The middle-aged woman walked up to Kagome and the others. When the soldiers behind them moved to make her leave, Yae Sakura stopped them. She was only an ordinary villager; there was no need to treat her like that.
The woman came before Kagome and cautiously asked, "Are you Lady Kikyo?"
"Kikyo? I'm not Kikyo. My name is Kagome Higurashi."
Kagome froze for a moment, then immediately denied it.
She had no desire to become someone else. She was Kagome Higurashi, an... individual.
"Is that so..."
The woman did not seem particularly surprised. Although they looked alike, they differed far too much in every other way. She also refused to believe that Lady Kikyo, a deity in her heart, would be like the shameless woman before her.
Still...
"She looks so much like her..."
Looking closely at Kagome, she really did resemble Kikyo too much! Dressing up like this with Kikyo's face was simply tarnishing Lady Kikyo's name.
Once the priestess returned, she would definitely have a proper talk with her. She had to make the priestess properly discipline this woman so she would not do anything to disgrace Lady Kikyo!
Kikyo! Though she was only a priestess, to everyone in Kaede Village, she was like a deity—the deity in their hearts.
The woman nodded casually and said nothing more before turning to leave. With warriors nearby, she had no standing to point fingers at Kagome.
"..."
It was too strange. That inexplicable woman had said only a few words and then left. Still, Kagome did not dwell on it. She had encountered plenty of strange people already, so one more was nothing. Besides... this was a world she knew nothing about.
"Kikyo holds great prestige here! Since you look exactly like Kikyo, you'll inevitably run into all sorts of