Chapter 234

"This Sacrifice Ritual is a very important event."

"Yes," said Saber, "I know about this."

"I also know that it's quite important to the people here."

"But what does this have to do with me?"

"Are you planning to use me as a sacrifice?"

Of course, Saber didn't care about this issue, or rather, she had already anticipated that whether the Sacrifice Ritual would happen or how far it would develop was not a problem.

However, the issues that Saber was concerned with were other things related to the Sacrifice Ritual.

It may only come to light after the Sacrifice Ritual takes place.

Even without the Sacrifice Ritual, she might still try to bring them together.

Of course, this is probably just a bit of encouragement.

Perhaps...

"This?" Yae Sakura scratched her head.

She thought this Saber) would panic, but he was surprisingly calm.

"You know the villagers started saying you were the source of all this," Yae Sakura said. "People started saying they wanted to expel you, didn't you know that?"

"That's a new situation," said Saber, a little more seriously. "I was just saying that the villagers' attitude has been rather erratic lately."

"It feels like I stole millions from them."

The villagers' attitude towards them has indeed been a bit strange lately, and of course, the Saber couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

"Are you sure it's just expulsion?" Saber asked.

"That's true for now," Yae Sakura said. "However, the Chief Priest stopped this from happening."

"The village chief came to see me before and mentioned this matter."

"Then the Chief Priest disagreed, saying that this was not your business."

"Oh?" Saber said, stroking his chin. "This... this is interesting."

After all that, the real point is just this one sentence.

If you want to use someone to divert public attention, then the weakest person is naturally the most suitable. Here, "weak" doesn't refer to physical or ability weakness.

Rather, it is their weakness in terms of personal connections.

An outsider with no connections is undoubtedly the easiest person to be made a scapegoat in a disaster.

Because no one would speak up for them, and he had no connection with the people here.

Water without roots, a floating duckweed.

Wouldn't it just blow away with the wind?

But even for people like them, the Chief Priest was willing to step in and shield them from this trouble at this critical moment. That's interesting! What is this Chief Priest trying to do?

"This Chief Priest..."

After thinking carefully for a while, Saber suddenly said, "He..."

"Is he planning to use us as sacrifices?"

Saber's words were truly surprising, leaving Yae Sakura stunned. Although she had heard many rumors recently, she always felt that the Chief Priest would ultimately only be able to resist the villagers' demands and expel Saber, Theresa, and Mei.

They want to use them as sacrifices.

Yae Sakura had never really thought about something like this.

But then I thought, if the Chief Priest really wanted to do that...

It's not impossible.

If you think about it carefully, if the Chief Priest intended to carry out a human sacrifice, then these people would undoubtedly be the best offerings. Many villagers now believe that this situation arose because of their arrival.

They are ominous people, harbingers of disaster.

Falling from the sky is the best illustration.

If they were lucky stars, how could they fall from the sky?

Falling down would definitely bring bad luck.

Is it not wrong to use jinxes as human sacrifices? And can't it really be considered sending them back to heaven?

But if that's the case...

"I... I don't know." Yae Sakura shook her head and said, "This... I don't know. The Chief Priest shouldn't know, right? Didn't he say that before?"

"Don't you know how to perform human Sacrifice Ritual?"

"Aren't you overthinking it?"

"Well, the will of the people cannot be defied," said Saber. "Besides, you yourself said you weren't sure, so it's very likely that this will happen."

Yae Sakura remained silent.

"Actually, the Yae Miko knows better than I do." Saber suddenly said very seriously, as if making a promise, "But please rest assured."

"No one will get hurt this time, at least not our people."

"You won't either."

"Your sister can't do it either!"

"Because."

Saber was so confident, so confident that no one could question him.

"Because I will protect everyone!"

Chapter 269 The Wind and Rain Duck

Looking at the rolling dark clouds on the horizon, accompanied by lightning and strong winds.

The once restless land has returned to peace.

But beneath this tranquility, an undercurrent is constantly surging.

Normally, the streets of Yae Village would be quiet and sparsely populated during a downpour like this. People would either be drinking tea or alcohol in taverns or sheltering from the rain at home.

There are very few people out on the streets.

However, there are quite a few people on the streets now, wearing straw hats and raincoats, and more importantly, they all carry a samurai sword at their waists.

With a stern and unsmiling expression, he walked through the streets.

These people are warriors.

Or to be more precise, these people are 'ronin'.

The samurai class, or rather, this collective, is a very interesting group in Area 11. The samurai are the core of Area 11 and an important force and component in maintaining rule; similarly, they are also a major source of social instability and harm in Area 11.

Area 11 has a very clear and almost completely solidified class system.

There are almost no insurmountable barriers between classes.

Ronin are also samurai, and a major reason why samurai can transform into ronin and become a source of social instability is the solidification of class.

Even if a samurai is penniless, destitute, and homeless, he is still forbidden from engaging in any profession other than that of a samurai. He is not allowed to engage in commerce, farming, or any other non-samurai occupation.

However, because these people were also samurai, they also enjoyed samurai privileges.

So if this group of people doesn't become a factor of social instability, then who will?

The appearance of this group in Yae Village was destined to bring a bloodbath to the Yae Village.

At this point, Saber was unaware of this problem.

It wasn't until one of them, the Saber, that he realized something seemed amiss.

"The Lord Samurai is looking for me?" Saber looked at the samurai who had come to ask for help.

Please...

That's a really far-fetched way to put it. The man standing in front of Saber was looking down on him with his head held high, completely disdainful.

This isn't an invitation at all, is it?

This is certainly not a request.

At least this samurai didn't think it was an invitation to go over.

Even if these people came from mysterious backgrounds, and rumors circulated that they fell from the sky, so what? Maybe it was just a story made up by foolish commoners.

Or perhaps these people made up lies to fool the villagers.

What fell from the sky?

This is completely fabricated!

So why should we treat a few charlatans with respect? Inviting you is an honor!

"It's not just you," the samurai said arrogantly. "It's all of you: you, that poor little girl, and that woman with a big heart."

"..." The Saber scratched his head.

Is this referring to Theresa and Mei?

So you didn't even remember anyone's name? And the way you remember people's features is a bit...

"Let me ask a question that's not on the main topic," Saber said, squinting at the arrogant warrior. "What do you think of my character?"

"We find the hair on your head quite interesting."

As the samurai spoke, he reached out and tugged at a tuft of hair on Saber's head.

One hour later...

Tenshu-kaku.

A bruised and battered samurai mumbled incoherently, "#￥@)*&&...!

No one could understand what he was saying.

His face was bruised and swollen beyond recognition, and blood mixed with saliva dripped from his mouth. The only thing you could tell was that his teeth were missing. As for his other facial features, his eyes were reduced to slits, making it difficult to determine if he could still see people or the road clearly.

His nose was plugged with two wads of cotton, and his ears were swollen.

The only game I consistently played well was with the moon.

"Woo-li-wa-la~ U-la-ga-ga~"

He tried hard to express himself clearly, but to no avail.

The samurai leader, seated in a high position, glanced at the man and could only wave him away with obvious disdain.

"What a bold woman!" a man who looked like a staff member said sternly. "She actually beat Oda up like this. Oda is, after all, a messenger sent by the Guardian Deputy."

"How rude! How rude!"

Guardian Deputy.

The owner of the Tenshu-kaku is also a top figure who dominates the ontological theory.

The title "Guardian Deputy" is not a name but a position, a post held by Daimyo Guardian Deputy. The title and position of Daimyo appear frequently, but there are, of course Daimyo.

Some Daimyo control very large territories and estates, and when they cannot manage them all by themselves, they will appoint their retainers to manage parts of the provinces.

That's what Yae Village is like.

The Daimyo felt he was too busy to manage everything, so he appointed a Guardian Deputy to take over.

Yae Village isn't exactly a wealthy place, nor is it a strategically important location. It's more like the kind of place where you can have a lot and lose a little without much heartache.

Therefore, the samurai who came here to serve as the Guardian Deputy were not considered the most important confidants.

At least they're not stupid.

Seeing his own people beaten black and blue, the Guardian Deputy didn't immediately offer any opinion.

Area 11 is a society with a strict class system. In this era, samurai had the privilege of killing civilians at will without any punishment. Otherwise, where would the chilling Tsujigiri come from?