Kars's mind became active. After all, the circumstances so far couldn't help but make people think of intimacy.
Marisa, who was busy picking and choosing, also felt Kars's gaze staring at her face. Although she acted like she didn't care, if Kars had paid attention, he would have heard her heart rate speeding up.
Marisa's mind was also somewhat chaotic. She had come to the Scarlet Devil Mansion this time intending to borrow books, but also to see Kars. She couldn't forget what happened at the banquet, especially when she felt Kars rubbing his masculine part against her body. Subconsciously, she thought it was her fault, and she was startled at the time, but in the end, she continued to hold Kars without reacting, watching him slowly rubbing against her in her arms. Marisa felt a strange sensation then.
While enjoying the comfortable warmth, she also felt a slight excitement and a different kind of joy emerging in her heart. After the banquet ended, she couldn't stop thinking about the feeling she had at the time, and she gave Kars a somewhat unusual smile. When she returned home, Marisa felt a strangely lightheaded sensation. After a few days, she kept thinking about the incident with Kars at the banquet, and finally couldn't help but come looking for him.
Now, hugging him while looking for books, their current posture was truly intimate. His face was constantly brushing against her chest, which was a very stimulating feeling for Marisa. Having no prior sexual experience, she had little immunity to this sensation.
Soon, a faint gasp escaped her mouth. During this time, Marisa still managed to steal glances at Kars's reaction while looking at books. Seeing Kars also seeming a little distracted, she asked, "Kars, do you have any very flashy and powerful magic here?"
"Huh? Flashy and powerful?" Hearing Marisa's question, Kars snapped back to reality and thought for a moment, recalling the magic Marisa used before, then shook his head.
"I'm afraid, if you mean magic like yours, it's basically hard to find anything suitable here."
"None? There are so many books here, there must be some special ones, right?" Marisa said this while standing on her toes to reach a book high up. After glancing at the title, Compendium of Potion Making, her eyes lit up. It seemed she was very interested in such books.
"Do you want to borrow this book? Some of the ingredients in it might only be available to Patchouli." Kars glanced at the book Marisa wanted to borrow. After all, some of the ingredients in this book were from Europe. Trying to find suitable substitutes in Gensokyo could easily lead to problems if experiments weren't conducted.
"It's okay! I can take my time with this! Oh, right! Kars, you should help too! After all, you must know clearly what the necessary ingredients do, right!"
"Ah, I suppose. I've studied these things, too." Kars nodded in confirmation. Upon receiving a positive answer, Marisa directly took Kars, mounted her broom, and rushed out through the hole she had created, not forgetting to say to Patchouli before leaving:
"I'm borrowing Kars for a while!"
"I knew this would happen! Cough, cough, cough!" Patchouli saw this and was so angry she started coughing. She could only watch helplessly as Marisa took Kars away.
Sitting on the broom, Kars wrapped his arms around Marisa's waist, watching her fly rapidly toward the Forest of Magic. They eventually arrived in front of a house labeled Kirisame Magic Shop.
"Is this your home, Marisa?"
"Yep! Come on in!" When Marisa led Kars into her house, the sight inside made Kars pause. A pile of unidentified magical tools and strange, seemingly useless items were heaped together, making the entire house look cluttered.
"Why do you have so much stuff at home? And a lot of this stuff looks useless, doesn't it?"
"Ahaha… I bring back something every time I go out, and slowly it just piled up. And if I've picked it up, I won't throw it away."
She brings back something every time she goes out… Hearing Marisa say this, Kars couldn't help but think of himself, and he instinctively asked, "Do I count, too?"
"Huh?" Marisa froze. She hadn't expected Kars to suddenly say something like that, and she was a little slow to react. However, her face flushed slightly. After all, that comment, combined with what she had just said, made the meaning instantly intimate.
Or rather, she did have that intention, which was why she wanted to bring Kars from the Scarlet Devil Mansion back to her home. Wasn't this a mindset of wanting him? After all, anything she wanted and could get her hands on, she would bring back. Because once she brought it home, she would never let go, unless she died.
"Of course you count! So Kars is mine now, too!" Marisa answered frankly. Her cheerful, sunny smile, paired with a slight flush, gave her a uniquely different feeling.
"Is that so? I feel like that's a bit too casual."
"If you think this way is too simple, I suppose I could do a little more to make it easier for you to accept." Marisa walked up to Kars, placed her hands on his shoulders, and said, "And that is to let your body remember my mark."
Their lips met, and their eyes locked. Then, their tongues began to intertwine and suck each other, making erotic sounds.