Seele put away her scythe, walked over to Yuna, and looked at her as she cautiously asked a question.
The little Miko before her looked very young... by Seele's estimate, she had only just turned ten. But she was clearly already growing into a beauty.
And for some reason... Seele felt very comfortable just looking at her. Mm... she smelled very nice too.
She felt so... "pure"!
She wore a simple Miko outfit, white on top and red below. In one hand, she held a golden bell, while her jet-black hair was tied into a single ponytail.
"Thank... thank you, Divine Lord."
Perhaps Seele's tone had made Yuna less afraid. Coming back to her senses, Yuna hurriedly thanked her respectfully.
"Huh? Divine Lord?"
The moment Seele heard that, she immediately realized she had been mistaken for a deity.
"Lord Death, have you come to take away my soul?" Having completely decided that Seele was the Grim Reaper, Yuna could not help asking.
"No, you misunderstand! I'm not the Grim Reaper."
Seele hurriedly shook her head in denial. However... when facing strangers, Seele no longer referred to herself as Seele.
Did the image of the Grim Reaper harvesting souls with a scythe really run that deep? Just because she held a scythe, she was assumed to be the Grim Reaper.
"Not the Grim Reaper?"
Yuna was slightly surprised, followed immediately by embarrassment. As a Miko, she had actually mistaken a deity's identity.
That was true. Just because someone carried a scythe did not mean they were the Grim Reaper.
Perhaps the Divine Lord before her was some other kind of deity?
But...
"Since you aren't the Grim Reaper, Divine Lord, then you haven't come to take away my soul, right?"
Yuna looked cautiously at Seele. If she could avoid dying, Yuna