone’s entertainment is not to my fancy.
“For now, you are going to wait. After a century, or two, I may remember of your existence~.” (A)
The Goddess opened a rift, and I was sucked in there…
A moment after I ended up in a dark space, the rift opened again.
What waited for me when I creeped out?
The time will tell.