Kiyoko had a plethora of things to say but her words got stuck in her throat. She just shook her head in the end and looked at Lily as she said, “Forget it. It’s all in the past, anyway. Bringing it up will just make me sadder and worry you.”
Lily was smart enough to catch on to the implicit meaning of the unspoken words. However, it seemed to her that Kiyoko had misunderstood something.
“You can veto the decision if you believe that I’m not suitable for the shrine master position, Ms. Lily. I won’t blame you even if you do that since the position is a heavy responsibility for me,” Kiyoko said as she looked at the night sky.
Lily’s sight could not help but fall on her slender waist and plump buttocks at this time. Kiyoko’s figure was a bit similar to hers and was just a bit more mature than hers. This made Lily wonder if something had really happened between her and Ayaka, and whether Ayaka had toyed with her body. Lily felt a bit displeased when she arrived at this thought, but she also felt excited at the same time because of the imbalance between her mind and body.
However, Lily was not going to let this affect her judgment regarding the shrine master position.
“I can give you an answer about this question right now if you want, Ms. Kiyoko. I’m going to support you!”
“Hah? But I—”
“Ms. Ayaka would not have sent me here if you weren’t suitable for the position, Ms. Kiyoko.”
“Thank you, Lily. I don’t feel that confident about it since everyone denies me, to be honest. I feel so lost, Lily…” Kiyoko felt her pulse race as she looked at Lily and her eyes teared up. Although she revealed a lonely expression, she brought her emotions under control in the end and said, “It’s quite late now. The shrine master must’ve prepared a dwelling for you by now. Let me take you there.”
Lily showed hesitation on her face when she heard this.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t want to see those people, to be honest.” Lily frowned.
“Why not spend the night in this cabin then, Ms. Lily?”
“Huh?”
Kiyoko took out the key and opened the cabin’s door. “This is the dwelling where Ms. Ayaka lived during her training in the shrine.”
“Ms. Ayaka lived here?” She felt a sense of longing when she imagined the scene of a tall and lean genius girl training in the literary arts, the sword and magic alone on this secluded cliff. She wondered if she would have been satisfied with a life where she trained in the sword and magic along with her sisters in a location similar to this if she were a weak and ordinary girl.
“Have some rest then, Ms. Lily. I still need to make some preparations for the ceremony, so I’ll be leaving first. You can just return the key to me before you leave.”
Kiyoko handed the key over to Lily, which made her feel that it symbolized something. However, she accepted it silently in the end.
Lily went inside the cabin once Kiyoko left and even though it was secluded on a cliff, the loneliness did not scare her because she had enough strength to handle most stuff. She then lit up the oil lamps in the cabin and strolled through the wood-scented hallway.
“So, this is where Ms. Ayaka lived during her training. She must’ve slept peacefully on this floor.” Lily sat down and caressed the floor gently with her slender fingers.
“Ngh…” Lily felt a slight pressure in her underbody at this moment and got up to look for the detached toilet in the backyard of the cabin.
Although no one had used it for years, it was pretty clean inside.
“Could Ms. Ayaka be the only one who used it until now?”
Lily raised her skirt up to her waist and untied the string on the side of her underwear, which exposed the dense pubic hair
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