In the flower-scented villa district, a gentle breeze blew with birds chirping.
Yae Miko lounged lazily on the soft couch, her red lips sipping the uniquely textured fried tofu, as if returning to her young fox days hundreds of years ago, when her greed often led her to be tempted by fried tofu, getting teased by the Hakushin matriarch.
Unfortunately, even if she was tempted again now, the lazy and charming Hakushin matriarch, Kitsune Saiguu, had dissipated into the ages, unable to tease this little fox anymore.
"Hmm?"
But as Yae Miko savored the delicious fried tofu with distant thoughts, a tingling sensation suddenly rose from her lower abdomen, gradually spreading around and surging to her limbs, making her feel somewhat out of control.
"What's going on?"
Yae Miko narrowed her eyes. This feeling was like casting thunder elements in the rain without a barrier— the tingling electric sensation made her fox fur tremble slightly.
She even felt like reverting to her original form.
"Don't look at me like that; I don't know."
Ken looked at Yae Miko's increasingly watery eyes, feeling curious.
Miss Fox showing this expression was clearly due to the special fried tofu.
Honestly, Ken was somewhat looking forward to what interesting scene would unfold next.
"Does this fried tofu really have side effects?"
Recalling Ken's earlier words, Yae Miko felt a bit annoyed.
She had initially thought it was just teasing, but now it seemed real—this fried tofu was indeed a bit strange.
Feeling this slightly tingling power, Yae Miko's form changed for an instant.
"???"
Seeing Yae Miko suddenly sprout a fluffy tail, Ken was momentarily stunned.
As expected, a Kitsune with ears and a tail was even more alluring than usual.
Certain hidden preferences in Ken's bloodline surged forth.
No wonder 2D beast-eared girls were the most popular among otakus; Yae Miko's change in that instant was utterly charming, seductive, and sexy.
"Oh no... I almost revealed my fox form in front of you..."
Yae Miko naturally noticed the instant change. Though she quickly suppressed the anomaly with her power, due to the slight loss of control, her tail kept popping out sporadically.
It wasn't a full fox form...
But it was still embarrassing.
"It's just the fox tail showing; you didn't fully revert to original form."
Ken poured a cup of tea and said leisurely: "If you don't mind, you can revert to fox form in front of me. After all, your fox appearance isn't a secret to me."
Yae Miko was slightly at a loss for words.
She almost forgot that Ken had great prophecy abilities.
He even turned many past and future events of Inazuma into exquisite video games. With such power, knowing her fox form was too easy.
Seeing the man's half-smiling expression, Yae Miko bit her red lip, feeling a bit defeated.
Since growing up, she was always the one teasing others; when had she suffered such a setback?
And this setback was self-inflicted.
Looking at the empty plate with just soup left, Yae Miko glared at Ken resentfully. Every time she encountered Alice, she got a bit unlucky... She didn't expect to embarrass herself in front of Alice's man too.
The dignified Guuji... having to reveal her half-human, half-youkai form in front of a not-too-familiar friend.
She really was incompatible with Alice's family.
But considering Ken probably knew her half-youkai form, Yae Miko simply stopped restraining it, letting the fluffy pink tail emerge from her layered shrine maiden outfit, lazily swaying behind her.
Amid her dense pink hair, her folded ears twitched slightly. Yae Miko half-lay on the soft couch, her silky long hair cascading with her body, the fluffy tail gently resting on her fair form, rising and falling with her breaths.
"Perhaps you could tone it down a bit."
Seeing the fox treating him like no outsider, Ken's eyelids twitched.
Just moments ago, this fox was embarrassed to revert in front of him, but after accepting reality, she became even more casual, with her ample breast and fluffy tail occasionally swaying in view.
This shift was too extreme.
"Anyway, in front of you, this Guuji has no image left. So why bother with futile recovery?"
The fox attendant, whose figure and appearance rivaled Narukami's, now had silky, lazy eyes. Compared to the stubborn and cute Raiden Ei, she always saw things clearly.
After all, Ken could prophesy, and in the game, he even annotated her quirks clearly.
This meant he knew her inside out.
In that case... just go with it.
Ignoring Ken's helpless gaze, Yae Miko browsed light novels on her phone, her smile growing more pleased.
Inazuma's biggest issues were resolved, and Narukami's will had changed.
As the Guuji of Narukami Shrine, she should slack off properly and ponder her light novel empire.
Looking at the many novels, Yae Miko found Blue Star's light novels far more interesting than those published by Yae Publishing House.
For example, [Reincarnated as a Liyue Immortal, I Married Director Hu Tao], or [Marrying into Liyue, My Wife Is Ningguang], or [After Joining the Knights of Favonius, I Became Invincible].
Such novels were countless.
But...
"Why are there no novels about Inazuma?"
Miss Fox flipped through many times and searched the engine for a while, but found no light novels about Inazuma.
The pink-haired fox was dissatisfied with this result.
After all, her Yae Publishing House was renowned across the continent; logically, Blue Star peers should have linked up after seeing her novels?
"Because the Inazuma storyline hasn't been released yet. Currently, the game only has Mondstadt and Liyue."
Gazing into those alluring watery eyes, Ken explained simply.
Currently, many Genshin Impact events and maps hadn't been released. Even though the Inazuma map was made, Ken didn't plan to update it immediately.
Games like this shouldn't update too quickly.
So, during previews, besides some events, it was about pools. Major updates like maps were only things like Dragonspine so far.
Anyway, he had disrupted Genshin's update timeline; the game was rich in content now, no shortage of gameplay.
"Does that mean... some Inazuma plot points can still be changed?"
Yae Miko's eyes suddenly lit up. She leaned forward slightly, smiling at Ken.
Ken gripped his teacup, instantly alert: "What are you thinking?"
"Could you... alter Ei's image a bit? Like inserting a story in the plot where young Ei throws a tantrum because she can't get tricolor dango? Hehehe... Sounds fun just thinking about it." Yae Miko laughed uncontrollably.
She was way too skilled at messing with her "best friend."
"You're really bold."
Ken couldn't help but sigh; this fox was truly sly and fearless of beatings, coming up with such ideas.
Setting aside character consistency, if Raiden Ei found out, this fox would 100% get beaten—unless she never returned to Inazuma and hid on Blue Star forever.
Otherwise, she'd definitely get slashed twice.
To this, Yae Miko was fearless: "People live to find fun for themselves. Don't you think it's funny, Dear Sir?"
"I think exposing your fox form in the game would be more interesting." Ken said lightly.
Of course, he had no such plan; he just wanted to tease the smug sly fox.
Sure enough.
The previously smug Yae Miko's tail immediately drooped limply, clearly at a loss for words.
After a while, she said: "Last time, Ganyu met Ayaka here, right? If convenient, could you take me to see Sister Ganyu? It's been so many years; I do miss her."
Missing Ganyu was real, but shifting the topic was also real.
If she didn't know Ken was Alice's man, Yae Miko might continue teasing along this line.
But thinking of Ken as Alice's man, she wasn't sure about his integrity.
After all, Alice had strong mischievous tastes.
Her man's would be even stronger.
If he really put her embarrassing states in the game, her reputation as Yae Guuji on Blue Star would be ruined.
With almost no erosion here, she planned to visit Blue Star often.
So... her reputation was very important.
Better shift topics quickly, lest he actually does it—then she'd be humiliated.
"Of course."
Knowing the fox was changing the subject, Ken didn't tease more and opened the Vortex Gate, setting it to Liyue Harbor.
"Thanks, little guy."
Yae Miko winked, using her youkai power to force her tail back in.
"You'd better change your wording." Ken reminded kindly. If they weren't too familiar, he'd definitely show her what a "big guy" was.
Yae Miko shrugged helplessly: "Don't mind the details; habits are hard to change."
Though she said that, the cunning in her eyes was undeniable.
This one was pure sly fox... Ken couldn't be bothered arguing and directly took her to Liyue Harbor.
...
In front of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Hu Tao, who had just launched the new "Funeral Rock" service, was implementing ads for it, letting everyone know about Wangsheng's business expansion.
After the storm and subsequent calm in Liyue Harbor, under the Liyue Qixing's leadership, things were getting back on track.
The people lived peacefully, and Liyue Bank was developing vigorously.
This was the perfect time to advertise Wangsheng; everyone was progressing, so Wangsheng naturally had to advance too.
But as Director Hu personally set up the ad board, her peripheral vision caught a familiar figure.
"Ken? And...??"
Seeing Ken, joy surged in Hu Tao's plum blossom eyes. She hadn't seen him for days and did miss him a bit.
But before her joy could fully bloom, she spotted the alluring pink-clothed beauty beside Ken.
The beauty was like jade, graceful and poised, with towering assets and fair legs, all proclaiming her heaven-sent capital. The charming aura around her was innate seduction; just looking was mesmerizing.
Especially the ample breast trembling with her steps, which shocked Hu Tao.
The young Director with her "airport" suddenly missed Traveler a bit.
Though Traveler wasn't purely flat like the Bishui Plain, at least visually it wasn't exaggerated. In front of Traveler, she had some confidence.
But now, the beauty beside Ken had such ample assets.
Though Ken said he didn't care about her size, the quirky Director loved pondering such odd things.
"Director, jealous?"
Seeing her Director's gaze, Ferrylady teased with a grin.
Hu Tao stiffened her neck: "Hmph, how could I? This Director wouldn't envy that. You handle the ad board; I'm going over there."
With that, Hu Tao hurried over nonstop.
She wanted to see where this beauty came from and when Ken met her.
And check up close if her breast were real.
Or if they were faked like hers.
Hu Tao's figure was as light as a sprite, but the closer she got, the heavier her heart felt.
Help... Her breast seem real.
Looking down at herself, Hu Tao grew more annoyed. She'd eaten so many papayas; why didn't it work?