A child's innocent fear and sorrow... were food it loved.
Yet Meiyuki knew nothing of any of this. She continued taking small, aimless steps forward, though she had no idea why the temperature kept dropping. She hugged the cloth doll in her arms even tighter.
Besides little Meiyuki and that strange evil spirit, there was actually another creature here.
A snake... a white snake less than half a meter long was also following the little girl from the shadows. It did not look frightening at all; instead, it seemed rather adorable.
Unlike the evil spirit, the white snake did not see Meiyuki as prey. It seemed to be protecting her. As the evil spirit drew closer and closer to Meiyuki, the white snake fixed its gaze on it, ready to rush out and attack.
Whoosh!
Just as the white snake was about to strike, an arrow carrying white light shot toward the evil spirit first.
The arrow, infused with spiritual power, pierced straight through the evil spirit's body. Before it even had time to scream, the spiritual power attached to the arrow purified it in the next instant.
Seeing the purified evil spirit, the white snake halted its attack and immediately turned toward where the arrow had come from. A young woman and a little girl appeared not far away, and the arrow had been fired by the little girl, who was about Meiyuki's age.
But after seemingly thinking of something, the white snake quickly turned and slithered away without the slightest hesitation.
A flash of white, and the snake vanished without a trace!
"That was the last one. Sister Seele, today's training is finished, right?"
Looking at the evil spirit she had purified, Asou Yuna asked Seele. Seele had said earlier that they only needed one more.
"Mm. We'll