"Yae, they..."
Seeing Yae Sakura subdue the samurai, Kagome Higurashi walked over to her side, looking at the people lying on the ground with some hesitation.
Had Yae Sakura killed them?
It was nothing strange for a great yokai to kill people, but... she was ultimately just a student from modern society. Seeing dead people so directly for the first time was still...
"They're not dead! I merely put them to sleep."
Noticing Kagome Higurashi's frightened expression, Yae Sakura interrupted her thoughts. Since they were connected to Kaede Village, she was not so heartless.
"They're only asleep?"
Kagome froze slightly, and her uneasy feelings settled down.
The immobilized samurai beside them also relaxed upon hearing that his men had not died.
However... he soon noticed that the young girl dressed in such a bold and strange outfit looked very much like the legendary Priestess Kikyo.
No, that was impossible! Priestess Kikyo was the elder sister of the priestess, and someone as sacred and pure as her could not possibly dress so revealingly. He had to be remembering wrong!
Even so, the samurai did not dare look again at Kagome's long, pale legs exposed beneath her uniform.
"You heard what I said. They aren't dead, but if you refuse to cooperate, they really will die. That includes you as well. Understand?"
After explaining a few things to Kagome, Yae Sakura looked at the samurai she had pinned down.
"What do you want? I advise you to leave now. The priestess will be back soon, and then you won't be able to escape even if you want to."
From his tone, it was clear that he had great confidence in this "priestess."
"The priestess? Who is that? Kikyo?"
Hearing the samurai mention a priestess, Yae Sakura was taken aback... In a place