Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-35898511-20190821200222/@comment-36855838-20190823121342

"Tell me, are those illusions real, or just visual?"

She tilts her head.

"Visual, why do y-"

I lunge, and she leaps to the side, right into the doorway.

I apprehend her, and she begins to struggle.

I've got her tight in my grasp, her back pressed tight to my chest, Demon realm silver blade by her throat, and her body pressed against the wall.

"You made the. mistake of walking up to me for real, now call them off."

She chuckles.

"So cold, so pragmatic. We Ochimusha love a serious man like you."

The illusion melts away, and I see that the forest is now full of danuki.

I whisper into the ear of my pinned Ochimusha,

"Where is your real boss?"

She flips me over onto my back with a raw strength I could never hope to muster, and laughs from deep within her belly.

"Thank you for humoring our little shell game."

A scream from inside the manor tells all, I've failed.

"I'm not getting paid, am I?"

She nods.

"Well, might as well earn something from this."

I turn and walj towards a nearby flower basin, cutting at the thorns on the stem of a rose.

She walks up, intrigued, and I stab her with my special dagger.

Quickly, I turn and catch her, covering her mouth.

Being a mamono, leeching her mana was almost instant, and she fell like a sack of potatoes.

"Alright, I'm gonna skip town, and you're coming with me."

I heft her into a bridal carry, and set off for the nearest seaport.