"For starters, take off her clothes."

Nyanko-sensei told Taki.

"But.. Aren't you a male too, sensei?"

Nyanko-sensei turns backward.
The opposite side of the girl.

"Yokais don't particularly care for genders."

He complains lightly,
before sighing.

"But now you won't complain right?"

Taki gave a smile.

"Thanks sensei."

She then started to take off the girl's clothes.
As she removed the clothes,
Hinoe's eyes narrowed,

"She's being abused huh?"

Nyanko-sensei quickly turns.
He looks at her body
with his serious eyes.

"So none of these scars
were from the yokai."

Nyanko-sensei verified with Hinoe.
Hinoe replies with a nod.

"Thankfully.
If I were to imagine these all
were from a yokai with that strong miasma,
who knows what will happen to this girl."

Hinoe explained shortly.

"You can put the clothes back."

Nyanko-sensei then told to Taki.
Taki who is still catching up to their conversation
hessitantly nodded.

"U-Um, sensei.."

"What is it?"

Taki paused.

"What are the scars
you mentioned earlier?"

This made Nyanko-sensei
and Hinoe alarmed.

"You can't see any scars in her body?"

Taki shook her head.
She then put her clothes back
letting Nyanko-sensei to talk to Hinoe.

As she (Taki)'s done,
she quietly open the door.
She then walks outside
and went downstairs
to see Natsume and Tanuma.

"The scars couldn't be seen
by human's eyes?"

Hinoe stated out aloud.

"It's not certain."

Nyanko-sensei replied.

"But still,
the smell lingering around her.."

Hinoe started.

"It's somehow familiar.."

The door slides open.
Revealing the three humans.

Nyanko-sensei and Hinoe's talk
were quickly stopped.

Natsume noticed the odd atmosphere.

"What's wrong sensei?"

Natsume questioned.
Nyanko-sensei send a look with his serious face.

"No, it's nothing."

Natsume looks suspiscious,
but nodded in understandment.

"Ah, it's already this late?"

Tanuma looked at the clock.

"I should get home."

Taki nodded and picked up her stuff.

"Okay, let's go."

"Alright."

"We'll go then."

Tanuma and Taki opened the
sliding door.

"I'll take you down."

Natsume announced.

"Nyanko-sensei, Hinoe,
I'll leave her with you."

Natsume took one last glance
to the two yokais in his room,
before sliding the door closed.

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13 May 2019