Yae Sakura had indeed been thrown into confusion by black-haired Rin's appearance, but after Xu Yanwu said those things, she quickly calmed down.
Yae Sakura clearly remembered Xu Yanwu's promise when she had first emerged from the seal.
She had already seen Kallen again. Her master would not lie to her.
Therefore, between what Rin upstairs had said and what Xu Yanwu had said, Yae Sakura chose to believe Xu Yanwu.
"Rin, I can't go with you."
Yae Sakura said, "I believe Master."
"..."
Upon hearing Yae Sakura's refusal, black-haired Rin immediately moved the hand that had been resting on her sword hilt.
She slashed at the others beside Yae Sakura.
Yae Sakura hurriedly moved to stop her.
The two blades collided with a crisp clang. Because of Yae Sakura's obstruction, black-haired Rin's attack ultimately came to nothing. However, black-haired Rin did not seem disappointed. Instead, she reversed her grip and struck the back of her blade toward Yae Sakura's neck.
"Don't think you can take Little Sakura away."
What stopped black-haired Rin was a hand that had already seized the blade in her hand.
With a squeeze of his fingertips, Xu Yanwu snapped black-haired Rin's longsword in two.
But when Xu Yanwu was about to crush black-haired Rin into black mist just as he had destroyed those black fog monsters before—
Seeing Rin's face, Xu Yanwu hesitated for a moment.
And in that brief moment, black-haired Rin escaped upstairs again.
"Sister, I'll come for you again."
Before fleeing, black-haired Rin left those words behind.
Only after black-haired Rin had escaped did Higanbana tug cautiously on Yae Sakura's clothes and ask, "Big Sis, was that person really your younger sister?"
"From the looks of it, she really is my younger sister... She feels the same to me, too."
After hesitating