"Japan will usher in an age of peace rivaling the height of the Age of Gods?"
The dignitaries in the operations room looked utterly bewildered.
Abe no Seimei glanced at the drones circling overhead and shook his sleeve. Countless white paper butterflies fluttered into the air. Several explosions rang out, and the feeds on the split screens went black or dissolved into static one after another.
"Hello, can you see me? Esteemed personages of the mortal world."
Almost all the drones were destroyed. Only one remained, wrapped in white paper butterflies, which carried it down into Abe no Seimei's hand.
He adjusted the drone's camera, pointed it at his face, and smiled faintly.
One backward glance and a smile gave birth to a hundred charms, rendering the beauties of the six palaces colorless.
Even through a screen, the ordinary mortals in the operations room could not escape Abe no Seimei's allure. They all made spectacles of themselves, utterly entranced. Several decrepit old men were delighted to discover that they could get it up again.
As expected of the fox spirit Kuzunoha's son-no, daughter now-Abe no Seimei truly possessed beauty that could topple a nation.
Even Tamamo-no-Mae, the golden-furred, jade-faced fox who had thrown the world into chaos, could have been no more beautiful.
How could the people of the Heian Period have mistaken such an exquisite beauty for a man?
But considering Abe no Seimei's legendary mastery of Onmyodo, disguising his female form would have been child's play.
Some began indulging in fantasies.
Abe no Seimei's husband (wife) was truly blessed, getting to make love to such an exquisite beauty. If it were me...
But moments later, it was as though a bucket of ice water had been poured over them, extinguishing their restless lust completely.
"At next month's Obon