"Awroo!!!" The moment Jiu Ming suddenly plucked a tuft of fox fur from her, Yakumo Ran snapped back to her senses with a howl and bit down on his arm. In her youkai form, her huge maw swallowed half his arm whole, and she ground her teeth furiously besides!
How could she not be furious? She had already been scared half to death by the Dragon God's pressure, and then Jiu Ming had taken advantage of it to forcibly yank out a tuft of fur she normally barely had time to groom!
He was practically courting death!
"Ah! Ow ow ow ow! You dead fox, let go already!!" Jiu Ming shouted. The section of his arm trapped between Yakumo Ran's teeth felt like it had been shoved into a millstone. As she kept grinding her teeth, that exquisitely agonizing sensation was simply impossible to describe.*
Why did all foxes like grinding their teeth? The white fox did it, and so did this golden-furred fox. If he'd known it would turn out like this, he would've put chili powder in his hand beforehand. You dared bite me?! Let's see how you like chili burning down your throat.
After finally wrenching himself free of Yakumo Ran's savage biting, Jiu Ming looked at the holes her sharp teeth had ground into his arm and let out a long breath. He had only wanted to wake her up when he saw her standing there with her fur standing on end, spacing out—and this was how she repaid kindness? Returning virtue for resentment!
Biting him!?
"So it was the Dragon God... How is Lady Yukari now?" After venting, Yakumo Ran had calmed down considerably. Staring at the dragon body that blotted out the sky, she asked anxiously.
"She's fine." As Jiu Ming spoke, he leaned