The crimson princess

Pov Dia,

Dia: "So, how was the festival?"

Sera: "It was not bad. The attractions that humans proposed were quite nice, even if they were rigged. The kagura dance was not bad either, but it lacked something grandiose to conclude the festival."

Rimuru: "I think the same thing, but otherwise it was a nice festival."

The festival had just ended. My two wifes and I enjoyed our date quietly, even participating in the rigged attractions that humans proposed. Since we are devils, we easily managed to win some pretty nice prizes. On the yokai side, it was much more festive and warmer, giving us the impression that it was a family party rather than a festival in honor of the gods.

Sera: "Will you give us a present to close our date?"

Dia: "I had originally planned to do so."

Rimuru: "But what?"

Dia: "The gift is made by myself and it took me a long time to make it. The problem is, this gift was originally for Sera because at the time, Rimuru, you were not my wife. I don’t want to be unfair by giving a gift to Sera but not to you, Rimuru. So I decided to wait until I finish Rimuru’s gift before giving it."

Rimuru: "Then would it not have been better to give it during the individual date?"

Dia: "No, because you both loved me more or less at the same time. Even though it took me a while to realize my feelings for Rimuru, I had them around the same time that I developed feelings for Sera. So, I can’t do that."

Sera: "So we have to find something else to close our date."

We all started to think, and the only idea that came to mind after all this time was that the festival needed something even more grandiose than the Kagura dance.

Rimuru: "It must be powerful, beautiful, and it must still have something to do with this festival."

Sera: "I think I found it. Dia-chan, do you remember your third technique of the Crimson Bow?"

Dia: "The one with all the arrows that explode?"

Sera: "Yes, I found some beauty in that attack. What if you try to recreate it?"

Dia: "But we would hurt people."

Sera: "The attack must not hit the ground but must explode in the air. Like this, for example."

She created a small ice arrow, threw it up, and made it explode.

What was beautiful in what she did was the small residue of ice that scattered all over the sides. After seeing that, I worked to reproduce it; it took me 5 minutes to do the same thing again.

Dia: "Rimuru, go tell Inari what we plan to do so she can handle the situation in case of panic."

While she was doing that, I prepared a bow and 2-3 crimson arrows.

Rimuru: "She is warned."

Dia: "Now let's hope that no one becomes blind from the brightness of the explosion."

I pointed the bow to the sky and then let go of the string. The arrow soared into the sky. Everyone could see a red line continuing its course without stopping in the skies. When it was high enough not to draw attention, I blew the arrow. The sky lit up in crimson, and we heard cries of panic from all sides.

Some people seeing this found a certain beauty in it, even though they were afraid of this unknown event. I learned about this later. For the moment, I shot a few more crimson arrows at a steady pace and tried to do it with 3-4 arrows at the same time. A few minutes later, I had exhausted all my arrows.

Sera: "It was grandiose, Dia-chan."

Rimuru: "I wouldn’t say grandiose, but impressive, yes. With a little practice, you could manage to do something not too messy."

Dia: "Sorry to have done this unexpectedly and not had more than 10 minutes to prepare."

Rimuru: "It was just an objective criticism. In my heart, I loved what I saw."

And that’s how the festival came to an end, with cries of panic from most of the inhabitants of Kyoto and nearby areas. Inari’s night was far from over.

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After the next chapter we will do a time skip because we are very close to chapter 69.