Honkai Impact

At that moment, the boy walked over, accompanied by the cavalryman.

"Hello."

Yae nods.

The young man, showing no embarrassment, smiled and said, "My name is Guan Yuelong. May I ask your name, young lady?"

“Yae no Kizumi. Also, I’m a man.”

"A man?" Guan Yuelong's expression changed slightly, but then he seemed to realize something and continued to smile: "I see you're also heading to Longcheng, right? Why don't we travel together?"

"No, let's rest for a while and walk ourselves," Yaeji said coldly, her eyes filled with wariness.

Guan Yuelong's smile remained unchanged. "There's still some distance to Longcheng. I see your younger sister is unwell, so riding a horse should be faster."

“We don’t ride horses,” Yaeji said frankly.

Takashi Mizuki's smile froze for a moment, and he took a small breath. "If you are going to Longcheng on business, I may be able to offer some assistance."

"Oh?" Yae Ji's small face showed just the right amount of surprise.

At this moment, the cavalryman behind Guan Yuelong proudly said, "My lord is the young city lord of Longcheng. There is nothing in Longcheng that he cannot accomplish."

Sure enough, the girl disguised as a man on the other side subtly changed her expression, which pleased Mizuki Takashi.

So what about the shrine maidens of Yae Village? In recent years, countless villagers from Yae Village have gone to Longcheng to purchase supplies; they must be filled with longing for this big city.

If she were a seasoned shrine maiden, he would certainly treat her with the utmost respect and courtesy. But judging from Miss Ji's appearance, even if she has taken over the position of shrine maiden, she has only just assumed the post and is still a long way from reaching her peak.

However, the fact that the priestess, who had only recently taken office, was able to kill that wolf demon showed that her strength and potential were far beyond his imagination!

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Seeing Yae Ji hesitate, Kanzuki Takashi felt even more confident and said, "You saved us just now, and we must repay this favor. Why don't we travel to Longcheng together? Consider it my way of hiring you to act as our escort for a while. I will make sure you understand everything that happens in Longcheng."

"Okay then."

Upon seeing Yae Ji agree, Mizuki Takashi's smile grew even brighter. Koizumi and the cavalryman exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with inexplicable meaning.

Takashi Mizuki simply stayed by Yae's side. Since the other party said that she was a boy, he refused to mention the matter of the shrine maiden and instead steered the conversation towards the younger sisters.

This is the art of language he studied. When chatting with others, talking about things that interest them will make them open up more about their feelings.

There's also the matter of personal connections; with this back and forth, wouldn't the two become acquainted? Then, inviting her to tour Longcheng and hosting a banquet afterwards would naturally lead to a successful relationship.

After that, you're free to do as you please.

In a short while, Takashi Mizuki had already grasped the most basic things.

The three siblings went to Longcheng to find a doctor to treat their illness! They even planned to stay there permanently.

For the young city lord of Longcheng, this was extremely easy.

Yae Rin looked at her brother with concern. In her opinion, everything Yae Ji said was being led by the other party, and he was clearly no match for him.

However, Yae Sakura remained calm. Based on what her brother had said before, she could naturally guess that Yae Ji had been putting on an act.

'Perhaps this is the adult world?'

Yae Sakura chose to remain silent.

After a while, Koizumi and his companion, who had turned the entire battlefield over, came over.

"My lord, we still haven't found it!"

Takashi Kanzuki waved his hand, "It was probably lost on the way. We'll search along the route. Now that Lord Yae is helping us, the journey back to the city will be smooth sailing."

Upon seeing Koizumi and the other two, Yae gave an appropriate smile.

They look just like innocent, naive children.

Chapter 57 Sakura's Longing

The six people decided to walk.

The lack of horses, Yaeji's inability to ride, and Mizuki Takashi's broken arm were all factors that contributed to the fact that they had to walk.

According to Takashi Mizuki, this way they could carefully search for the lost goods along the way. However, they never imagined that their goods had already been labeled "dangerous" by Yae Kiyoshi and put into his backpack.

The cavalrymen and Koizumi led the uninjured horses to Takashi Mizuki's side.

"Shall we set off?" Mizuki Takashi looked at Yae Kiyoshi.

"Ah."

Yae nods, turns around, and carries Rin on her back with the baby carrier, which surprises Mizuki Takashi. The group had been sitting and chatting, and Mizuki Takashi had subconsciously forgotten what he had just witnessed.

Yae Rin was unwell, but he could still guess it from the other person's pale face.

"Koizumi!" Takashi Mizuki instructed, "You carry Rin on your back."

Before the short swordsman named Koizumi could answer, a cavalryman beside him shouted, "Sir, leave this to me."

The three looked at Yae Ji, who shook her head, indicating her refusal.

The cavalryman and Koizumi looked expectantly at Mizuki Takashi, waiting for their young master's next instructions.

In the end, Takashi Mizuki couldn't turn Yaeji around, so he had to let Rin stay on Yaeji's back.

The six of them headed towards Longcheng, carefully searching along the route Guanyuelong had taken to escape, but they still couldn't find the black box even after they emerged from the dead forest.

Takashi Kanzuki's expression turned slightly grim. He was certain that the black box was still in his arms when he entered the withered forest.

how

"My lord." Koizumi, who was leading the horse, tossed the reins to a cavalryman and stepped forward, saying, "I will search along the route again. Why don't you and Lord Yae proceed first?"

Takashi Mizuki squinted and sized up Koizumi. He had great trust in the swordsman trained by his family.

Since there was no memory of Koizumi prying into the black box, Takashi Mizuki readily agreed.

There are five people left in the team.

The remaining cavalrymen each led three horses, increasing the number to six after they emerged from the withered forest. Finding the three lost warhorses improved Mizuki Takashi's mood somewhat.

After walking under the sun for a while, Yaeji didn't dare to take out her straw hat from her backpack casually because Takashi Kanzuki was beside her. Before long, a layer of fine sweat appeared on her fair forehead.

Takashi Mizuki's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "How about letting Miss Rin sit on the horse? The horse isn't running, and someone is leading it, so it's very docile. If you're worried, you can sit behind Miss Rin."

After a moment's thought, Yae Ji had Rin and Sakura mount a horse, while she and Mizuki Takashi rode side by side in front.

Along the way, Yae listened to Kanzuki Takashi recount various interesting stories from the big city, occasionally chiming in with his own words. Both of them were very happy.

After chatting for over an hour, Mitsuki Takashi's mouth was parched. He touched his waist and realized his water bag was long gone. Unable to replenish his fluids, Mitsuki Takashi gradually stopped talking.

This relieved Yae Ji. The funny stories that young master told were incredibly awkward to him, and were worlds apart from the jokes from the other world.

He was practically grinning from ear to ear the whole way to find a skilled doctor for Rin.

sunset.

The sunset painted half the sky red, and a breeze blew from time to time, bringing the most comfortable moment of the day.

Yaeji could vaguely see the general outline of Ryūjō. Just then, the short swordsman Koizumi caught up and whispered a few words to Mizuki Ryū, whose face immediately fell.

Yae Ji also wondered what Longcheng was going to do with those Honkai crystals. Did they also want to mass-produce demons?

Before long, Yae and the others looked like travelers returning home at dusk, their shadows gradually lengthened by the setting sun, which was about to withdraw its last rays of light.

Without the black box as a lure, they hadn't encountered a single monster or even a ferocious beast along the way. Yae Ji breathed a sigh of relief; he was afraid that his possession of the backpack would be exposed.

If he were to encounter a demon like a bear demon, Yae Ji wouldn't be very confident with just the ordinary katana he carried at his waist.

On the middle horse, Rin and Sakura looked at the city walls of Longcheng with curiosity.

The piles of stones and the filling of mud and rocks were not exactly beautiful, but for this era, they were definitely spectacular.

Just as the guards at the gate were about to close it, they saw Guan Yuelong and his group arrive.

He quickly agreed and went up, glancing cautiously at Rin and Sakura sitting on the horse before respectfully facing Mizuki Takashi.

After going through the usual routine, Yaeji and the others were arranged by Mizuki Takashi to stay in a guest room in the city lord's mansion.

During dinner, Guan Yuelong came over to apologize, drank a sip of tea, promised to find a doctor the next day, and then hurriedly left.

In Yaeji's view, Mizuki Takashi had indeed gotten himself into trouble.

Even so, Yaeji had no intention of putting the three crystals back. A strange crystal that could mass-produce demons and even evolve them was a dangerous item no matter how you looked at it, not to mention he had his own selfish motives.

Not long after they finished eating, servants brought them fruit and snacks and asked if they had taken a bath.

Yae Ji first had Sakura take Rin to bathe, while she stayed in the room to wait and quietly think about the problems she would face tomorrow.

If the doctor still can't find the cause of Rin's cough, should he tell the doctor about the "collapse"? If so, he could still get rid of his own troubles by being a shrine maiden of Yae Village Shrine, but wouldn't Rin's nature be classified as a corpse demon or a monster?

How will Takashi Mizuki treat them then? And what will Rin do?

Yae Ji was having a headache. Not long after, Rin and Sakura returned from washing up, and the servants led him to take a bath.

Arriving in a private room, Yae-ji waved away the maids who came to serve her and quietly soaked in warm water.

Picking up a cherry blossom petal from the pool, Yae Ji gave a wry smile. He never expected that Rin's wish at the beginning of the year would be fulfilled in this way.

The rising steam in the bath made even Yaeji's figure appear dreamlike.

Water droplets clung to the ends of her short, ear-length hair, dripping down and landing on her sharply defined shoulders. The steam in the room grew thicker, and her slender figure, instead of exuding allure, possessed a bewitching quality.

Ripples spread out as Yaeji stepped onto the wooden platform. After haphazardly wiping herself, she put on the clothes prepared by the maid and stepped out of the bathhouse. This left the maid who was preparing to serve her outside completely bewildered, her mouth slightly agape as she watched Yaeji leave.

"Isn't the young city lord's companion a bit too casual?"

After the initial shock, one of the maids muttered something under her breath.

"Shut up! How dare you gossip about the guests brought by the young city lord behind their backs!"

The area outside the bathhouse quieted down again, and the maids began to enter the room to clean and tidy up.

On the other side, the guest courtyard of the city lord's mansion was not large, but there were still many rooms. In order to make it easier to take care of Rin, Yae Ji asked Mizuki Takashi to arrange Sakura and Rin to share a room, and he lived next to the two of them.

As he entered Rin's room, Yae Sakura, who was sitting on the bed chatting with Rin, quickly stood up and went to greet him.

Yae Ji smiled at her, then looked at Rin lying on the bed.

Having just taken a bath, Yae Rin's originally pale face now had two blushes. Unlike her usual weakness, Yae Ji saw a touch of delicate charm in Rin this time.