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Okay, enough standing around with your mouth hanging agape. You shake your head and stare towards Doremy as she rubs her throat and stills her breathing.
Sighing, you stepped up towards the Baku and kneeled over slightly at her. The Dream World's ruler just stared up at you with a discomforted expression at what had transpired, and you blinked back blankly.
"..."
<span class="mu-s">"..."</span>
You reached out and patted Doremy right on top of her long Santa hat looking headwear. The Baku's expression became one of pure confusion then.
<span class="mu-s">"What the... what in the heck do you think you're doing to me?"</span>
"It's funny." You tell her, honestly.
She cocked her eyebrows at you, donning a face riddled with annoyance at you suddenly counteracting all the smugness she had previously faced you with before. She sure didn't like a taste of her own medicine, did she?
<span class="mu-s">"You know, just because lots of people like to portray us Baku as Tapir doesn't mean I'm actually a Tapir, or for petting."</span> She grumbled, slapping your hand away as she picked herself up and dusted her dress off.
"Maybe... but it was worth it just for that face."
<span class="mu-s">"I'll give you nightmares for this."</span>
"Pfft."
You already witnessed a nightmare. What could the Baku inflict on you now that was much worse? Still, she seemed to be in a nightmare of her own now, and you felt that it needed to be addressed for her own sake. Damn you and your altruism, you actually felt bad for Doremy in this instant.
>"Ah, so was it part of your master plan to become a slave? I doubt she'll even give you what you want."
Doremy crossed her arms.
<span class="mu-s">"Hmph. I don't have much else of a choice, as always. The secret god may be forceful, but she's blunt and honest. She's my best chance at being able to lay claim over the Dreams of Hell. It'll be payback for the leader of Hell misusing my realm for her own ends once. I'll have you know, I hold grudges against people who try to manipulate me or my realm. I'll get revenge on the secret god too, somehow... even if I can't get it directly, I always think of something."</span>
"Back in my world, this line of thinking is usually accompanied by phrases like 'good goyim'."
Doremy rolled her eyes.
<span class="mu-s">"I can't go back on my word now that I pledged my help."</span>
>"You know, this means you have to let Marisa and Reisen go with me. If you don't do this, it would make me really not want to join you, and the Secret Goddess wouldn't like that, would she?"
<span class="mu-s">"Oh no, no, no. I'm not falling for that one."</span> Doremy said, her smile returning in the worst way.
