Snap!
The crisp snap of fingers echoed over the water's surface, and the surrounding world seemed to become a photograph frozen after the shutter clicked.
The two celestial maidens and Heroic Spirit who had charged in menacingly formed a pincer attack stood like solidified statues, locked in their forward-rushing poses without moving an inch.
Lawbound Restraint!
As they suddenly lost control of their bodies, all three pupils contracted, and the hairs on the backs of their necks stood on end.
"Let's be reasonable..."
Samael raised his right hand and carefully moved aside the spearhead and sword edge that had nearly been thrust into his face. His dark gaze swept over the strikingly contrasting curves of Hinako Akuta and Qin Liangyu, and he let out a helpless sigh.
"Did I really need to peep? If I wanted to, I could look openly whenever I pleased."
As he pondered, a pair of pitch-black vertical snake pupils appraised the three women from head to toe, their flickering gaze seeming to take on a different sort of interest.
"Or perhaps I could do something else?"
The meaningful whisper by their ears made all three tense their muscles, fine sweat beading across their foreheads.
Two long hands reached respectively toward Hinako Akuta and Qin Liangyu in the spring pool.
Slowly, with immense pressure behind them.
Could he be about to...
The two women stared fixedly at the claws inching closer, the color gradually draining from their faces as their throats worked involuntarily.
"Gulp!"
Smack...
With the muffled whimper from their throats, the hands on either side rose several inches and landed upon their shoulders.
"Don't be nervous. It was just a joke."
A gentle, harmless smile appeared on Samael's face as he advised them earnestly.
"And it proves something else, too. If I really wanted