Becoming an Oni in this land of illusion

Chapter 51

"Sure..."

Ibaraki closed her eyes and fall asleep rapidly. Aya was surprised to see Ibaraki fast asleep.

"You trust me that much?"

Aya mutters but in the end, she decided to make a headline as she is going to print this tomorrow

after she finished it she decided to sleep beside Ibaraki since she is quite petite she could lie down not feeling cramped

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Aya wakes up and sees the sun sinking toward the horizon. She looks beside her and sees Ibaraki is still sleeping.

She decided to wake her up since it was quite late

"Ibaraki, wake up it's already afternoon"

Ibaraki opens her eyes and looks at the window. She summons flames on her hand, but the flame looks weaker than she normally could output.

"Can you carry me towards home?"

Aya sighed and nodded as she carries Ibaraki

"This will be the first time I have been carried... the majority of the time I am the one who carries"

Aya laughs as she also thought this is the first time she carries someone like this

"It must probably be hard for you"

Ibaraki giggled at hearing that, but she didn't think it was hard. It was quite touching... 'Literally'.

"Not at all. I am with them in their vulnerable state and they are willing to risk their vulnerability to me".

"I'm very moved, to say the least"

Aya heard Ibaraki's gentle tone, making her smile since it also implies Ibaraki trusted her

"Just hang on tight since I am the fastest being in Gensokyo!"

She then proceeds to fly not too fast nor too slow because this kind of moment will probably not happen again

Ibaraki looks at the wide horizon and thinks that she prefers being carried by Aya than sitting on an airplane

She then admires the scenery before Aya dived inside the forest

Aya let Ibaraki stand as Ibaraki knocked on the door, but no one answers

Ibaraki could sense some foreboding that she will hear a long talk since she didn't tell them where she was heading

Ibaraki enters while Aya decided to join go with her since it's also her fault for ticking Ibaraki off

"So tell me, why are you two late?"

Marisa is in front of them, crossing her arms while they can hear the sounds of kitchen utensils being used

Ibaraki wanted to explain why but Aya decided that she will be the one who was going to talk

"You see... I made fun of Ibaraki till the point she can't hold her anger and chased me towards the mountain".

"But I don't know that she consumed crazy amounts of her mana, she suddenly fell down mid-chase"

"I let her sleep in my bed and take care of her, but even I fell asleep."

Marisa hears out Aya and feels some details were missing from it. She looked at Ibaraki, and the latter nods her head.

Marisa feels relief that nothing happens between the two of them but she decided to make a firm barrier between the two of them

"Ibaraki come here"

Ibaraki comes closer to Marisa. Marisa kissed her with so much passion that even Ibaraki feels getting heated up.

Aya, who sees such a scene, decided to look away and whistle. Marisa, who peeked at her, sees her expression and feels more assured that Aya didn't have romantic feelings towards Ibaraki.

Marisa decided to stop it and separates herself from the kiss while Ibaraki, who is quite weak at the moment, can only fall into her embrace feeling dazed

"How about you Aya? Do you want to eat with us?"

Aya looks at Marisa and feels her initial aggression toward her disappear making her feel relieved

"Sure~ but next time can you not do it so boldly?"

Aya complains since she didn't expect something so explicit to happen in broad daylight

"Nope, I love her and I want everyone to know it"

Marisa boldly exclaims her love making Ibaraki bury her face in Marisa's shoulder in an attempt to bury her red face

Aya is stunned meanwhile Shuten, who wanted to say that the food is ready, amazed by Marisa's shamelessness

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At this point I'm just writing something that I want... is this a story?