You're a Good Person

Led by Xia Ji, Yae Sakura did not have to worry about which direction to take. After all, this was an ancient world completely unfamiliar to her, and they were deep in the mountains.

Still, carrying Xia Ji on her back slowed Yae Sakura down.

Perhaps because she had often carried her younger sister before, Yae Sakura did not find it uncomfortable to carry Xia Ji, who was even a little smaller than her sister.

It just felt... she was very light, as though she weighed nothing at all.

Of course... it was not because Xia Ji was truly that light. It was probably because of her Valkyrie body now!

After all, this was the body of a fully leveled, fully equipped SSS-rank Valkyrie. Carrying a young girl who weighed less than a hundred jin was no burden at all.

Several hours later...

"Lady Yae, why don't we rest for a while? We still have a long way to go."

Lying on Yae Sakura's back, Xia Ji had now placed complete trust in this beautiful half-demon shrine maiden. If Yae Sakura had truly wanted to do anything to her, she would have done so long ago.

Yet she had carried her for so long.

"All right!"

After thinking it over, Yae Sakura found a place suitable for resting and set Xia Ji down.

It was probably because of Flame Sakitama's body. Even after carrying Xia Ji for several hours, Yae Sakura did not feel the slightest bit tired. Her understanding of an SSS-rank Flame Sakitama deepened somewhat.

However... even now, Yae Sakura did not know what level her strength ranked at in this world.

If she used the game as a reference, it seemed impossible to calculate. But according to Honkai Impact 3rd's setting—

An S-rank Valkyrie could contend with a Herrscher capable of destroying human civilization. Then what about an SSS-rank Valkyrie?

Yae Sakura did not quite dare imagine it.

After all, even Mother-in-law, an S-rank Valkyrie, could fight Sirin.

An SSS-rank Valkyrie should have no problem at all fighting the Herrscher of the End, right?

Yae Sakura was not entirely sure. Her becoming Yae Sakura... seemed to have directly placed her inside this character's body. Though the methods for using her skills and swordsmanship were in her mind, these were not things "Yae Sakura" had cultivated herself. She still needed to slowly familiarize herself with them.

But even if she was not too familiar with them yet, dealing with a few great demons in this world should not be a problem, right?

She would only know after fighting them.

Yet by now, it was already dusk. Even though Yae Sakura had been carrying Xia Ji, they had not encountered another demon. For some reason...

Xia Ji should have been irresistibly tempting to those demons. Even if she could not compare to Tang Sanzang's flesh, she was still quite a prize.

Just as Yae Sakura was pondering this, a sudden "grr~" sounded.

It seemed to be the sound of someone's hungry stomach.

Yae Sakura turned her head and saw Xia Ji holding her stomach, looking rather embarrassed, as if she felt ashamed.

"You're hungry?"

"I..." Xia Ji looked at Yae Sakura and wanted to say she was not hungry, but... the words never left her mouth.

She really was hungry.

"Let's see if there's anything nearby to eat! It'll be dark soon, so we can only make do somewhere for the night." Yae Sakura stood and looked at the sky. Darkness was about to fall, and continuing on their way now would not be wise.

"Mm."

Carrying Xia Ji again, Yae Sakura's fox ears twitched slightly. She immediately heard the sounds of a small animal.

She quickly jogged over with Xia Ji on her back, leaped onto a large tree in an instant, and stood on one of its branches. Breaking off a branch... she hurled it directly into a patch of grass as tall as her calves.

A shrill cry rang out.

Yae Sakura jumped down and picked up the branch... it had pierced straight through the body of a black rabbit.

"This will be tonight's dinner!"

The rabbit before them was huge, more than enough for two people.

Afterward, Yae Sakura brought Xia Ji to a stream and began preparing the rabbit.

At that moment, Yae Sakura discovered that the fox ears on her head were truly useful. Normally, she could ignore unimportant sounds, but whenever she listened closely, she could hear faint noises from very far away.

For example, the sounds of rabbits, or flowing water.

They were simply an invaluable tool for wilderness survival!

After preparing the rabbit, she unexpectedly found several palm-sized fish in the stream as well. With these things... Yae Sakura used her ears to quickly find a suitable place to stay.

A dry cave.

She lit a fire inside the cave and roasted the rabbit and fish.

Yae Sakura only took a small bite before she stopped eating. Compared to the food she had eaten before, this meat, flavored with nothing but the animal itself, was undoubtedly somewhat hard to swallow.

Of course... the main reason was that Yae Sakura was not hungry yet. If she were hungry, perhaps anything would taste delicious?

Like Bear Grylls—when there was no food... he could eat anything.

"Lady Yae, aren't you eating?" Xia Ji held a piece of roasted meat in her hand and looked at Yae Sakura hesitantly.

"You eat it yourself! I'm not hungry."

"Oh..."

After taking a few bites, Xia Ji looked at Yae Sakura before her and, without realizing it, became somewhat entranced.

They were both women, and Yae Sakura was even a half-demon, yet Xia Ji somehow felt an unprecedented sense of safety by her side.

Not even the samurai, or her own father, had ever given her such a strong feeling.

Then she thought of how Yae Sakura had fought the demons earlier...

If she could stay by her side forever, then she would not have to fear any demon, right?

"Lady Yae..." With that thought, Xia Ji looked up at Yae Sakura.

"Hmm?"

"After we return to my home, could you stay and protect me?"

"Stay?" Yae Sakura looked at her in surprise. "I am... a half-demon! You don't mind that?"

"I don't mind. Lady Yae, you're a good person!"

A... good person...

Her first good person card in life had arrived just like that?

"No!" But Yae Sakura still refused.

"Why?" Xia Ji could not understand.

"You may not mind, but would your father and the others not mind?" Besides... Yae Sakura could not remain in one place because of someone.

Leaving aside the fact that Yae Sakura was now a woman, even if she were a man, she could not possibly fall in love with anyone.

She would leave this world sooner or later, and she could not form too many attachments. So... regardless of whether the other person was male or female, they could be friends at most.

She could not remain in a single world forever because of someone.

"You're right..." Hearing Yae Sakura's words, Xia Ji calmed down. Thinking of her father's temperament, it would be fine if she were human.

But if she were a half-demon...