The Divinity Within Yuko Kanoe

After all, Miyauchi Hiyage had told Shinomiya Kaguya almost everything they had discussed during dinner after their conversation.

She knew very well that unless it was someone like her, a childhood friend who had grown up with Miyauchi Hiyage and shared a deep connection with her, Miyauchi Hiyage probably didn't like dealing with people who had too many thoughts on their minds.

For someone like Shinomiya Kaguya to truly enter Miyauchi Hiyage's heart, she would have to reveal her most vulnerable side to Miyauchi Hiyage to have any chance of success.

In any case, Fujimiya Miki thought that a young lady like Shinomiya Kaguya, who had built up wall after wall of defenses around herself, would not go to such lengths for the sake of Miyauchi Hiyage.

In comparison, Fujimiya Miki felt that Kaede Kagayama was too arrogant and too insecure.

She's already 20 years old, but she still looks the same as she did in middle school.

Because of Miyauchi Renka, many people in the village thought that Miyauchi Hiyage Kaede Kagayama were an old married couple who were not yet of marriageable age but were already experiencing the joys of raising a daughter.

Even she felt a little jealous during that time.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Fujimiya Miki's face.

Although Kaede Kagayama was indeed ahead for the past few years, it seems that although she took a shortcut with Renge, she has ultimately been overtaken by her.

After all, Kaede Kagayama would worry about Miyauchi Hiyage being taken away, unlike her, who never considered that Miyauchi Hiyage would abandon her, and had already set her sights on who would sit on the position of Empress.

The only real rivals now are probably the Shiina sisters in Tokyo.

Honma Meiko from the Chichibu side is still quite far off.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage never said it directly, his preferences do indeed lean towards older women.

Despite her petite stature, Honma Meiko embarked on a life-or-death journey in another world with Miyauchi Hiyage, making her easily mistaken for a younger sister by Miyauchi Hiyage.

It's a different story in Tokyo. Miyauchi Kouka has boasted more than once during her vacation about the friends she made in Tokyo.

The two Shiina sisters, the elder sister is a genius painter, beautiful and with a good figure, and it is said that she fell in love with Miyauchi Hiyage at first sight, while the younger sister is an intelligent and gentle beauty who is good at both studying and housework.

Moreover, according to Miyauchi Hiyage's explanation, that older sister could also be considered someone who had come into contact with the Reverse Side World.

Instead of worrying about the threat posed by Shinomiya Kaguya, it would be better to consider the possibility that Miyauchi Hiyage Shiina Mashiro.

"So, I guess I still need to find a way to win back Himekage's body first, lest some other woman take the lead?" Compared to the possibility of Miyauchi Hiyage's heart being stolen, the more mature Fujimiya Miki was already considering the issue of her body.

Ideally, one shot would be enough to kill the enemy completely, thus securing the Miyauchi Hiyage.

But 16 is still too young.

When she was studying physiology, she heard that having sex too early might affect later development.

It's said that nowadays, regardless of the theme, all R18 games require that the characters must be at least 18 years old before they can have sex?

So, should we wait until the Miyauchi Hiyage get bigger?

This is what Fujimiya Miki currently struggling with.

"So, you really are the 'scumbag' they were talking about in those videos, right?" This was Tohru's assessment of Miyauchi Hiyage after just one day in this world, after carefully studying the internet and observing for a whole day.

They were in the photography studio's lounge, Miyauchi Hiyage was asking Tohru about his day's achievements and thoughts, when Tohru said something like that.

"Actually, I've always thought of myself as someone who's quite innocent and pure-hearted, it's just that some unexpected things happened along the way," Miyauchi Hiyage said helplessly, spreading her hands in the face of Tohru's disdainful gaze.

"What an accident? You're not trying to say you don't have any romantic feelings for any of them, are you?" Tohru glared at Miyauchi Hiyage with fiery eyes.

"There should still be some, but the percentage might not be as large as you think," Miyauchi Hiyage replied.

He was in his twenties when he transmigrated in his previous life, and he is 16 in this life. Even though his body is young, his mentality is also much younger. However, the self-discipline he has maintained since childhood and the beautiful girls around him have made him quite resistant to the opposite sex.

In addition, he had a lot on his mind. As for the familiar beautiful girls around him, his first feeling was a natural innate goodwill based on his understanding of them from his previous life, and then it was the feelings that gradually developed after he spent time with them.

However, the girls around him were either too familiar with each other to have developed feelings that were deeper than romantic love, or they had only known each other for a month and he had an innate affinity for them. "Miyauchi Hiyage" himself did not have the same level of affinity or understanding for them as those innate affinity.

These things are naturally not easy to talk about, but facing this dragon girl from another world who is not compatible with her and whom she knew from the beginning was not a romanceable person, Miyauchi Hiyage is able to reveal more of her own thoughts.

After all, aside from being prone to being love-struck, Tohru is actually quite reliable in other aspects.

Since the other person is unlikely to be love-struck, I'll just treat them as a business partner and a reliable support.

It is still very necessary to be completely open with your partners and backers.

This can be considered Miyauchi Hiyage's innate fondness for the character Tohru.

Even if the other person doesn't like me, it hasn't affected my opinion of her yet.

It was already midnight, but neither of them felt sleepy. After dealing with Shinomiya Kaguya's endless questions, Miyauchi Hiyage got Tohru a few bottles of alcohol and some snacks. The alcohol wouldn't have any effect on either of them, and Miyauchi Hiyage had never paid any attention to Japan's law that prohibited those under twenty from drinking alcohol.

Let's start with Honma Meiko Tohru cares about the most.

Their chance encounter when they were ten years old, and their reunion now, to be honest, he and Honma Meiko have only met three or four times over the years. The longest time they spent together was yesterday's day of playing and last night's journey to the other world.

"You trust Menma so much after only a few meetings?" Tohru looked at Miyauchi Hiyage with suspicion.

In her eyes, there was absolutely no indication that Miyauchi Hiyage and Honma Meiko had only known each other for a short time.

"Because that's just Menma's personality. After all, it was Menma who sensed something from the beginning and suggested that we head towards the center of that area. Since we chose to believe her from the start, we should continue to believe her to the end," Miyauchi Hiyage, looking at Tohru. "Menma is trying so hard to save Miss Tohru, how can I, a man, back down?"

"To be honest, I was just planning to give it a try and turn back if it didn't work out. I just didn't expect that my faith in the gods was not so firm, which is why I ended up saving you, Miss Tohru."

Tohru took a sip of his drink and, with his own quick wit, was already able to skillfully pick up peanuts with chopsticks.

"That's true. Although I don't like you, you did have some sense of responsibility back then. If it weren't for you, I would probably be dead by now."

"So what kind of liking do you have Menma her?"

Miyauchi Hiyage pondered for a while.

The truth is that 70% of it is due to lingering regrets from his past life, and the rest is probably just the pity he developed for Honma Meiko life.

"About half of it is a feeling of pity, and the rest is mostly my own obsession."

As for romantic feelings between men and women, perhaps there are still some.

Even Miyauchi Hiyage, who is a fan of anime and manga, has to admit that she has a certain degree of possessiveness towards these two-dimensional characters from her past life, which stems from her feeling that they are the protagonists.

Miyauchi Hiyage gently clinked glasses with Tohru.

"After all, I was the one who saved her back then. Seeing her grateful expression, how could I bear to watch her die in front of me?"

"But now that she has resolved her physical issues, she may become a deity who protects the entire Chichibu Region in the future. I think I won't need to help her anymore. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, my relationship with Menma should remain at this level."

"Your human emotions are so complex, but it must be these complex emotions that have changed the world into what it is today," Tohru Honma Meiko.

She could tell that Honma Meiko's feelings for Miyauchi Hiyage were quite complex—longing, admiration, attachment, and inferiority...

Miyauchi Hiyage Honma Meiko, even if she wanted to support their relationship, she seemed unsure where to begin.

However, once Honma Meiko officially becomes the successor of that shrine, her feelings of inferiority and longing should gradually fade away. She can simply go and meet her then.

Let's continue listening to Miyauchi Hiyage and her chatting about those girls while drinking.

Although the other party is still hiding something in her words, compared to the various ulterior motives he had when he was with that girl during the day, this is now the most sincere Miyauchi Hiyage has ever been in front of her.

Tohru, a dragon girl who has lived for tens of thousands of years without ever being in a relationship, is indeed quite interested in these topics.

Miyauchi Hiyage did indeed recount the stories of all the girls around him.

Fujimiya Miki, who understands him perfectly; Kaede Kagayama, who is connected to him because of his sister; the Koshigaya Family sisters, whom he completely regards as his sisters; Shiina Mashiro, who sees through his Shiina Mashiro at first glance when they first meet; Shiina Mahiru Kasumigaoka Utaha, who asks him for help all the time; and Kato Megumi, who has no presence in the eyes of others but is his sister's best friend at school.

Upon hearing this, Tohru realized that, at least from the perspective of Miyauchi Hiyage, he didn't seem to have any major problems.

They are either childhood sweethearts who have known each other for more than ten years, or girls they met after moving to a big city through their older sister.

It seems that Miyauchi Hiyage himself has never actively flirted with anyone.

It seems this guy isn't really interested in relationships between men and women; instead, he's focused entirely on his career.

For a man of this age, this guy is indeed a bit too mature.

Even if Miyauchi Hiyage was hiding something, she was certain that the undisguised glint in Miyauchi Hiyage's eyes when she talked about the empire she had built over the years was absolutely genuine.

After all, this was indeed Miyauchi Hiyage's most proud achievement in his life, despite having accomplished nothing in his previous life.

So, were all those chaotic thoughts of his generated in order to make his hometown better?

Tohru opened another bottle of wine and listened to Miyauchi Hiyage talk about everything from girls to his own career, thinking to himself.

Looking at it this way, it seems that I have been a bit harsh on this boy.

However, she still harbors a subconscious aversion to Miyauchi Hiyage, and the fact that the holy sword still stuck in her body launched a surprise attack on Miyauchi Hiyage suggests that this boy has many unspeakable secrets behind him.

Thinking about how Miyauchi Hiyage claimed to believe in the gods, yet was able to easily destroy and subdue the holy sword created by the gods, Tohru realized that he still didn't understand the other party enough.

Perhaps she could try accepting the invitation to film some online videos to see what the other party wanted her to do?

Chapter 220: The Divinity Within Kanoe Yuko

After drinking a few bottles of wine and having a frank conversation with Tohru, Miyauchi Hiyage stood outside the photography studio for a while in the cold wind and realized that her heart was indeed quite dirty.

The dragon girl, who has lived for tens of thousands of years, is still in a period of confusion. She has not yet found her direction for the future, and she doesn't even know how to escape.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage could tell that the other party's first impression of Asahigaoka and this world was probably quite good.

He confessed to Tohru about his relationship with the woman she cared about most, letting her know that his feelings for Menma weren't those of a couple. He then slightly shed his "scumbag" label and smoothly transitioned the conversation from women to his career, thus transforming Tohru's impression of him from a scumbag to a career-driven individual. That was enough.

It would be even better if it could also inspire Tohru's curiosity and desire to try it out.

Miyauchi Hiyage knew that because of her soul, Tohru would still dislike her, but she could find a way to make her feel some connection to Asahigaoka so that she could protect this world while living there.

Moreover, tonight's confession session won't just be his alone.

As the conversation progressed, he also learned a lot of information from Tohru and gained a better understanding of Tohru's current state of mind.

In Tohru's world, other worlds exist, and there is magic specifically for traveling between them. Many powerful beings who are tired of war will go and settle in those peaceful other worlds.

Of course, very few people possess this kind of magic, and basically only Dragon Clan who can live for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years have enough Mana to use it.

Even though that unstable space in the mountains has now been almost completely repaired, Tohru only needs to find a place with a weak world barrier and use interdimensional portal magic to leave this world if he wants to go back.

However, there is a slight difference from the original work. Miyauchi Hiyage carefully recalled the story of Dragon Maid. In the original work, this world should have been discovered by the Dragon Clan long ago. The lewd Lucoa was originally the feathered serpent god of the Mayan civilization in this world, and had been secretly protecting the order and balance of multiple worlds.

But judging from Tohru's behavior, this must be her first time encountering these things, and she knows nothing about the world.

Miyauchi Hiyage believes the most likely reason is the mysterious decline a century ago, which prevented Lucoa from ever coming to this world again.

After the Mystery Revival, the barrier between the worlds became fragile again. Then, the battle between Tohru and the gods reopened the passage between the two worlds, and the two worlds re-established their connection.

Then, the abandoned Kanna followed Tohru's scent all the way to this world. Then, at Tohru's invitation, the dragons who knew that Tohru was not dead also came to this world one after another.

Perhaps when Lucoa returns to this world in the future, we can try to learn the truth about the collective disappearance of the gods in this world back then from her?

Now that they had accepted Tohru, Miyauchi Hiyage became much more casual about the other dragons.

If Kanna comes over, let her stay at my house and go to school with Renge. That way, I'll find Renge a playmate.

Lucoa is the one who maintains the balance of the world, so there's no need to worry about it.

Fafnir is a complete homebody; all you need is a computer, food, and lodging, and that will satisfy most of his needs.

The only one who might cause real trouble is Tohru's father End Emperor.

However, the other party will not pose any threat to this world. The worst outcome is that Tohru will be taken back to his original world.

I spent the whole night thinking about my future plans.

The next day, Miyauchi Hiyage arranged for Fujimiya Miki to take Tohru to further familiarize herself with the various video shooting processes at the photography studio.

Let Tohru try it out according to his own ideas first, and if it really doesn't work, then he can give you the script.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage believes that there is Golden Rule for Thor, and with Tohru's own appearance and temperament, even if you just randomly film a daily vlog of Tohru, it will probably become popular on the Internet.

While finding some things for Tohru to do to pass the time, Miyauchi Hiyage continued to entangle with Shinomiya Kaguya on another battlefield.

Shinomiya Kaguya's personality means that even when she wants to be sincere with people, she will subconsciously add a bit of testing to it.

I don't know how she turned a page in the original work and went from being aloof to being love-obsessed.

I doubt even if you asked the original author, Mr. Da Chi, he himself wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

However, the current situation is not that Miyauchi Hiyage is begging Shinomiya Kaguya to invest in Asahigaoka. After all, with the Golden Rule, even if he can't become the richest man, it shouldn't be a problem for him to develop Asahigaoka.

Now, Shinomiya Kaguya, a wealthy young lady, wants to win the favor of Miyauchi Hiyage.

Therefore, Miyauchi Hiyage decisively ignored the other party's probing and accepted all the benefits offered.

However, Shinomiya Kaguya soon forgot about cultivating Miyauchi Hiyage's favorability.

Because they have now arrived at the entrance of the Seiwa Academy.

Although it had only been two or three days, the ruins of that Old Schoolhouse had been completely demolished.

Instead, the back hill of the school was blocked off from the other side, apparently to rebuild the shrine that the Kanoe Family used to worship on the hill and another road leading up to the shrine.