After Gender Swapping, I Became the Daughter of a Yandere Mother with Animal Ears—With the Help of My Yandere Mom and Powerful Sister, I'll Live as a Fox Girl - Chapter 66: Yorikoma Mama

“Yes, I’m more than just comfortable. Compared to Kohaku-sama, you guys are less than ants to me. My natural enemies are foxes, birds… that sort of thing. Humans don’t scare me in the slightest!”

Yorikoma continued to taunt them with a supremely confident attitude. Her taunts only served to fuel the anger of the scam victims.

“Don’t act so smug!”

One man lunged to punch Yorikoma, but she nimbly dodged and slipped into his guard, then struck his chin with the heel of her palm.

“Ugh…”

With a single blow, the man was knocked unconscious.

“This guy!”

Another man attempted to kick Yorikoma. It was a frontal kick, but she spun around it in mid-air, dodging it.

“What…”

Moreover, using the momentum of her spin, she delivered a roundhouse kick to the stomach of a man standing behind her.

“Ugh…”

In the blink of an eye, she had knocked down two men and then Yorikoma flashed a sly smile.

“What a bunch of weaklings. Come on, the rest of you, attack me all at once. I’ll take you all on.”

“Damn it!”

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“Phew…”

In no time, all the scam victims were lying on the ground. Having witnessed this, Yorikoma took a deep breath.

“Are you alright, Mashiro-sama?”

“Yes…”

Taking the hand offered to her, she could feel her fear fading. Despite how scared she had been moments before…

“Really, Mashiro-sama, you too!”

“Eh…”

“To think you were using magic to help yourself… Even gods have things they should and shouldn’t do!”

“I’m sorry…”

Yorikoma, who usually apologizes for everything, was unusually angry. Realizing how much worry she had caused, Mashiro felt guilty.

“As long as you understand. But this time, it was really dangerous!”

“Um…”

“Really now…”

With a sigh of exasperation, Yorikoma then threw a bag filled with money towards the scam victims.

“I’m sorry. Here’s all your money back. Please, don’t ever get involved with us again. If you come back, be prepared to be roasted alive.”

“…”

No response could be heard from them, as they were unconscious. Not that a response was expected, but their bodies seemed to shiver slightly.

“Shall we go home?”

“Yes…”

Yorikoma started walking ahead. I tightly grasped her fluffy hand with both of mine and followed behind her.

“What’s this? You’re quite the clingy one today.”

“Is that bad?”

“No, not at all…”

Her face turned red with a bashful expression, perhaps surprised by my response.

Feeling endeared by her reaction, I hugged her even tighter.

“Um… could you loosen your grip a bit? It hurts…”

“No way…”

“Please…”

She had her usual troubled expression, but somehow, it seemed more dependable than usual…

“You have a big chest, Yorikoma seems more suited to be a mother…”

“What? What did you say!?”

“Nothing…”

She looked perplexed, but I just smiled.

At that moment, I felt something kick up from under my foot. It was a copper coin, shining in the color of bronze.

“Huh? Oh! This is copper, isn’t it!”

Yorikoma hurriedly picked it up and held it high into the sky.

“With this, we break even, right?”

“Yes! …No, considering the fun I had with Mashiro-sama, it’s a big win for us!”

“Is that so…”

Seeing her happy face made me smile unwittingly.

“Yeah…”

The copper coin, struck by the setting sun, glittered as if it were gold.

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“So… where had you been?”

“Uh, well… Calm down, please, Chizuru-sama.”

Yorikoma, drenched in sweat, was sitting in formal seiza, lacking the dependability she had before.

“I am calm. Are you okay? You’re sweating profusely.”

“Ah… well… uh… I went to the gambling den… with Mashiro-sama…”

“Really? I went to a gambling den? With Mashiro?”

“Yes…”

“How foolish can you be!? I wouldn’t mind if you were wasting your own money, but to take Mashiro, a delicate and innocent maiden, to such a filthy, smelly place, a veritable cesspool… What were you thinking!?”

“Hi… But we broke even, so…”

“I don’t care about breaking even!!”

Chizuru’s fierce stomping made the floorboards of the shabby inn creak and groan.

“It seems stupidity can’t be cured without a bit of a lesson…”

“Hiiee! I’m sorry! Please forgive me! I offer my entire fortune, a single copper coin, as an apology!”

“That’s not the point… I’m saying it’s not about the money!!!”

“Ugyaaaahhhhhhh!!!”

For about an hour after that, Yorikoma’s screams were the only thing echoing through the inn.