Cute Yingcao had never seen such a terrifying creature. It was even scarier than the yokai she had encountered when she first met Mei!
"Caw, caw, caw..."
Just as Hannya, wearing an evil grin, was about to approach, the terrified Yingcao panicked.
Mei had even prepared to draw her blade and help...
"Ahhh! Don't come any closer! Lord Mei... save me! Yingcao is scared!!" Terrified, Yingcao squeezed her eyes shut and gripped Tsukumo by one horn, swinging it wildly.
At that moment, Tsukumo in Yingcao's hand seemed to truly come alive. Those wicked red eyes made even the charging Hannya involuntarily freeze.
In that fleeting moment of stiffness, Yingcao wielded Tsukumo like a broken hammer. While screaming in fear, she... beat the Hannya before her into black mist.
"..."
As expected of... Yingcao.
"Alright, Yingcao... it's already dead!"
Seeing Yingcao still fearfully swinging Tsukumo around after killing the Hannya, Mei could not help reminding her helplessly.
"Huh? It's dead?"
Hearing Mei's voice, Yingcao stopped moving and cautiously opened her eyes. Looking ahead... that terrifying evil spirit had truly vanished.
"Did Lord Mei defeat it? That's wonderful! Thank you, Sister Mei. You saved me again."
Yingcao hugged Tsukumo, which had returned to being a puppet, and looked at Mei with gratitude.
"...Hey, hey, that had nothing to do with me. You defeated it yourself." Hearing Yingcao's words, Mei was left speechless. She did not even know she had killed it herself?
"Huh? I defeated it? How could that be... Such a terrifying evil spirit. Yingcao is only a soft little yokai. How could I possibly defeat such a terrifying yokai?" Yingcao looked at Mei, utterly unwilling to believe that she had defeated Hannya herself.
"Have a little more confidence in yourself! There's an incredibly terrifying power within you. As long as