"What do you mean, what do I mean? You attacked me the moment you arrived. What was that supposed to mean?" Yae Sakura calmly countered Ubume's question.
"You were trying to abduct and sell my child. Of course I had to act." Gripping the vial tightly, Ubume stared sternly at Yae Sakura as she answered without courtesy.
"What? When did I ever try to abduct your child?" Yae Sakura was stunned by her words, and somewhat speechless as well. Did she look like that kind of person?
"Now that I've fallen into your hands, nothing I say matters anymore. You can do whatever you want to me. I only hope you won't hurt Mayoi."
Thinking of what she had heard, Ubume did not care what happened to herself, but... she did not want anything to happen to her child.
"What exactly are you talking about? I don't understand a single word of it." Yae Sakura recognized every word Ubume had said, but when they were put together, she could not understand what she meant at all.
How had she somehow become someone who wanted to hurt Mayoi?
"Stop pretending. My lady never wanted to hurt or abduct me. I chose to follow her. I want to take her as my master, then kill you to avenge my mother." At that moment, Mayoi and Kagome Higurashi walked over to Yae Sakura and Ubume. After hearing Ubume's words, Mayoi glared at her with intense hatred.
"Um... Auntie, I suppose? You must have misunderstood something. Sister Sakura isn't a human trafficker. Mayoi was seriously ill back then, and Sister Sakura was the one who saved her."
Seeing Yae Sakura being misunderstood, Kagome Higurashi hurriedly explained on her behalf. Sister Sakura was such a good person—how could she be falsely accused like this?
"Huh?