Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

"Miko-sama..."

Yae Sakura's sharp voice sounded at the door of a small family store not far from them, overpowering the noisy villagers.

Yae Sakura held the things she bought in her arms and scanned the crowd with a rare sharp look. As the strongest combatant in Yae Village, she had this qualification, but she had never used it in the past four years.

"His name is Takashi. He is a samurai who traveled from the outside world. He easily killed the giant bear that attacked the village a few days ago. He is the benefactor of the village. Get out of the way!"

In a paragraph by Yae Sakura, several facts were succinctly stated.

First, he is a "samurai-sama", a person with "status", not an ordinary villager.

Second, he is very powerful.

Third, he is the benefactor of the village.

The villagers were in a dilemma. They were confused and didn't know what to do.

The smile on Long's lips never faded. He had already been mentally prepared. Such xenophobia in a place like this was not a big problem, as long as it exceeded their limits.

"Everyone..."

Long bowed slightly and made an action that they didn't understand at all: "Please enjoy a wonderful performance."

The villagers immediately looked at Long with fear, and they saw Long pull out a long knife from his waist!

"Takashi, no!" Yae Sakura panicked, but...she didn't move.

Long once again confirmed his suspicion.

But he didn't stop. The moment he pulled out the [Spirit Control Sword: Cold Hell Bingtian] from his waist, the cold air instantly overflowed and spread to every villager present.

The villagers seemed to have seen the giant bear appear in front of them, waving its extremely thick bear paws at them. The sharp claws reflected the light of death in the moonlight where the clouds dispersed, and had been transformed by Honkai Energy. For metal-like substances.

Death, despair, and powerlessness... filled their hearts, and they could not even escape or shout.

at this time...

The flow of time seemed to slow down, and the blue knife, the beautiful death blade that released the cold air, passed through their field of vision gracefully like running water.

The giant bear turned into dozens of parts in an instant.

The giant bear's body slowly slid down in front of him, revealing the back of the man behind the giant bear.

The man vibrated the blue ice blade without blood and put it into the scabbard.

The last thing they could see was the shining golden pupil in the handsome side face of the black-haired man who turned his head slightly, staring at them ruthlessly.

The golden-eyed warrior under the moon.

As they thought this way, a chill that could not be matched by the coldest wind penetrated deep into their bones.

"Run..." The sound of a knife being sheathed woke everyone up, and they quickly sorted out their thoughts in confusion.

It's not night, it's not the wilderness... it's the village.

I even surrounded...that person——

Lord Samurai! ! !

"Master Samurai, I'm extremely sorry, I didn't mean to do it!"

"sorry Sorry!"

"I'm leaving now!"

"..."

The villagers made a roar, and some people bowed far beyond ninety degrees and even almost folded. Some people knelt down and kowtowed to apologize. Some people on the outside ran away like crazy.

Only a few elderly people were left. Although they were trembling, they still forced themselves to stay.

"Sorry, Mr. Takashi, because the village is located in a remote area, the villagers do not welcome the arrival of outsiders. They regard the arrival of outsiders as a symbol of bad luck..." Yae Sakura squeezed in from the villagers who were leaving. When he got to Long's side, he said this to Long very embarrassedly.

"It's okay, I've encountered this kind of thing before. Look, it's not very simple to solve. Just scare them. Let me get it for you."

"No need, it's not heavy." Yae Sakura's scary gazes and expressions when she faced the villagers before disappeared, and instead she felt unusually excited.

She didn't seem to object to the fact that these villagers were miserable, and she felt a little bit happy about it.

Long could feel that her mood was very conflicting.

She is kind, but some things she doesn't want to say stimulate the malice in her heart...

Takashi leaned into Yae Sakura's ear and whispered: "Let me hold it. You see, those old people are so scared by me that they don't dare to move. If you let me hold it, it will look more life-like and down-to-earth, and they will feel better." .”

"This... okay." Yae Sakura didn't understand this, but she looked at Takashi's current appearance, the long knife on his waist, and thought about the way he held these supplies in his hands... Well, it seems like Takashi Said it right.

After handing the things to Takashi, she added: "The old man in the front and middle is the village chief. And my usual morning route is this. After arriving at the village, I can go back to the shrine to rest, cook, and then do other chores. After lunch, we’ll patrol the route on the other side of the village, and then we’ll wander around at night.”

"Well, I generally understand it." After Long took it, the two of them walked towards the old people together.

The old man's voice was a little trembling, but it was much better than before. He leaned on crutches and bowed with difficulty and said: "Hello, samurai-sama from outside... Sakura, who is this samurai-sama?"

Yae Sakura's face was very thin and her voice was calm, as if she were facing a stranger: "As I said just now, they are travelers from the outside world. They came to live in Yae Village last night. Now they will stay temporarily at the shrine and protect Yae Village with me. Until Master Long feels it’s time to leave.”

"Really, really?!!!" Several old people were violently shocked by the news.

incredible!

Such a powerful person is actually willing to stay and protect Yae Village!

"It's true, it's just that I will be here for a while." Long's voice rang out, flooding into their swollen brains filled with blood from ecstasy.

"Thank you, Lord Long."

"Don't bow, don't kneel. Don't do this to your bodies at your age. Come back, we have to go back to the shrine."

"Yes Yes Yes Yes!"

"Sakura, Lord Takashi, walk slowly. If you need anything, please go to the village and ask!"

Yae Sakura's mood showed some disgust, and her expression slowly changed.

Takashi saw something was wrong, took Yae Sakura's arm and walked through the old people.

"Hey, Takashi?"

"Go back to the shrine and cook, I'm hungry." Takashi let go of Yae Sakura, turned to her and smiled.

“…”

The corners of Yae Sakura's mouth turned up slightly, and her mood returned to normal.

"Ok."

.....

After returning to the shrine, they rested for a while and Yae Sakura went to prepare lunch. Rutaka sat on the edge of the corridor and looked at the mountains and sky in the distance, taking a sip of tea from time to time.

Is this part of Yae Sakura's daily life...

It's very peaceful, so why did it end like that?

Is it because the black box Karen brought was activated or disabled?

Just because of the Herrscher?

Takashi looked at the main body of the shrine, the ordinary sacrificial room in the middle.

He needed to find a chance to find out what made Yae Sakura, who was originally a good-natured person, easily turn into a Herrscher even when she was next to the destined Saint Kallen...

There is no doubt that there is a very deep darkness buried deep in Yae Sakura's heart, and even Kallen's character cannot control her darkness.

So in the end Kallen had no choice but to use the Judas sent by Otto to kill him...

And... where is the bell?

Since entering this consciousness space, he has been unable to feel the position of the bell.

No, it's so everywhere that it's impossible to be sure...

Looking at it this way, Ling's soul has been deeply integrated with the Herrscher of Corrosion, otherwise her existence would not be so widely distributed in the consciousness of Herrscher of Corrosion.

Is it really Yae Sakura who is the main body that corrodes Herrscher...

Long looked at the figure he perceived working in the kitchen... He really couldn't feel anything.

......

Let’s stay in touch for a while. Anyway, the flow rate of time inside and outside is not the same.

When Long entered, he had already split his thinking path into several parts as he had done in the past, and his brain could not withstand it.

But here's the trouble.

With him now, even a lot of power is scattered around.

The power channel he left in his body can still easily defeat a Herrscher, and he can easily directly crush the consciousness that corrodes the Herrscher.

But if he wants to find out the bell from the Herrscher's consciousness in a precise and quick way... he really can't do it now.

However, he was not in a hurry.

Takashi firmly believes that the main point of breaking this consciousness space must be Yae Sakura.

As long as the kindness in her heart overcomes the darkness, she can defeat the Herrscher of Corrosion!

Change comes quietly: 142. Lunch chat between two people

Judging from the historical records of the Destiny Database, the Herrscher of Corrosion did a very stupid thing.

After being imprisoned for more than 5 years and weakened, it actually chose to merge with Yae Sakura in a more thorough way than Suzu did. The two became Herrscher together and shared the Herrscher's power.

Kallen killed Yae Sakura, which actually made the Herrscher of Corrosion extremely weak again, and could only be helplessly trapped in the black box.

So Takashi guessed that in the days to come, Yae Sakura might be controlled by the Corrupted Herrscher again one day, and the dark side would be fully inspired or other circumstances.

Anyway, as long as Yae Sakura's main consciousness is awakened under certain circumstances, the Herrscher of Corrosion can be completely defeated and it will willingly turn into the Key of God.

This allows Takashi to extract Suzu's soul.

"Long, the food is ready."

"Okay, Miss Yae...uh..."

Takashi took the tray from Yae Sakura and placed it on the edge of the corridor. Naturally, Yae Sakura heard Takashi's "uh".

Yae Sakura was a little confused and went to the kitchen to bring over a tray. The two sat down in front of their lunch on the corridor and said, "Takashi, why did you say 'uh' just now? Don't you like the food?"

Long waved his hands with chopsticks: "No, no, it's very good." Long didn't lie. White rice, salted fish, pickled vegetables, and thick fish and shrimp soup were very simple, but in this era, it was really good.

What he er is other.

"Ms. Yae, I was wondering, since you already call me Takashi, can I also call you Sakura, so it doesn't have to be so complicated."

Sakura was stunned. She didn't expect that Takashi was just thinking about this unimportant matter. She put down the soup bowl and said, "Okay, it's nothing, Takashi."

Long smiled and began to enjoy his lunch. He took a piece of fish and put it in his mouth. Although it was better after steaming, it was still quite salty. Drinking some vegetable soup would relieve it.

"Nice lunch, Sakura."

Although he knew that Yae Sakura was different from the [Sakura] with the power he was currently using, the similar face still disturbed his mind.

He is a human, not a god. He has always firmly believed that he is a human...as long as he is a human, he is likely to have similar emotions...at least he does.

He wanted to help this woman, at least to completely relieve her of the unsolved heart problems that existed hundreds of years ago.

"Thank you for the compliment."

It's been a long time since Yae Sakura received such praise... How many years ago was the last time... It was when Rin was still alive... Ever since Rin was gone, her life has gone by so fast. Can't remember the exact date...

Hearing such praise again made me very happy.

While eating, Takashi started chatting again: "Sakura, by the way, why is the village so repellent to outsiders?"

"this..."

"Actually, I don't know. From what I've known since I was a child, people in the village have been very repulsive to outsiders. Most people were driven away within two days of arriving here, unless they were businessmen. Category."

"Maybe it's because of religious customs. I've heard some old people say that outsiders will bring disaster and make the gods unhappy."

"Then they said whether the weather in Yae Village is good or not depends on the gods' decision..."

Yae Sakura choked up when she said this, but she covered it up with the movement of swallowing food.

But he couldn't hide it from Long.