Web of light. Part 1. part 33

Interlude 27. The hotel, Ageha's room. Ageha and Shizuka

"My head!"

"You woke up, you know." the snake commented, looking with satisfaction at Ageha sprawled in the "star pose".

"M-mizuchi? Where are you from?.. And what happened yesterday?!"

"You meanly dragged our Amakawa into bed... Go ahead of me, you know!"

"Damn, I also fucked someone... WHAT?! AMAKAWA?! OUR?!?! DID I TAKE AN OATH?!?!?!"

"A serious case..." Shizuka finally deigned to stand up and handed the bloodsucker a glass taken out of the refrigerator. A viscous red liquid was splashing in the glass at the very bottom. "Come on, drink it."

"Take a sip! Af-ha! What a class! Mizuchi, you saved me! Oh, damn it! Why the fuck were you scaring me out of my sleep, snake?!"

"Did you remember?"

"I remembered, I remembered... It was a busy night... By the way, what are you doing here?"

"I'm protecting you. Someone alarmed the whole city with an outburst of power, however, for some reason, the Jinguji battle group never reached the city, although they were called because of your tricks."

"Damn, we have to go! Eh? Is this it?"

"Yes, the amulet. You could have said thank you. You know!"

"Thanks! Personally, I'll tell Amakawa... Mm-hmm... I liked... HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Wrapping hinoyonma's head well with her tongue, which caused the latter to become quite distorted, Mizuchi was satisfied with the effect and, without releasing the "victim", continued:

"Morning wash, you know. And you won't even get close to Yuto, once is more than enough."

"A jealous yokai is something new," Ageha stated, puzzled, wiping her wet face with a pillowcase.

"Not enough to strangle you in your sleep... And you didn't even think about the problems you created for Yuto!"

"Is there already a queue for him? Oh, did you guess?! Well, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It was such a chance, ah, an innocent child and an adult experienced woman, the first one he would remember for years... and she's not aging, unlike a human woman."

"With "human women" in the club... There may be problems in the Squad, you know."

"At Amakawa's? I don't believe it! He was even able to buy the life of this overgrown slug from me..."

"...And that's why the Jinguji battle group is not looking for you," the Goddess of Rivers added in a tone.

"Yes, yes. He can handle it, I believe in him. A great bet for the future!"

"He can do it once. Don't think I'm going to let you repeat it!"

"Are you crazy around people, Mizuchi? I got caught up in this sex, I'm not some kind of person... Although... it was nice... Maybe we should try again..."

"Try it with someone else, you know!"

"I know... but something is not pulling. It's not my first time... and not the tenth, hehe. I've even been to Paris... ahem, let's not mention the specifics of disguise... Honestly, I was sure that sex was an empty and boring waste of time. I've never felt anything so special. Maybe it's not like that for human... And here... listen, Mizuchi. Maybe the rumors about this very Amakawa aren't lying? We should do a test... Oh, me! Get your tongue off me! Damn it!"

When the session of repeated unplanned washing was over and Ageha decided to get dressed, she finally noticed with what an "interesting" expression Shizuka was looking at her breasts. Are you jealous? But she didn't tease: tongue is an argument... You know!

"Besides the guards, as I understand it, Yuto asked you to give me something? A "one-time assignment"?"

"Right. I'm telling you literally: "Ageha, you have great acquaintances among the Yokai. Try to find those who would like to live in Takamiya according to the announced rules, and give the invitation. Candidates for the Squad are especially needed. I'm counting on you.""

"Ha! What a challenge!"

"Will you take it?"

"No problem! Paying with Yuto's blood?"

"Perhaps, and not only. He said that the regional office of the Committee can also afford to pay for its peace of mind. And don't call Yuto without a postfix! For you, he's Amakawa-dono now!"

"It's even more interesting! Is that all?"

"That's all for now. The first task."

"Great! Wait for the first applicants in two weeks."

"I'll tell you, you know... and read about erogenous zones in women, you know!"

When the door closed behind Mizuchi, Ageha shrugged, pulled out her laptop, typed "erogenous zones" into the search engine, and, chuckling skeptically, began reading the wiki article. To be fair, Hinoyonma vacated her hotel room only two days later.

146.

The first people I saw when I arrived at the hangar, sorry, the Squad office, were Hiroe and Sasa, who were extremely pleased... in a red plaid kilt... He was wearing a beret and a white shirt... and with bagpipes! It took me about a minute and a half to "freeze off" from the floor.

"Little brother!" the Blacksmith waved his hand at me, who had been trying to blow something meaningful out of a hellish machine with tubes, "Hiroe's sister told me that I have English roots."

"The Scottish ones." Kaname corrected me meticulously and, coming up to me, with a malicious smile, almost whispered in my ear: "Well, congratulations, hero! How does it feel?"

"You already know?" I asked wearily.

"Don't worry, no one said anything. You know me, it was enough to talk about abstract topics, huh!"

"I don't know what to say to Rinko anymore," I confessed.

"So you won't hide it?" The short-haired pest pretended to be surprised, but immediately patted me reassuringly on the shoulder. "Don't worry, that's my job. Anyway, sooner or later this question would have arisen. What's her name, Ageha, right? She just got there first. And that's good."

"Is it okay?!"

"Just fine! I doubt you could have resisted the "charms" of some beauty that grew up with you... in short, this lever of pressure would certainly have been used, and most likely by people, if we had achieved some success under your leadership. I'm sure Sugowara-san won't miss this direction... He just thought you were too small. And we're too small... and then, I must admit, I already envy the bloodsucker!"

"Hiroe?!"

"I'm kidding. Just kidding!" the girl whispered in my ear and touched her lips to my cheek. And looking at my reddened face, she immediately started laughing! "Yuto, you're something! e-e-e, really funny!.. But okay. The main thing is to remember," Kaname began to speak softly again: "You were seduced by an adult woman at a young age, and you haven't been able to look at youngsters since. The "mother complex," I think it's called that. A royal gift, as far as I'm concerned. The main thing is not to lose your temper yourself, and you can safely ignore any attempt to influence you through the bed. All you need is for that hinoyonma to flash by your side from time to time... I'll talk to the girls. I'm serious, Yuto. Do your job, lead us to prosperity and success. I will provide you with a moral climate and a reliable rear. That's my word for you, Kaname's word."

"Hiroe..."

"It is enough to say, "I admire you, beautiful and incomparable..."

"Vue-e-e-e"

It was Sasa who was able to extract a loud sound from the bagpipes after all. And I have a clear suspicion where he got it.. and clothes... and who had a hand in it.

"A Scot, then?"

"As you can see. Otherwise, I'm afraid our status unit would just be beaten up by human volunteers from the "squad". Hard workers don't like "gay" people.

"but he?"

"No, he's a normal kid... for the yokai. A little more strange than ours, but the same ones "corrected themselves" after the oath, don't I think? By the way, Sasa speaks good English... in both Korean and Chinese."

"Wow"

"Yes, your Ageha taught me. She's still a polyglot..."

"She's not "mine.".."

"Don't blush! Be a man! Otherwise, I won't be able to stop teasing you about this topic!"

147.

"Now no one calls me by the feminine gender! It was annoying!"

"Yes, yes, Sasa, we are happy for you. How far is it?"

"Behind this hill, we're almost there. Wee-doo-oo!"

"I should have taken the bagpipes away from him..."

"Hiroe, I remind you, it was your idea... And no one forced you to come with us!"

"Similarly, Kuzaki, similarly."

"I went because all sorts of stuff happens to you all the time without me! What did you do last night?! Why out of all the crowd out there, Yuto was alone dealing with this, this, this..."

"Hinoyenma."

"A whore! I can't believe it!"

"My sister is not a whore! My sister is kind and strong!"

"...Too strong, you know..."

"And you, Mizuchi! You were there! Why didn't you do anything?! It could have been done differently!"

"Not a single corpse from among the townspeople, there are no destroyed buildings, even the magician from the Committee was not injured..."

"So slow down, Kuzaki!.. And don't run so fast: We're in the mountains after all."

"I'll figure it out without you, Kaname! The suffocators weren't asked!"

"Rinko, you seem to have quarreled with Yuto, why did you come with us?"

"Because someone has to protect him, right? Someone with brains, not... bagpipes!"

"Rinko's sister, I have a brain!"

"I'm more interested in why Shizuka described everything in one sentence. No more details... It's interesting!"

"Yu, are you going there too?!"

"I'm interested too!"

[In three voices:]"Sasa, shut up and blow your bagpipes!"

"I think next time you should say not "school trip", but "kindergarten on a walk", Kashi."

Kashi, phlegmatically listening to the girly argument, snorted, stifling laughter. Yeah.

We were walking at some distance from a group of girls led by Sasa, who was showing us the way to the waiting area for Daydarbotcha. Kami, what a species name! You can break your tongue! Hiroe, as promised, gathered an "all-female company" on the same day and announced the results of "intensive negotiations." I don't know what happened, but when the four of them came to my house, Rinko immediately said that she wasn't talking to me until I realized. To the question "what do I realize?", I was immediately given a complaint about the idiotic manner of solving issues alone and without normal combat support, which is why "everything happens later! And anyway, I'm mad at you!" Moreover, at school, Kuzaki communicated with me completely normally, showing "fi" only among her own people. Yes, a joint... and we need to think about what to do so that the "squad director" does not ask his parents if a similar situation arises at three o'clock in the morning, and I will not be in town. By the way, it won't be soon. And something has to be done about the school. No, Hiroe and I made it to the second half of class... and everything is fine with the level of education, but why annoy the teachers? Oh, Ageha couldn't show up a day later! By the way, about Ageha, we should ask the Corpse Eater while no one hears us:

"Kashi, what do you think about what happened?"

"We made a rare mistake, Amakawa-sama, and you saved us. Just like last time, when they intervened in the battle."

"Me?! Saved you? When?!"

"Yes, I probably expressed myself inaccurately. Our dreams, our future, were one step away from falling into the abyss."

"For centuries, the Yokai have been accustomed to evaluating each other by strength. Approximately equal people fight, the weak and the weakest run... if they are released. If it wasn't for your disguise, Hinoyonma would have attacked right away, she alone was stronger than everyone in the patrol squad."

"Pacha had a railgun..."

"Without disguise, he wouldn't have been able to use it. Even on the first shot: too close. The patrolmen behaved so calmly because they did not feel the power of the bloodsucker: the amulet cuts off perception, but through glasses... the world is very limited. I was able to assess the power of the aura only after it was poisoned by your blood, Amakawa-sama."

"According to you, it turns out that when meeting a yokai of the Agent's level, you need to immediately shoot from the maximum distance to kill? They won't even listen?"

"Maybe they will... for fun... before you try to kill. The very first phrase about any restrictions on behavior is immediate aggression. If you want to dictate the rules, be stronger."

"Clear. But the amulets are part of our agreement, I don't see anything "life-saving" in this."

"That's not all. If I had come instead of you... I would have had to demand that Hinoyonma fulfill the requirements for the territory first and only then promote mutually beneficial offers. Otherwise, I would have lost the opportunity to be called a leader... Such things are not forgiven. You have to be ready to die for your beliefs. That's why most of the strongest intelligent yokai don't show themselves in any way: they either disguise themselves and live among humans, or they recluse themselves, or they find safe shelters and sleep most of the time..."

"Then it turns out that I am too..."

"No, Amakawa-sama!" Kashi replied firmly. "The unwritten rules of the yokai do not apply to you. You are a human being! You went to the loss of face to save your subordinates, for the sake of this you showed yourself weaker than you were... and only then did they show their strength, the strength to force them to comply with the rules of the Squad's territory. You're not even technically the head of this group... Hinoyonma couldn't submit to obviously weaker spirits... but there is no such segregation about magicians. And you said that you obey the rules of the territory... and then, for your sake, Ageha accepted them."

Great! Kashi put my actions down to taking care of my subordinates... Wait, and Ageha too? It turns out that the Blacksmith was "bailed out" to me because Ageha decided that I would be able to take care of him properly?! Awesome logic! Stop, stop! "Your rules are not like that... stupid, I thought." That's it. That's what Kashi is telling me now. "Losing face" is not a loss of face unless I put myself in the position of "the leader of the yokai gang". It turns out that we have a Hawk-nosed Shinji in the lead, hehe... And now we need to find out something:

"Tell me, loyal vassal... Why didn't you point out this annoying gap in my knowledge earlier? And Shizuka didn't tell me anything about the ethics of spirits... It was possible to at least finalize the charter, the "field" charter!"

"I'm sorry, Amakawa-sama... we are... I didn't even think that we would force those who are obviously stronger to follow the rules... It was so obvious... I'm guilty and I'm waiting for your punishment, Chief."

"Punishment... Okay, you'll be punished. You've been living among people for over a month now, and you've learned to think and act like them. Think from a human point of view, what else needs to be adjusted and analyzed. We can't afford to get into trouble like this anymore."