Entering the Human City Trio; Monsters, Are You Even Worthy of Passing Through Human Towns?

Three days later.

The three siblings followed the official road east, passing through dense forest after dense forest and crossing several hills that were not especially high.

They passed quite a few villages along the way, but each time, they had learned their lesson.

Inuyasha wrapped his ears in several layers of cloth, then covered them with his hair, so from a distance it looked as if his head was bandaged.

Sakura let her hair hang a little longer, letting it fall to cover her ears, and kept her head lowered when she walked, avoiding people's eyes.

Saku's ears were the smallest, so she covered them with a little hat Ayame had stuffed into their bundle before they left, pulling the brim very low.

After three days, they at least were not being driven away like before.

But that feeling of being rejected was like a thorn lodged in their hearts, impossible to pull free.

"How much longer until the next town?"

Inuyasha crouched by the creek, washed his face with creek water, and his silver-white hair clung wetly to his cheeks.

Sakura pulled a map from her clothes. Chiyo had given it to her before they left.

The parchment had already yellowed, and several routes and strange symbols were marked on it in vermilion.

"According to Father's map, if we keep going, there's a big city another day ahead."

"What's it called?"

"Kiryu City."

Sakura tapped the map with her finger.

"It says it's a fairly large human settlement in the east, with a population over ten thousand, markets, inns, and..."

"And food."

Inuyasha swallowed.

It had been three days, and all they had eaten were wild fruits and the pastries Liuli had given them.

The pastries had long since been finished, and he was so tired of wild