Ha ha. First off, there’s a fan-made anime coming out of this on May 30. I would be excited if only there weren’t an 80% chance it’ll be awful. Oh, and I’m also 80% sure that translating this LN is making my English worse. To help minimize the damage, I’ve been reading Lolita (yes, the irony is palpable). You should read it. Manga/manhwa have really romanticized loliconism. This book is… dark.
Oh! One last thing.
After I Found a Kitten, I needed another lovely slice-of-life 🙂
I kindly took Saehee's bag, put it in Mom's room, and went to the bath…… no, I was going to go when Rangii was staring intently at me. And so, I figured I had to talk to her.
"What?"
I thought she was going to ask if she could use the bathroom first or something, but what she said made what I thought completely laughable, shocking me.
"Why do you constantly wash away your scent so pointlessly?"
"……what?"
"Isn't it inconvenient to wash your scent off?"
"……explain to me what's so inconvenient about it."
"Your scent is used as a warning to those in your territory."
Ah, so that's what she meant.
I realized that my impression of Rangii up until now was mistaken. I had thought she was a kid who didn't know anything about the world, but she isn't a kid. She's just an animal. A wild tiger.
I never imagined she wouldn't understand the concept of bathing.
"I'm going to ask you one thing. So you didn't wash yourself last night?"
"Do I have to?"
"Okay. That's enough."
With Rangii's shining eyes looking up at me, I gave up on talking to her about this and decided to speak to her guardian.
"Saeheeeee!!"
At my scream, Saehee stuck just her head out of my mom's room and replied while looking at me.
"What is wrong, young master?"
"Teach her the importance of bathing! Right now, immediately!"
"As I have no need to bathe, I am unaware of the importance of bathing."
Hey, is that something for a woman to say? Ah, the truth is that if you just looked at her age, she's a super……"
"Young master? I must inform you that it is very easy for me to understand what you are thinking in your wrinkleless brain."
She's a psychic. She's a freaking psychic.
"Whatever, just bathe Rangii!"
"The young master can do it."
"But you can."
"I am busy. And also……"
Saehee spoke with the most serious face I had ever seen.
"If I get water on me, I get wet."
Ah, that's true. I understood. So I'm the one who has to wash Rangii. There's no helping it. Then…… wait that's not it.
The heck does that mean!"
If I make contact with water, my body gets wet."
Obviously you're going to get wet if you touch water!
"No, I mean what are you trying to say."
"That if I touch water I get excited."
I now understand what she's saying."Is that BS?"
"It is the truth."
Maybe I should get a water bottle and pour it on her.
"And so, I shall continue what I was doing."
Saehee's head went back into the room. I can't force her to do something she hates so much. It's not because I'm scared of her staring at me expressionlessly and threatening me.
But even if Rangii's a tiger, at this age she probably knows how to bathe herself. On the off chance, I spoke to Rangii.
"Do you know how to bathe yourself?"
"I took a bath often in my spiritual form. First I put spit on my front paws like this……"
I grabbed Rangii's arms after she licked her hands and lowered them. As a human being, as a civilized man, I couldn't bear to allow this to continue.
"I understand. Then does that mean you've never bathed in human form?"
"Yeah! How'd you know?"
I did not want to know this fact. That I would have to bathe her in the end. But no matter what Rangii truly is, right now she's a girl. Something about having a high schooler bathe a kid who looks like she's in the third grade is dangerous. At the same time, if I don't then she won't bathe herself when she's in human form. Or I could actually let her have a cat bath (tn: where a cat rubs its paws against its face. My dog does that). That…… isn't okay.
Yeah. I should think of it like that. I'm not giving a little girl a bath, I'm giving a tiger that hates baths a bath. Yeah. She may look like a girl, but on the inside she's a tiger…… no, I am bathing Rangii.
I am giving a tiger a bath.
Great.
I went behind Rangii's back and lifted her up by putting my arms through her armpits. Rangii's tail stuck fast to her belly.
"Wha, what are you doing?"
"Giving a bath."
"To whom?"
"To you."
"Ehhh? Why're you doing this all of a sudden? I don't need a bath."
"Okay, okay. But I do, so just wash with me."
"Sae, Saehee! Say something to Sunghoon too!"
Saehee didn't answer. Ah, it's hard to keep her up when she's struggling.
"Stay still, you brat."
"This is just a spiritual body so I don't need a bath!"
Hm? That's only enough to persuade yourself.
"Despite being a spiritual body, the spiritual bodies of great phantoms such as you are already similar to physical bodies, Master. Your body will get dirty just like a human's."
Unprompted words came from the room. With her fur on edge, Rangii shouted back."
"Saehee, damn you! Are you betraying your master?!"
"This is for your sake, Master."
"But I don't want toooo!!"
There's no answer. So you're ignoring the words of Rangii, your master? Isn't this way too sudden? For whatever reason, by her current attitude, it looks like Saehee really doesn't want to give Rangii a bath even though she needs a bath. There's nothing to consider. I could tell Rangii was furious at Saehee's betrayal so I rushed to the bathroom while holding Rangii. I locked the door and took off my clothes after putting Rangii down. Rangii was watching me do that with a sullen look on her face.
"What're you doing? Are you going to take a bath with your clothes on?"
"……Why is everyone around me trying to make me miserable?"
"We're not trying to make you miserable, we're doing this because we care about you. And just so you know, I hate women who don't bathe?"
"Uuu—."
I easily ignored Rangii who was puffing her cheeks out and spoke.
"More importantly, get undressed."
"……isn't showing your naked body to others embarrassing?"
After what happened before, that's not really for you to say.
"If a girl your age had something called common sense then I'd be embarrassed. But right now I don't see you as a girl, but an animal so there's no problem."
Although with me standing tall, naked with nothing covered, someone else seeing me say that would view me as a pervert.
"That's something you said to hurt my feelings again."
That's the truth, but what do you want me to do about it.
Whether Rangii gave up on arguing or not, she started to take off her clothes piece by piece.
"Put your clothes on top of the drawer."
"Okay."
While Rangii was undressing, I turned on the water and got the temperature right. Well, it's summer so it should be okay for it to be a little lukewarm. And when I got it right,
"I took everything off."
I heard Rangii's voice. Just like when we first met, when I turned around I saw Rangii standing with not a single piece of clothes on her. She loosened her hair braid and let her hair down, covering all the necessary parts and it felt strange. But because of that, the thing called human imagination was unneedingly active. ……well, since the one I'm looking at is Rangii it doesn't really mean anything.
By the parts of her skin not covered by her white hair that shined like silver, her skin could definitely be called that of a child's. It's like a baby's. Like if I went ahh— and bit her softly, my teeth-marks would be clearly visible on her delicate skin. That aside, I was a little surprised to find that Rangii actually had curves. Her chest is small, but towards her hips it dipped in and her butt was a bit more……, I mean, so what if I was appreciating staring at her body.
"What am I supposed to do now?"
"Now……"
I was about to say sit down when I realized something. That there's only one bath stool in the bathroom (tn: in Korean saunas at least, there are stools you sit on while taking a shower because the shower heads are really low). I can't let her sit on the floor, and it'd feel off to stay standing. I'm naked so if I stayed standing while washing then my big magnum…… I mean, then Rangii might touch my important bit since she's sitting. If I had known it was going to end up like this I would've at least brought a towel. No, going this far and choosing one of those would mean defeat. I don't really know what kind of defeat it would be, but it'd still be defeat. I'm going to bathe this naked girl while I'm naked. But I don't feel embarrassed. It's not even weird. She's just a simple tiger!
……yeah. She's Rangii. A tiger. There's nothing to be embarrassed about!
"I'm going to bathe you so sit here."
I spoke while slapping my thigh.
"You mean there?"
"Why?"
"……I often ask myself what kind of human you are."
And I have absolutely no idea what kind of phantom you are.
Rangii approached me slowly and went on top of my thigh with her back to me.
"Am I okay like this?"
"For now."
But you brat, why're you keeping your legs spread. Given the way the human body is designed, it's natural for her to keep her legs spread when she's sitting on top of my thigh, but it feels like something about this posture is dangerous……
Meh, whatever. I should just think about bathing this brat for now.
I turned on the water from the showerhead above Rangii's head and……
"Ahwa?!"
With her fur on edge and her tail sticking straight out, she let out a scream-like sound.
"It's hot!"
You mean this is hot? But I think I made it quite lukewarm? Could it be because kids' skin is weak? I made the water a little colder.
"Is this okay?"
"Y, yeah. It's okay."
What a relief. But her hair is long so looks like she catches colds easily. I pumped out the shampoo a few times and rubbed it over her hair.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to wash your hair so close your eyes. It'll sting if it gets in your eyes."
I didn't hear Rangii's reply, but started rubbing her hair. Bubbles rose from her hair and I moved the suds across the whole of her head, washing the tips of her hair as well.
"It smells weird."
"I told you to close your eyes."
I moved my hands back to her hair and thinking about giving her a scalp massage, I pressed against her head.
"Uwaaa—. It feels really good."
"That's a relief."
Rangii totally relaxed her body and leaned her back against my chest. Thanks to that it got a lot harder to wash her hair. But still, it didn't feel bad. Because she's leaning on me and entrusting her body to my hands. It's better than her jumping around.
I more-or-less washed her hair so now all that's left are her strange ears, but…… I figured it'd be okay to wash them just like her hair, but when I pressed against the base of her ears, I triggered an incident.
"U—nyaa?! I, I'm sensitive there— Kyaheeng! Eyes! My eyes! It stings, it stiiiings!"
She opened her eyes in surprise and in a 2-hit combo, the shampoo went in her eyes and with Rangii struggling on top of me, I wasn't able to keep her steady so I fell flat on my butt. Oh, ow. Without even the time to be in pain, I grabbed Rangii's hands as she rubbed her stinging, painful eyes while on top of my pelvis. You still have shampoo on your hands so rubbing your eyes will only make it worse! It looks like Rangii understood my thoughts differently.
"Uwaaang—. Sunghoon is, Sunghoon is being evil—. Uwaang—."
Just now, the area she's sitting on is an extremely evil area.
If someone saw me like this, I'd commit suicide.
"Don't say something so easy to misunderstand!"
I grabbed onto Rangii's hips while she was crying, lifted her body, and turned on the water. I poured water on Rangii's face with the showerhead and rubbed her eyes with my hand. And then Rangii stopped crying. Whew, looks like I stopped the most urgent problem for now. To prevent a second disaster, I flipped the hair that was over her face back and spoke.
"Hey, you brat. I told you not to open your eyes."
I could see Rangii puffing out her cheeks through the reflection in the mirror.
"It's not my fault! You were the one who thoughtlessly touched the bottom of my ears, wasn't it?!"
"Making such a fuss about touching your ears is……, I mean, you must be the only phantom who's like that."
"When we change into human form we become sensitive there, so what you said is wrong, Sunghoon!"
……is that so? So that's universal in phantoms. I gained useless information.
"Okay. I'm sorry, so let's rinse your hair. Make sure to keep your eyes shut. If you open them it'll sting just like before."
"O, okay."
Maybe because the soapy water getting in her eyes was pretty painful, but she had her entire body tensed up while keeping her eyes shut tight.
It wasn't something to be so scared about.
I brought the showerhead above Rangii's head again. I rinsed her hair with my hand to wash out all the shampoo. Great, this should be enough. I moved Rangii's hair back again.
"You can open your eyes now."
"Huwa—. Taking a bath in human form feels unexpectedly good?"
"Well that's a relief."
"Please do this for me tomorrow as well."
"Today is one day, tomorrow is a different one."
"What does that mean?"
It means I won't care whose body gets wet or not tomorrow.
"More importantly, I washed your hair so now let's wash your body."
"Hm? We're not done?"
"Were you planning on leaving after only washing your hair?"
You need to wash your body too.
I wetted the shower towel, pushed on the pump multiple times to get body shampoo, and created a lather. It could've been because she had her eyes closed, but Rangii was staring at the bubbles, totally intrigued.
"It's very pretty. What is that?"
Is it okay for me to explain what this is?
"Soap bubbles. You rub this on yourself when you're taking a bath."
I explained using vocabulary on the level of an elementary schooler's.
"So these are called soap bubbles? It's so interesting how they don't disappear as quickly as water bubbles."
Rangii reached out her hands and took a lot of bubbles, playing with them. Maybe she liked the slippery texture of the bubbles, but she went ehehe, and laughed like a little kid. No, she wasn't laughing like a little kid, she is a little kid laughing. I blew on the soap and while Rangii was preoccupied with the bubbles flying from her hands, I grabbed Rangii's arm and rubbed the shower towel against her arm.
"Unyak?!"
Hm? Why'd she suddenly shout out like that? Rangii grimaced and pulled back her arm then she turned her head back and looked up at me.
"What are you doing all of a sudden?! It hurts!"
"…..but you're taking a bath."
"Then why was it so painful?"
No, no. It couldn’t have been painful. It's not like she's taking a shower after surgery. I rubbed the shower towel against my arm. It's nothing. I grabbed Rangii's wrist again and pushed it softly.
"Ow-ow-ow! Didn't I tell you it hurt?!"
Rangii's skin turned red.
……is this for real? Can I really believe that her skin is so weak that rubbing a shower towel softly against her is enough to make her skin go red? What phantom's skin is like this? If she stabbed by a sword then, ah, that'd leave a mark on her body, is that level too much? (tn: I don't know. Please don't read this too thoroughly)
"……sorry."
Why are you scrubbing my body with the tool that makes soap bubbles? Isn't it obvious that it would hurt if you do that?"
"No, this isn't the thing that makes soap bubbles. It's called a shower towel and after making the bubbles you wash yourself with this."
Rangii was shocked.
"You mean you wash your body with something so rough? There's no way. Is that a lie meant to tease me?"
"What would I get out of teasing you?"
The doubt in her eyes isn't disappearing. Hey, what the heck do you think I've done to you? I rubbed the shower towel ostentatiously against my arm. She still had her eyes narrowed. I then rubbed it slightly against my chest and neck in a showy manner as well. That was when Rangii's suspicion went away.
"It seems you weren't lying. But I cannot rub my body with something so rough."
"……can't you just bear with it? There's the saying that you only become an adult after pain, after all."
"I'm already an adult!"
No, you're clearly a kid.
"Also, look!"
Rangii protested while showing me her red forearm.
"If I bathe using that shower towel then my will turn red like this, won't I? I don't want to show such an ugly sight to my future husband! It's not because it hurts at all!"
A great phantom that has lived for over four thousand years is throwing a tantrum because of the pain while taking a bath. Seriously, it's laughable that this is the tiger from the myth.
But still, Rangii has a point. If it hurt to take a bath, I'd also not want to take one. When I was a kid, I was scared of my dad's scrubbing towel (tn: literally 때밀이. Look it up if you want to know more). Since it's come to this, I should just wash her by hand……
……huh? Ah, yeah. I could do that too.
"Then there's no helping it."
Rangii's tail began to wag. Hey. It tickles. Stop.
"Then……"
"I'm going to wash you by hand."
"Eh?"
Rangii was stunned in surprise, and I spoke to her while openly while rubbing bubbles on my hands.
"You're okay with that, right?"
"N, no. There's no need to that far, isn't there?"
"I have a bad feeling that if I don't take this opportunity to teach you how to properly wash yourself then something seriously terrible will happen."
It doesn't seem like this brat's going to live here for more than a day or two so I need to take this opportunity to educate her. For something like this, once should be enough.
"B, but touching with your hands? Isn't something like that embarrassing?"
She sure picked a weird time to care about that when she's sitting on my thigh, naked.
"I'm not embarrassed."
Because the one before me is Rangii. Yeah. That's right. I'm doing this to a tiger, to Rangii. She's a massive tiger phantom whose true form is Jirisan. ……I kind of have the feeling that I'm convincing myself on the level of brainwashing, but there's no problem with that because it's the truth. Yeah. Absolutely no problems. If there aren't any, then there really aren't. Don't think about it.
But what was I just thinking about? Ah, it was rubbing soap on Rangii's body.
I started rubbing soap on Rangii with my hands.
"Uk."
Rangii was shaking and her fur was spiked up. Her hatred of bathing is almost on the level of a cat's. With the utmost care, I stroked her body. Starting with her hands, I moved to her arms then her armpits.
"Kyahahaha, it tickles!"
"Ah, sorry."
I went past her shoulder and around her neck to rub the opposite side. I got more bubbles then put them on her back.
"Uu—heek?"
I was touching her spine, but she let out a weird sound.
"What's wrong?"
"Something's strange."
"What is?"
"Even though I thought I would hate this, your hands feel strangely good and it's making me shout out. Was taking a bath always supposed to be like this?"
"Well, I heard somewhere that taking a bath is the washing machine for the soul."
Even though I forgot where I heard this.
"……this might become a habit."
"Then I would be thankful."
I got more bubbles and this time I rubbed them on the front. When I about to touch her chest, I stopped without thinking, but I moved my hands again almost immediately. I'm not doing anything weird, and all I'm doing is bathing the adorable Rangii so there's nothing weird about it. Yeah.
I feel like I got the core concept wrong, but I'll just ignore it. I get the feeling that if I remember what's wrong, I'll have to cross a river I can't go return from.
"Uu—heek?"
Her tail went completely straight, bothering my chin.
"What, does it tickle?"
Rangii bowed her head as her face turned bright red.
"Y, yeah."
But even though they're really small, she really does have breasts. But for her belly to be softer than her breasts, how should I put it, I guess I'm a little sad. There, I put soap on her belly and hips so now below that is……
No, no. No matter how much I think Rangii is a tiger, there's no way. No way. I could do it, but if there's something that I shouldn't do, it's this so absolutely not (tn: nuance may be off).
She was making noises like she said, and I leaned her back against my chest, hugged her with both arms, and put her down by my side.
"There. Wash yourself like that and do the rest yourself."
"……you're not going to do the other places?"
Why do you sound so disappointed?
"I need to bathe myself too. Here, this is the body shampoo. If you press the thing on the top then the water that makes bubbles will come out, so rub that on your hands and wash yourself."
"Okay."
Rangii started washing herself with the soap. As a dad I'm happy, no that's not it. I'm proud that Rangii learned something. Could this be what's called a dad's feelings?
Dad or whatever, I should just wash myself for now. I put soap on my whole body and washed it off with water when Rangii, covered in soap, put her slippery butt on top of my thigh. I couldn't even say anything about Rangii believing that that place was hers. ……I want to think that I was overlooking her cute behavior since she was bathing so well after hating it, but man.
[Sunghoon] "Why're you looking over here?"
[Rangii] "I like looking over here more."
Today I'm generous.
"Do as you please."
"Heheh."
Well, I might like this.
After Rangii was done I dried her with a towel and after I put on underwear and pants, I looked for clothes for Rangii until I realized she wouldn't have brought that stuff with her.
"Wait there for a bit."
After basically giving her the command stay, I opened the bathroom door and called for Saehee…… What're you doing there?
"……hey, didn't you say you were busy."
"Where are you looking, young master? As you can see, I am busy."
Saehee was sitting on the sofa, watching a cartoon on the TV. If she were just watching TV I wouldn't have gotten this upset, but she in her hand was one of my dad's favorite bottles of plum wine, and scattered atop the table were two or so more completely empty bottles of plum wine. And as she was saying that, she brought the bottle up to drink.
……so what did you say? You're busy?
"Your business aside, don't you look quite comfortable?"
"I need information on how the world has changed. My knowledge is already outdated by three years. Ah, this manhwa is funny."
She looks like she's finished all her work and is lounging like an old la……"
"And so."
She's like a psychic as usual.
"Why did you call for me, young master?"
Seeing her expressionless face completely devoid of any intoxication despite drinking two bottles of plum wine, I unconsciously became less upset. Could I be at the bottom of the food chain in this house?
"……whatever, just give me clothes for Rangii."
"Understood."
Saehee got up from the sofa, went into Mom's room, and brought out the exact same clothes that Rangii was just wearing, from the same design to the same colors. If I don't react to that then I won't be able to survive.
"Is that all the clothes she has?"
"This makes it easier to animate."
"……the heck does that mean?"
"It is something from a manhwa I just read."
Please, I'm just wishing that she doesn't gain any weird knowledge. I got the clothes from Saehee and turned to look at Rangii. And there……
[Rangii] "……hm? What's wrong?"
Rangii was playing with the underwear that I had worn before.
"Hey. You're not supposed to put that on your head and you're not supposed to put your arm through there either! It's not food so don't put it in your mouth!!"
"I, I know."
"If you know then don't!"
"I just did it because I was curious."
"What're you curious about?"
Rangii looked away. She isn't saying anything. So her being curious was a lie.
"……let's just get you dressed for now."
I handed Rangii the clothes Saehee gave me, and Rangii just blinked her shining eyes and stared at me. Don't tell me……
"Do you not know how to dress yourself?"
"There's really nothing you don't know about me, isn't there?"
Seeing how happy Rangii was, my heart sank. It's only been two days, but I already know more-or-less what kind of kid she is. She's a kid who never received any education on everyday tasks. I opened the bathroom door and shouted for Rangii's guardian.
"Saeheeeee!"
I can't even remember how many times I've yelled her name.
Saehee, the educator and caretaker of Rangii, didn't even look away from the TV and answered.
"Did I not tell you I was busy? Have you already forgotten?"
"Don't give me that! How busy can you be if you're watching TV while drinking?!"
"I am busy."
Seeing Saehee drink from the bottle made a fire rage from within my body and was threatening to burst out. I was about to argue back at her when,
"Is Saehee drinking alcohol?"
Rangii asked from behind me. Great. I should use Rangii. Even if she looks like a kid, she's a great tiger phantom and master of Saehee who's giving ridiculous excuses.
"Then that means she's really busy."
But Rangii betrayed my expectation beautifully.
"……what?"
Saehee uses the energy from alcohol to do tiresome tasks. Saehee only ever drinks when she has to do stuff like that, so right now she must be really busy. You shouldn't bother her about something so trivial."
Getting you dressed isn't trivial to me.
"Thank you very much, Master."
Saehee glanced from the side at me with a smile. Ah, for some reason I feel like I've lost. I should just give up. Birds of a feather flock together. Phantoms are probably like that too. I sighed. (tn: there was a Korean idiom with a pun here. I didn't replicate the pun, but got the idiom)
"Can you put that on your…… no, nevermind. I'm wishing for too much from a kid who has underwear on her head."
"I, I was just curious!"
"Like I said, about what?"
Rangii blushed and kept silent.
"Alright, so I'll get you dressed."
"Okay."
I mostly looked away as I got her dressed. Even so, I found that her clothes are incredibly soft and light. What the heck is it made from? If I get the chance, I'll ask her later. I didn't know how to braid her hair so I decided to just leave it. It shouldn't be a big problem. Right now, my empty stomach comes first.
"Let's eat dinner."
"Food?"
Rangii's eyes were sparkling. Rangii's tail was moving like a wave.
[Saehee] "If you are finished, I shall prepare dinner."
Saehee just downed another drink and I got a little curious at her words.
"But what're you doing right now?"
"I cannot answer."
"What are you, a celebrity from TV?"
"Don't worry. Everything Saehee does benefits me in the end."
That in the end part bothers me. In this world, there are lots of important processes. (tn: I guess "the end doesn't always justify the means" might work here?)
Anyway, I don't know if she's doing any work or not, but Saehee is so generously making dinner for us so I might as well look to see what side dishes we have. I went grocery shopping the day before going to the countryside, so we should still have the ingredients. I opened the refrigerator door.
There's nothing. It's empty. There's only kimchi, water, and plum wine. I closed the door. I'm thinking about how this could have happened.
Mom. There's no way a huge eater like her would leave anything. But eating three peoples' portions of food in one day seems excessive. Glaring at the direction Mom is in won't change anything. (tn: not sure)
Yeah. I'm a man who expects the unexpected. If we're all out of groceries, I just need to buy some. I have a credit card that's used for domestic things like this.
"I'm going to go to the supermarket for a bit."
Rangii's ears pricked up.
"Are you going to the market?"
"Yeah."
I have a bad feeling.
"I want to go too!"
Please think about it. If I take you grocery shopping while holding your hand, I'd look like an old unmarried woman.
"It'll only be gone for a little so just wait here."
"Ehhh, I don't want to! I want to go too! I want to see how this world has change with my own eyes!"
Rangii grabbed my hand and was jumping up and down in a tantrum. Ahh, having a kid throwing a tantrum even though I'm so young makes me feel like a housewife……, no, I should think more positively. Yeah. Considering she's my young bride, going shopping with her makes me feel like a husband…… that's complete crap. The only wife for me is Narae.
Ah. I just realized that I need to call Narae. If it's now, her anger should have died down, right? Maybe I should call her today. ……I mean, after I deal with Rangii who's sticking to me like glue.
"Yeah. Let's go, let's go. We can just go together."
"Hehehe."
Rangii was smiling and sticking next to me. With Rangii's belly up against me, I unknowingly rubbed her head. I mean, it's because she's cute. Seriously.
"Ah, hide your tail and ears for now. You can hide them, right?"
Rangii turned her head away.
"Why do I have to do that? I'm proud of these……"
"If you can't, you'll have to stay here."
"Uu—uu.”
-As a note to myself, there is a space here indicating a change in scene-