I Sealed Sukuna’s Finger#511+512: Endou Yukari: When Are My Two Idiot Students Going to Give Birth? The Underhanded Bureau of Astrology!

Naturally, Bokue Keikain hadn't missed the message from a certain War Dancer girl just because he'd been preoccupied with Venelana.

So when the time reached 8 AM the following morning, Bokue teleported directly from Venelana's hotel suite to Yukina Himeragi's apartment at the top of the Keystone Gate.

This had been arranged yesterday when he and Venelana had finished their bath, returned to the bedroom, and he'd replied to Sayaka's message.

Sayaka had mentioned that Yukina would also be going, so they'd set the meeting point at Yukina's apartment.

However, it was still fairly early, and since today was a weekday, if Yukina was going along, she'd obviously already requested time off in advance.

And if she'd already taken the day off, there was no need to wake up early like she would for school.

So at this hour, Yukina Himeragi's apartment was still completely quiet. No breakfast aromas lingered in the air, and even the pots and pans remained in the exact positions they'd been left after last night's dinner cleanup.

Looks like she's still asleep...

Bright morning sunlight streamed through the windows onto the balcony. Bokue crossed the living room and approached the bedroom door, silently and gently pressing down the handle to push it open.

Air that had been separated all night began to circulate as the door opened, and faint sounds from inside the room drifted out—the soft rustle of fabric against fabric.

?

Bokue curiously poked his head inside to look.

There, in the dimly lit bedroom bathed in morning light, a certain sword shaman girl sat on the edge of her bed. The pink pajamas she'd worn to sleep lay scattered carelessly on the open blankets beside her. Her slender arms were raised high above her head, and her still-developing young body was clad only in white lace lingerie—bra and panties. She held a short-sleeved shirt in her hands, about to pull it over her head.

Sensing the bedroom door being pushed open from outside, Yukina's movements immediately froze as she turned to look.

Their eyes met. Bokue blinked.

"Oh? You're already up, Yukina?"

"Uh... yeah. Since I had Nagisa request time off for me today, I didn't set an alarm last night. I just woke up a moment ago..."

The sword shaman girl came back to her senses without showing any excessive reaction. Even realizing she'd been caught in such a state of undress only made her cheeks flush slightly as she nodded with a hint of embarrassment.

"But why are you here so early, senpai..."

"It's not really that early—it's already eight o'clock."

Bokue pushed the door fully open and walked into the room, sitting down beside Yukina on the bed.

"Though I was planning to surprise you."

As for what kind of "surprise"—well, those who know, know.

Naturally, while the girl was still lost in sleep and hadn't woken yet, he'd directly... hehehehe!

"Senpai really is always thinking about doing those things..."

Recalling the last time Bokue had started using her body before she'd even woken up, the flush on Yukina's face deepened several shades, and her gaze began to waver uncertainly.

"Sh-should I lie back down then..."

Hmm?

Bokue raised an eyebrow.

If he remembered correctly, last time he'd done that, Yukina had scolded him at least a little afterward. Yet now she was actively offering to change back into her pajamas and return to bed.

Which meant...

Hmm~ It felt like Yukina was gradually catching on, progressively transforming from the pure innocent girl she'd started as into a corrupted sword shaman.

However, just as Bokue was thinking along these lines, the sound of someone unlocking the front door with a key came from the entrance in the living room outside.

The gap between the door opening and closing and a figure appearing was maybe five seconds at most.

"Yukina, are you up yet—eep??"

Speak of the devil and she shall appear. As Sayaka Kirasaka's figure materialized in the bedroom doorway, her eyes immediately landed on Bokue Keikain sitting on the edge of the bed, as well as the sword shaman girl beside him wearing nothing but her underwear.

"You two are... B-Bokue, are you some kind of pervert?? Coming over this early in the morning to find Yukina and—"

"Perfect timing, Sayaka. Come join us."

Bokue rose from the bed and approached the doorway, taking the War Dancer girl's delicate hand and drawing her into the room.

The moment their skin made contact, Sayaka—who'd been loudly protesting just a second ago—instantly fell silent. Like a cat whose fur had been smoothed down, she allowed herself to be led obediently into the room by the young man, her voice dropping to barely above a whisper.

"J-join in... together? Well, I suppose it's not impossible... We do have plenty of time, and Master didn't specify what time we needed to be there..."

"Oh right! Did Master mention to you specifically why she's calling us over, Sayaka??"

As if the word "Master" had snapped her back to reality, Yukina—whose face had been flushed red while sitting on the bed—suddenly came to her senses and asked urgently.

"...Actually, she didn't."

Sayaka blinked and slowly shook her head.

"Master just said we should go over there, and preferably bring Bokue along too. She didn't actually specify why..."

"Mmm..."

Hearing this, Yukina pressed her lips together, as if connecting certain dots in her mind. After a brief moment of hesitation, she quickly pulled the shirt over her head, then stood up and began putting on her skirt while saying:

"Then we should probably head over there right away. If we're going to... do that... it can wait until we get back. It would be terrible if Master somehow figured things out..."

"Oh? That's a good point."

Sayaka blinked again, her eyes suddenly clearing with realization.

After all, just as Yukina said, as sword shamans and War Dancers of the Lion King Organization, the fundamental reason they were currently on Itogami Island was to monitor—or rather, guard—the Fourth Primogenitor.

It was only because they'd encountered Bokue Keikain, combined with the fact that Nagisa herself was actually quite stable in both personality and mental state—basically a very likable girl—that they'd completely deviated from their original mission up to this point. Their days now consisted of either being intimate with Bokue or being on their way to be intimate with Bokue.

While from a god's-eye view, their charge being in stable condition meant relaxing a bit was understandable, and what they did in their private lives was their own business with no right for others to interfere...

But at the end of the day, it was still dereliction of duty.

If Master figured things out, they'd probably be transferred off Itogami Island and replaced by other sword shamans and War Dancers.

And then it would become quite difficult for them to see Bokue Keikain again.

In any case, they needed to get through this meeting with Master first.

At least today, they absolutely couldn't let anything slip!

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Several minutes later, the trio departed from the Keystone Gate and arrived before an unmarked storefront on one of Itogami Island's commercial streets—it looked like a ramen shop.

"This is the place?"

Bokue looked up at the establishment. According to the address, this should be correct.

Since the address matched, it had to be right.

With that thought in mind, Bokue reached forward and pulled open the door.

However, the instant he stepped through the entrance, a mature woman's voice called out from somewhere near the shelves on the side of the shop's interior.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry for making you come all this way. My two thoughtless disciples have been in your care these past few days."

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Well... that was pretty unexpected.

This so-called "Lion King Organization Itogami Island Office"—judging purely from its exterior—gave the immediate impression of some old-school ramen shop, one that simply hadn't finished renovations yet and was waiting to put up its sign.

But the moment you pulled open the entrance and stepped inside, you'd discover the interior décor and furnishings were modeled entirely after Urahara Kisuke's shop from Bleach.

The defining characteristic? It had everything. The shelves were stocked with all sorts of random items—from ceremonial wands to peach wood swords to talismans. Every conceivable demon-warding tool was available.

And... there was also a black cat.

The one who'd just spoken to Bokue Keikain was precisely this black cat.

A nekomata? No, wait—this feeling... it's a shikigami?

As a former honor graduate of the Keikain family, Bokue immediately saw through the nature of this black cat on the shelf.

However, unlike the typical combat-type shikigami—similar to Pokémon—or reconnaissance-type shikigami that normal onmyōji used, this black cat seemed more like a clone of sorts. Or perhaps it could be called a possession-type shikigami, allowing someone to project their consciousness into it across vast distances.

There was a saying: "Reading a letter is like seeing the person who wrote it." In this case... it was more like "seeing the cat is like seeing the person."

At the same time, Yukina Himeragi and Sayaka Kirasaka's reactions behind him instantly confirmed Bokue's theory.

After entering and closing the door behind them, both girls turned in unison to face the black cat on the shelf, then bowed deeply with perfect synchronization.

"It's been a while, Master." x2

"Mm."

The black cat on the shelf responded with a light hum, her amber feline eyes flashing with a distinctly human warmth.

Then she turned back toward the young man standing between her two disciples and nodded her cat head.

"Sorry about this. My real body isn't currently on Itogami Island, and it's not convenient for me to leave easily, so I can only meet with you all this way."

"Actually... I should have been the one to come see you. But given my current form, going outside would be rather inconvenient in many ways, so this was the best option."

As she finished speaking, the black cat on the shelf even raised one of her paws for emphasis.

That was fair enough. Since they'd teleported directly here, they hadn't felt it, but if they'd had to walk from here to the Keystone Gate, it would've taken at least half an hour even for an adult.

And as a cat... yeah, that would definitely be too difficult.

"Doesn't matter to me. I didn't have anything going on anyway."

Bokue wasn't particularly bothered.

"Besides, what exactly did you call us here for today?"

"Ah~ Well, if I'm being honest, it's not really that big of a deal."

Endou Yukari, in her black cat form, licked one of her paws.

"On one hand, I naturally wanted to check on how my two disciples have been doing on Itogami Island. Sayaka's stay has been relatively short, but Yukina has been here for almost two months now. In the past, she's never been away from me for that long."

"By the way—how far have things progressed between you?"

Yukari suddenly dropped that question out of nowhere.

Huh?

Setting Bokue aside, both Yukina and Sayaka felt their hearts skip a beat simultaneously upon hearing those words.

Especially Sayaka—her skin was far thinner than Yukina's. Even though she and Bokue had done everything they should and shouldn't do countless times by now, whenever it came time to actually get down to business, she'd still blush and get nervous like it was her first time.

Which, naturally, made Bokue particularly enjoy teasing her.

And so, the War Dancer girl stood at attention.

"P-p-p-progress?? Master, wh-what specifically are you referring to?"

"..."

Forget Bokue—even Yukina, who'd always worn her heart on her sleeve and never tried to hide her feelings, found Sayaka's acting painfully stiff.

'Could you calm down a little?? You're practically tongue-tied—you're basically admitting everything to Master!'

"'Referring to'? Do you two really need to play dumb with me?"

Yukari lowered her paw and raised an eyebrow.

"Whatever. Let me rephrase—will I be holding my precious grandchildren by next year?"

"..."

"..."

Way too direct. If Yukina had still been thinking of ways to maybe smooth things over a moment ago, she'd completely given up now.

From the way Master was talking, she obviously already knew everything!

Realizing this, both girls fell into embarrassed silence. But judging from the all-too-obvious blush on their cheeks and the way they kept glancing at the young man beside them, the answer was already clear as day.

After all, the school year had only just started this fall—there was still quite a bit of time until year's end. Based on their daily routine with Bokue, it would actually be hard not to get pregnant.

The two girls exchanged glances. Finally, Yukina mustered up her courage and took a deep breath.

"A-anyway! This is our private life, so Master doesn't need to worry about it too much! Besides, you called us here today because you have something else to discuss, right??"

"Oh, that's true enough."

Despite being rebutted by her disciple, Yukari showed no signs of anger. She simply continued where the sword shaman girl had led.

"There is another reason I called you here today. You should be aware of it—it's been all over the news these past couple days."

News??

Sayaka thought for a moment.

"If we're talking about Itogami Island news from the past few days, there are really only two big stories. One is the massive defensive barrier that suddenly appeared above the island the day before yesterday, along with the giant dragon that manifested within it. The other is the dozen or so patients who've mysteriously fallen into comas at the island's hospitals due to some unknown nightmare-inducing power—and the culprit still hasn't been found..."

"No need to keep guessing. It's the first one you mentioned."

Yukari spoke calmly.

"You overdid it way too much. You even brought out a giant dragon. At this rate, the Bureau of Astrology will almost certainly get involved."

"Bureau of Astrology?"

Yukina's eyes widened slightly.

As a sword shaman of the Lion King Organization, she naturally understood what those three syllables represented.

If the Lion King Organization was an agency established by the Japanese government specifically to handle man-made magical disasters, then the Bureau of Astrology was the organization responsible for naturally occurring magical disasters—things like demonic beast invasions and the like.

With a giant dragon appearing above Itogami Island the day before yesterday, it clearly fell under the Bureau of Astrology's jurisdiction.

But...

Yukina glanced at the young man beside her.

If Itogami Island were still under Japanese government control like before, then fine—the Bureau of Astrology sending people to investigate would be perfectly reasonable.

But now Itogami Island had become senpai's private territory. If the Bureau of Astrology still wanted to send people over... they couldn't actually do that, right?

Would they try to force their way in? Did they want a taste of the God-Slaying Overlord Fist?

"I know what you're thinking, Yukina. But honestly, if they tried forcing their way in, that would actually be easier to deal with."

Yukari glanced at her two disciples.

"However, I'm guessing the Bureau of Astrology will employ more roundabout tactics. They might even stoop to deploying the Six Blades (Kiriha Kisaki)... Anyway, if you see anyone resembling the Bureau of Astrology personnel during this time, you and Sayaka should keep a closer eye on them."

"...Understood."