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Chapter 39

The other woman loosely patted up Inosuke after cheering for us.
"Her face is very pretty, but isn't she built a little broad?"

"Plump and meaty is good. Aren't these girls great?!"

"She's more beefy than plump..."

Our stay was pleasant, at best, Inosuke constantly annoyed at the fact he couldn't speak. We'd agreed earlier that his voice was too rough, and even if he tried, it failed to sound feminine enough, so I was to do all the talking.

We frequently eavesdropped the women of the house, trying to find out anything about Makio or the demon.

On one of these days, our luck seemed to finally show as we got valuable info after following two women and listened from around the corner at what they spoke about.

"Is Makio alright? She's holed up in her room and won't come out..."

"She got ill and refused to see a doctor. The okami will drag her out soon, I'm sure."

"Still, she should eat something. I just left her a tray outside her room."

I quickly nudge Inosuke. He understood and slapped my arm away, even more frustrated today.

Wearing the kimono was hell for him, because he told me it dulled his senses and was too hot for him to wear comfortably.

I was to come with him, no matter where we would be placed so I could speak for him and help us gather info, but just one of us asking questions wasn't enough. We turned away and followed the direction one of them came from, to what we assumed to be Makio's room.

Quickly, however, I put my hand out and stop Inosuke. Something isn't right. We'll be in danger if we keep going.

My chest feels heavy...
What is this? This aura is utterly awful. Downright evil.

He quickly shakes my arm to get me to talk.
I mouth to him, afraid that even whispers will be too loud.
"Danger."

Inosuke quickly understood, grabbing my hand. He nodded his head at the room, and before I even understood, he dragged me over and slammed open the door.

Inside, it was empty, but the walls were cut and scratched viciously all over the place. They were massive and deep, worrying me.

I felt a breeze drift by and held my arm out to find it, noticing that the windows were closed.

Inosuke must've sensed it, too, and I point at the rafters. He gave up his silence, announcing our presence.

"We know you're there!"
He screamed, grabbing the closest bowl to him and throwing it up at it.

It's daylight right now, so this demon won't risk coming for us just yet. With all my might I blow a powerful gust up the rafters, Inosuke lifting me up to make it easier and send a bigger gust.

A rapid succession of steps echoed above, and we chased the sound out the room.
"I'm not letting you get away!"

We ran through the entire place quickly, reaching a dead end, Inosuke readied his fist, and right as he was about to shatter the wall, a man came out of the room by our right, Inosuke's fist making direct contact with him instead.