The Broken Blade

A dignified samurai led the way as a luxurious carriage slowly entered Waseda Village. It was Princess Yue Ji's entourage from the Kondo Family.

Just as the samurai had said, Zi Xing successfully reached Waseda Village before nightfall and took up residence with the Nagato Family. Everyone from the Nagato Family came out to welcome her, exactly as they had the last time Zi Xing encountered them.

However, after waiting quietly at the Nagato Family residence for quite some time, she still failed to see Mo Xiaofei. This made Zi Xing wonder if, this time, she and Mo Xiaofei had not been assigned to the same "Waseda Village."

Would she, like Mo Xiaofei, keep repeating the cycle in this "Waseda Village" countless times?

Zi Xing went over the steps that had previously allowed "Waseda Village" to reach the fourth day again and again. To her surprise, however... with Mo Xiaofei by her side, she had found those steps difficult to carry out.

First of all, with only her current abilities, she had no way to bring Nagato Saburo into the dungeon.

"Miss, the master of the Nagato Family said that because everything happened so suddenly, they didn't have time to prepare. However, they've done their best to prepare food for you and ask whether you're ready to leave." The maid outside spoke softly.

Hearing the maid's voice, Zi Xing's heart stirred, and she ordered the maid to come inside... Not long afterward, a figure dressed in a maid's clothes took advantage of the moment when the Nagato Family samurai keeping watch outside were distracted and slipped away with her head lowered.

Only after night had completely fallen and the lights came on at the Nagato Family's new residence did the woman in the maid's clothes quietly make her way toward