Mirai turned his head and looked at the woman. Her eyes were very beautiful, and he found himself captivated by them. She truly did not look like the mother of a twelve-year-old daughter.
I want to go to the Water Country.
Mirai still clearly remembered the system's next mission. Therefore, no matter what, he had to go to Kirigakure in the Water Country and kill Long Shilang.
No matter who he was, what backing he had, or what impact killing him might have on the future, Mirai did not care. All he had to do was complete the mission.
"Oh?" At last, a flicker of emotion crossed the face of the woman whose expression had been as still as an ancient well. She did not know why Mirai wanted to go to the Water Country. However, she was a clever person. She knew what to ask and what not to ask, so she smiled and said, "Do you really need my help?"
Did he need it? The answer was yes. Mirai needed to know how to get to the Water Country and where Chojuro was.
"No." Mirai had thick skin. Yet when a woman asked him for the first time whether he needed help, he still said no.
Keeping up appearances, be damned!
Mirai finally understood just how painful that saying could be.
"Don't feel embarrassed. Just consider it a favor you owe me," the woman said.
The woman had already put it that way. Mirai's eyes lit up, and he inwardly cursed with a grin before saying, "I'd like to know the route to Five Yin Village in the Water Country, where Chojuro is, and where the Seven Five Yin Blades are."
"I'll have someone send over the route to the Water Country later." The woman smiled, her expression