(MC POV)
After rewinding time and calming myself down, I managed to hold myself back from doing the same thing… After the fifth time…
Hey! You try to stay calm after watching Cai Hong getting slapped! I'm already showing a lot of restraint from this, ok?!
In the end, with my evidence and revelation that I was actually Master Lin of Heaven Sect, the problem was pretty much solved without me doing anything else. The principal even apologised and said that I could take Cai Hong home for today while she investigated more thoroughly on this matter.
The old hag also got really quiet after that, refusing to even look in my direction.
I went ahead to ask Cai Hong what she wanted the boy's punishment to be and she simply requested, "Say Papa is best Papa! Then be my 'fwen'!"
Awww~ Who's the cutest little dragon in the universe? You are!
Since that was dealt with, the both of us left the principal's office with Cai Hong holding my hand and humming merrily.
I was quite surprised to find Lian Li waiting outside though.
"Oh~ Are you done, Darling? Let's go home together~"
"How long were you waiting here?"
"Ehehe~ Since the start of course~ How could I miss something related to our dearest daughter?"
… She was definitely eavesdropping on us I bet.
Cai Hong reached her free hand to Lian Li, "Mama! Mama! Hand~"
Lian Li giggled and took the loli dragon's hand in her own, causing Cai Hong to let out a cheer as we walked out of school.
"Papa, Mama? Dinner?"
I thought for a moment, "How about some roasted chicken and potatoes? Then for dessert… Darling?"
"I'll make some strawberry cupcakes~" Lian Li added.
"Yayyyy~ Cupcakes!"
She's so cute, I had to give her another head pat.
I bet to everyone that sees us, we looked just like any other normal family. Assuming the normal family has a loli dragon as a child anyway…
Just as we were passing by a street to head to the store however, the sound of someone smashing glass could be heard coming from a store to our right.
Shifting my gaze to the side, I realised it was the shop that Manami was working at as a singer.
The door to the shop was left ajar and listening closely, I could hear the sounds of some shouting coming from inside.
Having a rather bad feeling about this, I quickly told Lian Li to watch over Cai Hong while I went towards the store to investigate.
Pushing open the door, I found a group of men surrounding the stage where Manami was standing while who I assume to be the manager was off to the side, looking quite upset. A broken glass bottle also lay shattered behind Manami, which I guessed must have been the source of the noise.
Manami's single tail was tensed and upright, telling me that she was currently in a combat stance and the men were definitely not friendly.
"I knew it!! This bitch ain't no nine tails!! Why would a nine tails even be here singing in a bar like this?!! I want my money back!!" One of the men shouted.
Despite the threat in front of her, Manami still tried to act like nothing was wrong with a smile on her face.
"Ara, ara? Dear customer, I fear there might have been a misunderstanding you see? I never said that I was a nine tailed fox youkai~ You made the assumption yourself~" Manami giggled.
"You used an illusion to make yourself look like you had nine tails!! It's as good as lying to us!!"
"Yeah! And we even thought you might be related to superstar Kiyomi too! I bet you just wanted to imitate her!"
"Now give us back all the money we spent on you or I'm going to rip that last tail out of you!!"
Oh… I guess I can see what's going on…
Manami used her illusion to make it look like she had nine tails to draw in a bigger crowd to the shop but these guys somehow found out that they were all an illusion and were very upset to have been tricked.
But come one… I'm sure her singing was also really good right? Her tails wouldn't have affected her singing ability at all!
Plus even fluffing one is good enough, especially when all of you would never have the chance to touch her anyway…
Putting that aside though… What should I do?
Obviously this Manami isn't the real Manami of our original World but she had also been sent here to accompany Lian Li and I on our date together.
Right now, she doesn't remember our time in the other World and I'm not even sure if she would remember any of this after we go back. For all I know, they might have all agreed to not remember anything that happened within this World after they return.
Which meant that even if I were to walk away now or save her, neither choice would change what happens in our original World anyway.
While I was over there considering my options, the group of men had already started walking towards her but either because of pride or an attempt to intimidate them, Manami stood her ground.
She turned to her manager, "Manager, shouldn't we be calling the guards for this?"
I thought the manager would actually side with Manami but he quickly shook his head at her.
"Ha! Who do you think you are? I let you work here because you also tricked me into thinking you were a nine tailed fox youkai too! Just like you lied to them, you also lied to me! Do you think I'll even help you after you played me like that?!"
I know for a fact that this was not true. The manager definitely already knew about Manami's condition before this so he must be saying this to avoid the customers' wrath by throwing her under the bus.
Seeing that even the person she thought would save her had turned against her, Manami's mask of indifference slowly started to crack.
One of the men reached forward and grabbed her by her wrist, pulling her towards him.
"I'm not only going to rip that tail out of you, I'm going to fuck you while I'm at it too you--"
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Ah… I did it again… Whoops…
Looks like this time I destroyed half the city alongside everyone else inside the store too…
Err… Let me just… Rewind time again…
I need to control my strength better.
