Chapter 38 : Golden eyes

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Baraqiel was the one leading the trio, while Vali and I kept close behind as going too far would mean getting swarmed by the incoherent horde of people going for their merry ways.

A few minutes passed quite swiftly, and soon we were left to wait in front of tall doors with the guide mentioning that their leader 'was still finishing the preparations and would be arriving as soon as she can'.

There was nothing to do and nowhere to sit while wasting some time for the waiting and thus we were forced to stay standing like that with nothing much to do about it.

I felt my shoulders sag tiredly as I boringly started to look around the particularly ample hallway we were waiting in.

The place was incredibly humongous, probably one of the most-decorated and gorgeous corridors I had the opportunity to stand by… but there was nothing to do there except to stare at some of the few traditional paintings that were set around the place.

With a bored expression plastered on my face, I was about to turn back on the door at the lack of anything fascinating… but then my attention was slowly taken by the distinct noise of a tiny but continuous sound that felt like… someone tapping a wall nearby.

My eyes carefully tried to pinpoint the origin of this little noise and soon I found myself staring right up to the origin of the noise.

Eyes narrowing on the sole individual responsible for the sound, I found myself staring at a small head peeking from around the corner.

Golden eyes were glancing back at me with quite the dull and bored look as her golden mane ended up with two pointy fox ears.

I blinked in quiet surprise and I saw the small hand tapping at the wall now point right at me. I frowned and tilted my head on the side.

There was no doubt about it, I was dealing with a certain fox-eared girl that shouldn't be wandering around considering her role within the government and yet… the daughter of Yasaka was indeed trying to catch my attention.

Kunou was one of the characters that appeared later in the show, but her title was nothing to scoff at considering how powerful her mother truly was.

The blonde blinked back at my reaction, and then gestured me to come closer to where she was, her insistence being quite apparent from a mere distant glance.

But what was I supposed to do there?

After all, I shouldn't be wasting time trying to bring entertainment of a child, especially if this child is someone that shouldn't be around 'strangers'. For good reasons too.

Still, I looked back at the others and contemplated what I should do about this. Vali and Baraqiel were chatting quietly about some bits of the young Lucifer's training, ignoring my current actions... and thus I felt a little more compelled to see what the little princess was trying to do with this.

From my basic understanding, Yasaka was going to arrive much later than planned and… I was getting bored myself. It wasn't like I was trying to do something irresponsible or anything but I guess if I went to see what the girl wanted wouldn't be an apocalyptic action.

Thus I started to walk towards her and she nodded and waited until I got closer. As I opened my mouth to ask what did she wanted from me, she turned around and started to walk even more away from the hallway, turning towards one of the doors and walking inside the room.

Did she want me to follow her inside? What was going on?

Against my best judgment I started to slowly follow her, peeking inside the room and… blinking in surprise at what I found inside.

This wasn't a mere room, but an open-roof small-sized courtyard.

There was a small fountain within the middle of what looked to be a mini-lake that took half of that garden, two modest-sized trees on the side, and a couple bushes around.

The little Kitsune was patiently waiting there, giving me a long stare as I finally decided to approach her, hoping to get some proper explanation instead of some long silences. I didn't need to be crept out like that.

"Play with me."

Her motivations behind calling me closer were revealed quickly, yet my mind failed to wrap around the concept that the child would so quickly try to get some stranger's attention. It was just odd.

I blinked, my throat carefully siphoning a simple word out. "What?"

"Play with me," The girl repeated with a frown, her tone turning a little bit bratty. "I'm bored."

"And?"

"And you are bored too, Onii-san."

To be fair, I was surprised that she had noticed this much from the lack of some visual over my face. It was quite odd and… frankly, I was there at this point.

I felt a small smile forming behind my mask. "Oh? And what do you have in mind?"

She looked away, her stare directed at the floor. "I don't know."

...Ain't that a downer?

"You don't… know?" I parroted, a little bit confused over the lack of interest over getting some simple games going.

Or maybe she just had tried everything that was available for her to try alone and was just 'that' bored. Which wasn't truly a surprise considering how much annoying this place could become for an individual as young as she was.

"Not many people wants to play with me, only Mama wants and..." Her golden eyes were back looking at me. "Will you play with me?"

Now that was playing a very dirty trick! I-I can't just-

Yet her foxy puppy-eyed technique was by far something that easily cut through my attempted cold-exterior. And I gave an unconscious nod.

Dangit!

"I... could."

The tails behind her started to waggle a little quicker than a few seconds ago, yet her face gave no telltale sign of interest about my meek answer.

I waited just a few moments, then sighed as her cute reaction was starting to take a toll on my fragile composure.

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