An outsider? Were they talking about her?
After hearing the angry voices inside the house, Mei involuntarily held her breath and listened carefully to the sounds within.
"It was definitely that outsider who brought disaster upon us! She must be driven out immediately!!!"
The people inside spoke furiously.
Mei also heard Yae Sakura's voice. "There is currently no evidence proving that the monsters appearing recently have anything to do with Raiden Mei coming to the village. The monsters had already begun appearing before she arrived in Yae Village, and during this time, she has helped the village eliminate many of them..."
"Give me some time. I will investigate everything thoroughly."
But the angry village representatives did not listen to Yae Sakura. They continued furiously, "What is there left to investigate?! Isn't protecting the village the Miko's duty?!"
"It has not rained for a full three months! If this continues... the people of the village will not survive!"
The villagers voiced their anger at Yae Sakura.
Listening outside the house, Mei felt a chill in her heart.
For some reason, Mei suddenly thought of the time before she had become a Herrscher.
She suddenly felt that these villagers resembled the people around her before she had become a Herrscher.
When they needed her, they flattered her.
When they did not, they kicked her while she was down.
Disgusting.
Mei clenched her hand and continued listening to the activity inside.
She was not stupid.
No one at St. Freya was stupid.
There were many things that could be figured out even through mere guesswork.
Yae Sakura was a Pseudo-Herrscher. Many people at St. Freya knew that.
Even those who did not know were aware that Yae Sakura had a close connection with Honkai.
Those fox ears atop her head were simply too