Too Weak!

"Ah? The Key of Corrosion... Ah, you mean Jizo Mitama, right?"

After hearing Yae Sakura's reason for coming, Higanbana floated beneath her bed, pulled out a dust-covered katana, and casually tossed it to Yae Sakura.

"It's not anything valuable anyway. If you want it, big sis, just take it."

"Huh?"

After lightly catching the katana, Yae Sakura looked at Higanbana in mild surprise.

"Big sis, is there anything else?"

Seeing Yae Sakura's somewhat stunned expression, Higanbana continued asking.

"If you need help with something, just say it. No matter how much trouble you cause, you can't be more troublesome than the old man and the others."

"No, I have nothing else to ask. It's just, Higanbana..."

Feeling the power radiating from the Herrscher Core, Yae Sakura looked at Higanbana with a complicated expression.

"This is your Herrscher Core. Is it really alright to hand it directly to me?"

"It's useless in my hands anyway. Might as well put it to good use."

After confirming that Yae Sakura seemed to have no further requests, Higanbana floated over to the sofa in relief and calmly looked at the woman before her.

"Big sis, do you want me to make things difficult for you?"

"It's not quite that. I just thought... you disliked being imprisoned here, so perhaps you wouldn't agree so readily."

After saying that somewhat awkwardly, Yae Sakura lowered her head slightly and apologized to Higanbana.

"I'm sorry. I misjudged you."

"Hey, what's the big deal? I'm living great in here. Even if you asked me to go outside now, I'd be too lazy to leave."

Once the atmosphere between them had completely relaxed, Higanbana raised a hand, retrieved an ice-cold cola from the refrigerator through the air, and began gulping it down.

"It's not like I haven't asked other people