"A monk?"
Though she had heard the figure in the grass speak, Yae Sakura did not lower her guard. Pulling Mayoi and Kagome behind her, she kept one hand on the sword at her waist.
The moment he made any suspicious move, she would cut him down!
Yae Sakura did not have to wait long. A young man with short hair and a Buddhist staff soon stepped out, dressed completely differently from the monks of Shenzhou.
Yae Sakura was not surprised by this. In the Far East, monks were also called masters. They could keep their hair short, marry, and have children.
More accurately, only the monks of Shenzhou were bald, restricted to vegetarian food, and forbidden from marrying. Buddhism in other countries did not require such things. Still... the monk before her looked somewhat familiar, yet she could not recall where she had seen him.
"He really is a monk..."
Mayoi looked somewhat frightened at the sight of him and immediately hid behind Yae Sakura. If she merely felt a little apprehensive around shrine maidens, then she was truly afraid of monks!
A monk had once come to the village where she used to live. After discovering that she was a Half-Demon, he had tried to seize her by force. If her mother had not hurriedly taken her and fled...
"Please do not be afraid, young lady. I believe all living beings are equal. I will not harm you merely because you are a Half-Demon."
Seeing the adorable little fox Mayoi afraid of him, the monk could not stand it. He had always considered himself the most handsome monk of his generation. How could he let such a cute little beauty fear him?
"Who are you? What brings you here?"
Though the monk before her appeared harmless, one could