This heroine is so despicable

Kujo Masahito seemed to be slightly relieved, and after a moment of silence, he seemed to want to find a topic to talk about. He asked about the current situation on Narukami Island - after all, for almost a year after the outbreak of the war, he had been leading the troops in the front lines, and he had only been exchanging letters with his family.

And this topic... made Sara fall into silence.

The situation on Narukami Island... As the general of Tenryo Bugyo who was responsible for maintaining the stability of Inazuma Castle, she was naturally very clear about some of the circumstances.

Inazuma's economy is relatively closed. As the war continues to escalate, production has begun to be seriously affected, prices are soaring, and goods are in short supply...

Rogues who were dissatisfied with the status quo became bandits, disrupting public order in various places. Even on Mingjin Island, the shogunate's escort vehicles were attacked... This kind of thing was simply unimaginable in the past...

Even in Inazuma Castle, people's lives are much more difficult now than in the past, and even Sara cannot deny this.

Seeing her silence, Kujo Masahiro said tentatively:

"Sa-ra... When I was thinking about strategy in the army recently, I often thought of the time when I discussed official business with my brother Kamajima. Are the various policies that Inazuma has implemented recently really... correct?"

"——Masahiro."

Kujo Sara immediately interrupted the other party's words.

"The general's will is far-reaching, and it is difficult for us mortals to understand it easily... These are not things you should care about... Moreover..."

"You should know that we are the people of Ming Shen, while the Coral Palace worships the slain demon god Orobas. The essence of the disagreement between us and the Coral Palace is not the Eye Hunting Order, but the mutual beliefs."

Sara sighed and looked towards the distant direction of Tadashi Sand.

"For thousands of years, we have ignored their sense of shame and exploited their divine bodies to forge jade steel. The people are also mostly repulsive to people from Haigi Island... They have long been dissatisfied and angry. The Eye Hunting Order is just an opportunity. You... should think this through clearly."

Kujo Masahiro took a deep breath and nodded:

"I... understand. I just..."

"Lord Masahito! And Lord Sara!" A soldier walked into the room and saluted respectfully to the two of them.

"what happened?"

"Just now, the sentry discovered a fire near the beach in the north. It seems that a ship is in distress!"

To the northeast of Kannazuka is Narukami Island. The ships coming from that direction are most likely from the shogunate... but that's not necessarily the case.

——At this point in the war, the naval forces of both sides have been almost exhausted. No one can organize a sizable fleet to carry out a large-scale landing surprise attack. Without the conditions, small-scale commerce-breaking battles are common.

Sara judged that perhaps the shogunate's ship had encountered an enemy attack, so she stood up immediately:

"Let me go check it out. You are the commander here and you have more important things to do."

Accompanied by several samurai and soldiers, Sara soon arrived in the rain near the beach where the sighting was reported.

Then, with her sharp eyes, she found a foreign girl on the beach. She was holding a piece of wood, and her body was wet. She looked like she had just floated out of the sea.

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"That's enough... Stop... Stop going on... Already..."

The lady, who had gone there three times in succession along the way, almost didn't have the energy to curse anymore.

In addition, as the weather gradually worsened, the wind and waves on the sea caused the combat boat to shake constantly, and the lady even showed signs of seasickness.

Xing was not a demon after all, and he finally let the lady go. Now that they were almost reaching land, it seemed that the happy time should come to an end.

She finally bit the lady's shoulder gently to leave a little mark as a souvenir, and then put her clothes back on - although they were all wet.

"It was such a happy time... Unfortunately, it seems like it's time to say goodbye~"

After saying that, Xing, who was ready to escape after having fun, put on a shield again, then untied the lady, then charged with his Flame Gun, jumped out of the combat boat and jumped into the sea.

"Bye~"

After just a few seconds, extremely angry flames instantly erupted from the cabin and exploded across the entire water surface.

Even through the sea, Xing seemed to be able to hear the lady's roar.

Stupid lady, blow up the boat, but don't drown yourself!

[That shouldn't happen. After all, she has two elements. Can't she just freeze the ice and cross the sea? ]

Xing dived for a while to prevent the lady from seeing him, and resurfaced when he was far enough away. Then he took out a piece of wood from the star core space and swam towards the shore along the waves.

Next, I will see if there is any place to stay, and then find a way to find an anchor point and reunite with Yingmei...

As for the lady... leave her alone for now, she will get through it - both physically and mentally.

Soon, Xing reached the shore. When she was about to pull out the flame spear to dry her clothes, she saw a beautiful older sister with a mask on her head and a bow and arrow in her hand, rushing over with several shogunate soldiers.

No way? Such bad luck! ?

“…Stranger?”

Because Xing looked like a drowned rat at the moment, which was indeed deceptive, Sha Luo subconsciously did not think of her as a dangerous person, and the bow and arrow in his hand dropped slightly.

"What's going on? Stranger, why are you here?"

Xing glanced at the sea and confirmed that the lady didn't seem to be coming from this direction. Then he rolled his eyes slightly, put on a horrified expression, and raised his hands:

"I...I surrender! Please don't hurt me! I...I came from an outlying island!"

[Ah? You…what are you going to do again!? ]

Sara looked at the other person carefully, frowning slightly:

"After the lockdown order was issued, foreigners are not allowed to leave the island without permission... Why are you here?"

"I……"

Xing whimpered a few times and just wanted to speak, but she hugged her arms and couldn't help sneezing a few times. Then she hugged her shoulders and trembled, looking at Sara in panic, as if she was so scared that she didn't know whether she should say it or not.

Finally, she glanced at the soldiers around her and sighed as if she had accepted her fate:

"I... escaped..."

[…Uh…there’s nothing wrong with that.]

Seeing such a pitiful girl, Sha Luo naturally would not think of some vicious kidnapper. She frowned immediately - escaped? Could it be that this girl had some hidden secret?

Finally, she looked at Xing, who was wearing thin clothes and shivering in the cold rain, and sighed:

"You...come with me first."

After bringing the silent, terrified girl back to Kujo Jinya, Sara asked Masahito for a separate room, and then asked someone to prepare hot water and bring a set of clean clothes.

"Tell me, what is going on? And what is your identity?"

Looking at the girl who was barely drying herself, Sara asked.

"My father is a businessman from the International Chamber of Commerce. He sells wine from the Dandelion Winery in Mond..."

After drying himself roughly, Xing huddled on the tatami with his arms folded, looking at Sara with a look that was a bit panicked and a bit pleading.

"The International Chamber of Commerce?"

Sara knew something about this. It seemed that this was an organization formed by merchants from outlying islands in order to unite and protect themselves. This organization was not established after the issuance of the isolation order, but seemed to have been established long ago.

"So... why are you here? When you say escape, what is the reason for you to flee the island? You should know that it is a serious crime for foreigners to leave the island without permission."

Xing shrank his neck in fear, and then said in a self-destructive tone:

"I...I was planning to look for the resistance..."

【what? 】

what?

Sara didn't react for a moment, then looked at Xing again:

"You... have the Eye of God?"

Xing shook her head: "No."

"Then why do we have to look for the Coral Palace rebels?" Sara was a little angry.

"Because... because you Inazuma people have been bullying us foreigners on the outlying islands!"

Xing was so angry that she seemed to be about to cry, but she was forcing herself to hold it back:

"You are totally not leaving us any chance to survive! There is a Kanjo Bugyo guy who has almost bankrupted my father. He can't afford to pay the exorbitant tax... He... He..."

As he said that, Xing buried his face in his arms and sobbed.

"He hinted to my father that he wanted me to marry him so that he would not cause any trouble to my father from then on..."

"What!?"

Because Xingyan's emotions were so accurate, Sha Luo hardly had any doubts - after all...

She was not completely unaware of the Kanjo Bugyo affair. Not only foreigners, but even the people of Inazuma were quite dissatisfied with it.

However, the three magistrates never interfere with each other, and the outlying islands are not under their jurisdiction, so Sara obviously cannot overstep these rules.

"There's such a thing on an isolated island...?"

"Believe it or not! Anyway... I will never surrender, all of you Inazuma people are the same! That's right! I am going to join the resistance army! You... if you have the guts, just kill me! I will never go back to the island even if I die!"

Kujo Sara suppressed his inner anger - don't get me wrong, it wasn't directed at Xing, but at what happened on the outlying island.

Looking at the gray-haired girl in front of him who looked like a furry cat, Sha Luo had already discovered that this girl was indeed quite pretty. No wonder she was targeted by someone with ill intentions...

Taking a deep breath, she tried to soothe him:

"Calm down first. I won't... at least not send you back to the island for the time being. Of course, I won't execute you just because you want to find the Coral Palace and take up residence there. You..."

Then Sara remembered that she hadn't even asked the girl's name.

"What's your name?"

The girl still looked at her with distrust. After a long while, she finally uttered the following words:

"Xing... My name is Xing."

"It's a... nice name."

Sara nodded, trying to make his tone sound gentle:

"Then...listen, Xing, I will entrust someone to investigate what you said. If everything is true, I guarantee with my loyalty to the general that I will give you justice. Before that, I can ensure that no one can force you."

Looking at Sara with a serious face, Xing fell silent.

[Ahaha! You cheated a good guy. Now it's your turn to feel guilty, right? ]

Xing looked at the other party hesitantly:

"Sister...what's your name?"

"My name is Kujo Sara, I am a general under General Raiden and her most loyal guard."

Xing touched his nose:

"I'm sorry... Sister Sara..."

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Thanks to Kujo Sara's care, a soldier soon brought a large wooden barrel filled with hot water into the house, allowing Xing to take a comfortable hot bath.

By the time she was almost done soaking, the clothes on the kang were almost done drying.

When Sara walked into the room again, he looked at Xing who was fixing her hair. Seeing that she seemed to have calmed down a little, he spoke again about the future arrangements:

"Tomorrow morning, you will follow me back to Inazuma City. I will fulfill all the promises I made before. Now that I know about this, I will never let any criminal go."

Xing nodded somewhat guiltily, but still pretended to be surprised and touched on her face.

"Sister Sara...I..."

"No need to thank me. Protecting Inazuma and carrying out the will of Narukami is my greatest duty in this life. Evil deeds will only undermine the prestige of the gods. Regardless of whether they are gods, demons, or humans, I will eliminate the enemies I encounter. This is my creed... Since I promised to seek justice for you, I will do my best... Tonight, you should have a good rest in this room."

"Hey? Am I...am I alone?"

Xing looked around with some fear.

"Sister Sha Luo, aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

Kujo Sara put herself in their shoes and knew that a girl from a country, after being persecuted by the Inazuma people and being alone in the Inazuma army camp, would definitely be a little scared. As for running away...

"The Nine-Jo House is heavily guarded. You can't escape without alerting the sentries. And... you must never have such an idea. Even if you originally wanted to join the Coral Palace rebels, the road to Haigi Island is now full of dangers. It is almost impossible for an unarmed girl like you to get there alive..."

Speaking of this, Sha Luo suddenly remembered that the sentry had reported that he saw a fire on the sea?

"By the way...how did you drift to the island? The sentry reported earlier that they saw a suspected fire on a ship at sea?"