The angelic figure stared at the incapacitated angel in my arms. It was a gaze full of intent to harm, a vicious unbearable desire to draw blood.

"Hmph. Unlike Mariel, I am not stupid enough to try and attack you. I know even with my ability, I've already lost my element of surprise by blowing holes through her cheeks."

She gestured and pointed at the hollow holes that covered Mariel. They'd been filled with smoke, however the wounds still persisted. Once her ability goes away, the bleeding will start again.

"I don't have to stick around to see Mariel slowly bleed to death, and since I have no desire to fight you, I'll be taking my leave."

"You think I'm just going to let you get away with doing this?"

My gaze was that of a tiger about to pounce upon her prey. The murderous intent in Cupid's eyes were utterly overshadowed by my terrifying presence. My entire aura radiated anger and fury, and I could sense Cupid's fear from all the way over here.

"Of course, why would a killing machine like you care about one measly angel? They're just drones in your eyes, I remember the days you'd slaughter dozens of angels just like her in a matter of sec-"

"..."

Not letting her finish her sentence, I slashed at the air with my claws. A beam of energy whipped across the forest, cutting trees in half and anything else in the way. All that I saw were the trunks falling to the ground, and a big cloud of dust filled the area. After that Cupid spoke no more, and her aura had vanished. It seemed she had dematerialized and returned to Heaven once again so as to avoid the fate of the trees and rocks I sliced through.

"Hey, Mariel, stay with me!"

Mariel wasn't in good shape. Her stand was rapidly fading and more blood was profusely pouring out of the holes that Cupid blew through.

If something isn't done soon, Mariel will die...

Kitsune have an old ancient healing method that has worked on humans and monsters for millennia. However, the same cannot be said about angels. I have never used this method before on one. There was never a need to give any medical attention to an angel ever before this.

"Uuuuu..."

I looked down, intimidated by the angel's unconscious state. Though nobody around could see it, my cheeks were very red. The issue was that the healing method could only be completed by sharing saliva. I laid Mariel down flat on the ground, and mounted on top of her. Now all that was left was to perform the actual action itself.

"You'd better not taste weird…"

The sigils engraved in my skin began to glow a bright red color. I locked both hands with hers, and with that my energy was allowed to flow into her once we shared saliva. Her skin was like that of the softest pillow you've ever slept on. As to be expected of an angel, a top-notch figure. My head was now only a few inches away from her own. Her lips were rosy red, and she also had a very inviting aroma around her lower areas-

It's not normal for me to be this worked up. She's cute, sure, but her life is on the line here.

Thinking no more of it, I locked lips with the angel. The inside of her mouth had a bit of blood in it due to the wounds she'd sustained, but it couldn't be helped. I invaded every crevice of her mouth with my tongue, pushing and prodding around in it each second that passed. All in good faith.

"Mmmph~"

She tasted very nice. My initial fear of her tasting like angel liver was wrong. Her mouth tasted like roses, and had a very nostalgic flavor as well. Most the wounds had closed at this point, or had healed entirely and seamlessly. I didn't stop though, my previous 'session' had been interrupted by this girl before, so I'd decided she'd help me with this one instead.

"Let's see what you have in store down here…"

I began undoing her brown poncho. Her hood disguised her halo as well. Clever girl. My thoughts were clouded with feelings of unrelenting lust from being denied a release before. At this point, she was totally healed. Since I saved her life, and she tried taking mine before, I'm sure she wouldn't mind a little tumble in the woods. Just a little. My gaze was fixated on her small honeypot. She'd not even been wearing any panties. She was now stripped down naked in front of me by my own hand. I began tracing my finger on her abdomen and slid it slowly downwards toward where I assumed her reproductive organs were.

"Hey, Tamamo?"

My tails shot straight up in the air, all nine of them. My eyes no longer had pupils, instead a white blank gaze had overtaken my vision. All color in my face had vanished. It was Alma Elma. She'd snuck up on me at some point or another, and probably saw everything. If I weren't so focused on… other things, I'd probably have noticed her. My thoughts raced very rapidly.

What the hell is she doing here?! I can't let her know she's an angel!

I stood up and got off the angel's body. It was too late. I'd let everything of hers hang out in full display. Oops. Alma Elma's face had a nasty grin in full display. It looked like she'd seen something she really wanted to see.

"!"

It was around that time I realized my clothes were missing as I stared at the naked angel. I didn't mind, the Succubus Queen is not very coy about such things either, so it shouldn't make much a-

"Man, we've spent hundreds of years together fighting side by side, and you never once told me your type is the thing we've been fighting all along. Unbelievable. It's cute that you both match in breast size."

The succubus queen zipped over to me before I could even comprehend what she'd said to me. She was still putting on a heavy grin, and her tone of voice was very mocking and playful.

"I didn't know that one of the Four Heavenly Knights had a thing for angels. Tell me, when did you start taking that much force with them?"

"It's not-!"

But it was. It wasn't anything else. There was no way to talk my way out of this one. Alma Elma had seen it all firsthand. I couldn't say I was just healing her since the part she saw was that whole thing. And I began doing a lot more than healing her.

"I was just-!"

My eyes had changed to a very white hue. Most of my face had lost color at this point. It certainly wasn't helping my case.

"So what part of an angel is your favorite? Is it the vagina? Is it the foot? Is it the armpit? Is it the ear canal? How about the breasts?"

As Alma Elma said that last one, she knelt down to the incapacitated angel, grabbed the angel's breasts, and squeezed them. This caused my face to regain color in it almost instantaneously.

"Stop that!"

This just egged her on to do more horrible things. She cusped the angel's chin and made her face her in her unconscious state.

"Oh I'm sorry, you don't like breasts? How about the mouth? I know you definitely like that one. You were poking and digging around in this girl's mouth like two virgins kissing for the first time."

Alma Elma's teasing was really starting to get on my nerves. Her attitude was one of total superiority and dominance. I can't let her get away with this! For her to even be watching me means she was spying on me to begin with!

"Hey, hey… how come you didn't come out and let me know you were here when I was walking around earlier? You've been watching from the very beginning haven't you?! This is just a big game to you isn't it?! You knew that these two angels were in the woods the whole time, but you didn't even let me know before I told you I was going on a walk!"

The Succubus just brushed her hair out of her eyes, and put her hand on her cheek. She focused her gaze on me, and her stare made me feel uncomfortable as I was still naked, as if she were violating me with her eyes.

"That's a pretty baseless accusation for you to make. How could I know that there'd be angels around here? Besides, let's say you're right and I knew the whole time. How would that change the outcome? You and me would go in the forest, and ask them what they're doing, and they'd either attack us or leave right? The only thing that would never happen in a million years is you getting it on with an angel right in front of me."

This just caused my face to be flushed red with anger. The embarrassment had turned to shame and rage.

"Y-you…! You knew this whole damn time! You just wanted to see me doing something sexually related because you think I'm neutered or something!"

Alma Elma looked down at the angel. Her hair was messy, there was dirt on her pretty and usually well-kept face. Her white garments were nowhere to be found, as she was totally naked. She seemed to be in a discomforting mood, as her face had contorted into one of pain. It was sad to see such a magnificent creature of beauty in a pained state. My anger had turned back to shock when I saw the look on Alma Elma's face.

Is she… pitying her? How…?

"You… your expression is one of sadness.

Why's that?"

"I just wish we didn't have to kill each other, you know? I imagine it's not very fun living as an instrument of death and destruction that is specifically designed to end another race. Tell me something Tamamo, do you think angels understand the concept of love?"

Suddenly the conversation had become philosophical. I was a bit taken aback.

"I… don't know."

The wind in the forest blew a loud breeze as leaves and branches swayed in a wave-like pattern. Alma Elma just continued looking until she finally spoke to me again.

"So what are you going to do with her now? She can't go back to Heaven, but she could just as easily be a spy. There's no way you can let her stay here if that's what you're thinking."

This caused my face to contort back into one of anger and frustration. My body still on full display, I shouted at Alma Elma.

"What are you- My mom?! I'm like ten times your age! You can't just tell me what I can and can't do!"

Alma Elma just levitated, crossed her legs and put her hands behind her head mid-air.

"Ooh, a feisty little tiger today are we? Tell me this then, where are you going to keep her that is not going to cause a huge controversy and a big mess for all of us? It's one thing for a human to be in the Monster Lord's Castle, but an angel? Do you remember what happened the last time there were angels in the Monster Lord's Castle?"

My rage reached its apex, but I tried to keep my composure.

"I'll go away with her then… if she's left alone in this world, she'll die. I can't let that happen to-"

"To what? Your new sex toy? What is this even about Tamamo? This isn't like you at all! Where's your cold demeanor, or your playful facade you always wear like a mask? It's as if…"

As Alma Elma trailed off in the middle of her sentence, it seemed as though her face lit up all at once, like she'd cracked a millenia old cold case. I couldn't bring myself to face her anymore in fear that she'd figured out the truth. It sounded like she was taking a few steps back as well.

"Oh no… Tamamo, don't tell me you actually fell in lo-"

"SHUT UP! 「FOXY LADY!」"

At that moment, I decided it was time to leave. In a matter of milliseconds, I snatched Mariel, and had vanished from the area along with her. Alma Elma was left standing alone in the forest by herself.

"You've gotta be kidding me. Really Tamamo? You of all people?"

Alma Elma looked down at the ground and saw a few frogs hopping around, some mating, some croaking, others just passing by. She then looked up at the stars, and spoke one last time.

"I never thought I'd live to see the day you'd ever care about anything other than yourself. This should be really

interesting."

A big grin was present on Alma Elma's face as she stood alone in the dark woods. The sound of cicadas and crickets reverberated all around her.

-Yamatai village, At the same time-

A black and purple vortex fazed into existence in the fox shrine area. The shrine maiden taking care of the shrine at the time was knocked off her feet.

"What the? Stop! You're defacing the fox goddess's shrine! Begone youkai, your actions will only serve to damn both of us!"

The shrine maiden began waving her nusa around in an attempt to make the 'youkai' leave the shrine. But when the vortex dissolved, two figures were left where the center of the vortex was. And they were both naked. One was a figure with an angel halo above their head, and the other was a kitsune who had nine tails.

"T-ta-ta-Tamamo?! Why are you with an angel? What's going on?"

Tamamo just dusted herself off and jumped into a ball in order to get her kimono back. She was no longer naked anymore.

"I apologize for you having to see me naked, shrine maiden, but you see, I wanted to bring this angel here so that she wouldn't be discriminated against. So please, don't tell anyone about this. It'll be our little secret."

"Th-that's fine but… why were you both naked before you came here?"

"Ah"

I don't really have an answer for that, especially not the truth of the matter. I'll just pull my fox deity card.

"Do not question my will, shrine maiden. It's fate that led to this angel and I being naked at this shrine. If you cannot accept that, you've lost sight of what makes you a shrine keeper."

"Of course madame, I never meant to disrespect you! Carry on with whatever you were doing, I won't say a word to anybody else about the angel."

"Thank you~"

I picked up the angel and hoisted her over my shoulder, and carried her into the town area, to the place I normally reside at. A small cottage fit for no more than one or two residents at a time. Nobody but I and the Elder of the village knows about my secret cottage because I specified to not let anyone know about it. It's where I lived with many of my lovers throughout their lifespans.

"Hmmm?"

The door to the cottage was locked. I forgot where I put the key to it a few dozen decades back or so. Instead of wasting time looking for it, I simply stuck my hand on the doorknob, with Mariel still on my shoulders. After a few seconds, the door unlocked.

"I doubt even Luka knows that the power of the Earth can be used to lockpick. Maybe Marcellus-"

I cut myself off. Marcellus was probably a bad topic to be bringing up around an angel. Even though she was still unconscious. Suddenly she began snoring on my back. It seems she's tired. It was an interesting revelation to me to find that angels snored. When I walked into the cottage, I immediately got to work putting Mariel into a bed with sheets on it. Unfortunately, I only had one bed to share with Mariel, as many Kitsune only ever need one due to their strong tendencies to mate with their lovers every night, and then pass out next to them. It was very romantic, in my eyes at least.

"Hmhmhmhm "

As Mariel lay down in a deep sleep, I began preparing dinner. I know that Mariel is physically fine, so there would be no reason to skip out on dinner. I began making thin fried tofu with the few flame magic spells I knew in order to bring the oil to the point in which it was hot enough to fry it.

"Mmmmmmmmmm!"

It sounds like someone has woken up. Maybe I was humming to myself too loud. I finished up the frying process before putting the frying pan down and taking off the apron I was wearing to cook. Mariel was lying down in the bed, comfortably unaware I had already used the bed she was sleeping in to take away the virginity of dozens of men. I planned on not telling her that part.

"Well, well. You seem to be quite the sleepyhead, huh?"

The angel slumped up and curiously looked around at her setting. Her halo hovered above her head as her gaze went from corner to corner of the cottage. It wasn't very impressive or large by any stretch of the imagination. I'm sure that's what she was thinking. The cottage was only a kitchen and a bedroom, after all.

"Where… am I?"

"You're in my cottage in Yamatai Village, the safest place in the entire world for an angel runaway like yourself. I know it's not much, for someone like you, you probably expect much more out of the last of the Great Ance-"

"You're… a minimalist? That's… kind of strange for someone like you…"

I planned on giving this grand spectacle speech, but she cut me off before I could even get a quarter the way through. Oh well.

"I know this isn't going to be an easy question, but are you alright?"

"Yeah… yeah I remember what happened. I- why would you even waste the time of your day taking care of someone like me? I'm not even allowed to go anywhere else anymore, if the angels or the humans find me, they'll tear me to shreds."

That was… raw. It seemed genuine, like something she'd really regurgitated off the top of her head.

"If anyone even tries to lay a finger on you, I'll cut it off. You don't have to worry about anything so long as you're with me. You have my word."

"But… why? Why would you just randomly decide to give shelter to someone who tried killing you not that long ago? How can you just forgive someone you just met for attempting something like that? How do you not want to rip me into shreds yourself?"

"I have my reasons. Now enough of these questions, dinner is going to be done soon, and you're eating with me whether you like it or not, it's kitsune tradition."

The angel looked at me with a curious expression, much like how she looked when she observed the cottage when she woke up.

"What's for dinner?"

"Now that's a question I can answer. Thin fried tofu."

Mariel looked even more confused than before. She tilted her head a little to convey it.

"Thin fried… tofu?

"Thin fried tofu. It's pretty good stuff. I've been living off it for millennia. It's not as bad as it sounds I swear."

I didn't even consider the possibility that Mariel wouldn't even know what human food is. I suppose the culture shock is going to be rough on her from here on out.

"Come on, get out of bed, it's done."

"A-alright."

We sat and ate in two very old wooden chairs that I had made by one of my lovers oh so long ago. The table was bought from one of the local shops though. The utensils we were using were wooden chopsticks, and it took me a few minutes to teach Mariel how to use them. It seems she liked the food though, as she wolfed it down fairly quickly. I poured wine out for both of us to drink in wooden chalices.

"So, Mariel."

Mariel was in the middle of taking a sip of her drink. She put it down and responded in an almost tipsy manner.

"Yeah?"

"What did you used to eat before… well, this I guess."

Mariel's expression turned to one of scorn.

"You'd hate me if I told you that."

"That's not true. I've done worse."

I gripped Mariel's hand.

"Just tell me. I'm not going to hold you accountable for the sins of your past life. We we're all demons back then."

Mariel just looked down as she spoke.

"I fed on human sperm from defeated humans that were milked to death in mass amounts. That was my one and only source of food for thousands of years. Until just now. Even in the past 6 months, Heaven still has plenty of prisoners that are ripe for milking."

My grip tightened as Mariel spoke, symbolizing that I'm not forsaking her because of this.

"It's alright, monsters did the same thing. As long as you recognize that what you did was wrong, and you truly feel regret for that, your punishment has been doled out a long, long time ago. The best thing you can do with your life now is to live a life that's not focused on other people, live one that's only focused on what benefits you, and you alone. And that would be to live with me."

The angel looked down at the ground, her cheeks had changed to a rosy red color. It seemed like the wine hit a little harder than I anticipated.

"Hey… have you ever drinken alcohol before?"

"Uh… n-no."

"Hahahaha! Why didn't you say anything? That's crazy! You'd just drink whatever liquid I pour out without even considering what it is? What if I poured out moonshine? You'd be falling out of your chair right now! Gahahahaha!"

I let out a hearty laugh. It really was funny to me that Mariel has never consumed alcohol before in her entire existence. I suppose Heaven really is a place devoid of Earthly pleasures, besides the sexual pleasure anyway.

"Alcohol? What is that? What is moonshine? These things you speak of are so foreign to me."

Her speech patterns were slurred, and it seemed the wine was beginning to take effect. Better get her to bed before she falls over and hurts herself somehow.

"Alright, alright. It's time to go to bed now. I'm afraid we only have one bed, so we'll just have to share it. I hope that doesn't bother you too much, the kitsune have a tradition of only ever needing one bed, because we always mate with our lovers before going to sleep. However, since you are not my lover, we will not be mating, you can rest assured."

"Taaamammo yourrrrre myyyy bestest best bud in the whole wide world. I love you sooo much."

Those last five words tugged at my heart strings. I knew it was the alcohol speaking through, so I just hushed her to the bedroom.

"Alright, goodnight Mariel."

"Goooodnight~"

I tucked Mariel in, and faced the opposite direction of her so as to protect her privacy. I felt obliged to not even look in her direction. I wouldn't want her to wake up after the alcohol wears off looking at my sleeping face. It might freak her out.

"Taamaamoooo~"

I felt a gripping sensation in both my sides. It seemed Mariel ended up facing my direction, and bear hugged me. Not even my tails either, mainly my stomach. Her arms were soft and caressing. It was as if the world were spitting at all my attempts to be coy. But I knew better than to mess around with a drunken lady. So I simply lay there in the bed, satisfied with myself, and in the darkness of the room, a huge grin appeared on my face, as if I were a virgin about to have sex for the very first time in my life.