I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

"Home... Yingcao... has no home..."

Yingcao replied, her voice choked with tears.

"Where are your parents?"

Mei froze. Hadn't she said she had a mother?

"Yingcao has no father, and Mother passed away more than ten years ago... sob, sob..."

As she spoke, tears immediately streamed down Yingcao's face.

Ever since Mother had died, little Yingcao had been living alone in this mountain range. There had once been a few spirits to play with, but... those spirits were gone now too.

It was all her fault. She was not strong at all!

There was no such thing as great power.

Yingcao... Yingcao was only a little yokai. She could only heal a little; she was completely useless.

If she had possessed great power, power like the human before her, then her friends would not have died.

I... I don't want healing powers! What's the use of healing? It can't even save the people I care about...

"You have nowhere to go?"

"I..."

Hearing that, Yingcao wanted to say something, but after uttering a single word, she could not continue. She... truly had nowhere to go. If she remained here, there might still be those terrifying yokai.

"If... you don't mind, why not follow me for now? If you don't mind that I'm human, then setting everything else aside... protecting you for the time being shouldn't be a problem."

After all, this was Yingcao, whom she liked. Although bringing her along might be a burden, she could not just stand by and watch her die! Besides, in this world of Japanese yokai, she was fully capable of protecting her.

"Really... can I?"

Upon hearing Mei's words, Yingcao's heart immediately stirred.

Yingcao did not know where she should go now, nor did she know anyone. Following the human before her seemed pretty