บท 174: Approval

"...You do not have to be so personal, you know?" Mom said as she sipped her coffee and then changed the topic. "Anyways, if Inari does not mind, could Yuki come over to her?" 

Upon Mom's request, Yuki cutely looked up at her mother. Inari gave her a nod, and then Yuki jumped out of her seat before making her timid approach toward Mom. 

"There, there, Yuki." 

Mom then grabbed and lifted Yuki by her underarms before placing Yuki on her lap in a side sitting position. 

"What do you think of Yuki, Mom?" I asked Mom as Yuki shyly sat on her lap. 

And before providing her response to my question, Mom gave Yuki a soft embrace, which made Yuki fluster in her arms. 

"She is adorable..." Mom recognized the cuteness of Yuki before she turned her head to me and gave me a sharp glare. "Raphael, you have not laid a finger on her, right?"