"I had searched for you for so long, and today I finally found you here. As expected of the busiest street—those one met here were truly extraordinary."
A woman as beautiful as a fairy suddenly seemed to descend from the sky. Her white gauze dress fluttered in the air like drifting clouds falling from heaven.
"Who are you, and why have you come looking for me? What purpose do you have? We have neither ties nor acquaintance and have never met before, so why would you say such things?"
Uchiha Hikaru was truly puzzled by her words. He did not understand why she was saying this, nor had he ever met this woman before. Why did she speak as though they were especially familiar?
"How can you say something so cold and heartless, my lord? I saw you once when I went to the temple, and it was love at first sight. That is why I wished to follow you."
"I have followed you from south to north for such a long way. Now that I have finally run into you here, you say you do not know me."
"You speak such desolate words. How am I supposed to bear it? I am only a weak woman—what could I possibly want from you? I merely saw how talented you were, my lord, and wished to travel with you."
Though this young woman was not devastatingly beautiful enough to topple kingdoms, she could still be called breathtakingly lovely. And at a glance, she was clearly no ordinary woman; she likely possessed considerable martial skill.
"That was not what I meant. It is only that those who approach me usually have extraordinary motives. I fear you may be the same."
That was indeed the case. Most people who stayed by Uchiha Hikaru's