That's a shame. It could have been fun to exploit it.

[However, what to say next seemed to make her ponder for a bit.]

Why, that's a tiny karakasa. If you think back to the umbrella based demons, they tend to be, well, roughly man sized. Now consider that there are drinks humans enjoy, called cocktails, I believe. These also have umbrellas - just small ones.

This little guy's a demonized version of them -

[At that point, the little illusionary thing jumped into a tail, and disappeared in the fur. Which caused Himiko to twitch the tail quite a bit until she finally whirled it to the side, sending the illusion flying offscreen.

While the tail was doing that, the rest of the fox was perfectly still and regal, as if nothing else was happening. How noble and the like!]