[Eri’s Point of View]

“Mmmh,” Hina-sama purred softly, relaxing against my chest as I brushed her tail.

“Hina-sama, you've been quite affectionate since we got back from the forest. Did you have fun today?” I giggled and asked, observing Hina-sama's adorable face, filled with contentment.

“Yes, I had a lot of fun spending time with you today,” Hina-sama answered, nudging my hand to encourage me to start patting her head.

I responded by gently rubbing her ears, which caused her to purr even more. I then remembered something the mistress told me: that fox-spirits are naturally nocturnal and reveal a different side of themselves in the later hours. Despite being usually shy, Hina-sama was very affectionate and cuddly last night when we slept together. Of course, she fell asleep rather quickly due to the long day she had.

“Eri?” Hina-sama spoke, her beautiful silver-white eyes gleaming with mischievousness and affection as she looked at me.

“Yes, what is it, Hina-sama?” I questioned.

“I love you.” Hina-sama stated with a happy smile.

I couldn't help but think, 'How can she be so cute?'

“I know, I love you too,” I replied while putting my hand on Hina-sama's cheek to check if she had a fever, considering her unusual behavior. This level of affection was a new experience for me. When she was a child, she had to go to bed quite early.

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“Hehe, Eri said she loves me,” Hina-sama started purring while rubbing her cheek against my palm. She then turned around, facing me while sitting in my lap, and continued to rub her cheek against mine, purring even more gently.

Glancing at the clock on the wall, I saw that it read 11:30 pm. I hadn’t realized that so much time had passed while we were relaxing. We needed to get some sleep.

“Hina-sama, we need to go to bed soon. Our first day of school is tomorrow, after all.”

“Nyaa...” Hina-sama shook her head, indicating she didn't want to.

“I believe if this continues, you are going to be very embarrassed when you wake up in the morning, you know,” I gently warned her.

“Will you sleep with me again tonight?” Hina-sama asked, in the same way she did last night. I felt like my nose would start bleeding from her girl power any minute. Sebas, where are you? I need your help here; you never taught me how to handle this situation.

As if he had been waiting for the right moment, I silently cried out for his help. Seba, the genius butler and doting grandpa, showed up out of nowhere.

“Ojou-sama, it is time to go to bed. I’m sorry, but you and Eri will have to sleep in your separate rooms tonight. You know you are not supposed to stay up late during a full moon,” Sebas explained gently, pulling Hina-sama off of me.

I realized that her unusually affectionate nature wasn't solely due to the late hour but was also influenced by the full moon.

“Grandpa Sebas, please, can Eri sleep with me...” Hina-sama purred, nudging Sebas, and asked with a pout.

Don’t give me that 'I don't know how to answer her' look, you doting old man. I want to say yes too, you know.

“I’m sorry, Ojou-sama, but not tonight. If you behave and go to bed quietly, you can sleep with Eri tomorrow,” Sebas answered after what felt like a long time of pondering.

“Yay! Okay, Grandpa. Good night, Eri,” Hina-sama told me before giving me a kiss on the cheek and then started heading to her room with Sebas.

“That was something. I might have to let Hina-sama stay up on a full moon night again sometime, though I am quite tired,” I said to myself, touching my cheek where she kissed me. “She is going to be quite embarrassed when she remembers what happened tonight,” I thought while laughing out loud.

As I started heading to my room, I met Sebas when he was coming out of Hina-sama's room. It seemed he went through an experience as well.

“Good night, Sebas,” I quickly said before running to my room. I was caught by Sebas’s firm grip.

“Eri, may I have a word with you? I won’t keep you up too long; we're just going to have a little conversation.”

After that, I was lectured for a good thirty minutes by Sebas about how he warned me countless times to keep an eye on the moon's schedule and to always have the Princess in bed early during those days, about how she is especially susceptible to come to in an intoxicated state during a full moon.

Let’s just say that both the fox girl and her servant had a restless night on the eve of their first day of high school.