Beneath the cherry tree before the shrine in Yae Village within Stigmata Space, several beautiful girls sat on their knees, resting.
No matter what season it was outside, it was still spring within Stigmata Space. Thus, the cherry blossoms in Yae Village were in full bloom, their fragrance filling the air...
A gentle breeze swept past, and cherry blossom petals drifted down at five centimeters per second, creating a beautiful scene. Combined with the ancient shrine nearby and the old village at the foot of the shrine mountain, it was simply like a painting.
Calling it a painting was not wrong. Although it looked and felt like a real world, some details seemed less than real. There were no mosquitoes, nor were there any microorganisms.
"This fried tofu is pretty good. Sakura, you should have some too! It really tastes great!"
Beneath the tree, a little girl with blue eyes and long cherry-colored hair tied into a ponytail held out a skewer of fried tofu to the pink-haired girl with long ears beside her.
Before the little girl, more than half of several hundred portions of fried tofu had already been eaten.
"Thank you..."
Looking at the girl before her, Yae Sakura was still somewhat unaccustomed to this. The fox demon that had tormented her for hundreds of years had suddenly become a cute girl of eleven or twelve. Moreover, her attitude toward Sakura had changed drastically.
"What should I call you? Hellmaru?"
Looking at the girl before her, Yae Sakura wanted to get to know her again. Come to think of it, although she hated fox demons, after all these years... Yae Sakura seemed to have grown used to having it by her side. She did not actually hate it that much.
However... even if she did not hate