Lumine had originally intended to let Chen Luo handle it anyway, since she did not know much about Inazuma's filth and such.
Lumine's initial thought had only been to prevent Hanasato from disappearing after the filth was cleansed.
For Hanasato's sake, Lumine had even tossed aside the young lady of the Kamisato Clan.
The way Lumine now looked at Chen Luo and Hanasato was filled with sorrow, as if the cabbage she had raised had been rooted up by a pig.
"Little miss, just submit to me already," Chen Luo said to the struggling Hanasato on his shoulder.
"Let me go! I still have my own mission. Childe, please do not make such jokes!" Hanasato tried to break free, but she could not escape at all.
"Then if I help you complete your mission, will you submit to me?" Chen Luo asked, stroking his chin.
"No. I am a Miko."
A Miko's duty was to serve the gods, so in some places, Miko were not allowed to marry.
Though Hanasato was not actually a Miko. She was merely wearing Miko attire.
"Besides, I am only a spirit. I cannot do anything."
"It is fine. I do not mind. I will help you fulfill your wish, and you can repay my kindness by working like an ox or horse for me. That is perfectly reasonable."
"...If you can help clear away the filth that the Divine Sakura Tree cannot suppress and that has leaked out, I will consider agreeing to your request," Hanasato said hesitantly.
He is lying to you, because she is thinking that once the filth is cleared away, she herself will disappear as well.
But she also trusts you. Even now, she does not think you are a bad person.
"..."
Hanasato's thoughts were complicated, but that had