I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

To look after Yingcao, Mei did not travel very quickly, and they were deep in the mountains.

Through chatting with Yingcao, Mei learned that the fuzzball in her arms had been given to her by her mother, and that her mother had received it from her grandmother—or perhaps her maternal grandmother.

The Yingcao clan was passed down through a single line. They did not even need men to have children directly.

So Yingcao did not actually have a father.

Then... this Tsukumo had been acquired by her grandmother when she had accidentally entered the Underworld, the territory of the Oni.

Back then, her grandmother had relied on a giant dandelion to beat the four great Oni tribes into utter defeat, making the four Oni Kings kneel and call her daddy.

However, because she had used too much force, Yingcao's grandmother broke her dandelion. In the end, she spotted the Oni treasure known as "Tsukumo," which had been guarded by Shuten Doji at the time, and simply snatched it away.

But even now, in little Yingcao's hands, no one had discovered any miraculous power in this fuzzball.

Then... Mei picked up the fuzzball and studied it as well, but she could not make out anything special about it either. Other than its eyes, which looked a little frightening.

After hearing Yingcao's story, Mei could not help wondering... could this little Yingcao's grandmother be... the Yingcao from Onmyoji?

The eras matched up, and the Yingcao from Onmyoji had been a ruthless figure who punched Shuten Doji and stomped on Orochi!

Mei still remembered that line: "Equip yourselves properly. Don't affect my damage output."

Besides chatting with Yingcao while traveling, Mei did not forget to study the Armed Doll Egg in her inventory, as well as the Divine Key that Hiyoumaru