Everyone's Own Plans

Osakabehime thought it over and over, but she could find no solution. In the end, she made a difficult decision.

If there was no avoiding tonight, she could only keep the sacrifice to a minimum.

Mole's arrival had been unexpected, but she had brought a different kind of color to Osakabehime's shut-in life.

At first, Osakabehime had only taken Mole in as a monster. She had never expected to grow so attached to her.

Osakabehime considered Mole a dear friend. To help her escape this ordeal, she was prepared to offer herself up instead.

She decided to let Mole sleep on the sofa while she shared the bed with that man.

As long as she kept him occupied tonight, he would have no chance to lay a hand on Mole.

By tomorrow, the other three women's trials would be almost over. She could let them meet, then find a way to send them all away.

After that, she would set Wandering Himeji Castle in motion, find somewhere new to settle down, and never see that man again.

Osakabehime almost wanted to applaud herself. She might lose her virtue, but she would preserve her dear friend's innocence. That was how things went in the romance novels she had read.

So Osakabehime had gotten the whole idea from novels. She was simply putting what she had learned to use. Romance novels really could lead people astray.

Meanwhile, Mole's thoughts were much the same as Osakabehime's, if even more aggressive.

She was an evil being possessed by the Mother of the Abyss, whom humans had named the embodiment of depravity.

She had barely arrived on Earth before the Gatekeeper began watching her like a hawk. She had not done anything bad yet.

But evil was evil, and her plan was simple: seduction.

She,