Raindrops beat against the roof tiles, creating a pitter-patter sound.
When first heard, this sound can give a very comforting feeling, even making one want to drift off to sleep accompanied by the sound of rain.
But if this sound continues for several days in a row, it can instead become irritating.
However, at a time like this, our little tanuki changed her usual behavior and was more energetic than ever before.
She clung to the wooden door, carefully peeking out through the crack, meticulously observing the situation outside.
"Confirmation complete. No sign of that man within a ten-li radius. When the wind picks up and the rain falls, it will be the perfect time to escape!"
With a backflip, she landed steadily on the ground.
Sayu struck a cool pose, a hand seal already formed in her hands.
The moment she formed the hand seal, a tear instantly ripped open in the space above her head.
"...Sigh."
Looking at the crimson beastly pupil above her head, Sayu's initial energy completely dissipated.
'Never mind, just capture me. Hurry up, I'm tired.'
After she gave up resisting, a dark figure descended accordingly, his hand subconsciously landing on her head.
It couldn't be helped. When landing with this move, unless the target was invisible or untargetable, an attack was necessary.
And this head-patting or shoulder-patting motion could substitute for an attack.
Hmm, a butt-pat would also work.
Heh, go ahead and pat, pat all you want. It's not like I'm going to grow any taller anyway.
Your little tanuki has completely given up.
"You're actually in the room? How rare. Why aren't you trying to escape today?"
"Even if I escape, I'll just be swoosh, thwack, aiee—caught by you, right? Why would I go looking for trouble?"
Sighing, Sayu walked back to the bed, pulled up the small blanket, and with the help of the Anemo element, leaped onto the rafters, wrapping herself up and preparing to doze off.
Wrapped in a little blanket on the rafter high,
Wiping away tears in the blanket, I cry.
After wiping my tears, I don't care, it's fine,
To everyone I meet, I just say "yes, yes, all is right."
"Little tanuki."
"What?"
Sayu, wrapped up with only her head showing, even ignored the "tanuki" nickname and looked warily at Bai Luo below.
Bai Luo didn't speak, but instead took out a grilled fish wrapped in oil paper from his pocket and tossed it up to Sayu.
He had specifically asked for this before leaving Sangonomiya Kokomi.
Honestly, Bai Luo really wanted to see how the little ornamental fish would react the next day after her energy was restored.
But the situation at the resistance camp didn't allow him to stay there for too long, so after arranging the relevant matters with Tatyana, he returned to Sayu's side.
This operation had gone even more smoothly than he had imagined.
For this operation, he had even specifically used his authority as a Harbinger to temporarily transfer Kseniya away.
Otherwise, if she had seen it...
They probably couldn't be friends anymore, and would have to maintain their relationship purely as superior and subordinate.
"Grilled... grilled fish?!"
Seeing the grilled fish, Sayu's first reaction was not surprise, but fright.
Her stomach even involuntarily spasmed, and her complexion turned a little ghastly.
Fish, before meeting Bai Luo, was a very delicious creature.
But after meeting Bai Luo...
Not only was there always a faint, fishy smell in her hat.
Most importantly, it reminded her of that scene in the small woods.
The fish soup had been incredibly delicious, but the fish meat was another story entirely.
That sour taste... had almost made her faint again.
Yet this man, on the grounds that she needed to eat more fish to grow, had forcefully "fed" her the entire pot of fish.
It had given her a trauma towards fish, and for the next few nights, even her dreams were about fish.
She dreamed that the fish she had eaten had turned into evil spirits and chased her all night.
The next night, she discovered in her dream that her "killed" self had also become an evil spirit, and then... she chased the fish all night.
In short, right now, just seeing a fish made her feel sick.
"Be good. If you want to grow taller, you need to eat more fish, eggs, and milk."
Saying that, Bai Luo took out a bottle of milk and two eggs.
But this time he didn't toss them up, but instead beckoned with his finger, signaling for Sayu to come down.
"There's... no milk in the camp at this time, right?"
Regarding the milk, Sayu had actually asked the soldier who brought her dinner for some.
Because Bai Luo had said back then that Tatyana grew so tall because she often drank milk.
But the soldier's explanation was that the camp happened to be out of milk for the next few days, and they would have to wait for the new supplies to arrive.
After all, compared to dairy products which were not easy to preserve, food that was easy to store was more popular during military campaigns.
"...I made an effort just now."
After a moment of silence, Bai Luo revealed an intriguing expression.
"???"
Oh no! This milk... it couldn't have come from the Hilichurls again, could it?
Heaven knows where this guy got his weird tastes from, why did he have a penchant for "borrowing" milk from Hilichurls?
Was this milk even legitimate?
"Alright, alright, I got it from Watatsumi Island. Have you ever seen Hilichurls use this kind of glass bottle?"
Tapping the glass bottle in his hand, which still had a wooden cork and a cow logo, Bai Luo explained helplessly.
Indeed, with the Hilichurls' abilities, pottery jars and large vats were their limit. A delicate milk bottle like this didn't seem to be their style.
Considering this, Sayu jumped down, reassured, and took the milk from Bai Luo's hand, gulping it down in one go.
"This milk tastes pretty good, but the cork wasn't sealed tightly, so the taste is a bit... strange."
Smacking her lips, Sayu gave her review.
"Oh, I'll seal it tighter next time."
Bai Luo reached out and wiped the milk stain from the corner of Sayu's mouth, a simple and honest smile on his face.
Actually, he had deliberately not sealed it so tightly. He was afraid Sayu wouldn't be able to open it.
Although she could wield a two-handed greatsword with the ferocity of a tiger, that didn't mean she could pull out a wooden cork.
After all, that was just the enhancement from her Vision.
"Hmm? You'll seal it tighter?"
Sayu, holding the milk bottle, keenly caught the key words in Bai Luo's sentence.
Could it be...
"That's right. Hilichurls can't make glass bottles like this, but I just need to take an empty glass bottle to the Hilichurls, and I can get a whole bottle of free milk."
"..."
*Ouch...*
What hurt was not only the heart that had trusted him, but also the stomach that had just been soothed by the fresh milk.
Sigh, never mind, never mind. It wasn't the first time she had drunk it anyway. At least this time it wasn't from a bowl that a Hilichurl had used.
Placing the empty bottle back on the table, Sayu bent her front leg and tensed her back leg, about to use her Anemo power to leap onto the rafters.
But she was intercepted halfway by Bai Luo, who grabbed the back of her collar.
Looking at this little tanuki with a face full of grievance, Bai Luo casually tossed her onto the bed.
"You sleep on the bed."
"???"
"I'm afraid you'll have nightmares in the middle of the night like a certain someone, whimpering and insisting on squeezing onto the bed."
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