"You wish! I don't have ti to co out here every single day just so you can fire one shot," Shichen grumbled, stretching gumin's cheeks.
"Mm… but it doesn't take that long."
"It's plenty of ti."
"I only need one blast to be satisfied…"
"One blast is never enough."
"But I can only cast one… W-wait, doesn't this conversation sound kind of wrong?" gumin suddenly asked with a dead-serious face.
"Does it?" Shichen blinked innocently.
"Shichen, you really are a lolicon—talking dirty with a little girl! Totally perverted."
"Oh, so you're turning the tables on now?" Shichen tugged harder on her cheeks.
"Ow… sorry, my bad!"
"Hmph. Next ti I'll spank you for real."
"D-do you like my butt or sothing?"
"Huh?"
"Sorry! I was wrong!"
"Too late."
Shichen flipped her onto her stomach so she lay prone on the ground, then raised his hand.
"Wait, wait, one more chance! I swear there won't be a next ti! Please—have rcy! I'm really, really sorry!" gumin begged.
He didn't strike—he'd only ant to scare her. "You said it yourself?"
"Uh-huh! If I act up again you can spank all you want."
"So you know you're a brat."
Shichen shook his head, turned her over, and picked her up.
"Eh?" gumin hadn't expected that. She reflexively hooked her arms around his neck. "I thought you were going to carry ."
"You're this tiny—easier to hold than piggyback." He smiled and strode toward town.
"Calling tiny again…" she pouted.
"Small is cute, right?"
"Knew it—you real—"
"Go on, say it."
"Humph! Not if it ans a spanking."
"Then behave."
"Um… maybe make it a piggyback instead?"
As they neared the gate gumin grew embarrassed, hanging her head to avoid the guards' eyes.
"What, don't like being carried?"
"It's not that… it's just embarrassing."
"Heh, figure out my plan yet? I want the whole town to see you like this—teach you so humility."
"You're evil!"
"If you sneak out again to cast Explosion, I'll carry you back the sa way. A few days of that and everyone will have seen it."
"I… I can ask Yunyun to help !"
"I'll tell her not to—and she listens to more than you."
"Grr!"
"Plus, Explosion's so loud I'd know instantly."
"Shichen, you're a devil!"
"Your choice: resist the urge or get paraded in my arms."
"Unfair…"
Luckily the streets were quiet—few people saw them because most townsfolk were outside, now that the frog threat was gone.
Halfway back they t Yunyun, who was cheerfully carrying a bag toward the inn.
"Yunyun!"
"Eek—Sh-Shichen? And gumin? What happened to her?"
Startled, she hid the bag behind her.
"Long story. Didn't you hear that blast outside?" Shichen said.
"A blast? That was gumin?"
"She just had to fire off an Explosion—left a crater in the plain."
"Haha—sounds like her."
"So, what were you up to?" Shichen asked.
"Ah? I, um, was heading back to the inn." She shuffled, hands still hiding the bag.
"What's behind your back?" he asked bluntly.
"Uh… er… just sothing I bought."
"Sothing private?"
"N-not exactly…"
"Then why hide it?"
"Well…"
"Is it a bra?" gumin cut in.
"It is not!" Yunyun yelped.
"Really? Then why hide it? Don't tell you got even bigger. What did you eat, huh?!"
"I did not get bigger! I'm exactly the sa as last week!"
"Last week?" Shichen muttered, eyes drifting to the bit of pale skin visible at Yunyun's chest.
Noticing, Yunyun blushed deeper. "Shichen…"
"Ah—sorry." He yanked his gaze away.
"I-it's fine…" she murmured.
"Ewww," gumin clicked her tongue. "Could you two not flirt right in front of ?"
"Quit spouting nonsense." Shichen hitched gumin higher so she clung tighter.
"Big deal—just two lumps of useless fat. Nothing but dead weight!"
"Sounds like jealousy," he said with a grin.
"W-who's jealous?!"
"It's written all over your face."
"Grr!"
"Hehe, ignore her, Yunyun—you know how she is," Shichen said.
"I-I know…"
"You're okay now, right? Let's walk back together."
"O-okay."
Shichen, still holding gumin, walked beside Yunyun—who kept darting shy glances at them and clutching her bag.
Back at the inn he set gumin on her bed in the girls' twin room.
"Rest a bit. We'll grab lunch later."
"Got it."
After he left, silence filled the room until gumin spoke. "What's up? You're not your usual self."
"Huh? N-nothing," Yunyun stamred.
"Co on—you normally won't stop talking. Spill it."
"I just… You're exhausted, right?"
"I don't buy that. You were chatting my ear off last night."
"…Well, can I ask you sothing?"
"Shoot."
"You… seem really stuck to Shichen."
"M-? Stuck? No! Things just turned out that way. He's a boob maniac—why would I cling to him?"
"But you looked happy," Yunyun pouted.
"Happy? He keeps bullying ! I'm not a masochist. Why ask that?" gumin deflected.
"No reason. I just wondered."
"Liar—tell !"
"You said I could!"
"Fine!"
"I… I suspect you're using 'helping ' as an excuse to cling to Shichen…"
"You dare accuse ?! After I always stick up for you?" gumin sat up, glaring.
"Sorry!"
"Hmph! I'm disappointed you'd doubt my motives."
"I'm sorry, really! Let make it up to you!"
"Forget it. But… do you actually like Shichen?"
"N-no!" Yunyun's whole face turned crimson.
gumin smirked. "…Why?"
"He's kind, handso, strong, always helps , agreed to team up… W-why are you making say this?!"
"Wow—you're easy."
"I am not!"
"So that bag—did you buy sothing for Shichen?" gumin asked.
"How did you kn— I an, it's not for him!"
"What is it then?"
"A—a cape! It's magic-resistant. I thought it would suit him if he wore— Ugh! You made say it again!"
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