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Seiga gently lifts the girl’s head and places it onto her lap. The girl of course begins to stir at that, but before she properly awakes Seiga covers her mouth and brings her hairpin up to the girl’s throat.

The light pressure on the girl’s jugular causes her eyes to snap open and Seiga’s graced with the wonderful sight of confusion rapidly shift to terror.

Bringing her other hand down to stroke the girl’s hair, Seiga begins to coo. “Hush now, hush hush. You wouldn’t want to force my hand, now would you?”

The fool begins to desperately shake her head. Ironically, the motion would have slashed open her neck had Seiga not pulled it back ever so slightly. Still, Seiga can't complain as it’s such a lovely sight, especially the tears.

Patting the girl, Seiga continues, “Good, you’re a reasonable girl. I like reasonable girls. Though you’re not that reasonable of a girl, are you?”

Seiga taps the girl’s stomach with her hairpin before bringing it back to the girl’s throat, “No, a reasonable girl wouldn’t have that. Or at least she’d wait until marriage. You just couldn’t wait, could you?”

The girl doesn’t respond, how annoying.

Seiga pushes the pin slightly further, just barely piercing the skin and drawing a drop of blood. “I asked you a question. Could you wait?”

The girl very carefully shakes her head. “That’s more like it. I figured you couldn’t. After hearing all about it you just needed to give that big hunk of meat, Anon, a try, right?”

Another nod, how scandalous~

Seiga smirks, “I can’t blame you. I’m partial to that stud myself, but from the looks of it, you got a little too eager. It’s from him I take it?”

Annoyingly, the girl is beginning to sniffle. She’s suppressing them the best she can, but it’s unnecessary noise. Still, the girl has the sense to nod.

Using her free hand, Seiga begins wiping away the girl’s tears with her thumb. “It must have been scary when you realized. Feeling so strange and having a creeping suspicion you knew why. Sneaking away to Eientei just to have that suspicion proved. Desperately trying to hide it out of fear of what daddy would do while knowing that one day you wouldn’t be able to. Well, those days are over, thanks to me. Just say the word and that thing growing inside you will never see the light of day. It won’t even hurt.”

The girl doesn’t reply, she just keeps sniffling between heavy breaths.

Seiga scowls, “The night is young dear and I have much work to do. You know what will happen if your mistake is discovered. You’ve no choice, the only way out of the hole you’ve dug for yourself is to say yes.”

It’s terribly bothersome. It would be so easy to just rip the fetus from the girl’s womb, but that would mean going against Yukari’s orders. Normally she’d ignore anyone who’d think to command her, but Yukari’s reasoning was solid. Openly breaking the rules would bring more enemies, best to handle the current dissenters for now. And when they’re out of the picture…

But that’s a dream for the future. For now, she can’t kill the villagers nor take their unborn by force. Though she’s just not supposed to kill them…

Seiga brings her hairpin to the uncooperative girl’s cheek. She could mar that perfect little face forever. All it would take is a light thrust. The girl probably wouldn’t even admit the truth. She’d likely lie and say it was an accident to save her family yet more burdens.

Yes tha-

Seiga is cut off as the wall explodes revealing a figure sitting upon a massive tortoise or was that a turtle? She’s dressed darkly in imperial finery while clutching an ornate and clearly magical blade in her right hand while her left clutches some sort of talisman or seal. A rather chubby-looking snake rests upon her shoulders.

It’s… Xuanwu the Black Emperor! It’s finally happened, heaven has come to smite her for her transgression. She… she’s not ready, she had no time to prepare, how is she to defeat the True Martial Grand Emperor?

As Seiga remains stunned, the figure speaks. “What sort of devil are you come to pluck the unborn babe from its mother’s womb? What great pride you must have to believe I, Mima, Goddess of the North Star and shepherd of man would not stop you!”

Mima? That’s… not the right name and she’s also not the right gender. While the historical record may be deceiving at times regarding sex (the prince being a prime example), Mima? Wasn’t that the vengeful spirit Yukari mentioned? Is she really trying to impersonate Xuanwu?

Seeing Seiga’s lack of response, Mima continues. “Is it fear that holds your tongue still, wicked hermit? No matter, defend yourself or perish to serve as an example of the fate of those who strike at my charges.”

Seiga has no desire to entertain this up-jumped ghost, but… a glance through the ruined wall reveals that many villagers are peaking through their windows to watch. Perhaps sending this spirit back to where it belongs will show the cattle she is not one to be refused.