"Don't let your guard down! Higu Maru still has control over this Saint Mark Space. To take over Little Sakura's body, she will do everything she can to kill you within the Saint Mark Space."
Xu Yanwu spoke gravely. "Although you won't face any real danger to your lives, every time you die, your experiences within the Saint Mark Space will start over from the beginning... And the bodies you have within the Saint Mark Space will begin to assimilate with it. If you die too many times... your bodies within the Saint Mark Space may instead fall under Higu Maru's control."
"Also, the Yae Villages where the five of you are located are not the same Yae Village." Xu Yanwu said, "To keep the harmful effects to a minimum, the five of you are experiencing five separate Saint Mark Spaces... but every one of them is part of the Saint Mark Space."
"Huh? So that means I can't find Mei and Bronya here?" Kiana asked, having understood that point.
"Then, Uncle Xu, what are we supposed to do?"
"That..." After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yanwu said, "I don't know."
Xu Yanwu's answer left Kiana stunned.
This was the first time Kiana had heard such an answer from Xu Yanwu.
"What happened back then was... very complicated, for both Little Sakura and me."
Xu Yanwu hesitated for a long time, but in the end, he still could not reveal everything that had happened back then outright.
However, Xu Yanwu still left Kiana with a few hints. "Kiana, the reason Little Sakura became a Pseudo-Herrscher was related to a Sacrifice Ritual held for the god of Yae Village several years ago."
"There is a mistake in Yae Village. It was precisely because of that mistake that Little Sakura became a