If they merely looked alike, that could be called a coincidence. Yae Miko thought it was possible, even if they both had fox blood in their veins!
But even their surname was the same. That was far too much of a coincidence!
Forget anyone else believing it—even Yae Miko herself did not believe it.
"Yae Village... Yae Shrine..."
"May I ask where this Yae Village you mentioned is located? Oh, and if it is convenient, could I ask for your parents' names?"
Yae Miko set down her teacup and continued probing into Yae Sakura's circumstances. The coincidence was simply too striking.
As for whether Yae Sakura was lying to her...
Yae Miko had been watching her the whole time. Unless Yae Sakura possessed acting skills so extraordinary that even she could not detect the slightest falsehood, then it had to be true.
"Yae Village? It's in... Shinano!"
Shinano should not exist in this world, unless... Yae Miko could leave this leaf and reach the Honkai world.
"As for my parents..."
At those words, Yae Sakura thought of what had happened to Sakura, especially her younger sister, Yae Rin. Her expression and tone abruptly darkened.
"I have no parents!"
Yae Sakura's gentle demeanor suddenly turned cold as she answered almost instinctively.
Born in Yae Village, Sakura was the eldest daughter of the head priest of the Yae Shrine of her era, and she had an adorable younger sister. But when Sakura was very young, their mother died soon after her sister was born.
Her younger sister, Yae Rin, was frail and sickly, and Sakura had always been the one to care for her.
Yet during a drought, the head priest of Yae Shrine—Sakura and Rin's father—chose to offer Yae Rin as a sacrifice, placing the duty of conducting the ritual in