Higokumaru Counter-Noble Phantasm 4

There were many types of tsukumogami. Some well-known examples included Fumiguruma, Karakasa Kozō, Chirizuka Kaio... and so on. They were all monsters that had transformed from objects—in other words, tsukumogami.

If it had merely been a tsukumogami, Seele would not have cared much. But this cup... or rather, the drinks poured into this tsukumogami tasted even better.

With this commission, Seele had not only completed her master-and-apprentice training with Aso Yuna and received her reward, but also obtained this item.

It was the source of the commission: a yokai. But Seele did not care in the slightest. It was just a tsukumogami.

The only regrettable thing was that this cup could not speak. It merely understood human language, and it was not very intelligent. It was fine for drinking something, at least.

Seele took out a large bottle of cola and poured some into the cup.

She scrutinized the cola in the cup, but nothing seemed to have changed. Seele raised the cup and took a sip.

"Eh!"

The cola really did taste different. She could not describe the feeling, but it was undeniably much better than ordinary cola.

Then Seele drained the cup in one gulp and poured herself another.

After the entire large bottle of cola had gone into Seele's stomach, she finally set down the cup, stood up, and rubbed her full belly.

Looks like she would not need dinner later. The cola alone had filled her up.

So far, Seele had not found anything harmful about this cup. The only issue... was that it was somewhat addictive to drink from. Someone with poor self-control might drink themselves to death on water.

After putting the cup into the shrine's storage, Seele checked the time again. Seeing that it was still early, she dragged Higokumaru out to