A short note at the start, characters are still above 18 years old. This time there is more attention at Mimiko and her erotic encounters. Hopefully you will like it!
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Yae gently caressed the wooden charm in her hand, reciting the words of the prayer in her mind. But the moment was gone as the old man's ringing voice broke the silence.
"How long does it take? I have places to attend." The man huffed while stepping from leg to leg, looking at his open pocket watch.
"I'm sorry mister but my work requires time and more effort than bickering behind me." She answered with no emotion to her voice but inside she said less professional words.
"What did you say?" The man barked back, and Ei, who stood next to the room's gate, did not like it. but she knew Yae have control over the situation.
"As I said, the work of a shrine maiden is not something you can speed up. It requires more knowledge than your everyday person could acquire and much more willpower, for sure." The man at those words got red, his half-bald head almost exploded in anger but Yae just smiled, turning around. "I can leave, sir. But the ghost that lives in those walls is not a type that would leave by itself. You can either wait till my work is done or you might take the charm and intenses in your own hands and knowing your exceptional knowledge, you can do it yourself." Yae opened her hand with the small wooden charm in it and reached to the old man who quickly huffed and mumbled words under his nose, turned around and left the room. Ei smelled the overwhelming perfume of the man and tried her best not to gag. After a moment they both heard quite loud and clear the main house door being shut.
"How many times I would need to remind those people that we are not miracle workers." Yae sighed, turning away.
"I'm more surprised he didn't lash out more. He looked like he would pass out."
"He wouldn't. Even foreigners understand what would happen if he even tried to do something unpleasant to a shrine maiden."
"I like seeing you so serious." Ei smiled, leaning against the frame of the door's gate, her eyes looking at Yae shrine maiden white and red outfit, now with her hand once again upwards, with her tail lazily swinging around behind her.
"I will be sure to act less seriously when we are alone. Or maybe I should shout at you?" Yae's ears twitched as she shot a quick gaze back to Ei.
"Don't be teasing and let's just finish the work. The ghost should be on your mind now, not me."
"It is not a ghost. Just a wisp hiding around. Poor little thing was scared by the outside." Yae closed her eyes and whispered something that Ei couldn't hear, seconds later the little transparent entity appeared, small like a little puppy, looking like a mist with a big glowing eye, the wisp flew across the room and rested before Yae.
"There's a little guy. Did that awful person scare you? Now, as much as I don't like him, you do need to move away from here." The little wisp looked almost sad, even without a face. "But you can go to our shrine. You wouldn't be the first wisp there. Go with the energy of this charm. Now, go." And with that the wisp waved its misty hands and disappeared.
"Our work here is done. Let's inform our patient job provider about it." Yae chuckled saying it, as they both left the room and walked out of the building. The man stood in the stone path leading to the open gate out of the property. He still looked angry, tapping his left foot against the ground, his large hands resting on his hips. Ei walked past him with no words, not even a gaze, but Yae stopped before him, smiling proudly.
"The ghost is gone. The house is cleansed and you don't need to worry about anything. I'm glad we could help."
"Well, good job. Now can I move in?" The man huffed out, looking at the house.
"Yes. Please remember to visit the shrine later to set the record straight. Just like we did negotiate before."
"Of course, of course." He quickly turned and walked to the house, closing the door behind him quite strongly. Yae just signed and joined Ei on the street, the sun was already settling down, barely visible behind the thick gray clouds.
"Let's go home, it is getting late." Ei said, starting to walk down the street with Yae next to her.
"Like we need to worry. With my skills in magic and your strong hand with swords, we would be the only one dangerous here." The fox girl leaned on Ei's shoulder, smiling as they both slowly walked the stone paved street with little to no one around. It was already late and the city was alive mostly in the center and around the port not so far away. The outskirts were quiet, almost boring, shy even. It was a place for rich and new citizens, mostly people from outside of the nation, somehow finding their way here.
But the quiet relaxing walk was cut short as the sky above them roared with a blast of light, the thunderous lighting cut the cloud like a sword. Yae jumped in surprise in vast contrast to Ei who was looking up in awe. With another thunder ringing above them Ei smiled as the sound echoed in her chest, shivers running across her body in excitement.
"It's beautiful." She whispered but Yae had a different plan than just waiting and watching the sky.
"It's gonna rain in a moment, for sure. Let's get going. I do not wish to be soaking wet." She put the faster tempo on both of them, but not even minutes later the rain started to fall from the sky, both of the girls started to run down the street. Unfortunately for them the road home was quite long, but running within the city streets they both got the same idea, as their legs lead them to the closest safe hideout for both of them. The familiar Golden Crab banner was shining within the light of city lamps, guiding them to safety.
When they ran into the restaurant, it was full as always, loud and almost rude with sailors singing and drinking, and the usual clientele happily spending their money to get more drinks and have a fun time. But even with all those people both girls heard the laugh of Mimiko.
"Come here girls! You both look like drowning rats!" With her words, a few of the older men at the bar turned and laughed seeing Ei and Yae soaking wet, raising their glasses to welcome them. They both came closer, Yae clearly more irritated than Ei.
"Sit down and relax, I'll get you something warm to drink." Mimiko said and left, as Ei sat down with a smile, but Yae stood longer as she tried to fix her clothes, as well as trying to squeeze as much water as possible from her tail and hair.
"You didn't mind the hot spring, didn't expect you to be so angry at the rain."
"The hot spring is different from the cold rain. And you cannot control rain! I prefer a more stable environment, not an emotional swing of mother nature." She finally sat down next to giggling Ei. They didn't wait long for Mimiko to come back with two steaming cups of tea in her hands, placing them before the girls.
"Always be ready for the storm. Always told that to my sailors." Mimiko smiled, leaning on the counter. "The clouds were dark the whole day, and not one of you thought about taking an umbrella with you?"
"We had just a simple mission to cleanse the home in the city." Yae started. "But then after the work was done, some old man as well needed help. So we did. Did not expect it would take us that long." Yae took her cup and warmed her hands against it, sniffing the tea before taking a small sip.
"I told her we should." Ei took her own cup and slid it closer to her. "But Yae was too fixated about coming to home fast, and now we are stuck here and wet. Not that I mind the storm. It is quite beautiful." She took a small sip too, the soft aroma of warm tea helped her rest after the short but quick run.
"The lightning in the sky is as beautiful as it is dangerous. Well, you two need a rest for sure. Let's hope the rain stops soon." Mimiko leaned back and scanned the room with her eyes. Thinking for a moment she walked to the kitchen again, leaving the two girls with their drinks.
"I need to change clothes." Yae whispered, still irritated. Ei looked to her friend over and realized that white shirt was almost see through, the white material tightly pressing against her skin with her figure leaving little to imagination. She looked down at herself too, same case with her, but the dark material was much better with hiding her skin. The thunder sounds outside and the look of wet Yae next to her was almost comfortable to sink into, but the sounds of people behind them as well as people sitting not too far from there, were quite problematic.
"Shrine Maiden should keep her cool and look good. I agree. You should change clothes." She smiled, sipping her tea. Yae looked at Ei with death glare, her pink eyes almost glowing from magic in the air, which made Ei only giggle more.
The night was young but the rain did not stop for an hour as they sat with their cups of tea, talking about things that just rolled off their tongues. With Mimiko often running from the kitchen and to the clientele, as well as helping her staff, she and the girls barely talked. That changed when she joined Ei and Yae, visibly tired as she leaned over the counter.
"Are you ok Mimiko?" Ei asked, worried about her pirate friend.
"Me? Of course. Well, it seems like you two need to stay, no?"
