The azure sky was dotted with drifting white clouds...
At that moment, a red five-tailed fox with flames beneath its four paws swiftly passed through the clouds. A figure could vaguely be seen seated on its back, while several skewers of fried tofu hung from its mouth.
"Big Sister, I've eaten a little too much fried tofu. Let's have barbecue for lunch today!"
The red five-tailed fox swallowed the fried tofu in its mouth in a few bites, chewing up and swallowing even the skewers before speaking to the woman on her back.
"Focus on flying. Don't overshoot it."
Hearing Higokumaru's words, Yae Sakura was speechless... This Higokumaru truly never knew contentment. She was already sick of fried tofu and still wanted a change of taste.
After summoning Higokumaru, Yae Sakura had given her all the fried tofu she had stored away. She had originally told her to eat it slowly—it was a year's worth of rations.
Who would have thought that she would finish it all in one go? She truly had no self-control at all!
"Don't worry, Big Sister! I know the Western Lands very well. I won't overshoot it." Higokumaru glanced below. From such a height, humans might not be able to see clearly with the naked eye, but she could see everything distinctly.
She was not flying very fast, mainly because she wanted Big Sister to ride her a little longer. Now that there were two more versions of herself... Hellmaru and "Rin" were both competing with her for affection, and Higokumaru felt a great sense of crisis.
She was afraid Yae Sakura would favor the other two "hers," so she had to fight for more alone time with Big Sister. She could have reached the Western Lands very quickly, but after deliberately slowing down, there