Volume 1 Chapter 27 Encounter V – Cinderella On The Tower
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Wow──.”
Suzuri couldn’t help but let out a gasp.
The large window in the room was filled with the night view of Osaka Umeda.
”It seems like you really like it.”
”Yeah. Look, Nao-nii too. It’s beautiful!”
Suzuri, almost pressing her face against the glass, invited Naoshi to come closer to the window.
The breathtaking view would surely make anyone with a fear of heights feel uneasy.
And in this scene, the exorcists from the Kazuramichi and Shiun families were probably moving to protect the people’s sleep.
However, Naoshi’s interest quickly shifted from the view to the sparkling profile of Suzuri beside him.
”What’s that?”
She noticed him looking at her in the reflection and turned around.
Her voice had a hint of shyness.
”Eh? Nah, I just think it’s cute seein’ ya so happy.”
”Sorry for being a kid.”
”Aw, come on, stop bein’ so cynical. Just take the compliment, will ya!”
”Whose fault is that, huh──.”
He placed his hand on her puffed cheek, tilted her face up, and gave her a quick kiss.
As he pulled away, he licked his lips, making Suzuri’s face turn bright red.
”…You’re too smooth. Such a flirt.”
”I set the mood right, what’s wrong with that?”
”I just feel like I’ve lost somehow.”
”I wonder what Suzuri-chan’s even fightin’ against…”
”Because if I told my friends that I had a fancy dinner at a high-end restaurant with my older boyfriend and then stayed overnight at a hotel, they would never believe me!”
”I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Besides, your friends are probably from good families too, ain’t it normal for them to be with older guys at a hotel?”
”What kind of image do you have of me, Nao-nii…?”
”And by the way, I ain’t actually Suzuri-chan’s boyfriend.”
”It’s fine to exaggerate a little when talking to friends, you know! You’re so stingy!”
”I think that’d just make things worse later on, they’d think it’s all a made-up story.”
”Still, I want to have a date worth bragging about…!”
”Sigh, bein’ a girl’s tough.”
”But I guess it’s not fun to be thought of as making things up either.”
”Then should I bring proof, like a hotel receipt? Ya can’t fake that for a made-up story.”
”Something that obvious is a bit… I think a selfie with the night view behind us would be enough.”
”Isn’t that a bit too real? Oh, and by the way, I can’t be in the photos. Sorry!”
”Why not!? Since when did you become a celebrity!?”
”Uh, it’s for curse prevention. Ya never know where things might leak from in this day and age.”
”Ugh…! Oh, wait. But Nao-nii, you’ve been spotted by people on social media as a mysterious tall guy in a kimono in Kita and Minami, so it’s too late for that, right?”
”Wait, what? I’ve never heard of that!”
”Really? You didn’t know? I think it was when you were out and about or on patrol…”
They both sat on the bed, and Suzuri opened an app on her phone to gather information about the social media topic.
There weren’t any clear images of his face, but there were definitely pictures of someone who looked like Kazuramichi Naoshi.
There was even a short video.
”Wow, this is serious, it’s a huge violation of privacy. I should curse ’em.”
”You’re too quick to judge…! Don’t kill them!?”
”What would an exorcist do to a regular person? Just give ’em a little tummy ache or somethin’?”
”That would be a problem too…”
”For ’bout a week.”
”That’s way too long!?”
”Anyways, ain’t like the consequences’ll get found out.”
While lamenting the state of online morals, they plotted their own revenge without any sense of ethics.
They also decided to request the Bureau of Onmyō’s cyber security team to handle the situation.
”So, Suzuri-chan, did ya know ’bout this and kept quiet? That’s terrible!”
”N-No, it’s not like that. The images weren’t that clear, and I thought someone from your family would notice…”
”That’s true, hard to believe nobody knows. Looks like we gotta audit and clean up a bit; good chance for a little tightening up. Thanks, Suzuri-chan.”
”Ahhh…! I’m sorry, family members…!”
”It ain’t somethin’ you need to apologize for, Suzuri-chan.”
”Well, if someone found this, it would probably be a relatively young person, right?”
”Yeah.”
”So, the reason you didn’t report it was probably because you wanted them to see Nao-nii’s pictures, right?”
”I guess so.”
It was indeed hard to imagine why the family would leave it unattended.
If there was any animosity towards Naoshi, it would be hard to imagine that they would find it by chance.
On the other hand, if it was someone close to them, they should have reported it, of course.
”Then, what’s the motive, and who was it? I reckon it was a young woman, like a fan or somethin’…”
If that’s the case, it would be someone far from Naoshi, but still friendly and internet-savvy──a third-year student or younger, and also of the opposite sex, which makes sense.
”Hahaan.”
Suzuri’s analysis is convincing.
Rather, she probably thinks that way herself.
”──Ah, but if that’s the case, Ako-chan probably knows about it, too. If we tighten the screws, it could turn into a big deal.”
Instead, it would be better to remind everyone in the house of him policy and encourage them to report it.
Naoshi himself doesn’t have time to engage in ego-searching.
”────.”
As he was thinking, Suzuri leaned on his shoulder and pulled his sleeve.
Her eyes, looking up at him, seemed to be telling him that he was too distracted by things other than her.
He took the smartphone from her hand and opened the app, switching to the front camera.
”Here ya go, Suzuri-chan, smile.”
”…Mmm.”
They leaned in towards the smartphone, which was held up for an overhead shot, smiling at each other.
It felt ridiculous to Naoshi, but stubbornly refusing to do it was also a different kind of ridiculousness.
After the shutter sound, the image of a young man with a suspicious smile and a girl with a slightly stiff smile appeared on the smartphone.
”──It smells like a crime.”
”Ya sayin’ that, Suzuri-chan?”
Naoshi, who had a vague feeling about it, now heard it clearly, and his smile turned bitter.
”You know this is for a friend, right? Instead of boastin’, I think they’ll just keep sayin’ ‘You’re bein’ deceived, break up with him’ over and over. Is that okay?”
”Guh…”
”Ya wanna retake it?”
”… Yeah.”
The second photo, in which Suzuri also smiled, reduced the criminal smell, but the feeling of being deceived was even stronger.
* * *
”Oy, Suzuri-chan, Suzuri-chan, you done cleaned up nice after your bath, eh?”
”Of course… why are you asking that?”
Suzuri, who was drying her hair in a bathrobe after her bath, raises a puzzled expression at the sudden question.
”No, I was just thinkin’ ’bout givin’ your toes and that crack a good lickin’ before we start, hehe.”
”J-Joke, right?”
”Even if you don’t believe me, I won’t stop if you object. I got this idea to embarrass you a bit differently, seein’ as how you’ve been into them lady comics lately.”
”Why!? How did you know!? No, no, it’s a lie, right!? You’re just teasing me like before!”
”Outrageous! No, see, since Suzuri-chan’s into lady comics, I thought I’d give you a different kind of embarrassment.”
”Why!? How did you know!? No, no, it’s a lie, right!? You’re just teasing me like before!”
”Shiun-san’s maid told me.”
”Aaaaaaaahhh!!! It could be! Someone who would do it for their own good or teach it to others… there are definitely people like that!”
”As for my source, I’ll keep ’em secret, of course.”
”Uuuu, I can’t believe I’m being humiliated like this…”
”Well, if you really don’t want me to do it, Suzuri-chan, I’ll stop. You wanted a memory, didn’t ya?”
”Nao-nii, if I’m really treated like this and then abandoned, I don’t think I’ll be able to get away with just crying… ?”
”I’ll be ready for a stabbin’, I will.”
”No, I want you to behave in a way that won’t let me stab you…!”
Suzuri lets out a tragic voice in response to Naoshi’s serious words.
”Then, Suzuri-chan, sit there.”
”Uuuuuu… are you serious about doing this…?”
Suzuri sits on the bed, her face turning red. Naoshi kneels in front of her and takes her right foot in his hand.
”Hii…”
With a reverence that could be called respectful, Naoshi places his lips on the tip of her right foot. The ticklish sensation makes Suzuri shudder.
Ignoring her, the man’s lips move to the top of her foot, then to the side, and then to the sole, before moving to the heel.
He kisses the outside of her ankle, then lightly bites her Achilles tendon, and finally sucks hard on the inside of her ankle.
”Nao, nii… hii, it’s weird, this… ! Hiii!”
Naoshi kisses her calf and then begins to lick her shin.
”──Suzuri-chan, you got long legs, how tall are ya?”
”Hya, 169cm (5’7″)…”
”Oh, is that so? Thought you were taller than that.”
Kissing her kneecap, Naoshi says that and then lifts her leg.
”Wait, kyaa… !”
Suzuri, forced into a position where she might be flipped over, screams as she is forced to spread her legs, revealing her underwear.
”Oh, pink. You’re wearing cute ones today.”
”~~~, Ah, Idiot!”
Ignoring her, Naoshi buries his face in the back of her knee and sucks on her hamstrings.
Suzuri’s body jumps with a start.
”He, pervert! Pervert! Idiot! Nao-nii’s pervert!”
”Gue.”
Naoshi lets out a fake scream as he resists the movement of her leg being lowered.
However, the leg that Suzuri lowered to restrain him ended up guiding the man’s face between her legs.
”Ah… .”
”Ah, I see you didn’t want me to do that. Then…”
”Nao-nii, wait…”
Naoshi’s head is touched by Suzuri’s finger as he smiles mischievously.
Her movement to stop the man is even weaker than her trembling voice.
”Underwear, I chose cute ones, so──I don’t want you to dirty them.”
”──Hmm, I see. Then, let me worship ’em first.”
Naoshi, in a voice that is gentle for him, conveys his agreement to the brave daughter’s plea.
He then gets up and pushes Suzuri onto the bed while holding the belt of his bathrobe.
”Ah…”
Suzuri, lying on her back, turns her face away from Naoshi’s gaze, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.
The bathrobe, which was hanging in front of her, opens to the left and right, revealing only her bra and panties.
The matching pink underwear, with a little see-through lace, decorates Suzuri’s toned body, which still retains its femininity, with a healthy sexiness and cuteness.
Her face is turned to the side, and Suzuri’s eyes glance at Naoshi’s reaction.
”Yeah. It’s cute, ain’t it?”
”Really?”
”Yeah, yeah. Did ya buy this specially?”
”Yeah, I prepared it for today. Does it excite you?”
”Of course.”
”Do you want to have sex…?”
”I was already in the mood, but now I’m even more so. Thanks for the kind gesture.”
”What’s that, already?”
Suzuri laughs, covering her mouth.
”Ah…”
Naoshi gently removes her arm and turns her face to face him with the hand on her cheek.
”Is that so?”
”Yeah, yeah. But before that…”
Suzuri, surrendering to the man who had kissed her more quickly than she could continue, relaxed her body.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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