"Miss Yae, you seem to be very interested in the art of Evocation."
The young man, who had clearly noticed the change in the Miko's emotions, set down the tea bowl in his hands and looked at the local Miko.
"Is there soone you desperately wish to see?"
He saw through ?
The Miko, who did indeed wish to see Rin one more ti, quietly sized up the young man who had previously and arbitrarily classified her as a good person.
This young man from Shenzhou had far too mysterious an origin.
She had just heard him recount so of his deeds.
Slaying a great sorcerer of five hundred years.
Researching the doctrines of ti and space.
Without a doubt, this was a heroic character who could be written into legends, absolutely not so profligate young master running around with his concubines and songstresses.
So, why would such a great personage appear in a backwater place like Yae Village?
The Miko, who perhaps had a slight misunderstanding of her hotown's level of developnt, looked at the fellow who practically had "There's sothing suspicious about " written all over his face. She took a deep breath and then asked.
"Excuse , but could you tell why you have co here? What is your business?"
Li Zihan, who was clearly no ordinary person, did not seem like soone who would appear in a common village.
He must have been drawn here by sothing.
At this thought, Yae Sakura grew sowhat restless.
For soone like Yae Sakura, whose job it was to ensure the safety of the village, it was only natural that she pay close attention to Li Zihan, who had already revealed a part of his true nature.
---o---
"I am rely here to fulfill a promise."
The young man, who had once promised Yae Sakura he would resurrect her sister, smiled faintly.
Fulfill a promise?
Yae Sakura was stunned.
Then her expression grew suspicious.
Could it be that soone else is coming here?
"Do you have other friends who will be coming here?"
The Miko, who had not at all considered that Li Zihan was here to fulfill a duty to her, knitted her delicate brows.
"I am here to fulfill my promise to you."
The young man continued to speak, each word more shocking than the last, uttering a statent that was completely beyond Yae Sakura's scope of thought.
"Fulfill... a promise to ?"
Yae Sakura's expression was one of utter astonishnt.
She rembered now. The way Li Zihan looked at her was indeed like he was looking at an acquaintance.
But...
In her mind, there was no impression of this young man from Shenzhou. How could there be any talk of a promise?
"For various reasons, I promised the future you that I would resurrect Rin."
Under Durandal the Dull Goose's slightly dazed gaze, Li Zihan very calmly revealed that he was from the future.
"At this point in ti, Rin's soul should not have dispersed yet. I can collect it directly and then resurrect her in the future."
"Captain! Didn't you say we couldn't influence history?"
Miss Dull Goose, who couldn't fathom why Li Zihan would suddenly blurt out sothing like being from the future, couldn't help but question him.
According to the mission, their task was only to find Saint Kallen, wait for her to go splat, and collect her soul!
What was this about Rin?
They were currently in the upstream of ti. If they recklessly screwed with things, who knew what kind of ss they would make of the future.
"Relax. Sakura is one of us, absolutely trustworthy. She's very tight-lipped."
The young man, whose form of address for Yae Sakura had suddenly switched from "Miss Yae" to the more intimate "Sakura," said nonchalantly.
"Also, I brought Fenghuang Down."
The young man, on whose palm a few crimson feathers had appeared at so unknown ti, spoke to the Dull Goose with great seriousness.
Hearing the na Fenghuang Down, Durandal closed her mouth.
The Eighth Divine Key, Fenghuang Down, corresponded to the mind.
As long as one activated its power, altering another's mories to forcibly guide history back to its original course was not a difficult matter.
---o---
Unlike Durandal, who imdiately gave up arguing, Yae Sakura was still pondering.
Promised the future ?
After thinking for a while, Yae Sakura rembered.
Li Zihan had previously ntioned that he practiced arts related to ti.
If that art symbolizing ti truly existed, then reversing ti was indeed a possibility.
Perhaps... they were acquaintances in the future.
At this thought, Yae Sakura's expression changed slightly.
The way Li Zihan had just addressed her was not "Yae"...
It was "Sakura."
In the etiquette of the Far East, addressing soone directly by their given na was impolite. To do so without the person's permission could even be seen as a provocation or looking for trouble.
Generally, people who were not well-acquainted would address each other by their surna. If the person was older or of higher status, one would usually add "-san" or "-sensei."
For peers, "-kun" would be added after the surna, and this was the sa between n and won.
Only family, elders, teachers, close friends, and lovers could call soone by their given na.
And this was the case in modern tis.
In ancient tis, when the other party actually had a surna, to be able to use their given na to address them was sothing that could no longer be described by re intimacy.
What is the relationship between this man from Shenzhou and my future self?
To use a na like Sakura?
Yae Sakura looked at the handso young man, and ripples began to form in her heart.
Could it be...
...my future husband?
At this thought, a hint of red touched Yae Sakura's cheeks.
If that was the case, then many things could be explained.
Why he had stated her na with almost no hesitation upon their first eting.
Why he had displayed his wealth before her without a care, holding no guard against her whatsoever.
Everyone around her used the title "Lady Miko," which she thoroughly detested, but he used "Yae," and now, "Sakura."
...
No, that's not right.
I should verify this first.
The woman with sakura-pink hair, having thought of a certain possibility, looked towards Li Zihan. She opened her mouth, wanting to ask about the situation.
But—
Before the words could leave her lips, another voice rang out.
"Big Brother, you're done explaining things, right?"
"I'm a little tired."
The source of the voice was the girl who had been quiet the whole ti, looking very delicate.
Yae Sakura wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but she felt that the girl's eyes now had a hint of red within them.
Her tone also carried a touch of aggression and a faint charm.
And, just now, she was looking at , wasn't she?
Feeling the gaze that carried a slight hostility, Yae Sakura's heart tensed.
What... is the aning of this?
"I'm more or less done."
The young man, who had also vaguely sensed that the Seele beside him had been swapped out for a certain pro pinch hitter, reined in his smile and beca incredibly serious.
"Well then, it's ti to rest."
The girl, whose eyes had now completely turned red, took the hand of the young man beside her and then gave Yae Sakura a faint smile.
"Miss Yae, please arrange a resting place for and Big Brother."
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