＊ littlē ๖r໐thēr || ᏀꫀᥒⲊhเᥒ Ꮖꪑρᥲᥴt ＊

|| 1 || - Little Crab

"Oh Ayaka! Guess who fulfilled all your wishes~!" Paimon proudly says as she crossed her arms.

When there was no response, both Aether and Paimon look at each other; confused.

Just as they were about to look behind the screen that separated part of the room - Aether suddenly feels a tap on his shoulder; stopping him and his companion in their tracks. They turn around and found out it was Thoma.

Soon after the sound of footsteps could be heard and a girl walked out from behind the screen, she also held up a fan that covered her lower face.

"Hello there you two, I'm delighted to finally meet you both in person." She says as she puts her fan down, revealing her face with a smile while bowing her head.

"It's nice to finally meet you as well." Aether politely answered as he bows his head and Paimon nods, causing Ayaka to softly chuckle to herself.

"There is no need for you to be so formal, though I must say that you can't exactly speak freely here. But please, make yourselves comfortable." She gestures to a low wooden table with Tatami mats surrounding it.

Aether soon takes a seat next Thoma as Ayaka sits across them and Paimon floated close by.

"Now, allow me to explain as to why I sent you to those people." She says as she puts her fan down on the table and Aether, along with Paimon, eagerly listen.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a door being slammed opened and quick small footsteps were heard.

Now in front of them was a small boy. He had long white-blue hair tied in a low ponytail with golden-like cord tassels. He had pale blue-gray eyes and a mole on the right side of his chin.

He wore a light blue kimono that were tucked into a pair of royal blue pleated long pants with an assortment of patterns and small white flower patterns.

The little boy wore no shoes or socks, but dirt and mud covered his bare feet; leaving a trail of muddy foot prints behind him.

"Ayaka! Ayaka! Look!" He shouted as held a crab that was missing an arm and had a few scratch marks upon its shell.

Ayaka soon sighed, still keeping a small smile on her face.

"Ayashi, you're all covered dirt and you're making the floors all filthy." She points out as the boy looks down to his clothes and feet and turns around to see the trail of dirt he has left.

"Ah, sorry, but look at this cool crab!" He says - not being a hundred percent sincere with his apology.

"That is cool looking crab," Ayaka says to her younger brother, "Thoma, would you mind helping me clean up Ayashi?" She politely asks as the said man brightly smiles.

"Not at all Miss Ayaka - come along now Ayashi." He says as took a hold of the little boy's hand and they soon left.

"Who was that?" Paimon asked as she turned over to Ayaka.

"That was my younger brother, Ayashi." She smiled as the other two seemed to be very eager to hear more about the boy. Ayaka took notice of this and let out a small giggle.

"We can talk about my younger brother, once we've gone over and discussed our current - The Vision Hunt Decree." She says and the others in front of her nod.

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Elsewhere in the estate, Ayashi walks down the small corridors as he held Thoma's hand. They soon stop in front of a sliding door and Thoma opens it.
Inside was a bathroom covered in white marble tiles.