The two people who were slightly closer shrank their pupils and changed their expressions upon hearing this.
They looked at Shion's determined eyes, then looked at the mysterious masked man, and finally could only grit their teeth and lower their heads.
"Yes... Miko-sama. Please be careful."
Ashitaba After bowing deeply to the elder, he waved to everyone to follow him out of the hall.
Before leaving, Ashitaba took a deep look at Ning Xue with complicated eyes. Finally, he turned around and slowly closed the heavy palace door.
"Click."
The palace door was closed, leaving the two of them alone to talk.
Shion's eyes still stay on Ning Xue, with inquiry and hope that he cannot detect.
"... my prophecy has changed because of your appearance."
She spoke directly, her voice a little nervous in the empty hall.
"Why? What did you do? Or... who are you?"
"???"
Ning Xue Seeing the miko speaking first, I thought she would ask something first, but she ended up asking such a strange question.
For a moment, he was confused and said with some doubts.
"Prophecy? I don't understand what you are talking about. As for what was done, the situation at the time required it."
Shion listened to the other party's words and tried hard to distinguish the truth from the false.
In the end, when I saw that the confusion didn't seem fake, I could only lower my head and purse my lips slightly, feeling a little disappointed.
Maybe the change in the prophecy was really just some kind of accident, or... there was something special about it that he didn't even know about?
After thinking for a moment, she decided to explore it later. The problem must lie somewhere in the past few days.
After all, she really doesn't want people around her to die because of her.
"So,"
After a moment, she adjusted her sitting posture slightly, raised her head again, and unconsciously rubbed the fabric of her cuffs with her fingertips.
"You asked to talk alone. What do you want to talk about?"
Ning Xue I just saw that the other party's mood was a bit wrong, so he just sat there and said nothing.
Seeing that the other party was starting to talk about business, he slightly adjusted his sitting posture and spoke in a measured and serious tone.
"Before talking about my request, I would like to ask Miss Miko, how much do you... know about Konohagakure?"
Shion's eyes flashed with confusion.
"Konoha? Land of Fire Ninja Village?" She sounded a little confused, and then continued after thinking for a moment.
"I've heard a little about it, but Land of Demons doesn't have much communication with the outside world, so his knowledge is limited."
She paused and continued.
"But what does this have to do with your personal issues?"
"Yes."
Ning Xue feels a little at ease.
Since the other party does not know much about Konoha, it means that he does not know about the Hyuga Clan and Caged Bird either.
He considered his words and described the Caged Bird in him in another way.
"My body... was planted with an extremely ancient and special Cursed Seal.
It's not an ordinary seal, it's more like a seal that goes deep into my soul and flesh and blood, binding me all the time."
He raised his hand and tapped his forehead with his fingertips through the mask, which was the approximate location of the seal.
"This seal restricts many things and also brings huge hidden dangers.
I seek ways to seal or at least block it.
However, I heard that the Land of Demons lineage of witches inherits an ancient and profound Sealing Jutsu, so I took the liberty to come here, hoping to get some... enlightenment or help."
Ning Xue's words are a little euphemistic, but the purpose is clear.
Shion also listened quietly, his expression gradually becoming serious.
She understood...
This is what these words really mean.
I was cheated on Cursed Seal, and I would like your help to unblock it.
(He wants me... to help him remove a troublesome seal?)
Shion was silent.
Her fingertips curled up unconsciously on the fabric of her pants, and she was thinking about this sentence as much as possible.
Deep into the soul and flesh? Bondage? Hidden dangers...
When these words are put together, they all mean that this is a problem.
To be able to impose a seal of this level on someone must represent a powerful force behind it.
Although she didn't know the specific disputes in Shinobi World, she also knew that Konoha was the dominant Ninja village.
This ancient and powerful seal... the layers of its implications.
I'm afraid... it's not something that a little witch like her, who lives in a corner, can solve.
At this moment, Shion was entangled in his heart.
Agree? Are you really capable of solving it? What if your attempt fails and you get angry?
Refuse? The other party has just saved her life and seems to have the ability to change the prophecy.
What's more, there are foreign enemies who want to take her life, and the shrine's defense force is ineffective. If there is such a powerful help...
She lowered her eyes, and her inner struggle almost turned into reality.
Ning Xue just sat quietly below, without urging, just silently looking at the tangled miko above, quietly waiting for an answer.
However, at this moment--
"Bang bang bang!!!"
The palace door was slapped wildly, and a rapid and panicked sound was heard through the palace door into the main hall.
"Miko-sama! Miko-sama! It's not good! Urgent report from the front... from the front!
Shrine of Sealing...Shrine of Sealing was completely destroyed! Mōryō...Mōryō's seal was lifted!
Undead Legion... has crossed the border! It is coming inland! The front line... the front line has been lost!!"
Hearing the words outside the door, Shion, who was still struggling, his heart instantly sank to the bottom.
She raised her head suddenly, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her body swayed imperceptibly in her seat.
After a moment, he whispered softly.
"It's coming... it's coming as expected."
The scenes in the prophecy were exactly played out in reality.
The horrifying scene of the Undead Legion covering the sky and the sun, trampling on the land and devouring lives, once again appeared in my mind very clearly.
"Ha..." A very soft laugh, full of self-deprecation and despair, escaped from her pale mouth.
Are you still wondering whether to help others solve troublesome seals? How ridiculous.
See, destiny never changes.
What is supposed to come will eventually come.
No matter whether she strengthens it or not, no matter how hard she struggles, the ending of destruction has already been written in the script called prophecy.
All resistance is in vain.
All efforts are in vain.
A deep sense of powerlessness and echoes of fate filled her heart.
Forget it... just leave it like that... it can't be changed anyway.
Even though I think so, are I really willing to do it?
Can she really just watch all this and be destroyed as she saw it?
She tightly grasped the corner of her clothes and then looked at Ning Xue.
The purple eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions,
There was despair, resignation, and a glimmer of hope that even she herself didn't want to admit.
Regardless of whether fate changed because of the other person, at least it really changed once...