Although Mei did not think such passivity would make her return empty-handed.
"Where are you looking? I'm right here..."
The voice drew close once again. This time... Mei finally saw the one speaking.
At some point, a small patch of Higanbana had grown directly to over three meters tall.
Then, a girl in a red kimono sat atop a gigantic Higanbana. She held a freshly picked Higanbana in her hand, and her red left eye glimmered with petal-like light, looking enchantingly seductive.
Then... because she wore such a short kimono, her two long, dazzlingly beautiful legs, white enough to gleam, were completely exposed.
The girl swung her beautiful legs as she stared at Mei with apparent interest.
"Higanbana? Sister Hua..."
Mei was slightly stunned by the beauty of the girl before her, but having already seen countless beauties, she quickly came back to her senses.
Then she looked at the girl before her, especially those incomparably beautiful legs. They were so fair and tender they seemed as though water could be squeezed from them. If a perfect score was one hundred, those legs deserved extra points.
Moreover... the girl's appearance really was very similar to Higanbana from Onmyoji.
"Sister Hua? You seem to know me? But strangely, I have never seen you in my memories..."
Hearing Mei's form of address, Higanbana seemed somewhat surprised.
Bored as she was, she liked having people bring her a little entertainment. This human girl had actually come right to her doorstep, and had ventured so deeply into the Higanbana Sea without suffering any harm. That greatly intrigued Higanbana. And now... she even knew her.
"No! You're not her... Although you look very similar, that Higanbana was much better than you."
Mei shook her head. Though they were similar... this was not that Higanbana.
"Oh!