Plans

Neulin knocked on the door. The person who opened it caused the young men to avert their eyes. With his entire face aflame, Bailong turned his head to look at Neulin, whose short snout pointed down, eyes as wide as saucers, fixed on his feet.

“What are you doing here so early?” Headmaster Wama’s voice was thinner and airy early in the morning. Bailong stole himself and looked back at Headmaster Wama steadily, ignoring the female robes wrapped around his broad shoulders and the revealing sheer red undergarment, askew.

“I had a meeting with Princess Kamiko, but Lady Reika intervened. The westerners have not left the Kaizen’s forest.”