Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

Long took over the energy group that was bound by the light belts with complex lines.

He closed his eyes and entered the consciousness space of the Herrscher. He also needed to find the soul of Ling trapped deep in the consciousness of the Herrscher.

"It feels very similar to entering the Stigma Space and the Bloodline Will Space."

After entering this place, Long shook his hand and observed the surrounding environment.

It is a very ordinary mountainous forest area with a river nearby.

It’s not a big deal, it’s a natural environment found everywhere in this world.

But now this is the depth of the Erode Herrscher's consciousness, so this should be the place where it has the deepest memory... Based on what he knows, Long made a judgment, and it is very likely that the area around this place was more than 500 years ago. The Far East region where Lian Kaslana brought the box containing the Herrscher of Corruption.

That was the scene of more than 500 years ago somewhere in Changkong City near the area where I, Mebius, Ryoma and the others were busy today.

"Huh?....Honkai energy reaction."

Long looked sideways and saw something approaching him in the dense forest.

A huge bear infected by Honkai energy, its size has expanded many times, reaching a height of four to five meters.

"Since it is eroding Herrscher's consciousness space, it is obvious that this Honkai energy belongs to it."

"...However, as for the memory space, it's not necessarily the case. It might be mixed with the memory of the girl recorded in Kallen's records who was corroded by the Herrscher and turned into a Herrscher."

"Let's deal with you first..."

"To deal with you, to deal with you, I think it would be good to use some symbolic power."

Facing the bear-shaped Honkaimon that overwhelmed an entire forest and charged towards him with a roar.

On Takashi's waist appeared a belt that was intertwined with white and gold, supplemented by flame lines, and the symbol of the new star was surrounded by a gold ring decorated in the middle.

The fourteen small prism crystals are located on the outside of the golden ring, with the sharp corners facing inward. Together with the golden ring in the center, they look like a sun.

The prismatic crystal symbolizing [Sakura] lit up, and [Sakura]'s head entered the new star in the center.

The [Box of Memories] is connected to his consciousness and exists in the field affected by his power. It is naturally easy to appear in the field of consciousness.

At this moment, the ferocious bear-shaped Honkaimon had unleashed its sharp, huge, and heavy attack on the tiny human in front of him, and no food could stop it.

It has this confidence!

but...

For a moment, a white light seemed to flash before its eyes, and a touch of blue seemed to fall into its field of vision.

Its already weak thinking ability was eroded by Honkai and its brain became even more violent and unable to understand everything it saw in front of it.

Why did the little guy in front of me suddenly disappear?

Why did my paw fall off?

Why do I see my body?

If it had the intelligence of a human being, it would definitely think so...but it was just a bear, a bear infected by Honkai energy.

Long wears a suit of armor with partial blue block armor all over his body.

Wear fitted clothes in blue or white style inside and out.

There were two knives hanging on his waist.

Long put away one of them, the [Spirit Control Sword·Hanjing Bingtian] that exuded a unique icy atmosphere.

At the same time, as the ice covering the body of the giant bear Honkaimon shattered, its body also turned into nothing. Only the large blood stains and fur showed its past existence.

Long took off the mask with purple stripes on the white base and hung it around his waist.

A [Forget Me Not] appeared in his hand

It floated gently to the remains of the blood, fur, bones, etc. of the giant bear Honkaimon on the ground.

After doing all this, Takashi turned to the tree in the other direction and said, "That miko lady, can you show me your face?"

A pink-haired girl with long (donkey-dense) fox ears walked out from the back of the tree. She was dressed in a witch-style costume, and the rope around her waist showed her identity.

The clothes have been cut to suit the movements of opening and closing. The leather forearms with a structure similar to armor gauntlets, and the leather boots suitable for moving around without worrying about injuries to the feet and legs will tell everyone who sees her. Human - she is not a witch who only silently prays to the gods and serves them.

Especially the long knife on her waist.

There was still a hint of wariness in her blue eyes, which was a warning attitude towards outsiders suddenly intruding into her territory and not knowing whether they were friends or foes.

Everything shows her extraordinary...

Especially those long fox ears...

Long understood everything...

The girl in front of her is the girl who was possessed by the Corrupted Herrscher in the records - Yae Sakura.

However, there is no Honkai energy in her body...

But the image of the Herrscher-like girl possessed by the Corrupting Herrscher cannot be faked.

....ah!

I might have made something wrong at the beginning. This space...may not just be eroding Herrscher's consciousness space, but more likely...Yae Sakura's consciousness space. Herrscher and her have already been highly assimilated.

Otherwise, the moment when the Herrscher was happiest and most impressive was probably the moment when the nuclear bombs that destroyed the last three cities of mankind in the last era were launched.

Not this village in the far east.

Takashi looked at the [Yae Sakura] in front of him who was quite similar to [Sakura].

He was not surprised. Human beings in this era were originally part of the genetic project of the civilization of the previous era, which was used to quickly reconstruct human civilization.

After so many years of reproduction, it is not impossible for someone to activate the gene expression in their body and become similar to the genetic ancestors contained in their body, not to mention that Sakura and Yae Sakura are not exactly alike.

It's just a strange aspect of biological evolution, not something worth making a fuss about.

After looking at him for a long time, the girl found that Takashi was not hostile, so she greeted him politely: "Hello, strange samurai-sama, I am the guardian of the nearby Yae Village, and I am also the shrine maiden of the Yae Shrine in the village, Yae Sakura. The villagers told me that a huge bear demon appeared here, so I came here to find and eliminate the demon. Thank you for your help."

Takashi nodded and accepted her thanks: "I am a traveler who came to the nearby area, Takashi. I only took action when I was attacked on the way at night. Don't worry, Miss Yae Sakura."

Yae Sakura's expression was a little strange. She looked around, as if she felt that Takashi's words were not very credible. After all, traveling at night was too...

"Haha, Miss Miko, don't you also go to the wilderness at night? People always encounter force majeure situations, and I am the kind of person who refuses to accept force majeure situations." Takashi came to Yae Sakura with a smile. In front of you, make a gesture of invitation.

"However, I do need to rest at night. If there was no place to stay along the way, I would not keep walking like this. Can Miss Yae take me to Yae Village to rest?"

"...Samurai-sama, you are right, please come with me."

After Yae Sakura thought about it for a while, she decided to take Takashi back to the village to rest based on her identity as the shrine maiden and guardian of Yae Village.

After passing the path, Takashi, led by Yae Sakura, soon arrived outside a torii gate with stairs along the mountain path.

It is worth mentioning that they met Honkaimon twice more along the way, and Yae Sakura called him a monster.

Although the Honkaimon these two times were not powerful, this made Long feel bad.

There were two Honkai Beast attacks in such a short distance... It seems that the Honkai concentration in this area is already at a very high level.

It is truly an impressive memory. Destiny's records say that Kallen Kaslana met the Herrscher when she arrived in the Far East.

It must be at this stage, and the Herrscher is probably...

Takashi looked at the long ears on Yae Sakura's head again.

It feels very elastic and will sway like grass in the sea as she moves.

When she fights, she will tilt due to strength, and then stand upright after stopping, which is very interesting.

Just like Sakura who became a fusion warrior.

Ellie, Mebius, and Mei all had a good time in the operating room~

After Sakura underwent the super-transformation surgery, Takashi wanted to touch the ears, but as soon as he touched them, Sakura shyly refused to continue touching them.

Until now, Takashi still feels a little pity, because Sakura's ears do feel good to the touch. They have a brittle feeling inside, but they are soft and warm. They are very strange. It looks like they are rabbits, foxes or donkeys, and they can't tell clearly.

As cute as Alicia's ears are, it's a pity that Ellie's elf ears are not fluffy. In terms of feel, Sakura's ears are the best.

Looking at Yae Sakura's ears that were constantly pulsing as she stepped onto the Shinto stairs, Takashi couldn't help but think: [What a pity. I should have found a way to touch Sakura's ears more. Ellie must have found a way! 】

Change is coming quietly: 139. Yae Shrine

Walking on the Shinto stairs, Yae Sakura felt a chill, as if someone was staring at her... head?

Yae Sakura stopped and looked at Takashi behind her.

Takashi looked at the obvious expression of doubt on Yae Sakura's face and asked, "Huh? What's wrong with Yae Sakura?"

Yae Sakura seemed to want to confirm something, and looked at Takashi's gaze again, then touched her head with her own hands, but she only found the texture of her own hair.

Yae Sakura tilted her head slightly and asked, "Mr. Takashi, is there something on my head?"

"what?"

She...didn't know?

....The subject in the consciousness space is attached to her body, but she does not notice it...

Is it because they don’t know, or is it a cover-up... Or is it that the soul of Ling and the soul of the real Yae Sakura are still imprisoned by the consciousness that eroded Herrscher, and this is just the appearance of a process in the consciousness space?

"Long?"

"Well, no, Miss Yae, there is nothing on your head. It's just that I remembered an old friend. She is very similar to you."

"Similar? Are there any similarities between me and that girl?" Yae Sakura said curiously, and the two stopped on the stairs.

Takashi smiled and walked to the stairs at the same height as Yae Sakura, raised his hand to make a gesture, and the two started climbing the stairs again.

Long said at this time: "Well, it's very similar. She also has long pink hair. She often carries two long knives at her waist. She has learned extremely superb swordsmanship. She treats her relatives as gentle as water, and treats her enemies as cold as cold. The cold wind has its own gentleness."

While Takashi was talking, he looked slightly sideways at Yae Sakura from time to time.

Her steps paused and slowed down a step or two. He turned his head and looked at her. Yae Sakura took another step and said at the same time: "Well, it does look a lot like..."

"..."

The two stepped up the stairs again, and they were almost at the top, with not many steps left.

Long continued: "She still has family members, her only family member... No matter how cruel and callous she is when she is performing tasks outside and killing people, she is impeccable and perfect in front of her only family member... "

"elder sister."

At this moment, the two of them stepped to the top... Shitaka stepped onto the top platform.

Yae Sakura, she was still one step away, but she just stopped there, her hands and feet frozen and her eyes constantly trembling. Her lips were slightly opened and she whispered with a slight tremor: "Sisters..."

Long couldn't help but think: [They are actually so similar to each other...it's really...]

He spoke again to wake up Yae Sakura who was in a daze: "Miss Yae, Miss Yae?"

"Ah... Oh!? I'm sorry, Lord Long... I was distracted."

Yae Sakura walked up the stairs, holding her hands in front of her, bowing slightly to apologize to Takashi.

Long smiled and kept waving: "It's a small matter, let's continue."

"Okay, please come with me."

Yae Sakura stepped forward to guide Takashi again. Just now Takashi had already seen the shrine building on the stone foundation.

Looking from this cliff, you can also see the appearance of the mountain village at the foot of the mountain.

There is nothing unusual about ordinary civilian residences in the Far East hundreds of years ago, and the same goes for shrines.

but...

Takashi turned to look at the shrine. It was well built... proving its status in the village, especially the name... Yae Shrine, Yae Village, Yae Sakura...

"Mr. Takashi... do you like the view of the village from the shrine?" Yae Sakura said on the stone foundation of the shrine building to Takashi who was looking into the distance on the cliff below.

"Ah, it's a beautiful scenery and a good gathering spot. What I like most is such a variety of stable, peaceful and quiet residences."

"...Really, but Yae Village..."

"Huh? What happened to Yae Village?"

Yae Sakura shook her head: "It's nothing. Master Long, please come up and I will arrange bedding for you."

"Ah... ok." Seeing Yae Sakura walking towards the shrine, Takashi took three steps and two steps, and climbed up the steps of the shrine's stone foundation in a few clicks, taking in the complete shrine building.