I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

[Accept?]

Mew? Mew?

A Bounty Mission? Hiyamaru?

Could it be... wherever Yae Sakura is, Hiyamaru will surely follow?

Hiyamaru and Yae Sakura are the true love?

Directly rewarding Hiyamaru...

Still... Yae Sakura naturally accepted.

By now, Yae Sakura had a rough idea of the three mission types.

One was the Main Mission, one was the Bounty Mission, and the last was the Commission Mission.

For example, the task of escorting Xia Ji—that was a Commission Mission.

Commission Missions should trigger when someone entrusts you with a task; the rewards were average but decent.

The Main Mission was fixed, one of the conditions to unlock the next new world, with rewards that were barely acceptable.

The Bounty Mission... she wasn't sure how that one triggered.

"Hm?"

Yae Sakura suddenly sensed a hint of danger. Turning her head, she saw the Miko beside her had already drawn her bow and aimed at her.

"Who are you? A demon? A human? No... a Half-Demon."

Kikyo locked onto the dazed Yae Sakura. Though she felt no trace of demonic aura from Yae Sakura—only a surge of powerful spiritual energy—those ears on her head were clearly not human. She must be a Half-Demon...

For this sudden appearance of a Half-Demon who had cut down the demon she was pursuing, Kikyo did not let her guard down but instead grew serious.

Although Yae Sakura's earlier sword strike had been a sneak attack, its power was undeniable. If Kikyo took a hit herself, she would either die or be gravely wounded.

A Half-Demon this powerful appearing out of nowhere left Kikyo no choice but to be vigilant. Even though... Kikyo had a feeling that if she made an enemy of this Half-Demon, she would surely die...

Still, even so, Kikyo would never beg for mercy from a demon.

Dying in battle was a Miko's fate.

"Me?"

"The same as you! I am... a Miko!" Looking at Kikyo, Yae Sakura showed a calm smile, as if unconcerned about being aimed at by her arrow.

Chapter 7: Zanshin

"A Miko?"

Hearing this, Kikyo stared at the Yae Sakura before her... and furrowed her brow.

She felt... that Yae Sakura had insulted the profession of a Miko.