I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

"N-not scary... Great Demon, you're very beautiful!" The kimono girl continued stammering, but even as she said this, she still didn't lift her head.

Yae Sakura reached out directly, placing her hand under the girl's chin and tilting it up...

Looking closely, she was even more beautiful than what had been glimpsed a moment ago...

"What's your name?"

"Xia... Xia Ji..." With Yae Sakura holding her chin, the kimono girl seemed to blush a little, hesitated for a moment... then replied.

"Xia Ji?"

So you're the legendary Xia Ji?

"Ji? Are you a princess?"

The title of Ji wasn't something just anyone could use; generally, only princesses were entitled to it.

However, in Japan, the daughter of a City Lord was also called a princess and could use the Ji title.

But to distinguish the Emperor's daughter from ordinary daimyo or City Lords' daughters, the Emperor's princess was also referred to as an Inner Princess.

Chapter 4: Can I Touch Your Ears?

"Yes..."

"I'm the daughter of a noble. On my way back from Kyoto, I was attacked by demons, and all the samurai protecting me fell in battle." Xia Ji quickly replied.

"I see... You don't need to fear me! I am a shrine maiden, tasked solely with slaying demons. I won't harm you."

"A shrine maiden?" Xia Ji looked at Yae Sakura before her. Setting aside the fox ears atop Yae Sakura's head, even if she were a shrine maiden... there was no shrine maiden this exposed, was there?

Her skirt was so short?

Too shameless!

More revealing than those... prostitutes in the pleasure quarters.

"..."

Seeing Xia Ji's gaze, Yae Sakura immediately guessed what she was thinking. This outfit was nothing special in modern times, but in this era, it was far too revealing.

But... that was how the game had designed it! And then... she had no other clothes to change into—she couldn't just go around naked, could she?

After chatting with Yae Sakura for a bit, Xia Ji discovered... the Half-Demon before her didn't seem all that bad; she could actually communicate peacefully.

Though she didn't understand why Yae Sakura kept insisting she was a shrine maiden, as long as she didn't eat people, Xia Ji was safe!

With that thought, Xia Ji's wary mood relaxed considerably.

"Great Demon, I..."

"Don't call me Great Demon! I'm no demon either. My name is Yae Sakura, Witch of the Fallen Yae Sakura!" Yae Sakura cut her off directly upon hearing this.

"Witch of the Fallen... Yae Sakura?"

"Mm!"