"I was captured by someone too. Before that, I was sealed inside this hill, and I was mute as well. But then I met an old man who saved me, which was how I gained the abilities I have today."
"And meeting you was no accident either. I had been planning it for a long time. I knew you would pass along this road, so I waited here to slowly explain these things to you."
"Before you climbed this hill, you did not know that it was meant to temper one's will. That was why you fainted just now. But do not worry. Once I finish explaining everything, your will shall gradually grow stronger."
The woman explained everything to Uchiha Hikaru in great detail, as though she had fallen in love with him at first sight. But Uchiha Hikaru certainly did not dare overthink it. While wandering the Jianghu, how could he concern himself with romance?
No matter how much the young woman admired Uchiha Hikaru's talent, she certainly did not dare entertain such thoughts. She knew what kind of person Uchiha Hikaru was. He still had far more important things to do, and she could not become a burden holding him back.
"Oh, so that was it. No wonder I suddenly fainted earlier and had no strength left in my body. But you must be about halfway done explaining by now, right? I feel like my body has mostly recovered."
"But I have a question. You said my will would gradually become stronger. Where would that show itself? Would my convictions become firmer?"
At the moment he fainted, Uchiha Hikaru had actually lost some memories. He had simply not discovered it yet, and even now, he did not know what was going on.
But he could clearly sense that