[Hmm?!]
While Senba Gari was still struggling to recall what had happened, Hagoromo Gitsune snapped back to her senses after hearing his voice. Then, the moment she saw him, she instinctively remembered that he had actually kissed her just now. Even if Senba Gari had not been the one doing it at the time, it had indeed been his body that had done it, so for a moment, an indescribable mix of shame and anger welled up in Hagoromo Gitsune's heart.
One of the tails behind her silently shot toward Senba Gari at high speed, but in the next second, he vanished from before her eyes. Not only that, the three unconscious girls at the side disappeared at the same time as well.
The tail that had lost its target pierced straight into the ground, then returned to its master's side. Judging from the neither-large-nor-small pit in the ground, Hagoromo Gitsune had clearly meant to kill him just now.
[You seem to be meddling a little too much, Lord Sage.] Hagoromo Gitsune turned to look at Torch Dragon, who had appeared behind her at some unknown point. However, there was one thing she could be certain of: the one who had sent Senba Gari and the others away just now was Torch Dragon.
[Heh heh. It's been too long since I came out to stretch my limbs. This old man was so bored I could hardly stand it, so I had no choice but to come here and meddle a little.] Torch Dragon stretched his waist and spoke in a rather languid tone.
[Aren't you afraid the leader will come out and fight you?]
[Heh. It would like to, sure. If it truly had any intention of doing so, it would have come out long ago.] Torch Dragon said. However,