At the steps of Grand Narukami Shrine, something like a spinning tire shot through one torii gate after another, racing all the way to the top.
It looked exactly like one of those Liyue Geovishaps rolling around! Except compared to an Ancient Geovishap, it lacked that heavy presence and looked more like a wind-powered pinwheel.
Anyone who did not know better would have thought it was some kind of vehicle...
The rolling vehicle sped all the way to the summit of Mt. Yougou, stopping only at the entrance to the shrine. Only then did everyone realize... it was actually a person.
That vehicle from earlier had actually been a child rolling along!
She was a little girl about Klee's age. The shrine maidens around her were not at all surprised to see her and greeted her warmly.
But she merely gave them a listless response, looking as though she might collapse and fall asleep the next second.
This little girl was none other than Sayu, a ninja of the Shuumatsuban!
Sayu, also known as the tanuki of the ninja world—the Yujin Geovishap—had beautiful gray hair, mostly hidden beneath her hood. Her lovely violet eyes carried a hint of allure utterly unsuited to her age.
In truth, this was not strange. Although she looked as tiny as Klee, so small that she could hardly even be called a loli and was more like a young girl—
Sayu was, without question, an adult. Her body simply had not continued growing, leaving her with this stature.
A genuine, perfectly legal loli, probably...
Still, although Sayu had stopped growing taller, no one should underestimate her. Her strength was anything but small, and she could even wield a claymore in battle.
"Ugh!"
Sayu sighed.
Although she had completed the task Yae Miko had assigned her,