You Haven't Deceived Me, Have You?

"How detestable. That intruder actually escaped right under our noses."

"What kind of existence is that guy? He can tear through space at will!"

"If Her Majesty the Queen had been here to seal time and space, he definitely wouldn't have gotten away!!"

As the steel tide came to a halt, heated discussions immediately erupted.

Clearly, allowing that suspicious intruder to escape right before their eyes was an utter humiliation to the entire legion.

However, the fact that the other party had endured Princess Yao's Moon Domain until their reinforcements arrived, then calmly torn through space and escaped afterward, also left these battle-hardened warriors shaken by his overwhelming strength.

"Princess Yao, what happened?"

"I think I heard you say not to attack that onmyoji?"

Questions filled with uncertainty rang beside Princess Yao's ears. They came from Sun Wheel City soldiers who had been nearby.

It was not only the soldier who had spoken. The dozens of cavalrymen within the surrounding area also wore concerned and puzzled expressions.

Although the scene had been noisy, their close proximity allowed them to hear the woman's call, which contradicted her previous actions.

Faced with their concerned and confused questions, Princess Yao shook her face in a daze. She said nothing more, nor did she wish to say anything.

Since that person's figure had vanished from the empty vista, it meant that nothing else mattered.

Whatever the future held, and whether the nightmare would descend upon the mortal world, it no longer had anything to do with him.

Moreover, she had personally pushed away this hope she had prayed for.

At that thought, Princess Yao's heart filled with unbearable pain. Her beautiful, proud head drooped, and her drifting hair brushed lightly across her dazed, dejected cheek.

Her distraught state threw the surrounding Sun Wheel City