"Sweetie!" "Little Sweetie." "Idiot!"
The moment the maid beside Seele spoke, the other three people in the shop instantly changed expressions. She had practically admitted outright that she wasn't human, but a yokai.
"I..."
Only then did the maid realize what she had said. Her face went pale at once, and she knew she had misspoken. Seele might have guessed already, but what if Seele had merely been testing her? Wouldn't that mean...
"Who exactly are you?"
At that moment, the professional young woman behind the counter turned serious. She watched Seele warily, her eyes brimming with ferocity. Sharp claws emerged from her hands, and gray ears appeared atop her head.
It wasn't just the young woman. The girl with long black hair revealed a pair of black fox ears and a fox tail as well. Only the girl who looked like a european noble shrank back in fear without changing at all.
At that moment... a soft, adorable girl also emerged from the kitchen.
"They... really are yokai!"
Asou Yuna sat beside Seele and couldn't help slipping her hand into her clothes, ready to pull out the talismans she had prepared at any moment.
"A gray wolf, a black fox..."
Looking at the two exposed yokai, one was a wolf demon, while the other was a fox demon—a rare black fox demon, at that.
Yet Seele still couldn't see through the blonde girl, the maid beside her, or the girl who had emerged from the kitchen.
"Don't worry! I'm not your enemy, and I won't expose you. As for who I am? I'm the deity of a nearby shrine!" Seele looked at the yokai before her. Though they were somewhat mysterious, she could clearly tell that they carried no resentment or other negative aura.
They counted as... "good yokai,"