"You've watched enough by now, haven't you?"
Once all the patients had left the room, the "Divine Healer" dropped the act.
She slowly stood up, looking at the three figures outside the window in the moonlight.
"Should I thank you? If you'd charged straight in earlier, all that food might have gone to waste."
The cloak covering her entire body and most of her head slowly slipped off.
It revealed the figure of a girl... no, a demon.
Soft hair as pale as snowflakes.
Yet she wore a kimono as red as wine.
White socks covered her feet, which rested in geta.
Small and thin, she looked at first glance like a frail, delicate young lady sheltered at home.
But a pair of inhuman horns protruded from her forehead.
And in her purple-gray pupils, large characters were inscribed as though in ink.
[Lower Five]
"Still, gratitude aside..."
"Could I trouble you to die first?"
She tilted her head, speaking in a seemingly innocent tone.
Then she walked over to the window and pressed lightly with her delicate hands.
The thick brick wall crumbled with a crash, leaving a hole large enough for her to pass through comfortably.
"As thanks, I'll allow you to tell me your names."
"The swordsmen before you became nutrients for my vines before they even finished introducing themselves."
Her words sounded very much like she was granting them charity.
The Mist Pillar and Xia Xi exchanged a glance.
So it's a Lower Rank...
Igarashi: ?
That look in my junior brother's eyes... why did he seem a little disappointed?
Was he actually hoping to run into an Upper Rank?
Shinobu Kocho, on the other hand, grew somewhat tense in her breathing after seeing the characters in the demon's eyes clearly.
This was her first time facing