Later that evening, Ichi got dead drunk in the Red Abbey. All manner of animals that walked, talked, mimicked human appearance occupied the place in green robes. Hedgehogs, mice, moles, some militaristic hares, and a badger.

Oni found Ichi slopping down an amber drink with a hedgehog. He talked animatedly with the hedgehog in great cheer. Meanwhile, the poor hedgehog looked like he wanted to escape.

Oni had suspected it, but given what she knew about Ichi, creating this 'cavern hole' as Rikya called it so soon after learning about magic was strange even for a druid. After questioning Rikya on the matter at the castle and being fussed over by the maids, she set out to find out more information. Oni investigated the black dome and talked with Renya, who kept a tight guard.

Oni supected her of some interference with Ichi's magic. The cat ears and black and white tails interested Oni. It looked to be half-possession by a spirit, but not only did the spirit not have control, the possesed person seemed at ease.

Then, he came upon the Red Abbey and everything started to make sense. He heard from the creatures there that there was a 'cavern hole' within the Abbey itself. This was the beating heart of Avalon, or to be accurate, the counterbalance.

It's well known in the Shadow Society that Oni hails from that all magic can be divided into light and dark. The symbol of the Shadow Society, half black, half white, is to show that there is a purity to these magics. The Dao symbol where the black and white swirl together and a circle of white appears in the black and a circle of black appears in the white is considered magically incorrect, something that humans who do not understand magic created to represent true magic.

Ichi's Avalon was nothing more than a false representation of his thinking that there should be white here. The castle and the Red Abbey were filled with romantic imagery, while the black dome could easily be called nothing more than cold logical domination of reality, pure black energy.

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Of course, this lead to Oni's conclusion. Oni's only thought upon seeing Ichi drunk with a hedgehog was to turn him into a little girl. And he did so.

"To protect a little girl, you must 'become a little girl'!" Said Oni with a grand gesture.

Oni could only cast that spell with his manly form. The hedgehog in a robe dashed out upon seeing such foul witchcraft, calling for help.

Oni did what was natural. Oni sought to limit Ichi's power, somehow, to have him understand what he was doing. However, Oni's mind is only filled with thoughts of little girls. His most powerful spell is to turn anything into a little girl. This is the natural solution he came up with, believing in the power of little girls, Oni used Ichi's drunken state to it's fullest.

In the Shadow Society sex was used as means of manipulation. It was sealed and controlled by those who aligned themselves with white energy in the Shadow Society. Their children were raised with a belief that sex was only used for procreation, along

Oni and Rikya's family, the Burncastles, were known for believing the exact opposite. As a family of black energy, they were infamous for using sex as manipulation. Rikya and Oni disagreed with this from an early age. Rikya merely convinced her father through combat to exile her to a small village. Oni did the opposite, seeking the great powers of the world and sealing himself into the form of a little girl.

Oni has the ability to turn anything into a little girl. It is only by mastering that ability that he was able to become a little girl himself. Ika, Scipio's mother, was his reluctant teacher.

Ichi in the form of a little girl later got dumped off in front of the castle. A maid with short blue hair put the girl in a bed. However, Tama returned that night and attacked Ichi in his sleep, attempting to steal his unexperienced heart. When she found Ichi in the form of a little girl, that didn't stop her.

A grand battle of a drunk little girl Ichi unleashing his full potential and defeating Tama- didn't happen. Ichi instead ran crying hugging a pillow to Rikya's room.

Rikya thought Ichi was a robot maid had a bad dream. It was her first time in a bed with someone else. She read characters taking in small girls into their beds, and so she imitated them. Ichi fell asleep drunk his first night in Avalon as a little girl with his head laying on Rikya's chest.