Shion shook her head.
"You're the Hokage, right?"
"From now on, you're my bodyguard."
"I don't want to go back. Everyone there is awful!"
Shion looked haughty at first, but a moment later, her expression crumpled into hurt.
Thinking of Huangquan, Uchiha Kazama could easily imagine what kind of life Shion had led in Feng City.
Back when the Miko Miroku was still alive, she had begun teaching Shion about sealing Moryo as soon as her daughter was old enough to understand.
After Miroku died, Shion officially became the Miko of the Land of Demons.
She knew what a Miko's duties were.
She also understood that she might die.
But at first, Shion had still diligently studied everything she needed to know about being a Miko.
Yet, before long...
Shion discovered something.
The people around her seemed to respect her and care for her.
But the way they looked at her...
It was as though they were constantly telling her...
She would die.
Just like her mother, she would die while sealing Moryo.
Over time, Shion began to reject her role, and even to resent it bitterly.
She didn't want it. She didn't want the way she would die to have been decided from the moment she was born.
Once that thought took root, Shion never had a happy day.
Then, this time, Moryo's chakra began to spread, and the seal began to loosen.
Those thoughts grew stronger still.
So when Huangquan issued the summons, Shion ran away.
She didn't understand why she had been able to escape so easily.
After all, aside from possessing the special chakra capable of sealing Moryo, she wasn't particularly strong.
Yet even under those circumstances, she had managed to escape.
Shion was clever. She knew she had already been abandoned.
She was someone already