"Then... Princess Ying Ji, do you want to go out and see this world?"
"Ah!"
Just as Yōki gazed at the sky in wistful reflection, a young girl's voice rang out behind her, startling her badly.
Yōki quickly turned around and saw a girl dressed in extremely bold, bizarre clothes sitting at the table in her room with a little girl even younger than herself, casually drinking from her cup.
"Who are you? How did you get in?"
Looking at the two girls who had suddenly appeared before her, Yōki's shocked expression quickly faded. She then looked at them curiously.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Mei set the cup down on the table and looked at Yōki in surprise.
Mei had thought Yōki would be so frightened by the sudden appearance of Yingcao and herself that she would call for someone. That was why... the moment Mei entered, she had set up a soundproof barrier in Yōki's room.
A barrier that even that Kaikain elder would be unable to detect.
"A little, but... you won't hurt me, right?" Yōki hesitated before speaking softly. Although the two had appeared out of thin air, she felt that Mei and Yingcao would not harm her.
"What sharp instincts! Besides your miraculous healing ability, your intuition is just as outstanding. I'm even more interested in you now."
"So? Don't you want to go out and see this world? I can take you out."
Mei placed her katana on the table, then stood and walked over to Yōki's side.
"You can take me out? That's impossible. There are so many of Father's guards and Onmyoji outside. They won't let me leave the estate." Yōki shook her head at Mei's words...
This estate alone had thirty or forty sword-carrying samurai. There was simply no way out.
"Can't get