Turned Into a Fox Spirit at School, I Hid Beside the Shrine Girl Until She Saw Me

Kanna had learned to hide pain behind a calm face, but the worn leather notebook in her sleeve kept pressing against her wrist like a private heartbeat. She spent her nights serving hot noodles to tired strangers, then her mornings carrying a school satchel that had already been patched too many times to replace. When Mio transferred in, she treated the shrine like a nuisance and Kanna like a girl who cared too much about old rules. Kanna could not explain that the shrine kept a seal intact, so she became the quiet middle point between school life, duty, and a girl who noticed too much. A borrowed pen, a shared meal, and one stolen look at the tea set on her nightstand pulled Mio closer than...