Outside, the night grew ever thicker, as though it were already midnight.
Samael glanced at the pallid moon that had just risen in the east, pulled out his phone, and looked down at the screen.
It was only seven o'clock.
Night had fallen at five.
The ancient serpent's black eyes gleamed faintly in the darkness. He put away his phone and casually lifted a foot.
Whoosh!
A pebble beneath his foot whistled forward and flew into the bushes on the right.
"Uweh!"
At once, a petite figure shot up from the bushes, clutching her backside and letting out a miserable cry.
Samael looked at that head of twin tails streaked red, blue, and black, his face full of surprise as he drew out his tone.
"Well, well, why is there still someone here...?"
"Cough, cough. I... I couldn't sleep, so I came out to look at the moon."
Under that half-smiling scrutiny, Sei Shōnagon's cheeks flushed red. She raised a hand to brush several leaves from her hair, blinked with feigned composure, and tried her hardest to put on an innocent expression.
Samael smiled. Yet just as Sei Shōnagon thought she had charmed her way through it, his expression suddenly darkened and he sharply lifted his foot.
Then two more pebbles flew into the bushes.
Amid two muffled groans, A-Rong and Oda Nobunaga also leaped out, clutching their backsides and crying miserably.
Dark lines covered Samael's face as his gaze turned grim.
"Not sleeping in the middle of the night? You girls sure have plenty of free time!"
The three Heroic Spirits inexplicably felt a chill sweep over them. They immediately shook their heads in unison, their eyes darting everywhere as they instinctively considered making a run for it.
They had seen this guy's strength during the day.
Forget the