ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
SHEET 1.11: A LITTLE WARMTH & BANQUET OF SPIRITS

Plak—!!

The sound of a slap echoed loudly on the front door of the house. The light of the patio with the dim lights displayed a slight heavy atmosphere that spread out and surrounded those inside.

I slowly rubbed my flushed cheeks, while bowing my head. Facing the three people who were staring with the same gaze towards me.

Aunt An and Brain who were peeking at the front door, with Uncle Daniel who had cold eyes, raised his hand once again towards me.

Plak—!!

The sound of slapping sounded once again. I just shut up and bowed my head.

"I'm sorry I came home too late, Uncle. I promise not to be late again and go home on time." I said, with a slightly trembling tone.

"Then?" Answer Uncle briefly.

"Huh?"

Plak—!!

The slap was slapped once again on my cheek. Not waiting for me to speak again, Uncle continued.

"Then, what's the problem with that? That's not all I'm worried about here. But it's also about you lying if you do Ekskul, which in fact you spend playing at the foot of the mountain. Can you explain what you mean by doing that?"

"I'm sorry ... I'm sorry ... I'm sorry for lying."

In the end, I slapped as many as ten of us that night and made my cheeks slightly swollen. Aunt An gave me one ice block to cure her swelling but that night I didn't get another dinner ration.

In the end, I went back to the warehouse with my stomach ringing.

"Those lowly humans, seeing them makes me nauseous. Aciel, can I kill and eat them all? You can get dinner after that and my stomach will be full too, how? Not a bad offer, is it?"

"Master, don't say such scary things. Imagine if I had dinner when you killed them somehow makes me feel nauseous. Thank you, with this my appetite is gone."

"Hmph! That's not my intention when I say it. I was just upset when they hurt your body which is my future food candidate."

I picked up a folding mattress on the table at the end of the warehouse room, laid it out on the floor and picked up some blankets. The black cat who was walking around went straight into the blanket without saying anything.

On the other hand, the little fox sitting at the table at the end of the room just kept quiet and stared at me. Ebi uses the current disguise technique, making her have the appearance of an ordinary orange-furred fox with one head and one tail.

"Ebi, what's wrong? Are you hungry too?"

"Aciel, I could've dropped a misfortune on this family if you wanted to. Don't hesitate to tell me if the moment comes, without a doubt I will."

So that's what he's thinking, huh? Both of them had quite dangerous ideas and made me a little worried.

But I'm also happy to know that they did it for me.

"No, such a time will not come. Put that aside, let's go to bed and wake up tomorrow morning. I'll find some fruit before going to school to eat."

I lay my body on the bed, Ebi and Master came to the side of my neck and rolled their bodies. Somehow this makes the atmosphere a little warm, it feels very comfortable.

Brmm—!!

But it seems like my stomach is a little difficult to compromise at the moment. What can I do, after all so many things are happening today.

I haven't eaten anything since noon either, I should have picked up some fruit while on the mountain earlier.

"Well..." Unknowingly, I took a breath.

But not long after that, the consciousness in me slowly began to diminish. And by the time I close my eyes, everything looks so dark.

Besides not just my stomach, my body is also quite exhausted. It made my sleep a little more soundly than usual, plus I was no longer cold when flanked by these two warm beasts beside my neck.

No, they're not both animals. Even his own existence approached the subtle-beings. Eh? Why are their temperatures warm?

Well, who cares about that, right? As long as it's comfortable to approach.

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If you feel it further, the surface where I lay my body on the mattress feels uneven, the soft sensation of the mattress that I usually feel also disappears.

Hm? Whatisthis?

With a slight drowsiness, I tried to open my eyes.

"Huh?"

And what was in front of me was something very surprising. It made me lose my words and look around.

I lay face down on the fur that swayed strongly in the wind, then beside me a few meters away, I could see the two Ebi forms with their large size running. With the moon above us.

Riding on Master, I am flying above the sky at the moment. It seemed like Ebi realized that if I had regained consciousness, she stepped closer with a golden cloud-shaped footing on her feet.

"Aciel, are you conscious? It speeds things up, we're almost there so hold the consciousness in your head a little bit more."

"uh? Ebi, where are we going at midnight like this? No, if Uncle and Aunt find out I'm out in the middle of the night then there won't be breakfast in the morning."

"Just calm down, Leore has solved the problem. Instead of that, look down. You'll know as soon as you see it."

What's down there?

With extra care, I crawled slowly on Master's feathers and leaned my head down. There was only a forest down there, without any light. If you look further, around us today there are only mountains and forests.

"Where is this?"

"Hm? We're in the woods. Isn't that obvious?"

No, I already know if we're in the middle of a big forest. But that's not what I meant, how do I explain it, huh?

"Just calm down, we'll be back before dawn. Ebi told me if the Gods near here held a banquet so we could stop by and eat some banquets and drink wine there." The silent master from earlier, spoke.

"Yes, two days ago this Forest God told me to come to his party. He said he wanted to celebrate the birth of his son whom he had been waiting for for the past two hundred years."

"Is that so? But would it be fine if a human like me just walked into the party?"

"Of course not, right? If you come up with that look then you'll just be the snack of the Spirits drinking wine there."

Ebi answered briefly, narrowing her eyes filled with ignorance.

Well, I expected it.

"Because before you get there, you have to do a little disguise." Continue Master, slightly speeding up his pace.

"Milandge?"

"Yes, didn't I tell you before? The fox spirit is good at disguising or changing its shape. Ebi will change your appearance and no Spirit will notice it. But for the God I don't know, it's probably fine as long as you don't look him in the eye."

Am I really going to be safe? I don't know why this is a little worrying.

In the end, Ebi changed my appearance to a female spirit with a fox's tail and ears. I don't know why she chose that but from the gaze she let out, there seemed to be some trace of the fetish underlying her actions and choices.

My appearance already resembles a spirit but the scent that comes out of my body is still a human scent. To disguise it, Ebi pulled out one of her feathers and told me to eat it.

Surprisingly Ebi feathers taste like cotton sugar.

With a slight increase in heart rate, I set out for the Spirit's banquet.

Well, even so everything went quite smoothly and I was able to eat a lot of things until I was full but I noticed some strange gazes being issued from the God who held a Party in the middle of his show.

Whatever it is, I'm pretty happy. Either because my stomach is full, or Master and Ebi are inviting me to attend the party.

Either way, both of them seemed to be paying enough attention to me.

Really, I'm really happy with that.