I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

"An oni is coming."

"Ah?!"

Oni?

Xia Ji immediately grew flustered. Faced with an oni, she was naturally terrified.

Having witnessed the horror of oni before, she couldn't help but feel worried.

"Stay here and hide well. I'll go take a look."

Having waited this long for an oni, Yae Sakura wasn't about to give up easily.

"But... then... This One, please be careful." Xia Ji wanted to say something, but seeing Yae Sakura's expression, she shut her mouth.

"Mm."

With a nod, Yae Sakura grabbed Sakura Blizzard and walked out of the cave.

She hurried to where the oni were, only to find a girl holding a bow fighting a large group of oni.

"Hey!"

The girl wore a red-and-white Miko outfit, different from Yae Sakura's—a white blouse on top and a red long skirt below.

A conservative, classic Miko outfit, completely unlike Yae Sakura's alluring attire.

A surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted from the girl, the terrifying force she displayed visible to the naked eye.

"Damn Miko, why are you getting in our way?"

"We only ate a few humans."

The oni were being chased and beaten by the girl. And they seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Among these oni, several that looked quite formidable were also fleeing for their lives.

"Miko... eh... it looks like..."

Yae Sakura stared at the Miko ahead, finding her figure familiar.

An ordinary Miko's attire: white top with red hakama pants.

Dark eyes, an oval face, glossy black hair tied back with a simple white ribbon, delicate and refined features, the red-and-white Miko outfit, a faint trace of cherry-colored lips, an expression both resolute and tinged with melancholy.

That seemed to be... one of Inuyasha's heroines, the Miko Kikyo.

Why "seemed"? Because this was the real world after all, a bit different from the anime.

But... at this moment, Yae Sakura was certain—this was that Miko.

The Miko with the greatest spiritual power in the Sengoku period, tasked with guarding and purifying the Sacred Jewel, using her formidable energy and precise archery to drive back the oni coveting the jewel.

Only... didn't Xia Ji say she didn't know Kikyo?

Or... was Kikyo not yet famous, and hadn't taken charge of the Sacred Jewel?