What Did I Lose? The Great Aragami's Mask of Wrathful Brahma, and the Final Karuta Opponent!

"Lord Hoshikuma, you lost."

Uesugi Tetsu smiled as he placed the final karuta card beside him and spoke to the one-horned demon woman staring blankly before him.

Hoshikuma Doji looked at the few karuta cards remaining in front of her. Her hand still hovered in midair, and for a moment, she failed to process what had happened.

How did I lose just like that?

There had been no fierce clash, nor any back-and-forth scheming or plotting. She had simply lost without the slightest ability to fight back, without even knowing where she had lost.

The game of Karuta had clearly only just begun. The situation had obviously been in her favor. She had clearly felt that victory was hers...

Yet when she came to her senses, she realized that she had already fallen into defeat.

Hoshikuma silently lowered her hand and once again sized up Uesugi Tetsu, as well as the neatly stacked pile of karuta cards beside him.

The Six-tailed Fox before her was completely at ease.

Such skill... It was simply miraculous.

In fact, it had already surpassed the realm of "skill."

If they were only discussing the art of Karuta, she was willing to admit inferiority for the time being.

Hoshikuma licked her lips.

The fact that this man can reach such a level only makes me more interested in him.

To conquer him, any method will do.

Facing Hoshikuma Doji's complicated yet heated stare after she had recovered from her shock, Uesugi Tetsu merely smiled without saying anything.

After several seconds of silence, Hoshikuma tossed the karuta cards in her left hand onto the ground. They landed with a crisp slap.

She pursed her lips at Uesugi Tetsu. "I admit defeat, Six-tailed Fox."

"Whatever you want, just name it."

Hoshikuma sat up, spread her legs in