I Don't Want to Be Doted On

One rainy day, someone happened to find an abandoned human child. Sakuya was a taciturn fox spirit living deep in the mountains. Named Nagi, he grew into a handsome and brave young man. He had harbored a secret crush on Sakuya, who had acted as a parental figure to him, for some time now. "As just an ordinary human, I can't be of any use to Lord Sakuya." Still, he was troubled about how to repay the kindness he received for raising him, and one day he had an idea. The idea is that if he goes to the human world, he might be able to learn ways to be useful to Sakuya. To Sakuya, who said, "Don't go anywhere my protection can't reach," Nagi stubbornly insists, "I'm not a child anymore." Overwhelmed by his enthusiasm, Sakuya agreed to allow him to go to the human world, but the condition he set was: By going to the human world with him—