I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie! Chapter 869

If nothing unexpected happened, Princess Ying Ji would one day become Nura Rikuo's grandmother and Nura Nurarihyon's wife.

Of course, for now, she was only the princess of this city. Whether she had met Nura Nurarihyon yet was still unknown.

In Japan, a princess did not refer to an imperial daughter, but to the daughter of a noble or daimyo—a young lady of high birth.

Strictly speaking, Mei could be considered a princess as well.

Princess Ying Ji was renowned as a peerless beauty. She was gentle in nature, elegant in bearing, and kind-hearted. She possessed healing abilities and gladly used her spiritual power to save people, which made her a target for many yokai.

Mei decided she should meet this Princess Ying Ji.

"Eh... such dense yokai energy..."

Suddenly, Mei looked toward the entrance of the City Lord's residence in surprise. A thick concentration of yokai energy was gathering there.

Having trained in Miko arts with Kikyo, Mei was quite sensitive to things like yokai energy and spiritual energy.

The residence before her was entirely enveloped by a barrier, except for the main entrance used to receive guests.

Therefore... if yokai wanted to enter the residence, they could only pass through the gate guarded by the sentries.

At the entrance to the residence, just as all the poor commoners were despairing over having no money, a strange voice rang out.

The voice was extremely unpleasant and shrill, nothing like something a human could produce.

Everyone turned toward it and saw a very bizarre-looking person standing there. His facial features were twisted, his head was two or three times larger than an ordinary person's, his entire body was deathly pale without a trace of color, and he wore tattered clothes while holding a bowl.

"If you want money... I