It looked like a huge japanese sliding door .

  After following Ouka up some stairs, we ended up in front of a somewhat imposing door .

  There was a drawing of a crow on the sliding door, which added to make it all feel like I was in front of the door of some game’s last boss’ room .

  At last, huh?

  “Please be very careful around here . Black Princess’ companions are known to take excessive care of her, but I don’t know exactly how overprotective they will be towards a human . ”


  “She was the one to summon me here . At least I know that much . ”


  Keeping Ouka’s advice at heart, I stared at the sliding door .

  As I did that, the door started opening by itself, as if it had noticed we were there .

  Back at the castle gates, Ouka hadn’t been quite clear about what kind of person this Black Princess was .

  I had seen so many different youkai on my way here, so I honestly had no way to tell .

  As that question bounced on the back of my head, the door opened completely .

  The first thing I see were some people dressed just like the gatekeepers we met when we first arrived at this castle, and then there was someone who was sitting elegantly behind them .

  “I’ve been waiting for you two . ”


  She had a clear tone of voice . It sounded inviting, so Ouka and I walked into the room and met the youkai .

  “Long time no see, Lady Black Princess . ”


  “It’s been a while, Ouka . ”


  Ouka knelt in front of the sovereign of her kind, and Black Princess smiled delightfully .

  So this was Black Princess, huh?

  A black-haired woman wearing a beautiful black kimono, with crow wings on her back .

  Without those wings, she could have passed for a regular woman .

  However, the whole deal with her being “big” as Ouka mentioned earlier didn’t seem to apply .

  Or that’s what I had thought . The moment I took a good look at Black Princess, everything became clear .

  Those are…… certainly big .

  I may find it hard to say this, but I…… I found myself unintentionally staring at those two big things on Black Princess’ chest .

  Was this what Ouka was trying to say? I mean, what does she think about her sovereign’s breasts?

  This goes without saying, but it was kind of rude to be staring so much .

  Black Princess looked at me, who was then staring at her face behind my mask as I stood next to Ouka .

  “You’re a typical person, aren’t you?”


  After looking at me, Black Princess turned her attention to the sliding door .

  “Thank you . You can go now . ”


  “Yes, Ma’am!”


  The soldiers who had been standing by the sliding door for some time were excused, and they left the room .

  After that, it was just Black Princess, Ouka and I left inthe room . Black Princess quickly turned her eyes to me with intense curiosity .

  “No one should bother us now . Can you take off that mask?”


  She seemed rather interested in seeing my face for some reason .

  I looked at Ouka as if asking her what she thought about Black Princess’ request, and she nodded .

  Well, it should be okay, then .

  With Ouka’s green light, I took off my fox mask .

  Upon seeing my revealed face, Black Princess let out a ‘Ohh’, and with great curiosity left her chair and got closer to me .

  “A real human, huh? It’s been a while since I’ve seen one this close……”


  She seemed nostalgic as she looked at my face .

  Black Princess then placed her hand on my face and drew her own face close to mine with the innocence of a child that sees something for the first time .

  She was somewhat different than what I had expected .

  As she touched my face, I humbly kept standing upright as I started to think .

  I had imagined she would be a bit more hostile than this, but I couldn’t sense a single bit of hostility from her .

  Black Princess may be just like Ouka, in that she bears no ill will at all towards humans .

  As I was thinking about that, I started to notice that something was hitting my upper body .

  Thinking it strange I turned my eyes down for a moment and there I found those two huge things I had been trying so hard not to look at for some time .

  I tried to divert my eyes right away, but even amongst youkais, women seem to have a sixth sense for telling when you’re looking at them, so she quickly noticed and took a step back .

  “It’s embarrassing, please don’t stare so much . ”


  Black Princess’ cheeks turned red and she shyly crossed her arms, covering her chest .

  Just as I hurriedly tried to deny what Black Princess said, I felt a sudden pain in one of my legs .

  “Lord Yato?”


  I had received a warning shot from a squinting Ouka’s elbow, and I ended up holding the upper part of my leg in pain .

  It hurted a lot, quite a lot……

  “I’m sorry……”


  “Haha, come on, don’t fight, you two . ”


  Black Princess smiled gently after seeing Ouka and I arguing .

  She seemed to have interrupted us on purpose so that it would stop right there .

  “It seems Ouka isn’t being manipulated by you, huh?”


  Black Princess seemed relieved .

  “Can you tell?”


  “I’m very good at noticing these things . I can tell if someone is being manipulated just by looking at them . ”


  “Your magical powers are truly impressive, Lady Black Princess . ”


  By ‘magical powers’ did she mean that she was very good with mental spells, like curses or something like that?

  “And while I was touching your face, I checked you up a little . You have a considerably strong power lying within you, don’t you? You may be trying to hide it, but your spiritual power is truly unusual . ”


  So when you came to touch my face, it was so you could do that?

  For someone with such a shy and calm tone of voice, she was unexpectedly cunning .

  This spiritual power she was talking about was what in other worlds is known as “magic” .

  After feeling my magical power, far from fearing it, Black Princess calmly went back to her chair .

  “Pleased to meet you . My name is Black Princess, and I’m the leader of this city . Welcome to the capital . Though even if I say that, you may not feel very welcome here, Mr . Human . ”


  “Well, you’re right . ”


  I knew that only too well .

  After finishing her greeting, Black Princess moved onto the main subject .

  “The reason I had called you here today was about Ouka herself . I now know that she wasn’t manipulated by you, but while that may be true I still can’t be at ease just yet . ”


  “Why is that?”


  “He may still be deceiving you, Ouka . ”


  “Ah!? Please wait a moment!”


  Ouka, who had been kneeling down all this time, suddenly stood up as if unable to overlook what Black Princess had just said .