A mysterious shrine maiden.
Yes, people in the real world could tell she was probably a shrine maiden just from that faceless figure.
Although her bow and arrows made her somewhat different from the traditional image of a shrine maiden, her clothing and demeanor were indeed not much different from those of a shrine maiden in the conventional sense.
Most importantly, Fou, that strange little beast, displayed the same attitude toward the mysterious shrine maiden that he did toward Mash and Fujimaru Tachibana: he did not reject her.
After all, at Chaldea, Fou had only ever been close to Mash. It was not until Fujimaru Tachibana appeared that he accepted one more person. He did not like anyone else besides them.
Without a doubt, judging from everything he had shown, Fou was a highly spiritual magical beast. It was still unknown whether he could discern and sense good and evil like the magical beasts in certain fantasy tales—such as pure creatures like unicorns—but he was unquestionably a magical animal with extremely high standards.
For someone to catch the eye of such a magical little animal, this shrine maiden was clearly no ordinary person.
The only question was what kind of person this shrine maiden really was.
The real world had already begun speculating. Although everyone knew that the shrine maiden's true appearance might be revealed before long, that did nothing to curb their curiosity.
In the real world, at a high school in Ito City, Yingzhou.
Kagome Higurashi, the next heir of Higurashi Shrine, could not help freezing. She turned to her twin older sister, Higurashi Kikyo. "Sis, that shrine maiden's voice sounds so much like yours. Do you think it could be you?"
Higurashi Kikyo was taken aback and tilted her head slightly. "Does it sound that much