Under Xu Yanwu's guidance, Bronya headed straight outside Yae Village before the festival began, searching for Yae Rin's gravestone.
The search was not difficult, but...
When Bronya arrived at the gravestone's location, she unexpectedly discovered... someone was already standing before it.
This made Bronya remain seated atop Assault Rabbit, floating in the sky without descending as she watched the person standing before the gravestone below.
Pink hair... a pair of long fox ears atop her head, and a red-and-white Miko outfit suited for combat... It was Yae Sakura.
Had she come to pay respects to her younger sister?
Bronya thought so.
Then she saw Yae Sakura raise her head and look toward Bronya in the sky.
She had already noticed Bronya above.
Bronya could no longer hide, so she had no choice but to descend from the sky.
"Why is Lord Miko here at this hour?"
Bronya straightened her posture and spoke in a manner befitting her current identity as an Onmyoji. "Isn't your village's festival about to begin?"
"Onmyoji, aren't you the one who ran outside the village at a time like this? You were the one determined to take part in the Sacrifice Ritual."
As Yae Sakura spoke, her gaze returned to Yae Rin's gravestone before her.
"Yae Rin... this gravestone is..." Bronya looked at the gravestone and pretended not to know as she asked.
"This is my younger sister's gravestone. She died in the Sacrifice Ritual four years ago."
Yae Sakura continued, "Onmyoji, didn't you say that you were an Onmyoji who came here from Kyoto?"
"Do you think the Sacrifice Ritual in Yae Village is truly right?"
As she said this, Yae Sakura, as the Miko, began to harbor some doubts about the Sacrifice Rituals that had been held at the shrine through the generations.
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