"Follow me!"
As for Yae Sakura's worries, Xia Ji's words... she trusted them completely.
By then, it had long since grown dark. Following Kikyo's path... they walked for more than half an hour before reaching a village.
The village was very small, with only around a hundred people.
Most of the buildings looked too fragile to withstand even a strong gust of wind. Most of the houses were thatched huts.
However, the villagers had already gone to rest, so they encountered no trouble upon entering. Kikyo led the two of them straight to an abandoned shrine.
Although the roof of this abandoned shrine was somewhat ruined, it looked far better than the thatched huts from before.
"We'll rest here for the night. This shrine was abandoned long ago." Kikyo set down her luggage.
"Mm."
Though this place was nothing special, there was some dry grass on the ground. It was undoubtedly much better than the cave from before.
"It's late! Xia Ji, go to sleep!"
Yae Sakura spread some dry grass into a bed for Xia Ji, then found a step and sat down herself.
"Lord Yae, you should sleep here..." Xia Ji was somewhat moved by Yae Sakura's actions.
"I told you to sleep, so sleep." Hearing that, Yae Sakura's tone grew firmer. She did not want to waste so many words on her.
"Yes..."
Sure enough, Xia Ji immediately behaved herself.
"Here."
Just as Yae Sakura was preparing to close her eyes and rest, Kikyo suddenly took something out and tossed it to her.
"This is..."
Yae Sakura instantly opened her eyes and caught it...
Looking closely, it was a set of... red-and-white miko robes.
"Even if you're a Half-Demon now, you should still have the self-awareness of a woman. Besides... you're a miko. These are my spare clothes. See if they fit.
If you still consider yourself a miko..."
"Uh..."
Clothes Kikyo had worn...
But... their figures seemed about the same!
It was just...
She remembered that when Kagome traveled here, the short skirt of her school uniform had been about the same length as hers, right?
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