A cup of wine, a newly penned tune; last year's weather, the old pavilion. When will the setting sun return? Helplessly, flowers fall away; familiar swallows return. Alone, I wander the fragrant paths of the little garden.
—Washing Silk by the Stream: A Cup of Wine, a Newly Penned Tune
Dressed in Washing Silk by the Stream, Rita was the very embodiment of a "beauty who brings ruin." With her stunning face, perfect figure, and this outfit, no member of the opposite sex could possibly resist her.
Rita's elegant temperament was especially unlike those vulgar women. Every gesture she made... could stir one's heart and move even the most innocent of men...
But compared to the beauties who brought ruin in ancient times, most of them had been powerless, weak women. The rulers and ministers themselves could not restrain their desires... yet they shifted the blame onto innocent women.
Was it simply because they were too beautiful?
If beauty truly was a sin, then perhaps it really was their fault!
Yet unlike those weak women who possessed nothing but beauty, Rita had not only beauty that could topple cities and nations, but strength unmatched in the world!
As one of Schicksal's three S-rank Valkyries, she possessed the ability to take control of her own fate...
#Probably...
Hm? Overthrow the Huang Empire and steal Rita... Ah, this...
"Big Sister Rita, you look... so pretty in that outfit!"
After Rita changed clothes, Higokumaru could not help crying out at the sight of her. She really was gorgeous—even Higokumaru had fallen for her...
"Thank you. But... Higokumaru, are you full? Even if you are not, we need to leave. If we do not go now... it will truly be dark soon."
"You can pack up the rest and eat it later."
Rita