I have an infinite number of shikigami-Chapter 147 - 94. Kawashima Miki’s official first kiss, gone tonight… _2

Chapter 147: 94. Kawashima Miki’s official first kiss, gone tonight... _2

"Clack~"

The needle of the record player drops and begins to glide slowly.

The hidden speakers somewhere start playing Bach’s "Fugue," with music full of emotion, alternating in rhythm.

In the flickering candlelight, Kawashima Miki walks back and sits beside him.

On the white walls, their two shadows overlap and intertwine.

"At that time, I had only just become conscious for a short while, still a little spider unable to transform into human form." Kawashima Miki gazes at the candlelight, sipping wine, reminiscing about that time, "A person claiming to be a Divine Envoy appeared before me, teaching me how to cultivate, how to quickly take human form."

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"Yes, don’t ask, even if you do, I can’t say. Anyway, as far as I know, that’s about it. I and nine other monsters are numbers one to ten, and the Divine Envoy is our only superior."

"When you find him, I’ll help you kill him."

"Thank you." Kawashima Miki said, with a gentle smile.

As the record finished one track, in the brief silence between tracks switching, Fujiwara studied her expression. She seemed to be recalling something unpleasant, her face as cold as the crescent moon emerging on the horizon at dawn, her body tense.

However, when the music restarted, her expression relaxed. Her clear eyes and shy lips exuded the enchanting allure of a mature woman, radiating the familiar beauty of young womanhood.

"The first time I turned into a human, I was not even six years old." Kawashima Miki said.

Fujiwara Reya held her hand: "You must have been a beautiful girl!"

"Haha..." A radiant smile spread across Kawashima Miki’s face as she gently nestled onto his shoulder, "After transforming into a human, the Divine Envoy had me attend elementary school in Aichi Prefecture, saying I needed to learn how to be a person first."

"How was the elementary school experience?"

"Not good."

"Why?"

"Because I was too beautiful."

"...Narcissist!" Fujiwara Reya teased.

"Not a joke." Kawashima Miki giggled, "Even as a child, I was a budding beauty. In that coastal town in Aichi Prefecture, I was born prettier than anyone else, so beautiful as though untouched by the mortal world. In that town filled with only mountains, sea, fields, and reservoirs, everyone who saw me stared in amazement."

Seeing her innocent and dreamy demeanor, Fujiwara Reya genuinely believed she wasn’t lying.

"But that wasn’t good," Kawashima Miki took a small sip of wine, speaking with a boastful tone about her childhood troubles, "When I was young, I seriously wondered if I looked weird. Otherwise, why would those people look at me like that? Did they somehow see that I was a spider or something like that? For a long time, I felt a bit inferior, fearing others would discover my true ugly form..."

Fujiwara Reya murmured: "No wonder you refuse to show me your Luo Xinfu form."

"I simply won’t!" Kawashima Miki huffed, turning her head away, with feline-like pursed lips, "In elementary school, because I was pretty, teachers favored me, resulting in being more easily ostracized by classmates. Boys would become uneasy around me, and girls bore hostility, whispering behind my back..."

"Poor thing."

Fujiwara Reya gently hugged her waist.

Her slender waist was soft yet resilient, providing a wonderfully nuanced tactile sensation.

"Only after entering high school did I finally integrate into this world." Kawashima Miki lowered her head, staring at his hand on her waist, "Full of youthful energy, with a blazer draped over my chest, a dark red bow tie at the neck, and a Scottish plaid pleated skirt short down to my thighs. Wearing that fashionable uniform, I felt like I looked like a TV idol."

"You still do now."

Fujiwara Reya said, unexpectedly pushing her down.

"Mm~"

Kawashima Miki let out a soft cry, lying on the floor, her chest pressed against the soft carpet.

"And then? Come to Tokyo for college?" Fujiwara Reya lay on her back, his nose exploring near her ear. There emanated an enchanting rose fragrance, so intense it was almost suffocating.

"No..."

Kawashima Miki quietly closed her eyes, her hands nervously clutching the carpet.

"After graduating high school, I originally planned to continue to university, but the Divine Envoy decided that I already knew how to be human, so had me start my current work." She sighed, a trace of regret in her voice, "When I first came to Tokyo, it was my first time entering a city, and back then, I wasn’t repulsed by it. On the contrary, I was a bit expectant. But later, I discovered Tokyo’s streets were strewn with garbage, extremely dirty, and people’s language vulgar. I made no friends, had no one to converse with..."

The window at night, turned into a dim mirror by the candlelight, reflected their tangled outlines.

Kawashima Miki kept venting continuously, never pausing.

Outside, the rain kept pouring, time slowly passing, only she kept talking, the music stopped and started, started and stopped.

Speaking of these years in Tokyo, she never truly found happiness.

Whenever she had free time, she would sneak back to Aichi Prefecture, to the place where she evolved from a spider into a human, hoping to reclaim past memories. But unfortunately, each return brought only endless disappointment.

In that place that could be called her hometown, everything Kawashima Miki saw seemed covered in a gray haze, devoid of life. The once nostalgic hometown landscape, now indescribably antiquated, and conversations with familiar persons had become immensely dull. Ultimately, she had never truly integrated into that place.

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