"First of all... we had no reason to fight, but don't forget that you were the one who attacked me first—and it was a sneak attack."
"Besides, we'll face each other sooner or later. That's something for the future, not now! More importantly... cooperate with you? What would I get out of it?"
After listening to Kanou, Seele withdrew her hand and fixed her blood-red eyes on the catgirl before her. Black Seele completely disagreed with Kanou's proposal. Cooperating with her would only put her at a disadvantage.
"Is my strength not enough?"
Kanou was still very confident in her own strength. Even among great yokai, she was one of the best.
"Not enough!"
Black Seele answered without hesitation.
Looking at Black Seele before her, Kanou had looked down on Seele's surface personality, but she rather liked the forcefulness of Seele's inner personality.
"Then... what if I were willing to pledge loyalty to you and drink ceremonial wine with you?"
Yokai Oath Wine (1)
"Ceremonial... wine?"
Hearing Kanou's words, Black Seele froze for a moment, unable to process it. How had the conversation suddenly turned to drinking ceremonial wine?
And even if she were going to drink it, it should be with Sister Bronya! Since when was it your turn...
No, this wasn't the Divine Continent. There was no custom of drinking ceremonial wine at weddings here. At the mention of ceremonial wine, Black Seele suddenly remembered that in this country, sworn brothers and sisters drank ceremonial wine.
There was also a ceremonial wine ritual among yokai.
"You mean yokai oath wine?"
After thinking it over, Black Seele stared at Kanou before her. Yokai oath wine was also ceremonial wine, and it was drunk in the same way. Seele had learned about this wine long ago in the world of