Kasahara Fumi blinked sleepily, "What did you say?"

"...I said, even if we were to go to Antarctica, I could fly you back to Tokyo in a day."

"Then I'll be counting on you." Kasahara Fumi replied softly.

The wind gently swayed the treetops, and as dry leaves fell onto the lawn, Fujiwara Reya moved a little closer to her, his small hand restlessly moving on the marble.

Kasahara Fumi glanced at him sideways without saying a word.

However, her elegant face seemed to have responded, with her complexion slightly reddening.

Fujiwara Reya couldn't help but feel a flutter in his heart.

How to put it... She had a cold demeanor and a look that kept people at a distance, making her appear unattainable in both dress and appearance. Yet when her face flushed, the delicate curve of her chin and her lips pressed tight from nervousness suddenly took on a shy, girlish charm.

What kind of woman is most captivating?

Without a doubt, it's someone like Fumi.

"Fumi, I have an idea." Fujiwara Reya swung a branch with one hand, as the other hand slowly reached for her small hand, "Last time in Minami-Izu, I didn't get to see you in a swimsuit, so how about this time...?"

"Rejected."

"How heartless, considering I'm your subordinate."

"Do you still remember your own identity?"

"As a boss, what's wrong with giving the subordinate a little benefit? And not just a swimsuit, there's also the maid outfit, nurse outfit..." Fujiwara Reya tossed aside the branch and moved even closer to her, "With your great figure, everything would look good on you. Not to mention the elegant and noble Western classical aristocratic dresses, or the form-fitting latex suits..."

Kasahara Fumi's lips curled up slightly in satisfaction.

With her side to Fujiwara Reya, she said in a cold voice, "Miki and Riho aren't bad either, so no need for you to chatter on in my ear."

"It's not the same, every lady is different." Fujiwara Reya said very earnestly and seriously, "When I'm with Miki, I'm the happiest, her whole body except for her mouth is soft, making teasing her especially fun. As for Riho, being with her is the most comfortable and natural feeling for me, sometimes I even feel like doing away with everything and moving back to Hokkaido to live quietly with her. But being with you makes me feel the most youthful, always wanting to show off like a peacock..."

Kasahara Fumi propped her chin up with her hand, glancing at him contemptuously, "Scumbag."

"Yes, yes, that's exactly the contemptuous look!" Fujiwara Reya said, "Put on the latex suit, step on my back with high heels, and say that again, it has a special allure!"

"Boring game." Kasahara Fumi said uninterestedly.

"Haha, just a whimsical thought, I don't always think that way." Fujiwara Reya looked at her, his moist lips revealing bright white teeth, "I really like your identity and your personality, along with everything you've done all this time."

A gentle breeze passed by, making the maple trees rustle.

A fully red maple leaf landed on Kasahara Fumi's fiery red kimono.

"My identity and what I've done..." She pinched the leaf with her pale fingers, as a red flame blossomed from them, "Ever since I can remember, I have been drifting along the coast of Kochi Prefecture. Flames split, germinated, and covered the nighttime sea hundreds, thousands of times. People feared and dreaded me, calling the mysterious and unknown me, Shiranui... In actuality, I, like them, didn't know what my name was. I also didn't know where I came from in the past, nor where I was heading in the future."

Fujiwara Reya listened quietly.

This was a peaceful afternoon, with the sound from the distant Kaguraden barely audible. The area was silent all around. At this moment, the vast Tokyo Grand Shrine felt almost like a palace exclusive to the two of them.

"Every night, I would always be on the sea looking at the twinkling lights on the shore. Those lights too would spread across the mountains in hundreds, thousands. I often wondered if those lights were also Shiranui like me... However, they weren't. From the ships at sea, I learned that those lights weren't actually from flames but from some covers generating heat producing the light. I thought, I am alone..."

Upon reaching here, Kasahara Fumi laughed.

It was the first time Fujiwara Reya had seen such a warm and sweet smile on her face.

"Time passed numbly, until one day, I flew to the mountains on the shore..." Kasahara Fumi propped her chin, her smiling face turned to Fujiwara Reya, "It was my mother, who hadn't yet turned twenty, who barged into my life like that. She saw through my identity at first glance and reached out to me... How to put it, it was like the dark sea suddenly illuminated by Shiranui, and my mother lit me up, dazzling and intensely bright."

"Himeko is truly a goddess!" Fujiwara Reya had to admire his beautiful mother-in-law back then.

Kasahara Fumi lifted her beautiful leg and kicked him off.

"Mother is truly great!" Fujiwara Reya quickly corrected himself while lying on the ground.

"Come up." Kasahara Fumi commanded coldly.

After Fujiwara Reya crawled back up, she continued, "Since then, I had a name and a new identity. Mother brought me back to Tokyo, taught me to be human, and introduced me to this colorful world. I also forgot about the dark and silent sea, the mysterious unknown Shiranui, which had been replaced by Fumi."

"I only like Fumi!" Fujiwara Reya promised.

Kasahara Fumi kept her smiling eyes on him.

Her tender neck extended from the neckline of the fiery red kimono, her lips slightly parted from smiling, two lips revealing neat, sparkling white teeth. They gave the impression of little animal teeth; how could something so cute exist...

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