Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

Yae Sakura's sharp sword has two sides like a mirror...

The violence and tenacity of the two are perfectly divided into two worlds.

Show it off!

...

"Click, bang—"

The sound of the water clock woke Sakura from her sleep.

Somewhat confused, she straightened up and looked at the sunlight coming through the paper window. Yae Sakura subconsciously covered her forehead and said:

"When is it..."

"It seems like... you woke up late today? How could..."

"Last night, I seemed to have had some kind of dream...uh..."

She felt the feeling of the object touching her forehead. She took it off and saw that her sister's headband was in her hand...

"I...did I fall asleep with it last night?"

...

"Da da." There was a knock on the door.

"Sakura, are you awake?" Long's voice sounded from outside the door.

"Ah, yes, it's my turn to patrol today... I've only been slacking off for just one day..." Yae Sakura said subconsciously.

"cherry?"

"Uh... Takashi, I'm awake. Wait a minute for me to get dressed..." Yae Sakura was saying, wanting to get dressed before letting Takashi open the door, but found that she had already put on her miko uniform.

"This...?" Yae Sakura was confused. She remembered clearly that she should have put on her nightgown, so how could she change into a miko's uniform?

But Long was still waiting outside. She shook her head to make herself more awake and said: "It's okay Long, I'll get dressed, right away."

"Ah, don't worry, I made breakfast and left it at your door. I'll take care of the shrine's hygiene, so remember to eat~" After Long finished speaking, he left the door.

"Hey? Long can cook..."

Yae Sakura slowed down and subconsciously asked in a low voice, but Takashi had already left the door.

When she came to the door and put her hand on the sliding door, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye.

His body suddenly paused... He took two steps back and looked at the clothes rack in the corner. There was a black robe there, which was particularly wide and enough to cover everyone's figure.

"Black robe? Do I... usually wear this? I think I only have a miko uniform on the hanger..."

Yae Sakura took the black robe and rubbed it, thinking to herself.

Suddenly, she discovered something...

"Is this... blood?"

She took a few steps back suddenly, trembling all over, and looked at the black robe that fell on the tatami in surprise.

The dark red mark violently stimulated her eyes.

She fell down on the tatami, looked at the blood on the black robe, and whispered helplessly: "What on earth... happened?"

"Brush...swipe..."

The sound of Takashi sweeping the floor from the corner of the shrine woke Yae Sakura up, and her expression changed——

[Can't let Long find out]

The idea suddenly flooded into her brain.

She picked up the black robe and the fox mask wrapped in it and quickly stuffed it into the place where her underwear was stored in the closet, covering it with the black robe.

Then I breathed a sigh of relief...

Full of doubts, Yae Sakura adjusted her mood and appearance, opened the sliding door, and looked at the tray placed in front of the door, including the shrimp ball porridge made by Shitaka, fried fish, and pickles that the shrine used to pickle itself.

Simple, but beautiful everyday...

This calmed down Yae Sakura's rather irritable mood, and she brought it into the house to enjoy.

"thanks.."

Yae Sakura's "day after day" life, which has changed slightly due to Takashi's arrival in the past four years, begins "again".

It's just... getting closer to that point.

Change comes quietly: 149. Yae Sakura’s Crisis

Yae Sakura was walking on the mountain trail, her mind a little confused. Although she still looked calm on the outside, her patrol method, which was not as careful as in the past, betrayed her.

She didn't know what happened last night...

I don’t know why the clothes I don’t use often appear and are stained with blood, as well as the fox mask hidden inside.

She only vaguely recalled that in her dream last night, she seemed to be fighting some kind of terrifying giant.

Isolated and alone...

Could it be that last night I...

The bamboo forest between the trails is rustling under the influence of the wind. Although it is a shaded trail covered by bamboo forests, it is indeed not cool under the sunshine here.

But even in this situation, when the wind touched her neck, Yae Sakura still felt like she was falling into an ice cave, and her body couldn't help but tremble. Under this kind of stress, she felt as if someone was watching her. Keep yourself!

Turn around suddenly, no one is there...

Yae Sakura whispered: "Did I really do something?"

Turning around and continuing to move forward, a bad thought gradually emerged in her mind, making her stop.

The hand on the knife at her waist gradually tightened, and she bit her teeth lightly. Her somewhat frightened and entangled expression broke her usual calm expression.

"Do not..."

"In that case...he will..."

"not me."

"Definitely Not!"

Yae Sakura calmed down and continued to move forward, but the pale hands clenched with nervousness at her sides announced her mood.

"Ah, miko-sama!"

When she turned the corner, she happened to see the villagers running away not far away. Yae Sakura calmed her facial expression and tightened the handle of the knife. She guessed what happened.

"Are there monsters attacking the village?"

"Yes! There is - there is a big monster!" The visitor ran to Yae Sakura and shouted out of breath: "The one that rushed out of the woods outside the village has already arrived near the fields! "

"..." Yae Sakura's expression condensed, and without saying anything, she picked up the long knife on her waist and rushed out.

Naturally, the villager couldn't keep up. He was stunned, then thought about it and continued running with all his strength, rushing onto the road to the shrine.

That monster is so terrifying. Its size is exactly the same as the monster that Lord Rilong showed you. To be safe, you still have to look for Master Long!

Yae Sakura, who was running quickly, rushed out of the bamboo forest path and saw the monster raging in the farmland. It stood upright and was three or four meters tall. It seemed to be a bear, but it had some human characteristics... It seemed to be crying. .

"Boom!"

"Boom--!"

"call out!"

Every time it pounced and landed in the paddy field, it exploded several meters of muddy water and rice seedlings. The two jet-black ribbon-like objects flying from behind it would accurately slap a villager away or directly penetrate him with each whip. .

Already lying at its feet were several villagers who had not had time to escape while working in the fields.

"Help me—!"

"Boom! Bang!"

The black belt that shot at a fleeing villager again was opened by the sharp blade in Yae Sakura's hand who came over.

"Thank you...Thank you, Miko-sama!"

"Come on!"

"yes-"

Yae Sakura's eyes were firmly locked on this monster.

The sharp blade was raised in front of me, pointing directly at the monster!

At this moment, the monster roared and slapped fiercely with its claws that were almost half the size of Yae Sakura's body!

The silver-white sword blade cast its light onto Yae Sakura's lowered face in the sunlight, imbuing her gorgeous face with a steely sword intent.

If you don’t come out now, when will you wait?

That's exactly what Yae Sakura thought. She found the monster's weakness, and she only needed to dodge the blow... but...

The light reflected from the blade shone on her face, and the mirror-like blade showed two sides - reflecting the appearance of Sakura and the monster on the blade.

Such a familiar feeling made Yae Sakura fall into an unextricable hesitation.

【…】

【Do not! 】

【not me! ! 】

【Kill you! 】

Yae Sakura woke up in a critical situation, but it was too late to avoid the monster's slap and launch a counterattack.

She had no choice but to hold the sword blade in front of her, hoping that this pretty good weapon could block the blow.

Things went counterproductive...

"Crack-!"

The sharp blade was incomparable to the monster's claws, and the blade shattered the moment the two collided.

Losing the sharp blade in her hand, Yae Sakura stared at the broken and falling blade fragments in a daze, forgetting to even avoid the fragments...

Oh no...it's because of the face that was cut by the debris...

[This is the same...familiar feeling, in the dream...it seems that I was also injured]

Yae Sakura thought as she watched the sword blade fragments falling in the air. She didn't notice that the monster's claws continued to slap down and were about to touch her.

[Can’t escape, why? 】

[It shouldn’t be, why...it feels so difficult to move...]

[The body seems to be restrained...]

Even from a distance where he could see the lines on the extremely thick claws, a lot of vague things suddenly appeared in Yae Sakura's mind... A lot of regrets, a lot of reluctance, a lot of hatred... In the end, she only had time to turn into this one idea.

【Am I going to die? 】

"boom!"

The extreme pain came, and the monster's huge power caused her body to fly backwards, falling heavily on the field ridge.

Yae Sakura felt the weakness of her body, the loss of connection with her limbs, and the feeling that only her brain could think slightly.

From the corner of her vision, she saw the monster rushing towards her again, and she had no choice but to close her eyes and wait for the final death to come.

【cold...】

[I'm sorry, Takashi, I can't protect Yae Village with you anymore... Maybe I should leave with Rin at that time. 】

"boom--!"

A long and distant sound sounded like the sound of a giant bell striking.

Yae Sakura felt an inexplicable physical strength coming from deep inside her body, and the connection with her body that she had obviously lost came back...

"What exactly is..."

When Yae Sakura opened her eyes, she saw that the monster was firmly blocked by a thin translucent golden barrier. No matter how it attacked, it could not shake the barrier at all.

"Uh..." Yae Sakura wanted to stand up and put her hands on the ground. Only then did she realize that she hadn't let go of her hand with the broken blade even under such circumstances...